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ok @mojo-chojo you've dropped lore on the marks and I couldn't resist the call of my keyboard.

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It was fading.

It was fading and he didn't know how to stop it. Obviously save Scar, obviously save his stupid, reckless sorcerer. But he was gone.

He'd left some time ago, off to visit some town he'd apparantly nearly been banned from years past, and usually he'd have not only sent several messages, but been on his way home already.

But he wasn't.

They hadn't heard from Scar in a week.

And he was dying.

Mumbo stepped up behind him, arms wrapping around him and face burying itself in his hair. He turned, burying his face in Mumbo's chest.

They had to find him.

They would find him.

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so. with the completion of “off with his head”, I think it’s time to share some lore. as much as I wanted to include more backstory on etho and bdubs, it couldn’t work into the main series. and it’ll be a while before I can jump into their story.

to solve this issue, I come to tumblr to expand and give some backstory.

if you’d like some background on bdubs, etho, and impulse, have some lore <3

for this, we won’t be starting in our current timeline. we’ll be starting about nine years before. and we won’t be focusing on etho and bdubs. we’ll be focusing on etho and impulse.

etho is 28, impulse is 30. see, etho starts out as a member of xisuma’s police force. and it’s important to note what etho’s view of the world is like at this point. because he looks at morality as very black and white. either there’s good people, or there’s bad people. there is no in between. but we’ll return to that later.

impulse is a witness to a petty crime, etho meets him. they get along pretty well and go out for a few drinks together. they become friends and hmmm there’s some sparks flying. except… they lose contact after a night of drunken fooling around. it’s your typical “I’ll call you later” except the “later” part never comes.

so etho goes off, putting his attention to his job and impulse to other things.

enter bdubs three years later. bdubs is 29, impulse is 34.

and scar is running for mayor. bdubs and impulse meet by chance, right around the time impulse is attempting to start up iPawn. and bdubs comes in, helping him set it all up. and in turn, impulse helps bdubs out with different ways to market scar’s campaign.

it’s a great partnership! impulse’s shop is taking off, scar is getting more support. and oh wow impulse is pretty sweet guy, uh oh bdubs is feeling something for him, and now they’re kind of going out!

except… scar makes a mention that they’re in need of funds for the campaign. and bdubs… he gets a bad idea.

surely impulse won’t mind if he takes some money to fund scar’s campaign. he’ll pay him back and everything!

impulse finds out. and he’s not happy. bdubs’ actions damage their relationship. and once scar finds out, he offers to pay it all back. though, someone beats him to it. see, scar isn’t the only one running for mayor.

so is scott.

and scott’s family pays impulse the money back… as long as impulse will vote scott instead of scar.

and that only serves to fracture bdubs and impulse’s relationship even more.

it’s around this time coincidently, that etho pops back up. during those past three years, etho rises through the ranks, becomes a detective. and he’s successful. but that all comes crashing down with a single case.

the case etho works is a messy one, a serial killer. it’s chaotic, all over the place. etho and his team are being led in one direction only to be spun in a different one. it’s a wild goose chase, full of dead ends and loose threads.

there’s only a few witnesses, even fewer suspects. and one of those witnesses is etho’s best friend. they grew up together, and etho has always thought of this friend as a good person. when his coworkers bring up this friend as a suspect, he denies them.

and nothing gets him to believe them until he catches his friend in the act. it’s enough to shake his entire world view and it’s messy.

etho quits the force, and who’s doorstep does he show up on? impulse’s. and impulse, who’s just been betrayed by one of the most important people to him, offers his home. etho crashes with impulse for a while, turns to alcohol to cope with everything that’s happened. his entire world view has been flipped upside down.

and he does that for a while. until impulse says enough is enough and drags etho to a newly formed dogwarts. he had heard from ren that he needed members and etho needs a job.

so impulse introduces etho to ren, and etho finds himself working with dogwarts. and it’s while working with dogwarts that etho starts to find a taste for chaos. he starts to lean into this idea of “who cares if I’m good or bad, as long as I’m thriving on the chaos.”

and scott (who is obviously not mayor) catches wind of etho working with dogwarts and wants information. etho says “why not” and spills some info, it’s his first real act of chaos, of playing to more than one side.

he meets cleo by chance, right before scar’s election. so early days of crastle. and hey, cleo seems pretty fun, let’s hang with her for a bit. so now he’s split. bdubs joins them Officially during scar’s campaign, and yk. the closet meeting and at first etho really does see bdubs as a way of getting info on scar for ren.

except he falls for bdubs and suddenly betraying him isn’t so easy anymore.

AND THEN ETHO IS EXPOSED. and bdubs knows, and scar is throwing etho out and who can he turn to?

impulse.

etho bunks with impulse again after everything (he moved in with bdubs and can’t go back), and the entire situation has bdubs thinking of impulse and he works himself up to see him. etho is out (meeting with scott) and when impulse opens the door, bdubs throws himself at impulse and collapses in his arms, apologizing like crazy.

they haven’t really spoken since the night impulse confronted him. and now he’s going to see him to apologize.

and impulse is confused because all etho told him was that his position was compromised, he needed a place to stay. but bdubs tells impulse everything and ignoring how badly it hurts that the two people impulse wanted most chose each other, he makes up with bdubs and comforts him.

etho comes back when bdubs is still there, and it turns awkward. very quickly. but impulse makes them sit down, and the two of them hash everything out.

and then the three of them agree to sit down and start over. get to know each other for real, no secrets, no alternative motives. just them. and they give the three of them a shot.

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so, @mochiwrites newest chapter was amazing, and I mean. I couldn't not

So have some fic

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"Leave."

A nervous laugh.

"What? Bdubs-"

You turn to look at him.

He's there, silhouetted in front of the bright door, looking at you. His hair is messy, like he'd run his fingers through it too many times, his vest twisted a little too far to the right and one of his boot laces untied. He watches you, nervousness in his eyes.

You almost can't stand to look at him.

"Scar and Grian told me."

He freezes, just a little. Not quite enough for anyone but you to notice. You start to cry, and he reaches for you.

"I told them you loved me," you sob, and he recoils. He's hurt, guilty maybe. You're not sure you care. You're not sure if it makes any difference.

"I told them you loved me. But you didn't did you?" He opens his mouth to speak, not getting more than a syllable in before you speak again.

"Why then? If you love me, why are you so ready to use me to betray someone I love? Why are you so ready to hurt me?"

You're starting to break down. He's reaching for you, and you know, more likely than not, that if he wraps you in his arms and apologizes, no matter how false, you might just go right back.

"Leave."

"Bdubs-"

"Go. Just go."

And he leaves. And you cry.

You wonder if Impulse has any arrangements for recent emotionally charged breakups.

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had the mental image of gri painting something while writing this :>

It became more and more apparent throughout the day that something was... off.

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Everything since morning today had been a bit pants honestly. Waking up, limbs tangled with Scar was everything he'd wanted for years. They'd had a nice breakfast and gone about thier days. it wasn't infrequent now that, on the slower days, Grian would simply doze and read the time away in the library, occasionally accompanied by Jellie.

Until Scar brought it up.

There had been no communication from Grian at all.

A few calls and steadily increasing nerves later, they had a timeline.

No one had seen Grian since mid-morning, when he'd left Ren's on a scouting mission. No one had heard anything from him, and something was horribly terribly wrong.

Grian was missing,

And that meant someone would pay.

oh multiple people might go on a warpath :) I'm tempted to write something about it or draw something for that idea, but idk man, motivation sucks -z anon is considering a hermitship side blog :<

that’s totally valid !!! motivation is always super rough. it can be a huge pain sometimes when it doesn’t want to be there. but try not to force yourself !! sometimes forcing it can be even worse

but if you do end up doing anything I’d love to see it <3

( also gently pats your head, if a sideblog is something you’re considering I say go for it !! )

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