#malum amandi

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What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

Malum: The murder of his first wife and his sister, the memory of failing to catch their killer, and his whole experience slowly falling to apathy as he became a demon are all kind of tied for Absolute Worst.

Haley: Does her whole childhood count? If not, the day she learned her aunt, who was the only person who ever loved her and tried to help her until Malum, died (she later learns her aunt was actually whisked away by a goddess to be married in order to prevent the aunt's death, which made her immortal but prevented her from being able to keep seeing Haley).

Ashlyn: Probably one of the many times a god has tried to kill her since she became friends with Carter. She's actually had it pretty good so far in life.

Carter: The first time a human he liked died.

Evelyn: The fight she had with her dad when she learned her mom was alive and a magic guardian of whole other dimension and that her dad took her away without telling her mom. Like learning all of that sucked, but confronting her dad with it was even worse because she trusted him so much her whole life.

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Hi hey, I’m embarrassed to admit I’m not really sure who is who anymore, so as first ask, hi! Could we have a small introduction to you all :D?

Malum gives a small wave, standing up and towering over everyone else. "Hi, I'm Malum. Ummm... I like... cooking."

"And he's a demon," Evelyn adds.

"I wasn't going to lead with that. For obvious reasons. I don't hurt anyone, I promise. I'm a reformed demon."

"And my wonderful husband," Haley says, holding his hand and giving him a soft and reassuring smile. "He saved me."

"And you saved me." Malum smiles back and leans down, kissing his wife gently.

Evelyn fake gags behind them, and then smiles at her gooey-hearted friends. "I'm Evelyn, daughter of a magic flower-guardian of another dimension. But I'm mostly a normal person, I work as a florist and rife a motorcycle and stuff."

Carter steps forward and gives a dramatic bow. "Carter Clevman, god of Cleverness, Craftiness, Charisma and Charm!"

"And pissing off other gods and wearing too much yellow," Ashlyn adds, walking into the room with a tray of fresh raspberry and butterscotch caramel cookies. "Including the god of baking, and I had to have a bake-off with them to save him."

"And she won!" Carter winks. "So see? Clever and crafty."

"And a dumbass," Ebelyn says, not unkindly, just as fact.

"Dumbass by choice, thank you. It makes things more interesting to act without thinking sometimes."

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💀 - for ask game

💀 - Does your OC have any phobias?

Malum (demon with Tragedy Powers because he was turned into a demon from a tragedy before finding redemption and love hundreds of years later): Loneliness, losing his wife and new family

Haley (Malum's wife, raised in an abusive religious household and given a magic necklace by her aunt who went on to marry a goddess and then Haley married a demon): Being controlled, being stuck/trapped, losing her new family

Ashlyn (Friends with Malum and Haley, normal human and best baker in the entire multiverse and besties with a minor god): Wide open spaces. Nowhere to hide, endless running, no cover? I'm projecting on her, she's my projection character

Carter (the minor god mentioned before, smarmy and sassy and chooses to fail his Wisdom and Intelligence Saving Throws most of the time despite being Proficient in both because it's funnier that way): The deaths of his found family

Evelyn (mom is a magical guardian of another dimension and Evelyn also has magic and a cool monster-ish form, punk biker girl aesthetic but she works in a flower shop and is a chaotic dumbass softie for her friends, AKA everyone listed above, also She's My Favorite): Living in a world with no more nature, The Inevitable Collapse, deaths of her found family, death of her father

Doc (Unrelated to any of the above people, he's from a Vampire RP instead, this is specifically the Sia RP version of him so a guy who was forced to be in a vampire cult, then was possessed, then in a coma, then woke up and wasn't a vampire or possessed anymore but had new magic, then learned he always had magic blood, and also he was cursed from birth but that's fixed now, also he died a couple times, all the poor guy wanted to do was be a damn doctor): So many things, he has so many phobias, but I'll tell you what he's not afraid of and that's The Depths Of The Ocean and Rats.

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Evelyn gasps. "Sid is paying attention to us again!"

Carter scrambles off the couch. "She is? At last!" He looks around, and clapa. "The ask blog has been opened again!"

Haley sighs. "Oh dear... does that mean Des is coming back?"

Evelyn shrugs. "Probably, but at least we're out of purgatory."

Malum has nothing to say but he's here too.

(Hey. Look what's back.)

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You've been visited by the random OC question fairy! :D ~☆

What is your character's type or archetype? (For example: the Fool, the Lover, the Fighter, etc.) Why do they fit this archetype? 

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I had to Google what those are and I’ll link the source I’m using in a reblog. It lists the archetypes of Lover, Hero, Magician, Outlaw, Explorer, Sage, Innocent, Creator, Ruler, Caregiver, Everyman, and Jester. So those are the archetypes I’m working with!

Okay, let’s see... Haley might fit The Lover... she’s quite passionate and has a lot of moral conviction, but I don’t think she’s naïve or irrational... The Caregiver might work, but she isn’t lacking in leadership skills or personal ambitions. Her biggest weakness is probably self-doubts... maybe a cross between Lover and Caregiver.

Malum... same as his wife, I think, cross between Lover and Caregiver. I suppose an argument could be made for Explorer or Outlaw, but he’s not restless or unreliable, and he’s not self-absorbed. His weakness is more self-doubts, like Haley’s are. Their stories are meant to parallel each other, after all. Mutual healing and all that.

Evelyn... probably Explorer, but again, not with weaknesses of unreliability or restlessness. More the weakness of Dumbassery. She’s got great powers, and she loves learning how to use them, but uhhhh she also makes pasta in a coffee pot just to see what happens and boils magic flowers to see if it’ll poison her or not. There’s a reason her, Ashlyn, and Carter are the Chaos Trio. They feed into each other’s Dumbassery.

Ashlyn is Caretaker and maybe a little bit of Jester. I think there’s a risk of people mistaking her as The Innocent, because of her ADHD, but she’s not. She’s kind an emotionally vulnerable with her friends, but not a doormat or naïve about the world.

Carter... Magician, Jester, and Sage. My mischievous lad, God of Cleverness, Craftiness, Charisma, and Charm. Dumbass by choice, wise and clever ancient being by trade.

Those are my main five, if I did all of them this would be way too long.

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My OCs as The Random Auto-Generated Chat That Was Here When I Opened the Chat Post Option

The Fab Five: Could you give us directions to Olive Garden?

Mary, who just wants to insult them and their tastes: No, but I could give you directions to an actual Italian restaurant.

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"Sweetheart?"

"Yeah honey?"

"Why is there blood all over the yard?"

Haley looks out the back door. Malum stands on the back porch, looking out at the demon-blood soaked grass.

"Oh. One of your old 'friends' stopped by while Evelyn was over for coffee."

"Ah. ... How are we going to clean this up before the neighbors see it?"

"Well, I called Carter and he said he'd bring a Magic Lawn Sprinkler to wash it away. But we have to look out for weeds with teeth after."

"... Guess it's finally time to buy that weed-whacker, huh? I'll be back in a bit."

"Could you pick up some milk too?"

"No problem, sweetheart." They have a quick kiss, and Malum heads out. Haley smiles and goes back to making a beanie for Ashlyn's birthday.

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“Sid. Sid please. We’re fading. We’re dying. You can’t keep ignoring us!”

Sid sighs. “Carter, please get off of my desk.”

Carter pouts at her.

“I really am sorry, you guys,” she says, looking around the room. “I’ve been hyperfixated on vamp and a half and I just...”

Ashlyn hugs her. “I understand. Don’t worry about it.”

“We’re all going to fade from the memory of the world,” Carter says dramatically, laying on top of Sid’s desk. “We’re going to die!”

“No, we aren’t,” Malum says, picking Carter up off of the desk. “Evelyn?”

Evelyn twirls her fingers, and a vine wraps around Carter’s mouth.

“As long as you don’t forget about us, we’re fine,” Evelyn says.

Sid nods. “The guilt is killing me inside!” she says brightly.

“Oh, no, don’t feel guilty for not having ideas! You can’t help it, your focus is elsewhere,” Haley assures. 

“You’re sure?”

“Of course. Just keep writing what’s making you happy, and we’ll be waiting for when you get back.”

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I feel really bad about not writing anything with my OCs lately.

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okay for the oc costumes ask: who would wear a classic ghost sheet costume, who would do one of the glowstick stick figures, and who would just do a legit fucking cosplay (bonus: what character would they go as?)

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Haley would be the classic ghost sheet, because she’s always wanted to do that but was never allowed (her parents were those kinds of Christians). Maybe Malum would dress up the same, as support. I can also picture Carter doing that.

Evelyn would do the glowstick figure thing, because her glowing blue eyes make it look fucking awesome. Maybe Carter would too, it seems like his vibe.

Ashlyn would do the cosplay, and either go as a book protagonist or as a famous baker. 

Outside of the Fab Five:

Classic Sheet Ghost: Steve, Avery, Liv (Dee thinks it’s super funny).

Glowstick: Leilani, Dee (people always freak out because “Whoa, you actually look invisible, how’re you doing that?!”)

Cosplay: Leilani again (she alternates each Halloween), Eric, Mary.

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I Did That Hunger Games Simulator With My OCs

Some, y’all may recognize. Some... you might not. So Naomi is Leilani’s girlfriend (who I may or not have forgotten I’d made until I found the piece again...), and then Serissa, Grant, Glade, Paisley, Kruff, and Karma are from a thing I started writing when I was 12 right after I read the actual The Hunger Games.

Oh and Authoress is a um... well a-an ego... like, she was an apprentice of The Author form Danger in Fiction... I was like 13.

Anyway.

Oh also there’s a Summary at the very end, so um, TL;DR at the bottom I guess.

The Bloodbath

As the tributes stand on their podiums, the horn sounds. Kruff runs away from the Cornucopia. Ferox runs away from the Cornucopia. Evelyn's Mom runs away from the Cornucopia. Serissa runs away from the Cornucopia. Naomi No-Last-Name gathers as much food as she can. Avery Still-No-Last-Name stabs Haley Amandi while her back is turned. (NOOOOOOOO but also fitting because Avery is dating Mary the demon Hunter and Haley is married to a demonnnnn) Carter Clevman runs away from the Cornucopia. Liv runs away from the Cornucopia. Steve Pennerman grabs a shield leaning on the cornucopia. Leilani Kealoha finds a backpack full of camping equipment. Authoress runs away from the Cornucopia. Jessa, Karma, and Ashlyn Searson work together to get as many supplies as possible. (Hmm, interesting group.) Eric Rodriguez runs away from the Cornucopia. Glade runs away from the Cornucopia. Mary Ferrend runs away from the Cornucopia. Grant finds a bow, some arrows, and a quiver. Malum Amandi runs away from the Cornucopia. LavaDestroys runs away from the Cornucopia. Evelyn Serenatis rips a mace out of Paisley's hands. Dee runs away from the Cornucopia.

Day One

Carter Clevman picks flowers. (Good for you, man.) Avery Still-No-Last-Name questions his sanity. (And that takes a lot. He acceppted Demon Hunter with no issues when Mary told him.) Naomi No-Last-Name injures herself. Grant makes a wooden spear. Eric Rodriguez kills Ashlyn Searson as she tries to run. (ERIC NOOOOOOO SHE’S YOUR NEIGHBOR AND FRIENDDDDDD) Liv explores the arena. Mary Ferrend steals from LavaDestroys while she isn't looking. (Heh) Serissa injures herself. (Wh- girl how you are a Mary Sue,) Ferox questions her sanity. (Yeah that’s fair.) Paisley hunts for other tributes. Authoress kills Leilani Kealoha with a hatchet. (NOOOOOOOOO) Evelyn's Mom questions her sanity. Dee sprains her ankle while running away from Steve Pennerman. (Oh no her ghost ankle) Jessa practices her archery. Kruff runs away from Evelyn Serenatis. Glade injures herself. Karma camouflauges herself in the bushes. Malum Amandi injures himself. (Why did so many of them injure themselves?)

Fallen Tributes

3 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. Haley Amandi District 2 Ashlyn Searson District 1 Leilani Kealoha District 6 (TOT)

Night One

Grant receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor. Glade destroys Carter Clevman's supplies while he is asleep. (Damn Glade, you’ve grown ruthless while I was away from your story.) Mary Ferrend defeats Malum Amandi in a fight, but spares his life. (Holy shit wait what the fuck she is dead set on killing him this is nuts) Liv sets an explosive off, killing Authoress, and Steve Pennerman. (STEVE NOOOOOOOO) Evelyn Serenatis and Dee run into each other and decide to truce for the night. Eric Rodriguez quietly hums. LavaDestroys questions her sanity. Serissa tends to her wounds. Naomi No-Last-Name thinks about winning. Jessa defeats Ferox in a fight, but spares her life. (Frenemies...) Kruff goes to sleep. Evelyn's Mom and Paisley huddle for warmth. Karma and Avery Still-No-Last-Name sleep in shifts.

Day Two

Serissa, Jessa, LavaDestroys, and Evelyn's Mom raid Carter Clevman's camp while he is hunting. (Damn. No mercy.) Eric Rodriguez receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor. Karma, Naomi No-Last-Name, Ferox, and Glade raid Kruff's camp while he is hunting. (KARMA THAT’S YOUR OWN TWIN BROTHER!!!) Evelyn Serenatis discovers a cave. Mary Ferrend receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor. Paisley fishes. Liv tries to sleep through the entire day. (Mood) Dee tends to Grant's wounds. Avery Still-No-Last-Name goes hunting. Malum Amandi tries to spear fish with a trident.

Fallen Tributes

2 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. Authoress District 9 Steve Pennerman District 7

Night Two

Kruff passes out from exhaustion. Grant looks at the night sky. Ferox begs for Avery Still-No-Last-Name to kill her. He refuses, keeping Ferox alive. (Ferox, the hell?) Serissa, Dee, Jessa, Eric Rodriguez, and Mary Ferrend sleep in shifts. LavaDestroys loses sight of where she is. Paisley defeats Glade in a fight, but spares her life. (I should hope so, that’s your little sister Paisley.) Carter Clevman destroys Malum Amandi's supplies while he is asleep. (The friendly rivalry has escalated.) Evelyn Serenatis throws a knife into Liv's head. (HOLY FUCKING SHIT) Evelyn's Mom begs for Naomi No-Last-Name to kill her. She refuses, keeping Evelyn's Mom alive. Karma loses sight of where she is.

Day Three

Naomi No-Last-Name runs away from Ferox. Glade forces Evelyn's Mom to kill Carter Clevman or Paisley. She decides to kill Paisley. (GLADE! WHAT THE HELL! YOU’RE WHOLE STORYLINE IS HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR SISTER AND WANT TO FIND HER AGAIN!) Jessa receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor. Karma stalks Grant. Mary Ferrend searches for firewood. Dee sprains her ankle while running away from LavaDestroys. Eric Rodriguez searches for firewood. Serissa tries to spear fish with a trident. Malum Amandi scares Evelyn Serenatis off. Kruff searches for firewood. Avery Still-No-Last-Name receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor.

Fallen Tributes

2 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. Liv District 5 Paisley District 11

Night Three

Karma quietly hums. Carter Clevman attempts to start a fire, but is unsuccessful. (Honey you are the god of Cleverness how did this happen) Glade receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor. Grant tends to Dee's wounds. Jessa loses sight of where she is. Avery Still-No-Last-Name tries to sing himself to sleep. Eric Rodriguez thinks about winning. Kruff questions his sanity. Ferox is unable to start a fire and sleeps without warmth. Naomi No-Last-Name and Evelyn Serenatis track down and kill LavaDestroys. (I am okay with this.) Mary Ferrend, Evelyn's Mom, and Malum Amandi cheerfully sing songs together. Serissa receives clean water from an unknown sponsor.

Day Four

Kruff goes hunting. Evelyn Serenatis searches for a water source. Glade tends to Karma's wounds. Mary Ferrend explores the arena. Avery Still-No-Last-Name goes hunting. Malum Amandi receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor. Dee diverts Evelyn's Mom's attention and runs away. Naomi No-Last-Name receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor. Carter Clevman and Grant split up to search for resources. Serissa sprains her ankle while running away from Jessa. Ferox and Eric Rodriguez work together for the day.

(Yay no deaths for the daytime)

Fallen Tributes

1 cannon shot can be heard in the distance. LavaDestroys District 8

Night Four

Avery Still-No-Last-Name passes out from exhaustion. Naomi No-Last-Name looks at the night sky. Ferox sees a fire, but stays hidden. Malum Amandi bashes Dee's head against a rock several times. (MALUM SWEETIE HAVE YOU GONE FULL DEMON BECAUSE HALEY DIED?! HOLY SHIT) Evelyn's Mom goes to sleep. Glade tries to treat her infection. (Oh hey she’s the medic in her story, this lines up shockingly well.) Evelyn Serenatis and Carter Clevman hold hands. (Awww, frens. Dumbasses in crime.) Mary Ferrend and Serissa hold hands. (Wow... you know what, they would actually be cute together.) Kruff and Jessa fight Karma and Eric Rodriguez. Kruff and Jessa survive. (KRUFF DID YOU FUCKING KILL YOUR OWN TWIN SISTER??? YOUR BLIND AND MUTE TWIN SISTER WHO YOU SPENT YOUR LIFE DEFENDING???)

Grant receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor.

Day Five

Jessa begs for Naomi No-Last-Name to kill her. She refuses, keeping Jessa alive. Carter Clevman fishes. Serissa runs away from Evelyn Serenatis. Mary Ferrend tries to spear fish with a trident. Kruff discovers a cave. Avery Still-No-Last-Name silently snaps Glade's neck. (Holy. Shit. Mary taught Avery well.) Ferox overhears Grant and Evelyn's Mom talking in the distance. Malum Amandi makes a slingshot.

Arena Event: Wolf mutts are let loose in the arena.

Jessa is eaten by wolf mutts. (She probably tried to pet them.) Carter Clevman knocks Mary Ferrend out and leaves her for the wolf mutts. (Damn. No mercy from Carter...) Avery Still-No-Last-Name knocks Serissa out and leaves her for the wolf mutts. (DAMN! Avery is fucking ruthless!) Naomi No-Last-Name is eaten by wolf mutts. (Awwww noooooo!) Kruff pushes Ferox into a pack of wolf mutts. (Yeah, yeah this one is fine.) Malum Amandi is crushed by a pack of wolf mutts. (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO) Grant survives. Evelyn Serenatis survives. Evelyn's Mom survives.

Fallen Tributes

10 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. Dee District 5 Karma District 10 Eric Rodriguez District 7 Glade District 11 Jessa District 9 Mary Ferrend District 4 Serissa District 12 Naomi No-Last-Name District 6 Ferox District 8 Malum Amandi District 2

Night Five

Carter Clevman sees a fire, but stays hidden. Avery Still-No-Last-Name tends to his wounds. Evelyn Serenatis receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor. Grant loses sight of where he is. Kruff bashes Evelyn's Mom's head against a rock several times. (HOLY SHIT KRUFF I KNOW YOU’RE A TOUGH GUY TROPE AND ALL BUT- WHAT THE FUCK)

The Feast

The cornucopia is replenished with food, supplies, weapons, and memoirs from the tributes' families. Kruff decides not to go to The Feast. Evelyn Serenatis, Avery Still-No-Last-Name, and Grant start fighting, but Avery Still-No-Last-Name runs away as Evelyn Serenatis kills Grant. (Welp, bye Grant.) Carter Clevman falls into a pit and dies. (Of course that’s how you died you dumbass.)

Day Six

Kruff overhears Avery Still-No-Last-Name and Evelyn Serenatis talking in the distance. (And... apparently that’s the only thing that happened all day.)

Fallen Tributes

3 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. Evelyn's Mom District 3 Grant District 12 Carter Clevman District 1

Night Six

Kruff receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor. Evelyn Serenatis catches Avery Still-No-Last-Name off guard and kills him. (Oooooh, so it’s down to Evelyn and Kruff... this’ll be interesting...)

Day Seven

Kruff attempts to climb a tree, but falls to his death. (Oh. Nevermind, then.)

The winner is Evelyn Serenatis from District 3!

Ahhh, that’s my girl.

SUMMARY

The Bloodbath Avery Still-No-Last-Name stabs Haley Amandi while her back is turned. Day 1 Eric Rodriguez kills Ashlyn Searson as she tries to run. Authoress kills Leilani Kealoha with a hatchet. Night 1 Liv sets an explosive off, killing Authoress, and Steve Pennerman. Day 2 No deaths occurred. Night 2 Evelyn Serenatis throws a knife into Liv's head. Day 3 Glade forces Evelyn's Mom to kill Carter Clevman or Paisley. She decides to kill Paisley. Night 3 Naomi No-Last-Name and Evelyn Serenatis track down and kill LavaDestroys. Day 4 No deaths occurred. Night 4 Malum Amandi bashes Dee's head against a rock several times. Kruff and Jessa fight Karma and Eric Rodriguez. Kruff and Jessa survive. Day 5 Avery Still-No-Last-Name silently snaps Glade's neck. Arena Event Wolf mutts are let loose in the arena. Jessa is eaten by wolf mutts. Carter Clevman knocks Mary Ferrend out and leaves her for the wolf mutts. Avery Still-No-Last-Name knocks Serissa out and leaves her for the wolf mutts. Naomi No-Last-Name is eaten by wolf mutts. Kruff pushes Ferox into a pack of wolf mutts. Malum Amandi is crushed by a pack of wolf mutts. Night 5 Kruff bashes Evelyn's Mom's head against a rock several times. The Feast Evelyn Serenatis, Avery Still-No-Last-Name, and Grant start fighting, but Avery Still-No-Last-Name runs away as Evelyn Serenatis kills Grant. Carter Clevman falls into a pit and dies. Day 6 No deaths occurred. Night 6 Evelyn Serenatis catches Avery Still-No-Last-Name off guard and kills him. Day 7 Kruff attempts to climb a tree, but falls to his death. The winner is Evelyn Serenatis from District 3!

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I Did... Picrews Of My OCs

And here is the link to the one I used: https://picrew.me/image_maker/94097

I realized while making him that Carter would absolutely wear big fancy hoop earrings and look at how well he pulls them off. Sadly I couldn’t find a curly hairstyle the right length but ah well!

:D Ashlyn is... bean...

Closest horn and hair options they had! I think it looks pretty cool! And of course, flowers.

Look at Haley. Look at this precious bean They did have a gold pendant option, which would fit canon more accurately, but... the heart was so cute...

I’m least happy with Malum here but ah well!

I realized towards the end that Des is just... a hot version of me, in more ways than one. I literally went “Oh no, she’s hot,” as I was making this.The only lipstick option was black, but you know what, it fits.

Ferox! Because of course she would wear that headband. Of course she would.

Okay so I was like “Oh I’ll try to make Jessa,” but like, this is NOT how I usually imagine her. But I ended up just going batshit and like, this happened, and I actually love it lol. I might rethink her character design to be more like this tbh.

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I’m Sorry

(Sorry y’all I just suddenly teared up for no reason and then suddenly I was writing this while very choked up, with no discernible reason as to why this occurred.)

(THIS ISN’T CANON OKAY THEY’RE FINE I SWEAR GOD I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I WROTE THIS OR WHAT POSSESSED ME TO WRITE IT)

Haley screamed. She screamed as Malum crashed to the floor, his head making a terrible cracking sound as it hit, his body going limp. Black blood poured from his chest, from the gash that had ripped it apart.

She didn’t think to move but her legs did anyway, and before she processed her own movement she was clutching him, pulling him into her lap. “No, no no no! Please-” she choked on a sob, and as she opened her mouth to speak more all that happened was short, sharp, painful inhales as more sobs tore out of her.

Malum was still. He stared up at nothing, the slight movement of his eyes the only indication that there was still a bit of life left in him.

“Stay-stay with me,” Haley begged as she held him. “Please just stay- stay, stay!”

Malum’s clouded eyes flicked to Haley. His hand twitched, but even that was so weak it was barely perceptible. Haley grabbed it, squeezed it, kissed it. “I love you,” she said, tears running down her face like rivers in a flood. “I-I always will. I love you so-” 

She couldn’t finish her sentence before disolving into sobs once more.

Malum’s faint grip on her hands faded.

He faded.

He was gone.

Haley clutched his body, shaking and crying, holding him so tight that it would bruise a human.

Haley screamed. She held him, she held her husband, her love, her best friend, and she screamed.

She felt a hand on her shoulder. “It’s going to be okay.”

A flash of rage burned through Haley’s grief.

Mary spoke again. “The magic, or whatever it did to you, it’ll wear off. You’ll-”

Haley stood up and ripped the dagger from Mary’s hands. She stood, still, facing the woman who murdered Malum.

Mary held her hands up in front of her. “Please, just calm-”

Haley drove the dagger into Mary’s heart.

She fell to the ground. Her head made a sickening crack. 

Haley stared, seething, her whole body burning with hatred.

And then she collapsed. 

Haley screamed.

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The Aftermath Of Sid’s Vanishing Act

Ashlyn blinks, her hand still hovering in the air where Sid’s shoulder had been only a second ago. “What.”

Evelyn waves her hand through the spot that once held Sid. “She fucking vanished!”

Carter and Haley walk back in from gathering snacks in the kitchen. “Huh? Where’s Sid?” Haley asks.

“That’s what we’re wondering,” Malum says, reaching his own hand out to wave it around the spot.

Ashlyn still hasn’t moved. “I-I don’t understand what just happened.”

Haley sets the snacks down. “Maybe she... got distracted by something? Another imagining?”

Carter too sets down his tray of snacks (consisting mainly of cookies). “Perhaps... but it looks as though she left without warning, am I correct?”

“Just a concerning amount of staring at the wall,” Evelyn confirms. She’s still moving her hand around the spot. Malum is doing the same, though he seems to be focused on something whereas Evelyn is doing it simply because she’s not sure what else to do.

“Well, that’s not like her at all. She always gives a warning, you know how much she prides herself on being polite.” 

Malum rubs his fingers together. “Something’s very wrong.”

Evelyn turned to Malum, incredulous.“Well yeah, no shit. Sid freaking disappeared into thin air!”

“No, beyond that.” Malum let’s his disguise drop a bit, revealing his demonic eyes and the claws on his hands. He swirls his hand in the Sid-less spot. “There’s... a feeling of loss.”

Evelyn looks ready to fight. “Oh no you fuckin’-”

“Not the meme, Evelyn!” Malum snaps. “Actual, real loss. Something... important.” He pulls his hand away and stands up. “We need to find her.”

Ashlyn looks down at the couch cushions. “Yeah. Because that-” she finally moves her hand, and points to the cushion where Sid had been sitting, “-is not normal.”

A small purple crack has appeared in the cushion, somehow both glowing and absorbing all the light around it. 

Carter reaches to touch it. Ashlyn smacks his hand away.

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Carter groans and tosses the magic mirror at the wall. “Disney lied. Mirror’s are a simply terrible method of locating someone.”

Malum rolls his eyes. He focuses back on chasing the sensation of loss, trying to figure out where it leads. 

Ashlyn checks her bow. “Hmm... Evelyn, do you have any new bowstrings?”

“Why would I just have those on me?”

“I don’t know. You have a lot of weapons.”

Haley gets up and pulls a string from her purse. “Here you go.”

"Wh- why do you have that? You have a magic necklace!”

“I have it for exactly this reason.” 

Evelyn thinks about it for a second, then shrugs. “Fair.”

“I think... I think I’ve got it,” Malum announces, hesitant.

“You don’t sound very sure, dear,” Haley says.

“It’s... faint. I-I’ve never tried tracking someone based on tragedy before.” He closes his eyes, his disguise wavering as he put all of his concentration into following the trail. “I... I think she’s still here, somewhere.”

“In the apartment?” Evelyn asks.

Carter shakes his head. “More likely she’s somewhere the city, I’d think.”

“No, no, she’s... she’s still in her imagination, and she’s close to here, just... a little out of sync.”

Evelyn nods. “So... now what?”

“The crack is getting bigger, guys,” Ashlyn says, looking at the couch cushion. The purple crack has indeed spread, moving to the other cushions. 

“I... don’t know.” Malum keeps his eyes closed, trying to think of a solution.

Carter looks between Malum and the crack. He shrugs and lunges for the crack.

“Carter no!” the girls all shout at once. Malum’s eyes fly open just in time to see Carter’s hand touch the crack. The god’s body flashes violet, and then he’s gone.

Everyone stares at the crack. 

“What the FUCK is he thinking?!” Evelyn exclaims. “He should have just told us he was going to do that!” Ashlyn is just a second too slow in grabbing Evelyn’s arm as she, too, reaches out and touches the crack.

Evelyn vanishes in the same way.

Ashlyn throws her arms up in the air. “Fine then!”

“Ashlyn please don’t-” Haley starts, but Ashlyn’s already vanished.

Malum and Haley look at each other. Malum sighs. “Well... they might have figured out how to find Sid, at least.”

Haley takes her husband’s hand, and together they follow their friends. 

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(Little bit of a dry piece but I hope it set up the conflict well.)

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[obsidiancreates]

"it’s a demon. it’s killed people." with somebody talking about Malum?

Mary held her hand out. “Please, Miss, just calm down.”

The woman looked up. She had her hands pressed to the wound Mary had given the demon, getting foul black blood all over her hands. Mary fought back a sound of disgust. The woman had tears running down her face. “Why? Why did you attack him?!”

Mary spoke softly. “It’s a demon, It’s killed people. Please, I know it’s difficult to believe-”

“He is not an it. He’s my husband,” the woman said, her icy cold voice broken with sobs.

Mary couldn’t hide her shock. She’d hunted many Tragedy demons, and as far as she knew they didn’t have manipulative abilities. But this woman was... so genuinely distraught. Beyond upset.

‘Maybe it’s some kind of... new method. Make her fall in love, then betray her, abandon her...’ “Miss, please listen to me. It’s dangerous. I don’t know what it’s said to you but-”

“He’s not dangerous!” the woman snapped. She stood up. The demon was still unconscious, but it’s wound had stopped bleeding. Mary moved forward, knowing she had to finish the job before it woke up.

“I’m sorry, I know this is a lot to take in but-”

“No, don’t you dare get near him,” the woman said. She stood in front of it protectively. 

“Look at it’s blood! It’s not human, it’s a monster! I’m trying to help you.”

“No, you’re trying to kill my love,” the woman growled. Mary stepped back. “He’s not a monster. I know monsters, and he’s as far from one as can be.”

“It’s got you under some kind of influence. Let me kill it and you’ll be free.” Mary pulled her second knife from her belt. “It’ll only take a moment, but I have to do it now.”

The woman stared Mary down. “You aren’t going to do anything to him.”

The demon groaned. The woman put her hands over her necklace, and when she brought them away two glowing daggers formed in her hands. Mary stumbled back. ‘How did she...’ “But... you’re human. Why are you protecting it?”

“We protect each other.” The woman gripped her knives. Her hands shook, but she had a determined fire in her eyes. “Fiercely.”

Mary set her jaw. She had only come to ham the demon. But this woman... she wasn’t backing down. “Very well. If I have to go through you, so be it.” She would avoid harming the woman too badly if possible.

But she would do whatever she had to to kill the creature.

[obsidiancreates]

Oh! And also! I have more followers now so reminder to all: My OCs have an ask blog!

@createdbyobsidian!

Ask anyone anything! :D

[obsidiancreates]

A House Divided

(Sorry this took forever, at first I was just waiting to see if the line breaks would ever return but then Good Omens came out and I hyperfixated way more intensely then I ever expected too.)

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Carter: I found Malum.

Ashlyn: Great! Is he okay?

Carter: I don’t know yet, I still have to go to where he is. Just let Haley know that I’m getting some answers, okay? I’ll see you guys soon.

Ashlyn: Carter? I thought we promised not to be vague about important stuff.

Ashlyn: Carter? 

She groans and turns off her phone. “Okay, just leave me with that helpful information,” she mutters. 

Haley looks up from the book that Ashlyn had handed her to help her calm down. “Any news?”

“Uh,” Ashlyn considers how to phrase it. “Carter thinks he may have found some stuff but he’s unsure.”

“So... nothing,” Evelyn says.

“Pretty much. Sorry, Haley.”

Haley sighs. “It’s... it’s fine. I don’t know why this is even worrying me so much. It-it almost feels like I’m not the worried one. Or, the only worried one.”

Evelyn rubs her back. “It’s okay. Husbands suddenly having creepy grins sounds like a pretty valid reason to be scared.”

“Yeah...”

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Carter looks at Guis. “Are you fucking with me?” He lets his normally “formal” manner of speech fall for the moment.

Guis tsks. “Afraid not.”

Carter shakes his head. “Check again.”

Guis raises an eyebrow. He looks at the blood as it continues to bubble in the enchanted bowl next to him. “Oh look, the result is exactly the same.”

A volcano. Malum... is in a volcano. A volcano that apparently Guis can’t even pin down the location of. “How do I even get there?” he shouts, not expecting an answer.

Guis taps his pen on his desk. It bleeds red ink everywhere. “I could always send you there through a blood pact...”

Carter shakes his head. “No. Not a chance. I’ve already given you too much of my blood.”

Guis shrugs, and grins. “Suit yourself.”

“Wipe that smug grin from your face,” Carter huffs, getting himself back together. “I shall find a way without your help.”

He turns to leave. “Thank you for your assistance,” he says.

“You’re welcome, friend.” The smirk can be heard in Guis’s tone. Carter leaves.

“How did it go?” Nell asks.

“Wonderfully. Have a lovely day Nell,” Carter says as politely as he can as he walks out as briskly as he can.

He texts Ashlyn. She texts back. He texts her again. She texts two more times. He doesn’t check them. He sends his phone back to the pocket dimension. 

A volcano... an active one. 

He had a contact who could help a little more.

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Des swung her sword, the lava around her throne rising with the movement. Malum flinches, which helps Des’s mood a little, but not enough for her to calm down.

“I am sick of this waiting!” She points her sword at Malum and beckons him closer. He obeys, and she grabs the spot on his arm where she had sliced it open. The wound still hasn’t even begun to close, and with a wave of her hand she lifts some lava from around them and pours it into the wound. His veins glow a bright orange, and his wings positively shiver with the mass addition of more scales. “We need to adjust our plan a little, it seems. Can you do that, my dear?”

Malum nods.

“Smile, darling. I’m sending you out. You remember where Ashlyn lives, don’t you?”

“I do.” He’s smiling, and it’s too wide to be real. But it will have to do. She may be able to make him smile, fight, and speak, but it’s all through an endless blazing fog in his mind, filtered too much to come close to genuine. 

“Very good, my dear,” she says, letting his arm go. “Watch her for me. Tell me when she’s alone. Don’t reveal yourself to anyone.”

“I understand.”

Des smiles and takes his hand. “Don’t fail me, or else,” she says sweetly. Then she lets go, and Malum scrounges up some shadow’s to teleport away.

It’s still waiting. But a much more purposeful waiting.

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Sid bites her cheek. Fuck, fuck, fuck.

“I could just warn them,” she says.

It doesn’t make for a good story though.

“I could make Malum snap out of it.”

What a disappointing end to that plot line that would be.

“I could just scrap the whole thing. I could kill Des. I could end it all.”

But could she really? The story has taken on it’s own life by now. 

“Sorry everyone,” she mutters, going back to preventing Des from reading what the protagonists are doing. “All I can do is make sure she plays by the rules.”

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(It’s 3:30 so I hope this is actually good. Heh.)