crystalrabbit246912

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Masterlist

TWST Hero & Villain AU (on hiatus):

Concept, 1, 2, 3

First-Year Overblot:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

First-Years:

Do You Ever Think About, Confusing First-Year Relationship, Promise Rings, Entangled Fingers, Imagine, Trust, One Question, Camping Trip, Shenanigans,

Other:

Group Dynamics, Twisted Soulmate AU, Group Therapy, Bookbinder Yuu, Malleyuu During The Main Story, Alt Book Three Scene, Winged NRC Students, Winged NRC Students pt. 2

AO3

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Twisted-Wonderland (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Epel Felmier & Grim & Jack Howl & Ortho Shroud & Deuce Spade & Ace Trappola & Sebek Zigvolt & Yuu | Player (Twisted-Wonderland), Ace Trappola & Yuu | Player, Grim & Deuce Spade & Ace Trappola & Yuu | Player Characters: Ace Trappola, Yuu | Player (Twisted-Wonderland), Grim (Twisted-Wonderland), Deuce Spade, Jack Howl, Epel Felmier, Ortho Shroud, Sebek Zigvolt Additional Tags: Letters, Bittersweet, Past Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Future Fic, Ace Trappola-centric, Yuu | Player-centric (Twisted-Wonderland), all the others are just mentioned - Freeform, Songfic Series: Part 1 of Unanswered Letters Summary:

Dear Yuu, A trick of time I wonder if I could still do that. If I could still bring myself to reach out to all of them and drag us all together, kicking and screaming. If I could bring myself to sit at Grim’s grave and leave tuna cans like all of us do, if we could all be there and let ourselves remember. Hardly feels like I wonder if I did that, it would finally feel real. How long it’s been If the fact that you and Grim are gone and we’re never getting him back and we might not ever be able to reach you will finally sink in. I wonder if I don’t know. But I don’t know if I wish I did. Those days live on in your mind as well? I love you. I hate you. I miss you. I wish you were here. Ace Trappola

A thank you for getting me over 100 followers. The next parts should come out when my brain decides it's time.

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One Question

At the end of every Overblot, the first-years are the only ones to ask each other if they're okay.

Their upperclassmen don't care about them enough to ask or are otherwise busy, but that's fine because they have each other.

Even as the blood seeps slowly into Ace, Deuce, and Yuu's clothes and no one notices even as their vision sways in and out from the blood loss, they're okay because they have each other.

Even as the sand soaks into the open injuries on Jack and Yuu's skin and they have to wash it out later to keep the injuries from becoming infected, they're okay because they have each other.

Even as the bruises bloom across Yuu's body and Ace and Deuce still have migraines sometimes from how hard the anemones pulled at their heads, they're okay because they have each other.

Even as the poorly done bandages have to be redone after Ace and Deuce stitch Yuu back together with shaking hands, they're okay because they have each other.

Even as the poison still lingering in Epel, Ace, Deuce, and Yuu's veins makes them dizzy and nauseous and weak sometimes, they're okay because they have each other.

Even as the burn scars on Epel and Yuu feel like they're glitching painfully and Ace and Deuce's scars from when S.T.Y.X. broke into Ramshackle still hurt on cold days, they're okay because they have each other.

Even as they grip each other's shaking hands and try to keep their own from shaking as they remind themselves that they're not dreaming anymore, that they're still awake, they're okay because they have each other.

Even when they finally scream that they're not, that they're broken and scarred and still bleeding in a way that won't ever be fixed because their upperclassmen didn't ask one question, they'll be okay someday, because they have each other.

Even when it feels like they'll never be okay, like they'll always be broken because of the absence of one single question, of three words that could have changed how they see everything...

They'll be okay, someday, because they have each other.

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Trust (And How The First-Years Have It And Don't)

Ace puts his back to Deuce when talking to Cater and Trey, and it's a simple thing that they almost don't notice, but they realize that he hasn't turned his back to them since they stood by and did nothing when Riddle ordered them to be thrown out before his Overblot.

Deuce puts his back to Jack when he approached Riddle asking for help with his homework and Riddle realized that Jack is watching out to make sure that Riddle doesn't collar Deuce without good reason again.

Jack puts his back to Epel when he approaches Leona and Ruggie for permission to go to a first-year sleepover and the two of them realize that that Epel's making sure that they don't do anything like they talked about when Jack overheard them talking about their plan.

Epel puts his back to Ortho when he goes up to Vil and tells him- not asking, telling him- that he's joining the sleepover and Vil realizes that both of their eyes are watching, both for Rook and for any more poisonous gas.

Ortho puts his back to Sebek when talking to Idia through his door and Idia, watching through the security cameras, realizes that Sebek is making sure that they won't be attacked from behind or jumped by any technology.

Sebek puts his back to Yuu when he approaches Lilia and Malleus for permission to join the sleepover and the two of them realize that the both of them are grounding each other and ensuring that they're actually awake.

Yuu puts their back to Ace whenever they speak to any of their upperclassmen, trusting that Ace and the other freshmen won't hurt them like the others, won't leave scars on their skin and mind, won't leave red and black hanging in their vision.

Somewhere along the way, the upperclassmen realize that their first-years have learned both how to trust and not trust anymore. And they don't trust in obvious ways, in not letting someone into their blind spots, in not taking anything they hand them, in not meeting their eyes or speaking what they really think.

But they've also learned how to trust in quiet ways, in the little things. In the way they smile true smiles at each other, in the way that they grab each other's hands without hesitation, in the way that each boundary is pushed to where it's safe before being gently released, nothing dangerous having been touched.

And their first-years have always been loud, but the distrust and the way that the upperclassmen never see their backs speaks volumes without a single word.

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AAAAAAA you always show up in the most unexpected places/pos. I JUST realized you’re in a twst discord server with me so now i need to act normal since i’m in the presence of people I follow/hj

Well, I'm only in one TWST Discord server, so I now have to resist the urge to do some logical deduction to try to track you down /j

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Imagine a Yuu who's grown so apathetic and numb to everything so that they don't- can't- care anymore. A Yuu that used to be bright-eyed and cheerful, but slowly grew more and more broken until they just stopped caring to stop hurting.

Imagine an Ace who lies even when he doesn't have to, who lies so much he isn't sure what the truth is anymore. An Ace who doesn't know what's real and what's not, if he really has a brother or not, if he's hanging out with the other freshmen or not because every time he's told the truth, he's been burned for it.

Imagine a Deuce who tries and tries as hard as he can to succeed, ignoring sleep and anything else he needs until the other first-years force him to take a break. A Deuce who manages to finally achieve success and get good grades, but it just feels empty because of how loud the silence is in the middle of the night as he studies.

Imagine a Jack who thinks he always has to be the strong one, the one who's stoic and always fine because the others aren't okay so he has to be okay for them. A Jack who just says he's fine until maybe he'll finally believe it.

Imagine an Epel who avoids touch and mirrors, unable to bear the physical contact that once felt so warm but now feels like fire or staring into his once warm cyan eyes and wondering what went wrong. An Epel who finally breaks with the other freshmen when a quiet compliment or accidental touch hits too close to home.

Imagine an Ortho who tries to logic away everything he feels, who tries to figure out how to push all of the emotions he's gained away because they've become a hindrance now. An Ortho who just smiles and grows more and more numb until something happens and he can't logic away those emotions.

Imagine a Sebek who pretends like he doesn't care and ghosts all of his friends despite how much it hurts as he throws himself more and more into his training. A Sebek who can't take it anymore when there's a loss he can't ignore anymore, a loss that hurts more than anything else.

Imagine the upperclassmen as they watch their freshmen spiral deeper and deeper into the holes they've dug and knowing that it's their fault.

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Entangled Fingers

This is connected to my post about promise rings.

Yuu's always known about the cruelties of the world, but this adventure has painted them in stark detail for them.

They've always prided themselves on being observant, on picking up the little details others might notice. So they know that Crowley was never planning on them succeeding, that he wasn't even expecting them to come back when they had left.

They know that Ace and Deuce trust them with their lives now and that they'd trust the two idiots with theirs.

And yet, something tugs at them when the two are leaving. The both of them seem so much stronger than Yuu, but at the same time, so much more vulnerable.

Such a strange juxtapositions...

But regardless, something tugs at them when the two leave and asks Yuu to call them back.

They don't, and they later regret it when Ace ends up with a collar around his neck

When Yuu pulls him into Ramshackle, they grab his hand and tangle their fingers together more than necessary. He doesn't comment on it and tangles his fingers back and pretends like they aren't shaking.

They pretend like they aren't trembling themselves, like a part of him doesn't want to grab him and Deuce and hold them tight and never let them go.

The raging storm in their chest starts then and lingers through the tart adventures, through the broken rules and collars lingering on their necks, through the black and red and rose bushes and fear always staining their dreams.

And yet somehow, it lessens when they first slide the ring onto their left pinky finger and never take it off after.

-

Ace likes to pretend that his hands aren't shaking when he wakes up from dreams of red and black and orange and sand and blood staining the rose petals and dripping into the sandy ground beneath him, but the truth of the matter is that he's always been a liar.

Yuu and Deuce see straight through him and always have and always will and normally he would hate that, hate the way that they cut straight through all of his carefully constructed barriers, but it helps sometimes when all he can remember is red and black and the rose bushes rushing straight for him and he still has to pretend like he's fine.

It makes him feel less alone when he smiles his strained, broken smile at Cater and Trey and Riddle and tries to pretend like his hands still aren't shaking.

He's always been a liar, but the ring on his left pinky finger has a story that he's never lied to himself about, and that's enough for now.

-

Deuce has to act strong in front of his mom. He's hurt her enough already and he's not going to hurt her anymore, even if that means lying to her when he says that he's okay.

He isn't okay and he hasn't been okay for a while now, but there's only two people he trusts to know this fact completely and intimately. There are only two people he trusts enough for him to be defenceless around and neither of them are the type of people he imagined he'd be friends with.

Ace is a frustrating liar and Yuu is hauntingly apathetic, but there's so much truth in how Ace faces them compared to other people and there's a spark in Yuu's eyes as they reach for him or Ace when they've been apart for a night and they tangle their fingers together like they haven't seen each other in weeks rather than hours.

And maybe, it settles the pain in his chest from lying to his mom. Maybe, he'd do anything for them, fall back into his delinquent habits for them, because going through hell and back together is something that ties people together more than anything else.

And the ring in his left pinky finger is a reminder that, despite it all, they've climbed into those deepest parts of the world and strode back out, together.

-

Jack isn't sure when he first noticed that he wasn't okay.

Was it the nightmares of sand and drowning, of orange and purple, of being choked by an ocean of sand that feels eerily reminiscent of the tumbling waves of black blot?

Was it the shaking of his hands when he woke up from one of them and fumbled with his clothes so much he tore one of his shirts and had to repair it later?

Or maybe it was Yuu, followed by Ace and Deuce like always, staring at him with that usual nothingness in their eyes, their scent being chased by the bitterness of apathy, but a spark that he's never seen before in them, staring him straight in the eyes and telling him that he wasn't okay?

He wasn't sure which is was, but he wasn't okay and the ring around his left pinky finger was proof of that, despite how much it helped him.

-

Epel doesn't know why he can't bounce back from this easily.

He's always bounced back quickly before. His cries fade away, his anxiety passes swiftly, his nightmares soon just fleeting memories. Only his anger has remained, flickering embers in his chest that flare to life easily.

And yet... this is a nightmare that hasn't passed by yet. It's real in a way that none of the others have been before, and he can tell by the scars etching his hands, the darker pulse of his veins, the way that waves of dizziness sometimes sway over him because of the poison still lingering in him.

There are more parts to it, he's sure, like the way he's both hot and cold at the same time, the way that his eyes feel darker, muddier now, the swirling mass of feelings in his chest that he can't tackle yet.

But a ring sits on his left pinky finger and it somehow feels easier to bounce back from everything else now.

-

Ortho isn't quite sure how to process his emotions yet.

He's read the articles on them before, of course. He knows that he has to acknowledge the emotions, resolve the root cause of them, and decide what he wants to do with the aftermath.

But that feels so cold and objective in comparison to the burning anger he now feels, the throes of anxiety and the threads of hope, the powerful yet delicate joy lingering in his heart when he plays games with his brother.

He's managed to process most of his emotions as they've come, but there's one bit that he hasn't figured out yet. And that's the guilt and fear and pain and grief sitting in his chest from Idia's Overblot.

Still, there's a ring on his left pinky finger and the time and people to figure it out with.

-

Sebek isn't quite sure that he isn't still dreaming sometimes. That he's not still asleep, that they didn't manage to resolve his liege's Overblot, that he's still dreaming and that's why he's so happy.

Because as much as he scorned the humans in the past, there's something about them that draws Sebek near them like a moth to a flame.

It's frustrating and annoying and yet utterly captivating, a spark of joy through the fear hanging over his ever action, the way that every time he wakes up, he wonders if he's still sleeping, still dreaming.

But he's learned that in his dreams, the ring that sits around his left pinky finger isn't there, and that's how he tells that he's awake now.

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More Headcannons in this universe:

The freshmen link their pinky fingers together when they're nervous. The rings are all on their left hands, which means that the rings can't brush against each other when they're standing next to each other, but it's still a comfort to feel the cold metal against their hands

Ace, Deuce, and Epel aren't the best at studying, but all of the freshmen did a deep dive in the library for weeks on end to find the best spell to ensure that they could never lose their rings and they were locked in

Ruggie attempted to steal Jack's ring once, and only once, and he's still traumatized from the incident because Jack noticed that his ring was missing immediately

This was when the freshmen first decided to research spells to make sure that they rings were always on their person

The freshmen make promises to each other via pinky promises with the fingers that have the rings on them

All of the freshmen fidget with their rings when they're nervous

In addition to the spell to make sure the rings are always on them, the freshmen also added a spell to make the ring always cool to the touch because it's a way to ground themselves when they wake up from nightmares

Plus a spell to keep them from rusting because they're paranoid of losing the rings if they take them off for a shower

When one of the freshmen is really panicking after waking up from a nightmare, one of the others will pull off their ring and place it on the panicking one's right pinky finger

This is the only point on time when the rings will come off because otherwise, the freshmen guard the things with their lives

Promise Rings

There's a ring on Ace's pinky finger that Cater doesn't know how it got there.

There's a ring on Deuce's pinky finger that Trey doesn't remember showing up.

There's a ring on Jack's pinky finger that Ruggie can't steal because he guards it with his life.

There's a ring on Epel's pinky finger that Vil didn't give to him that he wears despite how much he hates jewelry.

There's a ring on Ortho's pinky finger that Idia didn't make and he doesn't know how it's staying on his little brother.

There's a ring on Sebek's pinky finger that Silver knows could be a liability in battle yet he wears it anyway.

There's a ring on Yuu's pinky finger that they mess with when they're anxious that just showed up there one day.

There's a ring on all of the freshmen's pinky fingers and there's a story behind those rings.

There's always been a hidden promise between Ace, Deuce, and Yuu.

No one knows about it except for them, because they don't talk about it. They've never even mentioned it to each other aside from quiet nights in Ramshackle that they'll never talk about again.

It's hard to believe, sometimes, when they wake up from nightmares of red and black and rose bushes and sand, but they remember it, would remember it even if they forgot everything else.

Because the world is harsh and it's dangerous in Night Raven College, so they cling to the promise like it's a life preserver and they're drowning.

Because maybe they are drowning. Drowning in fights and bad grades and the endless dreams of red and black and the water pressing in and they were so close to death in a place where they should have been safe.

So they remember their promise. The promise that they never speak of, the promise that they'll always remember, the promise that's the only thing keeping them afloat.

It started one night, not a quiet one, but rather a loud one. One with a mine and a phantom and a monster that no one will ever know about except for them.

Ever since then, they've been terrified to leave each other's sights, because last time Yuu let Ace out of their sight, it ended with a collar around his neck.

And before that, it ended in a broken chandelier.

So one day, when Yuu's sent out on an errand to the town in the foothills by the Headmage, they bring some of their precious, hard-earned money with them. They buy three rings, three simple, steel rings.

They take them back and give one to Ace, one to Deuce, put one on for themselves, and never take it off again.

Because it's a reminder of their promise, the hidden promise that they'll always be there no matter what happens.

Jack arrives next. He's let in slowly, carefully enfolded into the group so that no part of him, not even his tail, is sticking out. He's let in and he's informed of the promise on one of those quiet nights that they spend staring up at the moon and trying to push away the thoughts of red and black and sand and water.

Yuu slips off to the foothill town with Ace and Deuce in tow and buys another ring.

Jack never takes it off and keeps a careful eye on it to make sure that Ruggie doesn't steal it, because it's worth more than the hyena will ever know.

Epel comes next, a good portion of the way into the school year. They've already set up their dynamic and his arrival throws it all off, but they let him in the door and he settles in with his hands shaking more than he'd ever admit.

The promise would seem cheesy to him at any other time, but right now his eyes are red-rimmed and his veins look darker than before because of the poison still in them and he needs that sense of reassurance.

The ring is offered to him with a smile and no words are exchanged, but they all know what it means. No one else does and no one else ever will, not even Rook, but they know. They know it like they know nothing else.

Ortho. His ring is different, made of magnets so that it'll stay on him, but it looks the exact same. He doesn't wake up from nightmares like the rest of them do, but sometimes, his eyes are like haunted tragedies.

After all.

His very existence is one, isn't it?

Sebek. He comes last and he finishes the puzzle off like they never knew they were missing the last piece. He's hesitant to wear the ring at first but-

But sometimes, he wakes up and he's not sure that he's awake. That Malleus hasn't put him to sleep again. That it's actually finally over.

The ring is never there in his dreams where the thorns take over and the briar roses linger. It's never there because it wasn't there in the past and it's his way of telling that he's awake.

If any of their upperclassmen ask about the ring that they didn't see show up, the ring that just appeared one day and looked like it belonged, they'll just smile.

"What are you talking about? It was always here. You're just seeing things."

After all, their promise is for their ears only and only on those quiet nights full of red and black and rose bushes and sand, of water and snakes and poison and blue fire and thorns and endless dreams.

No one else is to know of their silent promise, the one that says:

"Together, forever, and no death will do us part because we'll all jump into the open maws together should one fall."

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Chapters: 1/7 Fandom: Twisted-Wonderland (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Yuu | Player (Twisted-Wonderland) & Everyone, Trey Clover & Cater Diamond & Riddle Rosehearts & Deuce Spade & Ace Trappola, Ruggie Bucchi & Jack Howl & Leona Kingscholar, Azul Ashengrotto & Floyd Leech & Jade Leech, Kalim Al-Asim & Jamil Viper, Epel Felmier & Rook Hunt & Vil Schoenheit, Idia Shroud & Ortho Shroud, Malleus Draconia & Silver & Lilia Vanrouge & Sebek Zigvolt Characters: Yuu | Player (Twisted-Wonderland), Ace Trappola, Deuce Spade, Cater Diamond, Trey Clover, Riddle Rosehearts, Leona Kingscholar, Ruggie Bucchi, Jack Howl, Azul Ashengrotto, Floyd Leech, Jade Leech, Kalim Al-Asim, Jamil Viper, Vil Schoenheit, Rook Hunt, Epel Felmier, Idia Shroud, Ortho Shroud, Malleus Draconia, Silver (Twisted-Wonderland), Lilia Vanrouge, Sebek Zigvolt Additional Tags: Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Platonic Soulmates, Child Neglect, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, References to Depression Summary:

And their eyes lock and one of the discordant notes- there’s so many that it would be easier to point out the ones that were right- snaps into place, almost, but not quite there. Two pairs of eyes widened at the feeling of something feeling almost right, almost together, almost fixed in a way that it never had been before. “You’re-” they gasped out, reaching out to brush their hand against their Soulmate, against the hand that owned those reaching scarlet eyes, and when their fingers touched, a mark that they hadn’t noticed sprang into full color on its owner’s wrist. “-my soulmate,” the other finished, staring at the shattered mirror on his wrist, gold and black where it had been gray before. The note springs into place, now perfectly in tune, and Yuu can feel the song settling more into their soul, the flipping cards and the search for something normal, something that they can love. They breathe out a long breath and oh. Was this what it felt like to be whole?

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Promise Rings

There's a ring on Ace's pinky finger that Cater doesn't know how it got there.

There's a ring on Deuce's pinky finger that Trey doesn't remember showing up.

There's a ring on Jack's pinky finger that Ruggie can't steal because he guards it with his life.

There's a ring on Epel's pinky finger that Vil didn't give to him that he wears despite how much he hates jewelry.

There's a ring on Ortho's pinky finger that Idia didn't make and he doesn't know how it's staying on his little brother.

There's a ring on Sebek's pinky finger that Silver knows could be a liability in battle yet he wears it anyway.

There's a ring on Yuu's pinky finger that they mess with when they're anxious that just showed up there one day.

There's a ring on all of the freshmen's pinky fingers and there's a story behind those rings.

There's always been a hidden promise between Ace, Deuce, and Yuu.

No one knows about it except for them, because they don't talk about it. They've never even mentioned it to each other aside from quiet nights in Ramshackle that they'll never talk about again.

It's hard to believe, sometimes, when they wake up from nightmares of red and black and rose bushes and sand, but they remember it, would remember it even if they forgot everything else.

Because the world is harsh and it's dangerous in Night Raven College, so they cling to the promise like it's a life preserver and they're drowning.

Because maybe they are drowning. Drowning in fights and bad grades and the endless dreams of red and black and the water pressing in and they were so close to death in a place where they should have been safe.

So they remember their promise. The promise that they never speak of, the promise that they'll always remember, the promise that's the only thing keeping them afloat.

It started one night, not a quiet one, but rather a loud one. One with a mine and a phantom and a monster that no one will ever know about except for them.

Ever since then, they've been terrified to leave each other's sights, because last time Yuu let Ace out of their sight, it ended with a collar around his neck.

And before that, it ended in a broken chandelier.

So one day, when Yuu's sent out on an errand to the town in the foothills by the Headmage, they bring some of their precious, hard-earned money with them. They buy three rings, three simple, steel rings.

They take them back and give one to Ace, one to Deuce, put one on for themselves, and never take it off again.

Because it's a reminder of their promise, the hidden promise that they'll always be there no matter what happens.

Jack arrives next. He's let in slowly, carefully enfolded into the group so that no part of him, not even his tail, is sticking out. He's let in and he's informed of the promise on one of those quiet nights that they spend staring up at the moon and trying to push away the thoughts of red and black and sand and water.

Yuu slips off to the foothill town with Ace and Deuce in tow and buys another ring.

Jack never takes it off and keeps a careful eye on it to make sure that Ruggie doesn't steal it, because it's worth more than the hyena will ever know.

Epel comes next, a good portion of the way into the school year. They've already set up their dynamic and his arrival throws it all off, but they let him in the door and he settles in with his hands shaking more than he'd ever admit.

The promise would seem cheesy to him at any other time, but right now his eyes are red-rimmed and his veins look darker than before because of the poison still in them and he needs that sense of reassurance.

The ring is offered to him with a smile and no words are exchanged, but they all know what it means. No one else does and no one else ever will, not even Rook, but they know. They know it like they know nothing else.

Ortho. His ring is different, made of magnets so that it'll stay on him, but it looks the exact same. He doesn't wake up from nightmares like the rest of them do, but sometimes, his eyes are like haunted tragedies.

After all.

His very existence is one, isn't it?

Sebek. He comes last and he finishes the puzzle off like they never knew they were missing the last piece. He's hesitant to wear the ring at first but-

But sometimes, he wakes up and he's not sure that he's awake. That Malleus hasn't put him to sleep again. That it's actually finally over.

The ring is never there in his dreams where the thorns take over and the briar roses linger. It's never there because it wasn't there in the past and it's his way of telling that he's awake.

If any of their upperclassmen ask about the ring that they didn't see show up, the ring that just appeared one day and looked like it belonged, they'll just smile.

"What are you talking about? It was always here. You're just seeing things."

After all, their promise is for their ears only and only on those quiet nights full of red and black and rose bushes and sand, of water and snakes and poison and blue fire and thorns and endless dreams.

No one else is to know of their silent promise, the one that says:

"Together, forever, and no death will do us part because we'll all jump into the open maws together should one fall."

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URGENT HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF MY CHILD.

Dear humanity,

Please Help Me – My Son May Die at Any Moment.

I'm Amal, a mother of three children, living under the weight of the genocide taking place in Gaza. 🍉

Here’s my story, and I’m reaching out with a hopeful heart 💔✨, hoping someone will feel what my family and I are going through.

My son is suffering from a severe and life-threatening injury after being shot by Israeli drones. He urgently needs medical treatment outside Gaza.

Time is running out, and we are facing a critical situation. I am asking for your generosity to help us save him either through a donation or by sharing this urgent plea with others

I beg you, i kiss your feet, to help my son. My son may die at any moment.

I lost most of my family. I'm afraid to lose my son too 🥺

Mohammed deserves to live a happy and healthy life, just like every other child on this earth.

So I humbly ask you to donate even a little or at least reblog this appeal.

Please Donate now:👇

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I can't do much to help, but I can at least get this out here.

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So I read your overblot first year post, and you can completely disregard me if I'm wrong but, so I remember hearing something about if you don't like defeat an overblot quick enough, the person like 💀s, and so what if, since this was a combined overblot and even tho everyone was there, they barely manage to defeat the first years, and in return, it like takes something, maybe something like their memories, or something like that? Maybe it's like a throwback to all the trauma bonding, like they lose memories of EVERYONE except each other, or they lose memories of only each other yet kind of just haunt around feeling like they're missing a part of themselves but they don't know what, and if we go that route, then maybe the seniors try to push em back together but because of the loss of all the memories of the previous year and also remembering the overblots and all that, that just makes them try to avoid the rest of the group? Just a blub

Ooh, I love that idea! Either option is heartbreaking, because they were overblotting both because of each other and because of their seniors. The idea of them only knowing each other and not the danger they were recently in, but knowing, intrinsically, that they can't lose each other or else they'll break and the idea that they know nothing of each other past lingering flashes of each other's eyes and the emotions associated with them and a deep, terrifying fear that floods them every time one of them's out of sight is beautiful, a consequence to Overblotting that I hadn't considered before.

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Can we get the first years in a cuddle pile? I think they need it.

Excellent idea, though they're kind of flopped over each other already in their hospital beds because they didn't want to be apart from each other.

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First-Year Overblot pt. 2

The battle's over. The Overblot's been defeated, even if it was completely unexpected.

How did they get here? Why did they Overblot together, when it's something done alone?

Ortho was Idia's Phantom, but their circumstances were unique.

So how did they get here?

At the end of the day, it was really their faults. They didn't see the stress that all of the Overblots piled on their first-years. They didn't see how hard they worked together so that they wouldn't lose each other.

They didn't see how close they were to each other, how much they grew to love each other, how their greatest fears were all losing each other.

They didn't see the first-years, and that was their mistake.

At the end of each Overblot is a memory sequence. A monologue. A reveal of how they got to this point.

Yuu's the only one who knows what happened in everyone's memory sequences, but they all know that they exist. The Overblotters remember them and whisper what happened to their trusted ones in the middle of the nights when they can't sleep.

How did they get here?

For the others, it was years upon years of culminated trauma. Of everything piling up until that one moment when everything broke and came crashing down.

For the first-years, it's one singular year. The best and worst years of their life.

It started with Ace, Deuce, and Yuu. A few bad choices, a broken chandelier, a mine, a monster, an adventure that leads to life-or-death from a school director.

Something that should have been safe.

The first cracks started.

Then came Riddle. Sure, it was Ace's bad choices that led to him getting kicked out and Riddle's mother's fault for Riddle's complex about the rules, but still.

This was a place that should have been safe.

Leona. Yuu getting blackmailed by the director. People who should have been safe being not. Riddle apologized, yes, but that doesn't erase the red in Deuce's nightmares, the rose bushes that would have killed Ace if not for Trey's timely intervention.

Somewhere along the way, Yuu's hands find their way into Ace and Deuce's and just stay there.

They meet Jack. They don't know if Leona and Ruggie know this, though they suspect they do, but Jack overheard their conversation after he was dismissed. Where they talked about what they should do about him, as if he wasn't someone that they were supposed to keep safe.

The world feels so dangerous, but it feels a little safer when they're together.

Azul. Ace and Deuce made bad choices, again, but they remember what happened the last time they got Riddle angry. The red lingers in their nightmares and on their clothes and the rose bushes sometimes make them flinch when they see them out of the corners of their eyes.

Jack helps, even though he wasn't obligated to. Yuu's hand clings to his when their other sources of stability are gone. He never complains and sometimes, when it feels like neither of them can breathe, he squeezes back.

Jamil. They weren't there because they couldn't figure out what to tell their families, but Yuu felt like they were drowning the entire break. Like they couldn't breathe without their anchors.

Ace and Deuce race back as soon as they hear that Yuu's in trouble, even through all of the transport issues that they have to go through. They come back after everything is over, yet it finally feels like they can breathe again.

Vil. The poison still lingers slightly in their veins. They look darker, a shade or two slightly darker than before. Sometimes, they feel weaker than they were before.

They wonder if Vil knows that, if he knows that he left a lasting effect on them even when the others didn't.

Somehow, they don't think he does.

They meet Epel and he slots right into their group like a missing piece. Like he was supposed to be there the entire time. His hands squeeze back even with Vil's displeasure about how close they are and the PDA they show.

They don't care. It helps them breathe and it loosens the tightness in their chests and the world feels less harsh, less dizzying, less dangerous when they're not alone.

Idia. The Overblotters are missing, but the only thing they really care about is that Ace and Deuce are in the Infirmary. It feels like they should care about the Overblotters, but they know that all of them still have nightmares of red staining their clothes.

Why should they care, when they made them like this.

Yuu's hand squeezes Epel's as tight as they can and he squeezes back just as hard.

They were looking for Jack when they found Rook, and it was too good of an opportunity to leave. They write a note for Jack and wish that they could speak to him before they're off to save people who leave red, red, red and black blot hanging in their dreams.

Ortho. He says he has a soul after he got fixed by Idia and he starts hanging out with them. They wonder if it's because he's tired of the expectations he has from everyone else on how he should act.

It doesn't matter. At the end of the day, he fits right in. His hands are warm from all of the energy he's using to keep himself powered and he squeezes back every time.

Malleus. They're all in each other's dreams because they care enough about each other at that point. It hurts to leave each one behind but they're not real and the lack of red and black shows as much.

Yuu doesn't think they've ever squeezed so hard when they reunite with Ortho.

Sebek. He was resistant to their efforts at first, but the red and black got to him too. Sometimes, he's shaking in the middle of the night and it feels more familiar than it should.

Somewhere along the line, they started training. Started practicing, because when was the next one going to come? When was the next threat to their little unit, their little family coming?

They just didn't expect it to extend to their schoolwork as well. Their magic is honed, perfected, made as powerful as possible. Is it any wonder that their grades are perfect too?

It just... hurts, when they realize that they haven't been paying attention. That they haven't been seen. That no one notices the bags under their eyes and the way they squeeze each other's hands tightly.

They crumble when they see each other. Because as much as it hurts that they're not seen, it hurts even more that none of them are. Because it just proves that they're not good enough to pay attention to.

The world starts to crumble and black fills everything despite how much they hate it.

This is their seniors' fault.

Everyone's fault, for not paying attention, for not noticing the way they squeezed each other's hands tight enough to break bones, or the way they relaxed whenever they saw each other.

Even in their sleep, their hands find their way together and squeeze and they look more peaceful than they've ever looked before, piled on top of the same hospital bed because they insisted, unconsciously, on not being apart.

They wake up muttering about black and red and all of the Overblotters know it's their fault.

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Confusing First-Year Relationship-

Imagine the first-years are the target of a lot of school-wide gossip, not because they did anything wrong or particularly confusing, but because there’s a school-wide betting pool on what their relationship is.

Some people are betting on some different couples or throuples in the group, some think they're all dating, and some think that they're just really good friends.

And the first-years, aware of this betting pool, decide to be cryptic little shits and fuel the rumors even more by doing a lot of couple things with each other and being even more free with physical affection than they already are.

Finally, someone gets the idea to actually ask the first-years about what their relationship is.

But. But.

The real kicker is that even the first-years haven't defined it. They don't have a name for it, but it works for them. If anything, it's like a queerplatonic relationship, but they don’t want to commit to that term yet.

So the betting pool is screwed up and Ace, being Ace, manages to trick everyone who had money in the betting pool to give the money to the first-year gang.

Everyone learns a very important lesson there: Don't try betting on the first-years, it just ends up with them having your money.

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AHahaha, don't kill me. But, after they defeat the First Year Overblots, they expect them to fall to the ground unconscious right? Because if the Houswardens can barely stay awake after their own, the first years stand no chance. But consider this....

....They begin to hallucinate, too wound up to become unconscious.

They all begin calling out for their friends, crying for them and pleading for them not to be dead; because they realistically know that they have overblotted; but they are weak and their vision is blurry. They can barley hear, much less see. Their seniors are forced to witness this group of first years who overblotted together and they discover their greatest fear.

They don't want to lose one another.

They are sobbing, clawing at the ground, crying out for their friends, not realizing they aren't more than 10 feet from one another; but the thought of them not being near one another is causing them to panic.

Eventually they are all knocked unconscious and brought to the infirmary, and more problems begin arise because they are unconsciously seeking each others touch and all of them begin to realize that you never see them without one another. And the are NEVER not touching.

It is then they all realize, they are all they feel like they have here in Night Raven, and it was because of them.

You, my good Tumblr anon, are evil.

I love this.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Twisted-Wonderland (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Deuce Spade & Ace Trappola & Yuu | Player, Trey Clover & Yuu | Player, Cater Diamond & Yuu | Player, Kalim Al-Asim & Yuu | Player, Jamil Viper & Yuu | Player, Vil Schoenheit & Yuu | Player, Rook Hunt & Yuu | Player Characters: Yuu | Player (Twisted-Wonderland), Ace Trappola, Deuce Spade, Trey Clover, Cater Diamond, Kalim Al-Asim, Jamil Viper, Vil Schoenheit, Rook Hunt Additional Tags: Touch Aversion, 5+1 Things, Self-Harm, Self-Esteem Issues, Suicidal Thoughts, Hopeful Ending, Reader is Yuu | Player (Twisted-Wonderland), Hurt No Comfort Summary:

5 times Yuu has shied away from touch + 1 time they told someone why