#bro can chew bones tho

[roaringdr4gon]

Warning: he has fangs and is not afraid of using them.

[signanothername]

Could we have some soft/comfort headcannons about anyone of your choosing? It's election night and I really would like something soft for my brain to chew on instead of worry all night

Absolutely!

Imma give you a bunch of different little guys <333

———

Killer:

-his cats help him a lot with sleep problems, they make him calm enough to the point of actually closing his eyes whenever he’s with them (reminder that he usually sleeps with one eye open xhxbbx)

-after he’s saved, he gradually becomes better at eating, he still avoids food that reminds him of the past but becomes more accepting of other types of food, eventually getting his bone mass and weight back, going from lanky to chubby <3333

-he eventually accepts the state of his soul and instead of trying to fix it, he tries to understand it, understand himself, he becomes a lot more gentle with his own self

———

Color:

-he has albums upon albums full of pictures he took over the years, filled with places he visited, pictures of people he loves and moments he cherishes

-he’s very connected with so many people, and a lot of people find him to be a great confidant, he does a lot to help people where he can, he eventually gets the good he gave back with people taking care of him

-he’s in a queer platonic relationship with Delta and Epic

———

Nightmare:

-he has piles upon piles of gifts Dream gave him for their birthday over the years, he never got rid of any of them, these gifts are something he cherishes dearly

-he’s the one to introduce Killer to Ccino’s cafe, he actually did that with no ill intentions, and Nightmare himself is not really sure why he went out of his way to introduce Killer to the cafe

-he and Dream sometimes sit beside their mother in silence, just taking everything in, taking each other presence in, not talking or interacting, Nightmare feels peaceful during these moments, it’s the closest thing to the same feelings he had as a happy child

———

Dream:

-even though he has a fallout with Ink, he eventually remedies his relationship with them, they become best friends again

-whenever life gets too much, he goes to Swap’s house and stays with the swap bros, it helps immensely

-Dream never expects to receive anything on his birthday, that expectation is broken when he receives a gift from Nightmare, he never got another gift afterwards, it’s only that one gift, but it’s the entire world to him

———

Error:

-he thinks of Ink as his bestest friend in the world, he’d never admit that out loud tho dhdhhdhdh (they’re frenemies)

-he loves geno and Fresh dearly, they’re his proclaimed siblings, he’s more open about his love with them

-he actually takes commissions by making dolls for people who want them in exchange for chocolate as payment (his chocolate stock never runs out zgxggx)

———

Horror:

-He eventually finds a better relationship with food

-he succeeds at escaping from Nightmare and managing to keep his AU (and most importantly his brother) safe in the process

-he finds himself becoming best friends with Farm

———

Ink:

-his art is something others never see, but surprisingly, if you had the chance to see it, then you’d find it’s art the people they love most

-their fallout with Dream actually hurt him, so when he and Dream got back to being besties, they felt very happy about it

-he loves spending time with Color, Epic and Delta cause of their constant traveling habits, they’re very entertaining to be around

-while they spend most his time in the doodlesphere, the second place you’ll most likely see them in is with their parents in the omega timeline, he loves them with all his heart

———

These are the ones I can think of off the top of my head hdhdhdhdh hope they’re enough to rotate in your brain all day <333333

[vomitspit2]

ur viltrumite mark snippet makes me sick to my fucking STOMACHHHHHH its so good im gonna b thinking abt it 4 so long ,,, thank u 4 the food its so good im gonna shit my pants

i think viltrumite mark def isnt like main mark, in the sense he isn't outwardly goofy or anything like that, but hes still got those core mark traits [bad at geography, believes in doing the right thing [but it depends on what he has been told the right thing is], keeping the people he loves safe, etc.] and its what draws me in the most ,,,,, like cracking him open like a cadbury egg and slurping up whats on the inside its just so appealing !!!!!! another reason why i liked that viltrumite mark snippet is how he stuttered over what he said to the sculpture like ,,, no 'i love you' no 'i miss you' just . 'you were a good person' and then destruction, the last thing left of his anchor. ARUGHHHHH im gonna beat him to death i love ALL mark graysons

ALSO THANK YOU FOR THAT POST ON SINISTER MARK BEING A CANNIBAL. i read the comics, had a fun time, thirsted over mohawk a lil, and i REMEMBER reading how he said that they all ate each other to survive !!!! all marks have a thing for biting or blood, imo, it just varies, but HE DOESNT FUCKING EAT PEOPLEEEEE i am supremely peeved when people get characters wrong . sighhhhhhh . hes still my fav tho <3

ANYWAY . soooo excited for that viltrumite mark fic u were posting snippets of im already in love w the mc !!!!!!! also i fully suspect that they might get their ass beat by nolan ,,,, or get chewed out ,,,,,,, i feel like nolan, who raised his son on viltrum, definitely is outwardly gruff, but behind closed doors he cares SOOOOO much for mark, but doesn't rlly know how to express it that well

bro you had me STUNNED receiving this in my inbox holy hell …. i’m glad that i could write something that would resonate so deeply; your entire message was a delight to read (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤!!!!!

i LOVE viewing and developing viltrumite mark as a very stoic and expressionless individual — i think a lot of the fandom can agree that’s how he is. as i’m writing this bigger WIP for him, it’s really fun to shed the layers of main!mark off him while still keeping him in some resemblance of his counterpart — all the traits you listed are what i feel the bones/skeletons of mark’s personality are and each variant wears a different skin of it! so real, cracking him off like a cadbury egg. i’m putting that bitch under a microscope 🔬 he is appealing to study!!! orz orz …. also i had him stutter off the phrase bc i wanted him to be catch and choke on using pet instead of person to identify the mc as such! i think recognizing and caring for them as an individual is SO much more meaningful than an ‘ily’ or ‘i miss u’ for viltrumite mark.

it just feels lame to me to characterize sinister mark as the only cannibal in his universe before they were all deserted 🥀 like there is so much to do with him (all the variants actually — they’re free real estate!) but watering down just the guy who survived to be ‘cannibal guy’ 💔 ugh lameeee ,,, i love the idea that they all bite or enjoy blood in various degrees! the solidarity i feel with you on that!! like you get it, you see the vision (≧▽≦)!

bc of this message, i decided to include a few snippets of that WIP — i’m hoping it’ll be done in may, it’s at 8K currently — bc i could not not hand out freebies after receiving such a jaw-dropping message!

i can say that nolan is definitely not going to be a happy camper in this one-shot. i don��t want to spoil much but ahhhh i love the predictions!!!!!!

[anonmousegosqueak]

Another headcannon about Roach! (Can you tell he's my fav?)

Roach rarely talks, it's even more rare if he yells. But he is a Sergeant l, and that means scolding people sometimes.

You ever watch someone put the fear of God in a man a foot taller than him? Let Ghost (of recruits) piss Gary off enough and you'll see (⁠@⁠_⁠@⁠)

I feel like it's happened a few times before (still it's pretty dang rare) and with a few different people.

1) Gary is overstimulated (aka my everyone-in-the-141-is-autistic agenda)

The day had already started off awful. First his alarm hadn't gone off, Gaz had put the shirt Roach was planning to wear in the wash (it was Gaz's shirt and it reeked, it's not his fault). Then he had to miss breakfast, he didn't have any of his snacks around, AND both Ghost and Soap were on a mission so he didn't even have friends.

He doesn't even fully remember what set him off, he just remembers one second he was fine and the next he was yelling. Yelling at who? He doesn't know. He's just shouting. Everything is too loud, too warm, too uncomfortable, and the only thing he knows for sure that he can do is scream.

That wasn't anger though, that was sensory overload.

2) Actual frustration at stupid recruits

Another shitty day. This time though, it was 1,000% worse because Price had him running drills. Was he paired with Ghost? Yeah. Was that enough...?

Roach slowly got more and more annoyed at this one pair of recruits... They. Wouldn't. *Listen*. Normally it wouldn't be too bad but this is an important lesson and they should be paying attention. (Maybe something to do with "what do if fire??" Aka something that hits close to home with Roach. I don't know how the military works tho.)

Ghost could only watch as Roach finally snapped, shouting as loud as Price. You think an angry Ghost is bad? Try an angry Roach.

You better believe those idiots shut up real quick.

3) Tea.

Gaz drank Roach's tea. He didn't like that. Bro proceeded to gnaw on Gaz like he was a dog with a bone- switching to chewing only after he got tired of shouting.

Uhhh- the end? I don't have anything funny to add in my end notes. Okay bye!

[chewysticks]

Oh im gonna SCREAM TUMBLR KEEPS BUGGIN DAWG

aanyywaysnuhm guys guys guys look at my funny ocs woah!!!!! Uh this is actually older art of them errmmmm

More older art uuhhh

gang did anyone play thise stupid mobile games where you beat and torture the hell out of a little guy and youd have like weapons n stuff and you could kill them repeatedly

uh thats what these guys basically are. But they dont die and uhmm lowkey its like bonding for them (XD is the one who commits most of the violence because bro is a freakazoid who doesnt know how to show affection)

These are more recent. I had decided to like. Add more to them because theyre boring uuuhh

they dont really need clothes but like they treat clothes as accessories i guess lol

Ok YAP ALERT

the tallest dude there yeah the zest fest uhm tvatd Avian (i named these frEAKS after random shi uhm dont attack me pls im veRY unoriginal) uhhh i very recently made him hes uhhh he zesty as hell but like bro is trying his hardest to be straight

the one in boots is A-Z, shes like. Shes uuuhh idk a girlboss i guess idfkkkk uh shes like normal. Shes the most Normal one here

the one with the tie is Left. Bro is SO down bad for A-Z its not funny gang uhh but she dont like him cos lowkey he not a good person i guess??? Like. Think leafy bfdi real but ten times worse. He tries to pose himself as a “good person” (he one of them Nice Guys on r/AITA oh God but he might be less worse?) but bro like makes a hundred mistakes that end up harming people. He does shi that HE thinks is nice without really taking in account what other people may think and then bro sits there and wonders “siiigghhhhh why does no one like me :(“

the guy with the X on her head is Bracket. Shes been shown and posted on here and on Scratch. Basically shes Normal but like she still a FREAK dawg she literally sacrifices her organs to XD because she Really likes them a lot even if they scare her a little. She uhhhh doesnt like chaotic and unpredictable people because theyre Exhausting to be around but she likes XD so uhh she dont mind she just wishes that bro would stop chewing on her ankles at three in the morning

and then XD!!! Uh theyre a FREAKAZOID… they dont know how to show affection like. At All. Sure they know how ti hug n shii but like they get too touchy n stuff and may accidentally cross boundaries. Uhh they use violence a lot. Bracket lets them chew on her lungs though so they think theyre on the right path. And geah bracket mostly looks uncomfortable but like she dont know how to respond to this. Imagine your friend starts eating your organs even tho you said they could. You would AT LEAST side eye their goofy ass. XD is also a jerk in general but Bracket tries ti teach that just because she lets gnaw on her spine doesnt mean that Other People want their bones eaten

I draw XD more than i do the other guys uhm. look i Really like thwm

WAIT THIS ALSO MEANS I AM LEGALLY ALLOWED TO SAY THAT XD IS AN OC THATS NOT TRAUMATIZED HAHAHHAHAHA I CAN MAKE UNTRAUMATIZED OCS I SWEAR GUYS I SWEAR

[neoninglitchen]

0: Height

1: Age

2: Shoe size

3: Do you smoke?

4: Do you drink?

5: Do you take drugs?

6: Age you get mistaken for

7: Have tattoos?

8: Want any tattoos?

9: Got any piercings?

10: Want any piercings?

11: Best friend?

12: Relationship status

13: Biggest turn ons

14: Biggest turn offs

15: Favorite movie

16: I’ll love you if…

17: Someone you miss

18: Most traumatic experience

19: A fact about your personality

20: What I hate most about myself

21: What I love most about myself

22: What I want to be when I get older

23: My relationship with my sibling(s)

24: My relationship with my parent(s)

25: My idea of a perfect date

26: My biggest pet peeves

27: A description of the girl/boy I like

28: A description of the person I dislike the most

29: A reason I’ve lied to a friend

30: What I hate the most about work/school

31: What my last text message says

32: What words upset me the most

33: What words make me feel the best about myself

34: What I find attractive in women

35: What I find attractive in men

36: Where I would like to live

37: One of my insecurities

38: My childhood career choice

39: My favorite ice cream flavor

40: Who I wish I could be

41: Where I want to be right now

42: The last thing I ate

43: Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately

44: A random fact about anything

no clue what this is but y'know i'll answer it either way!

0. like 5'6 or 5'7

not revealing, skibidi just a minor

no clue at all

no, i once mistook cigarettes as breadsticks once tho

nope

only my prescribed ones

any older age than my own

nuh uh (did anyone else do sand tattoos?)

hm not sure about that

no as well

not really im scared of getting one

all of them

MARRIED!!!

vro what is this freaky ahh question like nothing omg 💀

im trying this like it's an ick question so mine is just when my dad chews he is the loudest muncher ever can someone like quiet him done like grrrrr

HOODWINKED THE FIRST ONE, THE SECOND ONE SUCKS

I'll love you if you just speak to me, im a simple man

my grandpa's

not sharing that lmaoooo

idk i have one?

everything

everything

artist but like the ai might take that, therapist but the ai might take that, so biologist it is probably

average sibling relationship!!! but no we dont call each other sis and bro

sigma

idk??

so many....

my wife 😻

uh shhhh

didn't want to hurt them so a white lie i guess

starting it and how it takes my time up and just everything about it

'ADO WORLD TOUR I SAW IT ON A POSTER'... guys i might wanna see ado live or something idk chat

most words

dont know

when they are my wife 😻

something

ocean

many of them

zookeeper

STRAWBERRY RAAAAAAAAAH

literally any other person honestly

ocean

i forgor

my wife 😻

no broken bones waow

just did my questionnare so cool amazing

[thueenz]

https://www.tumblr.com/thueenz/731939710257283072/

What are your favourite fruits?? Also I think all of them should be seedless, I'm tired of pips and seeds just hanging out in there like ants. Except for like strawberries and kiwis and stuff like that, in those cases the seeds add a certain grittiness and character. What do you think?

hi bro just woke up LMAO

HMMM i think my favourite fruits are peaches, cherries, anything citrus, and pomegranate ?? if berries count i like blueberries and blackberries best

i also agree especially with berries. raspberries and blackberries have no right having those tiny little seeds that get stuck in your teeth. its a Sensory Pain for me so i just chew them super softly so i dont actually put pressure on the seeds 😭

im neutral to.. MOST SEEDS other than that but honestly i cannot deny that if some of the were smooth and seedless that would be kind of epic... pleasant texture. i also dont like strawberries that much specifically because i need them to be super sweet bc the sudden tartness explosion bothers me. yet i also will eat a raw lemon and extremely sour candies for fun but i swear its different. its not a sudden explosion in my mouth of tart juice THAT bothers me. i have a bone to pick with strawberries. so much potential.

what i think fruits really need is to have less awful SKIN TEXTURES apples are the worst. they are my sworn autism enemy. for years i thought it was part of the normal experience to have to psych yourself up to bite an apple and deal with the severe sensory pain to the point it was almost physical i thought that was just like something people put up with apples 😭 like yeah the apple pain we all know her. one day i just realized i can just fucking peel them and now i peel them LMAO i also cant stand grapes that dont have enough surface?? tension so that the skin just sorta pops if theyre all loose the skin just hangs in your mouth and is tough and unpleasant... Evil

ugh little core areas are also evil. slightly hard core left from inside of apples hey whats with my and apples. theyre the worst. love the taste tho. anyway peaches too i love them but i need to cut out the stringy close to pit area bc it bothers me.

tl;dr bro is SENSITIVE TO THE SENSORY EXPERIENCE OF FRUIT

[sukifans]

aahhh I’m so excited I love your writing!!! your sokka “help me” fic is one of my favs ever I seriously think about it at least twice a week. in a similar vein, would you be able to combine prompts 10 & 12 for sokka x fem!reader? thank you!!! :)

SOKKA + “can i try that new chapstick? i wanna have a taste” + “i hadn’t noticed but my sweet, funny, goofy best friend is kind of hot, especially since they’ve been on this fitness kick”

⇦ 𝘔𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘓𝘐𝘚𝘛

“nastiest skank bitches” Group Message

loml: ladies, i need a girls night

loml: desperately

babygorl: god i’m down, this semester blows

fugly slut <3: i’m in!! always here for a girls night 🥰

loml: y/n??

you: gals. pals. as much as i would love to...

fugly slut <3: ughhhhhhhhh

babygorl: you better not be blowing us off for sokka again istg

you: 😅

loml: TRAITOR BITCH

fugly slut <3: HOES BEFORE BROS

babygorl: WHORE

you: bruh.mp3

you: he’s coming by after the gym to help me with my physics homework!!! I NEED THE HELP PLS I PROMISE ILL BE THERE NEXT TIME

babygorl: lying is a sin y/n

babygorl: sinner

loml: if sokka’s gonna b there maybe she’ll be sinning in........ other ways...... ahaha

loml: fuckboy_emoji.jpg

fugly slut <3: when you gonna tap that fr

you: NEVER LITERALLY NO EW

you: HE’S MY BEST FRIEND

you: UNLIKE YOU RATS

fugly slut <3: he do b kinda yummy tho liiiike 👀

you: STOP

loml: yeah he’s hot sorry queen

you: HE’S NOT HOT

babygorl: i almost hate to admit it but...

babygorl: his biceps 🥴

fugly slut <3 emphasized “his biceps 🥴”

loml loved “his biceps 🥴”

you: hey! i hate u guys! jsyk!

fugly slut <3 disliked “hey! i hate u guys! jsyk!”

babygorl disliked “hey! i hate u guys! jsyk!”

loml disliked “hey! i hate u guys! jsyk!��

babygorl: uh huh yeah sure

loml: yall hear sumn?

NEW MESSAGE from sokka :^)

“hey i’m omw up!”

you: whatever you guys suck

you: i gtg

fugly slut <3: AND YOU SWALLOW

babygorl: bye girly!! get that bestie dick!!

loml: save a car, ride an engineering major >:)

you: desgostang.jpg

You dropped your phone onto the bed next to you with a groan. Your friends really and truly could be such freaks about your relationship with Sokka—or lack thereof. They’d been especially adament ever since he started some stupid bet with Zuko about who could get the most “gains” by graduation, incited by Aang making the mistake of commenting on Zuko’s more pronounced muscle mass.

Idiots.

That’s what Sokka was. Your idiotic best friend, who was funny, and sweet, and intelligent. You loved him, of course, but not like that. And he was not hot.

Definitely not.

The pounding on your dorm door interrupted your musings before Sokka let himself in, dropping his gym bag on the floor and kicking off his slides. His hair was loose and still damp from his post-workout shower and he wore slim joggers with a loose muscle tee.

“Hey!” He smiled brightly when he spotted you sitting in your bed. “What’s up?”

“The usual.” You moved your legs out of the way so he could flop down onto your mattress. “How was the gym?”

Sokka groaned. “Cardio. I’m already sore.” He stretched his arms up to fold behind his head, pulling his muscles taut.

Hm. He does kind of have nice biceps...

You shook yourself internally. Thoughts like these had been creeping out of your subconscious for weeks now, no thanks to your rabid friends.

“My leg’s been killing me, though,” he continued, rubbing his opposite foot across the skin that covered that metal pins and plates holding his bones together after a nasty break in high school. The leg often still gave him problems, ranging from the dull ache he could ignore on the day-to-day, to throbbing pain that left him limping.

You frowned, looking away from his arms to meet his eyes. “You should probably rest up before you hurt yourself,” you said.

“I’ll be fine.” He shrugged and propped himself up on his elbows. “Gotta catch up to Zuko, y’know.”

“Why? You’re already taller than him.”

“So? I wanna be more yolked, too.”

You rolled your eyes. “Buncha dumbasses.”

Sokka quirked an eyebrow. “You want this dumbass to help with your physics homework or not?”

“Haha,” you chuckled nervously, “just kidding, buddy! I meant Zuko and Aang. You—definitely not a dumbass. Nope.”

“That’s what I thought.” He shot you a smug look as he pushed up to sit cross-legged across from you on the bed. He held his hand out with a dramatic, world-weary sigh. “Alright, give it here.”

You opened your laptop to pull up the website that hosted your homework practice problems. “You know I love you, right?”

“Mhm,” he hummed, grabbing a notebook and pen from your desk to work out the math as you handed over the computer. He paused before standing to retrieve his bag, plopping it on your desk chair so he could root through it and pull out his glasses case. You felt your cheeks warm a little when he set the frames on the bridge of his nose.

Fine—he was kinda cute. You could concede that without having to dig too deep into your somewhat jumbled feelings for your best friend.

But you would certainly not “tap that.”

Well...

No. You would not.

You watched his eyes flick over the screen as he tapped the pen against his chin, catching the cap between his teeth while he thought about the formulas he’d learned in a past semester. He nodded to himself and started scribbling out a diagram and the math to go with it. You found yourself a little mesmerized by the way he simply just knew what to do, confidently scratching away at the paper as easily as one might write the alphabet. Your eyes trailed from his long fingers and calloused hand sweeping over the page, up his toned arm (lingering on his bicep a little longer), and to his face. He chewed at the inside of his cheek in concentration, sometimes parting his lips to murmur the logic to himself.

For someone who often said a lot of stupid shit, he sure had a pretty mouth.

You considered what he might do if you snatched a fistful of his shirt and yanked him into a kiss. Would he shove you away and leave? Awkwardly but kindly reject you? Or, would he kiss you back—throw the work out of the way and grab your face to coax you in deeper? Maybe push you back onto the bed and—

“Okay, so basically—”

Jesus Christ, get a fucking grip.

“—from the problem and draw it out like this to apply the formula, yeah?”

Sokka looked to you expectantly and you blinked at him as your face burned. “Sorry, I zoned out. What did you say?”

“C’mon, I know you hate physics but you gotta at least pay attention to me if you wanna pass,” he teased, shifting close enough that the sides of your bodies pressed together. Was it getting warmer in your room, or was it just your best friend?

He launched into the explanation again and you nodded along while internally willing the blood to leave your cheeks. Even as your thoughts ricocheted around inside your skull he managed to break it down in a way that somewhat made sense. He sat back and watched as you slowly worked through the next problem. You glanced up when you heard a soft pop to see him applying chapstick.

“Is that a new flavor?” you asked.

“Yeah, chocolate orange or something.” He held the tube out to you. “Wanna try?”

Fuck it.

Before your rationality could catch up you pressed a hand to his cheek to turn his head and pulled him in for a kiss. Your lips only slotted together for a brief moment before you pulled back to stare wide-eyed at each other. You could feel the fire creeping from your cheeks down your neck, mirrored in the reddening of his tanned skin.

He blinked. You blinked.

The chapstick slipped from between his fingers. Rationality arrived late.

You bolted.

“Uh, see ya later!” you shouted as you threw the door open and rushed out of the room.

“Wait, (Y/N)—“

You didn’t stick around to hear the end of his desperate call. Even thought it was your dorm and you were barefoot you still raced down the hall, wincing at the sound of a door slamming behind you.

“(Y/N)!”

Damn that lanky bastard. You were booking it and he was already hot on your heels. You barreled into the door leading to the stairwell and almost made it down the first step when he grabbed you around the waist and yanked you back. Despite your struggles, the arm hooked across your middle was unyielding until he pushed you into the corner and crowded you against the wall, hands caging you in from either side. Your heart was racing and you weren’t sure if it was because of your escape attempt or that he was close enough you could smell his body wash and deodorant. It was almost enough to make your head spin.

“Sokka, I-I don’t know why—I’m sorry, please, I shouldn’t’ve—“

“(Y/N),” he said firmly and your mouth snapped shut. “Why did you run away?”

“Uh, I—well, um...” You shrunk down against the wall and swallowed hard. “I-I don’t know.”

“You didn’t even give me a chance to respond.”

“Look—“ You paused and stared at him once you processed what he said. “What?”

He laughed, dropping one of his hands to brush against your cheek before threading into your hair to cup the base of your skull. “You really don’t get it, do you?”

“Get what?”

With that he surged forwards and kissed you enthusiastically, making you gasp into his mouth. You balled your hands into the front of his shirt to keep yourself steady as you melted into him. His free hand pressed into your lower back to bring you in closer. His tongue slipped out to tease at your bottom lip and he chuckled when you had to quickly grab his shoulders as your knees almost buckled.

“Get that,” he murmured against your lips, pressing his forehead to yours as the two of you gasped for air.

“Oh,” you breathed, “that.” You hummed happily when he kissed you again, his stubble scratching against your chin and under your palms when you cupped his face.

You both looked up when a stairwell door somewhere above you slammed open, followed by a group of jostling male voices. Sokka grinned when you glanced at him with wide eyes and shiny, swollen lips. You tried to hide behind him as the clamor bounded closer and closer. The group of guys rounded the next flight and gave shouts of recognition upon seeing you two standing against the wall.

“Sokka!”

“Hey, man!”

“Hey, guys,” Sokka said, holding his hand up in greeting.

“What’s up?”

“Oh, is that (Y/N)?”

“Nice, dude!”

“Ah, yeah...” He sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck and you raised an eyebrow at his turned head. They all cheered and congratulated him, slapping his back as they passed and disappeared down the next set of stairs. When Sokka met your eyes again you cocked your head.

“Who were they?” you asked.

“Honestly, I’m not sure.”

“Sokka.”

“My reputation precedes me, what can I say?”

“Mine doesn’t.”

“Well—“ he suddenly became very interested in the underside of the stairs above you “—my reputation may or may not involve talking about you. A lot, apparently.”

“Huh?”

“I don’t do it on purpose!” he interjected quickly, taking your hands in his. “It’s just—I dunno, I guess I think about you a lot, so...”

“Oh.”

“Fuck, okay, that sounded weird.” You laughed a little at his embarrassed floundering. “I just mean, like, things that remind me of you or, y’know, stories that involve you...” he trailed off, flushing at your amused smile. “Stop it!”

“Stop what?”

“Making fun of me!”

“I didn’t say anything,” you giggled, hooking your arms around his neck.

“You’re still laughing at me,” he whined, lips turning into a frown. His hands slipped back down to your waist.

“You’re cute.”

He raised his eyebrows. “Yeah?”

“Yeah.” Without preamble, he ducked down and hoisted you over his shoulder as you shrieked in protest. “Sokka! Put me down!”

“No can do, baby; we have unfinished business to attend to.” He said as he marched you back in the direction of your room.

“You’re gonna finish my physics homework?”

“Nope.”

Oh.

A/N: 2k words bc, again, i have no self control. thank you for the request!

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[yeehawfolk]

Hi! I think yr totally right about Felix's teeth probably not being great and how he and the rest of the crew should have more scars! Do u have any other lil appearance HCs for him/the whole gang? (:

OK! SO! I have a Lot of HCs about the crew, appearance-wise, anyway. Don't get me wrong, I love their canon designs, but I feel like they didn't utilize "Halcyon is fucked" enough with your companions? If that makes sense. I'm going to break this up character by character, so it'll be an easier read!

Also, I'm gonna put a TW on this for slight self harm on this?? It's not emotionally motivated at all, it's like when you'd compete to see who can get the gnarliest eraser burn in middle school, but nevertheless, I want to warn y'all ahead of time, it's on Ellie's part.

Parvati:

-Honestly, her eyes are gorgeous. They're brown, but an amber kind of brown, and very bright.

-I personally HC that Parvati chews her nails when she's nervous, so they're always nubs and usually pretty dirty, bc Mechanic and all.

-Her hands have faint scars from nicks and burns from working on machinery. The skin on her hands doesn't scar easily, but she still has a few gnarly scars from particularly bad burns or cuts that she wasn't able to take proper care of.

-Constantly has bruises of unknown origin on her arms and legs. She bruises very easy, and always has, which is kind of precarious when you're a mechanic.

-This might already be canon and I just haven't noticed bc I'm using the Switch version, but I HC Parv has some freckles sprinkled around her face. Not a lot by any means, but I HC she gets frequent sun when she's working on certain parts of the town, and freckles are a bi-product of that.

-She has a couple small scars on her face; one just below her eye on her cheek, and another on her chin. I like to think she fell on her chin, and the other was from her first project that blew up in her face, literally.

-Her skin is just a bit ashy because she hasn't had access to a lot of good lotions over the years.

-Despite taking a shower every morning, she accumulates grease smudges and dirt from her plants on herself very easily. She cleans up for her and Junlei's dates, but for casual visits both don't really bother. Sometimes they make a game of smudging each other with grease while they work and by the time they're finished their faces look like they were going for war paint.

-I like to think Parvati and Junlei eventually wear rings with each other (like, years down the line) and when Parvati gets deep in thought, she rests it against her lips. Junlei does something similar by turning her ring on her finger.

-Parv has ok teeth, not like great, but she takes pretty good care of them, even if sometimes she has to forgo it for a day or few while out with the Captain.

-When she's in Edgewater, she's always skinny, and if you squinted you probably could pick out a rib or so. But after she moves in with The Captain, she gains weight, and finally has the little pooch of fat that you're supposed to have around the middle. Ellie helps her keep up with nutritional needs (what you can get in Halcyon, anyway) and gets very proud when she makes her goals.

Felix:

-This boy has horrible teeth. His sweet tooth + being an orphan in the Back Bays didn't leave much time for proper teeth cleaning. He probably never really had enough bits to get toothpaste with, either.

-Oh, boy. He has scars galore. Some are from scuffles (he has some on his back from when he was a kid and used to get in trouble for stealing) but a lot are also from getting burned by pipes, or jagged metal. A fair few are from him doing dumbass things in his teenage years ("I wonder what would happen if I heat up these rounds of light ammo with a flamethrower??") because you can't tell me this boy didn't do dumb things like every teenage boy did but with more disasterous results bc SciFi.

-His nose has been broken quite a few times, so it's crooked in a couple spots.

-Can frequently be found with bloody knuckles just because he forgets that punching someone with a mask over their face really isn't the best idea. This eventually culminates into him making the "Millstone Drop-Kick!" his go-to move.

-This isn't exactly appearance related, but I HC Felix has a fucked back from his life of hauling heavy boxes. It doesn't help that he drop kicks literally everything that moves tho.

-Probably has chronic pain in his hands from his hands getting crushed by boxes at some point or another. Several of his fingers are crooked from being broken and improperly set. His bones probably aren't the best bc of poor nutrition growing up, either, so they're a little easier to break.

-Just. Me thinking about Felix in his 40s, or even early 30s: Honey, you have a big storm coming.

-This is also a little random, but I like to think that it takes a long time for Felix to grow any kind of facial hair (he has chronic babyface) so he's super proud of his scruff.

-Max: That's peach fuzz. If that.

-Felix: Leave me alone you big hairy bastard, just bc you have to shave like every other day to keep a clean face doesn't mean all men do!!

-(He's just a bit sensitive about his facial hair)

-(He one day dreams of growing a glorious beard like Sanjar's, but it would take him like 50 years)

-(Shut up Max one day he'll have an amazing handlebar mustache and you won't be laughing then)

-I have no idea if piercings or tattoos are a Thing in Halcyon (probs not, honestly, but I can dream) but if they are, he tried to pierce his ears by himself once, they got infected, and he got really sad when he had to let them close. The marks are still there but the holes have closed by now.

-ELLIE PIERCES HIS EAR AND HELPS HIM KEEP IT CLEAN

-Felix is strong, but he's skinny and gangly as all hell and it's hard as fuck to get him to gain any weight, mostly because he still has his habit of eating only what he needs and stashing the rest. It takes him a while with the crew to get over that, and when he does, he gains a healthy amount of weight around his middle. Ellie teases him a bit, but is 1,000x happier that he's no longer damn near a walking skeleton.

-Listen. Ellie and Felix are bros I don't make the rules. She denies it but she would kill for Felix.

-Usually has slight dark circles under his eyes, because he has nightmares sometimes and can't sleep.

-His eyes are really, really pretty. Like. Super fucking pretty. He has long lashes and they sparkle when he smiles. His eyes are hazel like Max's, but more on the brown side, with streaks of green radiating out from the pupil.

-Speaking of smiles. He has the goofiest and sweetest grins around. A little self-conscious about his teeth, but honestly that doesn't stop him from laughing and smiling with everyone. He has a couple broken teeth, but honestly it just makes his grin a lil lopsided and cute.

-He gets the Worst bed-head. It stands almost straight up in every direction, but it's really easy to tame. Mostly because he just runs his hands through it and calls it a day.

-He found Max's hair gel once and went Ham. He used the whole can sticking his hair up into a mohawk, and proceeded to parade around for Ellie and Parvati. Then bolt to his room and lock the door when Max shouted his name from the bathroom. Max's hair was out of whack for like. A week. He kept blowing it out of his face and Felix and Ellie would giggle like madmen when he did.

-*BANGS FISTS ON TABLE* FELIX IS BABY! FELIX IS BABY!!

Max:

-My MANS

-Listen, I am extremely gay for Max. This needs to be known before I continue, because I have a metric fuckton of Max HCs.

-So, first off, Max takes VERY good care of his appearance. Like. Insanely good. His hair is always perfectly held back by a moderate amount of gel, his nails perfectly trimmed and cleaned. He keeps a clean-shaven face.

-But don't let that fool you, Max can and will get down and dirty when need be, he just doesn't care to stay like that.

-Quite a few scars from his prison and Tossball years. But because of the clothes he wears you wouldn't be able to see them easily. Mostly on his back/sides, though he has a couple on his torso and legs.

-The Captain calls him Bigfoot because his grows hair really fast and his arms and chest have some pretty thick hair. Max is very confused, because he personally doesn't think his feet are that big.

-Not an appearance HC per se, but he smells like soap, aftershave, and books.

-When he doesn't gel his hair, it falls in his face constantly, and it annoys the fuck out of him.

-Fuckin ripped bro. Just. What the fuck. Why is a priest this fuckin shredded. Why make my gay little heart ache more than it already does, Obsidian??

-Despite his arm muscles being like. Huge, he still has a healthy layer of fat over his middle, mostly because being an OSI Priest, he got a little bit better nutrition VS. literally all of Halcyon.

-When his knee gets Bad (like hiking through Monarch with the Captain) he has a slight limp? Barely noticeable, but you can tell he's not putting weight on it. I HC its an old Tossball injury (that might be canon, I haven't played in forever).

-Its hard to tell in the different lights of the game whether his hair is Black or Silver, and I like to think he's greying, but not fully grey yet. He can have a little hair color, still. As a treat.

-Fuckin no lashes to speak of. None at all. Baldy eyes. Its the only part of him that doesn't have really thick hair and ngl he is very salty about it. Tho his actual eyes are very pretty; they're hazel with a lot of green. He has a darker ring on the outside and flecks of brown in them.

-Has very good teeth, whiter than most of Halcyon's because of the OSI providing for him.

-Broke his nose once during Tossball, though he was able to get it set alright. Slight crook in the bridge of his nose.

-He has a lot of those moles from his face scattered around. Particularly his shoulders and back.

-Also have you seen his fuckin canon thighs??? Bro. They could crush a watermelon. Once again, I must say, what the fuck, why is this priest so fuckin shredded.

-Actually takes his physical health very seriously, so I like to think he's in great shape for his age. Seeing him in some of the canon outfits though makes me more inclined to think that's canon.

-Sorry, I have thought about this A Lot, and the gay jumps out of me sometimes.

-A fair amount of scars on his arms. Not as many as Nyoka, but a little bit more than Parvati.

-Has calloused hands, but they've softened over his years as a priest.

Ellie:

-Now I feel like Ellie wouldn't have many scars that she didn't let scar up on purpose to give her an edge. They're essentially superficial; they look cool but didn't do any real damage.

-Also, her skin is very pale, so she doesn't scar easily anyway.

-Though she does have some, and they're more recent. A couple of gashes on her arms, and a bullet wound in her side. She's proud of them.

-The dark circles under her eyes are because she likes to stay up late at night. Sometimes she contemplates her life, but she doesn't like it, and usually doesn't bother too much.

-Her lashes are very thick and full, and they compliment her eyes very well. Her eyes aren't exactly ice blue, they're a bit darker, and have real pretty lighter streaks in them.

-Yes, her lips are naturally that color. Good for picking up women, bad for looking intimidating to marauders.

-Really soft skin, she's always had access to good lotion. After she leaves Byzantium, she purposely looks a bit more grimy than she did then, which is easy to do because of her skin tone.

-Has a few moles and freckles, but not many, mostly on her shoulders and back. She was inside a lot prior to her leaving Byzantium.

-Her hair doesn't really sit down when she sleeps, but it does lose some poofiness, so she has to meticulously push it up in the mornings.

-Not quite an appearance HC, but I feel like when she gets comfortable with ADA, she gives her compliments. Stuff like "Your screen is very bright today, ADA!" ADA does the same thing. "And your hair is looking very bright as always, Dr. Fenhill."

-Muscular, but lean, and puts on weight a little easier than others, so she wouldn't look like she could kick your ass without her pirate get-up, but she could 100%, no holds barred kick your ass.

-Very good teeth. Despite wanting to look like a gnarly pirate she takes dental care very seriously. Tho she thinks about getting punched in the mouth occasionally so she could like break off a piece of her tooth. Not the whole thing, just enough to make her look tough.

-Idc if piercings and tattoos aren't a Thing in Halcyon, Ellie has pierced ears. Three in each ear, and I like to think an eyebrow and maybe nose ring. She doesn't wear them when she's in Dangerous Situations because she firsthand had to fix ears that had their earrings ripped out during rich catfights that she does NOT want that to happen to her.

-She also has tattoos covering most of her back, and some of her upper arms. She got them "illegally" (meaning it's illegal to The Board, but the Groundbreaker doesn't really give a shit) on The Groundbreaker and she's proud as fuck of them.

-I have Feelings about the missed opportunities for illegal tattoo/piercing parlors. Like I know there's not a lot of self-expression to be had and no Art aside from fonts, but c'mon. Humans have drawn on their skin since the beginning all around the world and we WOULD find ways to do it again, even if it's needle-poke tattoos.

-Anyway, back to Ellie.

-You ever hear of a "lighter tattoo"? Basically, you heat up a lighter and then stamp the hot metal into your skin and it makes a mark in the shape of the lighter head. If you get it hot enough and hold it long enough it can scar. They have a similar thing in Halcyon with Plasma Cutters. Instead of Stab, you heat it up, turn it off, and press the blade to your skin and it pretty much scars within a couple seconds.

-Ellie 100% did a few of those when she was in Byzantium as like the "hahaha edgy" thing that teenagers do.

-Like I know technically kids aren't around but... bruh... you can't tell me that teenagers in a SciFi setting wouldn't do dumb ass shit like that.

-Ellie is honestly the baddest bitch and I love her, ok, she just reminds me so much of of those high school delinquent tropes in 90s movies

Nyoka:

-SO I HAVE SOME FEELINGS ABOUT NYOKA'S CANON DESIGN... IN THAT SHE'S ESSENTIALLY A MONSTER HUNTER BUT SHE HAS NO SCARS!

-Listen, ok, she would 100% have a lot of scars from her life on Monarch. I share some HCs with @nyokaacore in that she has three scars over one of her eyes, and a few others around her face, like on her lips.

-The bulk of her scars are on her arms and body, though, as she usually is able to get the Canid or Rapt off before they get to her face.

-I like to think the scars on her eye are from Freida, the first Rapt she ever killed that's taxidermied on her wall.

-But she has a lot of scars from Raptidon claws and Canid mouthplates, sprinkled with some Manti burns and burns from Rapt spit.

-She also has her fair share of bullet scars on her, and definitely has some patches of skin discoloration from incidents regarding the sulphur pools. Chemical burns are a bitch.

-She's tall, and not exactly curvy? But broad. Big shoulders, wide hips, sturdy legs. Looks like she could kill you, could actually kill you alignment.

-The sand and sulphur in the air plays Hell on her skin, so she's got some old acne scars and places that scarred up into moles on her face. Has an issue with dry skin.

-Her skin is also pretty oily, and she washes it when she can, but water is usually better spent being drunk than washed with. However, she does carry a spare bottle of non-drinkable water to wash Rapt acid off in emergencies, so sometimes she'll pull from that to wash her face with.

-Big hands, calloused, pretty scarred up from her time on Monarch.

-I also like to think that she can tell you stories about most of the scars she has, lmao.

-Her nose, like Felix's, has been broken quite a few times and is pretty crooked.

-Most often, you see Nyoka with a slight sunburn on her face. It's hard to see, but her cheeks are usually warm to the touch.

-Her teeth aren't the best, but she does take as much care of them as she can out on Monarch. Still pretty yellow with some cavities, but not as bad at Felix's.

-Honestly the dark circles around her eyes are usually because she doesn't sleep a lot. She has dreams about CHARON, and that's not her favorite thing to do.

-At a pretty healthy weight for Halcyon, and ofc, has muscles as big as your head.

-Surprisingly soft hands, though.

[eightcurioussouls]

CHAPTER 11: SNOWY TERRAIN.

(( small warning- one of these kids will die, frisk will reload tho, dw ))

    The next area didn't seem so bad- a haphazardly-made sentry station was the only thing that rests within it, Olivia had quickly hopped over to inspect it, and burst into laughter, causing Victor to wander over and look at it himself, and he sighed, shaking his head, “Papyrus left a note.” Was all he said, taking Oli’s hand and carrying on, the others following.

    The next area held a much better looking sentry station, and Olivia broke away from Victor to head closer, almost jumping away at the monster that pops up.

    “Did something move?”

    Olivia almost gasps.

    “Was it my imagination?”

    No, it couldn’t be, could it?

    “I can only see moving things. If something WAS moving, for example, a human…”

    The girl stood in place, staring dumbfounded at the dog monster. Dog. Puppy. Pet puppy?

    “I’ll make sure it NEVER moves again!”

    Olivia was pulled into battle, a grin on her face as she watched the monster move.

    ⚫ Doggo blocks the way!

    She goes to pet, looking curious.

    ⚫ Doggo is too suspicious of your movements.

    “Don’t move an inch!” He barks, and he sends out an attack- a knife, as blue as her SOUL- it collides with it, but no damage is taken.

    Oli did look a little surprised at that.

    ⚫ Doggo can’t seem to find anything.

    Oli’s fingers twitch as she dives for the pet option, small hands beginning to pet the dog monster, he suddenly seemed oddly surprised, beginning to shout “PET?” as well as a few other words.

    Another attack happens, Oli doesn’t move for it.

    ⚫ Doggo has been pet.

    She notices the name in yellow- being quick to spare the dog from her merciless ticklefingers.

     Once out of battle, the dog seemed, as Victor would say, shooketh, “S-s-s-something pet me… something isn’t m-m-moving… I’m gonna need some dog treats for this!!!” He ducks into his station, and Oli looked at the others, grinning.

    After that debacle (and Victor asking, ‘do dogs think of treats as weed?’), they head onwards.

    The next area greeted them with Sans! Victor dies a little on the inside. “hey,” he calls out to them, “here’s something important to remember.” Diction raises an eyebrow curiously at that, “Oh?” “my brother has a very special attack.” He started, “if you see a blue attack, don’t move and it won’t hurt you.” “Fuckin’ gathered that.” Victor grumbled.

    “here’s an easy way to keep it in mind, imagine a stop sign. when you see a sign, you stop, right? stop signs are red. so imagine a blue stop sign instead. simple, right? when fighting, think about blue stop signs.” He stated, Gracie gave a nod, “Right, thank you.” She murmured. During all of this, Frisk had headed upwards, coming back with a small fistful of snow, they gave the others a nod, and they carry on.

    They come across a flat piece of land- and the two skeletons- Victor narrowed his eyes, “Wasn’t he just- what the fuck??” He muttered, Diction sighed, “Let’s not question it.” He replied.

     “YOU’RE SO LAZY!!! YOU WERE NAPPING ALL NIGHT!!” Papyrus boomed, earning a grin from Andres- loud noises, his favourite. Sans shrugged at him, smiling as usual, “i think that’s called… sleeping.” He responded, “EXCUSES, EXCUSES!” The taller skeleton stated, and finally took notice of the group, “OH-HO! THE HUMANS ARRIVE!” He exclaimed, Andres giggled softly.

    “IN ORDER TO STOP YOU… MY BROTHER AND I CREATED SOME PUZZLES!” He stated, “I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE… QUITE SHOCKING!!” The kids all look at each other, oh no.

    “FOR YOU SEE, THIS IS THE INVISIBLE… ELECTRICITY MAZE!! WHEN YOU TOUCH THE WALLS OF THIS MAZE, THIS ORB WILL ADMINISTER A HEARTY ZAP!” He holds out a blue sphere, “SOUND LIKE FUN?? BECAUSE! THE AMOUNT OF FUN YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE, IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL I THINK.” He rubs his jaw with a gloved hand, Andres already looked really excited! He doesn’t know why, but that sounded great. “OK, YOU CAN GO AHEAD NOW.”

    The kids look between each other again, not noticing how Andres stepped into the maze, only realising too late-

    ZAP.

    Andres covered his mouth, stumbling back as Papyrus got shocked. The skeleton stood for a few seconds, before-

    “SANS! WHAT DID YOU DO?!” “i think one’a the humans have to hold the orb.” “OH, OKAY.” The kids watch as the tall skeleton shuffles through the maze, noticing the tracks he left behind before he carefully places the orb on the ridge of Andres’ cowboy hat, “HOLD THIS PLEASE.” He chirped, and headed back.

   “OKAY, TRY NOW!” He called, and Andres looked at the floor, retracing his steps carefully, the others begin to follow suit, like a conga line, again.

    Once out of there, Papyrus gapes, “INCREDIBLE!! YOU SLIPPERY SNAILS!” Andres giggled at that, “YOU SOLVED IT SO EASILY… TOO EASILY!” Victor goes to open his mouth to tell him about the footprints, but Gracie’s stare causes him to cease, “HOWEVER!” Papyrus continues, “THE NEXT PUZZLE WILL NOT BE SO EASY!! IT IS DESIGNED BY MY BROTHER, SANS!” He gestures to the other skeleton, “YOU WILL SURELY BE CONFOUNDED! I KNOW I AM! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!” He then proceeds to moonwalk away, Victor just, stared, “He better teach me how to do that.” This entire time, Frisk had been chatting to Sans, too, they seemed to be talking about a costume, once they were done, the children carried onwards.

    Cason had rushed off to the nearby vendor within the area, almost excited, he bought four items from them before coming back to the others and passing them out, “We can share them- there’s two of them on each treat.” He exclaimed, showing the Bisicle to the group. Frisk gave a soundless chuckle, and the group spent a few minutes figuring out the nearby Ball Game, too, especially since Frisk had nabbed the red flag for the game- they took note of their virtues, the traits that define them- and Diction glanced to Frisk, “Y’know… they don’t really have a name for your SOUL.” He stated softly, curious, Frisk shrugged, and signed to him, ‘Most people call it Determination. It’s not the real name, but it’s something we generally accept.’ Diction nods to that. And they head on again.

    “HUMANS!!!” Papyrus yells as they walk up, “I HOPE YOU’RE READY FOR…” He stares at the ‘puzzle’, a sheet of paper on the floor, and looked to his brother, “SANS!! WHERE’S THE PUZZLE!!” “it’s right there. on the ground.” Diction had walked over to it, picking it up, “trust me. there’s no way they can get past this one.”

    “Of course we wouldn’t.” Diction replied, “You deliberately changed one of the words in the puzzle, we wouldn’t be able to finish it.”

    “OR WE COULD-” Victor started, irritated, he walked past Diction, and stood next to Papyrus, “-DO THAT, YOU FUCKING RASPBERRY CROISSANT.”

    Now Papyrus looked a bit annoyed, “SANS!! THAT DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!!” He yelled, “whoops. i knew i should’ve used today’s crossword.” Sans chortled, “WHAT?! CROSSWORD?! I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT! IN MY OPINION… JUNIOR JUMBLE IS EASILY THE HARDEST.” “what? really, dude? that easy peasy word scramble?” Sans raises a figurative eyebrow, “that’s for baby bones.” “UN. BELIEVABLE.” He turns to the group, “HUMANS! SOLVE THIS DISPUTE.” He exclaimed.

    Without even missing a beat, Oli yelled, “JUNIOR JUMBLE!” Victor gave her a questioning look, Papyrus, however, cheers, “HA! HA! YES! HUMANS MUST BE VERY INTELLIGENT...” In the midst, Oli leans to Victor, “It’s hard because I can barely read English.” She mumbled sheepishly, Papyrus continues, “IF THEY ALSO FIND JUNIOR JUMBLE SO DIFFICULT! NYEH! HEH! HEH HEH!” He runs off, Victor huffs, folding his arms, “thanks for saying junior jumble just to appease my bro.” Sans piped up, “yesterday he got stuck trying to ‘solve’ the horoscope.” He added, the kids gave a collective sigh, and carry on.

    They come across spaghetti in the next area, and Olivia gasps, heading over to it, it was so cold, it was stuck to the table.

    But does that stop Olivia? Apparently, it doesn’t, she grabs the nearby fork, stabs it into the frozen spaghetti, yanks out a piece- Victor distantly goes, “Olivia Jamee Bianchi, what the fuck? How did you do that, that was stuck to the table, what-”- and bites down on it, she stands there, chewing for a few seconds before looking at the others and grinning, “It’s good!” She exclaimed.

    The others stare at her, dumbfounded, and Cason had to rip her away before she went back for more. Frisk had saved meanwhile, and Diction inspected the area- and the note left nearby from Papyrus- before heading onwards.

    The sign by them in the next piece of the forest held a sign, only warning them of ‘dog marriage’, for some reason, it gave Gracie of all people chills. The kids took a few steps forward, and-

    ⚫ Lesser Dog appears.

    Andres was pulled into battle. The boy checked his options, blinking, and went for one of the pet options.

    His eyes widen as Lesser Dog’s neck expands.

    He then proceeds to take the next five minutes of petting and dodging attacks, which just makes the dog’s neck grow and grow.

    “Andres.” Victor called out. No response, “Andres.” Nothing.

    “ANDRES ABEL DIAZ SO HELP ME GOD IF YOU DON’T SPARE THE DOG NOW I WILL COME OVER THERE-”

    Andres turns to stare at him, pouting, before begrudgingly sparing the dog, “Thank fuck.” Victor muttered, the boy waddled over, now looking like a sad puppy.

    Once looking around the area, the children realise that they need to pull a switch to proceed, it took them a solid three minutes to find it, Frisk had taken a moment to head back to save, and they carry onwards.

    They all halt when they see a pair of dogs with axes come forward, Gracie pushes the children back, concerned, “What’s that smell?” One asks, “(Where’s that smell?)” The other asks, “If you’re a smell…” “(Identify yoursmellf!)” They proceed to walk around the area, before stopping by Gracie.

    “Hm… here’s that weird smell.” The first stated, “It makes me want to eliminate.” Gracie’s breath catches in her throat, “(...Eliminate YOU!)”

    They lunge for her, dragging her into a battle.

    ⚫ Dogi assault you!

    Gracie wheezes, looking around- before looking at her options, she chooses to check Dogamy.

    ⚫ DOGAMY - 6 ATK 4 DEF.

    ⚫ Husband of Dogaressa.

    ⚫ Knows only what he smells.

    She frowns at that, vaguely hearing a “Don’t touch my hotdog!” And a “(He means me.)” Before getting smacked with a pair of axes.

    They whittle down 8 HP from her.

    INTEGRITY: 12/20 HP.

    She wheezes, fumbling blindly due to shock, she accidentally checks Dogamy again- getting the same result- she vaguely hears the others yell, they were panicking.

    She gets attacked by dogs throwing hearts this time- she just barely avoids one hit, but another heart hits her.

    INTEGRITY: 8/20 HP.

    Was she… going to die? No- not now, she may have no items but she can’t give up.

    ⚫ The dogs keep shifting their axes to protect each other.

    Gracie bit her lip, and decided to check Dogaressa this time.

    ⚫ DOGARESSA - 6 ATK 4 DEF

    ⚫ This puppy finds her hubby lovely.

    ⚫ SMELLS ONLY?

     Another ring of hearts is thrown at her- she takes a hit from one, and then the other ring hits her full force.

     INTEGRITY: 0/20 HP.

    She screams.

     Victor lets out a devastating “NO!” When Gracie’s body hits the floor, a SOUL of deep blue rising up only to be encased in a small container, Diction placed a hand on Frisk’s shoulder, eyes wide, “Load, Frisk, load!” He exclaimed, Cason was trying to quell the sobs of the youngest two, Oli cries for ‘mama', and Andres was throwing a tearful fit.

    Frisk shakily nods, fumbling through the menu quickly as the dogs re-sniff for their next victim.

    Finditfinditfindut- THERE. They slam their hand on the LOAD button, mumbling inaudibly.

    ‘Mom, come back- please come back. I don't want to lose anyone else!’

    [LOAD.]

(( aaa, gosh i'm so sorry this took so long! I ended up powering through this at like... 12:30 am this morning and it took two hours to type up six pages on my phone buT ANYWays me? murdering the mom friend? yes i may also make a new fic for side stories, that delve deeper into the kids' backstories and what happens during timeskips, too! anyways, i'd appreciate any constructive criticism and i'd love to hear your thoughts on this so far <3!! ))

[cyanidekisses]

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE OC QUESTIONS MEMES

1) How easy is it to make them mad

pup- I feel like you REALLY have to fuck up to get him mad.

blizzy: I think about the same with pup but I think her could control his anger more

firefly: I think it would get irritated fast asf and act like a kid throwing a tantrum

11) Do they have a "type" that they are usually attracted to?

pup: idk I think pup would really like short alt people as long as they have a sense of humor

blizzy: bro would be into people who can dress and people who have manners but can also have a attitude at the slightest change in mood

firefly: I think that they would like people who could comfort them no matter what and someone who is responsible

2) Do they believe in soulmates? possessions?

pup: I feel like they would say they dont believe in them but they do just like I think they would believe in love at first sight and I also think they believe in possession

blizzy: I think they would love the ideas of soulmates and possessions/ghost ect- I think (fun fact i think all these boys would be paganistic satanist like me just because they seem like they would believe in it ^^)

firefly: i think that they would maybe think they exist (soulmates) i think they would be TERRIFIED by possessions but think they exist

3) Do they have any pet peeves?

pup: I think they would find people who talk over them so fucking irritating

blizzy: blizzy would fucking hate people who chew with their mouth open

firefly: insensitive people definitely

4) Do they have a happy place? Somewhere they go to in their heads when they need to relax?

pup: dark room lit by a lantern full of books (I think they secretly LOVE to read)

blizzy: I think they would just have a mental room full of soft comfy stuff

firefly: lush minecraft cave. no questions.

5) At what stage of their life were they the happiest?

IDK HOW TO ANSWER THAT-

6) At what stage of their life were they the least happy?IDK

7) At a bar/tavern/pub are they more likely to buy someone a drink, or have someone buy them a drink?

Pup: buy themselves a drink maybe buy someone pretty a drink anonymously

blizzy: buy themselves a drink but someone would buy them a drink definitely

firefly: idk I dont feel like they could stomach alcohol and I dont think they would buy someone a drink so I'm not sure

8) Have they ever broken any bones? If yes, how?

yes idk tho-

10) What is their favorite memory from their childhood?

bro idek too tired

12) Do they have any favorite possessions?

I think they all have a gift that someone gave to them that they treasure above all else

13) Do they have any tattoos? If no, would they ever consider getting one? I think they would all have small ones pup might have some bigger ones tho

14) Do they have any piercings? If no, would they ever consider getting any? hear me out.

pup: tongue, septum, all their ears and belly button

blizzy: left nose side, the pericing under the tongue, the top ear and the first 3 on the bottom on both ears

firefly: bottom ears but stretched and they put other earrings in the plugs and I think they would also have their eyebrow maybe and tongue split

15) What is their dream house like?

pup would like a small minimalist hut

blizzy would like a larger clean decorated house

and I think firefly would like a mix of the two but cozy

16) What is something about them that people would not expect just by looking at them?

pup can do cool shit with their tongue and they are double jointed

blizzy is double jointed

firefly is super fucking good at art

17) How good are they at choosing gifts for others?

pup: good but I think that they would take opinions

blizzy: good god they would get exactly what they would what

firefly: would be lost and get something generic but well thought out

18) Do they have a certain skill that they're particularly proud of?

pup: they can play guitar

blizzy: can play any piano like instruments

firefly: lovely at art

19) How would a stranger just met describe them?

pup: "what the fuck was that scary thing- I almost shit myself when they talked ngl I did like their style tho"

blizzy: "woah I love their voice and they look so cool-"

firefly: "WHY SO MANY EYES- ITS COOL BUT WHAT-"

[messedupessy]

Hii! Congrats on 500 followers!!!! <3<3 Hm...Imagine: UT and UF Skellybros. What are there favorite movies to watch, and favorite snack to eat while watching them. Like, perfect movie night kind of thing.

Hellu and thank you Bone daddy!! (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and oh movies, have to admit I don’t watch that much movies so I don’t know much about different one’s, or at least not popular one’s unless it’s a Disney movie or something, but I will do my best, will do more of an idea on what kind of movies they would like instead of specific ones, so here goes <:

Sans:

He does not care much of what he watches, as he usually falls asleep less than half way in, but he do like science fiction movies allot, movies with allot of technology and stuff about space, as he finds them really interesting as it's fun to try to think up if some of those machines and gadgets would be possible to make in real life, his mind running away with ideas but he usually doesn’t get much further than that, though mostly he just finds it interesting what people can come up with.

He at times pretends to fall asleep just to mess with his bro while they watch movies together, then just to suddenly joke or comment on something or toss some popcorn or something else on his bro, making Papyrus jump in surprise and then smack him on the arm because that was not funny brother now don’t interrupt him he’s trying to watch this movie, unlike you you lazybones making Sans chuckle as both of them return to the movie, Sans flipping one last piece of popcorn on Papyrus just because he can.

He also do like watching documentaries, doesn’t really matter what about, documentaries are pretty much the only thing he doesn’t fall asleep to, as he is one big nerd deep down and loves to learn, he also like comedy movies of course.

But anything goes though, he will either fall asleep or sit and toss random puns, jokes and various snacks through out the whole thing anyhow, though he is not that big of a fan of horror though, like he will watch it but he won’t really enjoy it, it’s just not his thing. 

And for snacks, pretty much the same as for the movies anything goes, he will dip whatever it is in lots of ketchup though, wether if that is because he likes the taste or just for shits and giggles is anyone’s guess, he do prefer more saltier snacks though like chips and popcorn but won’t say no to something else.

Papyrus:

He absolutely loves watching movies, it’s a great way to bond and spend time with your friends and family, he is very picky with what he watches tho and usually prefers to watch movies he have already watched a dozen times before, he isn’t against watching new things he just have really high standards and just a preference to watch the same things over and over again, especially his MTT shows which he have recorded on a bunch of old VH’s.   

He especially like movies when it’s about a hero/heroine/etc on a quest to save the world with their friends, when there is a great evil they need to defeat with a slice of romance, so fantasy movies are a big yes to him, anything with epic journeys in strange worlds where the main character needs to go through trials to grow as a person and find a way to save everyone, movies with knights and medieval things, magic and lot’s of drama and dramatic flair to everything!

Papyrus often gets pretty emotional when watching movies as he gets really into the story and the characters, he gets easily embarrassed and flustered when a character does something embarrassing, making him shout out at the screen while burying his face in a pillow, or if it’s really bad he will quickly excuse himself after asking the others to pause for a bit alongside a bad excuse and either jump out of the nearest window or rush out into another room to shout out his embarrassment, like no why did they do that no, just no WHY?! then he will calmly as if nothing happened return to his seat, saying they can turn it back on now.

Undyne has introduced him to anime and he absolutely loves it, especially love ghibli movies they are right up his alley, he have also ended up watching some old Disney and dreamworks movies which he also love to watch, he have ended up crying a bunch of times thanks to them which he insist he isn’t he just got something in his eye, as he sniffles loudly and cries harder, why couldn’t the fox and the hound stay friends for?! Sans giving him some pats on his shoulder with a there there, and then he makes a pun making Papyrus snort and then toss a pillow at him because brother no do not ruin this extremely sad and emotional moment of the movie with your puns!

He also of course likes watching movies where there are puzzles and you have to think and try to solve stuff, might not be movies but he do love gaming shows where you have to answer stuff and figure things out etc.

He like Sans is not big on horror movies, as they end up making him extremely jumpy for days afterwards and he just do not like them, at all, but he will insist on watching them if it is suggested, as there is no way the great Papyrus is scared!

And when it comes to snacks, he of course insist on having all different kinds while he watches movies for the ultimate movie watching experience, he usually forget to eat any of them though as he usually gets so engrossed in the movie he’s watching, he does not have that big of a sweet tooth tho so if he do eat anything it’s probably some chips or popcorn, though he do like his popcorn very buttery tho.  

Red:

Really old and shitty horror movies is his jam, the worse they are the better he likes them, he doesn’t watch much movies but when he do he is all about the bad horror, or just horror in general, as he can’t stop himself from laughing really loudly at how stupid people are or how bad the plot and everything is, making anyone else who watches with him glare at him and wishing for him to shut the fuck up, and will tell him so if they know him well enough not to be scared shitless of him, Edge will smack him for him to shut up if he is there watching which he most likely is.

He will point out inaccuracies in how the various people are killed with a wide smirk, telling in way too much gory detail how to do it properly just to make people uncomfortable for shits and giggles, Edge if he is around will once again smack him because please just shut the fuck up no one wants to hear it god damn it.

Red also loves watching really dark comedy movies, something like “happy three friends” or something like it, just really dark, horrible, and extremely offensive comedies is something he loves to watch.

Though he isn’t that picky with what he watches, something he refuses to watch though is anything involving science, or at least when it’s allot of science going on at least, as he detest science so damn much thanks to his past, anything science brings up too many bad memories he does not want to remember, that he will immediately gets pissed and either he will immediately leave or insist that they change movies because otherwise he is fucking leaving, it has happened that he have destroyed the tv with a bone attack when something sciency has appeared on it, mostly without thinking like a damn reflex, he tries not to react like that after the last time when he got scolded af by Edge, they might be very well off nowadays but tvs are still very expensive!  

If watching movies with Edge, which he most likely is, he will be sitting with his phone and randomly take photos of his bro through out the movie, as he always need more photos of his baby bro so he can show the world what a fantastic and cute brother he has, which will fluster Edge to no end because Brother stop it why are you like this why can’t you just watch the god damn movie in peace and stop been so weird?

Red just like Sans also at times falls asleep while watching movies, not as often as Sans does though, Red prefers to stay awake but at times pretends to fall asleep just to mess around, making extremely loud snore noises and when people least expect it shouts out a “BUH!” or something else when people least expects it scaring the shit out of them and him then ending up in a laughing fit at their reactions.

When it comes to snacks, anything goes he will sit there and pop his mouth full with various chips and candy at the same time chewing as loudly as possible just to piss people off, just been disgusting and getting shit all over himself, unless he is wearing his jacket, then he is not spilling anything at all, as he got the jacket from Edge so he treasures it hella lot and no way is he getting it ruined, Red do prefer to just sit and drink while watching movies tho, like he usually only eat stuff to gross people out because he’s a bit of an ass, there is obviously alcohol in what he drinks, like beers etc, he also ofc drinks mustard, he do like eating chips while drinking though.  

Edge:

Edge does not watch movies often, mostly because he considers watching movies a waste of his time as he got much more important stuff he needs to do, like his never ending pile of paperwork, cleaning the house, training and checking up on his guardsmen, checking traps and do patrols etc, as Edge is one big workaholic, but when he do end up watching movies so is it because either Red or Cackles, aka UF Undyne, forces him to because he works way too much, he protests hella lot but eventually gives in as he knows he srs need to take a break even though he doesn’t want to, but just for an evening then he needs to be back or someone will mess his hard work up completely and he can’t allow that to happen.

And for what kind of movies he prefers to watch, so is he a sucker for romance movies, the cheesier and more dramatic the better, he would totally love those Spanish dramas allot, he loves romance movies because he is a super romantic at heart, is all about giving roses and fancy dinner dates etc, which he will vehemently deny that he is and that he likes those kind of movies if asked, unless he truly trusts you then he can hesitantly admit it that he do with a blush, so what if he likes romance movies?! just because he is the feared and famous captain of the royal guard doesn’t mean he can’t like romance movies! though please keep that knowledge on the down low he got a reputation to uphold after all!

He similar to Papyrus gets really into the movies he watches, at least when it comes to romance ones otherwise he doesn’t get as invested, but with romance movies though he either gets so into the movie that he argues with the things that happens, telling the characters to not do that, that is not what happened you got it all wrong, you shouldn’t take him back Linda what are you doing you fool you’re supposed to get together with Mark! or he will sit there completely quiet, not allowing anyone to talk or else he will schreech at them to shut up or else they will wish they had never talked in the first place! he also like Papyrus does not handle very embarrassing parts in movies that well either, lot’s of schreeching into a pillow or have to leave the room for a bit because no just no why did they do such a stupid thing while been extremely embarrassed himself.  

Edge is very opinionated when he watches movies, no matter what movie or how invested in the movie he is, he will have opinions on it no matter what, he will immediately point out things he do not agree with or how if the characters in it had done this instead of what they had done like a pair of utter idiots things would had turned out so much better, he will try to stay quiet if someone asks him to, but he will still let out sarcastic af comments under his breath, and don’t get him started on plot holes! he do not like it when something makes absolutely no sense, like don’t let him watch a movie like “The Room” he will snap and go into a rant, schreeching how awful and just horrible the whole thing is while Red laughs his non existent guts out in the background.

Romantic tragedies are the ultimate guilty pleasure for him, like they don’t even have to be good ones, he will end up crying and clutching a pillow anyway, denying that he is crying if pointed out with a barely held back sniffle, this place is clearly dusty as he have gotten some dust in his eye he will have to clean later to make sure it doesn’t happen again shut up! Red will tease him when he cries  which will piss Edge off because you are ruining the moment Red shut your damn mouth and let him enjoy the movie in peace! and stop taking photos of me you’re not allowed to take photos of me when I am crying I have told you so many times!

Something Edge does not enjoy watching is comedies, not even romantic comedies, as he finds the comedy and humour in them to be pretty tasteless, like there is no class in the humour it’s not executed well and the jokes are not funny, though if watching them he will end up letting out a snort at the worst jokes of them all which he immediately denies, claiming it was just so bad he had to laugh at it when he in fact found it kinda funny. he also isn’t that big of a fan of horror movies, mostly because they also are bad and tasteless, and that he already has to see such horrors time to time in real life why would he want to see more of it? and also they are doing stuff completely wrong most of the time too, but he will watch them if Red really wants to, he isn’t a fan of animated or cartoonish movies either, mostly as he considers them to be for children, Cackles is trying to get him to watch some anime with her and he is slowly caving in to at least try it out, and when he do he will end up absolutely loving it.

For snacks, so is he not really into snacking while watching, or snacking at all, as he just does not like candy or stuff like that that much, he prefers like some carrots or something with some dip if he now snacks, as he is a bit of a health nut and has a diet he follows religiously so to stay healthy, Red thinks Edge needs to get that stick out of his ass and live a little, relax it’s just some snacks for a night baby bro just give in already, Edge will of course resist any sort of attempt on his brothers part because no way is he going to eat such unhealthy things unless forced to in a social setting, though he do have a weakness for this one candy, it’s like a chocolate ball kind of candy which he really likes but tries hard not to eat as they are filled with sugar and stuff.

[rvb-junior]

Anonymous ask: do you have any pets? What are their names? Why do you keep them? What got you into keeping them? Do you have any future pet plans? 💖💖

Ok anon do u really wanna get into this convo? Itll take a while.

Okay so im at college so rn the only pets with me are my fishb a male halfmoon plakat named Cosmos Florence the second, a nerite snail named Nertb and a black mystery named Onyx. I keep them because god man i just. I just love em so much ya know? Its like. I have this little ball of hate and rage in my dorm who has such a beautiful personality and then to complement that i have these chill snaild who r just trying really hard. Back home we have even more pets and oh man oh man i love them?? They are what love and joy looks like?? We have my dogs, cat, turtle, lizards, birds, hairless guinea pigs, fish, and chickens.

The chickens are named Short Bread and Oreo bevause of how they looked when they were younger. Oreo is a little spunkyer that Short bread while i think short bread is a little…. Confused? Yeah just generally confused by everything.

We have Mr. T, our full grown, healthy red ear slider who lives in a small pond in the back yard with a few feeder fish he never ate. Those fish have grown to be his pals and he just. Hase never eaten them.

Then we have the birds, Able, who likes to tell at you if u look at her to long. Her hobbys are chewing through toys as she is hanging from them and being suprised when she falls. We then have Birbank, named after the airport my dad found him at, who lives very closely with his bf Ruby. Birbank is a grey and white cockatiel and Ruby is a green Indian Ringneck. They had being more than 2 feet apart for longer than 2 seconds and often u will find Ruby yelling when Birbank flys somewhere he cant go (ruby doesnt know how to fly) and birbank screaming when he realises the mistake he made. Ruby likes to give people kisses and is a lover, not a fighter. Birbank likes to hiss at peanuts and ignore everything besides Ruby. Next we have our Canary, Mango whos fav food is blue berrys and kale. He likes to sing when he hears trumpets and my flute. He has a club foot so when we adopted him the bird rescue we got him from was relived because no one else would take him. He is the most graceful flying bird i have ever seen! Finally we have the zebra finch named Shimmy. When we first adopted him he had a super bad plucking problem and was almost completly bald but hes doing much better now, aggressivly peeping when he hears the canary.

Okay now we have 2 lizards, a leopard gecko named Romeo and a crested gecko named Gargoyle. Romeo is a sweet boi with a chubby tail who loves his crickets fast and his meal worms slow. He has one of those reptile hammocks but he prefers climding his cave more. Gargoyle is a sweet girl who will only eat her food when it starts to harden again for some reason. We dont know why but she does and shes kinda a butt. But ya gotta love her!

Our cat’s name is Figaro and she’s currently bald. She had to get shaved, the vet said shes getting up in her years so when she stopped grooming for a month and got matts in her long fur they said she had basicly cat arthritis. Shes doing good and her hobbies are (well atleast when i was home) meowing in my mouth at 3 am to tell me she ate all her food and wanted more.

Wr have 5 dogs so just get ready for that. All our dogs but 1 is a rescue. Coal is a chow/black lab mix. She was adopted as a pup from a local animal rescue and she kniws the mist tricks. Shes a good girl who likes hugs, treats, and when u massage her face. Her favorite toy is a yellow stick that she will bring to you when asked. Shes the second youngest! Lily is the youngest, i sometiems call her satan but only because she is a trickster! You will turn around and shell be on the table eating food, stealing anything from coal, and trying to think up world domination. She and Coal are super close, when we got her Coal went all MaMa dog and now they are inseparable. What makes it better is that Lily is a half Chihuahua/Pomeranian mix so shes tiny next to Coal. Our third youngest is Scarlet, wr think shes the product of a long hair Chihuahua and a deer head Chihuahua. Shes a primadonna who enjoys her alone time and pets. She also like to be held, mainly like a baby so u can hold her and tub her tum. She also REALLY LIKES CAR RIDES like man even going to the vet shes jazzed. Second oldest is Vinnie, a pug my bro ham adopted. Hes super sweet and good he likes face squishes and whrn he naps his tail uncurles. He stands very proper like hes a gentleman and likes to sit on ur feat. He has a grain allergy so he eats special grain free food. Next we have the oldest of our dogs MY SWEET BABY GIRL GIGI. shes my sun and moon. We got gigi when i was 8 and when i was 10 my sister went to college, leaving her for me to takr care of. And well, shes literally the most important thing in the world to me. My sister got her from a breader (which i dont like cus dogs in shelters need homes) but shes a Brussels Griffon so the breader croped her ears and tail. I DO NOT CONDONE THE PRACTICE OF CROPPING AND PART OF A DOG UNLESS SUGGESTED BY A VET, SOME DOGS GET THEIR TAILS CROPPED BECAUS ETHEY BREAK BONES IN THEM AND THAT IS THE ONLY CROPPING I CONDONE. Her ears were cropped lopsidedb and improperly which brought many problems to her later on. She developed many ear infections that have caused her to scratch her ears until they bleed, has had medication for 3 different ear infections, and has almost no ear canal left. Her vet has told us she is almost deef. Also as she got older she got chronic dry eye and takes medicated eye drops for it but shes fine as long as she has those. She needs loud or sharp sounds to get her attention so i trained her to respond to clapping, whistling (which i do very loudly) and snapping fingers. She is a sweet heartb adn a super velcro dog! I cried for three days after i had to go to college and they drive her up to visit me. When im home she goes looking for me if im out of site for 2 minutes, will wait at the bathroom door for me, stare up the stairs when i go to shower, and press her face against closed doors she knows i went through. Whne she does the last thing i have to drum my fingers on the door so she knows to move back before i open it. I miss her horribly and i skype her almost every day, she gets super excited! The first few days i was gone she actually wouldnt stop barking at night. Shes also a cuddle baby and she doesnt sleep unless she is touching me ao it was probably rough for her. I miss her but ill be able to see her in october when i go to my sisters wedding.

The fish! Okay so my mother has a 75 gallon gold fish aquarium and a 30 gallon in the garage with nithing in it yet (shes thinking tetras). The gold fish tank has 2 butter fly tails and some bristle nose plecos. It also has many a snail rn! A friend of ours dismantled a large aquarium of his own ( he is going through a very hard time financially and im hoping everything works out for him) and gave us the plecos and snails. The snails are 3 rabbit snailsb one nerite (he gave us 2 but the other is with my betta) a few black mysteries, and a golden apple who i named Big Mama.

Lemme tell u about big mama real fast. I call her this because, first of all shes a full grown golden appleb second of all because shes a mama. He had a live planted tank thich included a moss ball he has been taking care of for 5 year, its the size of my head and when we put it in the 75 gallon it because the main pice of the tank. What we found out later was that Big Mama had made her family in ut and we have abou 20 BABY GOLDEN APPLES IN THERE ALONE!! He also gave us an anibius fern which i put in my betta’s tank and after getting to college and living hear for a few weeks i found out there were eggs on it because I KNOW HAVE MANY A BABY GOLDEN APPLE. these ones tho r much smaller than the moss ball ones, mine being hatchlings and those being the size of a finger nail. But anyway they have grown large enough where i can tell they r not pest snails and i will be rehoming them to other fish keepers in my dorms once they get a little bigger.

My mom has 3 hairless guinea pigs. Did you know that at petco people tend to walk in and drop off pets they “just dont want any more”? Well it hapoens a lot and my mom fell in love with them instantly. We have Billy, the oldest, Piggy, the middle in age, and sweet baby Bear who is small and young. They are all good boys and are doing very well so far in their new home! My mom had already owned billy and was looking into getting him friends, (guinea pigs live friends! They actually should be kept in atleast pairs but we were not aware at first, now we know better) all three of them are being slowly introduced! Bear and Piggy already live together but we dont want to rush this process and put billy right into the mix, that would probably be the worst think. They are slowly beibg acclimated to eachother.

I guess you could say i love pets because they are sweet and wonderful. I keep most of them because i know i can care for them, that i have the space, and the resources. I have the time and the will to foster a loving home for all my pets, and so does my family. Animals are a big part of my life and i love all of them with all my heart.

My future plans? Well nothing soon! Im in a dorm so Cosmos and his snail friends are all ivr got planed rn. But i hope to, onece in the distante future, get a tank with a school of danionella dracula in it, they are tiny fishb only getting half an inch in side. But id need a good tank for them since they school about 12 and id like to do the whome thing live plants (i also want one of those rimless aquatiums hnnnnnnnngh) i hope to upgrade cosmos to a larger aquarium b currently hes in a 2.5 which is enough for a betta, sure, but id rather he be in a 5 gallon. But really? I just wanna go home n be with GiGi more than anything.

Thank you for the ask!

[georgebenjiart]

NANOWRIMO

Okay, so I only got 2,599 words. lol. This is a story that I’ve been working on and crafting for 3 years now, with the help of my older sibling who isn’t on tumblr. At one point I had 10k long novella written out for it. There’s also a 2nd 10k long novella from another character’s perspective as well. This is most likely going to be the first chapter, and I’m sorry that it’s really rough. This story doesn’t have a name, but at one point it was known as How I Lived, so I’ll be referring to it as HIL until I decide on something better.

HIL-

(if you’d prefer the google doc link to read it, dm me)

Words- 2599

Summary- A world where your chest glows a color when you’re near your soulmate, Heath, a boy who doesn’t believe in soulmates, or love, gets the biggest surprise. (note: only about half of this is in the story so far lmao)

Story:

My brother always tells me that waiting is even better than the reward, but to that I say bullshit. That’s all we do, right? We just sit back and wait. We wait until it’s time to talk to our friends, we wait until it’s time to go to sleep, to wake up, to go to work, to go home. Loops and endless waiting. My brother will die on a hill claiming that the wait is the best part. Personally, I think he’s just looking for an explanation as to why he hasn’t found his soulmate yet.

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Like clockwork, Mel knocks on my door at six-forty-five that morning and I’m out the door, a quick goodbye to Onus and my backpack swinging onto my shoulder.

“Alright, spill. Jungle Blitz 4 demo, promising or no?” Last night we were up on a voice call waiting for leaks of the newest demo of the next game in our favorite video game series. Mel had to go to bed before the demo dropped.

“Depends. Do you like good games or not?”

“Oh God. That bad?”

“Think Kingsley has a kid.”

“So… good then?”

“Continue thinking, Lane is canon.”

“Holy shitting fuck. No.”

“Yes.”

Mel squeals a little bit and I know she’s going to be smiling about this for the rest of the day. “I can't believe the audacity of them to release the demo on the first day of school.”

“Oh, come one, it was world wide, they didn’t do it just to spite you.”

“You don’t know that, Heath.” Mel wiggles her finger at me and I can’t tell if she’s completely serious or not.

We continue our conversation as we make our way to school and as we pass through the student parking lot, a group of jock-ish seniors slow their conversation to glare at me. Mel just kind of glances my way and we don’t say anything about it.

“Alright, your first period is Mr. Long in room 105? Algebra 1?” I flip my hair out of my eyes and Mel laughs just a little bit.

“Get a haircut, and yeah. Well, yeah and no. Mr. Long in room 105, yeah. But it’s for Algebra 2.”

“How in the- That’s… I’m only in geometry you smart bitch.”

“Yeah! Remember, I was ahead of you in middle school too.”

“Yeah, yeah.” I walk her to her class and hug her goodbye. “Good luck, sorry you’re like ten minutes early.”

“Eh, it’s the first day, who cares?” Mel shrugs and her jackets make a sound.

As soon as Mel enters her class, the first bell rings and I head to the stairs. On my way up, I spot a very confused and short freshman gripping their class schedule.

“You need help finding your first period?” I’m afraid my voice scared the poor kid.

“My.. My brother said that he would… he would walk me to my first period.”

“Where is he?”

“I don’t… know.”

“I can help you in the meantime, can I walk you to you class?”

“Y-yeah.”

“Okay, coo. What’s your class?”

“Room 105.”

“Hey, I just walked my friend Mel there. She’s super nice, and a freshman like you.” I turn around and motion for them to follow me. “So what’s your name?” After a beat, “And pronouns.” They look very feminine, short bleached pigtails, blue tips, very big, bright blue eyes, a small button nose, and a thin pink jacket.

“Naomi.. And uh.. She/her.”

“Okay, cool. I’m Heath and I use he/him.” I smile at her, but she still looks like she’s ready to explode any second. “So what are you into? Do you play video games or anything?”

“Um… Kind of, not really.” We get to her class and I point at Mel, who is sitting at a table by herself.

“Go make sure Mel makes at least one friend, please.”

“Sure.. thing…” Naomi then rushes into the class, her tiny backpack bouncing with her.

When I finally get to my class, I choose a seat towards the back of the class, having not recognized any friendly faces in the crowd. My first four classes go by slowly, my teachers discuss silibi and give us “peer bonding” assignments to get to know the classmates we’ve known since freshman year. Lacking as that sounds, it’s still stressful and by the time I get to lunch, I’ve forgotten that Mel and I have the same lunch.

“Heath, I’ve been texting you. What the heck?” Mel sits down next to me, startling me from the astral plane my soul had traveled to.

“Oh, sorry, I was spacing out.” I check my phone, sure enough there’s five unread messages about lunch.

Then Naomi sits down next to Mel and gives me a little wave.

“Hey, you have lunch with us!” That gets a simple smile from Naomi. I pull a piece of bread from my backpack and begin to chow down.

“You cannot be serious.” Mel glares at me, her glasses slipping down her nose.

“What?” I ask, my mouth full.

“That’s your lunch?” Mel has pulled out a sandwich and soda can, while Naomi has a bag of chips and a salad.

“Yeah. I slept in this morning and Onus forgot to make me lunch.”

“Oh for christ’s sake, here,” Mel pulls out a second sandwich from her bag and hands it to me.

“Ohoho, thank you!” I kiss Mel’s hand begin to chow down a second time.

Just then, a loud bang sounds and we look over from our cafeteria table near the double doors, to see none other than Ronnie fucking Yule, their face pressed against the glass. “Let me in bro,” they mouth.

“Who’s that?” Mel asks.

“Ronnie, they’re in our discord server. You’ve talked to them before.” I open the door for then and they join us at our four-person table.

“My little brotato chips, what is cracking?” I can just feel the cringe radiating off of Naomi and I’d be lying if I said the only reason why I wasn’t cringing as well was because I love Ronnie with my entire fucking heart.

“Not much, just my bones.” And then I crack my neck.

“Oh, yucky. Hey, who’re you, you little carraromo?” Ronnie is talking more so at Naomi, rather than with her. That’s just a thing that they tend to do tho.

“I’m N-Naomi.”

“Sweet! Hey, so say you’re not just Naomi, but also a sister. Would you be having a brother who is on the football team?”

“Uh… Yes…?”

At this point in the conversation I’ve spaced out again and only really care about my sweet sandwich. I wait for lunch to end. Then I wait for the day to be over and I walk home with Mel.

I ask her if she plans on joining any clubs, she says no. I ask her what she thought of Naomi, she tells me Naomi is pretty cool so far. I ask her how her day went, apparently okay. I ask her if she wants to hang out at my house to play Jungle Blitz, she says yes.

My house isn’t much to look at, to be fair I’m surprised we still have it. It’s a mobile home, and a very homely one at that. It’s painted a perfect suburban beige on the outside, and a sickly sweet yellow on the inside. Our kitchen and livingroom are mostly connected, but there’s still a breakfast bar separating the two. We have fairly lights up in the living room year round because one reason or another when Onus and I were younger. The house always smells like either musty old books or whatever was most recently cooked, usually pancakes or spaghetti.

I sprawl out on the couch, Mel takes her place on the floor, leaning back on the couch, and she starts playing the third Jungle Blitz game. “I need one of the achievements still.” I fall in and out of sleep, watching Mel play. We hold a running commentary on events of the game, events which I am so well in tune with that I’m able to talk about them in my sleep apparently.

Mel leaves after a few hours, and I’m free to sort out the stack of silibi and other assorted papers I need my mom to sign. I leave them on the couch and I head to bed.

The next day of school is the first day of one of the three clubs I’m a part of (I know, social butterfly Heath), which is the first thing Onus informs me of when he hands me the stack of papers my mom signed sometime during the night. The next thing he tells me is that he’s made pancakes. I’m out of bed, ready for school and pounding my fists on the table within the next four minutes.

“Calm down, bro. I have a headache.” Onus serves me the pancakes and it takes everything in my not to eat the plate with the pancakes. “Didn’t put butter on-” I take a bite out of the stick of butter on the breakfast bar. “No. No, jesus christ, not this early in the morning you fucking gremlin.”

“Awugh c’mon O-nie,” I spit some crumbs his way and he rubs his temples.

“How old are you? Six or sixteen?”

“As if a six year old could be as funny as me.”

“Fucking Hell.”

“I have club today?”

“Chew your goddamn food. Yes, you have GSA today. Tomorrow you have DnD.” Onus reaches into his backpack haphazardly lain on the kitchen counter to pull out a textbook and a bunch of papers.

“What- that?” I swallow my food between words.

“Just some biomed bullshit. Doesn’t really matter.”

“Ah.” Just as he spreads his papers out to start working on them, there’s a knock at the door, and I’m stuffing my papers in my messenger bag and sprinting out the door, tugging shoes on as I run.

“Guess who got breakfast this morning!” I brag.

“You, for once?” Mel yawns and clearly would rather be in bed.

“Haha! Onus is the bestest brother in whole entire wide world ever!”

Mel yawns in agreement.

Similarly to yesterday, when we pass through the parking lot, the group of seniors hanging around some small sports-ish car all stare at us, mostly me, and glare. One of them laughs a little bit. When I glance over, usually I ignore them, I realize that I do, in fact, recognise most of them. The one laughing is Calvin James.

Calvin James sure is a character, or something like that. I’ve never spoken to him, but I’m certain he’s spoken about me. Not that his friends are horrible and the worst people in the whole world, but they sure don’t like any of the trans kids who go to school here. Including me. And probably Mel is they ever get close enough to her to know that.

“I need a haircut still,” I whine as we enter the school. Calvin James is the hottest guy I’ve ever seen. “This sucks!” I flip my hair out of my eyes and my glasses almost fly off my face.

“Get one then.”

“I need Onus to take me, but he’s busy with, like, adult stuff or some shit.” When we get to Mel’s class I walk in and sit with her at her table.

“Do you think my parents could take you?”

“Um… Maybe?” I think about this for a moment. “Wait- new topic, are you going to GSA today? Please say yes. You have to say yes or I’ll cry.”

“Bitch.”

“Fucker.” We makes hearts with our hands to really get the fact that we actually hate each other across.

While we’re having our chat, Naomi joins and we welcome her, there’s a brief exchange in which Mel agrees to go to the club after school today, only if Naomi goes too and Naomi agreed to because it beats just watching the football team practice while she waits for her brother to drive her home.

I only get a few complaints from teachers about the crumpled papers, it’s mostly just jokes though. At lunch, Ronnie joins us again.

“Heath, you need a snake?” Ronnie offers an applesauce cup to me and I oh so humbly accept it from them.

All but inhaling the applesauce, it’s gone sooner than anyone can start a new conversation. As I slam the empty applesauce cup onto the table, a group of preppy-adjacent freshman girls pass by us and sicker to each other, pointing at Naomi.

“I can beat them up for you,” I offer, wiping applesauce from my face.

“Haha, n… no. That’s not… needed.” I’m just now realizing that Naomi might not be stuttering from anxiety and she might actually just have a stutter.

“If you say so.” I shrug my shoulders and start a conversation with Ronnie about our Dungeons and Dragons characters, before moving on to talk about how GSA is meeting after school.

After lunch, my next three classes are boring and nothing particularly happens in them. At the end of the day, I head back to my art class where GSA meets.

“Hey Heath!” I’m greeted by Jae, who is in conversation with a freshman, who must me new this year.

“‘Sup.” I start moving some of the tables together so there’s a large table for about twelve people to sit around. “We’ll be starting soon, probably. Take your seats, please.” Jae and the freshman sit down at the other end of the table, soon Ronnie joins, then three small freshman, then Mel and Naomi. “Okay, we’ve got mostly everyone who will be showing up today, and it’s about time to start.” We start with check ins, which consists of stating your name and your pronouns?

“I’m Heath, this club’s president, and I use he/him pronouns.”

“Ronnie, I’m the vice president, they/them.”

“Mel, she/her.”

“Naomi, she/her.”

“Christian, he/him.” The freshman with Jae.

“Jae, the secretary, he/him and they/them.”

“Felicity, she/her.” One of the three freshmen.

“Alex, she/her.” The next freshman.

“Kali, she/her.” The last freshman.

“Okay, thanks for coming, everyone, today we’re just gonna set some stuff up for the rest of the year…”

The meeting goes well enough, the three freshmen mostly just whisper and giggle to each other, but other than that nothing goes wrong. I walk home with Mel after the club and I eat dry cereal out of the box as I do homework in the living room.

Mom doesn’t come back home that night, and I feel sorry about how many hours she’s currently working.

*

The next morning goes business as usual, except for the fact that I didn’t get any sleep at all. Onus arrives at the house, makes me a pancake, packs me a lunch and does does homework while I get ready for school. I leave the house with Mel, we walk through the school parking lot.

“School parking lot” is where things deviate from business as usual. As we’re walking by the regular group of jock-adjacent kids, they snicker at me and I turn to them.

“You’re just gonna do that everyday, huh?” I shout. The morning is bright, cool and the perfect time to throw some hands.

“Keep walking, girl,” one of the guys, a taller, lankier one, who isn’t even facing my direction just kind of shouts back out of the side of his mouth.

“Keep laughing, asshat.” I tiptoe my way towards them, and I can feel Mel plant herself in the pavement.

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Cursed Castle Chatzy 2 [Archive]

Icarus is placing his portion of potatoes and mushrooms and such on a stick by the fire

Junior is still kind of being a pillow for Deak

Smolma hes just chilling in his corner

Deak is still using junior as a pillow while also avoiding interaction and speaking still :I

Lavi busying himself making food

Allen is humming and trying to lift this stick and impale a potato with his powers. They seem to be shaking in the air and keep missing each other. The stick even snapped in half. Allen eventually reached out and impaled it by hand.

Junior: omg Allen lol } Junior kind of half-asleep but also idly watching Allen try to magically impale potatoes Junior like wtf Allen why you gotta be all mysticy they're just potatoes Smolma hes making small shards of ice appearing near him

Allen wants to practice gdi. He's humlifting another potato and slowwwwlllyyy bringing the stick and potato together but he runs out of breath and they both drop to the ground as he gasps for breath.

Smolma hes practicing in case more of those monsters come

Icarus: (i read humlifting as humiliating and imagined a potato in a gimp suit getting whipped.....)

Junior nudges Deak a little Junior: Hige no }

Lavi humming quietly, he's fine with Allen practicing since he needs it as well as Alma Lavi: || w h y

Icarus: ((THATS WHAT ID LIKE TO KNOW))

Junior: gonna be honest I read it as "humiliating" too but I stopped those thoughts short xD } Junior bro look at the sideshow trying to magically skewer a potato Junior brooooooooo

Allen magically skewers the potato and it just. Turns to mashed potatoes. Both of them just press against the stick like a long potato ice cream bar with some potato peel sticking out. That works.

Junior snorts

Allen holds it over the fire this didn't look too bad

Icarus raises eyebrow but continues munching on his own unsalted skewer

Lavi writes in fire by Allen 'You tried' and gives the other an amused smile before looking back at the cooking food.

Junior isn't starch flammable...?

Smolma tummy growls real loudly Smolma falls over ded

Deak no Deak leave me alone smh

Allen his stick turned into a torch great. Looks dully at Lavi before trying to blow it out without success. Runs around waving his stick like stop burning plz

Lavi snaps fingers and puts the flame out for Allen

Junior bro don't be like that to your pillow its v rude

Deak shush pillow just shh Deak moves away though and just lays on something else then

Allen thinks he put the fire out and cautiously takes a lick. It's hot! Ow!

Junior is gonna just follow and use Deak as a pillow then Junior squish

Lavi: Food's ready. Lavi grabs a potato stick for Alma and peels it for the small one before going over to him.

Smolma he just gets up and follows where he heard lavi

Junior kinda wants to say he's not hungry but is actually starving otl

Smolma and he runs into lavi- Smolma: Oof-

Lavi grabs Alma's shoulder to keep him from falling over Lavi: Woah, there, gotcha

Smolma: Thank you!

Lavi takes Alma's hands and puts the potato on a stick there. Lavi: Careful you don't burn yourself when you bite it Lavi: Okay?

Smolma: Okay~

Smolma holds the potato and lets it cool Smolma doesn't want to freeze it by blowing on it

Lavi goes back to grab another two potatoes on a stick and goes over to his moody brothers that he still very much cares about even if they're not speaking to him. Lavi crouches down next to them. Lavi: Eat, you two.

Junior: ......................

Smolma feels round for allen so he can sit by someone

Junior takes the potato

Allen eats his potato popsicle that's the opposite of ice, really. All burnt and stuff.

Junior he can't remember the last time he ate tbh

Lavi: Deak.

Junior between being here now and the getting chased by asshole humans

Smolma cold hand finds allen! Allen !!!!!!???!!! Smolma sits by him

Allen didn't hear him coming lol

Junior nudges Deak in the ribs Junior you should eat bro

Smolma writes 'i was trying to find you!'

Allen sits down too Allen: Ooo 'cared me! *he chuckles*

Smolma 'Sorry'

Junior just gonna take that second potato Junior and wave it under Deak's nose tbh

Lavi sighs and moves on to get himself his own food to eat as well

Allen: S'okay. Allen nibbles around stick

Smolma starts eating his potato

Lavi slowly starts to eat his potato after a quick glance around to make sure everyone's eating.

Deak takes the potato thank u

Junior lets the potato cool and then starts eating it once its not ready to scorch him from the inside out

Deak juggles the potato

Allen chews on the stick tbh it wasn't very tasty but he's hungry

Smolma finishes potato then plops cross allens lap

Junior ye its a pretty plain potato but whatever he hasn't eaten in days

Allen ice pack on his legs felt nice. They were walking for a while. He reaches out for Alma's hair and tries to mess with it. Smolma Allen's lucky he loves it when his hair gets played with Lavi finishes eating his potato and just scoots over so he's sitting by Alma and Allen

Junior finishes eating his potato Junior gets up to stre-- aaaaaah fuck its really hard to get up from the ground when your tail bone hurts fuc--

Smolma Almas slowly dozing off

Junior just grin and bear it Junior ow ow ow Smolma hair pets are the best

Junior hair pets ARE the best

Allen is gonna hair pet Alma's and his own worries away tbh

Junior don't get frostbite on ur fingers

Lavi knows that you're in pain even if you're trying to hide it, Junior

Junior is totally not you saw nothing

Smolma his hair ain't cold tho

Junior has been avoiding contact with the smol so doesn't really know where or when he is or is not cold Junior isn't very fond of the cold honestly

Icarus is gonna go doze after eating his food

Deak stops juggling the potato

Smolma he can't control how cold he is without sight to know if hes cold

Lavi reaches over and pets the small one's hair a bit.

Smolma its warmmmm

Allen starts braiding Alma's hair.

Junior are you gonna actually eat that potato Deak or just juggle it

Deak i was planning on just juggling it tbh im not hungry Deak would you like it

Junior how are you not hungry Junior have you been holding out on us on food Junior have you been sneaking food and not sharing

Deak what no im just Deak not hungry

Junior squints

Smolma 'have I made your legs too cold?"

Lavi squinting at Deak

Junior: you should hold onto that for when you are Junior: No telling when we'll find anything edible again in this place

Deak shrugs

Allen: no...

Deak continues to juggle the potato then

Allen can't feel his legs anymore

Junior: RIP Allen }

Smolma: Lavi is he lying....

Junior is gonna go investigate the open gate then Junior you coming?

Smolma misses being able to lay on peeps without making them cold

Lavi: He's lying

Smolma but sits up and hugs his knees

Allen casually rubs feeling back into his legs

Lavi: You can lean on my legs, Alma

Deak gets up to follow junior

Lavi reaches over to rub some warmth back into Allen's legs Lavi: Oh...

Junior idly hums and heads to the open gate for a look-see for what's waiting for them on the other side

Smolma plops cross lavi's lap

Lavi: Actually, we should continue on, we won't get out of here by just sitting around-- Lavi stands up and picks up the small on with him

Smolma tilts head curiously but nods

Lavi 'Allen, c'mon, we should keep moving'

Smolma: Mh, okay

Allen It's kinda weird to have someone else rub his legs, but Allen's accepted the help. He stands up at the message and shakes out his legs.

Icarus was ready for a nap tbh, but gets up to follow

Junior stepping through the open gates and looking around

Smolma lays against lavis chest

Lavi follows after Junior and Deak

Allen follows Lavi

-- -- through the open gates is another, narrower courtyard. Ahead is another large gate, this one near-identical, but closed. On either side looks to be a stone crypt with a dark, open doorway, and iron-wrought fence with spikes along the top. Past the fence looks to be a grassy graveyard, on both sides. In the very center, a black statue, this one looking skeletal, but the bones are a big mangled looking and the face looks like a dog's skull. -- -- a very big dog skull

Smolma puppy!

Junior you have strange taste in "puppies" Junior tilts his head and circles around it a bit at a distance

Icarus: Looks happy to see us. We should go pet it.

Smolma since he feels better, his body feels warmer

Junior: Then go pet it

Smolma: What looks happy to see us?

Junior: Maybe it'll wag its tail at ya Junior: Roll over and let you scratch its tummy

Smolma: ????

Lavi describes to Alma what the statue looks like, it's definitely not happy to see us.

Deak casually kinda gets a bit closer to it

Lavi swear to fuck, Deak, if you get in trouble

Smolma shivers because it sounds creepy

-- -- oh woops now that everyone's through the gates, they're closing behind you

Deak: .................

Lavi looks behind the at the closing gate

Smolma: ...... Smolma: G-good thing we all left?

Deak oh well just gonna kinda slowly move closer to the statue

Icarus only one way out and its probably forward anyway

Smolma does not want to get separated

-- -- there's a bit of a cracking sound

Lavi tenses

-- -- the statue moves a bit and then its eyes light up

Lavi: Deak, move away from it

Junior just grabs Deak and yanks him back a few paces

Lavi: Move away from it ​right now​

Allen: Gonna... figh'... a cer. ber. us?

Smolma perks up as he tenses up

Deak jhggh Deak rude af

-- -- shadows form around it and the skeleton rips itself free from its pedestal mounting and snarls

Lavi to Allen 'let's not jinx it'

Junior um excuse u I'm saving your life

Allen smirks nervously

-- -- its a very big wolfish shadow on two legs

Smolma he heard growls

-- -- have fun

Lavi: .......

Smolma getts down from lavi

Icarus: (the furry it cometh))

Lavi lets Alma get down

Icarus: Maybe it wants to play, anyone got a stick? Icarus is wishing it hadnt left his at the fire

-- -- howls loudly and lunges towards the closest person(s)

Deak waIT I STILL CANT FIGHT SO Deak rUN A WAA AAAY

Icarus is furthest away of course....

Lavi BLASTS THE SHADOW WITH A HUGE FIRE BALL

Smolma judging on the sounds HAS SPIKES STAB UP AT THE MONSTER

Lavi bETTER NOT FUCKING ATTACK HIS BROTHERS

Allen takes deep breaths, ready to use his magic to push it away if worst came to worse. He didn't want to hurt anyone's ears. He's a bit in the back, by Icarus

-- -- howls and staggers a little but instead just turns and lunges towards Lavi now barely slowing

Junior was kind of following Deak but is also looking around for a weapon of some kind fuck fuck fuck

Lavi kind of facing the consequences of using his powers because his hands really hurt but he still shoots another fire ball while dodging

Icarus decides to make himself useful by rushng in to jump ontop of the furry to...idk...poke its eyes??

-- -- fireball just kind of staggers it and slashes at Lavi with a snarl

Smolma heres a new idea

Junior there's a... um... a... brick?

Smolma an ice spear appears in his hands

Deak thrOW IT

-- -- howls and shakes itself violently when Icarus leaps onto it

Smolma then HE THROWS IT AT THE MONSTER

Junior thROWS THE FUCKING BRICK

Allen sees the bricks flying and lets out a shout to make the brick go faster

-- -- gets hit with a brick and shakes ow did you really just throw a fucking brick bitch ur next

Lavi throws a mini fire ball grenade into the shadow's mouth

Allen hopefully it doesn't hit Icarus lol

Smolma did... did he miss?

Icarus is trying to poke the monster in the eyes..if it actually has them..at the least hes getting in the way of it seeing

Deak hey good job @ junior & brick

-- -- shakes off the fire and flips around to its back to attack Icarus with claws and fangs both

Lavi: You didn't miss, Alma, it just didn't really feel it

-- -- nah sorry its eyes are pretty much just like little fires or w/e -- -- clamps down on a limb

Lavi doubles over, clutching his hands to his chest because that really burns

Junior oh look another brick

Lavi yells directions to Alma SO HE CAN IMPALE THAT WOLF

Junior motions to Allen to do the sound thing again when he throws it and then just fucking hurls it

Icarus tries nt to scream, winds up saying ouch really loud

Allen oh no, uh, he does the sound thing Allen tries to shout louder this time to accelerate that bit-I mean brick faster

Smolma this could be dangerous but its needed Smolma 'keep it distracted for a bit allen!'

-- -- staggers a little from that hit ow that hit fucking hard but nah just gonna kinda shake its head and try to take that limb off that limb belongs to it now you can't keep it

Lavi buRNS THE SHADOW'S FACE

Smolma then he begins to make ice lotuses starts to appear all around

-- -- scREECHES AND LET'S GO -- -- okay, just gonna take one of YOUR limbs then

Junior ohshit

Lavi try and get it, bitch

Smolma once theres enough the petals breaks apart and fly towards the sound

-- -- leaps straight for Lavi

Allen picks up another brick himself and throws it with a shout-acceleration

Lavi FUCKING DODGES OUT OF THE WAY AS FAST AS HE CAN

Junior fuck throwing, just gonna pick up a brick and chase that bitch down tbh

Deak stays away bc he'd just be in the way

-- -- twists around and snags his leg

Deak is smart

Smolma sharp shards begin to stab said beast

-- -- just gonna YANK and pounce on top of him

Lavi shouts in pain as he falls Lavi thinking 'I'm gonna regret this' as his hands begin to glow

Junior jumps on top of that fucking thing and just tries to cave its stupid black skull in with the brick

Allen runs back and forth trying to find an opening, carrying another brick.

-- -- keens as ice shards impale in its ribs and mc-Jerk-Face here rams a BRICK into its skull

Lavi shoots a fire blast from his hands at the monster.

Allen gonna be merciless and throws a yell-amplified brick at one of the side of the ribs

Smolma since the petals found the monster Smolma they gonna keep slashing him

Junior keeps bashing that brick into its stupid skull

Icarus is glad to have his limb back but is going to try to keep jumping in the monsters face then leaping away using his wings, playing keep away and dodgeball all at once! Icarus since, you know, he left his stick and only actual weapon apparantly

-- -- ow, ow, ow, fucke--

Icarus can kick it too though, and he does.

-- -- shakes the fire off and just twists around to snap onto Junior's arm

Icarus inthe face

-- -- your limb will suffice

Lavi: MOTHERFUCK--

Smolma all that ice stabs the monster at once

Junior oWWWWW

Lavi ANOTHER FIRE BLAST AT THE MONSTER Lavi screams in both anger and pain

Junior just Junior SLAMS THAT FUCKING BRICK INTO ITS JAW HINGE

-- -- jaw hinge fucking bREAKS EXCUSE U ASSHOLE

Allen runs to get more freggin bricks to throw at this thing and then keeps throwing them

Icarus kicks it in the same jaw that just broke

Junior rips his arm free and scrambles back

Smolma tries to find the monster with his hands out stretched to freeze him

-- -- jaw snaps off okay fuck you

Allen with a side dish a sound telepathy of course, hopefully it doesn't hit anyone as Allen is forced to git gud quick.

Lavi has to stop using his fires because the pain is too much right now.

-- -- ow, ow, ow, more -- -- fucking -- -- bricks

Smolma guide the smol lavi

Lavi tells the small one the shadow's location

Smolma runs to said monster and freezes part of him

-- -- okay now cannot move b/c there's ice wtf

Smolma ‘hit those parts with the bricks!’

-- -- is struggling and howling

Smolma finds its face tho and uses ice knife to stab em

-- -- keens and slashes at the smol -- -- motherfuck-- -- -- you're all so VIOLENT

Allen gonna throw some SOUND PAIN TIME brICKS AT THE ICE THEN

Junior just fucking kicks one of its frozen legs and snaps it tbh

-- -- screams and the lights of its eyes go out -- -- goes limp

Smolma barely manages to throw self out of way of slashes Smolma no more getting his wounds burned shut pls

Lavi: .....Is it dead...

Smolma thnk Smolma: G-good.....

-- -- it ded

Smolma feels round for lavi Smolma his cold will help him!

Icarus: Sorry ol yeller~ Icarus not sorry at all

Allen throws a couple more bricks at it for good measure tbh

Lavi heavy pained breathing and he passed out.

Smolma trips over lavi Smolma found em!

Junior just gonna collapse for a moment and regain his bre-- Junior oh shit Lavi

Smolma sits up Smolma makes light frost cover lavis chest to cool him down

Lavi pained breathing eases up some

Junior crawls over to Lavi, kinda hard with one arm bleeding but w/e, standing back up hurts too Smolma freezes some of lavis arms too Allen coughs a bit and runs over to Smolma and Lavi.

Nea hey there junior how you doing pal

Junior: Lavi! Junior ...w h a t

Nea is just gonna casually borrow this body of your's if you don't mind.

Lavi still out cold but his breathing is a lot less ragged

Junior I reiterate:

Nea what did you DO to this thing holy shit.

Junior what

Icarus is trying not to showhispain, it's still coming through as a grimace as he looks at his bloody arm

Smolma non the wiser smol working on cooling lavi down

Junior who--

Icarus: (the casual body snatcher)

Lavi: || Deak's totally not worried for his two older bros

Icarus: (this should be some sort of mini series of books tbh)

Lavi: || best body snatcher

Nea blinks in Junior's body before shaking his head and looking over at the dead creature

Junior: lolwut }

Nea: || he's just. casual.

Deak: ur rite hes not ]

Deak: he's casually just juggling his potato again ]

Lavi: || w o w

Allen waves weakly with his hands at Lavi like a fan thank goodness Alma was there

Junior: Junior: Let a guy use you as a pillow and this is what he does with it }

Lavi groans as he starts to come to Smolma the groan makes him squeak

Deak: shrUGS ]

Nea: || something like thaT Nea whistles impressed

Deak: is not a fighter ]

Smolma then hugs!

Nea: You guys ​reeallly​ did a number on that thing.

Smolma: You're okay!!

Junior: Junior: isn't either but still managed to find a brick smh }

Icarus: 'you guys?'

Lavi makes a quiet 'ow' and pats the small one's head

Icarus: ?

Smolma: .... Junior, you helped?

Lavi: Thanks...

Smolma junior has confused him while hugging lavi Smolma: You're welcome

Icarus is distrcted from his pain by the odd sentence

Nea: You guys-- This guy, too

Junior they did do a number on it, didn't they?

Lavi looks Junior and immediately tenses

Junior they should be proud

Nea pats Junior's chest. his own chest. w/e

Smolma: .... you're talking funny

Deak ???????

Smolma: Junior...?

Junior also who the fuck let you in here

Lavi: Who are you and what the hell are you doing in my brother's body.

Nea: What kind of name is ​Junior?

Allen looks at Junior why was everyone looks at em strangely?

Nea I invited myself

Smolma noticed lavis tense

Nea don't be rude?

Icarus is warier than usual of most people, his feathers are all poofy like a scared cat

Junior clEARLY

Smolma: Whats going on?

Deak: D'ya kill 'im when you took 'im over?

Icarus: What brings you to the party?

Nea gets up on his feet

Junior have fun with that hurting tail bone lol Junior also that arm

Icarus doesngt know the person, isnt sure whats going on, but its best to assume a ghost has posessed someone, cause whynot at this point

Lavi: Someone possessed my brother

Nea ooooh everything hurts

Smolma: Oh-

Lavi: And he better not be dead

Nea: He's not ​dead Nea rolls his eyes Nea err. eye?

Lavi: ​Good​

Junior eyes

Nea: You guys are quick, though

Junior just can't see one of them

Smolma: ...... Who are you?

Nea eyes.

Lavi not that Nea would know with the eye patch on.

Smolma literally can't see

Allen lmao he has no idea what's going on

Junior oh woops no one's supposed to know that haha

Nea: ​Nea​. And I wanted THAT body Nea points at the beast Nea: But you all had to rip it to shreds

Lavi: Nea, a girl's name.

Smolma: .... oh Smolma: Whoops

Deak good job junior

Nea: So now I'm-- Nea: ........

Lavi: And you gripe about Junior.

Nea if my everything didn't hurt I would STEP on you, boy.

Smolma plops carefully on lavi

Icarus kinky

Lavi even if it's my brother's body, I'll slap you and apologize to him.

Deak irritated looking back elsewhere

Nea ew

Junior Junior is a perfectly valid name you hijacker

Nea: AS I WAS SAYING

Deak: 'Course y'take the only person I cared to talk with.

Junior excuse u Lavi do not ruin my perfect face

Deak: Fuckin' lame.

Nea: Now I'm stuck in... What is this, a pirate?

Lavi I wouldn't ruin it.

Smolma: Hes a pirate?

Lavi: Everyone always calls us pirates, We're not.

Smolma: Ohhh

Deak: Definitely pirates.

Nea I'm wearing a pirate

Smolma: Why do they call you pirates?

Junior that's really fucking creepy man

Lavi throws his hands up, whatever, guess we're pirates for today.

Junior get out

Smolma confused smol noises

Lavi: Alma, can you make a small cube of ice really quick for me?

Allen: mmh???

Nea I mean I can but I'll just jump in one of the others

Smolma: Mhm!

Nea are those your brothers??? Nea one of them could work

Smolma: Where?

Allen confused snowball noises

Junior good go jump inside the--

Lavi: In my hand.

Junior no not them Junior go for the Chickenstub

Nea the what

Smolma nods before holding lavis hand

Icarus excuse you? dont touch me

Nea did you just sneeze?

Junior the Chickenstub Junior the winged guy

Lavi if he wants to possess someone then he can go for me

Smolma then makes an ice cube in his hand

Junior the guy with the mangled wings

Icarus ....kinky

Lavi: Thanks, Alma Lavi: Allen, here.

Smolma writes 'junior got possessed by a ghosty goo'

Icarus posess flambo instead, I bet he's begging for it by now

Lavi hands him the ice cube, 'eat that and hydrate a bit and it'll do your throat some good.'

Smolma 'the ghosty goo's named Nea'

Allen nods and takes the ice cube. Allen: 'hank ooo.

Nea please, everyone, there's enough possession to go around

Allen put ice cube into his mouth

Icarus God no, there's more of you?

Nea: Is there anyone here that ISN'T in excruciating pain?

Junior haha that's funny Junior ...............

Smolma him but he can't see at all

Deak: Nope, I think we're all extremely in pain.

Junior oh wait there is one isn't there Junior not gonna say who tho

Nea don't you want me out of here??

Junior Like I said, try the Chickenstub

Nea fine Nea HEY ICARUS, MAKE ROOM

Smolma lays on lavi chest Smolma ultimate ice cubeeeee

Icarus you touch me and I swear to god Icarus not having nnone of that shit right now

Nea I'm not a physical entity right now so I can't ACTUALLY touch you

Lavi stands up carefully with Allen in his arms, he's feeling a lot better now that his arms are cooled down again

Junior go for it, he'd probably secretly be into it anyway

Icarus I feel like you can touch my mind, nd that's as close to rape by a ghost as I don't want to be Icarus you aint gotta kinkshame me like this

Smolma: alma not allen??))

Junior: Nah I bet they secretly eloped or something while everyone was distracted by Junior } Junior: Imeanwhat }

Smolma just lets his lil body be superrrr cold

Lavi: || yeah my bad

Deak: Does it hurt to be possessed by you?

Nea: How should I know? Nea: I've never been possessed by me.

Deak: Well, I would assume you understood how your own possessions worked.

Smolma ......

Lavi sighs

Nea: I'd say it hurts me more than any of you

Deak: That's terrible, I'm sorry.

Icarus: What do you want, anyway?

Allen crunchy crunchy ice at least he can feel the vibrations. It felt good on his ears.

Lavi adjusts his hold on Alma

Deak: Can you not permanently host with someone to avoid it?

Smolma nuzzles lavi Smolma he warm

Deak: Or do they just kick you out after a while?

Junior either pay me rent or gtfo

Smolma then pokes possessed junior to make nea cold

Junior: Its funny tho b/c } Junior: Junior was like "possess Icarus so I won't feel bad when I punch him in the fucking face for possessing me" xD }

Allen hums experimentally

Nea hey alma how you doing Junior fINALLY Junior ooooh... feelin' a little dizzy now that he's back haha

Lavi: You okay, Junior?

Nea I hope you can orient yourself fast enough that you dont fall down junior lmao

Lavi reaches out to grab Junior's arm and steady him

Junior um was sort of bleeding everywhere from his arm while he was possessed so--

Nea wait this kid can't fucking see holy shit

Junior: ....oh yeah, I feel just peachy...

Deak gOOD JOB LOL

Lavi I know all that, junior, just making sure you're alright after being possessed

Deak: Peachy is good. Deak: We should figure out where to go next since you're all alright.

Nea keeps turning Alma's head as though that'll fix things???

Lavi: Alma?

Junior going down

Lavi: Shi-- Lavi grabs Junior's arm Lavi the GOOD ARM

Deak casually walking around to look around

Junior: ...just gonna... si'down for a moment

Nea: What happened to this kid's EYES

Deak: Torture, probably?

Allen sits down. Are they talking? Okay he'll rest right now.

Lavi startles because, wow, that is not Alma's voice Lavi: Some asshole humans carved symbols over his eyes Lavi: They carved something on all of us

Junior: ...mhm... Junior well didn't actually get anything carved into... more like something carved off haha Junior RIP tail

Nea: Well I know ​that Nea: I just didn't think they'd go straight for the eyes... Nea prods his face

Junior sitting kinda hurts now that tails are mentioned so he's just gonna lay down instead

Lavi: Stop that Lavi swats Alma/Nea's hand away from their face

Nea jumps a little

Smolma ...... starts freezing himself

Nea: Who did that? Nea whoa whoa whoa

Deak rip nea

Nea: What are you doing, kid

Lavi: Get out of his body, you're scaring him.

Nea: This is the only one that isn't totally messed up!

Smolma keeps freezin Smolma enjoy the cold neabitch

Lavi not feelin' the cold really.

Nea actually really hates the cold Nea abort abort

Smolma cant breath but keeps goin

Nea jumps to Lavi because he's the closest and trying to find someone else while blind is Too Hard

Lavi !!!

Smolma suddenly unfreezes and falls on lavi

Nea oh this is nice and toasty.

Lavi you're lucky I can't burn myself since I want to protect my brothers and that requires me to live

Nea: Alright, now that THAT'S over with

Smolma takes deep breaths

Lavi oh god, this feels weird

Deak is disappointed but just gonna ignore u all instead

Smolma: St-stay... O-out.... mh body... Smolma jump into deak

Deak w hat Deak w hy

Nea maybe after I warm up a bit

Smolma hes not messed up

Deak fuck off alma

Lavi where the hell did you leave your body?

Deak fuckin brat

Smolma nah

Nea just sort of removes this frosty child from his new 'outfit' Nea I don't really remember actually

Smolma nottt a good idea nea Smolma lavi was covered in burns

Nea why n-- oh Nea grabs the frosty child again

Smolma feels round for allen-

Lavi they've cooled down a lot thanks to Alma

Smolma op. hes been grabbed

Lavi hey, be nice to the kid

Nea: You guys might've shredded that thing, but it sure fucked you all up in return.

Smolma: So.... whys mister ghost possessing us?

Lavi well you could've done something instead of waitin' for so long.

Smolma: Are you a ghost with no body?

Nea like what buddy. jump in the big monster while you all tore it up. sounds ​fun. Nea: I'm not a ghost.

Smolma: You aren't?

Deak walks up to the closed gate to observe it casually

Lavi you could've jumped into it and got the fuck out of there Lavi or, I dunno, attempted speech?

Nea: No. I was brought here like the rest of you. Nea gestures vaguely to the group

Smolma: oh-....

Nea Do you ever shut up? Nea: How long have you all been here?

Smolma feels a bit bad for freezing nea now Smolma: Donnu Smolma pokes allen and writes 'How long have we been here?'

Junior: ...hard t' say but maybe half a day? Junior: Maybe a day?

Smolma: Um, sorry for freezing you.... my ice kinda goes out a whack a bit when i'm scared

Junior: ....it was a bit dark in that dome to be watching the passage of time

Nea: Not that long, then...

Lavi hums a merry tune

Nea looks at Alma

Lavi ​loudly​

Nea is that elevator music?? just for me?

Smolma scratches his cheek sheepishly

Junior: 'said you were brought here like us. How long have you been here?

Lavi I don't like you enough for elevator music

Smolma it just you

Lavi but I appreciate your humor.

Nea: Don't worry about it, kid. I've had worse reactions. Nea turns back to junior

Smolma that gets a smile!

Nea: A while. It's kind of hard to keep track

Junior: Y'know the way outta here then? Junior hopeful

Nea laugHS Nea: If I did do you think I'd still be here?

Junior okay so that's a no

Smolma holdin onto Nea/Lavi

Junior: Hell if I know why you're still here. Maybe you like it here.

Nea annnd he's not laughing anymore

Junior is kind of salty his brother is being possessed tbh

Nea: Are you serious? I haven't stopped looking since I got here.

Junior: .......

Smolma: Well, do you have a body somewhere safe? Mister.....

Junior: He said his name was Nea

Smolma: Oh! Nea

Nea nods Nea: Somewhere Nea: It's easy to get turned around in this place

Smolma: Do you know where?

Junior: Maybe you're just not good at navigation

Deak snickers

Nea frowns Nea I don't like your friends, dude

Junior is actually his identical brother not his friend and you get one you're stuck with all three kthnx

Nea: I lost track of it a couple days ago

Smolma only the one you’re possession has been my friend so far Smolma and allen Smolma: ...... Smolma: How does one do that?

Nea: It's easier just to hop around those creatures

Junior: He's probably bad at navigation

Smolma giggles

Deak: True.

Nea: Oh, shut up

Junior has been tying up his arm with his scarf while he talks Junior its not perfect but better than nothing Junior gonna need a new scarf tho

Smolma would offer to freeze the wound Smolma but doesn't know if it'd help

Junior does not want his wounds frozen and/or burned thank

Deak: cauterize it.

Junior both suck Junior: Nah

Smolma: ... Can i help in any way?

Junior: I'm fine

Deak: You're bleeding, don't be stupid.

Smolma just nods and rests on nea/lavi

Junior: Just a little~

Deak: Have Nea cauterize it.

Junior: HELL no

Nea blinks Nea looks himself over Nea I can cauterize, huh

Smolma you'll need ne afterwards nea

Junior: He probably couldn't even hit the broad side of a barn, I ain't trustin' him with it

Deak: He doesn't seem harmful.

Nea: ​Hey Nea: I'm standing right here, you know

Smolma: Making him angry won't help

Lavi you talking to me?

Junior: That's not the point, and yes I know you're standing right there Junior: Watch where you aim-- Junior wordless motioning

Smolma gets down so nea can aim

Junior: ​anything​

Nea wow they're seriously gonna let me do this huh

Smolma just sits

Junior: In fact, just don't

Lavi and if you decide to use my powers, I suggest not using it since the symbols they carved on my arms make it so they feel like they're burning after I use my powers.

Deak: Or just switch bodies again and let Lavi do it, whatever's easier.

Nea pain sounds like the opposite of I want

Nea: That's a great idea

Deak: Regardless of whatever option, cauterize it.

Junior: I don't need anything cauterized

Nea hops to Deak Nea you suggested it

Deak i dont really care, just dont hurt me and it's fine

Smolma sittin starts crawling to find allennnn

Deak cauterize it now since it's just lavi

Nea no worries there

Allen kind wandered off at this point. It's just a few feet but he's staring at the sky.

Nea why do all these redheads look the same

Smolma finds!!! allens foot!

Junior bc we're identical triplets duh

Deak we're triplets, of course

Smolma hugs his leg

Allen !!!!! COLD HANDS

Lavi give him a moment to orient himself

Deak junior already said that

Nea freaky

Smolma don't worry hes at a close to normal temprature rn Smolma since hes calm

Allen oh, cool hands then.

Smolma yeye

Deak its a natural occurence, so i don't see how

Lavi but as soon as he's good to go, he good to go, Lavi moves to Junior to cauterize his arm.

Nea you still don't see it that often

Allen: 'ello Alm.

Smolma hugging allens leggggg

Deak fair point

Smolma writes 'hi!'

Junior backs off and holds his hands up Junior: Nonononono no Junior: I'm fine

Deak stop bein' a bitch junior Deak goddamn

Nea: Just do it

Junior um excuse u Deak next time u can fight the shadow thing

Lavi: Just, bite your scarf...

Nea: It'll just slow everyone down later if you don't handle it now.

Deak i can't fight, so um no

Allen: wass goin on?

Nea foot tapping

Deak thank u nea for being more sensible than junior

Junior: We Junior: are Junior: not Junior: cauterizing

Deak j u n i o r

Lavi grabs Junior's arm carefully and brings his fingers over where the wounds are to start sealing them shut. He really doesn't wanna do this.

Smolma 'lavi's going to burn close juniors injured arm'

Lavi doesn't wanna hurt his brother with his power that he's always used to ​/protect/​ them.

Allen nods.

Deak u guys are stupid jfc hurry up Deak its just cauterizing

Nea are they always like this

Junior just clenches his teeth to muffle a strangled cry of pain oW FUCK FUCK FUCK FUC--

Deak yes

Lavi Deak, i swear to fuck, you would be screaming if it were you

Allen: do you wan, t, to cooo ih down?

Lavi SO IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO COME OVER THERE, SHUT UP.

Deak yes, but i would understand it was for a good cause and let it happen

Allen: the woun.

Nea it's just common knowledge I mean if he bleeds out he's gonna die and if he got an infection we'd have to take the whole arm--

Junior squirming like crazy h o l y  s h I t

Deak thats true

Lavi trying to seal them as quickly as possible.

Smolma 'when it's done

Allen: okay.

Lavi annnnnd he's done Lavi: Alma, can you come over here?

Smolma: Lavi? Can i help now?

Nea claps

Lavi: Yes

Smolma: Mhm!

Nea: Good job

Junior: Jesus Tapdancinfg fucKIng christ

Deak ..............

Smolma carefully stands and starts going over, blind

Lavi tells Alma the exact spot and height of where Deak's mouth is so he can put another ice band around his mouth to shut him up.

Smolma he does this

Nea exCUSE ME

Junior just waving his arm ow that fucking hurts ow fuck shit god damn son of a--

Smolma finds lavis hand

Nea WHAT IS ​THIS

Smolma: Where's juniors wound?

Lavi leads Alma to Junior and puts his hand on Junior's arm

Smolma it be ice

Junior: yoU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALCOHOL FOR THIS FIRST YOU DICK

Deak you're a bitch lavi

Lavi: Right here

Allen just kinda sits on the dead beast nearby and watches

Smolma holds on before letting his hands get sups cold

Junior: I'M NOT DRUNKE NOUGH FOR THIS

Deak i fucking swear to every fucking god right now Deak and you fucking too alma like lol fuck off m8

Smolma then makes the arm cold but not too cold

Lavi You were both being unhelpful with the peanut gallery commentary.

Deak a n d? Deak you could have ignored us couldn't you? but nooooo you didnt Deak assholes, ugh

Lavi Be glad Nea hasn't left your body or else you'd be crying right about now

Nea I don't like this group anymore, I should just take my superior knowledge ​elsewhere

Deak fuck you

Lavi love you too, baby brother.

Junior winces okay the ice kind of helps but that all still fucking hurts

Deak and maybe if your ​superior knowledge​ helped with finding your body then you'd be free from this group Deak but it doesn't, so you aren’t

Smolma makes it a bit colder Smolma trying to control it

Allen if they iced Deak's mouth he must have really been saying some terrible things

Lavi watches Junior with worry.

Nea I mean I can just hop in the next shadow thing and vacate

Smolma snaps his fingers and the ice on deaks mouth disappears

Nea I'll find my meatsuit sooner or later

Deak you could Deak i dont care either way so Deak you do you, man

Lavi: You picked the most dramatic brother to reside in, Nea

Nea muffled grumbling

Smolma: Is this too cold junior?

Nea rubs his face. so cold.

Deak you should try and figure out how to get out of here while they're busy coddling one another, just saying

Junior: ....its fine

Allen rests his chin on his hands and closes his eyes, he kinda wanted to take a nap, maybe?

Nea thanks, captain obvious.

Junior um excuse u who was coddling who just a few hours ago Deak Junior remind me

Nea glances around the room.

Smolma: Um, should i leave frost on it so we can start moving>​ Smolma: ?

Deak shut up, arent you busy anyways

Junior sighs

Lavi squints at Deak

Deak oh, so NOW everyone wants to fucking move

Junior: Yeah... I'd like to get out of here

Smolma: It'll be harder to move, but you can still kinda move it

Deak whatever, im done talking anyways

Allen nearly falls off the beast and remembers that they were trying to get out of here. Yeah. No time for napping. He jumped off the beast and walked back to everyone.

Lavi Clearly.

Smolma nods before leaving a thin layer of frost on juniors arm

Junior: So which way we goin'? Looks like we got three options. Either... the gate ahead, assuming it'll move, or the crypt things on either side.

Smolma steps back and stands there cause he doesn't want to risk falling over something

Lavi picks Alma up and moves so that he can go towards the crypts.

Nea are you always this snappy, redhead #3

Lavi: Me and Alma will check out one of the crypts

Smolma lays on lavi

Deak yes.

Junior he is

Deak i have a very bad temper.

Junior we love him anyway

Lavi #1 most dramatic brother

Nea I like your brothers' heads better

Deak you can leave mine, i dont really care, like i said

Lavi with the most unhelpful or irritating commentary, yet I still fucking love him.

Nea: Alright, who wants to give me a lift, all this apathy is ​actually​ painful.

Junior: Deak giving you trouble? Junior grins

Deak see i dont think ​anyone​ does

Lavi: I'd let you hang with me, but you have to carry Alma.

Deak that's too bad isn't it

Junior good job little bro

Nea: I don't know how you put up with him

Junior: ......... Junior hums

Smolma: laviiii don't forget allen!

Nea jumps back to Lavi.

Allen rubs his own shoulders, especially around his neck.

Lavi: We grew up with him, plus I'm the one that mostly took care of them growing up. Don't know what the hell I did to---

Smolma dont leave his white haired friend

Nea: Oops

Lavi a little warning next time, yeah?

Smolma: Nea you need to hold allens hand

Nea Nah

Junior actually this might be good

Deak just kinda stands around for a second before continuing his walking to the crypt

Nea: What am I Nea: A mom?

Smolma: He can't hear

Junior: Oi Junior: Ghosty

Nea: I'm not a GHOST

Smolma: Yes Smolma: a mom

Junior: Yea, yea, whatever Junior: Listen up

Lavi Allen's deaf and he usually ends up sticking with me and Alma.

Nea So this one's bossy, the other one's dramatic. What does that make you.

Junior: Unless you really, really need to, like life and death need to, do not use any o' my brothers powers... and try not to let him use it unless absolutely necessary either

Lavi Hm...not sure.

Deak: Hurry up, we're splitting up right?

Junior: He's fire's got a recoil now, and it'll hurt him, so try not to use it

Deak: I'm going on ahead.

Nea gives a sarcastic two finger salute Nea: You got it.

Junior squints

Lavi at least one of them cares about what the hell my powers do to me. [very flat tone]

Junior I'm-watching-you motion before he turns after Deak

Allen: Alm. Can I 'ave anoth'r ice hube? A small one.

Deak leave into the crypt bc yall are slow

Smolma nods before motioning him to come over

Deak leaves

Nea is so not thrilled about being a baby sitter

Smolma a lil ice cube grows in his palm

Allen walks over to Alma and holds out his hand.

Junior um excuse u u are not going off by yourself Deak Junior is following right behind him

Smolma puts it in allens hand

Lavi Sorry.

Nea grabs Allen by the wrist because apparently he has to be a guide now.

-- -- the crypts on both sides as you enter them are very dark at first, but there's a light further down. As you go, it looks to be a wall-mounted torch bolted in, and the halls leading into the ground fork in separate directions

Allen pops ice cube into mouth. Allen looks to Lavi, he seemed angry?

Junior mmmm maybe they should've brought Allen with them now that he thinks about it

Junior: ....so... Junior: which way do you think we should go? Junior: Left or right?

Nea drags his 'crew' along

Lavi Ease up there. You're guiding him, not drag Allen, Nea. Allen why was Lavi holding him so hard? He walks closer so he's practically stepping on his shoes, and looks around alarmed.

Nea glances at Allen

Smolma writes in the air 'the ghost is possessing him allen'

Deak shrugs

Nea: So he can't hear anything? At all?

Lavi He's deaf.

Smolma 'the nea ghost' Smolma: Nope

Deak: Right? Deak: Or I'll go right you go left?

Allen blinks at Lavi. Was he trying to say something to someone behind him? He looked away in the direction and then looked back, confused

-- -- the halls of the crypt are just wide enough to walk single file

Allen wait, a ghost?

Junior: hmmm...

Allen: Who...?

Junior: I don't like the idea of splitting u-- Junior oh

Smolma 'Nea!"

Junior ponders

Nea who decided it'd be a good idea to let the man who lost track of his body lead people

Junior: We don't have to go different directions!

Lavi Well, I can guide you from in here. Lavi if you want.

Junior: You can stick with me, and still check out the other pathway

Deak: ...What.

Nea ​Fine.

Deak did not follow

Junior drags a hand down his face

Allen: oh. 'Ello Nea...?

Junior: ...you can be in multiple places at once, 'member?

Nea raises an eyebrow at Allen while they walk

Deak o shit u rite

Nea sort of waves a little

Junior: So you stick with me and one of your copies checks out the other way

Lavi Hm... Go left.

Allen waves back.

Lavi Deak's ability would sure be handy about now.... -sighs-

Deak: Alright, sounds good!

Allen Nea weren't hostile, so that was okay.

Nea: Lavi says we should go left, so remember to blame him and not me if this goes poorly

Lavi Wow. Lavi Says the guy who couldn't make up his mind.

Junior: So we'll go... right, and the copy will go left, I guess

Nea shut up.

Smolma 'lavi said to go left, #blamelavi if wrong'

Deak makes a duplicate self and sends the duplicate to the left bye bye self Deak: Okay, let's go then.

Junior nods and follows Deak down the right pathway

Lavi: || I thought for a moment that Deak would go left and the duplicate would go with Junior Lavi: || Since he wants to be on his own so much xD

Nea honestly feels like he's leading schoolchildren while taking them to the left

Deak: tBH HE WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IT ]

Junior: r u kidding Junior ain't letting the original be on his own in dangerous territory xD }

Allen gives Nea a dull look but ok

Deak rip u nea

Smolma its not their fault nea

Junior: He's gotta protect the baby bro B) }

-- -- the passageways of the crypt are narrow, just wide enough for single-file. They don't go straight for very long, turning, and turning again, and seeming to double back without much rhyme nor reason to their direction. Most of the place is dark but every so often you find torches on the wall

Junior: ......... Junior: The amount of turns in this place is ridiculous

Allen being dragged in a single file line hurrah

Nea nobody is happy about this situation

Deak: Well, it's the same in the other hallway too, so we'll just have t keep turning I suppose.

Lavi Hey, can you let me take control and still share head space with me?

Nea just keeps glancing around like he's expecting the worst

Junior: ......... Juniorsquints

Nea ...Probably. Why? You're not exactly missing much.

Junior: I feel like Junior: we're running a rat maze Junior: and there better be cheese at the end of it

Lavi Yeah, I know, but at least you won't be irritated with leading Allen around or carrying Alma.

Junior not like literal cheese he's speaking figuratively

Allen wants to hum and sing but his throat's still kinda sore...

Deak: I can make another of me to send backwards and see what happens. Maybe we'll run into one another eventually.

Smolma writes 'need more ice?'

Deak it would be funny

Junior: Maybe...

Lavi: || Isn't Deak gonna start feeling the backfire of his powers soon? o:

-- -- somewhere you all hear a dull CLICK and something heavy scraping -- --: oh he will B) }

Deak: no never hes 2 go-- ] Deak: wow rude ]

Nea Fi--

-- --: He hasn't used them much up to this point tho like Lavi has }

Lavi What was that.

Nea pauses

Allen: I would lihe' hat.

Smolma flinches at the sound

Nea: Shh.

-- -- actually make that a lot of heavy somethings scraping

Deak just keeps walking

Smolma: .....

Nea puts his hand over Allen's mouth

Lavi Switch with me. Switch with me right now.

Nea tries to figure out where that noise is coming from

Junior: ....you hearing that too or am I just crazy?

Nea ​Hold on

-- -- its coming from everywhere, technically

Deak: Hmm, no I heard it too.

-- -- not like all at once but interchangably

Deak: And twice.

Smolma hands allen another piece of ice so he can use his power better

Junior: ....and three times Junior: I hear a lot of it

Nea grabs Allen's wrist again and starts walking faster

Deak

: There's no point in just standing around. Let's keep going.

Allen nods and takes the ice. He pops the ice into his mouth as they walk faster

Junior sighs and follows

Deak: As far as I'm concerned, the other me is still alright so it's fine at the moment.

Junior: Yeah you're right

Nea: Whatever that sound is, I don't like it.

-- -- and a wall starts sliding out right where Allen and Lavi/Nea's hands are joined to try and make another wall between them now

Lavi !!! Lavi ​!!!!!!!!!!​

Deak lavi use ur words

Nea YANKS ALLEN REALLY HARD. MOVE KID. Nea OR I'M LEAVING YOU

Allen JUMPS ONTO NEA PRACTICALLY

Nea JESUS

-- -- nope sorry the wall is coming in too fast to squeeze through this is a narrow passage

Lavi Shit, ALLEN!

-- -- better move your arm before it gets caught

Nea yeah no okay sorry kid you're on your own

Smolma screeches

Nea lets go and side shuffles

Deak bye allen

Smolma: ALLEN?!

Allen well shit. Pulls his hand away quickly after slamming into wall

Smolma whats going on?!

-- --: lbh here, the real victims are everyone's arms in this lmfao }

Allen: ((rip arms, literally))

-- -- and the wall slides into place, separating Allen from the rest

Junior: like literally }

Smolma his heads whipping around and op his bodys getting colder naow

Nea shakes Alma a little Nea: Don't start freaking out now, it's time to go

Deak dont shake a baby nea

Junior: ........

Deak smh

Junior: ...though I heard somethin' else

Nea don't boss me around

Smolma op that made him disoriented

Junior strains to hear but there's just lots of scraping

Deak: What?

Junior: ...dunno Junior: An echo?

Smolma but he just nods still worried

Junior: ...better not be more damn shadow things

Allen well he's gonna press against the wall to try to budge it and then scream to try to move it back.

-- -- and the scraping stops

Deak: Well, it's probably still fine.

-- -- it quiet now

Lavi Quietly worrying inside his own head.

Deak: ...

Junior: ....it stopped

Nea is only really concerned about these noises Lavi is worried about his brothers.

Junior: ...think the others are okay? Junior is mostly thinking of Lavi tbh

Deak: .... Deak: I'm sure they're fine.

Nea How important is this kid to your group

Allen since there was no response from the walls he walks back from where he came.

Deak: We haven't the time to just stop, so just keep walking.

Lavi He's important.

Nea frowns

Junior: ....I.... don't like it down here

Lavi His powers are helpful against the shadows and he helps me when my powers backfire.

Deak: Neither do I, but just don't focus on that and keep walking.

Nea grabs alma's wrist and starts walking again

Junior: I'm not saying to not go forward, but maybe we backtrack a bit

Deak stops and turns to look at junior Deak: Why backtrack?

Junior: Or at least send a copy back, I dunno?

Deak: I can send a copy back, but I don't think backtracking is smart.

Junior: Fair enough

Smolma yelps before following after Nea

Junior mumbles just doesn't like splitting up with Lavi like this tbh they should have all stuck together

Deak sighs and makes another copy that goes back the way they came

Lavi Nea, don't drag him. I get that you're annoyed with the situation but scaring Alma with rough treatment isn't the way to go about this.

Smolma hes scared, but does his best to keep calm

Deak: Okay, let's keep goin' now? Or d'you need to rest?

Junior: No, I'm fine. I can rest when we get out of here. Junior motions Junior: After you

Nea I'm barely touching him.

Deak: Okay.

Nea Besides, we have to ​move

Smolma but hes more scared that nea will leave him

Deak turns around and continues walking

Nea: Stay as close as you can without tripping me

Lavi I know that but you could tell him, nicely, to walk faster.

-- -- if you backtrack, you'll find that the pathway is no longer the same one your original followed in. Shortly after, there's another CLICK and the scraping starts up again

Nea: I'm ​not​ getting an arm stuck in one of those walls.

Junior: ...there it is again

Lavi Maybe you should carrying him on our back. The passage doesn't seem that narrow.

Deak: Wait, it changed?

Junior: Huh?

Smolma: O-okay, I'll try

Nea makes an annoyed noise

Junior: What did?

Deak is confused

Lavi sighs.

Deak: The path, it changed?

Nea You know what? ​You​ handle it.

Junior: .....

Lavi Sure.

Nea shoves Lavi to the forefront of their head

Smolma Nea hates him...

Lavi: Woah

Allen sings softly to himself because he's in a small dark hallway that can crush him. He's hella nervous.

Lavi: At least I got a warning that time.

Allen: iiii beeen... working... on the ralroad... alll the yive-yong yayyy...~♪

Junior: Are you sure?

Lavi stops walking and turns to kneel down in front of Alma. Lavi: Hey, Alma, Nea's taking a break

Smolma stops since nea? did.

Deak: Yeah, I memorized the path we took so it should have been the same but it's definitely not.

Smolma: ...o-oh

-- -- aaand a wall just behind Junior moves to cut them off from the path they came from

Junior: ........

Smolma yup nea hates him

Junior: Oh shi-- Junior: That's what that was

Lavi: Wanna get on my back?

Deak: ................... Deak: I guess that means... no turning back?

Smolma: Sure....

Lavi: That way we won't get separated

Nea Don't stop moving. Who knows what's going to happen next.

Lavi turns around.

Junior: ....not the way we came in at least...

Lavi: Climb on, quick.

Deak: ...Even so, both of the other mes are still alright, so it should be... fine?

Smolma quickly climbs on

Deak: Let's just keep going.

Lavi I had to stop to let him on my back. Lavi quickly starts walking in the direction they were going, taking long strides.

Deak just continues to walk forward

Junior: Right

Smolma rests chin on lavis shoulder

Junior follows close behind Deak

Lavi softly hums under his breath. Nea is all sorts of restless

Allen stops singing after a basic song and crosses his arms, just keep walking, just keep walking, just keep walking walking walking walking

Smolma: Mh sorry, i didn't mean to go so slow

Lavi: Don't worry about it. Nea's just not good at this whole guiding thing.

Junior is determined not ot get separated or have anything bad happen

Nea Oh, shut up.

-- -- a wall comes up ahead and behind Lavi and them. One to their side opens up.

Lavi Stops walking for a moment

Allen feels so fckin lost and lonely right now lmao

Lavi: Okay then, guess it wants me to go this way... Lavi goes down the newly opened path cautiously

Nea stay alert. Anything it wants you to do is probably a bad idea.

Lavi I'm well aware of that...

Smolma holds a hand out a bit

Lavi worried about his brothers and Allen.

Smolma ice knife grows in it just in case Smolma but hes worried about allen too since hes alone

-- -- @Deak you start to notice a radiating sting in your hands that's starting to snake its way slowly up your arms. Its dull for now, but steadily pulsing a little bit worse as time goes on

Nea is mostly just worried about getting out of this hallway

Deak: rUDE ]

Lavi Were you alone when you woke in this place? Or was there someone else with you?

-- --: deAK HAS TO DEAL WITH HIS HANDICAPS TOO }

Deak ignores it and just keeps swimm-- i mean walking Deak: i am fEELING ATTACKED RN ] Deak: i jUST CAME OUT TO HAVE A GODMOD TIME ]

Nea There was a whole group with me

-- -- the scraping stops. for now.

Junior: lmfao }

Lavi Friends? ......Family?

Deak: That's really annoying.

Junior: ....I feel like we're going in circles...

Deak: What if we tried going backwards now?

Junior: I don't know, maybe?

Deak: Let's just attempt it.

Nea Doesn't matter, they're gone now.

Junior: I'm guessing your copies didn't find a way out yet...

Deak: Go and I'll be right behind you.

Lavi sighs and breathes fire a little bit

Junior: Alright

Deak: ...No, they didn't.

Junior takes the lead, grumbling under his breath Junior: ...this was probably a bad idea

Deak follows right after Deak: Everything here is a bad idea, to be fair.

Junior: I mean I'm used to running around tight tunnels but this is crazy, the ones I go through don't usually CHANGE

Allen claps his hands while he walks

Deak: Well, we just gotta deal.

Junior sighs Junior: yeah

Lavi keeps walking at a fast pace. Lavi: You okay, little guy?

-- -- the scraping begins again

Deak: ............

Junior: Oh, great...

Smolma: I'm.... I'm okay

Deak: That's really annoying when you hear it from three separate places.

Smolma: Let's keep going

Junior: ....it is

Deak sighs

-- -- also the moving walls might've just caught one of the copies woops shoulda moved faster

Deak: Wa--

Deak: ........................​.

Allen puts his hands against the wall, he could kinda feel it vibrating. Whoah. Weird. He returns to clapping his hands in different rythmns

Deak: Oh that's not good.

Junior: .............

Junior: What's not good?

Deak: Other me got crushed by a wall.

-- -- in other news, a wall opens up to reunite Allen with Lavi and company

Junior: ............... Junior: Oh Junior: Shit

Deak: Poor other me.............

Junior: So... we gotta be careful Junior: Are you okay though?

Deak: I'm wounded dearly from the bottom of my heart. Deak: He was a good soldier until his final moments. Deak: Being crushed by a wall was no death he deserved.

Junior pets the bro

Deak wipes away a fake tear

Lavi perks up Lavi: Allen! Lavi 'Allen!'

Junior is a little bit anxious though that could've been the original Deak

Smolma perks!! Smolma Allens okay?!

Allen Almost passes it, but a casual glance back makes him stop. He immediately runs over to the others with a relieved grin.

Deak im the original dont say that

Lavi grins back at Allen

Deak: Let's just... keep moving.

Junior: ....okay... so we have to try and get outta here fast as we can

Lavi 'You're not hurt, right?'

Junior starts moving Junior: stay close

Allen shakes head.

Deak follows quickly

Smolma holds allens shoulder with none ice knife hand

Allen: Are you ok?

Lavi 'Good, let's keep moving. Oh, and Nea's taking a break right now so he's just....chilling in my head?'

Smolma nods

Lavi starts walking again before sending back a quick 'stay close, don't wanna get separated again.'

Allen squeezes Alma's hand with his and then follows Lavi.

Nea 'Chilling'

Lavi: This tunnel just really likes being a nuisances.

Deak ew being crushed was terrible and i just thought about it

Lavi Well, it was either that or sulking.

Junior just try not to think about it bro

Deak ewewew Deak no its too late Deak now im thinking about it

Nea I'm not sulking.

Lavi adjusts Alma on his back a bit.

Junior just breathe and focus on something else

Lavi Brooding then.

Nea I just don't like dealing with liabilities.

Deak no it was gross Deak i didnt see you get crushed Deak no it was me and it was terrible Deak i feel sick oh god it was just

Smolma: ouch))

Lavi dead silence in his mind enough to chill.

Junior bro do you need a hug or

Deak nO DO NOT TOUCH Me Deak im ok just keep walking Deak as long as other me doesnt get crushed im fine

-- --: :3c }

Nea isn't taking that back

Deak: d O NOT ]

-- --: :3c }

Deak: s t op ]

Junior okay okay Junior keeps moving

Lavi So I guess, if, say, one of your companions or a family member were trapped here with you and were blind. You wouldn't like dealing with them?

-- --: "stop" what? I haven't done anything }

Lavi So you'd just leave them?

Smolma least im trapped in someone elses body Smolma not helping at all

Lavi What if that person were a sibling or a close friend? Still gonna ditch them because they're a liability?

Deak follows a little more lethargically

-- --: I'm thinking about things tho :3c }

Nea Would you shut up?

Deak: s quint s ]

-- --: I didn't say what kind of things exactly tho }

Deak: s quints  ] Deak: what kind of things exactly :3c ]

-- --: things }

Lavi Oh, am I annoying you? So sorry that you're not happy with this situation that we're /​all​/ in.

Allen when will this place end

-- --: things that I had planned and have been foiled and trying to figure out how to do anyway lAUGHS }

Deak: squints x4 ]

-- -- a wall comes out almost right about when Junior is about to get there

Junior really quickly backtracks

Nea All I'm doing is being REALISTIC. Someone gets hurt, or needs help-- Other's get hurt trying to protect them. And then it just ​/repeats/.

Junior: shIT that was close

Deak slaMS INTO JUNIOR bc not paying attention

Junior ooOOF

Junior aaand he had a meeting with the wall anyway

Deak: S-Sorry! Deak rip junior i am so sorry

Junior kind of

Lavi And maybe we'll need their power to get the fuck out of here and then they're dead because we decided to leave them simply because they're a 'liability'.

Nea Did I fucking ​/say/​ we're going to leave them for dead?

Junior: Its fine

Lavi I'm being realistic as well, Nea.

Junior sighs Junior: Not going this way I guess

Lavi You /​sound/​ like you wanna leave them for dead.

Nea I said I don't LIKE it.

Lavi You rather not deal with them and just let them fed for themselves, which would end badly.

Nea And I don't

Deak: So turning around again?

Junior frustrated growliing Junior: Doesn't look like we have much choice...

Deak: The other one of me is fine still, so we just have to try and follow whatever path as best as we can.

Junior: Yeah...

Deak turns around and begins to walk the other way agAIN Deak: Just keep up.

Lavi Well put your big boy pants on, Nea. You're gonna have to deal with it.

-- -- aand a wall comes up just in front of Lavi

Deak rip lavi

Lavi stops and turns on his shoulders so he hits that instead. Lavi: Rude, Wall.

Nea Ugh

Lavi: I was walkin'

Nea Put the kid down and turn us around.

Deak why did you capitalize wall

Junior b/c clearly he was addressing THAT wall specifically

Allen was daydreaming so he walks into Lavi

Junior: Not too hard t' keep up

Lavi exactly what Junior said.

Deak: Are you sayin' 'm slow?

Junior: ............ Junior squints Junior: .....

Nea You can coddle him again once we're facing the right way

Junior: ...slower than usual...

Nea These halls are too damn tight.

Allen: 'orry.

Deak: This is my normal pace, bro. Deak: Rude as heck.

Junior: No you're definitely going slower

Deak: I'm definitely not.

Allen turns around and walks in the other direction.

Junior: Definitely are.

Deak: Not.

Junior: Are.

Deak: Not.

Junior: Are.

Deak: NOT.

Junior: ARE.

Deak speeds up his walking then >:I Deak: THERE.

Junior: I never thought I'd see the day they pulled this argument xD } Junior: ......

Deak: s a me ]

Lavi He's /​blind/​, Nea, his powers react with his emotions from what I've seen so far. It'd be bad if it got out of control because he got scared.

Junior: Its a good day to be alive B) }

Deak returns back to his "normal" pace

Lavi: I'm gonna put you down really quick, Alma, the hall's too narrow for me to turn around with you on my back.

Nea wishes he had eyes to roll

Deak that walking was too much effort

Smolma just nods

Lavi I wonder if I could put you in a mental box.

Nea Don't even try it

Lavi crouches down to let Alma down before moving so he's on the side of him quick before crouching down again.

-- -- aaaand up goes a wall between Lavi and Alma woops

Smolma gets down

Lavi

: Shit!

Deak oh dang

-- --: :3c }

Deak mumbles not

-- --: Sorry what were we talking about, something about getting scared }

Allen: ((o shit))

Junior mumbles are

Nea Well that's ​/unfortunate/.

Deak n o t

Junior a.r.e.

Lavi mentally swearing in multiple languages while mentally throwing a bar at Nea Lavi runs to go catch up with Allen

Deak: Am not.

Allen lmao this snowy boi didn't even notice

Lavi spots Allen and grabs is shoulder

Junior

: are too.

Allen stops and turns back to Lavi.

Smolma tenses wayyyy up

Allen: Where Alm...?

Deak: Wait, were we saying are or am........?

Lavi 'Alma's gone! The wall split us up'

Smolma: L-lavi.... Allen?

Deak: I forgot.

Smolma theres no reply

Junior: You were using "am" and I was using "are".

Lavi: || Guess this castle is gonna become a winter ice land now

Deak: Right I was right okay.

Smolma his side of the wall becomes much colder

Smolma: yup))

Junior: Yep~

Deak: I'm tired'a walkin' ugh.

Allen his eyes widen, he takes a deep breath in and out, he looks behind Lavi as if to hope he was walking down the hall

Smolma quickly starts pounding on the wall

Junior: Smolma's gonna become ElSmolma }

Deak: l eave ]

Smolma: yUP)) Smolma: SHIVASMOL))

Junior: n oPE }

Lavi: || The snow glows white in the castle tonight

Junior: NOT UNTIL I'M DONE TORTURING YOU A-- I mean... }

Nea Keep moving.

Smolma op nows theres frost slowly starts spreading across the walls

Allen: ... 'eep goin. e'll meet up.

Lavi Oh, you're still present.

Smolma keep moving, just. keep. moving

Lavi 'We have to keep moving, we'll run into him like we did you.' He hopes.

Nea Walk or I'll walk for you.

Allen hopefully he would. Nods and keeps walking forward.

Lavi Shut UP

Junior: ....y'know...

Smolma though hes scared, terrified really, he turns before quickly walking the other way, using the wall to guide him

Junior: that scraping is goin' on for an awfully long amount of time

Lavi walks as well, he's taking long strides so he's gonna end up passing Allen

Deak: Yeah? Deak: It's kinda dull noise now, but I guess so.

-- -- you mean he's going to end up goosing Allen b/c these passages are narrow

Allen the wall's too narrow to pass, Allen ends up increasing his own pace to a semi-jog

Junior: Might just be getting used to it? Doesn't sound any more dull to me...

Lavi ‘Ah, hold on, let me squeeze through to get in front of you.’

Smolma just clutches his ice knife tighter, all while hes shaking

Deak

: No, I think I'm more focused on remembering my fake organs being crushed actually.

Junior

: ...............

Deak laug h s Deak does not think its funny

Allen: op' over.

Junior: Deak, you doing okay?

Allen crouches

Deak: Yep!

Lavi hops the fuck over and starts walking hella fast again

Deak: Other than me not wanting to walk. Deak: But that's normal.

Allen jogs behind Lavi

Junior: ....then.... I'll carry you, so we can get the hell out of here

Deak: There's no room.

-- -- mmmm woops and there went the other copy

Deak: ........................​........................​..........

Junior: We can make it work, I think Junior: ......you okay?

Deak is not okay™ Deak: Yeah! I'm! Totally cool!

Junior: .......

Deak walks faster gotta go fast

Junior: You don't sound totally cool Junior follows after Deak wow someone lit a fire under his ass and it wasn't Lavi for once

Nea Walk faster. There has to be an exit somewhere. Smolma ohhhh hes shaking

Lavi I'm walking as fast as I can, if I start jogging I'd leave Allen behind.

Deak hyperventilating in small spaces is bad so calm down Deak: Okay, okay, so there's an exit somewhere right?

-- -- a wall springs up in front of Deak

Deak: We're not stuck yeah?

Deak sLAMS INTO IT

Smolma all while on the verge of tears

Junior: ...I--

Lavi RIP DEAK

Junior: You okay?

-- -- also a wall springs up just ahead of Alma

Deak just kinda l augh s Deak staggers for a second ow

Lavi: || lAUGHING

Smolma slAMS INTO IT

Deak: U GO LAUghS ]

Smolma falls back with a yelp

Lavi: || EVERYONE JUST SLAMMING INTO WALLS

Smolma: HE IS BLIND))

-- -- to be fair its hella dark in most of the maze

Deak: I-It's okay, let's just go somewhere it's fine.

-- -- except those few places where there's torches

Deak: Your way, go your way-

Smolma whimpering, he carefully gets back up and goes the other way

Allen is gonna trip over Alma lol

Lavi lights a small flame in his hand to see better

Junior: Okay...

Smolma as he walks, those walls are getting frozen

Junior turns to go the other way

Deak follows after junior quickly again

-- -- another wall comes up in front of Junior after a few turns

Junior: fuCK

Deak: ......................

Allen yeah he's still following Lavi

Nea is just getting more and more restless

Deak: I'm going to scream.

Junior: Okay, there's gotta be another branching path from here... Junior: Between where we were and are

Smolma ice shards are forming on the now frozen walls

Nea ...What's your name again?

Lavi Lavi.

Deak: Lavi Lavi ]

Lavi: || Lavi Love

Junior: So let's try to find another way

Nea And the other's? I never got a formal introduction

Lavi The first you possessed was my younger brother, Junior. The dramatic one was Deak, he's the baby brother.

Deak: Okay, what if I leave a copy here to see what happens when we walk back? The path keeps changing, right?

Junior: .......

Junior: I... don't think that's a good idea Junior: I mean, if something happens to it.....

Lavi Allen is the deaf one, he has sound telekinesis. Alma is the blind one with Ice Illusions and manipulation.

Deak: It's fine. Plus, what if the path is changing when we walk back to where we don't see?

Junior: You see and kind of feel the same thing, right?

Lavi Icarus is the one with the messed up wings.

Deak: Don't worry, it's just one. It won't hurt anything.

Nea And you have fire.

Junior: If you say so...

Lavi Yes. Deak can multiply and Junior used to have a tail that was his talisman to be able to shift into an animal.

Deak makes another duplicate to just kinda sit and wait there before turning to walk back

Lavi But they chopped it off.

Deak: Okay, let's go ​back​ again~

Junior follows after Deak shit shit they should not have come down here

Nea Sounds painful.

-- -- @Lavi/Nea feel free to slip on the icy floors any time

Smolma now the floors getting frozen from his steps

Allen is gonna slip on the ice and grab the wall

Lavi almost slips as well and barely catches himself with the walls. Lavi: Shit.

Smolma alma was there

-- -- @Deak there's a turn coming up somewhere on your left that wasn't there before

Deak

: A new path?

Lavi: Shot in the dark Lavi: Alma?

Junior: Looks like Junior runs a hand through his hair Junior: Let's hope THIS one leads somewhere

Allen: *calls* 'LIMA! ALMA!

Lavi keeps walking, trying not to slip on ice.

Deak: Wait maybe I should just-

Lavi: || Lima

Junior: lima }

Nea: || lima

Smolma: alma is now lima))

Nea: | lima bean

Allen: ((lima bean yes))

Smolma: i mean he smol enough ))

Junior: "should just"?

Deak makes one more duplicate to stay put at the new turn

Junior oh that

Nea: || deaks just droppin duplicates like breadcrumbs

Junior: seems like lmao }

Deak: thumbs up at bread ]

Lavi: || he must be feeling the pain

Deak: oh shit ] Deak: i forgot he had a potato ]

Junior: xD } Junior: of all the things to think about } Junior: You choose the potato }

Deak: does the potato also duplicate tho ]

Junior: uh??? I don't think so??? }

Deak: rEGARDLESS when youre crushed by walls three different times im p sure u kno ur in pain ]

Deak: and dang so its just w/ original that sucks ]

Junior: xD }

Deak: imagine six times the potato ]

Junior: maybe if he did something special to it idk }

Allen: ((get m a s h e d )))

-- -- op and there went another duplicate. The further away one.

Deak: wOW UNCOOL ]

Lavi: || rip to the duppy

Deak: so much for tHAT IDEA ]

-- -- also there seems to be a lot more scraping sounds than before

Junior: duppy } Junior: ....uh...

Smolma its getting harder to keep moving

Junior: why are the scraping sounds getting more numerous?

Allen quickly learns how to skate without skates. Brrr, btw

Lavi: || got lazy

Deak just gonna not die through that pain and being crushed a fourth or fifth time he forgot

Lavi: || didn't wanna write it all so duppy

Deak: Let's go, just move.

Junior: ...I'd say... Junior: Lets move fast

Deak turns the corner and just,,, moves fast

Smolma his entire body begins to tremble

Deak: That's... probably a smart idea.

Smolma small shards of ice begins to grow on his skin

-- -- btw that more numerous scraping sound is on Lavi's/Nea's/Allen's/Alma's side too

Junior follows behind fast Junior: I have my moments

Deak snickers

Lavi is just ignoring the scraping sounds.

Nea What do you think's at the end of this?

Deak: At least now we know not to enter crypts?

Lavi is actually melting the ice with each step he takes so... Lavi More fucked up shit.

Junior: ...this isn't a typical crypt

-- -- should find Alma near another wall-mounted torch fairly soon

Smolma lavi must be in pain cause the walls and floor are covered in ice

Allen decides to just use his arms to push himself forward, using his feet to just slide. This would be kind of fun under different circumstances. He ends up tripping on lavi's footprints though so he just hops into each once instead.

Deak: Hmm, true~

-- -- Deak and Junior should be passing up a torch about now too

Smolma just chokes out a sob

Nea Your brother told me not to let you use your powers

Lavi it doesn't take too much effort to give out more heat than to use his fire. Lavi Yeah, well. Too bad.

Smolma tentitively forces himself to move again

-- -- aaaand a wall comes up just ahead of Deak and Junior

Deak: Are we able to take the torch or is it stuck?

Lavi: Alma?

-- -- the torch is stuck

Lavi calling out some more to see if he's nearby

Deak lame Deak laME x2

Junior: damn it!

Deak: .....Another wall.

Junior: Its like the thing fucking knows where we're trying to go

Smolma covers his ears as he hears that voice scream in his head

Deak slides to the ground and just stays there Deak: I'm done. Deak: I'm going to die right here, I'm not moving.

Allen just keep joggin'.

-- -- and in the place where that wall came up, another one comes up again just a little closer. And then another one after that.

Junior: Um, no, we are not giving up! Junior: I'm not letting you give up!

Lavi: || At least it's just moving walls and corridors changing and not trap doors B)

Deak already gave up

Junior: B) }

Lavi: || B)

Allen: (( 'o'))

Junior: Deak, y'can't just give up, we just go back, and try again until somethin' fucking works

Deak: I'll just be crushed like the rest of me, it's okay, I've felt it seven times anyways.

Junior: No it is certainly NOT okay

-- -- and a wall comes up from the other side they came from now -- -- woops

Junior: ......

Junior: fu

Deak lauGHS

Junior: cking Junior: shit

Deak: We're dead now.

Lavi is a little fed up and uses his flames to send a long tendril of flames ahead of him along the path. It stings a bit.

Deak just covers his face and laughs this is fine™

-- -- btw the other crypt maze should be experiencing something kind-of the same tbh -- -- walls closing in and all that jazz

Smolma op that flame barely misses alma, making him scream

Junior is just looking back and forth fuck fuck there's no other passage

Lavi stops walking because of a fucking wall Smolma ohhh hes trapped hes teapped Smolma just slowly slides down the wall and starts crying Smolma ice spikes growin all around him

Lavi

: I'm hating this place more and more

Junior just laughs a little and sinks down next to Deak

Nea is it possible to hyperventilate in someone's head becau se

Lavi rubs hands together because it's time to bring the heat. Lavi Hopefully you won't feel this too much.

Allen backs off from Lavi oh boy walls closing in

Junior: ....this is not how I pictured dying

Nea Just do SOMETHING

Smolma by now the spikes are pillars

Deak: If it helps, it'll hurt a lot?

Junior: ....it doesn't help, but thanks for the warning anyway Junior: .....d'you think that....?

Lavi FIRES A BLAST OF FLAMES AHEAD THAT'S HOT ENOUGH TO BE A LASER TBH, SO THIS IS REALLY GONNA FUCKING HURT HIM.

Junior: .......... Junior: Nevermind

Nea FUCKING HELL BUDDY

Smolma: goood thing that ice was up))

Allen WHOAH LAVI

Smolma: its so cold it withstood that blast, or else it'd be kentucky fried smol))

Junior is just gonna snuggle up to Deak's side and wait for death haha Junior: I love you, bro

Lavi and that's a really hot beam

Smolma why was there weight against his pillars?

Junior: Like one comes up, then another flush against it, et cetera } Junior: I'm not good at explaining things I guess xD }

Lavi: || But shouldn't it come down like after a few of the walls are up in front of them? Giving a fighting chance if they have some strong power? Lavi: || Like centipede-ish effect

-- --: MMMM NOPE }

Smolma: yeah having them all die by wall seems sudden))

-- --: There is absolutely a way out of this but that isn't it B) }

Lavi: || trap door >​_>​

-- --: Mmmmm close }

Deak: just accept ur fates and die like deak and junior ]

Lavi has to stop because it hurts too much and leans against the wall gasping while clutching his hands close.

Smolma bet you want alma there now nea you jerk

Nea has shoved himself as far back in lavi's head as he can Nea yeS HE DOES ACTUALLY

Lavi: || You mean, accept their fate without fighting or even thinking of their beloved older brother in their final moments.

Junior: yea that } Junior: xD }

Lavi: || You know, the brother who TOOK CARE OF YOU TWO AND NOW YOU'RE JUST IGNORING, DEAK?

Deak: yes exactly ]

Lavi: || wow, one of these days, he's gonna stop caring.

Smolma more and more of his ice begins to stab the walls and floor

Deak: wow ]

Smolma its becoming violent

Deak: i am hurt : ( ]

Lavi: || Lavi's hurt

Nea Come on, come ON! There has to be ​SOMETHING

Junior: Junior thought about it but he didn't bring it up b/c he didn't want to make things even more depressing lol }

Lavi: || mentally and phsyically B(

Deak: deak is also hurt ] Deak: also mentally and physically ] Deak: i didnt see lavi get crushed by walls seven times ] Deak: s m h ]

Junior: That was his "...do you think....? ........nevermind..." xD }

Lavi: || You're the one who kept leaving so many behind

Junior: tru }

Deak: I DIDNT THINK THEYD  ALL GET CR USHED ]

-- --: :3c }

Smolma as hes sobbing, the entire halls beginning to have spikes shoot up from the ground

Lavi: || Kit's merciless, you should've known

Deak: i should have ] Deak: s m h @ self ]

Lavi slides down the wall and curls up a bit

-- --: You know what the definition of insanity is? Doing the same thing repeatedly expecting a different result }

Nea Get UP

Lavi in his possible final moments, he's hoping that Deak, Junior and Alma are okay. ( Mostly his brothers though. Sorry Alma. )

Smolma wow Smolma thanks Smolma always knew he was the one everyone would perfer died

Lavi ( At least he looks out for you and you actually appreciate him. )

Nea makes a frustrated noise

Deak stands up again and just looks around Deak: There's gotta be somethin' we can do to not die...

Smolma that may lessen since hes the one alone and no one really cares about

Junior just leans on Deak. Least he'll get to spend his last moments with one of his brothers. Both would be nice. Or, y'know, not dying. Not dying would be ni--

Smolma out..... let me out

Nea shoves Lavi back because if you one move then he'll have to

Lavi You're gonna hurt a lot if you switch with me now.

Smolma those ice shards are stabbing harder

Nea I'd rather hurt then fucking /​die/.

Smolma oh look, hes damaging the walls

Lavi Give me a moment to fucking recover from the crippling pain, ass hat, there's no way OUT THAT I CAN SEE I JUST MADE A HOLE IN THE WALL AND IT GOT COVERED BY ANOTHER WALL.

Deak: Junior, get up 'n do somethin'

Nea ​THEN LET ​ME​ LOOK

Lavi ​FINE​

-- -- @Deak/Junior the walls close in from both sides aaand... stop at the edges where the light from the torch starts

Deak: ................What.

Lavi SHOVES NEA TO THE FOREFRONT OF HIS MIND

Smolma shakily stands

Nea retakes contro-- ​/hooooly shit/ Nea curls in on himself Nea: ​FFFFUCK.

Lavi Enjoying yourself?

Deak was it

Junior: ............

Smolma holds his hands up against the wall right infront of him

Deak too hot

Lavi Get up and do something, Nea.

Deak: Hey, we're alive.

Smolma a hug pillar that dented that door way back when begins forming above his head Smolma streeetchhing down the hall

Nea presses his back against the wall and struggles (really struggles) to his feet

Junior

: We are?

Deak

: Yeah, it stopped.

Lavi still hissing in pain himself, he still feels it, damn.

Smolma that halls temp near him is wayyy below zero

Deak: We weren't crushed by walls for an eighth time! Deak: Er... well... first for you.

-- -- @Alma the walls are still coming up but they're getting partly jammed by the ice in the way

Nea clenches his jaw shut tight and starts look around for ​anything​ of use.

Deak: Regaaaaardless, let's figure out the way outta here.

Junior: ....why did it stop this time?

Smolma more ice forms to pust them down

Nea knows it's probably useless but he's not gonna just sit around

Smolma oh look, some frost touches the tips of nea/lavi's fingers thats on the wall

Deak: It looks like the light from the torch has something to do with it? Deak: At least, that's where it stopped.

Junior glances up at the torch

Smolma sHOOT THAT HUGE ICE SHARD AT THE DOOR

Lavi too bad we don't feel the cold thanks to my powers....

-- -- its not really a door its a wall lo

Nea more like his forearm, since his hands are too wrecked to touch anything right now

Deak: Maybe we can... pull the torch or something?

Junior: Maybe? Junior picks self off the floor and pulls on the torch

Smolma fine, ice forms on nea/lavi

Lavi I fucking hate this.

-- -- there's a Click and the torch moves off the wall just a little, then the wall where the torch is mounted starts sliding back to form a hall

Nea: I don't... I don't see anything.

Deak blinks

Lavi: || I don't think Nea/Lavi are near a torch xD

-- --: I did mention they'd find Alma near a torch X3 }

Deak: just conveniently put a torch there ] Deak: ;' ) ]

Smolma accidentally places his hand on torch

Lavi: || But the wall thing happened and I thought they were separated again Lavi: || like, blocked off

Smolma op it slips down

Lavi: || because of the damn walls

-- --: no the wall was ahead of where Alma was and behind where Lavi/Nea and Allen were XD }

-- --: CLEARLY I CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO COMMUNICATE }

Nea: || O Nea: || that makes... more sense

Deak: LAUGHING ]

Lavi: || I'm usually good at keeping up but gd

-- --: its probably my fault lbh here xD }

Deak: Well, lets go!

Junior shrugs Junior follows the hall what have they got to lose at this point?

Deak adventures forth

Nea somehow just now notices alma

-- -- the accidentally grabbed torch by Alma opens the pathway lol

Nea and that path. congrats kid you're redeemed in his eyes

Smolma flinches a bit at the noise. Did... it the path open again?

Lavi Grab him Lavi But let him know it's you.

Smolma tho that halls still frozen

Nea laughs a little Nea: You did it, twerp

Smolma like its covered in frost and ice shards

Lavi S i g h i n g

Smolma: ....

Nea slip slides his way over to Alma

Lavi At least call him by his name.

Nea he's just radiating relief. getting crushed sounded like a bad time. Nea: I mean-- ​Alma.

Deak it is a bad time

Nea Happy now?

Lavi but at least Alma will know that it's them now. Lavi Yes.

Deak its a very very bad time

-- -- the newly opened path is very long, but its a straight shot all the way through, until hitting a wider path in the center where the two torch walls come together. Lavi and Deak, you turn right, Lavi/Nea and Alma, left, upon reaching the wider hall.

Lavi since he'd never call Alma a twerp.

Smolma guess who locked himself up b/c of bein aloneeeeee Smolma this smol

Lavi: || Lavi and Deak Lavi: ||  U mean, Junior

Deak: lAugHin g ]

Nea: ...Kid?

Lavi: || Existential Crisis is gonna hit

Nea I think he's broken

Junior: I CLEARLY CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO COMMUNICARTE }

Lavi Let me out

Smolma just shaking and crying

Junior: communicate* } Junior: fml }

Smolma u b rite nea

Deak: U TRIED ]

Nea shoves Lavi forward again

Lavi: Woah

Smolma now hes like the coldest hes ever been

Deak stops at the wider part of the path and just sits down Deak: Wait, wait, I'm dead, slow down.

Lavi shakes himself off before crouching in front of Alma, radiating warmth because that boy looks way too cold

Junior is just gonna sit down and lean against Deak

Lavi: Alma, hey, buddy. It's just me....and the other guy. But right now it's me.

Junior: ...me too...

Smolma like his skins completely white by now

Lavi reaches out to rub Alma's arms, it cools his hands so him using more heat to warm Alma up doesn't hurt.

Nea Can't you just pick him up and go?

Lavi: C'mon, c'mon....

Junior: ....think Lavi's okay? Junior kinda didn't want to think about it but welp haha Junior here they are

Deak: He's tough, 'm sure he's fine.

Junior: Yea.... Junior is trying not to sound unsure but its not working haha

Smolma steam actually comes out under lavis fingers

Deak: Well, the sooner we move the sooner we can meet up with him again. Deak: Let's go, if you're ready?

Lavi ice shards have been melted, he's gonna grab the small and start running his ass down the damn hallway of jackassery

Nea The path is RIGHT THERE.

Lavi and by grab, he means, carry him

Junior: "the hallway of jackassery" lmfao }

Lavi: || Well it is

Smolma yup now theres just steam where ever almas touching lavi

Junior heaves a sigh

Lavi: Shit. He's never really been that cold.

Junior: I guess?

Deak gets back up Deak srry junior who was leaning on me

Deak returns to lethargically making his way to the right

Junior gets up with a wince. Really feeling that tail bone right about now tbh Junior: .......... Junior: I hear.... Junior: footsteps Junior: and Junior: hissing?

Deak: ...What? Deak: I don't hear anything?

Junior has really sensitive ears

Deak only has sensitive ears for being crushed by walls atm

Junior kind of a side effect of being an animal sometimes

Nea Can't you move any faster?

Lavi Bossy.

Junior: No, I hear it. Its getting closer.

Nea I'm impatient.

Deak: ...?

Lavi Goes for a run to a goddamn sprint since this one just wants movement, you're lucky he wants to get out of here too or else he'd slow down to a walk.

Junior moves in front of Deak protectively but he's hoping that's Lavi coming

Deak i will throw this potato as a weapon

Lavi makes it to the place with the wider hall

Junior !!!!!!!! Junior: Lavi!

Lavi !!!!!! Lavi: Junior! Deak! Lavi skids to a stop and jogs over to them, still holding on to Alma, who be steaming.

Junior: ....what the Hell are you carrying and why is it hissing

Deak flops to the ground again

Smolma yuuuppp be steaming

Junior op and down goes Deak

Lavi: It's Alma, we got separated and his powers went out of control

Junior: ...oh Junior: Okay?

Lavi: Yeah. Lavi: Also, I had to use my powers when the walls started closing in

Junior is just happy to see Lavi alive and well tb--- Junior squints

Nea Haha oops

Junior Nea what did we fucking talk about

Lavi: I'm fine now. Alma's helping, even though he's out of it right now.

Smolma oh look the walls are freezing over

Nea whistles innocently even though only Lavi can hear him right now

Junior #Betrayed Junior: ....h o l y hell its getting cold in here...

Deak: He needs to calm down.

Lavi: Alma. Alma, c'mon.

Deak: If hes gonna freeze everythin' up, get him outta here. Deak is too dead for this shit thanks

Junior rubs his arms holy shit

Smolma screw you deak peeps actually care bout you

Nea is very glad that he's wearing someone who doesn't get cold

Lavi adjusts his hold on Alma and rubs his back while quietly telling the small one that he's got him now, he's safe again.

Deak shut up, i wasnt talking to you

Smolma: wearing someone))

Junior that still sounds creepy Nea. Like some Most Dangerous Game kinda shit.

Deak control your goddamn ice, kid

Lavi slowly cranks up the heat to both warm Alma up and the room.

Nea: || skin suit.

Lavi: || Meat suit.

Deak just goes back to hanging his head

Junior: I'm just gonna stop you both right there }

Junior goes back to Deak and flops down next to him Junior: R-run into a bit of trouble on your side, did you?

Smolma you try being alone, being the one who can die and not really have an impact with his death, and considered being a liability after getting his sight stolen Smolma aka, fuck you deak

Deak fuck off brat Deak do whatever the fuck you want, but do it away from me

Smolma no you fuck off

Deak fine

Junior also, flopping down when you had a tail cut off from the end of your spine... not recommended. That hurts.

Deak gets back up and walks away the way he came

Junior: ......

Smolma thanks to lavi his ice isn't spreading, but hes still silent

Junior: Deak! Junior grabs him before he can run off

Lavi keeps trying to comfort Alma with quiet words. Lavi: || look man, I'm terrible with words, so imagine that Lavi's talking to Alma like he's one of his brothers back when they were younger and scared about something. He sounds very motherly tbh. Like gdi, Lavi, why are you such a  mom. But he's doing his utmost best to calm Alma.

Nea This group still has so many problems

Junior okay but did we survive longer than your group?

Smolma doesn't mean hes listening rn

Deak: What? It's cold here so I'm walking away. Let me go, jeez.

Smolma or that he believes anything thats being said

Deak scowls and pulls away to keep walking off

Nea not yet you haven't

Junior huffs and goes to follow dragging Deak with them

Lavi he's still gonna keep talking and kind of walking around. Lavi: || oh god, he's doing a baby bounce type shit. JFC

Smolma though hes not crying anymore, so progress

Junior: wow Lavi xD }

Smolma: thats so cute tho-))

Lavi: || He's such a mom.

Junior: tb fair tho he is the eldest of two brothers even if they're technically the same age haha }

Nea is stuck in a mom and his only other host options are out of range

Lavi: || he usually gets along with other little kids younger than them so he just moms them. Lavi: || Especially if they're orphans. He tries to make their day a little better somehow.

Nea See what I mean? One person ends up holding up the entire group.

Lavi I don't really see a place to move on from here. So can it.

Junior are you calling us incompetent

Lavi: || He's grown attached to little Alma. ); Lavi: || Gonna mom him.

Nea But you could be looking. Instead you're just being a mother hen.

Lavi glances around the room while 'motherhenning' Lavi Oh look, didn't see anything. Lavi Other than walls, and torches and a goddamn ceiling.

Nea :/

-- -- the wider hall, which is wide enough for six people or so to walk down it side-by-side, goes on for a ways. Its mostly dark, but likewise has some torches lining the path. At the far end of it, you come to a smallish chamber with a pedestal in the center. On top of it is a gleaming object.

Lavi: Junior

Junior: Hm?

Lavi: Do you smell anything around here? Wood, maybe? I'd feel better if you had a stick again.

Junior: ...what Junior: Oh Junior inhales

Lavi walking along the path, before Nea yells at him again, while continuing to quietly comfort and mom Alma.

Junior: ...mostly just old stone. Dust. You guys. Not a lot in the way of wood.

Lavi makes a frustrated sound at being told that. Lavi: Maybe the next room we come across. Lavi keeps walking down the path.

Smolma: hope they won’t need smol powers for a bit))

Junior shrugs Junior: Nothing more specific planned for Alma yet lol }

Lavi spots the pedestal. !!! Lavi: Junior!

Nea What's /​that?/

Junior tilts his head

Lavi: Come look at this.

Junior: Yeah, I see it

Smolma: yet/))

-- -- on top of the pedestal looks like a large gemstone or other. Its got markings carved into it. They look vaguely familiar from somewhere.

Lavi: Correct me if I'm wrong but, I think this might be a talisman.

Junior: Is it? Junior tilts head

Lavi looks at Junior.

Junior: Not the kind I typically use if so Junior: I mean, its similar

Lavi: It could help

Junior shrugs

Nea Are you sure we should touch it

Junior: Maybe

Lavi: Hm... Nea's right.

Nea Of course I am

Lavi: Shut up. Lavi: Not you, Junior.

Junior hums

Lavi Shut up.

Nea is laughing

Lavi: It could be a risk to touch it.

Deak yawns and closes his eye call me when u guys r done

Lavi hello mental box, ur old friend.

Junior bye Nea

Nea you know what?? screw this

Junior: It could be.

Nea jumps to Junior. he doesn't want control right now, he's just sick of Lavi's shit

Junior: It could not be. Junior um excuse u who invited u in

Lavi He invited himself

Nea I'm just going to hang out back here for awhile.

Lavi: If he gets too annoying, put him in a mental box

Junior: Did I say you could jump into my fucking head? Junior why can't I just evict him instead

Nea Don't do that.

Lavi: Our old man's mental training helped out great.

Nea I don't know where I'll go if you throw me out

Junior fucking watch me.

Lavi: Well, you could always just give him a mind smack

Nea JUMPS BACK TO LAVI

Lavi Welcome back.

Nea I don't like him.

Junior good.

Lavi chuckles and adjusts his hold on Alma, petting the small one's hair.

Junior: We could just... leave it here

Lavi frowns. Lavi: Wait Lavi: Did Deak ever eat his potato?

Junior: .............

Nea He has a potato?

Junior r we really doing this Indiana Jones shit

Lavi yes, we r Lavi you got a better idea, then say it now

Junior that doesn't actually work Lavi

Lavi We found some potatoes earlier and had a small lunch.

Nea Damn.

Lavi: Okay, fine, you don't wanna try it then leave it there or just risk grabbing it.

Nea Get it, it might work.

Lavi Deak and I aren't on speaking terms and if I ask for the potato he might eat it to spite me.

Nea ....

Lavi I know

Junior he really just might Junior whatever, he's just gonna grab it Junior YOLO

Deak: deak never moved since hes sleeping ] Deak: with his potato tyvm ]

Nea: || lazy butt

Deak: tRU ] Lavi: || diva lazy butt

Deak: w/e ur still not getting his potato ]

Lavi: || but they can B)

Deak: he'll punch u stay away ]

-- -- after grabbing the gem thingy, nothing happens. There's a flight of stairs and a door just ahead.

Deak: that is HIS potato ]

Lavi: || He's close enough in Nea's range Lavi: || Ah nvm, ur lucky stairs appeared

Junior: Don't steal Deak's potato he's the only one that never ate lol } Junior: rude af }

Deak: ye tru he didnt eat dont take his potato ] Deak: :' ( ]

Nea: || dang it deak, eat

Lavi: || then eat the damn food Lavi cooked for you so you don't keel over

Junior: xD }

Deak: no he is currently napping s m h ] Deak: and also still reeling from being crushed eight times smh who do u think u r ]

Lavi: || Drag h i m

Junior: xD }

Junior: We r not dragging Deak smh } Junior: not in that way anyway xD }

Nea: || drag him up the stairs Lavi: || either he wakes up or he's gonna get dragged

Deak: LAVI UR SO ABUSIVE ]

Nea: || thunk thunk thunk

Junior goes to pick up Deak c'mon bro time to go get on ur feet

Nea If Deak's just gonna be lazy then... I mean...... Nea jumps to the Drama Triplet

Deak get-- Deak srsly

Lavi a bit whoozy

Junior: LOL }

Nea If you're not going to use this, I will

Deak i said i didnt mind so Deak u do u im going back to sleep

Nea brushes himself off Nea: There we go

Junior: .........

Lavi: You just gotta deal with his 'I don't cares' and 'whatevers' Lavi: But let's move on

Junior: That.... works I guess?

Nea: It's a small price to pay

Lavi heads on up the steps

Deak also leave my potato alone Deak thats my only request thank u

Nea You better stay awake, if I need to jump you're gonna just flop over

Lavi: Trust me, he can also evict you like Junior and I can.

Nea Can I eat the potato Nea starts up the stairs

Deak no, please dont

Nea But I'm hungry.

Deak okay you can eat it

Junior follows Lavi

Deak im going to sleep dont wake me up or be stupid

Junior y'know its just gonna end up in your own stomach anyway Deak

Nea ...man you give up easily. Nea Pulls out the potato and just straight up bites it

Deak its not giving up, i jut dont care honestly Deak just

Lavi: Want me to heat it up for you?

Nea ! Nea: Yes, absolutely Nea tosses him the tater

Deak dozes off dont let nea kill me pls

-- -- up the stairs and through the door, you come into a room loaded full of just... stuff. Lots and lots of stuffy. Most of it shiny stuff.

Lavi keeps his hold on Alma and catches the flying potato

Junior oooooooh treasure trove

Nea: ...That's a lot of loot.

Lavi heats up the potato Lavi: Wow

Junior suddenly likes this castle a little bit more

Lavi: I don't recommend touching anything.

Nea: ...Yeah.

Junior or maybe like moderately more Junior: Why not?

Nea wants all this shiny stuff, but... Nea: Why would you touch ANYTHING in this castle?

Lavi hands the potato back to Ne Lavi Nea*

Nea: || ne

Deak: ne ]

Lavi: || nene

Junior holds up the gemstone thingy

Nea munches on his baked potato

Junior: I touched this and nothing happened

Nea: And you think we're gonna get that lucky twice?

Junior: I touched a torch and a pathway opened up Junior: I touched like four levers and it opened the big gates

Nea: .........

Lavi: Junior

Junior: Touching things is good

Nea: You know damn well what I meant Nea: This place doesn't want us to have good things. Nea: It wants us ​dead.

Junior: Inanimate objects have no concept of desires

Lavi sighs against Alma's hair. Yup, this castle definitely wants us dead.

Nea B|

Lavi: Whatever twisted asshole made this castle wants us dead.

Nea: You're a smartass, you know that right

Junior: I like that phrasing better

Lavi eye roll and continues on through the room, trying not to touch any of the nice shinies

Smolma oh look he leans a lil into lavi

Junior: but I still think you're both paranoid

Nea: It's not paranoia if you're right

Lavi rubs Alma's back while walking.

Junior goes and picks up a jeweled flagon and waves it around Junior: Oh look I'm touching a thing

Nea looks around suspiciously

Lavi: ............

Junior: and nothing

Nea Deak your brother is a fucking maniac

Junior: is happening

Lavi: || delayed reaction, perhaps, give it a moment

Smolma his tiny fingers curl into lavis clothing

-- -- literally nothing happens.

Nea: ...

Junior: .... Junior: mmm

Lavi: I'm still not touching anything in this room, it'd just weigh us down.

Junior: still waiting on that impending doom

Lavi: Junior.

Nea: It's not like any of this stuff matters in here

Junior: Hm?

Lavi: Enough.

Junior rolls eye Junior: Y'really take me for some greedy gold hoarder or something?

Lavi honestly, he's paranoid about something bad happening because he doesn't want anything bad happening to his goddamn brothers (and Nea) or Alma and his brother gives him fucking flack. Lavi is just gonna keep walking.

Junior is just gonna browse the room a bit lol bye then

Nea grumbles around a mouthful of potato

Lavi if Nea were in his head right now he'd hear some very dark thoughts.

Nea sorry man I gotta pilot your lazy bro

Lavi dark and negative af.

Nea: Let's just... Leave. Nea all this shit is too tempting

Junior also he's keeping that jeweled flagon it nice

Lavi if there's another door or some stairs in this room then Lavi's gone fromthat room.

Smolma look who has some color in his flesh

Lavi sees that Alma's regaining color and sighs in relief. At least he's getting better.

-- -- there is another door. The room beyond also has some stuff, all very nice stuff but less shiny. Lots of wood and cases and odds and ends. There's some weapons too, mounted or sitting inside other stuff

Lavi stares at the weapons. Nope, he's not going to touch them.

Nea exits the room of temptation. except this one isn't any better

Lavi it's something that could actually be helpful but more of a risk that some stupid shit will happen.

Nea: ...Some of those could be useful

Lavi: I know. Lavi keeps walking

Junior is just gonna keep browsing alone then I guess

Nea: .... Nea is weeeak. look at those weapons,,,

Lavi: I wish I had my knife on me.

Nea realizes that nothing he takes will actually stay with him. B( Smolma when hes in it again, he can make you guys weapons

Junior already added some coins and jewels to his pockets tbh... found some fancy dishware...

Nea really needs to get back to places he recognizes

Junior some rolled up papers that look costly

Smolma groans

-- -- the third room is much like the second room was, a little more rustic looking. Beyond that, the next door  leads out into the street outside.

Lavi: || There's a street

-- --: yep }

Lavi: || A ​street​?

Smolma the smols moving

-- --: Yep }

Lavi: || guess he's on the street then

-- --: Not a huge street, but a street }

Smolma but his eyes remain dulled tho

Lavi: Hey, Alma. You awake?

-- --: did u think I misspelled a word xD }

Junior found this cool dagger mounted on the wall--

Smolma shrugs a bit

Junior !!!!!!!

Lavi hugs the small.

Smolma just rests on lavi Smolma the hug feels really really nice, even if he doesn't respond much to it

Junior polished stones!!!

Nea is just gonna follow Lavi outta here. bye junior.

Junior gathers them all up and explore the next room

Lavi glancing around the street Lavi: || junior, you don't have a bag to carry all this shit omg xD

Nea looks around. everything looks the same.

Lavi: Didn't expect to see a street here.

Nea snorts

Junior: tbh he dropped p much all but the flagon and stones xD }

Nea: Really?

Lavi: || g o o d Lavi: || even tho I feel like that flagon will haunt him later

Nea: This place is ​huge.

Lavi: True. Lavi: Wait, how long have you been here?

Nea: Weeks, maybe?

Lavi: ........

Smolma: had to look up what a flagon was))

Lavi: Fuck.

Junior: Junior: um excuse u flagons carry stuff to drink in them and none of us have had a lick of water for like a day in a half at least }

Lavi uh-oh, he's looking concerned now.

Smolma they can make water Smolma you know, fire n ice elementals are there

Lavi: || As long as it doesn't have poison on the metal

Nea: I honestly wasn't expecting to find anyone else here, but I guess they got sick of looking for me.

-- -- in the street are a few smaller buildings on all sides. The street gets a bit wider after going around them. To each side, the streets bend around until you can't see down them and they disappear. Ahead is a zigzagging path up some cliffs to what looks like a Keep above.

Lavi: Nea Lavi: Recognize anything?

Nea: Huh?

Smolma: .... where....

Nea: Uh...

Lavi quietly tells Alma where they're currently at, describes it for him in detail.

Junior oh yes he hit the jackpot

Nea scratches his head and walks around while looking around

Junior fucking s c o r e Junior comes scampering out after where Lavi and the others went

Smolma hes coming back to them

Nea: I haven't explored much out here...

Junior ....uhhh assuming he can find them RIP

Lavi: Hmmm

Nea: I've just been keeping up around the tower.

Junior did not think Lavi would really go that far ahead

Lavi pets Alma's head.

Nea: And half the time I wasn't really paying attention to where I went

Lavi: .......... Lavi s i g h s

Nea didnt expect to have to remember this shit later

Junior: LA-VIII???

Lavi turns towards the doors. Lavi: JUNIOR? Lavi turns back around with an eye roll

Junior follows Lavi's voice with a grin on his face Junior is skipping tbh Junior like hardcore skipping

Smolma leans into that touch tho

Lavi is not seeing this skipping since he turned back around to look at Nea and is petting Alma's hair.

Junior um well too bad b/c he's going to skip an excited circle around you Lavi Junior: Guess what?

Lavi: You found something.

Junior grins bigger Junior: I found ​materials​

Lavi: Daggers? Lavi: Oh Lavi: O h Lavi: To make a talisman?

Junior: Mhm~

Lavi: Nice!

Junior: Not a GREAT one, but they'll do the job for now

Lavi: Whatever works

Junior: But yes I also got daggers

Lavi nods

Junior: And a small sword or two Junior which are all tied to his belt and look ridiculous all together tbh

Nea snort s

Junior but hey he's only got so many hands Junior: So I vote Junior: We take a breather

Junior: so I can make some talismans and we can all get some rest

Lavi: I'm fine with that. But we also need to hurry up and find Nea's body Lavi: He's been here for ​weeks​

Nea: It'll survive without me Nea maybe. probably.

Smolma: it'd be funny if it was in the treasure room))

Nea doesn't actually know

Nea: || because he's a gem Nea: || ba dum tsh

Junior so like you really are terrible at navigation huh

Lavi: || HAHA, Just hidden under the coins

Nea: || haha jk he's a nasty lump of coal

Junior: lmao }

Lavi: The small buildings, perhaps?

Junior nods Junior: Maybe we'll even find a bed...

Lavi starts walking towards the buildings

Junior follows but also fidgeting. Little bit excited tbh Junior just a little

Nea follows after them

-- -- the inside of the buildings, after searching a few rooms, appear to have a lot of beds. Lavi he's gonna set Alma down on one after warning him a little that he was setting him down on a nice bed. Smolma he doesn't respond Smolma there's not enough progress for that Junior is just gonna find the biggest bed and drag both his brothers to it Nea is in one of your brothers excuse me Lavi is dragged, ends up dragging Alma too bc he doesn't wanna leave him alone.

Smolma: daww that was cute lavi))

Junior then go into some mental corner or something

Nea wow okay fine im not invited Nea retreats to a 'mental corner' enjoy your unconscious brother

Junior I will thanks that's kinda the point of sleep anyway Junior: RIP Nea }

Nea: || rip in rest Nea: || shit tho that was rad af, thanks for lettin me swoop in uwu

Junior: ye I'm glad u liked it xD }