#senri and ghost

[assassin-artist]

a handful of older Destiny 2 drawings, mostly my own OCs (I have a lot lol)

[yingjiaoyue]

Introducing my lmk oc…

(vs her opponent, Hui Ying from @mysticarts )

YING JIAO YUE… 🌑

(Competition by: @lmk-oc-competition )

I’ll write down Jiao Yue’s background and abilities! (Warning: May contain spoilers!)

Background:

Jiao Yue is a half-human and half-senri. A senri is a chinese mythological leaopard cat spirit who’s capable of turning to a human and consuming human souls.

Her father is pure human and her mother is half-senri (wherein Jiao Yue’s grandmother is a full senri).

Abilities:

Here’s all of her abilities!…

Glamour- She uses her energy to hide her cat ears and two cat tails to blend in with the public crowd.

Advanced Hearing and Sharp Eyesight- Her cat ears enables her to listen to her surroundings that’s within 8 meters in diameter. She also has advanced eyesight, making her see in the dark like a nocturnal and can see through glamour/magic similar to MK’s gold vision.

Enhanced Strength- Without her glamour, she has fangs and claws. She can break bones by biting and break through the door by her claws. But her most strongest part would be her legs. Her muscular strength is at its most when she kicks, and she could practically knock down a whole building by kicking. She can also jump as high as 20-40ft tall.

Speed and Flexibility- She’s 4x faster than her average speed, making her faster than Macaque, but not faster than Nezha. She can also go through very narrow paths and can pass through obstacles in ease (like lazers or sharp pointy things at walls).

Fast Regeneration- She can take damage specially from far-range attacks. Though she can heal herself as fast as 2-3 seconds but has limited use. For instance, in a fight, she can heal her injuries 2 times only and any more than that will require her to rest for hours/days depending on the wound.

The following abilities are spoilers to my current comic!

Dark Energy/Spirit Manipulation- Similar to Lady Bone Demon, Jiao Yue also has her own ability to manipulate the souls she took. The difference may only be that LBD has a light blue hue while Jiao Yue’s purple.

Shapeshifting- Just like Macaque’s & MK’s Kaiju form and Mei’s Dragon form, Jiao Yue has her cat beast form which will be revealed in season 3. (I will make a reference sheet for this soon!)

Illusion- In close-range attacks, she can lock her opponents in an illusion. Imagine Yin & Jin’s calabash and Macaque’s shadow abilities, she can trick people into making them believe in her illusions. Also, one of her good ol’ tricks that her ancestors use is to seduce their prey like Spider Queen & Scorpion Demon.

Puppetry- At season 3, Jiao Yue gets possessed by Lady Bone Demon. She gains the ability to use the souls she’s taken to her own puppets. But she can’t possess other people’s body like Lady Bone Demon, she could still control her puppets just like Macaque’s shadow clones, Lady Bone Demon’s bone ghosts and the scrolls’s ink creations.

Immortality- Yes, she’s immortal. Well, not 5x immortal like Sun Wukong.. but she’s still immortal. She’s half-human so she can still take damage and get severely injured.

That’s all! Hope you learned more about my girl, Jiao Yue! Hope you vote for her hehe :D

(Note: PLEASE DON’T ATTACK MY OPPONENT! This competition is just for fun so if possible, please show support without needing to hate on the other sides! In other words, be respectful please :) Thank you TvT…)

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ive never played the games so i dont know what to picture when im reading your fics, how tall do you think soren and ike are?

I said recently that they have a Mulder and Scully level height difference and I stand by that statement. This one is a little hard to answer, because I don't think there is a definitive answer -- it's not like comics where there's an official handbook with heights and weights listed, although there is like, a vague equivalent. I'll get to that. I know recently some people deduced heights by, I think, converting the measurements of their respective models in Fire Emblem Engage, the anniversary game for the series that featured both characters, but I'll be honest, that's too much math for me, and I'd rather rip into the text of the original games until I come up with my own answer. So I'm gonna give you my thoughts, and the canon evidence that backs them up, but it's just my opinion.

Anyway I'm going into this with the same amount of thought that I go into with all my comics meta. I'm sorry about that in advance.

So two things about Fire Emblem 9 and 10. The first is that the games aren't new -- FE9 came out in 2005, and FE10 in 2007. Graphically, they hold up well, but it's because they're not very complicated. The majority of conversations take place involving still portraits with text underneath -- there's only a few fully animated cutscenes. (Soren is in exactly one FE10 cutscene, and they're not standing next to each other.) The second is that the games take place over a period of a few years (each game takes place over about a year, with a three year gap in between FE9 and FE10). Ike starts FE9 at 17, and he's about 20 at the start of FE10. And he evolves like a Pokemon.

This is not meant to be to height scale; I just wanted these three pieces of official art next to each other for comparison. Graphic design is not my passion.

Also, this has nothing to do with height, but I'm going to point it out anyway: Ike's FE10 artbook page literally ends by talking about how he's in love with Soren.

(credit to Kantopia for the translation.) (did I mention that, by FE rules, the ship is canon. because it's canon.) The character designer, Kita Senri, also drew this picture of FE9 and FE10 Ike standing back to back, which. Yeah. Okay!

By FE10, at least, so by age 20, Ike is tall. (His parents come from the Tall People Country, Daein.) His size is remarked upon a couple of times in the script, too, by people who hadn't seen him for a few years:

Ike: Tormod, it's been a while. Tormod: Holy moly! You are absolutely huge! I feel puny next to you… Ike: That's because you are puny. Magic clearly doesn't give you much muscle tone. (...) Tormod: Nah, you just can't see me properly because all of your blood gets pumped to your muscles, away from your brain! [leaves] Ike: A little touchy, Tormod?

(FE10, Part 4 Chapter 4)

Volke: You’ve grown quite a bit since the last time I saw you. Ike: Everyone loves telling me that. Volke: You’re starting to look like Greil. Ike: That might be true, too. He IS my dad.

(FE10, Part 4 Endgame-1) It should be noted that Ike's dad, Greil, was pretty huge.

Engage also has it remarked upon, with one character saying that Emblems (essentially FE main character force ghosts in-game) are big, and Ike remarking that that's not an Emblem thing, he's just huge. (He's the funniest Fire Emblem main character except for his co-star, Micaiah, Little Miss War Crimes, and I'm barely even biased at all.)

There are in-game stats for height and weight (build/constitution and weight, respectively), as they relate to mechanics -- if one character is significantly bigger and heavier than the other, the smaller character can't rescue them or shove them. Weight varies because, for example, if a character is on a horse, the horse factors into the weight, or if they're wearing heavy armor, etc. Build, for me, is the best indicator of general (not exact) height. In FE9, Ike's build and weight start off at 9, which is pretty average, and then 10/11 upon class promotion. In FE10, his build is 12 and weight is 13, which is on the bigger side -- I'd say compared to other human men in the game, but there are a lot of big guys in this game. Again, he's twenty, so he's probably still growing, and everyone is already remarking that he's huge. I'm almost always gonna go with what the text says, and the text in FE10 says he's huge, pretty unequivocally.

Soren... is not huge. Soren is, debatably, pretty tiny.

If we're going to use build/weight as a metric, and I think for these purposes we have to, then Soren is a 6 build and 6 weight to Ike's 12 build and 13 weight. So half Ike's size. Either way, 6 build and 6 weight is small -- the only people who are smaller than him are a handful of the female characters, including the one with literal bird bones. How much this reflects on his actual height is up for debate -- I think when that FE Engage height math was done, it was determined that, based on his model there, he was probably 5'10", which is obviously not that short, but if that's the case he's probably very thin to account for that weight stat. His father and his eldest uncle, if not also his mother, are very tall, so there is that to factor in. Soren is half-dragon and he ages slower than an average human, so there's potential for him to end up quite tall -- but it could take twenty, thirty years. (Soren is 19 in FE9 and 22 in FE10.) It's kind of a big shrug in his case. I don't think he's particularly tall, but I think it's more up for personal interpretation how tall he is, as opposed to Ike where the text is repeatedly shouting "HE'S HUGE!!!" at you. He is, pretty clearly, quite a bit smaller than Ike.

I'm going to wrap up this insane person analysis with this pretty art of Soren which does nothing to suggest anything height-wise. I just like to look at it.

(PS thank you for reading my fic even though you haven't played the games! It always makes me really happy to hear that people like my writing enough to do that. but also I have like, fully conspiracy theoried my way into believing they'll rerelease the games.)

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MY MASTERLIST <3

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First section: Mutual talk

Pink and black

Ghostie stuff

There's two types of Ghost! Yonaka...

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Second section: Requested stuff by my mutuals

Yandere Senri × Kianna ♡

Yandere Senri × Kianna part 2 ♡

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Third section: Moodboards (+ Headcannons)

[Words in italics = Headcannons] [Words in bold = Moodboards]

Alice The Witch of performance 🎭

Height Headcannons

Fuyuko ❄

Chiyoko >:3

Bernardus (˶ᵔ ᵔ˶)🍷

Lyphiós ( • ᴖ • ｡ )

Euphrosynos ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́ )ᕗ (This one is not finished yet T^T)

Thymoménos (¬⤙¬ ) (This too :[ )

Sister Rosa 🌹

Miss Katherine ᝰ🖋

Kaiya Komori :]

Ema, Ko, Yuutsu, Hachi, Nunez

Child! Beatrice 🩰

Ghost! Yonaka

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Forth section: Role-play

Reunion (Kianna and Yonaka RP) Part 1 Status : Finished

Reunion (Kianna and Yonaka RP) Part 2 Status : Unfinished

The Theater (Bernardus and Belszavordi) Status : Finished

An Angel broke in (Miss Katherine and Kianna) Status : Discontinued (Can't find it lol)

New friend (Miss Katherine and Percy) Status : Finished

Cross universes (Yonaka and Hirmenogaldus) Status : Finished

Studying (Yonaka and Kianna) Status : Finished (can't find this either)

Tea party (Yonaka and Kianna) Status : Finished

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Fifth section: Info about my OCs and maybe others as well

Aliana's (Younger Yonaka) imaginary friends :)

Baby Yonaka Headcannons (not really a headcannon so I put it here!)

Yonaka Non-human AUs (compilation)

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Sixth section: My writing

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[blueberrypancakesworld]

Hear me out yandere Senri but in this scenario

Kianna he died like Yui and Subaru

( in this scenario Subaru is also dead)

And she has a mental breakdown and he finds her looking for him and says

Kianna: d-darling- darling! where are you!? please tell me this is just a dream in your Not Dead!

And the rest is up to you

info : I was a bit confused by the request about the words (when translating) but i hope i got it right.

warning : death, blood, kiss

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Since when could she feel anything again? Shouldn't she stop feeling pain when she became a vampire? She should be able to overcome everything, to finally leave the six behind her, even her beloved sister, and yet…why did her chest hurt so much?

Why did her feet seem like lead, her skin even colder than usual and a pain that was eating her from the inside out? She hadn't seen the knife coming in her state, hadn't seen what had happened in her confused thoughts. She had only seen Yui, her beloved sister, but she couldn't save her, the blonde was doomed to die and she?

She was supposed to live forever with her beloved Senri, her loyal only lover in this damned world. Together forever in each other's arms as he had promised when they had kissed, when there had been that almost besotted gleam in his eyes…but now she saw nothing but fear in his eyes.

Fear when she saw the blood that her body was reacting to his blood coming out of his chest where the dagger she knew so well had been stuck. ,,D-darling, please don't!” she shouted, making hasty strides towards him in an attempt to loosen the lead from the attack and letting Senri fall into her arms as he slipped from the wall, his own body no longer able to support him.

His uncoordinated hand trembled as he clung to her, still holding her as he dutifully did every day. He loved her, ,,It's only natural that-that-that I have you by my side as my heart,” he murmured and she saw the blood stain his pale lips, his chest couldn't handle the special weapon, his body couldn't handle the poison that could kill humans and vampires alike with a stab to the heart.

But she? Kianna saw nothing but red, her golden eyes saw only the red on her hands, the fear of that time, and she couldn't bear the reality of living without him.

He couldn't no-no-no-no-he couldn't die after all. Something she told herself over and over again, ,,You-you can't die a dream you can't die!” she screamed at him she screamed at the ghosts of her fear and past she didn't want to lose someone again.

But Senri's gaze had already changed and his hands clasped her cheeks, ,,I'll never leave you, your love makes me live,” he reminded her, gripping her tighter and slowly pulling her closer, the smell of her sweetness enveloping him like it did before, like she was always by his side, he wouldn't allow it any other way.

Even if more and more blood flowed from the wound, it was all the same because she was here, she was the one who was with him now in this second of his death.

Before he pulled her into a final kiss, she was filled with his blood, his love and his being, a kiss that would last for eternity. ,,But Senri,” she could taste his blood on her lips as his body shot over hers again, this kiss like a taste was a feeling of devotion as she responded to him.

But the vampire just shook his head powerlessly, ,,My blood in you I'm with you Kianna…forever…you…are… mine” his last words came from his lips before his soul mirrors closed forever but he had vanished into hell knowing that she was never complete without him, she was his and he knew that it was only a matter of time before she would join him because she loved him beyond death, she was his and he was hers. A love that lasts through death and madness.

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[sasaranomiya]

Koukyuu no Karasu Volume 3 Chapter 2 - The Turtle King (Part 3)

The antagonist of the series is revealed...

Translation Notes

1. The Japanese reading for this word is “dango”

2. The ancient Chinese believed that ingesting cinnabar will make you immortal

3. I don’t feel like typing the characters out but the “Gou” in “Gou-no-Kami” and “Goushi Palace” are different characters but very similar looking

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The next morning, Kajou came to Yamei Palace with several books. It was a casual visit accompanied by only one of her attendants. Kajou, dressed in a light green dress, reminded one of a cool breeze.

“Thank you,” Jusetsu thanked her and accepted the books.

“It was my pleasure,” Kajou said happily. “Since it was a request from Ah-mei, I picked them out enthusiastically. If you need more, please let me know. I have many more in my palace.”

Jusetsu became a little puzzled by the happy Kajou.

“You don’t find this a nuisance?”

Kajou gave a refreshing and broad smile. “Goodness, of course not. I’m very glad that you’re relying on me.”

“…Is that so?”

“It is.”

Koushun also seemed to be pleased with Jusetsu’s request. Jusetsu still didn’t understand his feelings.

“This is for you, Ah-mei,” Kajou said, then took out a vessel from the pail the attendant was holding. Dumplings (1) covered in white honey were piled up in the celadon porcelain vessel. Jusetsu’s eyes were drawn to them, and Kajou smiled.

“Let’s eat together.”

She sounded like an older sister. Jusetsu, whose eyes were captivated by the dumplings, nodded.

“——Oh my, a ghost holding a turtle vessel?”

Jusetsu and Kajou were sitting across from each other, scooping up the smooth dumplings with spoons and eating them.

“And, there’s apparently an old tale passed down in the north, about an old servant who was killed.”

She told her what she heard from Koushun. The dumplings with white honey were sweet, chewy, and delicious.

Kajou, who was listening closely, put her finger on her cheek in thought and remained silent.

“Is there something wrong with the story?” Jusetsu asked.

“You said it was a story handed down. Stories handed down orally are bound to change.”

Jusetsu tilted her head a little. Kajou continued.

“An old servant who served a fallen noble house died after being treated unjustly and brought down a curse on the people involved—I’ve sometimes read such variant tales in books.”

“Variant tales?”

“It means stories that are very similar to each other. There is a certain template. There are probably similar stories in various places, and they are compiled in books and spread to even more regions. The story you told me is more in line with the pattern of the story in that book. ——What I mean is, the story might have been that type of story originally, but it could also have been in a different form.”

“A different form…” She never even considered it.

“So, this story might not have much to do with the inner court ghost?”

When she said that disappointedly, Kajou seemed to be in deep thought again.

“No…I’m not saying that it has nothing to do with the ghost, because the points about the turtle vessel and medicine are distinctive. However, I think you should think more carefully about taking this story as it is and confronting the ghost.”

Hmm, Jusetsu nodded. “I see.”

“I’m sorry if it was unnecessary,” Kajou smiled.

No, Jusetsu shook her head. “It’s interesting to hear different opinions from different people. It’s fascinating.”

Onkei had immediately replied that the ghost was a person of loyalty. Senri felt that this person must have had a sick master. Each of them said what they said because they were who they were.

“It’s fascinating…” Jusetsu murmured again.

Past noon, Koushun came to get her himself. Of course, he was accompanied by Ei Sei as usual.

On the way to the inner court, Jusetsu talked about her conversation with Kajou.

“Indeed,” Koushun replied calmly. “Kajou has a point. Even written materials can become wrong when they are transcribed.”

“So, I thought about it a lot, but…”

“What is it?”

“Medicine can also be poison.”

Koushun looked at her profile. “Oh?”

“Even good medicine can become poison if you give the wrong dosage. Even if it’s life-prolonging medicine, it might work for some people, but make others sicker. In the first place, all medicines that prolong life and longevity since ancient times are all poison.”

“Cinnabar is one of those.” (2)

“I don’t know if it is divine medicine or not, but even if the royal family in that story handed over the real thing, it’s not known if that sick young lady would have been saved. Rather—”

“You think she might have died instead?”

Mm, Jusetsu nodded. And, maybe——

“…”

Jusetsu had fallen silent, and Koushun didn’t speak to her any more than that.

Gyoukou Hall, which was usually only visited by the emperor and eunuchs, was quiet even in the early afternoon. Perhaps it was because it was cloudy and looked like it might rain at any moment, but the inside of the palace was dimly lit and strangely cold, even though the weather was hot and humid. Only the sound of footsteps on the stone floor could be heard. They passed through the corridors and arrived at the treasure room. As expected, Ui was standing in front of the door.

“I’ve been waiting for you.”

He bowed deeply. Invited into the treasure room, Jusetsu immediately asked, “Does the medicine that was in the turtle vessel still remain anywhere?”

“It does not,” Ui said in a monotone voice without his expression changing in any way.

“Are you sure? There must be some old medicine left here. Is it not there?”

“There isn’t any,” Ui said flatly. Jusetsu took in a faint breath.

“Is that so? –Then, regarding that medicine, does it matter if someone who is weak and sick takes it?”

Ui looked at Jusetsu with round eyes for a while, as if he didn’t understand the intent of her question or he was searching through his memories. He tilted his head slightly.

“I do not know.”

“Didn’t you say that it was a life-prolonging elixir? Is it true that anyone who takes it will prolong their life?”

“I do not know,” Ui repeated the same thing.

“In other words, there are no stories of such people left?”

Ui tilted his head to the other side this time. “I don’t know of any such stories.”

Jusetsu nodded. “I see. Thank you. –May I see that casket one more time?”

“Of course.”

Ui disappeared between the shelves like the wind. He almost immediately came back with the box in his arms. He wasn’t even breathing hard.

Holding the turtle vessel in her hands, Jusetsu looked at it intently. Koushun was also looking at it from the side.

“It isn’t a flashy masterpiece, but it’s a finely crafted item,” he quietly evaluated.

“Precisely, Your Majesty,” Ui responded. “This stone is a precious rock that can be mined from the northern mountain range, but it was considered too solid and difficult to work with, so the best craftsman of the time put their heart and soul into carving it. The design is both intricate and generous—”

“Ui.”

Jusetsu interrupted Ui, who was speaking like he was reading out from a book. Ui closed his mouth and stared fixedly at her.

“A ghost holding that vessel is wandering about. How do you think such a ghost can release its attachment to this world and cross over to paradise.”

That question always brought back unexpected answers, depending on the person she asked it to. She was curious as to how this person would respond, but the answer she got was succinct.

“Breaking the vessel will release the ghost.”

“Huh?”

“Breaking the vessel will—”

“Are you saying that I should break this vessel?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“If the ghost is holding the vessel, then it has an attachment to it. If you break the vessel, the attachment will disappear.”

It was a very simple and crude solution.

“Breaking the vessel is—not allowed. Right?”

Jusetsu looked at Koushun. Before, she had asked if she could destroy the biwa that was stored here. Koushun looked troubled. It seemed that it wouldn’t be allowed.

“Breaking it would be…problematic,” Koushun looked somewhat baffled as he said it.

“Is that so, Your Majesty.”

No one expected the keeper of the treasure room to suggest destroying a treasure. Jusetsu looked at his expressionless face. It was different from Koushun’s blank face. It was flat and lifeless.

“Then,” Ui continued in his monotone voice. “It is better to borrow the power of Gou-no-Kami.”

“What?”

“Gou-no-Kami’s—”

“No, what do you mean?”

“Goushi Palace is the answer.”

“…? Hmm?”

“You should bring that vessel to Goushi Palace and pray.”

Jusetsu glanced up at Koushun. He also looked like he had no idea what Ui was talking about.

“Why is that so?”

“The shell of Gou-no-Kami is used to decorate Goushi Palace. The ‘Gou’ in Goushi means Great Sea Turtle, the same as the Gou in Gou-no-Kami. (3) It is imbued with divine power.”

Jusetsu was speechless for a while.

“——What?”

A god’s shell was used as decorations? She was deeply confused.

“This is the first time I’m hearing of this,” Koushun said in a calm voice.

“The first emperor who built this imperial palace arranged it to be so.”

“The first dynasty of this palace…the Ran dynasty. It was Ran Yuu?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Why did he do that?”

“It was for protection against Wulian Niangniang, just in case. It is the same as a shaman. You may think of it as a wall.”

Jusetsu and Koushun looked at each other. What did he mean?

“He told me that he couldn’t feel safe without the power to fight back.”

“Told you? Who—”

Ran Yuu?

“Ui, you—”

Jusetsu took a step toward Ui, but he closed his mouth and stared vaguely ahead with nothing reflected in his smooth eyes.

“Please go to Goushi Palace,” he repeated. He showed no more sign of speaking beyond that.

“Shall we go there?” Koushun asked. After thinking it over for a while, Jusetsu nodded.

“I still have things I want to ask you,” she told Ui before leaving the treasure room with Koushun. They were heading to Goushi Palace. It was a palace located near the inner palace.

“Defence against Wulian Niangniang…just in case…”

Jusetsu muttered as she walked briskly. What does that mean? What was Ran Yuu thinking?

They climbed the steps and entered the palace. It wasn’t a very large building. They had a musician play the biwa for them and send a ghost possessing a cloth mask to paradise. At that time, she didn’t get a good look at the palace’s structure…

Jusetsu looked around the palace. It had a cold stone floor, several pillars supporting beams, and couches, a table and folding screens.

Jusetsu suddenly pulled back. The stone floor. It was laid with polished round stones—but that wasn’t the only thing. Something that looked like mottled tortoiseshell was embedded here and there. They were light grey, not brown, and difficult to distinguish from the stone. Looking at the entire floor, one could see a large floral pattern made from these embedded objects.

Is it these?

Jusetsu headed towards the center of the pattern while staring at her feet. There was a table at the center of the flower.

“…Koushun.”

She received the turtle vessel from Koushun and put it down on the table. She moved back a little and knelt down on the spot.

She touched the flower pattern with her fingers. It was hard, but not as cold as the stone and contained a mysterious warmth. Suddenly, she smelled a fishy, damp smell.

“This is…the smell of the sea,” Koushun murmured.

The smell of the sea. Jusetsu never smelled it. But she also felt a feeling of nostalgia, like she knew it well. Her fingertips suddenly felt wet, and she drew back her hands in surprise. The flower pattern wavered and rippled.

Water?

The flower pattern swayed like the surface of a lake and shone a faint silver. Before she even had time to be startled, bare legs appeared from behind the turtle vessel on the table. She looked up to see the ghost of the old servant standing there with his head hanging down. He was holding out the vessel. His hands were trembling.

He’s wailing.

Looking up at him from the floor, she could see his expression clearly. The ghost was crying.

“I’m sorry.”

His voice was hoarse and thin. Sobbing, the old servant apologized again and again.

“My lady…my lady…it’s all my fault…”

He was constantly blaming himself in between his sobs. Jusetsu listened to him intently.

“I thought that if you took the medicine…you would be saved…”

As I thought.

Jusetsu stared at the old servant’s face.

“You gave that life-prolonging medicine to your mistress, didn’t you.”

The old servant didn’t react. It seemed her voice didn’t reach him.

“…Then, in other words?” Koushun asked.

“The medicine he received from the royal family was most likely the genuine article. He gave it to the sick young lady. However, rather than prolonging her life, she died.”

“…So the medicine became poison?”

Jusetsu nodded. The old servant thought that the young lady would get better if she drank the medicine. And yet—

“It must have been too strong for the sickly lady.”

The people who gave the medicine to the old servant probably did so out of the goodness of their hearts. Perhaps they felt sorry for the old servant’s desperation.

Jusetsu could only furrow her brow and stare at the sobbing old servant. There was nothing she could say to him, nor would she ever be able to reach him. What could she do?

She looked at the floor. The flower pattern still shone with a faint silver color and was undulating. She slowly brought her hand closer.

“…Gou no Kami.”

Did he have another name? She didn’t know. She simply called out to the god.

“Will you save this person?”

She touched it with her fingertips. It didn’t feel cold. It had the warmth and feel of lukewarm water. Like water warmed by the sun. It swayed and bumped against her fingers, making a watery sound. It felt terribly nostalgic, even though she had no memory of it.

The sea.

Suddenly, her fingers were drawn in with a strong force. It wasn’t that they were grabbed and pulled in. It felt like a power of absorption. Her hand was sinking into the water.

Jusetsu put her hands on the floor and resisted the force. However, the power of absorption was so strong that it felt like if she exhaled, she would be swallowed up in that moment.

“Jusetsu!”

Koushun held her in his arms. Jusetsu could finally breathe. As she inhaled, she pulled her hand back with all her strength.

Let go of me!

She chanted that in her mind, and her chest became hot. Heat flowed from her chest to her arms, from her arms to her fingertips. The force that was sucking her in seemed to slacken, and her arm slipped loose. There was a dry sound, like something popped, and Jusetsu fell backwards with Koushun.

“Dajia!” “Niangniang.” Ei Sei and Onkei, who had been watching the situation, rushed over to them. Koushun lightly raised his hand to restrain them and got up. Then, he put his arm around Jusetsu’s shoulders and held her up.

“Are you alright?”

Jusetsu nodded. She was out of breath and couldn’t speak for a while. She pressed her hand against her chest. That heat. An unpleasant heat.

She suddenly looked up at the table and let out a small “ah.” The vessel had split right into two. The ghost had also disappeared. The flower pattern on the floor had gone back to normal, no longer that silver glittering water.

“It’s broken,” Koushun said nonchalantly. It was the emperor’s treasure. Everyone except Koushun stared at the treasure with bated breath.

“There’s nothing you can do about something that’s been destroyed. This is how the ghost disappeared, right?” he asked Jusetsu.

“…Yes.”

There was no sign of that ghost anymore. She couldn’t hear his crying either.

“If that’s the case, then it’s fine.”

It was a quick thing. Jusetsu let out a small sigh.

Right at that moment, a charcoal-colored sleeve stretched out from the side and picked up the vessel that was on the table. No one had noticed him approaching.

“Ui.”

With that expressionless face, Ui stood there with the pieces of the vessel in his hands. No emotion or intention could be sensed from that face.

“W-When did you—”

Ei Sei was unusually flustered. He was looking at Koushun, seeming to be at a loss as to how to deal with this. Koushun stood up.

“Ui, just as you said, the ghost disappeared once the vessel was broken.”

“Yes,” Ui replied in his monotone voice. Jusetsu stood up as well. She stared at Ui’s face intently. She had always thought that it seemed familiar. It was just as she thought. This expression wasn’t a face.

“Ui, you…”

You have the same expression as Shougetsu.

“You’re a doll—a tsukaibe.”

His eyes that looked like gaping holes were directed at Jusetsu. Eyes that were smooth and seemed to reflect nothing.

“Yes, I am.”

Ui said it like it was nothing.

“Whose tsukaibe are you? Wulian Niangniang’s? I don’t believe you’re the Owl’s.”

Ui tilted his head to the side a little. “Until this moment, I was Wulian Niangniang’s tsukaibe. Before that, I belonged to Gou-no-Kami. I was created by Gou-no-Kami.”

Gou-no-Kami’s tsukaibe.

“Gou-no-Kami has gone into hiding, so I was made Wulian Niangniang’s property. But, Gou-no-Kami has summoned me again—”

The flower pattern on the floor wavered again and emitted that silvery light.

“This is the end. It seems that Wulian Niangniang is no longer strong enough to detain me. This is where I take my leave. So long, princess of Ran—no, princess of Hi.”

The ground beneath Ui’s feet transformed into water, and his body sank down.

“I shall leave you for a short time.”

Ui and the turtle vessel he was holding sank into the water. At the same time, the light disappeared and the floor returned to how it was before. No one spoke for a while.

“…Did he call me ‘princess of Hi?’” Jusetsu’s voice was hoarse. “What does he mean by that?”

Even at a time like this, Koushun spoke with a quiet, unwavering voice. “The Ran clan was from a minority tribe in the north. It’s said that they descended from a old dynasty, but…”

Jusetsu had also heard that story. They were the descendants of a family that once ruled the country or the descendants of priests.

Was that the Hi dynasty?

After thinking about it for a while, Jusetsu shook her head. So what did that mean? Being a Ran survivor was already a troublesome fact, but what was the significance of a long-gone dynasty like the Hi dynasty?

“What’s certain is that we’ve lost one of our treasures, and the treasure room’s keeper…”

Koushun murmured, sounding just a little lonely.

That day, Jusetsu headed for the Winter Ministry.

“I see, the treasure room’s keeper…”

Jusetsu told Senri about what happened to the turtle vessel as they sat at a table in the middle of the outer corridor.

“It was the Great Sea Turtle who created Ui, but because the god had ‘gone into hiding,’ he became Wulian Niangniang’s possession, and now he has returned to the Great Sea Turtle—what does all that mean?”

Senri blinked and looked at her face.

“Before, you told me that you wondered why the ghost of the old servant has appeared now of all times. At that time, I was at a loss as to whether or not to say it, but…”

Come to think of it, he did seem like he wanted to say something.

“What is it?”

“…This is my personal theory, but faith comes in waves,” Senri spoke in a voice as gentle as basking in the sun. “It may safely be said that it has trends.”

“I understand that,” Jusetsu nodded. There was the desolate Seiu Temple and the new beliefs in new gods arising in many places. Beliefs came and went.

“Why is it that the shrines of Wulian Niangniang have become deserted in rural areas, and the belief in other gods has grown stronger? The Great Sea Turtle god, who was worshipped in ancient times, is now nowhere to be seen. –I believe these are all due to the weakening of those gods.”

“Weakening?”

“If a god’s power weakens and no longer brings benefits to the people, their faith will fade away. Little by little, like the waves receding. And then, faith will gather in a god with a different power. I believe that gods can also be replaced like that.”

“A god’s…replacement?”

“It’s more like a struggle for supremacy. There are many temples to many gods in this country, from big to small ones. Aren’t the gods competing against each other for power?”

Jusetsu recalled Shougetsu’s…the Owl’s words.

Koushou made the Raven eat flowers. She continually fed them to her. They were poison.

The Raven has already—lost itself.

And then, Ui’s words.

It seems that Wulian Niangniang no longer has the power to detain me.

Was Wulian Niangniang weakening?

“Then…does the fact that Ui has returned to the Great Sea Turtle God means that that god’s power has returned?”

“I believe there’s a high possibility of that.”

“But on the other hand, Wulian Niangniang…”

Senri had a difficult look on his face. “I can’t say for sure that my theory is correct. However, I believe that Wulian Niangniang was in a similar crisis in the past.”

“Crisis?”

“When the Winter King was killed. The world was plunged into war after that. A new Winter King hadn’t appeared during that time, and Wulian Niangniang remained silent. Why was that? It is said that the country was devastated because of this silence, but since the war continued, it is natural that it was devastated. However, I also think that the silence was due to some kind of crisis that Wulian Niangniang had to deal with. It is all hypothetical, just my supposition.”

“No…it was very helpful. It is not something I would have thought of, since I have no knowledge of such things.”

When she said that, Senri’s eyes narrowed into a smile. “Thank you very much.”

“Lady Raven Consort, Master,” an acolyte approached them. “His Majesty is calling upon you.”

“What, Koushun also comes to see you?”

“Yes, sometimes. I play Go with him in Master Gyoei’s place.”

“It must be tough playing against him.”

Senri smiled at Jusetsu’s words. It seems that he was a good opponent. A strong one.

“You’re here too?” Koushun, who appeared in the outer corridor, said after seeing Jusetsu. “Do you play Go with Senri too?”

He probably said that because of the Go board on the table.

“No,” Jusetsu shook her head. “I came to ask his opinion.”

“I see. I came here to play Go with him.”

However, Senri pointed to the chair he was sitting on. “Why don’t you play a game with the Lady Raven Consort today?” he suggested.

Jusetsu frowned. “I won’t play with him.”

“Because you hate to lose.”

Jusetsu hated how Koushun said that with a cool face.

“You don’t think you can lose?”

“I don’t care about losing, though.”

She considered throwing the stones at him.

“Sit there.”

Jusetsu pointed to the chair across from her. She then took off the lid from the bowl and gripped a stone. Koushun obediently sat down. Senri bowed with a smile and quietly left. Jusetsu watched him from behind. He wore the same grey color as Gyoei, but he looked completely different from behind compared to Gyoei.

“…It’s helpful to hear other people’s opinions.”

“It is.”

“It makes me realize how little I know.”

“Is that so.”

“I’ve been meaning to ask you this for a while.”

“What is it?”

“Gyoei died, didn’t he?”

Koushun’s hand, about to put down a Go stone, stopped.

“Looking at how you and Senri remained silent, I don’t think it’s because of his age. Was it suicide?”

“…”

“Then, he must have taken responsibility. –Was it Gyoei who let Shougetsu into the inner palace?”

Jusetsu repeated her words with a calmness that surprised even herself.

“He must have hated me,” Reijou appeared in her mind. Reijou, who lived alone, grew old, and died, just as the Raven Consort should. “I suppose it’s natural.”

“…Jusetsu.”

Koushun’s voice that quietly called out her name was something that shook the bottom of Jusetsu’s heart. It always did. This time it sounded even deeper and stronger. Feeling a sharp pain at the back of her nose, Jusetsu swallowed her breath.

“I’ve told you this before, you’re too considerate. You’re so considerate and thoughtful that it makes people angry instead.”

“…You did say that.”

Are you angry? He quietly asked.

Jusetsu shook her head. “You’re concerned for me…but then, who will take care of you? Are you going to keep the pain of losing Gyoei to yourself and never tell anyone?”

All the while keeping those wounds open.

“…There are many who worry about the emperor.”

That wasn’t what she’s talking about. The back of Jusetsu’s chest hurt. This pain was for Koushun’s sake.

“You accept your wounds as a matter of course. That’s because you think of them as your punishment. I thought that way as well. But…” Jusetsu looked down at the Go stone in her hand. “Some time ago, I exorcised a curse put on an attendant of Hakkaku Palace.”

Koushun nodded.

“The attendant’s life was saved by her betrothed, but she deeply regretted leaving him to his death. However, I think that regretting like that would also mean denying the choice that her betrothed staked his life on. So, I—”

Jusetsu sighed.

“I can’t say it well. But I…don’t want to deny my mother’s decision at that time.”

She tried to say more, but couldn’t find the right words.

“Is that so,” Koushun said. He seemed to understand what she was trying to say. “I see…”

He didn’t say anything more after that. He also stared at the stone.

“I’ve never considered it a good thing to associate with others,” Jusetsu put a stone on the board. “But there are many things that you are able to see when you interact with people.”

Even if that’s the wrong path for the Raven Consort.

What people did with the best of intentions didn’t always bring good results. So maybe this was all a mistake as well. I might be falling into a dark pit, little by little, little by little.

Still, I cannot think that I would have been better off without the connections that I have now.

After she returned to Yamei Palace, a familiar attendant visited. She was no longer wearing the white coral ornament on her sash. It was Ki Senjo.

“I have come to deliver a letter from the Lady Crane Consort.”

Senjo was holding a tray in her hands. There was a letter on the ostentatious brocade cloth. Wondering what it was about, Jusetsu picked up the letter and spread it out. The writing was beautiful, as one would expect from a consort. Contrary to the Crane Consort’s mysterious impression, the contents were terribly ceremonious and formal. However, it was simply an invitation to tea.

“…She shouldn’t have gone out of her way to send a letter like this.”

Senjo, who apparently didn’t know what was in the letter, looked dumbfounded.

“She asked me to have you write an answer. May I please ask you to do so?”

Jiujiu started to grind ink with an inkstone. Jusetsu hesitated over how to reply. Her eyes caught on Senjo’s tray. The brocade cloth was embroidered with tortoiseshell crests in gold and silver threads.

“Are those turtles?”

Senjo looked down at the tray after she murmured that.

“Are you talking about this cloth? Of all the ones that the Crane Consort owns, this one is the finest. The Lady Crane Consort was reluctant at first, saying that the tortoiseshell pattern wasn’t cute, but after much deliberation, she chose this one, saying that the ones with dyed flower patterns were too light and that she couldn’t find any other brocade that she liked.”

“All that for a single piece of cloth?”

“Since this is the first letter she’s delivering to the Lady Raven Consort, she agonized over how to write it. The Lady Crane Consort wants to get along with you.”

That was surprising. Jusetsu’s impression of her was that of a “girl who’s difficult to grasp.”

“Not cranes, but turtles?” the person who cut in was Jiujiu, who was rubbing out the ink. “Since it’s Hakkaku Palace, I thought you would use a crane crest more often.”

“Tortoiseshell crests are everywhere at our palace. The attendants also favor that pattern for their ruqun… It is the crest of Lord Hakumyoushi, after all.”

Hakumyoushi. The god the Eight Truths Sect worships.

Jusetsu, who was about to pick up the brush, lifted her head.

“The tortoiseshell crest is the crest of Hakumyoushi?”

“Yes. Because Lord Hakumyoushi is the Great Sea Turtle God.”

The brush fell onto the table.

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[hel-phoenyx]

"Me? Jealous?"

Seriously? One more word and that longing my hand feels for my face is gonna be satiated. And why do I want so bad for my hand to meet my own face, ask you ?

Because in front of me there is my boyfriend, best friend, and life partner all in one, displaying every textbook signs of jealousy since fucking yesterday, and still having the absolute nerve to look scandalised.

"Yes, Emerens, you, jealous. And don't give me that look, because I won't believe you, and you can't gaslight gatekeep girlboss out of this one. Have you seen how moody you are since yesterday?"

He tenses at yesterday's mention. To be fair, yesterday, he had a meeting with Senri after a therapy session, and said Senri just so happened to have an outing with former classmates, including Raraka and Fyodor. I think that was Elvira's idea. An idea she didn't tell Emerens.

I thought he was moody because he didn't know, and that is understadable, considering how much he feels reassured when he knows everything about the school. But the more I talked with him today and the more I feel the problem is deeper.

"Yes, Thibs, I have seen how moody I am since yesterday. This is exaclty why I came to you to talk. But jealous? I haven't even felt a speck of jealousy towards you, and by god have you seen how many partners and friends you have here? Why in the nine Hells would I be jealous because Senri didn't warn me he was going out?"

If only I was sure he'd been lying, that would be so easy. Hit behind the head, stern lecture, and here we go bye-bye denial. But when I looked at his face, his genuinely confused face, that's when it hit me.

Therapy. Emerens. Jealousy. Of course.

I'm starting to understand.

I pulled a chair towards me, before sitting.

"Alright, let's start from the beginning. No jealousy towards me and my own relationships you say?"

"Well. Yeah. Why would I? I have trust in you as much as in the others, friends, partners, him included. Are you insinuating I don't? Or something changed in my feelings I am not aware of?"

I shook my head. Maybe, maybe not, but that is not where I was getting at.

"Emerens, I don't think trust nor feelings are the problem. Plus, Louna, Sharon and I tell you all about our dates or outings before we have them, so it's hard to compare from here. But I think it's something else."

"Well, what? what could cause me being jealous now?"

I sighed. Here we go.

"Emerens, my love, I'm gonna use therapist talk here, but lil question. Do you think you were not jealous of people close from us because you were confident in our relationship, or because you were so deep in your self-hatred and desire for anything that could let you feel joy than anything coming from us already was more than enough?"

And there it is.

His face went blank. Almost dead. The only thing that proves me he's alive is that vein on his forehead.

Pale as a ghost, he couldn't even utter the next words, but those words felt so heavy on both our heads.

".... Shit."

My hand in his, contracted. He took it almost immediatly, squeezed it like crazy, but now I couldn't even feel blood in my fingers.

"See? I don't know what you are talking about with your therapist, but you always were a possessive person and a total lack of jealousy from your part was surprising. I'm sorry to tell you that now, Emerens, but the way you feel compersion seems to be unhealthy at best. Maybe talk about it in therapy? Or just with Senri?"

"Better therapy first. Do you know how many things you just put into question with that...?"

I shook my head sadly.

"Not completely, I guess. But you know, since you are fucked up as hell, that doesn't surprise me the slightest."

[obscurecharactershowdown]

Round 2 Matches

(This post will be linked in the pinned masterpost)

Round 2 will start being posted in....a few days? I don't have an exact date for you yet but I'll let you know when I have all of the polls ready. The last poll in each group is a 3 way, due to the character count not coming out to 2 per match every time.

GROUP A 

The Faceless One (Masters of the Universe) vs Leila Vernon (The Magic Misfits)

Rosalia Rossellini (Trauma Team) vs The Blue Electric Angels (Matthew Swift book series)

Chaerin Eun (Surviving Romance) vs Miyabi Hanakouji (Persona 2)

Merim Felspar (Three of Hearts Podcast) vs Ragna the Bloodedge (Blazblue)

Tragedian (Pathologic) vs Shadow Joker (Kaitou Joker/Mysterious Joker)

Rose Red (Ghost Quartet) vs Catherine Winters (Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll)

Nin (Paranatural) vs Seijyu (Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru/Mashin Hero Wataru)

Itakura Akira (Talentless Nana) vs Whisper (Golden Treasure: The Great Green)

Raikou Shimizu (Nabari no Ou) vs Kasane Fuchi (Kasane)

Kozlov Leifvich Grebnev (Biomega) vs Cyber 6 (Cybersix)

Zolophilia (Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the Gods and Dropped Into the Abyss) vs Kate (Shadow’s House)

The Guardian (Hyper Light Drifter) vs Jyu Free (Dobutsu no Kuni/Animal Land) vs The Player Square (Adventure (Atari Game))

GROUP B

Sulfus (Angel's Friends) vs Tougou Mimori/Washio Sumi (Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero & Washio Sumi is a Hero)

Yellow Tempest (Ending Makers) vs Tirsiak (Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion)

 Sugar Peace (High Card) vs Anima (Why Shouldn't a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?!)

Walter Walzac (The Brave of Gold Goldran) vs Lex (Cryptid Crush)

Pappy van Poodle (Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball) vs Denzil and Cuthbert (Count Duckula (episode: Ducknapped))

Isaac (Awful Hospital) vs Tughril Mahmut (Shoukoku no Altair)

Oopsy Bear (Care Bears (2007 series)) vs Yin Yu (Heaven Official's Blessing)

Xuanli (Lanxi Zhen) vs Kondou Seiichirou (Isekai no Sata wa Shachiku Shidai)

Hikaru (Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) vs Chase Beckley/Coworker (Elevator Hitch)

Uncle Flipping Hades Terwilliger (The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, by Daniel Manus Pinkwatee) vs Red Savarin (Solatorobo)

Bennett (Hello Charlotte) vs Senri (+Anima)

Nero (The Boy Who Fell) vs Sheila (Witch’s Heart) vs Queenie (BACK)

GROUP C 

Bolt (Crypt of the Necrodancer) vs Pearl Forrester (MST3K)

Vella/Velouria Beastender Tartine (Broken Age) vs Garrett Miller (Extreme Ghostbusters)

Dr. Anna May (Scott the Woz) vs Bai Lang (My Tooth Your Love)

"Järnarmen"/"The Iron Arm" (Jönssonligan Dyker Upp Igen (1986)) vs Aliya Elasra (Heaven’s Vault)

Sawamura Tetsuo (Yuureitou) vs Doris Frances Barbara (Blood & Syrup: A Vampire the Masquerade Podcast)

Psianop the Inexhaustible Stagnation (Ishura) vs Katook (The Katurran Odyssey)

Kim Koizumi (Chroma Key) vs The Spider Core (The Lab - Core Slingshot) 

Satyarani (Raven: The Secret Temple) vs Bamba (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger)

Ink (Going Home) vs Rambler (Happy Happy Clover)

Felix Iskandar Escellun (Last Legacy) vs Nancy Neil (Snowboard Kids)

Nephis (Shadow Slave) vs "good" Tom (El Goonish Shive)

Ernő Nemecsek (A Pál Utcai Fiúk (The Paul Street Boys)) vs Dee Kennedy (Dayshift at Freddy’s) vs Kirinda (Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger)

GROUP D 

Todoroki Kakeru (Chō Soku Henkei Gyrozetter) vs The Exsurgent Virus (Eclipse Phase)

Heart (Moonlight Chicken) vs Captain Grace (Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited) 

Es (Milgram) vs Copen Kamizono (Azure Striker Gunvolt)

Lady Bat (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch) vs Ulala (Space Channel 5)

Diggory Graves (Hello from the Hallowoods) vs Phon (3 Will Be Free)

Hizame (Amatsuki by Takayama Shinobu) vs Brutha (Discworld) 

Raven (Gravity Rush) vs Kusuriuri (Mononoke)

Tin (Triage The Series) vs The Biologist (The Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer)

Silver (Oneshot) vs Raven (Raven (CBBC series))

Gary (Faith the Unholy Trinity) vs Roxis Rosenkrantz (Mana Khemia) 

Shijima Tsukishima/Shimeji (Shimeji simulation) vs Cynthia (Incryptid)

Jefferson (Death's Door) vs Gruftine (Die Schule Der Kleinen Vampire / The School for Little Vampires) vs Nuch (Not Me The Series)

GROUP E 

Sarah Collins (Dark Shadows (1966-1971)) vs Tangie (The Tangerine Bear)

Zaknafein Do'Urden (The Legend of Drizzt (Forgotten Realms)) vs Richard Conway (Gunpoint)

Zinn (Monstress) vs Leonie Beaumort (Aviary Attorney)

Magda (Vapors) vs Maki (Darker than Black)

Reo Miyao (Bokutachi no Ikita Riyuu (Our Reason For Living)) vs Principal Shirley Oddwell (Oddport Academy)

Cursebringer Angel (Baroque) vs The Cashier (Midnight Museum)

Inien (Thrilling Intent) vs Seaweed (Gloomverse) 

Stag Malinay (Krystar First Fragment) vs Randy Rosebud (Maggie's Apartment) 

No Significant Harassment (Rain World) vs Libby Day (Dark Places)

Sally Swing (Betty Boop) vs Conrad (The Castle of Otranto)

Goo (Inanimate Insanity) vs Shrimp (The Upturned) 

Cecilia Sylvie (Cross-dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie) vs Sullen the Magic Mirror (Barbie as Rapunzel CD-ROM) vs Dash X (Eerie, Indiana)

GROUP F 

Su Moting (God Troubles Me/Hanhua Riji) vs Gabrielle (Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove

Michiko Hada (Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly) vs Liv (Spooky Month)

Etcetera (Cats (Musical)) vs Fumi-ba (Kamen Rider Ghost)

Corona Hoshino (Swans in Space (manga)) vs Karl (All Hail King Julien)

Wolfman (Darkwood) vs Granger (NeverHome game series)

Gaap Goemon (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun) vs The God of Hunting (A Herbivorous Dragon of 5000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized)

Mission-chan (Mission-chan no Daibouken) vs Forest Friend (Gris)

Ellie (Monster Tale) vs Protagonist (Melatonin)

Dadish (Dadish) vs Turnip (Chicory: A Colorful Tale)

Guillermo "Dixon" Alverez (Rebelde (2022)) vs Agent (Penguinronpa)

Uhh… these guys? (Rhythm Heaven Fever) vs Mallory (Escam) 

Miyauchi Rena (Blue Reflection: Second Light) vs Tiger of the Wind (Monster Rancher (1999)) vs The High Ki of Twi (The Enchanted Island of Yew by Frank L. Baum)

[mxddyhero]

since asked me, i'll ask you too. what's your favorite a3! songs?

Oh goodness,, I will try to sort it kinda...

Character songs:

Petenshi no Yuutsu & Seeds

Real Luck

Aiueookina Citronjapan

Minority & Tailor Tailor!

Ichi ni Sankaku & Sankaku Gathering

SUEM

Loner & Mirailight

Gaki Atsukai

Kiteretsu Poemer

Defragmentation

Troupe songs:

Omoide no Nejimaki. Sorry.

Rakuen Oasis, Susume! Pirates, Amazing Happy Days, Orange Heart (in desperate need of a rerecord with tomorun for that one...)

Ichiya Kagiri no Aibou, Just For Myself, Buzama, Road To Manjuu Master!, Muddy Hero, Wandering Ghost, Zero Limit, onexone

Es No Yuutsu, Shoutai, Unmask, Step, Thawing

Mixed:

Growing Pain

Mikansei na Sora de

Yoi no Mikazuki <3

Scarlet Game

Yume Senri

Double Solitaire

Also I am in love with the akigumi stage songs but Spiral Emotion, Muse, Asayake-no Sora-e and Tsunagari. This is way more than I expected 😳

[senri-vlad-plasmius]

Is this infernal website working? It will be necessary to understand the residents of this "Feral" world easier.

To introduce myself, my name is Plasmius. Vlad Plasmius. I found myself trapped in a world I do not understand. I feel shame to admit that I was rather weak at first- I have been reduced from the powerful ghost I once was to some... sentient crystal, of some kind. The black fox who introduced me to this new world called me a "spark". They were actually rather helpful, in a way, as loathe as I am to admit as much. Without their help, I likely would have floundered around without any idea of how to survive.

I currently reside within the area of this planet known as "City Fera". I will provide a picture of this place.

Such a view of this area was achieved by climbing to the top of what other "sparks" called the "Rat Wall". I do not understand it in the slightest. Regardless, however, it allowed me to take notice of an odd quirk to this place; there are three moons.

The form you see I have taken was not always how I appeared after making my way to this odd dimension. As stated before, I was weak. I was barely able to conduct the form of a feline (known to these people as a "Senri". When I return to my home world, I will have to do research on asuch a creature).

However, with time and training, I have gathered enough strength to change my appearance to a satisfactory one. I bear an acceptable resemblance to my old ghostly form, including the head that I just recently gained the strength to manifest. The collar around my neck was rather simple to obtain and came from a "Komodori" known as "Striker" on a land known as the "Shattered Bay". The color comes from dyes sold by a talking beetle (who I suspect may be a spark herself, judging by the crystal adorning her forehead) within this particular city.

...I have rambled. Apologies. I suppose I have spent quite a long time here, seldom speaking to others unless necessary for a purchase or for a job of some kind. I find it quite relieving to be able to speak my mind, for once, without risking financial stability.

Regardless, I shall provide more information about this place I have found myself in.

There are two shops in City Fera:

To Dye For, run by Miss Marguerite, the talking beetle I mentioned earlier,

and Fera Fashions, run by a lanky deer-like man known as Andrulian Fawnlynn.

There is also a... club, of sorts. It is known as Centuria, and according to the current residents, was once teeming with life before a catastrophic event two years ago known as the "Shutdown".

When I walked inside, it was, however, rather empty. Attempts to ask about this "Shutdown" are rewarded with information about some organization known as "Wildworks", with a corrupt CEO who sounds to have been rather hateful of corn. His reasons for hating the staple crop are unknown. It seems sparks just enjoyed tormenting him with it.

The only other significant things to note are this back alley gambler,

known as "Kino", who does not interest me much...

...and this grand palace, which interests me greatly.

Reading tabloids reveals that the residents, known as the "Queens" of Feral, are named Aradia and Delilah. They are two sparks who were injured by some event long ago and have a habit of going into deep slumbers as a result. Their most recent one has lasted for quite a while, which seems to have worried many residents greatly.

I took immediate notice of the portal between the two main halves of the palace, but attempts to approach it proved that the portal is inert.

In other words, it does not function. I will be unable to use it to find my way back to my homeland.

I suppose that concludes my notes about City Fera.

As for why I am doing this, the people of this land seem to have an infatuation with the concept of social media, going as far as having their currency be named "Likes". Their language is spoken in dialects that very clearly relate to this fascination, such as exclamations of "OMG" (an abbreviation for "Oh My God"). If I wish to understand this world better, I must find a way to understand their odd obsession. With greater understanding comes greater knowledge of how I can leave.

I chose this "Tumblr" platform since it seemed like the least... intimidating of my options. "Instagram" did not seem suited for journaling and "Twitter" looked like a toxic wasteland.

Unless I "main tag" my "blog posts", these entries should not garner too much attention from the masses. As such, it will be easier to focus on learning more and cataloging my findings.

Until next time.

[plusanimablog]

Chapter 52: Opening Pandora's Box

Fly is in his place, sharing caramel chocolates with a cloaked figure who calls him master. The cloaked figure snitches that someone named "Blanca" ran away but came back, Fly figuring it's because Cooro is in Kilter right now.

So back at the church, Nana asks why Cooro went back to sleep after seeing that ghost last night. Nana is worried it really was a ghost, considering the church is right next to a graveyard. A couple of kids come by and Nana brings up the altar, which scares them and summons Mother Superior. Mother Superior tells Nana that she must have imagined it and the altar is sacred so don't go near it. Later on, a considerable distance further from the Mother Superior, Nana says that she's suspicious. Husky wonders if she's hiding something and Nana asks Cooro if he knows anything. Cooro doesn't answer. When Nana asks him why he keeps spacing out, he asks when are they going to leave. Nana says they just got here yesterday and asks why he doesn't want to spend more time in the place he grew up. Cooro says he does like the place and Nana wants to stay longer (so that she can find out more about Cooro's past). Raine finds them and invites them to a picnic that afternoon. Husky asks Cooro if it's okay with him...but Nana just speaks up and says that they're going.

Karmically, their supposed picnic is just them digging up potatoes, much to Nana's consternation. Raine points out that it's a picnic because they'll have fun cooking the potatoes later on. Nana thinks she's been tricked (should have kept your mind on your own business). Cooro's back to normal (because food is involved) and Nana drags off Husky to talk again. This time, she points out that Cooro only started getting antsy to leave when he saw the white shadow last night and everyone started talking about the altar. She figures those must be the keys to Cooro's past. She says if they leave the church without investigating, they may never get another attempt at learning about Cooro's past. Still, she's nervous and so is Husky. Then she springs up, remembering the church is empty and now is their chance to investigate.

Senri and Cooro are cooking the potatoes outside and Cooro notes that he keeps spacing out. Senri feeds him potatoes before he notices that Husky and Nana are missing.

Husky and Nana are at the altar, pushing it to the side to discover a secret entrance. Husky is suspicious, knowing that a secret entrance should be locked. Nana finds a ladder and goes down it with Husky to find a big room with a cart. She gets in and naturally triggers it, getting it moving. Husky jumps in to save her...stupidly forgetting that she can fly, leaving him alone in the moving cart as she saves herself.

Meanwhile, Cooro and Senri go to the church to look for the rest before they find the opened altar, figuring out that Husky and Nana must be down there. Fly comes in, out of nowhere, saying that he really should have locked it from the other side.

He goes down to find the cart missing, much to his shock. Cooro flies past him along with a running Senri, again ignoring his presence. Fly isn't bothered though, instead remarking on their stamina. "Children, what can you do? They don't think before they act."

The cart does end up stopping and the kids disembark. Then they see a door, going inside to find Fly's room with his books and chocolates. Husky is about to read about Anima implantation before Nana interrupts him to point him to "Blanca", the angel from chapters ago. End of chapter.

[artist-assassin]

i dont mind, i dont mind, coil yourself around me ‘til we’re intertwined

[arcadequeerz]

Got any Senry headcanons? uwu

gOD I have so many- but my brain is literally blankingon all of them right Now at this moment-

Uuuuh Sammy’s honestly rlly affectionate with Henry, He isn’t very touchy with Henry around others, other then holding his hand, or hugs- n occasional kisses, but when their home alone together? He pulls Henry onto his lap as they sit on the couch together, wraps his arms around him , He loves to cuddle, loves holding Henry, he loves being just, Close to him. And Henry loves it- He’s so sweet and loving- 

Henry jusst:

Sammy isn’t the best at Putting his feelings into words- explaining how he feels, So a lot of times he shows Henry he loves him through actions, kisses, snuggles and hugs n such, Just holding him, he is frustrated sometimes cus he cant put into words just, how Important he is to him- but Henry more then knows he loves him, he makes sure to show him he does. He makes sure to tell him he loves him, cus god- they love him more thne he could ever say in words.

[rcxwx]

Vampire Knight: Everlasting Apple - Shiki Senri

Did you know? She likes eating apples…

“Rina if you eat too much apple, you’ll become an apple”

“I think I’m already am Rima”

“If you sit like that, they will think you have inhabited the act of boys”

‘I think I did-” “But when you look like me, they will think it’s me”

“Because we are twins,”  “Maybe I’ll come in the middle of you two,” “Oh… hey Shiki Senri” Did you know? She’s Rima’s twin… I laid down on the dry, green, grass feeling the wind caressing past me like a ghost. It is a hot midnight and I found my throat burning with thirst although, I never drank a blood before; never tried it; never interested to. I’m like a human but with fangs.

“Rina, what are you doing?” Auburn hair, penetrating brunette eyes, straight but spiked down hair and, white flawless skin; that’s Senri: Rima’s acquaintance. “My throat is burning; I want an apple.” “I brought one, because I knew you would say that.” “Thank you.” Did you know? He always gives me an apple… “What’s your name?” “…”

“No name?” “I… Rima…” “So you’re Rima’s acquaintance… So, what is your name?” “Shiki… Shiki Senri…” “Hey I know you… I heard about you… you are called… hmm… a puppet? Hey Senri… why are you called puppet?” “I… mummy… mummy said if I want her to calm down… I should just be quiet and be a good bo-… puppet…” “Hmn… if you are a puppet, you can’t make your own decision. Even us five-year-old's are allowed that at least right?” “I-“ “Why are you crying Senri?” “…” Don’t cry… I’ll come sit next to you, see…” “…” I shouldn’t have blabbed. You are here for Rima, but unfortunately, she isn’t available because she’s not home.” “…” “It’s nearly sunrise… are you hungry?” “…I,” “Your face is nearly colourless like the blood has been drained out of you.” “I’m… hungry… I… blo-“ “Do you need blood..?” “…” “Hmm… ok, but just this once and in return, you have to bring me an apple.” “Yeah…” Pashrkk!! Did you know? This is our secret. Now that I am at the age of seventeen, I always often wondered what it is like to taste blood. But drinking blood tablet once a day sufficed so I never really went out of my way to taste one. I also really liked apple, so it was whatever. 

I finished my apple and I had nothing to do but stare at nothingness while me and Senri sat next to each other. How rare, usually Senri and Rima are inseparable like two conjoined magnet. I yawned just thinking about it; can’t be bothered trying to comprehend the monotonous dual; it would be like trying to understand the aspect of Kuran Kanama himself. “Rina… I’m dying…” “Again?” I asked while yawnning again. “Are you dying again like the first time I fed you?”

“Yes, like the time when we first met, I’m dying. Please cure me,” “Nah, I don’t feel like it, ask Rima, Senri.”

“… I don’t want… anyone’s bloods other than yours Rina” Pashrkk!! “Hmm… ok, but just this once. And in return, you have to bring me an apple.” I negotiated while wincing at the sharp pain on my neck. I felt his fang sinks in deeper when he nodded, “What does it taste like Senri?” Did you know…?

Gulp Everlasting Apple Exist… “It tastes like an apple…”

Something I wrote when I was little hahaha I did edited a bit before posting it but most of it stayed intact, hope you enjoyed it ! :D 

[nuclearloop]

I’ve been playing Fer.al lately, and two mains I have figured out that I like a lot!

First is a kitsune ghost (name TBD) that haunts the ruins near the Blood Shore in the Blood Tundra, and the senri is a merchant named Jete who sells...valuable and authentic items across the land. 

[xthunderbolt]

This is a lot, but for the ask game: 5, 21, 29, 30, 33, 41, 51, 58, 60, 61, 70, 71, 73, 89, 98

You don't have to answer them all if you don't want to 😅

Well damn you really went all in 😂

5. Zodiac sign

I'm a Leo ✌️

21. How was your day?

Hmm... kinda lazy, spend it all relaxing

29. What are your hobbies?

Reading, writing, taking picture of nature, daydreaming, sketching I think it's called (when you kinda draw after a copy?) and going on long walks with music in my earphones

30. Any cool places in your area?

Well not really, I live in a small town currently, but I like this alley with trees that's usually deserted and I love watching it change with seasons

There's also another one with cherry trees that I'm in love with

33. Languages you speak

I speak Romanian, Italian and English! And if you wanna count in the tiny Japanese I learned from animes and because of Servamp... 😂

41. What's your device background?

51. How would you describe your style?

Well this is a bit complicated cause my style kinda changes with my personalities, but I would say chaotic goth or lazy punk or alt tomboy

58. Songs you're currently obsessed with?

Truth to the Weak by Fire from the Gods

Six Feet Under by Silent Theory

Losing My Mind by Falling in Reverse

Fearless by From the Ash

Ghost Town by NEONI

60. Favorite genre?

Don't have a specific one, I listen to anything I like, but the ones I listen to the most are rock, rap and alt.

61. Favorite artist/band?

Linkin Park, Hollywood Undead, Skillet, Citizen Soldier, Silent Theory and Sasha Sloan.

70. Your fictional crushes

I will not remember them all but the firsts and my current obsessions are

INNER KURO AND GEAR

Then my very first crush was Raven from teen titans, then Sasuke and Temari from naruto, and then I also love Gareki (karneval), Tinker (servamp), Tomoe (kamisama kiss), Mika (owari no seraph), Krul (owari no seraph), Kaneki (tokyo ghoul), Touka (tokyo ghoul), Reki (skate the infinity), Anna (shaman king), Pheona (the chain chronicles), Aram (the chain chronicles), Chuuya (bungou stray dogs), Zero (vampire knight), Senri (vampire knight), Zen (snow white with the red hair), Shinah (akatsuki no yona) AND IDK I DONT EVEN REMEMBER ALL THE ANIMES I WATCHED

71. Which fictional character is you?

The ones I related to the most were Mahiru and Kuro, but there's also Kaneki if you look at his situation from a figurative point of view.

73. Favorite greek god?

Hades, but there's also something about Artemis that attracts me.

89. If you had to be turned into a paranormal being, what would it be?

Vampire because of my biting kink.

98. Shapeshifting or controlling time?

Shapeshifting! And I wanna be a bird