#blightfall

[randomname3]

Are minecraft kids these days aware of the modpack Blightfall? Probably the best story driven exploration pack blightfall? The modpack with a huge costume map filled with secrets and unique biomes blightfall? The 1.7.10 modpack you can find on technic launcher blightfall? Because they dont make modpack like that anymore and i think everyone should at least try it

[ascendantlizard]

A non-exhaustive list of Minecraft mods I really like

Create

The gold standard of modern modded Minecraft shenanigans, with it's smooth animations, and crazy moving contraptions, and focus on automation/factories, and trains (if you're into that).

Thaumcraft

Easily one of the best magic systems I've seen in Minecraft, with research and potentially world ending threats. Also, the basis for the spectacular mod pack Blightfall, were all the weird corruption stuff is recontextualized as an alien taint already spread across the planet.

Equivalent Exchange

If Cookie Clicker was a Minecraft mod, it would be this. Converting any item into any other item thru a points system, with really powerful items to mold and shape your world to how you want.

Dimensional Doors

Pocket dimensions for your building, and pocket dungeons for your exploring. Really cool if you're more into building interior spaces without having to plan how it will look on the outside.

Not Enough Items

Basically a requirement in every mod pack because of the recipe list. It would be a crime not to mention it.

It's really a shame I could never put a mod pack with all of these in it together since they're pretty much restricted to different versions of the game.

[theinkeddragon]

Clyde Shiver Graves, 16 years old, 6'1'', missing 5/26/1996, along with everyone else living on or visiting Stilwater.

One minute, Clyde was racing his best friends to their last class of the year, the next he's been infected by a parasitic plant that's turned him into practically a living tree. He doesn't understand why he's not like any of the other blighted, a mindless monster that only lives to sate its hunger, body slowly twisting as it forgets what it even looked like. He's still, for the most part, human; His mind is still intact, and while he can only eat raw meat anymore, he doesn't have the urge to rip Rhea or Gat apart. In fact, after watching both of them completely break down from everything, he's incredibly protective of them; Hell, he follows Gat around like a lost puppy when they're around each other.

Rhea just wishes Clyde wasn't so doting on her brother in front of her.

(mmmmm please ask questions I have much to say)

[oglegoggle]

Blightfall was so fuckin good are there any killer MineCraft story modpacks like that out these days?

[nullvariableart]

Can we get a Sculk Horde version of Blightfall?

[almost-correct-quotes]

may be hyperfixated on blightfall a little bit. modded minecraft my beloved

[fluxedbuds]

sometimes I think abt how FB4 was delayed for ages partially because they wanted to play blightfall for it. like. yeah that'd do it huh!

[oldmanyaoi-jpeg]

i wish blightfall wasn't so unique. not liek. i wish it was normal but i wish there were more modpacks like it. i cannot think of a single other modpack that does what it does. like yeah theres modpacks with quests and theres modpacks with magic and modpacks with industry but WHERE ARE THE ONES WITH STORIES!!!!!!!!

[therizinotfuckingthere]

yay blightfall :]

[wizardprime]

the batfamily play minecraft

alfred: i don’t believe he can physically interact with computers

barbara: there’s always one person in the group who can do redstone and here it’s her. builds all the farms everyone loves having at the beginning of the game like the ender ender and a villager trading hall. as usual everyone would fucking die without her. servers she doesn’t join never really get off the ground for the most part because everyone is so used to having her farms on hand and gets lazy to play without them. would probably really enjoy elaborate progression mods like feed the beast

bruce: doesn’t get it. “what are you supposed to do?” “just whatever i want? that sounds silly.” if he gave it a chance i think it could be great for his mental health. i mean mining is basically meditation let’s be real. but let’s also be real he would try it for 5 minutes 30 if his kids really did the puppy eyes and then he would wander away and get killed by a zombie

cass: hard to say, honestly. depends on from what angle the game would be presented to her. she would probably enjoy the hanging out and the cozy atmosphere but she doesn’t strike me as the type to enjoy very grindy games beyond mindless resource gathering. she’d like hopping on the batfam server while everyone else is online and dicking around but alone i think she would just wander the landscapes aimlessly without progressing the game much.

damian: he’s collecting all the animals. 2.000 dogs and no sign of stopping. at least just as many cats. has wrangled half the passive mobs into his house, which is a wooden cube with a roof. it should be ugly but mostly it’s just really charming. i think he would enjoy the foxes

dick: also doesn’t get it. i think he’d prefer story based games or just straight up board games. he would enjoy the communal aspect and if someone introduced him to hypixel or something he would like that but i can’t see him enjoying casual minecraft unless it was a story based adventure map of some kind. he might like blightfall

duke: stacked. plays the game and plays it well. he has netherite armour while everyone else is just getting iron. he just strikes me as a minecraft kid. only other person who’s halfway decent at redstone, but only uses it to make cursed contraptions that give everyone else a headache.

jason: not the most impressive builds or the best with pvp but he likes to explore and creates really elaborate beautiful storylines into all his builds and the environments he cultivates that end up dragging half of the others into the plot. the kid who built fences around villages to protect the citizens from monsters. would enjoy mods that expand the minecraft world like better end.

stephanie: would play with incredibly silly mods that are all only working together with glue and hope. finding incredibly niche categories of speedrunning to complete just for fun; she actually gets briefly famous for setting a decent world record in something and would probably have many twitch followers if she didn’t already have med school and vigilante work to manage. maybe in another life

tim: doesn’t understand the term sandbox game and refuses to learn. he logs on and starts playing achievement hunter. not necessarily in a speedrunning way, but he does play the game like it has a tasklist. perpetual dirt hut tenant. either that or his unsupervised internet access as a child has lead to minecraft youtuber trauma

[tickfleato]

they should invent computer programs that work

btw every time someone makes a program that only runs on macos 10.15 or newer i am filled with personal hatred for them.

[randomname3]

Thinking about making a dnd(or probably another ttrpg) campaign based on minecraft blightfall

For those who dont know blightfall is a minecraft modpack about trying to make an hostile alien planet habitable while exploring it and discovering ruins of a past civilization and the circumstances that brought it to its current state

Its very good

[solarsthoughts]

sometimes i’m laughing at a joke and then i remember we still have to wait a year for blightfall and suddenly nothing is funny anymore

[theinkeddragon]

Oo o o ooo I am so full of Blightfall knowledge and ramblings ooo oo o oo oo o

[broomballkraken]

Title: The Art of Unsealing a Heart

Fandom: Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo

Pairing: Kyoshiro/Miharu

Word count: 3176

Warnings: None

Summary: After a normal shift at the tea stall, Miharu couldn't wait to close up and meet Suzuno for a fun night out. However, a surprise visit from Kyoshiro derails those plans in a way that she never would have expected.

"Alright, I'm heading home. Good work today, Miharu."

"Have a good night!"

Miharu waved at her boss as he left the tea stall for the night before continuing to clean. After she had wiped down all of the tables, she grabbed a boom and started sweeping the floor. It had been another regular day of work, but lately business seemed to be steadily increasing, probably due to blightfall incidents becoming scarce. People weren't scared to leave their houses anymore, and everyone collectively just seemed to be in higher spirits. Miharu was certainly wasn't an exception to that.

Humming to herself, she paused to wipe the sweat from her brow before diving right back into cleaning. Miharu's high spirits stemmed mostly from the fact that she got to hang out with Suzuno more, due to her not being needed as often for Oniwaban missions. Not having to worry as much about her precious little sister's safety anymore felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of her shoulders, and she was looking forward to their shopping and dinner plans this evening.

"Miharu."

Jolting with surprise when a voice hit her ears, she spun around towards the door. "Sorry, we're closed-" she started, but the rest of her words caught in her throat when she saw who was standing there. Kyoshiro was staring at her with his usual blank expression…but something seemed off. His one visible eye kept flicking towards the floor, and his hands kept clenching and unclenching at his sides. He seemed a bit...nervous, which definitely meant that something was very off.

"Oh, Kyoshiro! What are you doing here?" she asked, setting her broom down and cocking her head to one side. She watched him curiously as he closed his eyes, taking a deep breath before opening them again. When his visible eye met hers, she was given pause at the oddly intense look he was giving her, and she remained silent while Kyoshiro strode up to stand directly in front of her.

"I...wanted to see you," he said. Miharu really didn't expect that, and she blinked at him owlishly as he continued: "There's something I need to talk to you about, and something that I hope you can help me understand."

Miharu's brow scrunched up in confusion. "Uh, okay. What is it?"

Kyoshiro crossed his arms over his chest and remained silent. Miharu pouted and opened her mouth to push him to talk, but she decided against it. This seemed pretty important and serious to him, so she reigned in her impatience and waited for him to speak on his terms.

"To start, I need to tell you what I really am." Kyoshiro finally broke the awkward, heavy silence, and Miharu stared at him with wide eyes. "I am not a human or a Formfolk."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Miharu asked, raising a dubious eyebrow.

"I am a Vessel, which are beings created specifically to fight the blightfall. We come from objects — like Formfolk — but we have no memories of our time as objects, and our hearts are sealed away so that we are in no danger of becoming the blightfall that we fight."

"You're what?" Miharu blurted out, not quite believing what she was hearing. "And wait...W-What do you mean that you're hearts are sealed away?

"Negative emotions cause people to become susceptible to becoming a blightfall, so we do not experience any emotions at all once our hearts are sealed away."

Miharu stared at Kyoshiro with her jaw agape. This was...certainly a lot to take in, but oddly it made a lot of sense, especially the part about his very annoying lack of emotions. So that was why he seemed so obscenely practical and cold all the time!

"That does explain a lot," Miharu said, a wide grin crossing her face. "I thought you were just the most emotionally stunted man in the world, but I guess your emotions can't be stunted if you don't have them at all."

"But..." Miharu hummed and tapped her chin. "There's something I don't understand."

"Hm?" Kyoshiro tilted his head at her, which Miharu thought looked rather...cute, to her immense surprise. She wasn't sure if she was keen about where her thoughts were wandering to, so she quickly blurted out her question:

"Why are you telling me this?"

Kyoshiro went silent again, averting his gaze. When he did speak, his tone was laced with uncertainty. "Some of the other Vessels have been trying to unseal their hearts, with varying results. It seems like the most effective way to do so is by developing romantic feelings for someone."

"...Huh?"

"I've been looking into this myself, and that's why I've been finding myself visiting your tea stall more often. I feel...different when I'm around you, Miharu."

"W-What are you saying, Kyoshiro?!" Miharu exclaimed, feeling her cheeks heat up considerably. She had noticed that Kyoshiro had been frequenting the stall more often lately, but she thought that was because he had more free time due to the decrease in blightfall activity. But...it was actually because of her?

As if sensing her confusion, Kyoshiro gently took Miharu's hand and guided it to his chest, pressing it flat right over his heart. Her eyes went wide when she felt his rapid heartbeat thumping against her palm. "My heart has only ever beaten this hard while fighting blightfall. But now...it somehow beats even harder when I'm around you, Miharu. I...cannot understand why, but I want to."

Miharu's heart was now beating in time with Kyoshiro's, and she pulled her hand back to her face. Clearing her throat as she tried to ignore how warm her face had gotten, Miharu's mind reeled while she tried to come to terms with the fact that Kyoshiro seemed to be in love with her, even if he didn't know it yet.

Swallowing thickly, Miharu took in a deep calming breath and forced herself to look Kyoshiro in the eye again. He was watching her patiently, and Miharu decided to not beat around the bush.

"Well, um, usually wanting to be around someone and a racing heart are signs of romantic attraction, so...I-I think you...might be i-in love with me, Kyoshiro..." A wave of embarrassment flooded through Miharu...but it left an odd warmth in its wake that made her feel giddy. Oh no...

"Love...Hm." Kyoshiro averted his gaze, and Miharu swore that his cheeks looked a tiny bit darker than usual. "I'm...not sure what it is I feel. Is there a way to confirm if this is 'love'?"

Miharu bit her bottom lip as she shuffled her feet. "Er, well, you could try...holding my hand?" She winced and held her hands behind her back. This was all so...surreal and silly, and Miharu was annoyed at how shy she felt. Kyoshiro was a very handsome man—she'd have to be blind to think otherwise—but until now she had been put off by his cold indifference to the feelings of those around him. Now that she knew that it wasn't really his fault, some rather deep feelings of her own that she didn't know she held for him were bubbling up within her heart.

"Miharu..."

"Eh?" Miharu blinked rapidly to bring herself back to reality, and she focused her gaze on Kyoshiro's hand that he was holding out towards her.

"Can I hold your hand?"

"Ah ha, r-right, yes," Miharu mumbled, pulling her hands out from behind her back and placing one over Kyoshiro's; he hoped he wouldn't notice it shaking.

Kyoshiro stared at their hands for a moment, before he curled his fingers around Miharu's. He hummed and rubbed at his cheek with his free hand, and Miharu was certain now that he was blushing slightly. This new side to Kyoshiro was so weird...but Miharu would be lying to herself if she said she didn't like it.

"Hm..." Kyoshiro slowly entwined their fingers together, causing Miharu's heart to skip a beat. "I do feel...warmer, but I don't think this is enough."

"Not enough huh..." Miharu mumbled, and after thinking for a moment, she let go of Kyoshiro's hand—she took note of the slight frown that crossed his face—and held out her arms. "How about a hug then?"

Kyoshiro nodded. Spurred on, Miharu wrapped her arms around him, hugging him gently. When she felt his arms slowly wrap around her in return, Miharu buried her face into his chest to hide her flushed cheeks. He was warm, so warm, but that might have been Miharu overheating due to their newfound closeness.

"This is...closer, but..." Kyoshiro mumbled, and Miharu lifted her head from his chest, only to almost let out a screech at how close Kyoshiro's face was to hers. She could feel his breath on her lips, their noses brushed, and Miharu was completely captivated as she stared deep into his eyes.

"W-Well," Miharu barely managed to squeak out, "we could try, um...k-kissing?"

"Very well."

Miharu immediately closed her eyes and waited for the kiss to come. However, nothing happened, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Kyoshiro staring down at her with his brows furrowed and a slight frown on his face.

"I don't know how." Kyoshiro's voice was quiet, and he looked so uncharacteristically bashful when he averted his gaze that Miharu was surprised that she didn't swoon right then and there.

"Ah, r-right."

Miharu slowly lifted her hands up to cup his face. Her heart felt like it was going to burst right out of her chest, and she sucked in a sharp breath while she gently brushed aside the beautiful silver hair that covered Kyoshiro's right eye. Those pretty hazel eyes of his were normally cold and calculating, but now they were looking at Miharu with a warm kindness that took her breath away.

Pulling his face down, Miharu finally pressed her lips to his in a soft, feather-light kiss and let her eyes slip shut. Her face felt like it had been set aflame, and she had to use every ounce of her self control to keep her internal screaming from becoming external. She was...kissing Kyoshiro. She. Was. Kissing. Kyoshiro, and it was an absolutely ethereal feeling.

Miharu felt something brush her cheek, and she reflexively broke the kiss and pulled away. Kyoshiro was looking at his hand, which was hovering next to her face, and when his gaze slowly moved to lock with Miharu's, he did something so beautiful that she thought that she might go blind from the sight:

Kyoshiro smiled at her.

Miharu had seen Kyoshiro smile before, but they were always the slightest upturn of his lips, and it usually was when the shogun came up in their conversations. But this smile was broad and bright and reached his eyes, and the best part is that he was looking right at Miharu while wearing it.

Kyoshiro slowly reached up to rub at his beet-red cheek. "My face is...hot."

Miharu giggled, and she moved his hand out of the way so that she could cup his face. "You're blushing, Kyoshiro."

"Ah."

Miharu beamed at him, but the sheer intensity of Kyoshiro's gaze made her look down at the floor. She sucked in a sharp breath when she felt his fingers slip under her chin, and she allowed her head to be tilted back up until she was looking him in the eye.

"Your smile is...pretty," Kyoshiro mumbled, his thumb brushing lightly over Miharu's lower lip, causing her mouth to go dry while her heartbeat went off to the races. Before today, she never would have imagined hearing those words from him, but she certainly wasn't going to complain about it. A smile returned to Miharu's face, and Kyoshiro mirrored it.

Kyoshiro averted his gaze for a moment, his brow furrowed as if deep in thought. His hand was cupping her cheek, and the warmth of his touch seemed to permeate Miharu's entire being. "This might sound odd, but I want to protect you, Miharu. I want to keep that smile on your face, and be near you always. Is that...love?"

Miharu nodded and leaned further into his touch. "Yeah, that definitely sounds like love to me."

"Ah...it's a nice feeling." Kyoshiro pressed his forehead against Miharu's and looked deep into her eyes. "I love you, Miharu."

Miharu could only stare at him, eyes wide and jaw hanging agape. There it was, that four letter word, and Miharu still couldn't quite believe that this was actually happening.

"Do you...love me too?"

Miharu stared at Kyoshiro, and the anticipation was displayed so apparently on his face that she couldn't help but burst into a fit of giggles. When she composed herself, she took Kyoshiro's hands and gave them a light squeeze.

"Yes. I love you too, Kyoshiro."

He smiled at her again, and that giddy happiness bubbled up within Miharu's gut again. It threatened to boil over when Kyoshiro pulled her back into a hug, and her breath caught in her throat when he caressed her cheek with the back of his fingers.

"Can I kiss you again?"

Miharu didn't answer him with words. Instead, she reached up to cup his face and gently guide his head down until their lips met again. This time, she kissed him deeper, and she smiled against his lips when she felt his arms tighten around her hesitantly, allowing her to sink even deeper into his tender embrace; Miharu wished that this moment would never end...

"Mimi, are you here? I'm sorry I'm late-Oh!"

Jerking away from Kyoshiro, Miharu looked to the entrance of the tea stall to find Suzuno standing there, wide-eyed and with a hand covering her mouth. Miharu's cheeks were burning with embarrassment, and when she stole a glance at Kyoshiro, she saw that his cheeks were flushed pink as well.

"S-Sorry for interrupting! Ahhh, how embarrassing!" Suzuno frantically shook her head before bowing deeply.

"No, i-it's fine! We were j-just, uh..." Miharu stuttered, trying to rack her brain for any excuse for this sight (she definitely did not have one).

When Suzuno lifted her head back up, she opened her mouth to speak, but suddenly gasped and pointed at Kyoshiro. "P-Pink? Pink threads? Kyoshiro, you have threads around your neck!"

Miharu's brows shot into her hairline as she stared at Kyoshiro. She couldn't see the threads, obviously, and Kyoshiro's eyes were wide as he rubbed at his neck and looked at Suzuno.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes!" Suzuno was beaming as she looked rapidly between Miharu and Kyoshiro. "Your heart must be unsealed!"

"Kyoshiro!" Miharu exclaimed as she happily threw herself back into his arms. He stumbled a bit, but managed to catch her and steady them both. "You did it!"

Kyoshiro smiled and leaned down, placing a light kiss on Miharu's forehead, coaxing a startled squeak out of her. "I couldn't have done it without you, Miharu."

"K-Kyoshiro..."

The sound of Suzuno clearing her throat reminding Miharu that they weren't alone, and she quickly pushed Kyoshiro's face away when he tried to kiss her again.

"Oh! I just remembered that I, um...forgot to do something important today! We'll have to hang out some other time. Sorry!"

Before Miharu could respond, Suzuno bolted out of the tea stall. After a few seconds, however, Suzuno returned and hugged her tightly. "Congratulations, Mimi! And you too, Kyoshiro!"

Miharu giggled and waved Suzuno off when she ran out again, and she turned to Kyoshiro. "Well, that was good timing...if a bit awkward. But we know for sure that your heart is unsealed!"

Kyoshiro nodded and hugged Miharu again. "I didn't think it would happen so quickly. I'm glad it did though, because it means that my feelings of love for you are truly genuine."

Miharu shook her head and smiled softly up at him. "I didn't need Suzuno to confirm that for us, Kyoshiro. I could already tell that you really do love me."

"Miharu..."

Feeling another kiss coming on, Miharu closed her eyes and tilted her chin up expectantly...but instead of feeling Kyoshiro's lips press against hers, she felt a pressure on her head, followed by her hair being ruffled.

Miharu's eyes shot open and she pursed her lips. "W-What are you doing?"

Kyoshiro's hand stopped moving. "Patting your head."

"Well, duh! But why?"

"You said that you love me, so this should be okay, right? You told me that once."

Miharu blinked. She thought back to the night that Kyoshiro did that to Suzuno, and she laughed, shaking her head. "Oh, right! I did."

"Do you want me to stop?" Kyoshiro pouted, and Miharu couldn't help but think he looked super cute! She couldn't wait to see what other exciting new expressions he could make now that his heart was unsealed, hehe...

"No, no!" Miharu said with a wave of her hand. "I...like it, actually."

"But!" she continued, a mischievous smile crossing her face as she reached up and started patting Kyoshiro's head. "You have to let me do it to you too!"

Kyoshiro blinked at her as she tousled his hair around. Miharu frowned slightly at his lack of reaction and considered stopping, but Kyoshiro suddenly snorted and burst out laughing for the first time since she had known him.

"K-Kyoshiro?!" Miharu blurted out, and after she had recovered from the initial shock, she started laughing along with him. After they had composed themselves, Miharu hugged Kyoshiro's arm and beamed at him.

"I've never heard you laugh before!"

Kyoshiro hummed and scratched at his chin. "I've...never felt the need to before. But, you looked so cute that I couldn't help myself."

"C-Cute?"

"Yes." Kyoshiro chuckled before placing a kiss on her cheek. "You're cute, Miharu."

"Ah!" Miharu covered her flushed cheeks with her hands; she wasn't sure if she could handle this absolutely adorable side of Kyoshiro without being in danger of passing out.

"W-Well, you're pretty handsome yourself..." Miharu said, and it was her turn to admire the cute flush in his cheeks.

After they tidied up each other's hair from the head-patting sessions, Miharu took Kyoshiro's hand and tugged him towards the door. "Come on, Kyoshiro! Since Suzuno canceled our plans, let's go out on our first date!"

"A date..." Kyoshiro mulled it over for only a moment, before a broad smile crossed his face and he entwined their fingers together. "I'd like that."

"Great, let's go!"

As the new couple ventured out into the lively nighttime streets of Edo, Miharu wondered if this was all just a wild dream. The thought only crossed her mind for a moment, because even in her wildest dreams she couldn't have imagined the absolute breathtaking sight of Kyoshiro's smile, and the magical sound of his laughter, and definitely the soft press of his lips against hers. No, this was indeed reality, and Miharu was really looking forward to what the future had in store for her and Kyoshiro.

[thelazyhermits]

Y'all know how I've mentioned before that I like playing otome games? Well one of the games I played last month has been on my mind cause I keep thinking of how I could incorporate Yuu and some of the TWST boys into the story of that game.

I have no idea why my brain suddenly started doing this, but I figured I'd go ahead and make a post about it cause why not? 😂

Okay, so first off, the otome game that I'll be talking about is Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo, which I would recommend to anyone who likes otome games. While I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a favorite of mine since I didn't get super attached to any particular LI, I still enjoyed the game and thought it was really cute ^^

Anyway, this game takes place in Japan during the Kyoha era, and it involves these monsters called blightfall that are created thanks to people's negative emotions. They've been wreaking havoc in the town of Edo for a while now.

There's a special task force established by the shogunate called the Oniwaban, which is in charge of fighting these monsters that most people don't know anything about since blightfall mostly appear at night, and this is just something they try to keep the public from having to know about.

The Oniwaban mostly consist of individuals called vessels, which are formfolk that have had their memories and hearts sealed. In exchange, they're given the power called Snow Sacrament which allows them to defeat blightfall when they engage them in battle.

Formfolk are human-like figures that are born when an item receives enough love from its owner and is given a name. The main difference between them and humans is that they can change their appearance at will, and they can be killed if you destroy the items they were born from. They also have wooden name tags, which can also be targeted, so they have two weaknesses.

Moving on, the heroine of the game has the ability to see threads that no one else can see, and by looking at these threads, which are attached to everyone's, except for vessels, necks, she can tell what a person is truly feeling, ergo she can see their emotions. These threads can also tell her when a blightfall is about to appear since they're the product of negative emotions.

That's why the shogunate summons her and has her join the Oniwaban in hopes that she'll be able to help them stop the outbreak of blightfall that has been going on for the last several years.

The reason I started thinking of Yuu in this setting is because in the game the poor heroine is ostracized/exiled by the village she grew up in because she could see things they couldn't and she could tell when someone was gonna die from looking at their threads which led them to believe she was the reason those people died.

The heroine lived in the village with her father, but as soon as he passed away, she was forced to live up on the mountain away from the village. Thankfully, because her father was so well-respected by the village, they send her provisions, so she is still technically provided for, even though that obviously doesn't make her situation any less horrible.

It's just really easy for me to imagine Yuu in that kinda character role, because of the kinda luck she has, so my brain just rolled with the idea lol

I could easily picture poor Yuu being misunderstood for powers only she has, and as a result, she's only close to her father, whom thankfully loves her very much and takes good care of her up until his passing.

Because she wants to be useful to her hardworking father, Yuu learns at a young age how to cook and clean despite him telling her she doesn't have to. Plus, she prefers remaining indoors practicing these skills anyway since indoors she won't have to deal with any judging looks or people whispering about her.

However, Yuu does venture outside whenever she wants fresh air. She just typically heads outside of the village, although she doesn't go too far since she doesn't want to scare/worry her father.

It's during one such outing that an eight-year old Yuu happens to find a young wolf that's injured and has an infected wound. The poor thing was abandoned by its pack and left to die since it was in such bad shape.

Yuu couldn't bear to abandon the animal, which was too weak to do anything but quietly growl at her, so she did what she could to treat its wound with the first aid supplies she likes to always carry around with her.

Despite her young age, she's rather good at first aid, because she has a lot of experience practicing it due all the injuries she'd get when the kids in the village would bully her. She learned how to tend to her own injuries so her father wouldn't have to and she had hoped this would make him less worried about her.

However, after she finishes tending to the wolf, Yuu still thinks her father should personally check on the wolf since she's obviously no doctor and is just a kid, and thankfully, when he hears about the wolf, her father agrees to look it over after she begs and pleads for his help.

Since the villagers wouldn't be pleased about a potentially dangerous wild animal being brought to the village, Yuu's father decides to bring the wolf to the old house up on the mountain that's not being used by anyone.

For the next several days, Yuu and her father tend to the wolf, constantly taking care of its injury and offering it food to help it regain its strength.

Yuu spends almost all of her time with the wolf and only leaves its side whenever her father says its time for her to come home at the end of the day.

Thanks to Yuu and her father's dutiful care, the wolf survives its injury and manages to make a full recovery, much to their great relief.

Once the wolf eventually recovers, they expect it to leave and return to the wild, although Yuu hates the idea of having to part with it, but to their great surprise, the wolf decides to remain in the area.

Naturally, that's partially because it has nowhere else to go but mostly because it wants to remain with the people that nursed it back to health since it feels indebted to them and has become attached to them.

Yuu is delighted about this since this means she now has a friend, and she pays the wolf, which she names Jack after a storybook character she likes, visits all the time since she loves hanging out with him.

For a while, time passes like this until a very surprising turn of events occurs that involves a sad, nine-year old Yuu visiting Jack after having escaped her bullies.

While she's not normally one to cry since she thinks she should be strong in order to avoid worrying her father, Yuu is crying when she comes to visit Jack, who becomes worried about her since he's never seen in her in a state like this before.

Jack wants to know why Yuu's crying, but obviously, he can't ask since he can't speak like a human. He wishes he could, though, since he really wants to help her so she'll smile for him again.

As of late, Jack has been having these kinda thoughts where he wished he was more than just a wolf so he could become even closer to Yuu and better support her since there's only so much he can do with a form like this.

Much to his and Yuu's surprise, this strong desire to talk to Yuu and become closer to her leads to Jack turning into a Beastman, which is something that's not in the game so it's an original idea.

Just like how items can turn into formfolk, I thought it'd be neat if something similar could happen to animals when they receive enough love/feel enough love toward a human that leads to them wanting to communicate with/be closer to a human, and I just decided to use the Beastman term since I'm not creative with names in the slightest lol

One thing that's special about Beastmen is that they can swap forms, so they can look like an animal or a human, although their human forms will always have animal characteristics like ears and a tail.

Since Beastmen are rarer than formfolk, Yuu is very surprised to see one for the first time, but she's also delighted that she can have a conversation with Jack, whose current form appears to be the same age as her.

Jack is also pleased with his sudden transformation since he'll be able to talk to Yuu now and be the kind of friend she needs/deserves. He'll be able to support/protect her even better now.

Because the village forbids formfolk from living there since formfolk eat like humans and this small village has limited supplies, it's immediately assumed that the same would be said about Beastmen, so Yuu only tells her father about what happened to Jack.

Thankfully, Jack can turn back into a wolf whenever he wants, so the chances of the villagers finding out about him are low, especially as long as he remains around the house on the mountain where he's been hanging around up until this point.

From that point on, Yuu is even more excited about visiting Jack, and she spends the majority of her time with him because she loves being with Jack who doesn't treat her like she's something dangerous cause of her powers.

They become really close over the years, like family, and it's because of that bond that Yuu has an easier time getting by after her father eventually passes away when she's thirteen, because she ends up living with Jack, who the villagers thankfully never find out about.

Jack is Yuu's rock during the time she's mourning her father and dealing with being ostracized/exiled by the village. While he was already protective of her, Jack becomes even more so after those events.

More than anything, he'd like to tear into those villagers for their cold-heartedness, but he doesn't since that's not what Yuu would want. Plus, he can't risk the villagers finding out about him and possibly trying to separate him from Yuu.

So, instead, Jack focuses on doing everything else he can think of to look after her, like helping with house repairs and hunting/gathering food in the forest, so there's always enough food for the two of them since the village only sends up enough supplies for one person.

Just like a human, Jack grows older as time passes, so he eventually ends up with an appearance like what he has in TWST canon. He gets all his muscles cause he's constantly training in order to make himself stronger, so he can always protect himself and Yuu, because that's what's most important to him.

For a while, their little world just consists of the two of them, and they're perfectly fine with that since they're just so grateful and happy to have each other. However, eventually, their world becomes a little bit bigger.

Enter the Shroud brothers.

One day, while a fourteen year old Yuu is in the forest gathering edible plants, she happens to hear a lot of yelling, and out of curiosity, she decides to check the situation out but fully intends to remain out of sight since the villagers have to be behind the ruckus and she knows they won't wanna see her.

Much to her surprise, Yuu finds out the commotion is about the village having discovered that Ortho is a formfolk, which is something Idia and his parents have been hiding these last few years.

You see, a few years ago, there was a living human by the name of Ortho Shroud. Sadly, he fell seriously ill and died despite his family's best efforts to save him.

Coincidentally, around this time, one of Ortho's favorite toys, a puzzle box that Idia had made for him, became a formfolk and ended up with an appearance just like Ortho's since formfolk tend to end up looking just like their owners.

Because they knew about the village's law about formfolk being forbidden, the Shroud family decided to hide the truth about Ortho's death and bury him secretly, so that formfolk Ortho could take his place.

The only other person that knew the truth about that incident was actually Yuu, because, back when she still could live in the village, she had seen the original Ortho with black threads around his neck which meant death was in his near future, although she didn't say as much because she didn't wanna be blamed for his death.

Yuu found it highly unlikely that Ortho could survive, considering no one with black threads has ever survived before, but she kept those thoughts to herself since she had no proof that he had been replaced. Plus, she didn't want him to get in trouble with the villagers.

Unfortunately, the secret has finally come out, and the village wants Ortho gone by tomorrow. Naturally, Idia and his parents are against this since Ortho's too young to be off on his own, and Idia can't bear to lose his brother again.

Taking pity on them, Yuu decides to get involved after the villagers all return to the village and the Shroud parents run after them in hopes of getting them to reconsider their demands.

Once Idia and Ortho are the only ones who are left, she calls out to them from her hiding spot, catching them off guard. They quickly recognize her, though, since everyone in the village knows her.

Fortunately, they don't treat her like the other villagers do since they don't see her as a monster. The reason for that is because for the last few years their parents have been researching the clan that Yuu's mother came from.

It's her late mother's blood that led to Yuu having her special power because everyone in that clan could see threads like her, and they were often relied on by the shogunate to fight the blightfall.

While the original reason the Shroud family moved to this village several years ago was to be with Idia/Ortho's grandparents who were unable to provide for themselves due to old age/illness, Mama and Papa Shroud soon had another reason for living there, because a few years after they moved to the village, they received an order from the shogunate to research Yuu's mother's clan's sudden disappearance/demise since no one knows what happened to them and why Yuu is the only one with that clan's blood left.

Mama and Papa Shroud, who were both held in high regard by the shogunate due to their brilliant, inventive minds, were all to eager to accept the order because they've always been quite fascinated by the family Yuu's mother came from, so they were all too happy to delve into this intriguing mystery.

As a result, thanks to their research, the Shroud family knows Yuu's situation, and Mama and Papa Shroud really felt bad for the poor girl and wished the villagers didn't treat her so horribly. Unfortunately, there was no reasoning with the other villagers who outnumbered them.

Plus, they were doing their best to avoid drawing too much attention to their family because the whole situation with Ortho.

Anyway, back to Yuu and the Shroud brothers, after she gets the boys' attention, Yuu offers to let Ortho stay in her home, much to their surprise.

While they'll need to make a big show of Ortho leaving so the villagers will be led to believe he's gone for good, Ortho can secretly come back through the forest and hide out on the mountain with Yuu if he so desires. That way he won't have to be completely separated from his family.

Ortho is delighted by this news since he doesn't want to be apart from his brother and parents. Meanwhile, Idia is surprised and confused by why Yuu would help them when they hardly know each other. Plus, they're part of the village that exiled her, even though their family was actually against Yuu being treated so horribly.

Yuu wants to help because she doesn't think it's right to separate Ortho from his family, and she also has noticed that the Shroud family were the only villagers that never treated her unkindly, so that's enough of a reason for her to wanna help them out.

In the end, the Shroud family takes her up on her offer, but it'll be just a temporary living situation since Mama and Papa Shroud intend to ask the shogunate if they can leave the village and plan on wrapping up their reasearch efforts over the next few weeks/upcoming month.

During this time, Idia, who, ever since the original Ortho died, typically spent all his time indoors with formfolk Ortho up until this point because he was so afraid of losing his brother again, constantly visits his brother at Yuu's house, and as a result, ends up spending a lot of time with Yuu and Jack as well.

Thankfully, Jack didn't mind this temporary living arrangement since Ortho's a sweetheart who's willing to help out around the house, and cause the Shroud family never mistreated Yuu.

Thanks to this, the Shroud brothers become a part of Yuu and Jack's little family, and they all become quite close friends.

Because he feels she has the right to know, Idia explains to Yuu about her powers and her mother's side of the family since it pisses him off that she's treated like a monster and that because of the villagers Yuu sees herself in a negative light just cause she's not like everyone else.

Idia also mentions that his parents had talked to Yuu's father about the missing clan as part of their research, but all he knew was that they were dead. He has no idea what happened to them. He was just told by the god of the local shrine that they're all gone now, which was also the story the heroine's father was given in the game.

Yuu is naturally very sad to hear that she's the last of her clan, but she's glad that she's not the only one to ever have had these powers.

She's also puzzled about what happened to her mother and her clan since she doesn't have any memories of her mother. For some reason, she can't remember anything from those years when she had lived with both of her parents, which is also the story for the game's heroine.

The Shroud family knows this because Yuu's father had said as much. Yuu had actually been with her mother when the clan suddenly disappeared, so they think something traumatic must have happened that resulted in Yuu losing her memories.

Thankfully, while he couldn't find his wife or her clan, Yuu's father was able to find Yuu after the incident occurred, and he avoided talking to Yuu about it out of worry that she'd remember painful memories best left forgotten.

That's why Mama and Papa Shroud never tried to question Yuu since, despite their curiosity, they didn't want to endanger her mental wellbeing.

This is why Idia tells Yuu not to think too hard about those memories and says that she's better off focusing on the present than dwelling on the past since finding out what happened to her mother and her clan won't make her current situation any better.

Jack backs Idia up cause he doesn't want Yuu to remember anything that will hurt her, and he also agrees that focusing on what happened in the past won't do her any good.

Even though she really would like to remember her mother, Yuu does think they make a good point, so when she fails to recall anything from what happened all those years ago, she decides to drop the matter, especially after Ortho says his parents are working hard to figure out what happened so she can leave things to them.

Sadly, in the end, Mama and Papa Shroud are unable to figure out what happened to Yuu's mother and her clan, although they do think the snow that's always falling on the mountain where Yuu lives is somehow connected to the clan because it's not natural for there to be snow there all year round, making them wonder if the shrine god that Yuu's father mentioned is possibly behind the constant snow and if the snow has a purpose of some kind.

Even though they're not successful with their research efforts, Mama and Papa Shroud still get permission from the shogunate to leave the village since there's really not much else the researchers can do at this point.

So, once that's decided, the Shroud family leaves and heads for Edo since Mama and Papa Shroud's services were requested by the shogunate which is stationed there.

Yuu is naturally very sad to see Idia and Ortho go since she had been so happy to have more friends, but she's happy that they'll be able to live together as a family with their parents again.

Idia and Ortho wish they could just take Yuu with them since she deserves better than being isolated on a mountain, but Yuu and Jack are a package deal and it'd be rough for Mama and Papa Shroud to take care of two extra mouths.

Plus, with all the blightfalls showing up as of late, Yuu is safer on the mountain, so it's decided that she's better off remaining there.

It's still hard for Idia and Ortho to leave since they got really attached to Yuu, and Idia, who's older than her, feels like he should take care of her like Ortho.

That's why Idia says that he'll come back for Yuu and Jack once his family has settled down in Edo and he thinks that the two can safely and comfortably live in Edo.

Little did Idia know that five years later he'd be coming back for Yuu on the shogunate's orders because her powers are needed to deal with the blightfall.

The reason Idia was sent was because, with his genius mind, he ended up becoming a great resource to the shogunate, especially since, during his time at Edo, it was discovered he had great potential to be a soothsayer, which is someone who can use magic by using their knowledge of onmyodo.

The Shroud family is well-known for having powerful magic users, and Idia ends up being a prodigy, the best the family has seen in many generations.

While he orignally had no interest in using magic and doing this kinda work, Idia started practicing and studying after he moved to Edo so he'd be able to protect his family from blightfall and he had hoped he could solve the blightfall crisis before the shogunate felt the need to seek out Yuu's help.

Unfortunately, Idia wasn't able to accomplish that goal so he's left with the frustrating task of having to recruit Yuu, even though the last thing he wants is for her to have to be anywhere near those dangerous monsters, even if it means he can finally get her far away from that damn village.

However, he can't refuse an order from the shogun, so Idia has no other choice but to go get Yuu, but he's determined to keep her out of harm's way and won't let anyone take advanatage of her like what had often seemed to happen to the members of her dead clan.

Because Yuu is family, and nobody takes advantage of Idia's family while he's around.

Now that I've covered the Shroud brothers, there's one last member of Yuu's makeshift family I wanna talk about here, and he gets brought into the picture after the Shroud family leaves for Edo.

About four years after the Shroud family leaves, a formfolk is born in Yuu/Jack's household, and it's from one of Yuu's old toys. It was a small wooden crocodile that Yuu's father made along with several other wooden animals.

Because the crocodile was her father's favorite animal, Yuu always especially treasured that one after he died, so she'd take extra good care of it and make sure it was always clean as it remained in a shelf that she could always look at.

Because Yuu had a lot of love for that crocodile, a formfolk is eventually born from it, much to her great surprise.

Naturally, Yuu is also very excited since this means she'll have a new family member/friend, and she quickly gives him the name Sebek, which she came up thanks to a book she once read thanks to the Shroud family sharing their huge book collection with her that mentioned the Egyptian deity, Sobek, who is associated with crocodiles.

Jack is a little exasperated by this turn of events because Sebek has such a huge appetite, but he doesn't mind having another face around since he gets along well enough with Sebek. Plus, it makes Yuu happy to have another family member/friend, and he's glad there's someone else to help him look after Yuu.

Sebek here is a lot like his TWST game counterpart, except he doesn't have any negative feelings toward humans, although he does hate the villagers for making Yuu suffer, like Jack.

In this setting, Sebek treats Yuu like his master and is very loyal/decidated to her and quite protective of her.

While Yuu greatly appreciates how dedicated Sebek is to her, she doesn't want him to treat her like she's his master since she sees them both as equals.

Thankfully, after enough time passes, Yuu is able to get Sebek to be more relaxed and less formal around her, and he begins treating her more like Jack, although he still remains overprotective of her.

From the start, Sebek thought highly of Yuu because of all the love she showed him when he was just a wooden crocodile, and he found it impressive that she could remain so kindhearted despite everything she went through thanks to the villagers.

However, after spending time with her as a formfolk, Sebek's attachment toward her grew even stronger because she treated him as an equal and always showered him with so much genuine love and care.

As a result, Sebek becomes quite close to Yuu, like Jack, and ends up seamlessly incorporating himself into Yuu & Jack's little family since the three of them get along so well.

Of course, there are still times when Jack and Sebek butt heads since their personalities are similar, but they never have serious fights and can usually resolve things within a reasonable amount of time.

Unfortunately, while Sebek's presence in their lives is wholeheartedly welcomed, he does make their living situation more difficult because of his large appetite, even with Jack's hunting skills.

Which leads to Sebek eventually deciding that he needs to find a job so he can make money to buy the food he needs since he refuses to impose upon Yuu/Jack despite Yuu insisting that he doesn't have to do that.

Sebek is determined to find work, however, since he feels he should be responsible for himself, and he's also hoping that he can make enough money that he can use it to further improve Yuu/Jack's lives that way they don't have to always scour the forest for food.

That's why Sebek goes on a journey to find work since he doesn't want anything to do with the nearby village. He's hoping he can find a town that's not too far from home, so he can make regular trips back to see Yuu/Jack.

Sadly, Sebek's journey ends in tragedy since he ends up turning back into a wooden crocodile after having saved the shogun, whom he didn't realize was the shogun at the time, from a blightfall by shoving him to safety.

The shogun, who had been traveling incognito at the time, had shared his food with a hungry Sebek who had collapsed by the road prior to that incident, which is what led to Sebek risking his life to save him.

After the Oniwaban, who eventually arrived on the scene, later defeated the blightfall, the shogun collected Sebek's item and decided that he'd make him into a vessel since he didn't know who and where Sebek's owner was, only Sebek's name, since this is the only way to give Sebek's life back to him without his owner.

Plus, by having Sebek join the Oniwaban, Sebek will have a stable job and a roof over his head, which the shogun felt he deserved after sacrificing himself for his sake. This is why Sebek becomes so loyal to the shogun and treats him as his master since the shogun always treats him so kindly.

Unfortunately, this means that when Sebek is reborn his memories and heart are sealed, so he no longer remembers Yuu and Jack, which the two are naturally sad about when they finally reunite with him.

This reunion happens when Idia is sent to retrieve Yuu because Sebek is tasked with accompanying him.

Yuu is elated when she sees Idia and Sebek since she had missed them dearly, and she had been worried sick about Sebek whom she hasn't seen/heard from in months.

(Yuu had wanted to go looking for Sebek, but Jack convinced her to wait since it was possible that Sebek had to travel a great distance to find work or that Sebek didn't want to contact them until he had good news about work since he's so prideful and wouldn't ever want to admit he couldn't do what he set out to do.)

She's both confused and heartbroken when Sebek asks if he knows her while Jack is angry since he can't believe Sebek could just forget them like that.

Upon realizing Yuu is Sebek's owner, Idia quickly pulls her and Jack aside and explains Sebek's situation and how vessels have their memories/hearts sealed.

He also tells them that if a vessel's heart/memories were to ever become unsealed the vessel would soon cease to exist, so if they don't want to lose Sebek, they need to accept his memory loss and not force him to remember.

Yuu is devastated by this news, but she, along with Jack, agrees to keep Sebek's past a secret from him since she can't bear the thought of losing him again.

Fortunately, despite his memories being sealed, Sebek seems to unconsciously recognize who Yuu is since he feels drawn to her, and he's kinder to her than he has ever been to any other human aside from the shogun he so loyally serves.

Sebek is also quick to protect Yuu when a blightfall appears in her village after the villagers get all worked up over Idia and Sebek bringing Yuu down to the village from the mountain, like what happened in the game.

Initially, Sebek fights the blightfall on his own since Idia's magic can't outright defeat blightfall, only someone with Snow Sacrament can do that, but Jack ends up joining the fight despite Yuu/Idia telling him not to.

Much to everyone's surprise, after working with Sebek to fight the monster, Jack manages to unconsciously use Snow Sacrament on the blightfall, which, according to Idia, shouldn't be possible.

Idia has never seen anything like this, so he has no idea how Jack can perform a feat like that, and of course, neither does Jack who was just acting on instinct and his strong desire to protect his friends.

The only possible explanation Idia can think of is Jack's prolonged exposure to Yuu and the fact that he became a Beastman because of Yuu led to him obtaining a special power the likes of which her clan posseses, although it sounds way too surreal to him.

While the shogunate's orders were to recruit just Yuu to the Oniwaban, Idia knows they'll be interested in Jack as well, so he decides to introduce them both to the shogun. That way Jack can remain close to Yuu to keep her safe and Jack can use his power to help them deal with the blightfall.

Initially, there are some reservations about joining the Oniwaban on Yuu/Jack's end, but because they trust Idia and want to be with Sebek, they agree to go to Edo with them after Yuu asks the villagers to take care of her father's grave in her absence.

And that's all I've got right now. I'll write more later if I can think of anything else for this AU lol