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[2nd-drop-me-safely-in-this-hell]

ladytrish pre-dmc 1 meeting au?

"A Premature Meeting"

Characters

Lady (Devil May Cry)

Trish (Devil May Cry)

Relationships

Lady x Trish

Premise

A sinister plot unfolds to lure the son of Sparda to his doom... But you know that story. This time around, however, a key player visits an old ally of Dante's just before events go into motion.

Content Warnings:

Firearms (Magically Resisted)

Explosives

Dismemberment (Magically Healed)

Canon Divergence

Author's Note:

This is actually a really good idea, thank you anon. I may actually write a follow-up to this, no promises though.

Lady flopped onto her couch, clutching Kalina Ann in her arms. She hadn't even bothered to change out of her riding suit, but all discomfort and soreness was outweighed by sheer exhaustion.

Her respite was cut short by a loud crash from the far wall. At once, Lady jumped behind the couch and took cover, peeking over to see her own motorcycle lying in the middle of her apartment, leaving a trail of glass and other rubble in its wake.

"What the hell?!" Lady roared.

As if to answer her question, the culprit made herself known. Landing behind the motorcycle was a tall, blonde woman, dressed in black leather boots, with skin-tight pants and a corset to match. Her hair was done up in a pony tail, and her eyes were hidden by a pair of sunglasses.

The woman looked fit, but there was no human explanation for throwing a motor vehicle into a second story window, then leaping in after it. Lady slung Kalina Ann onto her back, and placed a hand on her pistol - the human-sized demons tended to be too fast for Kalina Ann.

The mysterious woman turned, and met Lady's eyes. "Hm... One red eye, one green... Scar across the bridge of her nose... You're the one, alright."

"Tell me why you're here. Now." Lady drew her pistol. "Or else."

The intruder smiled. "Well well... You are a ferocious one, aren't y-"

Lady fired her pistol, hitting her right between the eyes. Even as the bullet crumpled and bounced off, leaving only a bruise, Lady's target grunted. "...That was rude." She hissed through gritted teeth.

Lady scoffed. "I don't know what's considered polite in the Underworld, but up here? Throwing motorcycles into people's windows doesn't exactly say 'I come in peace'."

The stranger chuckled. "I'll remember that next time."

"I won't ask you again." Lady cocked her pistol.

The woman smiled "I just need to know where I can find your friend, Dante."

Dante? Lady thought to herself. This woman knows him... Could she be another family member? Her hair isn't white, but she has his tan, and maybe his nose too...

"Who's asking?" Lady barked.

The demon glared. "No one's 'asking'. You're going to tell me. What's up to you is how much I'm going to hurt you first."

"Wrong answer." Lady fired her pistol again.

This time, the stranger dodged, and in an instant, she tossed the couch aside. "Right back at you." She then seized Lady by the throat, and lifted her off of her feet. "Surely you know by now that your only choice is to cooperate?"

"Think again." Lady retorted. "Look down."

The demon looked down to find that her right foot was planted on top of some sort of metal disk. "What's this?" She inquired.

"That's a landmine. Calibrated to fuck up demons like you." Lady answered.

The demon grinned smugly. "You've never faced a demon like me. I like my chances."

"But do you like mine? If you step off now, we'll both be caught in the blast. And I can't tell you anything if I'm dead." It was Lady's turn to look smug.

The woman's eyebrows raised, and her head cocked to the side. "Well played." At once, she tossed Lady over her shoulder.

She landed right beside her motorcycle, her leathers thankfully shielding her from the broken glass. Lady quickly got to her feet, and pushed the motorcycle upright.

"Oh, no you d-" The demon was cut off by a loud gang, and covered by a puff of smoke.

If this were a regular job, Lady would have stopped to make sure the demon was finished. Instead she climbed onto her motorcycle, and rode out of what used to be her window, landing in the street below and tearing away.

Who the hell was that?! Lady thought to herself. I better get myself to Dante's office. To warn him, and to get some answers.

* * *

"Agh, fuck me..." Trish came to, and looked down at herself to assess the damage. Her right leg was reduced to crystalized ichor. Nothing that wouldn't regenerate, and not nearly as painful as anything Mundus would bestow if he had witnessed this failure, but it was still a surprise.

As the stump began to extend into a complete leg again, she laid back down, and laughed to herself. Looks like I underestimated you, hunter. I hope this isn't the last we see of each other.

[quensty]

actually i think u guys should read this

[and-drop-me-safely-in-this-hell]

Willing Sacrifice

Characters:

Lady (Devil May Cry)

Trish (Devil May Cry)

Relationships:

Lady x Trish (Devil May Cry)

Premise:

Lady is enjoying a quiet evening at home when her girlfriend, Trish, comes knocking with an unusual problem.

Content Warnings:

Starvation (fantastical symptoms)

Knife trauma (magically healed)

Drinking human blood (consensually)

Suggestive dialogue

(send an ask if you think something else should be here)

Author's Note:

This is baby's first fanfiction, so go easy on me.

It was a quiet, calm winter evening. Lady sat by the window, sipping cocoa and watching the snow fall outside from inside her warm apartment. She was dressed comfortably, wearing a thick white sweater and a pair of black briefs. It was nights like these that took the edge off of the otherwise loud, chaotic, and uncertain life of a devil hunter.

However, the calm was interrupted by a loud knock on the door. Lady quickly set aside her mug, and approached the door. While she recognized the rhythm, she still retrieved a pistol from under the couch cushions on the way, and before unlocking the door, peered through the peephole.

Upon seeing the face she expected, Lady unlocked the door, and cracked it open.

Trish stood, hunched and shivering in front of the door. She wore what she always did; her dark sunglasses, and a black leather getup of studded bracers, a corset, pants, and high-heeled boots. But over this, she wore a thick pink bathrobe, pulling it around herself.

Her dress wasn't the only unusual thing about her tonight. Her normally smooth, tan complexion was now pale, clammy, and - most alarmingly - flaking and crumbling away.

"Trish? Shit, babe, are you okay?" Lady opened the door wider, ignoring the nagging awareness that this could all be some kind of ruse.

"Lady..." Trish's voice sounded weak. She was looking at the floor, rather than meeting Lady's gaze.

"Get in here, now." Lady put an arm around Trish, and led her inside, shutting the door behind them. Lady could feel through her bathrobe that Trish's normally muscular body was extremely thin. The pair sat on the couch, and Lady set aside her pistol. "What's going on? You look awful."

Trish still avoided eye contact. "It's a demon thing. I wouldn't expect you to understand."

"Well maybe I would understand if you'd tell me what's happening." Lady put her other arm around Trish, and squeezed her tight. "Please. You're scaring me. What's wrong?"

Trish sighed. "I'm... Hungry."

"...Okay, I could get you some-" Lady paused, remembering that Trish is a demon, and knowing what demons require for sustenance. "Oh. You need blood, don't you?"

Trish nodded.

"Alright then, I'll see what I can do." Lady hurried into her pantry. She dug around for a moment, before pulling out a green crystal in the shape of a star. She then headed into the kitchen, and set the crystal on the counter. Shs pulled a wine glass from the cupboard, and a knife from a drawer, before returning to the counter.

Trish finally looked in Lady's direction. "I... Won't ask you to-"

Lady was already cutting into her palm, wincing as she squeezed the blood into the glass. Trish fell silent, and watched intently, her stomach growling as the glass filled with crimson.

When the glass was half-full, Lady set aside her knife, and picked up the crystal. Trish recognized it as a Vital Star, an alchemic stone with healing properties.

Effortlessly, Lady crushed the crystal in her hand. Green mist rose from her palm, and Lady inhaled. She held her breath, and the wound on her palm glowed as it sealed shut. Finally, Lady exhaled, and set aside the now broken and colorless crystal.

Lady picked up the glass in both hands, and approached Trish, before handing her the glass. "There. I hope this is enough."

Trish held the glass in her shaking hands, breathing heavily as she stared into the pool of scarlet blood.

"Go ahead. It's for you." Lady put a hand on Trish's shoulder.

Quickly, Trish put the glass to her lips, and began gulping down Lady's blood. The bathrobe fell off of Trish's shoulders, and Lady could see the effect; Trish's skin mended and regained it's color, and her muscles swelled back to their full size. Trish was no longer hunched over, but sitting up straight as she poured the last of Lady's offering into her mouth. Trish's tongue extended into the glass, much further than a human's tongue possibly could, and licked it completely clean.

"...Wow." Lady's face was red, and her eyes were wide.

Finally, Trish sat back, and set aside the glass, sighing contentedly.

"Do you feel better, Trish?"

"Hm? Oh, I feel great, baby." Trish beamed. "I can't thank you enough, Lady, I-"

Lady returned to the couch, and hugged Trish as tight as she could. "Trish, don't ever do that to me again! Why weren't you feeding yourself?!"

Trish hugged back, nuzzling into Lady's touch. "Well, it was my understanding that my peaceful life here in the human world was contingent on me living in peace. I tried to conserve my strength, but that only lasted so long..."

Lady furrowed her brow, and pulled out of the hug. "But you only needed a glass to be completely healthy again. That isn't so bad."

"That's confusing me too. I've had human blood before, but yours is so..." Trish shuddered. "I still feel warm and tingly all over... It's intoxicating."

"Hm..." Lady looked contemplative. "You know, growing up, I was exposed to a lot of demonic history and mythology. One myth my mother told me that the strongest devils sought to rule humans because blood sacrificed willingly was more potent."

"That doesn't line up with what most demons I know have told me... But it would explain what just happened." Trish chuckled.

Lady chuckled with her. "You know, you can always come over whenever you're feeling hungry. I have a ton of vital stars that I need to use before they expire anyway."

"Thank you." Trish pulled Lady into another hug.

Lady hugged her back. "And don't wait until you're at death's door this time, okay? I don't want you barely surviving, I want you to thrive."

"I'm touched." Trish smiled.

"Besides," Lady leaned in and whispered, "if you're full enough to control yourself, I might let you drink 'straight from tap'."

Trish raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?"

"Yep. Any artery you want."

"Even Femoral?"

"Especially Femoral."

Trish chuckled. "My my... I'm getting hungry again already."

"Good. I'll indulge you soon enough." Lady pulled away from Trish's ear, and looked her in the eyes. "But first... Kiss me."

At once, Trish leaned in and pressed her lips to Lady's. Lady reciprocated the gesture. Their tongues met each other, and Lady could taste iron in Trish's mouth.

[lesbianarchers]

In my delusional mind I’m taking this as confirmation of Seyka/Aloy and no one can convince me otherwise

THE SMILE ALOY HAS WHEN SEYKA’S FREAKING OUT???

[dino-trash-kieran]

Two more down! Now all I need to do is write 4 in one day 😅😅

[sowthetide]

Update 9/15/23 - New Chapter on Sunday!

Hey y'all! I'm back ;-)

To my shock, it's actually been a very productive month! Chapters 27 and 28 are finished (and chapter 29 is halfway there, but I know where I'm going with it). I also went back and reviewed chapters 1-10, which is something I've been meaning to do for a while.

My writing has improved a lot since starting this fic, and I've been itching to go back and rewrite/tweak those early/unbeta-ed chapters. I rewrote chapter 1 a few months back, but I just rewrote chapter 2 this last week and I'm much happier with it. The rest of the chapters were thankfully less terrible than I remembered, so I only had to clean them up a bit. With that in mind, I highly recommend a re-read if you've got the time! The rewritten chapter 2 is way more intense and it gives a bit more character to Alannys, who will continue to be fleshed out in coming chapters.

Chapter 27 will be posted this Sunday, and we'll hopefully be back to weekly updates for a while after that. Fair warning, chapter 27 will be pretty emotionally intense, but hopefully also somewhat cathartic. After that, we'll be wading more into ironborn culture and politics as Westeros continues to fracture and fall apart.

As a final note, I've got a couple character playlists y'all might be interested in. I highly recommend listening to the Lanny playlist while reading this newest chapter on Sunday, it absolutely wrecked me lol. I've also had a Quen playlist simmering for a long time, so feel free to check it out!

the kraken's daughter (Quen)

the woman who waits (Alannys)

See y'all on Sunday!!

[wiredsmile]

just sharing incase it wasn't obvious by my writing of her , but . . .

suzie , she be gripped . gripped by

the 'tism .

[quentintin7]

First I'll say this is both an art blog and my own personal enclosure where I will put many things.

I have an ask blog thing if you find it cool if not dw about it

Current fixations:

Death Mark (1 and 2)

Dead by Daylight

The Stanley Parable

I'm into a good handful of other cartoons and shit but these are the main ones atm

Here's some sorta tag guide I'm gonna add to this all the time probably

Edit: me me is my meme tag lol it was(nt) funny at the time

[madam-whim]

Dear Maanai,

you have to come home now. The Vestige is visiting, and she brought Ember, and the two of them brought a Tales of Tribute table because, as Kidhesi put it, “they agreed that we needed one”. Quen, of course, agrees with them. As I am writing this, it is not even midday, and Quen and Ember have been at it for hours. I am beginning to think Kidhesi is the only rational person here - she’s making use of the pool.

Oh, and perhaps I should mention that we have a few more visitors as well, and not the regular kind? I don’t think you’re going to like this very much, but apparently Kidhesi has friends in high places (you know more about her connections than I do) and now we have ... well ... a prince of the Summerset Isles and his husband lounging around the house? They assure me they won’t stay long, but if His Royal Highness Prince Naemon spends any more time around Quen and Ember, the three of them might just invent a new Tribute deck. Please come back before they start organizing a tournament at our house.

You might also want to hurry because the prince has promised to make dinner for all of us upon your return, and Kidhesi swears his cooking is divine. Where he learned it, she has no idea, but if Kidhesi says something’s good, it usually is.

Apart from a higher-than-usual number of visitors, though, everything’s fine. The house is still standing and we’ve had no unwanted guests, Dres or otherwise. Still, we do miss you. Finish up whatever needs doing in Hew’s Bane and come back, yes?

Love, 

Mirri

[eyevea]

the lack of lesbian quen fics on ao3 is truly unacceptable

[mkboys]

FIRST 3 DAY WEEKEND IN SO LONG LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOO

[quensty]

hello all. as u can see ur assassins failed to kill me last night so i'm back to clogging ur dash w a tag game.

i was tagged by @moondal514 (hi bestie <3) to answer 20 questions tailored for fic writers. moondal my love u will regret giving me this opportunity <3

🪿 how many works do you have on ao3?

36! i've been existing in the mid-30-ish range for a good while now. it's starting to piss me off. i post things and then get scared they suck and delete and the cycle repeats.

🪿 what's your total ao3 word count?

153,155 *pops champagne*

🪿 what fandoms do u write for?

am i supposed to list all of them? i'm not doing that 😑🤚 if ur interested ya'll can check out the list here

🪿 what are your top 5 fics by kudos?

men abort mission is definitely my most popular fic (10,856 kudos, it's deeply embarrassing). then it's your crown of thorns holds roses (5,153 kudos, slightly less embarrassing); right hand on his rifle (522 kudos, still embarrassing but at least it's much better writing); kiss me like a snapped guitar string (480 kudos); and love, war, and other exit wounds (468 kudos, which is fucking news to me. i had no idea the kudos had climbed that high)

🪿 do you respond to comments? why or why not?

i do! i like it :D i like ppl to see that i saw their comment and appreciated it. i also do it cos, like, fandom is entirely abt fan-to-fan interaction. fanfic is no different. the point is that i want to engage w other fans and TALK abt stuff. i think it's fun! i've met a lot of friends this way.

🪿 what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

100% would be altschmerz. i don't fix anything in that fic. in fact i probably make everything worse. logan still dies and he never has a proper relationship w laura and the world still sucks. and i sprinkle in some complicated relationships with latinidad while i'm at it. but i love it <3

🪿 what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

this is a difficult thing to judge cos most of my fics have happy or at least hopeful endings, but i think the fic that has the most rewarding happy ending is keep on keeping on, dean winchester. the first couple of chapters are meant to be absolute hell. but i offset that by ending the story with everyone happy and alive and together :)

🪿 do you get hate on fics?

no i am perfect <3

🪿 do you write smut? if so, what kind?

throughout all my time in fandom the answer to this has been no. but then i did this thing where i watched iwtv 2022, and my whole world shifted on its axis. so YES, i do, in fact, now write smut. occasionally. i have no idea how to respond to "what kind." it is gay sex.

🪿 do you write crossovers? what's the craziest one you've written?

ok when i first answered this question i said lifeboat, a sense8 aftg fic in 2 (if u've read it ur eligible for financial compensation), but i change my mind. most unhinged thing i've ever written is 100% between the desire and the spasm, which, i kid you not, is an all the president's men fusion, which, in case u don't know, is a movie abt watergate. WATERGATE.

🪿 have you ever had a fic stolen?

i feel like the answer is yes, but this was in my quotev days, and that site was exactly what republicans imagine anarchists want for society: complete havoc. anyway! my point is that i think i did have a case of someone copying my work almost word for word during that era, but i was 13 and it was like 250 words worth of writing so i was like whatever.

🪿 have you ever had a fic translated?

YES, i'm very happy to say! many very kind people have translated my work. i'll list them below cos they always do a fantastic job and i'm always hoping they get more recognition for their hard work:

@ghostofair wrote a spanish translation of men abort mission!

@sadluna wrote a russian translation of men abort mission!

@bloodymelonteamua wrote a a ukrainian translation of men abort mission!

@kais_room has very kindly written a russian translation of your crown of thorns holds roses!

🪿 have you ever co-written a fic before!

yes! i actually co-wrote right hand on his rifle with my bff liv (@cabeswater). she gave me a lot of ideas while i was crafting it, so it's really just as much hers as it is mine. i'm very happy w it! i would love to write smthn properly w them someday bc they're a phenomenally good writer

🪿 what's your all-time favorite ship?

this is an evil question wtf. i don't know! amara/me.

🪿 what's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

my sense8 au LMAO. i try so hard every few months to get back into the groove of it but it's a doomed enterprise i think. at this point i would have to rewrite it completely, but i don't have the same passion for it that i once did. sigh

🪿 what are your writing strengths?

i don't know. should i know that? maybe dialogue. i can't say whether i excel at it but i can say with certainty that i enjoy it

🪿 what are your writing weaknesses?

i always get impatient near the end of a long project and end up rushing the ending, which is such a shame cos i'm so talented :(

🪿 thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

in huge favor of it! i love doing that. i tend to do it when i write characters that speak spanish, and when it's done well by other writers? UGH. it makes me want to eat my phone

🪿 first fandom you wrote for?

pjo on quotev writing reader inserts ✌️ that is not a joke i'm dead serious rn

🪿 favorite fic you've written?

FUCK OFF. the real answer to this question is a fic i deleted. i loved it so much i deleted it off my ao3 so i could rework it into an original piece and turn it in for my fiction class this semester LOL. trust me though this piece was already, like, 90% my own writing and less "based" on the source material rather than it was "inspired" by it. if u compare me to those writers who made their harry styles fanfiction into published novels i will fight u. if i have to pick a fic that's still up, i think i'd pick either keep on keeping on, dean winchester or a ghost is a memory

i'm tagging @keepoffthetardis, @enterprisery, @weather-mood, and anyone else who wants to do this! if any of u actually read thru this whole thing i'm so sorry

[morethanonepage]

s/o to tumblr for increasing their queued post limit but w/ the way i queue things (constantly, and then more than once a day i go in and shuffle the queue, and see what’s going to pop up that day, then shuffle it again, and then go through to see if there’s anything nsfw set to pop up during the middle of the day, then manually push things to the top of the queue to make sure that doesn’t happen, etc, etc, etc) has really been a drain on my time

[sowthetide]

Update 8/20/23

Hey y'all!

I bet you're wondering where your Sunday update is at, and for that I'm sorry. I've decided to take a hiatus. The weekly update schedule was fine when chapters were shorter, simpler, and relatively in line with canon. But as they get longer, more complex, and deviate further and further from canon, still trying to update weekly has been a drag.

This isn't to say I'm losing interest in this fic, far from it, I just don't want it to become a chore (the absolute worst thing that can happen to a longfic imho). Thank you to my beta goddcoward for giving me the permission I needed to take this break <3 I was so relieved yesterday that it spurred me to write 2000 words of what will (probably) become chapter 29 in about 2 hours after days of writer's block, so I know it was the right decision.

I don't know when exactly I'll be back, but I want to have at least three chapters finished by then (so probably about a month from now). Trying to finish chapters the same week I post them has been more stressful than fun, and I want to build up a buffer of finished chapters that I've really had time to sit with and evaluate before I start posting again.

All of that said, there are so many character arcs and story twists and different POV chapters I cannot WAIT to get to. This has been such an incredibly fun project so far, and I am so grateful to all of you for reading, commenting, and sharing your thoughts with me. I appreciate it all so, so much <3 <3 <3

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[katealot]

5! 17! 29!

5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

We. You. I. I was struck by inspiration and wrote this little number in like 2.5 hours between the hours of 1am-4am one night, published it, fell asleep, and when I woke up it already had more comments than I'd ever gotten in a single week before. So thanks to anyone who read that :) #MagHiveRiseUp

17. Your favorite character to write this year?

That's a toughie. I really enjoyed writing both characters, but I think I have to go with Martin from TMA. Not only is his canon character THE character of all time, but I was also able to just hear his voice in my head as I wrote (a testament, I'd say, to his voice actor Alexander J. Newell and his distinct characterization of Mr. Blackwood)

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

"He pauses again. The still image of baby Will's smiling face while his mother smiles down at him fills his screen. It's in that moment that Nico realizes that smile hadn't changed since he was young. It made his heart swell, and and he flipped to a fresh page in his sketchbook, getting to work on a new drawing." What's that? 👀 little sneak peak at the next chapter of LTBOMH?

Send me a number and I'll tell you what it is on my Ao3 Wrapped!