#hemera rambles

[peachykittea]

Did anyone else burst out laughing when Poseidon essentially yeeted his son off Olympus when the conversation was getting too emotional? Like dude. Y’all were having a moment. What kind of good bye was that. Sir.

[pia-writes-things]

Here is my entry for the @creatingblackcharacters' Black History Month Challenge.

I wanted to write about Jen from Agatha All Along for a long time now, because I love her to pieces and she deserves the world <3, so this was the perfect opportunity to show her all the love !

For this piece, I decided to focus on two things : her skills at potions, and her joy doing it. We've only seen her making potions under life or death threats from the Road in the series, and I wanted to explore a bit what it meant for her to practice her craft just chilling and enjoying herself. I also wanted to highlight how witchcraft is transmitted through friends and family, how much of a community effort it is, so I decided to explore her teaching side as well, with Billy, and to have her reflect on who taught her and how it shows in her practice. Also, music is important in the show, and to me, so I wanted to incorporate what it would look like if music was an integral part of her craft, especially because working AND singing at the same time is the most joyful thing in life imo. Finally, because I'm me and I always end up writing about found-family somehow, I tried to also incorporate that with her musings about the coven.

With this piece, I also want to say to my Black followers that you deserve this joy and this sense of community. You deserve to feel like your skills are a valuable part of our world, that they are valued and worthy to be transmitted, and that you deserve to be loved and love ❤️ Your joy, your skills and who you are should always be celebrated and I hope I succeeded in conveying that through Jen 😊

Before I post the piece (under a read more because it's 1400 words ^^), I tag @hemerae-ramblings, @saecookie, @sapphictea, @blatterpussbunnyfromhell, @bwayfan25 and @everybodyknows-everybodydies and anyone else who'd like to participate !

(rules here and guidelines here)

Jen side-eyes Teen – sorry, Billy – and catches him quickly looking back toward the history homework laid out on the living-room table. He asked her to help him with it, but she’s busy. She shakes her hand to get rid of the excess water, making her bracelets ring quietly.

With her dried hand, she reaches for sage on the shelf and tears a leaf that she drops in the simmering pot in front of her. The liquid bubbles and sprays a little, tiny droplets flying up and staining the countertop. Luckily for her, she wears her trusty apron, and it saves her white blouse. The sound makes Teen – Billy – look up again, and he observes her for a few seconds before he notices she’s looking at him. He darts down again.

She sighs, a bit amused. He’s so curious and yet so frightened. She knows he still feels bad about the whole Road thing. To be honest, things are still a bit awkward between them, and she’s not sure they will ever not be. He did kill (inadvertently) three of his coven members. Her friends. And he still hangs out with Agatha. It’s a lot.

She starts stirring the pot, making sure to infuse it with her magic regularly. He’s cute, though, she muses. She knows he’s just a lost kid, like she could very well have been, had her parents been less fortunate. Lots of girls from her coven, or just girl like her, had found themselves orphan, back in the day. Not only because they were witches, though it certainly didn’t help.

But, anyway, she knows Te – Billy needs guidance, and she can provide just that. Like her grandma did for her, she thinks, her mind lost in the bubbles of the potion. For no reason, she thinks of Lilia, too. They might not have known each other for long, but she guided her as well. Like her mother, like her aunt, like her cousin. She owes so much to so many women, and Billy needs that kind of advice, kindness and patience. Especially with his powers.

Also, she’d be damned to let Agatha be his sole mentor. He needs more than a sociopath to help him on the road (no pun intended) to proper witchcraft.

“Are you done?” she asks.

“Uh?” His perplexed face would almost be endearing if it wasn’t also annoying. She knows he’s done. He hasn’t been focused on his practice papers for half an hour – at least.

“Your homework,” she repeats, “Are you done?”

“Oh,” he exhales, trying to sound surprised and failing. “Yeah, I’m done!”

“Good, come over here,” she motions, her tone no nonsense.

He scrambles to get next to her so fast she worries he might fall. He’s all dangly limbs and no coordination, like any teenager his age. She’s surprised he didn’t injure himself more on the Road, to be honest.

“What are you doing?” he asks, eager. His whole body is angled towards the pot, his elbow brushing hers as she keeps stirring.

“A potion,” she can’t help deadpanning.

He huffs and she smirks.

“To be more specific, this is a calming potion, to soothes nerves and anxiety. I thought you might need it,” she adds.

He looks sideways at her, and she smiles a little before she adds teasingly: “I’d rather not have you control people’s mind again when you lose control of your emotions. It wasn’t fun.”

He laughs a little. Her smile grows bigger. They’re making progress! A few weeks ago, he would have tried to apologise again.

The potion is also making progress: she can see the colour shifting slowly from water-transparent to a calming pastel blue. She keeps infusing it with magic as Billy watches intently.

Silence falls on them and she starts tapping a repetitive rhythm on the counter with her nails. It’s something her grandma always used to do to teach her the craft when she was little. Jen learned a lot of potion recipes this way, by singing along to whatever absent-minded tune the older woman was creating. It’s something her entire coven used to do, now that she thinks of it.

Billy opens his mouth, interrupting her.

“How do you do it?” She raises her brow, encouraging him to be more specific. “What are the steps to the potion?” he asks again.

She nods. “Some parts I can’t tell you. They're reserved to root-worker, and women. Others, I can explain.”

She starts to play with her nails again, soon humming a lively tune.

“Counterclockwise you must stir,” she sings, handing him the ladle, “To ward away the monster.”

He smiles, his tongue sticking out as he focuses.

“Sing with me,” she urges.

“Counterclockwise you must stir, to ward away the monster.”

“Sage you must add, so that never again you be sad.”

“Sage you mast add, so that never again you be sad.”

She adds her other hand to liven up the rhythm, thinking about Alice playing and singing her heart out on the piano. She tears up, but she smiles too.

“Water you throw in, and let the joy begin!”

Billy is fully laughing by this point, his stirring more hectic. “Water you throw in, and let the joy begin!” he exclaims.

“Do not forget the magic, lest your potion be toxic,” she sings along.

This time, Billy doesn’t repeat and blurts out a panicked “What?”, the ladle stopping dead in the middle of the pot

She chuckles.

“Don’t worry, I’m doing it. Can’t you see the pink? Keep stirring,” she orders. “I’m not feeding you poison; I’m feeding you potion,” she adds, quite proud of her wordplay.

He rolls his eyes but obediently starts stirring again. “Do you always sing when making potions?”

“Not always, but it helps to remember the steps.”

“Do you still need it?”

She scoffs and adds a little bit more sage to the pot as the potion is starting to turn more green than blue. “Of course not. It’s for you. Someone needs to teach you how to heal yourself.”

His eyes travel briefly towards his stomach and then he focuses back on the potion. It’s turning completely blue now. She takes one of her powder pouch and hands it to him.

“You can stop stirring,” she explains. “Now, this powder I can’t tell you about, so don’t ask. Just add a pinch of it, and then, blast you full power to make it boil. It must boil with magic, not naturally, it’s very important.”

His eyes are a bit scared when he looks at her.

“You can do it, Billy.”

He nods, takes a pinch of powder, throws it in and inhale. Then, the pot explodes, and they find themselves soaked in potion.

Billy is frozen in place. Jen just laughs harder than she’s laughed in a long time.

“Ok, note for future lessons: not your full power,” she wheezes. She swipes the potion off her face and thanks the Universe again that she is wearing an apron.

“I’m sorry, Jen.”

“It’s alright. You must make mistakes to learn. That’s what my mother always used to say.”

He smiles wetly. Quite literally. She sighs.

“I think that’s enough for today, don’t you?” He nods. “Go change and go home. We’ll take this up another day.”

She smiles as he climbs the stairs towards the bathroom, his socks leaving wet prints on the carpet.

“He’s really cute, even if he’s a disaster, isn’t he?”

Jen jumps as Lilia appears next to her. She puts a hand on her heart to try and calm it down. She may be drenched in it, but the potion apparently doesn’t work for ghost-induced jump scares.

“Lilia!” she cries indignantly, “How many times?”

“What’s the fun in being a ghost if I can’t haunt you, baby doll?” Lilia laughs as she hovers halfway through the counter.

Jen scrunches up her nose. “I’m not a doll.”

“No, you aren’t. But you’re a baby,” Lilia smirks.

“Hey,” Jen exclaims, regretting the fact she can’t gently slap her friend on the arm, “I’m almost 150.”

“I’m 450, and dead,” the older witch deadpans. “My point stands.”

Jen feigns offense, raised brows and open mouth, but she can’t help the smile that blooms on her lips. It’s not the same, Lilia being a ghost, but she’s so grateful to have her in her life still.

“Do you want to keep me company while I fix his mess and actually finish the potion?” she asks.

“Sure. It’s not like I’m in a rush or something.”

And so, the divination witch and potion witch spend the next few hours happily chatting, reminiscing and singing. At some point, Alice joins them. Rock rhythms mix with traditional root-workers melodies and Sicilian arpeggios. It’s warm and it’s safe and it’s everything Jen has ever wanted in a coven.

[spiderrcakezz]

I present: My Sparklecare self-insert Nea! <3 🧁♡

(Me rambling abt pup utc <33)

Okay firstly: Nea is alright to kin as of now, but please respect my wishes if I choose to change this later on! ♡  I can't make any promises that I'll still feel like this in the future :P

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🧁 • Nea's likes: stuffed animals, Twyla (their girlfriend), drawing, making OCs, Tiniest Ferry Shop, cute things, receiving attention & praise, physical affection, making others happy, kandi, video games, laughing off negative/hard emotions.

Dislikes: feeling second best/inferior to others, loud noises, being yelled at, seeing those they care about getting hurt, taking care of themself (Nea sometimes considers it a waste of time), stumbling over their words & feeling like they're talking too much, being unable to help.

🌈 • Nea is ⅓ cat, ⅓ cake anthry, and ⅓ dog! :3 (hence why they have 1 dog ear & 1 cat ear, and only half of their body has cat/cake or dog features).

They worked as a nurse at Sparklecare for ~1 year before being demoted to a patient, due to Nea unfortunately getting diagnosed w/ glows-a-lot. Nea wanted to help others when they first applied for the job, and they already had an interest in things like medicine, so becoming a nurse at The Best hospital in CountryTownCountry seemed like a good idea to them.

🐕 • Personality traits (ones not listed in the card) :

Apathetic: due to Nea primarily using apathy as one of their defense mechanisms, they can sometimes not care about what happens around them, including about the people around them.

Nea is sometimes distant or partially emotionally disconnected from others, and unsympathetic to others problems (<- That doesn't mean Nea won't try to help, though. They're still empathetic). This occasional lack of concern for basically everything can also cause them to act self-destructive in one way or another. They'll always feel bad/guilty about it afterwards, though.

Simple-minded: Nea can be naive at times and not really immediately understand things (atleast not as deeply) that others do, causing them to not help but feel sorta out of place. They think pretty literally most of the time, and though this trait has been kinda helpful in solving some of Nea's problems over the years, it can also make Nea seem childish/silly in a way.

🍨• They're on good terms w/ most patients in the hospital! <3  Some patients they're on the best terms w/ is their girlfriend Twyla Light (my partners self-insert :3), Mel N. Colly, Uni, Hemera (for the most part), Jay, Carrie, and Raye N. Bowe (one of my friends self-insert)! ♡♡ (Oh and Nea is also in a qpr w/ nurse Doom atm, but Shh you didn't hear it from me)

The least best terms is Barry. That's It . Nea respects him for his intelligence and such, but Nea would be lying if they said they didn't find Barry kinda annoying. (Pup does sorta(???) like him bcuz Uni likes him, and Nea trusts Uni, but Nea doesn't entirely like Barry on pups own accord :P)

[dreamingkatfish]

Am drunk enough to ramble about idea. So, I love timeloops and more specifically I love NG+ timeloops. Persona 3, NG+ timeloop. It's occurring b/c the Abyss of Time and just running on idea that Yukari and Mitsuru keep winning the fight to go back in time.

Except, no one but Minato remembers, mostly b/c he'd be fucked over by the whole not knowing why time is looping thing.

And I want a fix-it (it's just what I do) and more specifically I want more unethical science experiments to be the solution. (It's just not something that's done often from what I could glean and I think it'd be an interesting way of going about trying to do a Everyone Lives scenario for P3.) That's the jist of it, under read-more will be current thoughts.

It begins with Minato being, rightfully, confused. With it having him slowly try to work through figuring out why the loop is occurring. Eventually remembering how the whole goal of the initial experiments by the Kirjio Group was time manipulation, he goes to find the old research.

With a lot of looking he learns about the abyss, but still doesn't know how to stop it. Only thing he manages on his own is figuring out how to get other people to remember. I'm thinking there should be limits like has to be able to be aware during the Dark Hour ofc, but also a very mean one of: cannot have been present when time goes back. Meaning only two people he can get to help is Ryoji and Shinjiro. Also means, still no one knows why exactly time is looping. However, with Ryoji present, Minato can get the confirmation that it isn't b/c he fucked making The Seal somehow.

So, progress.

I think it'd be Shinjiro who'd suggest trying something else to stop Nyx. Like yeah, okay, The Seal isn't fucked up. But clearly it's caused some other problem, so maybe try something else. Except what to do instead? Because all they really have is information about experiments with shadows to work with. So unless they want to try fighting fire with fire, it's not very helpful.

They try fighting fire with fire. OR well, actually consider it. Problem is none of them are scientists who spent a large amount of time researching shadows, so now they got learn the science behind that. (This au is all in the name of seeing these three interacting. I hadn't originally intended it to be a ship-focused au, but here we are. (What would be the ship name for these three anyway? Guess I'm gonna invent one for the tags later, lmao.)) (Their time together in the timeloop creates an unshakable trust that the others are their ride or dies. It's the mad science which is where the inherent homoeroticism comes from.)

They ofc know there's no killing Nyx permanently, so what are the options? Idea, balancing it out with life. Life and death are meant to exist in cycles, but by having only Nyx and Erebus for death and no one for life, the balance is thrown off and the cycle grinds to a halt. Mind you, Nyx and Erebus are the personifications of night and darkness respectively in Greek mythology. In it they have counterparts for the day and (well kind of but not fully) light in Hemera and Aether. So, why not simply counteract them.

It's not the most reasonable solution ever. However, I think it's an interesting one to consider. Made more tense by the time crunch they'd be under to get that done before needing to just do The Seal anyway in order to ensure the loop continues so that they would have another chance at it.

I have some dubious considerations for how involved with the unethical science the rest of SEES will be. B/c on one hand, Dead Boys Club. On the other, that's gonna be a fuck ton of work for them to do. There's zero shot no one notices that they're doing things. So very much, hmmmmmmm for the role the rest of SEES will play. (Tbh rest of the entire game's cast really.)

But yes, NG+ timeloop au, now with 86% unethical science.

Sober edits to expand upon details added. Primarily after this point (Though one joke addition in brackets above.)

Re:Shinjiro never sticking around long enough to learn about the rest of SEES getting stuck in the Abyss of Time. There's just no world where he doesn't agree to Ken's request and tries to save him. Sure he could try to talk to Ken before that, but this is Shinjiro and man has guilt carved into his bones that the timeloop starting from after Ken's mother's death isn't helping.

But also that requires him knowing what the fuck to say in that situation while he's not dying. And I don't think he'd know. I think part of what gave his words so much meaning before was that he had the action of him protecting Ken to back it up. But without that, he would look like he's all talk. Which wouldn't help either one of them in trying to move on from what happened.

Additionally, even if it did work out he'd just forget that loop entirely bc the cant remember if present when the decision to go back was made. So, him living would not help matters and he'd only become more inclined to let himself die so that he would be able to remember all of the loops and not start forgetting the progress they made. (The alternative I just briefly considered is him forgetting everything but it made me sad, so it's only him forgetting the loop if he makes it to the abyss of time in the end.)

Also the more I think about a ship with the 3 of them, the more insane I get. The 3 people who (want to) die for the sake of others. The way it would bring only them any degree of peace but emotionally devastates everyone else who cares for them. But also then, 3 boys who were happy to give their lives for others now having to learn how to live and look towards a future they never thought they'd get to see, let alone have.

But also how in all versions of the game, in the male route these 3 are the ones who no matter what choices you make, you can never save. (I know there's also Akinari but his situation is one where there is no universe where any choice could be made to save him. Only advancements in medical science would. Meanwhile, the other 3 could technically be saved, but only really by basically abandoning the story playing out and acting as an outside party to it. Or by being someone other than themselves. And i mean you can see it happen in canon even with the femc route. So, while I love him, his death is an outlier among these 3 even if he also is someone who can't be saved in canon.)

And all I can think about is the post about love in tragedies and how it doesn't save anyone, but it was still there and that matters. It was still important even if it never helped. Which I think does a good job at like emphasizing the messages of the game. And I really love relationships that end up embodying the work they're from. (Also means interestingly I don't care as much for Shinjiro and the femc's relationship bc in that case love does succeed. Which while nice isn't quite as thematically satisfying even though it is narratively satisfying.)

[bourbon-ontherocks]

tagged by @asteraceae-blue (thank youuu, how've you been?? 🥰🥰).

Rules: You just got an old car and it doesn’t have Bluetooth. You can only buy seven cds and you can’t repeat an artist. What are you getting?

This is just the worst absolute nightmare that could occur to me haha, because I tend to have favourite songs and not favourite albums, and these don't have the taste to be all on the same album... So here's my list

J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor (preferentially the 1977 version by Helmuth Rilling and the Bach Collegium Stuttgart)

Armand Amar & Levon Minassian, Songs from a world apart

Mylène Farmer, Innamoramento

Within Temptation, The Silent Force

Falling in Reverse, Popular Monster

Eminem, Curtain Calls: the Hits

Muse, Absolution

Tagging @sothischickshe @hemerae-ramblings @jmeclatejerome @earanie @pixie-hood

[arachnidcakery]

Officially introducing 🥁 🥁 ,, My SPH self-insert, Nea! <33 💖🍨🌸♡

(And me rambling abt pup utc, as promised! ♡)

Okay firstly: Nea is alright to kin, as of now! :3 Even tho they're supposed to be a self-insert, I'm sorta disconnected from them and just see them as an OC I project onto, so you can be open abt being kin w/ Nea, if you want ! (But please respect my wishes if I choose to change this later on; I can't make any promises that I'll still feel like this in the future :P) .

Alright, so!  Starting with the basics:

🧁 • Nea's likes: stuffed animals, Twyla (their girlfriend), drawing, making OCs, Tiniest Ferry Shop, cute things, receiving attention & praise, physical affection, making others happy, kandi, video games, laughing off negative/hard emotions.

Dislikes: feeling second best/inferior to others, loud noises, being yelled at, seeing those they care about getting hurt, taking care of themself (Nea sometimes considers it a waste of time), taking everything seriously, stumbling over their words & feeling like they're talking too much, being unable to help.

🌈 • Nea is ⅓ cat, ⅓ cake anthry, and ⅓ dog! :3 (hence why they have 1 dog ear & 1 cat ear, and only half of their body has cat/cake or dog features). They worked as a nurse at Sparklecare for ~1 year before being demoted to a patient, due to Nea unfortunately getting diagnosed w/ glows-a-lot. Nea wanted to help others when they first applied for the job, and they already had an interest in things like medicine, so becoming a nurse at The Best hospital in CountryTownCountry seemed like a good idea to them.

🐕 • Personality traits (ones not listed in the card) :

Apathetic: due to Nea primarily using apathy as one of their defense mechanisms, they can sometimes not care about what happens around them, including with some of the people around them. Nea is sometimes distant or partially emotionally disconnected from others, and unsympathetic to others problems (<- That doesn't mean Nea won't try to help, though. They're still empathetic). This occasional lack of concern for basically everything can also cause them to act self-destructive in one way or another. They'll always feel bad/guilty about it afterwards, though.

Simple-minded: Nea can be naive at times and not really immediately understand things (atleast not as deeply) that others do. They may sometimes try to act like everyone else they see as smarter than them, but can't help often feeling sorta out of place. They think pretty literally most of the time, and though this trait has been kinda helpful in solving some of Nea's problems over the years, it can also make Nea seem childish in a way.

🍨• They're actually on good terms w/ most patients in the hospital, I think! <3  Some patients they're on the best terms w/ is their girlfriend Twyla Light (my partners self-insert :3), Mel N. Colly, Uni, Hemera (for the most part), Jay, Carrie, and Raye N. Bowe (one of my friends self-insert)! ♡♡ (Oh and Nea is also in an unofficial qpr w/ nurse Doom atm, but Shh you didn't hear it from me)

The least best terms is Barry. That's It . Nea respects him for his intelligence and such, but Nea would be lying if they said they didn't find Barry kinda annoying. (Pup does sorta(???) like him bcuz Uni likes him, and Nea trusts Uni, but Nea doesn't entirely like Barry on pups own accord. Particularly bcuz of Barry's mistreatment of Uni).

[yonkokraven]

PJO/HOO headcanon (takes place in a world with no ToA): Chaotic Good Primordials

-Chaos occasionally goes where they wants, so they occasionally watches the demigods go on their quests and records every time they unintentionally unleash chaos by facing monsters (Percy is his favorite since Mt. Saint Helens). They manifested into a woman to Sally Jackson to hang out as friends and in a surprisingly butterfly effect, Chaos suddenly is godfather/godmother of Estelle Jackson (Which obviously even Chaos themselves didn't expect at all).

-Lady Nyx adopted demigods who have accidentally fallen into Tartarus, in fact, the process is: She scares them to death in her 40ft tall form -> when the demigod is about to faint, she and her children start laughing and become more or less human-sized and calm him down (it's a freak them out tradition) -> Previously adopted demigods usually wait for the whole act to be over and have dinner with the potential new little brother/sister. (Percy and Annabeth were almost adopted that day.)

-Tartarus couldn't really care less about Gaea's new attempt to try and dethrone Olympus, although he supports her because if there's even a slight chance of bringing the Big Three back down to his domain, he'd do it without hesitation. Despite apparently being angry with Damasen in their confrontation, when Percy and Annabeth leave he pats Damasen in the head and walks away.

Extra fact: After Blood Of Olympus, Tartarus gives Daedalus' laptop and Annabeth's dagger to Eris and she (remember that in Sea of ​​Monsters it's implied that she works with Hermes) sends both things to Annabeth.

-Uranus stayed living in the old mount Othrys in Greece (there are versions of the myths where it is said that he is alive, and he is the one who advised Zeus to eat Metis if he did not want to be dethroned + he also helped in the first Gigantomachy). The primordials (except Gaea) visit him from time to time. The constellations? well, they live there, Zoe is obviously very confused that at one moment she was dying and in another she is in Greece with this primordial who should be dead being her new Father. After speaking against Zeus and defending Apollo, Uranus gave Jason his blessing and protection.

-Lady Hemera and Lord Aether regularly spent time at Camp Half-Blood before World War II, after the Giant War they both basically manifested a cabin, lifted Mr. D's punishment, and are basically the de facto camp directors and surrogate parents to those with no family in the mortal world and most of demigods since many were unclaimed for years (and despite being claimed many still choosed Hemera and Aether.)

-Pontus and Thalassa woke up after the second titan war and the first thing they did was take Oceanus and Poseidon by the ear (Even if they're not their father, they treat them like their children). In this timeline ToA doesn't happen, but Percy having to do chores for Zeus and other gods does, Poseidon rambles about it during a dinner at his palace and Pontus promptly jets off to Olympus to have a diplomatic chat with Zeus (no one messes with a child of the sea) while Thalassa do a Tea party with Aphrodite.

-After the war, Gaea appears in the mansion of the Night by the work of Chaos, there is basically a divine intervention and a lot of therapy in between (+Chaos is now a godfather/godmother, he would not allow under any circumstances that a war would harm his goddaughter) After a while, Chaos hands over dominion of Ogygia to Gaea, and she and Calypso make the island a Paradise, and when Leo arrives both are beyond confused on how and why (btw, Leo and Calypso have free pass to go back the island after they leave)

Gaea easily could leave, but choose to stay and work in the island, she doesn't know why or how, but soon, Metis, Helios, Selene, Pan appear there too, and she look fowards to the day she can see her children again.

[earanie]

Music Shuffle Tag Game

Rules: Shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist and post the first 10 songs, then tag 10 friends!

Thank you @glamorouspixels 😘😘

Not sure how accurate this is because deezer is not the best at these playlists but here we gooo

1. Rkomi - Il ritmo delle cose.

2. Porridge Radio - Machine Starts to Sing

3. Fontaines D. C. - It's Amazing to be Young

4. Perfume Genius - No Front Teeth

5. Manic Street Preachers - People Ruin Paintings

6. The Veils - O Fortune Teller

7. The Veils - The Ladder

8. Horsegirl - Well I know you're Shy

9. The Veils - Asphodels

10. Morgan Noise - Not Around

(a couple of these i couldn't sing the tune of even if my life depended on it but overall it was pretty accurate in the end!)

tagging: @pia-writes-things, @hemerae-ramblings, @sweetfairy1 aaand honestly whoever wants to do it!

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Nosos (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- The Dark Plague by the people of Olympius

Crow by Aegle

Scrooge by Apate

Age- 38 (immortal)

Location- The Underworld

Personality- He's a quiet, intuitive, brilliant deity that has an infinity in all things morbid. He has keen interests in things many would consider strange- like death. He's currently seeing someone.

He has the standard abilities of a god except shapeshifting. As the god of illness, plague, & disease his other powers/abilities include pestilence manipulation, infertility manipulation, having supersonic eyesight, necrosis inducement, microbial communication, poison generation/manipulation (toxigenesis), and limited vitakinesis (healing).

Nosos is the eldest child of his parents Nyx (goddess of the night) & Erebus (god of darkness) as well as the eldest of his siblings Apate (goddess of fraud & deception), Keres (goddess of violent death), Arae (goddess of curses & hexes), Charon (Ferryman of the Underworld), Achlys (goddess of the death mist, poison, misery, & sadness), Thanatos (god of death), Hypnos (god of sleep), Nemesis (goddess of retribution), Hemera (goddess of the day), and Aether (god of the upper atmosphere, celestial bodies, & heavenly light).

He lives by himself in a reasonably sized Victorian style house built out of blackwood. Inside the color scheme is pale green, gray, brown, dark green, & black. The flooring is black marble while weeds and thorn branches decorate the windowsills. There are framed vintage medical art & diagrams as well as the heads of several taxidermied animals, including a dragon's skull. There's also wood and leather furniture & there's a constant smell of cleaning solution and rubbing alcohol.

Notable physical features include his long dreadlocs- which is always tied neatly away from his face and his flawless dark ochre skin.

Nosos has a few pets- three crows named Scar, Cloak, & Shadow as well as a hellhound named Ghost- due to his albino fur.

He's fluent in Latin.

Nosos is extremely knowledgeable about all diseases and illnesses that can affect any & all beings of the three realms.

He'll typically start out his day with a session of meditation before going out on a run with Ghost through Shadowstone Park. Nosos will feed his crows their meal of sliced grapes, pomegranate seeds, nightshade berries, and rat meat before leaving.

He and his parents used to be very close. They shared a lot of trauma during the rule of Kronos (Titan god of the harvest, time, & fate). His parents were part of the king's esteemed guardsmen while Nosos served on the council as the High Healer- a learned deity in histories, science, and medicine who provided counsel to as well as handling the health & wellbeing of the king.

Things were more than well during The Golden Age. Shortly after the birth of the king's son Aidoneus- who will later be known as Hades (god of the dead), Nosos started noticing unsettling behavior regarding Kronos. It began with hallucinations of his father Ouranos (primordial god of the sky), then his constant requests of essence of nightshade to help him sleep, followed by his growing maltreatment of his heir and wife Queen Rhea (Titaness of fertility, motherhood, & comfort). Nosos was even ordered to try the meals of the king because Kronos thought his food was at risk of being poisoned. Nosos searched through all available texts to find a cure for the king's mental afflictions- even traveling to the Underworld to seek counsel from it's ruler- Kronos' brother Krios (Titan god of stars & constellations), but he was met with a nonsensical rambling that included the statement, "There's a battle brewing in the stars."

Things only got worse when Kronos ordered all of his servants to be executed. Anytos (Titan god of anonymity & secrets) handled the hangings and beheadings at first while Nosos handled the cleaning of the bodies before they were sent off to the crematoriums. A cataclysmic wave of illness & disease soon plagued Titanius. Weeping sickness amongst the dryads, Blue Fever afflicting the beings of the Underwater realm, and no being (no matter where they lived) was able to escape the grasp of the Black Death- a bubonic plague pandemic that occured all throughout the realms (though the Underworld had the lowest rate of mortality).

Kronos became convinced that all these ailments were the fault of Nosos- that he was conspiring against him. The king ordered Nyx and Erebus to bring their son to him so that he could revoke his immortality before taking his head. Nosos & his parents escaped, where they hid out in the Underworld in the Tartarus region.

He wanted to prove his worth as a deity, so Nosos volunteered in the most well known battle of the Titanomachy- The Fall of Mt. Othrys. His parents participated in the battle too. Before he could actively participate, Nosos suffered a near catastrophic fall when a giant hurled a boulder at him. Any other being falling from such a height would've been killed instantly. Being an immortal deity, Nosos was seriously injured- breaking almost every single bone in his body. The new king of the liberated country/realm now known as Olympius presented him with an Imperial Gold body brace, crafted by the blacksmithing cyclopes. That moment was also when Nosos was introduced to the deity that would eventually become his mentor- Asclepius (god of medicine). When he was nearly healed, Zeus (god of the sky, thunder, & lightning) treated him to a night in a brothel- complete with a few whores dressed as wet nurses. He became enamoured with one that night- a mortal named Anatolia, but she was a married mother of two.

He was so ashamed and embarrased about his lack of conviction in the war that it was many years later that he gathered the courage to face his parents again (who made their permanent residence in the Underworld). By that point Nyx had given birth to three daughters- with her currently pregnant with Charon.

A typical breakfast for him are buttermilk biscuits spread with pomegranate and blackberry jam, burnt strips of bacon, slices of wheat toast topped with black butter, & an egg omelette (added with black olives, red pepper flakes, and spinach). He also likes a big bowl of Earthly Harvest raisin crunch cereal.

A go-to drink for him is an obituary cocktail- a drink made with gin, dry vermouth, & absinthe. He also likes ginger ale, earl grey tea, beer, mojitos, his homemade ash plum-spinach smoothies, nightshade berry juice, water, classic martinis, pomegranate wine, chocolate almondmilk, and dark & stormy cocktails. He doesn't like coffee.

As time went on, Nosos started pulling more and more away from his family till he moved out of the Mansion of Night. His youngest siblings are total strangers to him, but he is aware of them. Nosos feels forgotten, not by his siblings as so much his parents. He doesn't want to seem like a needy petulant child begging for his parents attention, so Nosos just keeps away. Every once in a while he'll stop by briefly for a few minutes while Erebus packs some leftovers for him. It does make him feel a bit better knowing that his parents still want to initiate contact with him- with their e-mails, phone messages, & invitations to family gatherings.

Nosos' sister Apate is one of the reasons he tolerates traveling out-of-realm. She doesn't put any pressure on him to be anything other than what he is and she doesn't believe in the heirarchy that exists among the deities. She even invited him on a night out to a club she was DJing in Crete. He managed the loud music and the sweaty beings through gritted teeth.

He sent Keres a bouquet of black dahlias & a handwritten note to congratulate her on the success of her film Blooddancer.

Nosos' main source of income comes from overseeing the Necrodegmon Institute of Morturary Science, the oldest & most well known mortuary school since Olympius was founded. It's located in the Underworld. He also examines the shades before their official placement. Nosos also models for The Black Label, the menswear brand of his friend Moros (god of doom).

Even though he holds no ill will towards Hades, Nosos does find it disrespectful that he wasn't offered a seat on The Dark Council.

His favorite dessert is his mom's nightshade berry baklava.

Nosos feels an unspoken kinship with not only Apate but with other deities that have been chewed up and spat out by pantheon like Rhea & his mentor. He was disgusted when he learned that Asclepius had his godly abilities stripped away as well as never being allowed to practice medicine again.

The mentor/mentee relationship has now shifted into a geniune friendship since Asclepius' punishment. Nosos will travel to New Olympus to see him at his cottage while they reminisce about the bad ol' times while sharing a blunt and drinking a few beers. They both commiserate on how alone they feel & are, especially since Asclepius' wife Epione (goddess of soothing pain) filed for legal separation and their two youngest kids still live in Kos with her. Nosos does feel guilty about keeping a certain secret from him.

Some of his favorite sweet treats include ash plum sorbet, dark chocolate almondmilk ice cream, and pomegranate sorbet.

After much self reflection, Nosos made the decision on his own to seek out therapy. While in New Olympus, he'll also go to his scheduled appointment with his therapist Pathos (god of emotion). He has walked out several times whenever his percieved failure at battle was brought up until he collasped emotionally- finally pouring out his heart to Pathos. Another topic of discussion has been Nosos' unsuccessful attempts at romantic relationships. He's now coming to terms regarding his actions of love bombing & getting attached quickly despite the other partner's feelings.

He used to date Paean (goddess of physicians) and Iaso (goddess of cures & remedies). Both relationships lasted a few weeks, with a pattern of Nosos pushing for commitment right from the start as well as constantly sending them unwanted gifts.

Now, Nosos' been seeing his mentor's younger sister Aegle (goddess of good health) for a while. He was instantly physically attracted to her when she stopped by for a visit. Wanting to break the cycle of his previous bad behavior, he acted cold and aloof towards her, but at the end of the day when Aegle was getting ready to leave, Nosos asked for her number. He invited her to his parents' ranch where they made out heavily in an empty stable. They slept together for the first time at his place. He likes the fact that Aegle doesn't see his failures when she looks at him. Nosos also enjoys hearing her laugh and catching the citrus scent of her hair. During a late night phone call she told him "I love you." He could only reply by saying "Oh" before hanging up.

In the pantheon Nosos is also friends with Lelantos (Lantos) (Titan god of air, the unseen, & hunting) as well as Phonos (god of murder).

He's thinking about having Aegle as his plus one when he goes to the wedding of Moros and Oizys (goddess of anxiety, misery, & depression).

He enjoys listening to folk, rock, grunge, and classical music. Nosos has enjoyed every bit of music Moros has recorded thus far.

In his free time he enjoys watching TV (his go-to being science & medical documentaries as well as true crime shows), reading, taxidermy, sailing (along the River Lethe), hellhorse riding, and cooking.

Nosos' all time favorite meal is a spinach salad topped with black sesame seeds and pomegranate vinaigrette along with a beef and broccoli stew served with steamed brown rice. He also likes his mother's scorched chicken with beef patties & his dad's bourbon barbeque ribs. His favorite take out order is jjajangmyeon. There's a hole-in-the-wall place in the Underworld that makes the best!

"Death is the cure for all diseases."

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I was tagged by @sothischickshe 🫶 (sorry for the delay lol)

Rules: Tag 10 people you’d like to get to know better!

Relationship status: single

Favorite colour: raspberry red

Song stuck in my head: can't fight the moonlight

Dream trip: idk somewhere pretty by the sea

Last googled: BBW urban dictionary (there is context to this)

Anything I want now: a wifi

Last song listened to: Diamand v2

Currently watching: Just finished my HPI rewatch, I watched a mini series called Sous Contrôle so I'm a little in between rn

Currently reading: HPI fics lol

Current obsession: if we're talking in general then color analysis, if we're talking celebrities then Audrey Fleurot

10 of your comfort shows: Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, The Office, HPI, House M.D., The Leftovers, The Nanny, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Veep

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ch.14: The Siren

Story Masterlist

Fandom: Sailor Moon (Crystal)

Rewrite of season 2, AU-ish in that there’s new OCs and the fusion of plots from the manga, crystal and the og series

Pairings: Eventual OFC x OMC, Usagi x Mamoru

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"No, go left! Sailor Venus take the route towards the central and - no, wait! Take a right!"

"WHICH IS IT!?" came the roaring voice of Sailor Venus over the comm. system.

Azula blew some air out and rubbed her face. She splat a hand on the monitor and gazed at the screen again. Street security cameras allowed her to see where the blonde Sailor Scout was headed - along with the others - but Azula was still having trouble locating the precise location they were searching for. Thankfully, Luna hopped onto the stool beside hers and Artemis took the other on her left. The two cats started directing Sailor Venus towards their assumed location.

"Thanks guys," Azula said to the two cats afterwards. "I'm a bit...under stress…" Her blue eyes gazed over the multiple tabs opened on the computer. Some belonged to Koan, the Black Moon Clan, Chibiusa, Senka, Reign...it was way too much for one person.

"Don't worry, we're a team after all," Artemis reminded.

"Well this team needs to find our newest member who seems hell bent on dominating animals everywhere," Azula leaned back in her chair.

Sailor Siren was definitely awake and causing havoc in her disoriented state. They hadn't been able to capture her yet but since she had practically every animal worshiping the ground she walked on, Azula theorized by finding where the animals were disappearing to they would then find Sailor Siren.

"Azula, we're here, but there's nothing," Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury reported from one location across the city.

"It's just business as usual," Sailor Mars added.

Azula zoomed in on their location and confirmed this was the case. Animals were still freaking out but people were going on about their business like nothing.

"Azula," Sailor Jupiter reported in, "we've got the same thing over here with us. Are you sure this is the place?"

Once more, Azula set to work. "Yeah, it's where the traces were leading to. Hold on, let me—"

"Azula!" Sailor Hemera called in.

"What!?" Azula snapped under the pressure.

Sailor Hemera snorted. "Cracking under the pressure already?" Azula groaned and muttered under her breath but otherwise continued to locate them.

Sailor Hemera was crouched over a rooftop overlooking the mall. Her sister, Sailor Asteria joined her.

"Don't mess with my human," Sailor Asteria scolded lightly.

"What?" Hemera gave her a weirded look.

Asteria faced the city, completely calm. "I adopted her. She's my human pet—"

"No I am not!" Azula shouted through their comms., absolutely offended with what she was hearing. "I am not your human pet! Would you quit saying that!?"

A smirk spread across Sailor Asteria's lips hearing Azula ramble on about how offensive it was to be called someone's pet. Sailor Hemera gave her a look. "You're awful," she couldn't help chuckle.

"Guys!" Azula suddenly called, serious now. "An unidentified figure has been spotted just a corner from where Sailor Asteria and Sailor Hemera are at. She's causing quite the havoc…"

Sailor Hemera straightened and listened up for any strange noises. Sure enough, there were shrill screams of humans. "Oh Sailor Siren…"

The two Shadow Scouts ran towards the noises and were of course the first to get there.

A tall, blonde haired girl was laughing in the air as dozens of pigeons pecked at numerous people. "I can make it all stop, petty humans, so long as you kindly direct me to Princess Reign."

"The same story, I see," they heard Azula through the comms. "She's radiating a lot of energy just like you did, Asteria."

Both Shadow sisters gazed at their third comrade from a rooftop. Sailor Siren was by the far the tallest of the four Shadow Scouts. Her blonde curly hair swooshed in the air. There was no recognition of herself within her light blue eyes. But for her comrades, she remained the same youthful beauty she had been back then; Sailor Siren lived up to her mythological name.

"Siren…" Sailor Asteria cautiously stepped towards Sailor Siren, her hands making a gesture she was no enemy. "It's us," she nodded to Sailor Hemera just a step behind, "We're your comrade sisters, remember?" Sailor Siren's eyes flickered from one Shadow Scout to the next. "I know you're confused but you have to calm down. You're overflowing with power and you can get hurt."

From the base, Azula watched intently. "Hm, that's the first time she speaks with actual kindness," she murmured to the cats with her.

"I heard that," Asteria scolded.

Sailor Siren balled her fists on her sides. "If you were truly my comrades you would have already scoured this planet for Princess Reign! There would be no human left in existence! It's their fault after all!"

"Siren, please," Sailor Hemera begged. "Let us take care of you right now."

"Ha! I am going to search every last corner of this planet for Princess Reign! And if I have to I will ask help from Obscurius!" Sailor Siren held her arms to her sides. "Their gifts will help me find the Princess!"

From the base, Azula reacted to those words. "What kind of people are Obscurians?" she looked at Luna but the purple cat had no idea either.

In the streets, Sailor Siren still could not be coerced. She was throwing punches at Sailor Asteria who only deflected them with her own fists.

"Sailor Siren!" Sailor Hemera shouted and, at the same time, flung forwards her golden boomerang.

Sailor Siren growled when the boomerang smacked her on her forehead. Sailor Asteria whirled around, furious for Hemera's move. "What the hell was that for!?"

"She was about to punch you!"

Sailor Siren used the sisters' quarrel to introduce her own attack. She began to whistle a soft, rhythmic tune that froze both sisters in their spots.

Azula squinted her eyes at the screen. "What are those two doing?"

The two Shadow sisters were beginning to fight against each other. They threw punches, dodges, kicks, everything but their attacks.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" Azula groaned and reached for the comms. "She's living up to her Siren name," she mumbled just as she got in contact with the other Scouts. "Girls! We've got a situation! Sailor Siren is hypnotizing Sailor Asteria and Hemera into fighting against each other. They could seriously hurt each other!"

Sailor Venus arrived first and threw her love chain to capture Sailor Hemera. Sailor Jupiter grabbed Sailor Asteria back and kept her still.

"Use the sedatives!" Azula shouted.

Sailor Mars whipped out her sedative but Sailor Siren landed in front of her and kicked it out of her hand. Before Sailor Mars bad the chance to react properly, Siren backhanded her to the ground.

"Sailor Siren, we're your friends!" Sailor Mercury attempted to reason with her.

"I don't have friends anymore!" Sailor Siren roared and went to punch her next. "I only want to find Princess Reign!"

"Well you're not going to do it that way!" Sailor Mars rubbed at her chin as she got up. "Burning Mandala!"

Sailor Siren backed from Sailor Mercury and had to duck to avoid the fire. Slowly, Sailor Asteria and Hemera came out of the trance Sailor Siren put them in.

"We will not stop until you come with us!" Sailor Venus warned.

Sailor Siren backed a step, one hand towards them. "I will find Reign." Sailor Mars prepared another attack with her paper slips, something Siren picked up on. "Don't get in my way! Sonic Scream!" Sailor Siren then released a high pitched scream that echoed in every corner of the street. Everyone collapsed to their knees, hands clutching ears to drown out the awful noise in the air.

Even Azula had to take measures by turning off audio to avoid bleeding in the ears. Sailor Siren proved to be a deadly opponent.

~0~

Five sedatives were dropped on a circular table in the Moon base following a bumpy match.

"What even is Sailor Siren?" Azula rubbed a finger in her left ear as if Sailor Siren was still screaming. "How could she possibly be a good Sailor Scout?"

Asteria was quiet and serious. She wasn't too pleased their friend had ran off but even she knew it wasn't their fault. "Sailor Siren was a deadly Scout back in our days. Her songs hypnotized those in her way and she could make them do just about anything. But nothing was more powerful than her Sonic Scream."

"Was this just with humans or with animals?" Minako inquired.

"Back then it was just humans."

"The excess power is probably letting her songs reach animals for the moment," Ami theorized. "This is more dangerous."

"I can't believe Shadow housed this sort of Scout," Rei mumbled under her breath. She could still feel echoes of pain jabbing at her chin from the backhand Sailor Siren had given her earlier.

"Our powers do not make us evil," Meroko frowned. "Sailor Siren was a kind Scout. Her sole purpose was to make sure people in Shadow never harmed Reign."

"Look, whatever she did then does not matter right now," Makoto interrupted the small lecture. "She's out there putting people in danger and we need to stop her."

"But how do we sedate her if we can't get near her?" Minako huffed from her spot. "One song and we're all going to fight each other."

Azula tilted her head in thought, her finger tapping against her chin. "What if we create devices to block out her voice?" Everyone in the room turned to her for a better explanation. Azula uncrossed her arms and went on to elaborate. "We send in only a few of you guys to meet with Siren, but we send you with devices equipped to block out her soundwaves. That way, one of you could use the sedative and put her down."

"Could we really do that?" Makoto looked unsure of it but Ami seemed more inclined with the idea.

"I think we can," the blue-haired girl nodded. "There's already devices like that in regular stores. All we would have to do is amplify the effects."

"We can do that, no problem," Azula grinned.

"Alright, so we have the new plan. Who's going to inform Usagi?" Meroko asked but Asteria huffed.

"You mean little miss Moon Princess who's overly irresponsible she couldn't even come to help us today?"

Azula rolled her eyes at the girl. "Calm down Star Queen. Usagi got roped into babysitting Chibiusa. She couldn't very well leave the little girl on her own right? Now that��would be irresponsible."

Asteria huffed again. "And the Prince?"

"Him...I have no idea."

~0~

Have a safe return, Sailor Hemera,' Princess Reign waved goodbye to her sunny Scout. Sailor Hemera gave her traditional bow before exiting the Earth palace and headed back for the Shadow Kingdom.

Beside Reign, Endymion appeared with a studious expression. "It's odd for Sailor Hemera to visit the kingdom."

"Well, Asteria is on guard right now and I suppose mother sent Hemera to see how I was doing."

"And to see if I was keeping my word in protecting you."

A light smile slipped through Reign's face, not that Endymion would see due to the enchantment on Reign. "I could not lie about that. My mother knows I am a danger to myself and the world. She has to be sure that I am guarded at all times."

"And yet, even then, you refuse to have my Generals accompany you."

Reign sighed and leaned over the balcony to stare up at the shiny Moon in the dark sky. "I wish to be free, Endymion. You granted me a little bit of it. Please don't take it away from me."

"I only allow it because you're within the palace. But you know that if you were to ever want to leave the palace you would need to be accompanied."

"Me? Leave? Never," Reign said with utter regret. "It is my fate to stay locked away forever. Even when the world looks so beautiful…"

Endymion assumed she was watching the Moon. She often expressed (to him and Serenity) wishes of seeing the Moon Kingdom, or just about any other kingdom. "Maybe one day…"

Reign shook her head. "Mother would never allow it. My existence must always remain a secret. Even my sister planet probably doesn't know about me."

"Obscurius?" Endymion recalled the planet similar to Shadow.

"Mhm. Their people are the only people who can match Shadow's gifts and abilities. I know they have a royal line, rules and laws...but I think they are free unlike my people. It's my fault, like always."

Reign expressed herself with utter sadness. Endymion hated that he could not do anything to help his friend. She didn't deserve to live the way she did: feeling like a burden.

Mamoru blinked out of his memory trance. He looked down at the mug of coffee he'd been nursing. He didn't even realize at what moment he had began to remember. The images just came to him without warning. But with each new memory, he felt like he began to know Reign even more. The sense of friendship was strong, along with lingering feelings of pity and sorrow for the girl. It was clear that Reign never got to leave Earth and travel.

But he was curious about her abilities. All day he'd been getting blips of memories concerning Reign and her abilities. Mamoru knew of her healing abilities, agility and illusion tricks, but he wanted to know more. He was sure Reign confided in him about those abilities, he just needed to remember more.

"Reign, please, talk to me…" Mamoru whispered, for some reason believing this would help him. He couldn't explain it but he felt like Reign was close to him. Something within made him sure of it.

~0~

Usagi thought she was loud up until she met Chibiusa. The girl screamed and yelped at least twice as loud as she would. It was why the knocks on her front door took at least five minutes to get noticed. By the time Usagi went to answer, Azula was mad with impatience.

"Do I need to get a bullhorn or something to get your attention?" the red-haired girl demanded with a frantic tapping shoe.

Usagi sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck. "Sorry, Azula. Chibiusa is just too loud!"

Hearing her name, Chibiusa poked her head out from the living room. "I am not loud! You're — hi Azula!" she beamed at the sight.

Azula gave a small wave with her free hand. "Hey, Usa."

Chibiusa beamed at the new nickname. "You can call me that all you like!"

Usagi growled at the girl for her uber kindness at Azula. Chibiusa always yelled at her for the littlest of things.

"Usagi, I came to talk," Azula pulled the blonde from her thoughts. She motioned to the notebook in her hand, indicating to Usagi it was theory time.

Usagi brought Azula into her living room and warned Chibiusa to stay out of it. The pink-haired girl of course huffed and muttered a few words here and there but ultimately entertained herself with some television in the room. Her LunaP ball mildly bounced beside her on the couch.

Meanwhile, Azula and Usagi sat on the ground with a coffee table between them. Azula had opened her journal which was full of notes and diagrams. Usagi had to rub her eyes from so much color.

"Is that a family tree?" she pointed at a purple square encasing the name 'Reign'.

"Mhm," Azula nodded. "I wanted to map out the Royal Shadow line."

Usagi saw 'Queen Nyx' written inside another purple box with a line going down to Reign. Next to Queen Nyx was another square, presumably Reign's father, but was intentionally left blank.

"So the Royal Shadow Line has a very long lifespan," Azula remarked. She dragged her finger down the Queen's and princess's names and onto the four Shadow Sailor Scouts. "These people lived for centuries but I suppose the oldest was Queen Nyx. Though since there's no real truth of her ending we can only presume she's actually dead."

Usagi squeaked at the prospect. "You think the Shadow Queen still lives?"

Azula gave a small shrug. "Maybe. Only Sailor Circe knows what truly happened to the Shadow people, after all."

"I don't know…" Usagi said quietly. "It's already a wonder of how Reign survived…"

"Well, that's because your other mother knew Reign needed to exist in order for the Shadow Dominion Gates to remain closed. She reincarnated Reign for safety." Azula passed the next page of her notebook to reveal notes on the previous Queen Serenity and Queen Nyx. "Which means that Queen Nyx had to have held some communication with Serenity. I also believe Queen Nyx communicated with Obscurius, the sister planet of Shadow."

Usagi furrowed her brows. "But Meroko said that planet was destroyed."

"Doesn't mean they couldn't build a new one. That's what I came to talk to you about, actually."

"What?"

Azula passed the next page, and at the top of the first page was 'OBSCURIUS' written in black. She pointed a finger at the name. "Sailor Siren mentioned this planet. She mentioned their people and their gifts. She said they could help find Reign. Usagi, you wouldn't happen to remember anything of this planet?"

Usagi blinked out of surprise but she ultimately thought about it. Her memories of Reign were still scarce. She knew Mamoru remembered far more than her but perhaps she did know something about Obscurius.

From the couch, Chibiusa pretended to be watching the television but she was way too listening in on the conversation. She didn't know they were barely looking into Obscurius. Mommy said never to divulge information, she remembered. Timelines are sacred, she told herself.

"I'm only thinking that maybe finding this planet, their people, would be key to finding Reign," Azula shared her thoughts. "It's obvious they still live today."

Chibiusa began biting her lip to keep quiet. They're making it too hard for me...

"But how?" Usagi asked. "We already have enough people to search for and that hasn't been easy."

Azula sighed. "Yeah, I know. This is stupid. Sorry." She closed her notebook and frowned. "I don't have powers so I like to think myself useful by making all these notes and theories."

"And they're great!" Usagi didn't hesitate to exclaim. "You're amazing at this. You give us new ideas."

"Just not the one I had about letting humans have their Crystals taken, huh?"

Usagi sheepishly smiled. "All your other ideas are amazing."

Azula laughed. "Fine. I'll take the compliment." She began to get up from the floor and gathering her things. "I have to go. Ami and I are making devices to help us fight Sailor Siren."

Usagi was in the dark about the new plan, Azula remembered then. "Did I forget to mention? Sailor Siren has a killer voice, literally. Girl can scream and hypnotize people. She had Sailor Asteria and Sailor Hemera fighting each other. It's actually less hilarious than one would think."

Usagi blinked. "What!?"

"Ami and I are going to make devices that will allow the girls to drown out Sailor Siren's voice. That way we can sedate her and bring her in."

"Sounds good. I'm in," Usagi stood up but Azula refused it.

"Are you kidding me? The last thing we need is a rogue Sailor Moon on us. It's better if you stay out of this one, Usagi. Trust me."

"But…" Usagi bit her lip, nervous of the idea.

Azula put a hand on Usagi's shoulder. "Believe me, it's better this way. Rei will come over here later today just to make sure you're protected."

"But what about the others—"

"They will be fine," Azula assured. "We'll keep monitoring them from the base. But seriously, please, stay in doors. You too Chibiusa."

Chibiusa pretended to come out of her television moment. "What?"

"There's going to be a new Sailor Scout in the air today and it's better if you stay in here with Usagi."

Chibiusa nodded her head obediently, once again causing Usagi to growl. All day it had been a battle just to get Chibiusa to clean her room. Maybe Azula should take care of her, she thought. No point in making Azula suffer, she later added with a smirk.

~0~

On her way to the base, Asteria found Azula buying a milkshake in the café shop. Of course unable to resist, Asteria walked in to join her. "I thought you were supposed to be in the base already?" the platinum blonde inquired.

"I needed to replenish my strength," Azula responded.

"Humans require more than sugar, no?"

Azula rolled her eyes and thanked Unazuki for giving her the milkshake. Just as she turned, Asteria noticed the notebook Azula was cradling in her free arm.

"Oh, what's that!?" Asteria plucked the notebook from Azula's hands, ignoring the protests of the redhead.

"Give that back!"

Asteria did no such thing. She headed for a circle table and took a seat to better read the notebook. With a roll of her eyes, Azula followed.

Asteria had already found the profile on her by the time Azula joined her. "You're good at storing information."

"Thanks?" Azula dumbly responded with. With Asteria she could never be sure if a compliment was actually just a compliment and not a setup for a harsh insult.

"You got this wrong though," Asteria tapped a small note on the side of her profile. "While I don't own any powers of the sun, I am also descended from their people. Hence why Meroko and I are twins."

"It was like...two a.m when I wrote that," Azula huffed and sipped from her milkshake.

"Overall" — Asteria passed through the pages of the notebook, eyeing them carefully — "this is actually really good. That's why you're my favorite human." She looked up with a wide smile.

"Would you quit saying that?" Azula hissed. "I'm not your pet."

"No, pets wouldn't talk so much," Asteria agreed, ignoring Azula's scowl.

"How about you make yourself useful and tell me everything you know about Obscurians," Azula surprised her with. If Asteria was going to stick her nose in her notebook, then she would help too.

Asteria blinked, surprised for a second before making a face. "Why would you wanna know about them? They're dead."

"Are you sure?"

Asteria didn't like the sharp stare she was getting from Azula. It made her squirm a bit. "Of...course I am."

Azula didn't think so. She cleared her throat and moved her milkshake a bit to the side. "When death came for you all, where were you, Asteria?"

"I was on my way to relieve Meroko and guard the barrier."

Azula made a mental calculation of where that would put each of the Shadow Scouts during the final hours of their previous lives. "So then, Meroko was barely getting to the human Kingdom trying to save Reign, you were on your way to the barrier dividing both the human and Shadow Kingdom, and Sailor Siren and Sailor Circe were left in the Shadow palace with the Queen."

Asteria followed as much as she could but she truly understood no point. "So?"

Azula shared a small laugh. "Then you don't know what happened in the Shadow Kingdom. You don't know what led to your millennia sleep. Queen Nyx had to have contact with Queen Serenity and Obscurius in order to put you, Sailor Siren and Sailor Circe to sleep."

Asteria looked at the redhead with horror. "What—"

"You said Queen Nyx had been growing ill which probably meant her powers were diminishing. What's to say she didn't have help from Obscurius?"

"Where is all this coming from!?" Asteria nearly shouted.

Azula sighed, she too frustrated with the lack of answers of the mysterious planet. "I just want to know more about Obscurius."

"It's dead," Asteria spat. "It's been dead since the Sailor Wars, alright? Their people fled before ours did. We were lucky enough to find safe haven on Earth but who knows where Obscurians ended up. They're most likely dead, Azula. Give that up."

At the moment Azula felt like there was nothing left to say during that moment. She gave a small nod and bring her milkshake back in front of her to finish.

~0~

There were four sets of hearing devices sitting between the girls in the base. Usagi and Mamoru, however, were not present.

"Okay," Azula picked up a pair. The silver devices were like earplugs but were silver metal. "So these things work like any other Bluetooth devices. You just-" she plugged one into her ear and then the next, "-put them on and then I'll activate them from here." She gestured to the computers behind them.

"And you're sure it'll work?" Rei picked a pair up.

"Ami and I worked on them," Azula pulled the devices from her ears. "They of course work."

Ami blushed at the compliment and chuckled. "We're confident."

"Good because it looks like they'll be needed soon," Luna called from the computers. "The monitors are picking up Sailor Siren's location again."

The rest of the girls ran towards the computers to see for themselves.

"What's she doing now?" Makoto dreaded to think of the humans succumbing to Sailor Siren's voice.

Azula helped Luna get into the security cameras of the street Sailor Siren was and allowed the others to see the new Shadow Scout raging for Princess Reign's safe return. Azula groaned and sat on a stool beside Luna's. "Girl doesn't take a break."

"We should go," Meroko told her sister. The two sisters returned to the table and picked up two hearing devices. Along with them went Minako and Makoto.

Ami took the stool next to Azula since both would be commandeering the mission this time. Both girls got ready as the others started heading out.

Sailor Siren was indeed out and about causing havoc. She had several of the humans aching on the ground, forcing traffic to stop. Others were at her beck and call crashing things.

The blonde was happy.

"Terrorizing innocent people is not the Sailor Scout way, Sailor Siren!" Sailor Venus forced her to stop and turn.

Sailor Siren gazed at the four Sailor Scouts standing across her. Her gaze lingered on the two Shadow Scouts but did not react. "You think I do this because I want to? Of course not. I do what I do to find Princess Reign. Hand her over safe and sound and I can make all this—" she waved a casual wave at the destruction around her, "—go away."

Sailor Jupiter sighed. The story was getting a bit tiresome. "We don't know where Reign is but we're searching for her."

"They are right," Sailor Hemera stepped forwards. "Siren, we're your comrades, remember?" she gestured to herself and Asteria. "We swore to protect Reign above everything."

Sailor Siren seemed to consider the idea of seeing her comrades again but it faded all too soon. "Tricks will not deceive me."

Sailor Asteria took her turn. "Siren, you know Queen Nyx allowed us a peaceful sleep until Reign would reawaken in a new time. Hemera was reincarnated. It's us. Don't you feel it?"

"Enough!" Sailor Siren gave a loud shout.

'I think she's about to go opera on you guys!' Azula warned the girls through the comms.

Heeding the warning, the four Scouts activated their devices and Ami boosted the signal from the base. Sailor Siren lurched forwards with a killer cry that forced all the humans save the Scouts to get on their knees and cover their ears.

"Ha! It's working!" Azula intently watched the screen in front of them. "We are good!" she laughed. Ami agreed with a small chuckle.

Luna and Artemis were much more focused on the work. Luna used her paw to turn the communication on through the activated devices. "You must sedate Sailor Siren fast!"

Sailor Jupiter took her chance first and fired with a thunder attack. Sailor Siren was struck by the lightning due to wondering how they had survived her scream in the first place. She was blasted against the top of a car.

Sailor Venus ran forwards. "Venus love me chain!" her golden chain threatened to capture Sailor Siren but the Shadow scout rolled off the car first. "Damn!"

Sailor Siren jumped back on her feet and began her deadly scream. As soon as she did, Ami and Azula activated the hearing devices. Both girls, and Luna and Artemis, watched with a bit of nervousness as the screams' vibrations rippled through the street.

"It's working!" Sailor Jupiter was the first to notice. Her voice rang perfectly in the others' ears thanks to Azula's tapping.

"Well don't waste time! Get her from behind!" Azula was quick to advise.

"Glimmering Boomerang attack!" Sailor Hemera threw her golden boomerang and struck Sailor Siren on her back, causing the latter to tumble forwards in the ground. "Venus! The chain!"

"Venus love me chain!" Sailor Venus successfully wrapped her chain around Sailor Siren. "The sedative!" she quickly looked around for the needed tool.

Sailor Asteria dropped beside Sailor Siren. "Don't worry, Siren, you'll be better after this," she promised the struggling Scout and plunged the sedative into her arm.

Sailor Siren yelped at the initial pinch but slowly fell under the effects of the sedative. Her head lulled to the side and her body went limp. From the base, the group cheered. Their plan had worked.

"Yes!" Azula high-fived a chuckling Ami who hadn't expected the action. "Boom! That's how we do it! Told you my plan would work!"

Luna punched a paw on the comm. system to communicate with the others. "You better bring Sailor Siren in so she can rest. We'll have to keep her down until the excess of her powers fades away."

Azula snapped her fingers and looked to Ami again. "That is gonna require some math. Care to join me? And by join I mean help me," she cheekily smile.

"Of course," Ami once again chuckled.

[peachykittea]

There is nothing more terrifying than seeing supernatural trending and thinking “oh shit what earth changing event happened this time”

only to find out that nothing happened. This is just the supernatural website. It does that sometimes.

[pia-writes-things]

rules: share the first lines of ten of your latest fanfics (or up to if you have less!) & tag 10 people.

I was tagged by @capybaraonabicycle, tysm !

And I'd like to tag @hemerae-ramblings, @cozcat, @everybodyknows-everybodydies, @bwayfan25, @sapphictea, @saecookie, @lakeofsilverpike, @ironist-lady, @onaperduamedee and @gingerteaonthetardis

I support you if you support me, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

“Your daughter is crying in the bathroom. And our granddaughter is a genius!” Abe exclaimed when he entered the bedroom, positively giddy.

2. The mortifying ordeal of being known, Engrenages

Joséphine se renfonça dans son canapé en soupirant, un verre de vin dans une main, un document légal dans l’autre.

3. Misunderstood, The Wheel of Time (TV)

Siuan can feel the cold ground on her cheek.

4. Ways To Heal, Doctor Who

The Doctor was running, tugging away at Yaz’s hand to make her accelerate.

5. Seconde Chance, L'Art du Crime

Cela faisait des semaines maintenant que Florence se réveillait avec un poids dans l’estomac.

6. Too afraid of the pain, Doctor Who

Donna was looking out into the garden, a steaming cup of tea in one hand, the other one wrapped around her to keep her cardigan closed.

7. River's second wife, Doctor Who

Yaz inhaled as she took in the view before her, a large archaeological dig with various zones delimited by flax cord.

8. A family's love, Agatha All Along

“Finally decided tonight was gonna be the night?”

9. Wait, The Wheel of Time (TV)

Her heart is racing as she feels Joiya and Amico’s shield around her.

10. Push and Pull, The Wheel of Time (TV)

Moiraine woke up with a gasp, her heart pounding.

[susanvstorm]

I was tagged by @hemerae-ramblings (to my surprise!! but im happy about it!!)

Rules: Tag 10 people you’d like to get to know better!

Relationship status: single

Favorite colour: pink

Song stuck in my head: no se ve by emilia ft ludmilla

Dream trip: colombia. one day (cries)

Last googled: song lyrics lol

Anything I want now: a driver license ffs

Last song listened to: me porto bonito by bad bunny

Currently watching: Les Combattentes

Currently reading: The flower of desire by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Current obsession: ...HPI, probably

10 of your comfort shows: Rizzoli&Isles, HPI, Grey's Anatomy, ATLA, Desperate Housewives, Scandal, Winx Club

tagging: @bourbon-ontherocks, @hemerae-ramblings @doryness @baellamyshug

[pia-writes-things]

@hemerae-ramblings you five minutes ago

fic planning be like:

[bourbon-ontherocks]

Dedicated to @hemerae-ramblings because I know she'll love this 😇

😘