#starry raven rambles

[the-starry-raven]

Im watching playthrough for the Modern Warfare games and I got to MW3 and I was just- wiejdbbdksi-

Nikolai showed up and aaaaa-

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Good morning headmage

I was wondering if you and the other teachers went to the museum with your students this year to celebrate its 100th anniversary ?

If so what did you like there , do you have a favorite artwork ?

Have you been there before 👀?

Enter; An Unkindness of Ravens.

"Why, of course we teachers accompanied our students to the Land of Dawning's National Museum of Art. It would be highly irresponsible of us to allow children to travel to a foreign land without chaperones!”

Crowley perked with pride. Prestige—the acknowledgement of it—tended to have that effect on him, pompous man that he was.

"Not to mention... It's an honor for us to be invited to this centennial celebration! This is a wonderful opportunity for us teachers to appreciate art alongside our young pupils—though I myself have already visited numerous times. Ah, but that is what a long lifespan and a deep respect for history does… Sharpens the mind and the spirit!”

Somehow he ended up circling around and feeding his own ego again.

You walked alongside him, tactfully staying silent and letting the headmaster ramble.

Famous faces passed by, relics of the past unearthed. Stories, centuries in the making. History coming to life around you.

Click, clack, click.

Crowley’s polished shoes and cane alternated, echoing sharply in the gallery.

“This solemn, almost reverent atmosphere is rather pleasing. It grants one the space and time to properly admire and reflect on the artwork on display.”

He raised a hand, his golden claw-shaped rings upon each finger shining under the museum’s lights. Crowley gestured to the paintings that lined the closest wall. You followed where he led your gaze.

Platinum frames, seven in total. Each held an illustration of a familiar figure—you recognized them from the stone statues lining Main Street.

“I find myself gravitating toward the classics. Perhaps I am sentimental, fufu. My bias is clear.”

The Queen of Hearts.

She looked on from up high, posed with a gavel behind a banister and flanked by card soldiers. Her face was kind and rounded, but her expression was stern. Hands folded in her lap and her hammer raised to deliver justice, she was the picture of dignified grace.

The King of Beasts.

He reclined in a dark cave, bones scattered around him. The King stood out from the others of his kind--body lanky, a scar knitting one eye, mane a deep black, and with an unmatched feline poise. He toyed with a skull in one paw, his mouth twisted into a contemplative smirk.

The Sea Witch.

She danced, tentacles curling, in an anemone garden, lilac arms outstretched to cuddle her beloved pets: two moray eels that adorned her arms like a living boa. Pinkish light spilled onto them, emanating from her bubbling cauldron. Another potion brewing to fulfill some poor, unfortunate soul's wish.

The Sorcerer of the Sands.

A thin man with a long face and a goatee pieced together a golden scarab, its light piercing the starry night. Particles of sand and glittering magic kicked up, scattering across his black and red robes. The wings of the scarab, flickering rapidly--as if about to take flight.

The Beautiful Queen.

She triumphantly held up a goblet of bubbling liquid, her radiant face reflected in it. High cheek bones, skin smooth as china, full lips, long lashes, a gown that clung to her hourglass figure. Her beauty was every bit as deadly as the poison in the glass.

The King of the Underworld.

He beamed in the painting, showing sharp teeth. Various tabletop games surrounded him, and he seemed to take great joy in maneuvering a chess piece across a board. No opponent was in view--the man was a lone player.

The Thorn Fairy.

She loomed in her spiked throne, her calm face cut severe by the gathering shadows and green candlelight. Briar crept around the tattered hem of her cloak, waiting for her next command. One word, and you felt as though they would come to life and rush at you.

The Great Seven together dominated the hallowed halls of the museum. In awe of them, you felt yourself shrink back. If was as though your body instinctively knew to kneel in the presence of such raw power.

Crowley, too, quietly bowed his head to the Seven. He held his top hat to his chest, his dark lips pursed into a serene smile.

"What visionaries! We must all strive to the same heights as they."

[axxl-rose]

The Pale Moonlight

Ivar the Boneless x ofc

Word Count: 875

Warnings: None

Laughter echoed in the distance as the men celebrated their latest battle, drinking mead and singing songs. The gleaming fire caused a dim glow to settle over the forest, illuminating the dancing shadows.

Sitting on an old tree stump, Ivar stared out into the forest, eyes hazy and shoulders hunched over in thought. Yet, his ears perked up, hearing the snapping of twigs and crunching of leaves. Glancing over his shoulder, he sat up straight as the cause of his headache appeared.

“What is wrong, young prince? Didn’t kill enough Christians for your liking?” Selene teased, a smile gracing her face as she leant against one of the many trees surrounding them.

Ivar chuckled, his head bowed low. “For a girl who criticises my love for bloodshed, you seem to enjoy making jokes about it.” His electric eyes lifted, a smirk decorating his face.

Selene scoffed, a hand waving away his response as she plopped down beside him. “I do not condone it, but if it makes you happy and stops you from injuring unsuspecting locals, who am I to complain?” She peered up at him, a twinkle in her eyes.

Ivar gave no reply, his smirk shifting into a frown. He just stared at her, unsure and unprepared.

Selene’s smile fell. “What is wrong?”

The Boneless grit his teeth, a hiss escaping. Rolling his head on his shoulders, he tried to shake off the fire in his veins as he looked away from her, unable to gaze into her shining eyes no longer.

Panic flared in Selene as she moved onto her knees, observing Ivar’s shaking form, tentatively touching his legs, “Have you injured yourself? Fallen off your horse? What is it?” She rambled, unaware that his piercing stare had returned to her.

“I want to choke the life from you.” He whispered. Selene stopped her movements, her mouth becoming dry as she slowly met his eyes, unconsciously leaning away from her friend. “I want you to understand how it feels to be afraid…” Ivar licked his lips, “Because this is how I feel whenever you are around.”

It was as if the only sounds to be heard in the forest were the quiet squawking of ravens, the distant celebrations, and the racing of teenage hearts.

“Ivar…” Selene trailed off, her gleaming eyes blown wide in the moonlight. “What do you mean?”

Ivar swallowed, the noise echoing within the forest. “You have…” his electric blue eyes avoided her, staring into the starry night sky. “Consumed my every thought. When you are away from me, I am concerned about your safety, your feelings. Has somebody harmed you? Made you cry?” His eyebrows furrowed and fists clenched by his sides. Selene could not speak. Her glistening eyes tracked Ivar’s frantic movements. “And when you are near me, it is worse! I cannot speak, for I fear that if I do, I will say the wrong thing, and you will leave!” He yelled, causing Selene to flinch. “See! I have done it already!” Ivar cried, lifting himself off the stump and beginning to crawl away.

Selene stumbled to her feet, tripping over loose leaves and sticks. “Ivar! Please!” She shouted. “You have not let me speak!” Ivar continued to ignore her, slithering into the shadows. “What if I told you I wanted to choke you too?” She called.

Ivar froze, wide eyes turning to face Selene with raised brows.

Selene’s face crinkled, her lips pursed. “Okay, that is not what I meant to say at all...” She sighed. Shrugging, she stepped closer to Ivar, slowly as if trying not to spook him. “I am afraid for you too. When you are on the battlefield, I cannot sit still! What if you have fallen off your chariot? Or even been killed? I just have to sit here and wait like some silly twit, waiting for you to return!” Selene had stopped looking at Ivar and was pacing. Now that her thoughts were in the open, she could not stop them. “And even when you aren’t on the battlefield, you concern me! What if it is too cold and your bones hurt? Or you are in pain and need silly jokes to lighten the mood?” Selene paused, staring at grey moon, seeking guidance. “But, how do I tell you I love you without losing you?”

Selene screamed; her body knocked to the dewy forest floor. Ivar hovered above her, breathing heavy and blue eyes glimmering. Odin had frozen time as the young pair gazed at each other, peering into the soul of the other. Ivar inched downwards, slow and uncertain. 

Rolling her eyes, Selene gripped the back of Ivar’s head and smashed their lips together. Their lips moved like two people dancing together for the first time, unpractised yet passionate. His arms ran up and down her sides as she played with his hair. It was not perfect, but it was right.

Pulling away with a huff, Ivar whispered, “I do not really wish to choke you.”

Selene nodded absentmindedly, staring at Ivar’s lips. “Good. Let’s just start with holding hands. Your odd kinks can come in later, hmm?” She grinned. Ivar shook his head with a chuckle, leaning back down to reclaim her lips in the pale moonlight.  

[spottlessspectre]

Wait okay so I've seen the wip game thingy and I wanted to do it so here's my go:

Wip game: post the names and a brief summary of all the wips you have at the moment and let people ask you questions about them.

I'm only doing about 6 because there's loads without fleshing out and I'm going to ramble anyway

1. When you don't tell your family about your job (I hate the name and summary and will change it when I think of new ones) anyway, my current longfic about how Soap interacts with his family and how he and Ghost dance around each other (spoiler: they get together pretty fast but oh well)

2.twit twoo, my shifter/magic au, basically some people have magic but it's not overwhelmingly common, obviously all of 141 have magic (Price can manipulate metal, Ghost can shift into different animals, Gaz can manipulate electricity and Soap can heal and detect injuries) the intro fic is already posted on ao3 but I'll add more drabbles to it based off of comments I've had.

3. Mountain climbing- Tom and Beth Riley go on a walking holiday to celebrate their anniversary, but one of the other people on the trip are more familiar than they ever could have thought, but it couldn't be him because he died years ago

4. It's currently titled "mystery" but it'll probably be "mystery man" or something, basically a fic of soap being lent out to another base for a mission and ending up adopting a soldier.

5. Alerudy comfort (started in a trade with @the-starry-raven, but I haven't finished or posted it yet- sorry about that) I'm going for Rudy having a really bad day and Alejandro comforting him.

6. HTTYD AU, my beloved right now- it's going to be a long fic if I can help it.

I tried cutting this down but I can't help but ramble, please unleash questions on me :]

[starryficsfinishwen]

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Punishing: Gray Raven, Genshin Impact; possible: Honkai Star Rail, Love and Deepspace

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[forbiddensaintessandsinner]

'The wish is the one who falls down'

Ship Writing no. 4 Ellis x Tatsuo (@starry-night-rose)

TW: Serious Writing Alerted! (The Collection of Eternity Background, The Resurrection, Too Many Brute Killing-like Situations, Various Choices of Language, Mentions of Incidental Deaths, Other Fandom Characters Within, Fluffiness, Falling Down)

Other OCs Mentioned: Juvia (@windbornearchon), UiO (@authoruio), Carol (@fumikomiyasaki), Victoria (@rosietrace) and my Fandom Mixed OCs

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Beneath the rays of the lightings of the sun above the dormitory residing the current residents of the Ramshackle Dormitory of NRC, and additional of few visitors who came to stop by in a usual soon-to-be afternoon routine of hanging out as students. The inside of the newly established dormitory shows the current staying residents of the Ramshackle Dorm are Ellis, Juvia, and Carol plus with the visitors from the other NRC Dorms UiO, and Victoria. All of the girls inside were having a usual afternoon and in addition to the latest chaos and interesting gossip around the madness academy of Night Raven College, a prestigious school for villains. Then again... Most of the students aren't that bad as you look at them further the more you stay in this strange wonderland of oddness, but then there's the never-ending rivalry on them at a certain school called Royal Sword Academy. But it didn't change the fact that many things one after another... Yet if you were there, you don't want to forget the fun and trouble that were tossed at you.

Currently everyone in the Ramshackle was having the usual afternoon like any other day, chatting away to let time pass on to slowly end the bright and shining sunlight for a usual new tomorrow, then again the topic the girls are discussing about is more girlish kind for the others, while the rest just decide to go have the pleasant tea and crumpets on the table, the only ones who were discussing the girlish topic were Juvia and Ellis and Carol who got dragged in by the two, while the rest who came by decided to listening what they were talking ( well apparently it's only Juvia and Ellis talking while Carol is having her ears opened to both girls ) along.

The topic you asked? Well-

"Well~ Juvia. Aside from Deuce, is there anyone else you find interesting in?" Ellis hummed in sweetest delight, with a simple smile on her lips formed at the end of her words.

"A-Ah-! Uh- Well- That's-" Juvia then eventually stuttered her words as she flushed herself in a lightness of red on her face by the brief second as the question was then passed onto her like the baton was thrown at another performer, eventually putting her in a very normal position of getting teased after.

"Well... Good thing it didn't pass onto me.." Carol muttered with an awkwardly formed smile as she sipped from her cup of tea, remembering that she was rather cornered by those two girls when she got questioned by whoever male companion she met and became familiar with would be her potential 'The One', which was still part of the topic that the three girls were having.

Victoria was humming along in a normal tune as she then listened to the three girls talking further on while UiO was having a fun time in the dorm rather exploring around and asking questions which no one probably had the time to answer them. Eventually, Juvia went rambling onto her mind of whoever caught her interest, but there were countless people who could make her fall over on her own tippy toes or tower her like the skyscraper in any city ( aside from Malleus, ofc ). But in the end, Juvia gave up, but only explained that there were too many of her choices to just choose only one... Then again, she became a new tomato that had grown beautifully for harvesting in autumn. Eventually the conversation continued, which then baton then passed onto...

"Alright, so Ellis. Who's interesting to you? Anyone picking from your bucket?" Juvia stammered as she fixed her words, which she managed to calm herself back to normal. Well it was obvious that Mrs. Pretty Pinky herself yours truly, Ellis always falls for many people in various gender-types that could be her kind of type of person she'd be with for the rest of her life or she could get multiple partners if she can. But to anyone's surprise... There were various ones that she met and had got into her bucket list of choices, which also includes the Malleus Draconia himself after seeing him in person.

The others were waiting for her reply, which Ellis only hummed while thinking with her thoughts, but she then flashed rather a cheeky smile on her face.

"Well~ guess a name!" She sang happily, in which her cheeks then flushed into a light pinkish color as she smiled.

Then many gave out the ones that she'd been shy with, but aside from that, they answered only one name.

"Malleus." The others replied by rather a straight or normal shout tone. ( To which Juvia and UiO had placed their bets on it, while Carol and Victoria didn't seem to bet on it ). Ellis then somewhat likely blinked at the answer, which the girl then shyly swayed her head from side to side in a bit of a girly way. Which put the others in rather surprise expressions, well except Victoria who then raised an eyebrow at her.

"So.. It's not Malleus? Who is it then?" UiO asked, which anyone can see that their curiosity is eventually ringing like wanting the answer radar. Eventually everyone waited for her answer, which Ellis took rather a simple breath as she spoke it out loud-

"It's Tatsu!"

The slight second she said it, the second everyone looked at her in a sudden change yet surprised expression ( that's Juvia and UiO if you're wondering who ). Although only two who were Carol and Victoria seem to have only raised an eyebrow at her but then nodded at her reply while the remaining two then looked at each other, which they weren't expecting that kind of reply but they seemed to want an answer from her soon. But of course, anyone in this room of the dormitory lounge area would have been familiar with that nickname aside from the other students in the school.

Tatsu, or that should be mentioned by his full name as... Tatsuo Kimoto. He was also a magic-less student who had been brought to the entrance ceremony alongside Carol, Juvia, and Ellis, and in addition to his own cousin joining with him in the chaos of mess, Chizuko Miyato. Even so, by the 'not-so-very-kind-and-helping' headmaster Dire Crowley, he offered the group a place to stay in the Ramshackle Dormitory which was rather abandoned and forgotten by the other seven dorms in the school. On that very same day ( in addition to adding Grim in the grouping as well ), it was a very awkward starting for the whole group but it didn't take long for them to be rather a group of students that can be easy to approach by many others... Till each one of them managed to gain somehow special abilities in one of the strangest events that happened so far...

Well that is for only three of the girls. Chizuko and Tatsuo were the sheer opposite from the three of them......

The two cousins were clearly different from any other being that this wonderland had to withstand to see from them. Thier abilities... Were beyond seeing what reality can be even viewed in a normal sense of mind. Both were rather.... 'Diabolic'.

In a sense of way to describe it... 'Diabolic' in human flesh. When it appears before them in rather... In one of the traumatic events that happened in this school, it burst out of the blue for the two cousins... It happened like an unexpected surprise to be shown in the worst way possible, it was kept as a secret to a safety sealed away from others from knowing it but it didn't last long when each strange incident happened one after another that it didn't feel like stopping at all for anyone...

Ellis and the other group in the Ramshackle were worried till the outburst climax of the incident was welcomed... But stopping the outbreaks from the two traumatized cousins had to be put in harm's way... It was not a pleasant sight to see or imagine it that way... But the Ramshackle Members and the rest of the student body were prevented from seeing the ungodly sight of the aftermath once it was settled for.

Perhaps Ellis was lucky to be born not to see or know too much in her mind... If she had seen what had happened that day.. Perhaps that the words within her favourite color will vanish without even a single thought by just the single look by it alone. Lucky for her, the lasting of her innocence didn't leave all together thanks to Victoria and Carol and more who prevented that from happening the minute the cousins were taken to recover from everything that had happened that day but there were circumstances that prevented any student from knowing what had happened that day, which it was kept as a dark secret that cannot be spoken about.

Besides... Ellis's personality took a whole 180 shift change on that day. She really wanted to know what had happened that day because she was worried about the two cousins ever since it took place! She really wanted to! But she and the rest of the group got stopped by the school's authority, the poor girl couldn't do much with her abilities...

The tragedy that happened in the academy was nearly a month ago... It was rather an awful memory to remember.

While as the two cousins were slowly recovering in the infirmary of the school's academy, their hidden identities were out. Lucky that the Ramshackle Members managed to know what had happened after being shut down by the authorization by the school and it's staff members to secure the situation from being explored to the publicly outside of the school, But the sudden surprise on that day to see them was Ellis eventually shouting in worry and anger for the two korean cousins, not only that they cope it to the brink of experience the shear pain again, but was also upset that they kept it away from everyone including herself. The brunette was upset but then went to fall down.... Were her salty tears afterward, she sobbed softly as she clung and hugged onto both Tatsuo and Chizuko at the same time as the other students in the group did the same.... In pureness relief and happiness that they were okay and alive in the end.

Yes... It was all over for them..

It seems that Victoria had been fully aware of Ellis's obvious feelings for her full-of-surprise korean crush Tatsuo, then again he's also an interesting guy with a similar black appearance like his cousin Chizuko. Lucky for her, Tatsuo normally treats Ellis like a normal buddy of a companion regardless of gender but since she gained feelings for him, it was rather clear. Carol was on the same page as her, well the only ones who didn't know much about it were Juvia and UiO.

"Eeeh?! Tatsu-kun?!" Juvia explained, with her yellow-eyes widened at the sudden turn of surprise, UiO then started at Ellis with sparkling eyes as if she was a bit surprised that it wasn't her dorm leader that got her attention, but hearing their friend's name was not something that they were expected to notice.

"Since when did you get it?" Carol asked as she placed her empty cup down on the table, she pushed up her glasses up to her nose as she listened to the conversation.

"Besides, it was obvious that you're always sticking around with them whenever the others weren't around. Especially Kimoto at the slightest chance." Victoria added in, then which Ellis then sweatdroppedat her response. She didn't expect that it was pretty noticeable at all... Until now at least.

"Well~ How should I put it... You know he had this kinda vibe you know..?" Ellis muttered as the others nodded which they can see that she was fidgeting her fingers rather shyly as the others waited for her reply.

"But aside from that-! He's such a wonderful gentleman!! Not only does he understand most women's talks such as myself- he even knows when to get the message too!! And- more importantly-"

From everyone else who can notice inside and out of this room of the dorm as time passes forward, it was her rambling on and on about her opinions and thoughts on him. But no one wanted to interrupt her talking about her eternal crush on him. Why is that? Because that is typically Ellis being Ellis, no one is judging that one out of the box.

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"FFFUUUCCKKK YYOOUUU- YYYYIIIUUUU-!!" A rather somewhat masculine voice shrieked throughout somewhat of the vision of the cloudly blue skies of Twisted Wonderland, of someone falling straight fast down. None other than someone that no one has been familiar with before... Curious if you might ask?

The person who was falling down was a male ( but in actuality, they're gender-fluid ) person of age 19 and is probably still a young teenager but is about to be an adult soon, in clothing style of simplest of cardigans but in a slight of darkest colors, eyes of reddish mixed in purple, and nude color of pink for his eyes and wears a pair of glasses. This person is currently in a brink of panicking as they begin to fall down fast to the very ground of this new world that they had fallen through by book back in a strangest location that probably wouldn't exist normally in a way, not as anyone can think about it...

There was another person falling down beside them, however this one was rather... Odd looking to see and is possible to be gender-fluid alongside with them. Their eyes were covered with a black blind fold, and it seems sturdy enough not to be removed by hand if possible, elegantly with white long snowy hair as the falling snow on the lovely winter nights on December evenings, lastly in a monochrome-color choice of clothing with additional of wearing a tight shirt and pants. This person doesn't seem normal to look...

And currently right now, both of them are falling straight down if they are going to crash or now. However, the white-haired individual didn't seem to be bothered by as he then turned to the panicking individual, who is still panicking to the brink of getting... Another death..?

How odd to know...

"You know what Kazuki, you should have been more aware that you're the one who opened that book back there!"

"Forget about that!! What kind of book are we falling into anyways-?!"

"You didn't see the title before falling into this shit?"

"Damn you moron- AND WE'RE ABOUT TO CRASH-!!"

"Interesting my man."

As soon Kazuki then noticed the clear ground that the two were about to hit soon, the young male quickly closed their eyes as he was about to be prepared for another death impact for another damage... Nothing happened as their eyes closed shut tight, embracing the usual impact that they got every time that they entered a book- As Kazuki opened his eyes, she then noticed two familiar faces and was floating in midway air as Yiu spoke.

"Huh, I didn't expect to see you both here." The strange reaper muttered out loud, looking at two black-haired people at the bottom, a black-haired ravenette was holding her scythe as a non-wording spell was cast, preventing both Kazuki and Yiu from hitting the ground on the rough edge ( although that Yiu can get damaged like any body anyone has but however cannot get any pain ).

"Oh please don't bet on that, as soon as we heard screaming up in that same old sunny skies. I just had a gut feeling." Chizuko explained as she placed the two down on the ground slowly as her floral yet reddish colored scythe eventually vanished, she somewhat smiled cheeky at the two as if she recognized them.

"True, it's been long since we've heard your chaotic screams." Tatsuo stated as he too then smiled at the two familiar faces and had offered his hand at Kazuki as they grabbed it with their own hand and added a smile back at the two cousins while Yiu then regained his floating ability right after being placed onto the ground.

"I'd take that we always bump into familiar faces, but it's always the first people back in the eternity within the resurrection side." Yiu explained as he yawned as they then noticed Chizuko's sly reaction.

"Oh~? But we're one of the many and always the first people that both of you guys always meet back in the library and shelf selection in whatever side you're in. Whatever befalls for you two is always like before." Chizuko stated as she then pointed her finger at both of the individuals. It didn't take long for all four of them to laugh at the statement that was completely obvious to know about.

"But then again, it's a huge surprise to see you two again. I'd never known that I would crash into both of you once more. Chizuko, Tatsuo." Kazuki laughed as they shook their head as the two cousins then nodded at their words that made them smile like no one has did before, the words that flow through their mouth was actually true...

Rather then, it's been... About two years or perhaps more than just two years sinnce Kazuki last saw them face to face before it ended... Memories were about to flow back in as he recalled them...

They didn't want to forget... How it all started.

"Oi, Kaz. Are you tearing up?" Chizuko teased mischievously which Tatsuo punched her left shoulder after both were looking at Kazuki's face. They quickly shook their face from side to side quickly then created... Their usual cocky expression that even brings back more of their nostalgia.

"Ha.. Funny. No tears on me."

"Gross."

"Fuck off, Yiu."

Right at that moment, the sound of the door was then opened. The four then noticed the Ramshackle Dorm Residence, there stop Ellis and Carol who opened the door, there the two brown-haired girls noticed the cousins there but they also noticed two unfamiliar faces as well, putting the two girls into pure confusion towards them. It wasn't before long when the others then noticed the commotion as well.

"Tatsuo? Who are those two people?" Ellis yelled, as both then made direct eye-contact, a pair of green colored-eyes then met a pair of black colored-eyes, unable to break away.

"Fellow friends of ours!" The black-haired male replied back loudly enough for the others to hear him.

"Hey, why don't you both come inside to relax?" The female ravenette explained, which Kazuki then agreed while Yiu then loud out a faint 'tch' but then joined along the group, soon enough everyone then went back inside the dorm.

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Rather it was already in the middle of the afternoon, aside from that. Both Kazuki and Yiu were introduced by Chizuko and Tatsuo to the others, though they weren't expecting that both of them fell from the sky as in....like another way of entering Twisted Wonderland... Which, it was odd for anyone to know, aside from the others from their world who entered Twisted Wonderland through the entrance ceremony, which Kazuki is aware of. But when Victoria and UiO then asked both of them further ( well in quite the suspicion on the two as well too, well on Victoria's part though and UiO was throwing endless questions )... The answers they were about to get became surprising and unexpected.

"So... Kazuki, right? You... ended up in that 'Collection of Eternity' two years back ago due to an accident and then ended up going back there again by 'allowment' and which you got here by entering a book and then falling in?" Carol repeated and which Kazuki nodded in agreement, as she looked at Kazuki in concerned after she heard how they ended up there in the back before.

"Is it possible to enter while being separated from your body and being conscious there?! Oh- I want to try it!! I want to see that library of eternity that you spoke of!!" UiO exclaimed, looking pretty excited in their eyes as they sparkled.

"Hah? You need to leave your body if you want to." Yiu bluntly replied, which UiO looked at the white-haired floating reaper for a split second and doesn't seem to get the answer from them till Carol explains to them what it means.

"So... About that, Chizuko, Tatsuo were you guys... That brutal to them?" Ellis stuttered, the cousins then shook their heads as they recalled those memories back then, which they can sweatdrop.

"Ahaha... It wasn't just us. The others too... Besides, they've been there too." Tatsuo explained, which a realization came across at the others.

Others... Were there other people in this too..?

"Yeah a lot if you want to know who, there's Haruki and Sasuke. Alessandro and Scott. Lolanthe, Yomi and Carlos and many more. Yeah, it's nearly everyone that you guys met only some of them back then at the other schools." Chizuko explained with a soft smile as she took a sip from her cup of her favorite drink.

"So... Then, they're also.." Victoria muttered as all of the four nodded without a single moment of hesitation and backing off, what the others can do is stare in quite a bit of shock at the four but then smiled, knowing that they would be surprised in explanation of story-telling of their two-year prior history..

"Yeah, that's about everything you got to know... But I don't mind spoiling more if that satisfies your curiosity, there's plenty on the plate for everything." Kazuki mentioned as he patted Yiu's back, which the white-haired floating individual then grunted in annoyance that the talk has to continue even longer, however the shockness everyone had was wearing were washed away quickly within a few seconds afterward and we're now fascinated by the aspects of everything that had happened explained by Kazuki alongside with Yiu floating beside near at his shoulders, with Chizuko and Tatsuo handling the details to make the answers make more sense and understandable for them to view the image in their minds better... Especially when it comes to something that was interesting.. Surely.

( The only thing the four wouldn't mention a single word is the 'Head of the Collection' herself............ Surely, if they ever want to- truly anyone is a huge ass goner. )

While everyone in the room was chatting away to let time go by, Tatsuo then decided to go outside to catch his breath, in the meantime Ellis managed to see the black-haired male heading outside at the backyard of the dormitory. Seeing her little chance, she then carefully sneaks away quietly from the others in the lounge area and then joins her soon-to-be hers outside at the backyard of the Ramshackle Dormitory. Outside of the garden, with the sun completely setting making a likely pinkish color of the atmosphere, there too Tatsuo looking at the sun doing down as he noticed Ellis then joining at his side and noticed the pretty sun making a beautiful pink colored sky as it goes down.

For now.... It was just them alone in their own world.

"It's been quite a day for us, hasn't it...?" Tatsuo spoke as he looked at Ellis who joined him in the backyard, who then clung onto his arm as they watched the sunset.

"Yeah... Your whole story back there is unbelievable... How long have you kept it from me~?" The brunette pouted visibly as Tatsuo noticed her moping expression and eventually laughed at her reaction.

"Trust me now, Eli. It has restrictions from being told to anyone that includes you. It has to take time to hold long enough before it can explain itself. Even a girl has to have patience in waiting." Tatsuo stated as he then patted the brunette's hair, which Ellis wasn't happy with his answer and then pouted once more.

"Hah.... It's true that I indeed HAVE the patience to wait for a long time. But I'm not that patient enough to wait that long!! But honestly, when can you tell me everything like right now, that includes you too Tatsu?!" Ellis whined as she waved her arms floppingly at him, which Tatsuo sighed at her whining and then looked at her in the eye.

"Alright then, so... Do you have a wish?"

"Huh?"

That was odd. Ellis wondered why he asked if she had a wish. But the confusion on her facial expression was in fact an invitation for Tatsuo which was enough for him to handle it for her. But to Ellis, she couldn't help but think about it and wondered why...

"Eli, if there's none on you. Then I can't tell you everything that I've got." Tatsuo sighed, making a convinced disappointed expression on his face, which put Ellis into a huge thinking for a while till she then quickly replied to him.

"I-I- I do!!" She shouted, soon Tatsuo made one open eye-contact at her determination.

"If that's the case... Then what would it be?" As he asked, Ellis then took a breath and answered.

"To know you better, like I was trying to do back before!! Because of that incident that you and Chizuko got involved in had put me on a stop hold!! You were so put to stone as much that I wanted to be closer to you- And then, I managed to after you recovered yet you still didn't tell me everything!! So, I want to-" As Ellis started talking about what she wanted, she then noticed Tatsuo putting his finger upon his lips, a faint smirk appeared which surprised her quickly. Tatsuo's eyes were softly closed as he started to speak.

"You know.... There was a really really old legend back in my home once ago. That involves wishes including yours." He spoke, which Ellis herself couldn't move in the sudden closeness that she found herself.... Between her and Tatsuo.

"They say that... If that person says their wish to the other that they wanted to be with for the rest of their lives..."

As Tatsuo then continued his talking yet softly in her voice which Ellis still stayed frozen from her position, she felt his hand which was pretty warm to feel, he then opened his eyes as the two made close eye-contact directly till...

"The wish is the one who falls down... With the person they made for the other as an oath of promise."

And with that, a pair of lips then collided with the other. The brunette's green eyes then went wide quickly as she realized the position she was now in....... Yes. Tatsuo himself, was once one of her close friends who now became her current crush and will become her soon-to-be... had already sealed the deal between themselves... The timing was perfect... Well too perfect in Ellis's eyes..! Still standing still with her lips taking a taste from his lips, the two then separated themselves with Tatsuo then lick his lips afterward and then smiled, leaving poor Ellis as stunned as a frozen statue.

"You know, if you want more... I'm waiting in my room tonight." Tatsuo explained as he was about to walk away, he then felt a force drag from his arm which his expression didn't falter as he turned around, just to find Ellis now holding his arm. A sudden realization washed over her mind...

He went outside on purpose... Which caused this to happen.

"Are you that surprised princess?"

"T-T-T- y-you.... Huh....?"

"We'll talk more inside, come on now. Dinner is about to be ready~" The black-haired male hummed as he then smiled like before as he then held Ellis on bridal style, causing the brunette to become more flustered in the freshly darkest pink color that you ever can imagine in this scene.

This... Becomes Ellis's unforgettable memory.

[mythicandco]

a PINNED POST? for REAL? with an ACTUAL INTRODUCTION? NO FUCKING WAY.

hi! yes!! hello!!! I am in FACT real (I think. I hope. please.) and so is this introduction! my name's Mythic! or Starrie. or Icarus. or Bookie. or... or really anything, you can make one up if you want. I use any pronouns (go wild! if there's some neos you think would fit me, please feel free to use them!!), but my main ones are ce/cer/cerv (again, see my pronouns.page for the full list).

I'm queer, and currently in a state of flux with Everything, being the confused dragon deer moth eldritch computer house thing that I am, so I do not know how romance works! or gender. but I do have a partner! and I love it very much- hi Reggie<3

I am mentally ill in the sense that if you mention anything that even vaguely, unintentionally references one of my hyperfixations I will drop everything I'm doing and start ranting about it for the next three days. in the sense that if I hear you say "do you understand?" I will quote the entirely of The Mandela Catalogue Vol.2 argument from memory or start sobbing incoherently about some sickly white boy named Adam Murray. you have been warned.

DO NOT INTERACT IF YOU ARE A BIGOT, PROSHIPPER, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I am literally neurodivergent and a minor /ref and will not tolerate that shit, full stop. I don't block people often otherwise, but if I do I probably have a good reason for it- and even if I don't, it's nunya! (business, that is.)

my writing/creative sideblog is @froggyworlds and there's all sorts of weird cool shit over there- AUs, art, rambling, all that good stuff. check it out!

main fandoms that I will be really really excited if you know about: - Amphibia - The Stanley Parable - Generation Loss - The Owl House - Gravity Falls - I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream - Iron Lung - Wings of Fire - The Glass Scientists - M*A*S*H - Doctor Who - Meraki - Duck & Raven at the End of Time - Planet9 - Poison Family - Laika - Cloud Dragon - Questionland - Dino Pals and many more, probably! I don't remember them all off the top of my head but if you mention it I'll sit up and point and go "OH YEAH THAT ONE!!!!1!"

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[leeharrington]

"You spoke of fantastical truths mechanized dervishes and apocalyptic trust falling from a fertile tongue I listened rapt and ravenous needful of something to believe in after a past laid to waste Lurid possibilities escaped from your enticing tattered tales and I believed every one Stories of the future were spun gobbled up in raging hunger never questioning what they meant to me My ears needed each syllable each word murmured from a fevered sight clinging to tomorrows rambling rust But by believing in you I cast myself in and down through pages of prose passionately writ What has never happened dreamed dry my wells eclipsing the world around me What never will be has left me blind to what is before my eyes beauty lost to your story book suffering The trance takes me in pages flip one by one as the world passes me by" - Lee Harrington Get your copy of On Starry Thighs: Sensual & Sacred Poetry today: https://www.amazon.com/On-Starry-Thighs-Sensual-Sacred/dp/0977872769/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 [Description: Image has two halves, The left half is solid blue with a quote that reads in white text: "You spoke of fantastical truths mechanized dervishes and apocalyptic trust falling from a fertile tongue I listened rapt and ravenous needful of something to believe in after a past laid to waste Lee Harrington". On the right side is the cover of On Starry Thighs with artwork by Abby Helasdottir]

[wonderland-in-bloom]

riddle, ace, deuce, and malleus watching a meteor shower w/ the reader

anon asked: hi! may i request hcs for a reader who's a super nerd for everything related to space and stars (as in. they'd talk about it for literal Hours if u'd let them) dragging out their friend (who maaybe has a crush on them lol) ace, deuce, riddle and malleus to stargaze after hearing there's gonna be a meteor shower that night, perhaps from astronomy class? how would they react, would they enjoy such an activity + how would they deal with such an excitable and odd person such as the reader? tysm!! 💖

im bacccccccc from deeeeeeeed,, hey guys how are y’all doing? i think this will be the last request i’ll do before i focus my attention on the summer beach bash writing collab event held by the amazing, the lovely @nonsensical-twistedriddles​ anyways i hope you all are doing alright and enjoy these headcanons ❤️

for a better visual/image of what the meteor shower is like, refer to kimi no na wa or episode 6 of violet evergarden “somewhere, under a starry sky”

headcanons under the cut :))

riddle rosehearts

being the dorm leader of heartslabyul means that he’s always busy and he has tons of things to do, so when you first approached him he was a little hesitant 

“i....i don’t know (y/n)...” “pleaseeeeeeee”

you gave him your signature ‘cute puppy dog eyes’ and that was when he knew he couldn’t resist, so he agreed

that night he was surprised to find himself in a hill at the back of the school. you had laid out a blanket and brought a couple of pillows and a telescope just in case. a couple books about the whole meteor shower, and books about stars and space in general were sprawled across the grass as well

“ah riddle! you’re on time!” “of course. those who are late have to be taught a lesson” 

you patted the empty space next to you and he sat down beside you

“i’ve actually read about tonight’s meteor shower in one of my books. it happens once every 300 years! i’m just getting super duper excited just thinking about it! the fact that i get to see a comet that happens once in 300 years! aaaah! it’s amazing!”

personally, riddle didn’t know too much about comets or meteors or just astronomy. he just knew what he needed to learn for the subject. but seeing you being so happy and hyped about the meteor shower made him want to learn more

as you continued to ramble, riddle let out a small chuckle, causing you to focus your attention on him

“sorry, sorry. it’s just...you’re so cute rambling about these things. please tell me more.”

riddle saw a light in your eyes as they seemed to sparkle and you continued

he didn’t really understand half of the things you were saying but he enjoyed it

“and...and then it said that-” your sentence got cut off as the meteor shower started. an array of colors filled the sky as the sight before your eyes was the most beautiful thing you’ve seen

you stood up and just gazed at the whole thing in amazement, riddle followed but half of the time, he was looking at you. he was amazed at how passionate you were in this and how he wants to see you smile like this all the time

“(y/n). thank you for inviting me.” “it’s no problem, really!” “they say that when two people who are truly in love are together gazing at a meteor shower...their love for each other will be known to both and it will continue to grow.”

riddle blushed and so did you. were you saying...?

“well it’s just an old legend, though. we should head back.”

the next day in class, riddle approached you out of nowhere and handed you something. it was a crystal necklace in the shape of a star

“i really hope there’s another meteor shower soon. and i want you to come along with me.” he smiled before quickly running to his own class. 

and as the legend went, after spending time with riddle during that meteor shower, your love for each other grew and grew 

ace trappola

“haaah? a meteor shower? what’s so interesting about that?” “oh come on ace! you owe me one anyways! remember that one time-” “okay! okay! i’ll go.”

truth be told, ace really doesn’t mind doing anything and going anywhere as long as you were there. but his big ego doesn’t allow him to agree that easily. 

 you were both snuck into the astronomy classroom and went out the window to the balcony. a perfect view of the meteor shower

“what’s so cool about this meteor shower, anyways?” “a lot of things actually!” you continued to ramble on about it

ace could care less about space, stars, meteors, all that jazz, but since you were the one talking about it, he really doesn’t mind. there was one sentence which grabbed his attention though

“tonight’s meteor shower is called ‘the falling stars’” “what? so like...stars come falling from space? or is it just one big ass star?” “no! it’s called ‘the falling stars’ because they say if you make a wish while gazing at the meteors, it’ll come true.”

“what the-that’s all-” “ace! it’s starting!”

he glanced up at the sky, and truth be told, he never saw a scene as beautiful as that. it was really as if the stars from the sky were falling down. 

“it lasts only for three minutes! hurry up and make your wish!” he turned his head to face you and saw your eyes closed and face scrunched up. some wish. “alright then~”

once the meteor shower ended you giddily asked ace what his wish was

“hmm...maybe i’ll tell you someday.” “what?! why not tell me now?!” “my wish is something you should figure out on your own.”  “what?! hey! that’s not fair! ace! wait for me!”

the next day, ace was delighted to find you skipping through the hallways with a bright smile on your face

“good morning guys!” you smiled to your two best friends. “what’s with the smile, (y/n)?” deuce asked you. “nothing! just feeling happy.” “so my wish did come true.” ace whispered to himself. 

“what did you say?” “nothing. now let’s get to class.” “ow! ace that hurt!” “it was just a playful slap, you big baby.” 

now what was ace’s wish, you may ask?

i wish for (y/n) to always be happy, and to let me see her beautiful smile on her face each day

deuce spade

“what!? it’s tonight?!” “jeez you never keep your eyes open in astronomy class, do you? but yes! it’s tonight. so we should go together, okay?” 

you and deuce were known to be the chaotic, nerd-like duo over these things. you were much more invested than deuce however, but he just likes to listen to you talk about it. 

he helped you up the roof of the ramshackle dorm where you both could get a good view of the sky

truth be told, you were trembling a bit. heights weren’t your thing and now here you were sitting on top of a roof which could’ve collapsed any second. 

you clung onto deuce’s arm, causing him to blush slightly but he assured you that you both were going to be fine

the sky changed from a dull dark blue to a bright, glowing purple and light blue, and you both knew that the meteor shower started

“it’s...beautiful.” the both of you whispered in amazement. you and deuce just stayed up talking about astronomy and how the both of you got interested in it as the meteor shower continued.

“you know something about this meteor shower?” deuce shook his head. “...no? what?”

“it says that you’re granted good luck if you’re under the sky of this meteor shower.” “that means everyone in night raven college gets good luck huh?”

“i don’t know. it’s not specific! they didn’t even say how long the luck lasts or...yeah. it’s just not specific. it’s just an old saying anyways.” you and deuce laughed. 

you both felt something slip under your feet. “uh oh.” it was a roof tile. 

this caused you both to slide from your position and started tumbling down the roof. 

“deuce! do something! summon something soft so we don’t fall!” “u-uhhh, okay!” 

it was his and your safety in his hands so he prayed that he was able to come up with something appropriate 

“i summon...a big fluffy pillow!” you and deuce managed to fall off the roof without any harm and landed on the pillow, slightly bouncing even

you both laughed in relief as the both of you were okay. “hey, you managed to summon something good!” “well..maybe it’s the good luck from the meteor shower.”

“and you know, i’m feeling pretty lucky. so...i can do this.” he leaned in and pecked your cheek. your cheeks instantly burned up as you buried your face in your arms. 

“deuce you idiot! you should consider being lucky that i don’t slap the heck out of you!” he just laughed at your cute behavior and attacked you with a big hug

you two ended up accidentally falling asleep on that big, fluffy pillow and you both woke up to find yourselves in each other’s arms 

malleus draconia

“(y/n).” he called out to you. “yes?” “i heard there’s going to be a meteor shower tonight.” 

“ah! yeah...about that. i was thinking...if you would want to come see it with me?” you fiddled with your fingers. “me? i’m...invited?” “yes! i wouldn’t want to invite anyone else in the whole world.”

malleus felt delighted and was just looking forward to that night. he didn’t really matter what else happened during the day. 

“but i don’t really know where we can watch it from. the other students are planning on watching it too...” “we can see it from the diasomnia observatory.” “WAIT, YOU HAVE THAT?!” you shrieked a little too loudly

“i mean....if you don’t mind.” “of course. it’s alright.”

you were shocked to find yourself in a neat and organized observatory. bookshelves surrounded the whole room and a big telescope was in the middle of it. “this is amazing...”

“you could always come here if you want.” “WHAT?! WAIT, REALLY?” you beamed as you followed malleus. “i know your love for space, (y/n).”

you mentally slapped yourself, was it always that obvious? am i just too loud about it? ugh damn it. 

“you shouldn’t worry about it. it’s fascinating to learn all about it.” you were always there for malleus when he was in depth into talking about gargoyles and you treated him with the utmost respect. you also joined in the conversation and actually asked him a few things. he wanted to do the same for you. 

“i was the one who invited you, yet here you are doing everything.” “i don’t mind...” if i can spend time with you, i’d do anything. 

“malleus, look!” you pointed at a golden glow coming from the sky. it was starting. 

you two stood in silence for a while, enjoying the view of the night sky and each other’s presence

“you know...i’ve seen this meteor once. when i was a child.” “really?” you scooted closer to him. “sadly, back then, i didn’t have anyone to enjoy it with. i didn’t have anyone who is as passionate talking about it as much as you. and now, i’m glad you’re by my side, (y/n).” 

“and i’ll continue to be by your side! i promise, we’re going to see as many meteor shower as possible! we’ll go stargazing, go chase clouds, everything! and--ah sorry. am i rambling too much?” 

malleus took your hand in his and placed a gentle kiss atop it. “hearing  you talk about these things makes me happy, (y/n). and i’m glad you’re by my side. i promise we’ll do all these things together. i’d do anything with you, as long as we’re together.” “thank you.” you smiled back (trying your best not to lose your composure)

and you both spent the whole night in the balcony, hand in hand, with your head resting on him as you watched the stars in the night sky and as the sky turned from a dark blue to a bright blue

just like the way you both wanted it to be 

and now i wanna go stargazing uuuugggghhhhh or watch kimi no na wa/violet evergarden again efjwoejfowe. FAIRY GALA EVENT TOMORROW!!!! the best of luck to everyone who’s scouting !!!

love, a♕

[the-starry-raven]

If I had to be stuck between two people I'd choose '22 Ghost and '09 Soap.

I will not explain. Thank you for coming to my talk.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

hi, i just want to say i really enjoy ur posts wether they be discussing things in the games, theories, or writings. i don't know how to describe it, but your blog is just... very comforting to look at and read through! you always provide interesting thoughts and such, if that makes sense? your blog also reminds me of a dark blue with accents of gold & white. i hope you have a good day or night, and take care of yourself.

Aw, thank you for the kind words 🥺

I ramble and write on this blog as a means of escape and destressing myself, so I’m flattered to know that you think of this place as a sanctuary as well. Life offline can be stressful, so maintaining calm when possible is what I strive for~

I want what I say to actually be meaningful or somehow transformative (er, at least when I’m not busy screaming excitedly about new content or my favorite characters)! That’s why some of my posts end up being sort of long; I can get pretty passionate. When I cover more important topics, I try to put forth effort to understanding it from multiple angles and being mindful about it. Reacting instead of reflecting first just kind of kills the good vibes, you know?

xbsjwvk)72?:& Funny that you should mention that this blog gives you a certain image and color in your mind!! 🌌 My TWST OC (and blog mascot/muse) happens to have a hobby of brewing enchanted inks. Maybe one day Miss Raven should make an ink that defines this very writing blog, a color as mysterious and as tranquil as a starry night sky at midnight… Dark blue studded with golden shards of starlight and the white speckles of scattered dreams.

“I shall call this color ‘Raven at the Writing Desk’. It will bring peace of mind and sweet dreams to those that pen with it.”

Once again, thank you for your feedback ^^ I hope you’ll continue to stick around for whatever silly things I put out next ✨

[fire-the-headcanons]

She paused on a poster of a woman in regal armor, frozen halfway through a powerful swing of a gravity Dust-enhanced warhammer beneath the words Queen of the Hunt. A long, starry cape swirled behind her, hood half-fallen from her head. "I've always wanted a cloak."

"Then why not get one?"

"I thought people might laugh…" Heat ran over her face. Nice going, idiot, he wears one on a daily basis. "B-but then I saw your cape, and I kinda wanted to again…"

"You're a Huntress. You decide what's cool," Qrow said, gesturing at the woman but freezing mid-wave. Squinting, he inspected the poster more closely. "Summer… is that Professor Mesánychta?"

Follow the Beacon Summer—Mission Critical

[Link to Masterpost]

Summer slammed her hands down on the counter, grinning. "What'cha got?"

The old man sighed, same as the last dozen times she’d come in. "I'm tellin' ya, kid, if any Reaper books go up for sale it'll be at an auction. The bundle you found here was a fluke, it's not gonna happen again."

"Not with that attitude, it won't!"

"I think I'm having a nightmare," Raven muttered, staring at the brightly colored walls.

Tai snorted. "Yeah, each one tries to stand out so you'll pick it."

"Well, that's a bust," Summer said to Qrow as she stepped back from the counter to let the next person up. Behind him, Tai and Raven drifted toward the weapon replica displays. "Come on, the posters here are always cool. So which Reaper comics to you have?"

Qrow scratched his neck. "I had Beowolf Migration part two and Death Stalks part four."

"Wait. Had?"

"One of the other hands trashed my collection."

"What?! That's terrible!"

"It's not so bad." He brushed the handle of the gunblade, folded down and clipped to his back and half-glancing at his sister. "I mean, I'm at Beacon, learning to become a Huntsman. I'm kind of… living it now."

"That's… a really nice way of looking at it… But that guy's still a jerk, " she muttered, slowly flipping through the vintage poster display. Wasn’t life hard enough without going around making it worse for other people? And Qrow wasn’t the type to defend himself. Dan’s teasing had proved that—it had taken her and Tai yelling at him together to get him to stop. Meanwhile Qrow never said a word in his own defense.

"What about you, though?" he asked eagerly. "I only ever got to read the two. They weren’t exactly common out there, since they're printed in Vale."

"Well… I found a few arcs’ worth here two years ago," she gestured at the counter. "But they’re out of print, so the ones that do pop up for sale tend to be really, really expensive. And they haven't been released digitally yet, so I, uh..." She dropped her voice, leaning in a bit. "I pirated scans."

"...What does that mean?"

Oh. Right. They were still getting used to email. "I'll explain later. But I have them all, and you can read them."

A shadow fell over Qrow's face, and she almost stepped back in surprise. What had she said?

"Oh. Thanks, but… you don't have to lend me your stuff," he mumbled, shoving his hands into his pockets and avoiding her eye.

Oh, Brothers, it was happening again. How was she supposed to know what to say if she didn't know what was wrong? And how did Tai always seem to figure it out, anyway?

Ozpin should have made him leader.

"Well, it's…" she faltered. "I can just give you copies. On your scroll."

"Really?" he looked up again, scowl vanishing as quickly as it had appeared.

"Yeah, but… Do you think we could read some together? Tai's not really that into comics—Zaff was the one I'd talk about them with and he's at Atlas now—"

"That'd be awesome," he grinned. "Nobody at home liked them at all."

Summer smiled back. Tai was great and would happily listen to her ramble about theories, but that didn't mean he understood any of them. "I don't have too many paper comics anymore," she continued, rifling through the vintage poster display. "I subscribed to all the new ones online, so I wouldn't have to worry about lugging a bunch of books between home and Signal. And, well, I've always wanted to be a Huntress, so I knew I'd be traveling around." 

She paused on a poster of a woman in regal armor, frozen halfway through a powerful swing of a gravity Dust-enhanced warhammer beneath the words Queen of the Hunt . A long, starry cape swirled behind her, hood half-fallen from her head. "I've always wanted a cloak."

"Then why not get one?"

"I thought people might laugh…" Heat ran over her face. Nice going, idiot, he wears one on a daily basis. "B-but then I saw your cape, and I kinda wanted to again…"

"You're a Huntress. You decide what's cool," Qrow said, gesturing at the woman but freezing mid-wave. Squinting, he inspected the poster more closely. "Summer… is that Professor Mesánychta?"

She stared back at the poster. The cape—maybe this was why it had stood out, and she hadn't realized—was the same starry pattern as the professor's typical suit. Their headbands weren't identical, but both had a lunar theme. And she fought with a bow, not a polearm warhammer—

But no, that was Spring Tide, the engravings were all the same. The quiver formed the hammer head, and the bow was the handle. It must use gravity Dust to make it heavy enough to do damage. The woman was thirty years younger, but unmistakably—

"Oh, gods." Her hands flew to her mouth. "You're right!"

* * *

The sun burned the horizon orange and red as their shuttle docked at Beacon's cliff, and they followed a large group out onto the little airfield. A lot of other students were also returning to school for dinner.

"Mission success!" Summer shouted, spinning the poster's cardboard tube over her head like Gungnir. A nearby recruiter in red and white jumped, halfway through his speech to a group of semi-attentive upperclassmen.

Tai and Qrow glanced at each other. "…And what mission is that, exactly?" Tai asked.

"I learned something about each of you." She pointed at Raven, grinning triumphantly. "You like boats, and you actually know a lot about sailing!"

Raven's hand tightened on her bag as she blinked in surprise, but Summer knew she wouldn't like the spotlight if it stayed on her too long. She pointed at Qrow next. "And you want to become a Huntsman because you like helping people!"

He smiled, embarrassed. "Right again."

"Plus, Raven smiled like, three times today. So: mission Team Bonding accomplished!" 

"What are you doing back up here?!"

Summer cut off and the four of them turned to watch Professor Carmine storm from the forge, blowtorch in hand. The recruiter took a nervous step backward, spluttering as the little Forgemaster marched right up to him.

"Professor Ozpin has strictly forbidden any Merlot-Blanc personnel from recruiting on the school grounds," Carmine snapped as the students started to drift away. "So, mister, what makes you the exception to the rule?"

"Look, ma'am, I'm sorry, I'm just doing what they pay me to do—"

"What's Merlot-Blanc Industries?" Qrow asked as they began to drift toward the cafeteria as well. Behind them, the recruiter continued to stammer and back away nervously.

"Huh. I think they’re the companies that's building the development out past the mountains? They must be trying to find Huntsmen to guard the construction. Dunno why Ozpin wouldn't want them at Beacon's docks."

"Maybe someone caused trouble?" Tai guessed. "Though, speaking of trouble, I guess we have something to blackmail Professor Mesánychta with next time she tries to give us detention."

Summer stared down at the poster tube in her hands. He was right—maybe, just maybe, they had leverage.

She wasn't going to waste it.

Next Chapter: Raven—Liquid Courage

[starfiretheninja]

How would be the relationships between Starfire and the turtles (plus April) from the new serie? (since their personality are slightly different from the originals).

This ask made me smile so big I hope you know that. =D

While every iteration is a bunch of teenagers (and April’s age varies), I would almost think that Starfire would go back and forth between joining their shenanigans and being the co-mom friend (alongside Raph) depending on the ridiculousness of the situation. The more crazy, the more of her protective nature emerges.

Raph: Absolute cuddle bugs with each other, almost always seen with an arm slung around the other. Leo will never forget the time Raph jumped into Starfire’s arms when he was startled by something and she held him up no problem. Co-moms, always making sure that the boys and April aren’t getting into too much trouble, with only a little coddling from Starfire’s end simply because she’s still learning how capable they all are. (”Are you certain I should not assist Donatello? His invention seems to have shot him several hundred feet into the air.” “Nah, Leo’s with him. If he can’t portal them back down, then they might need some help.”)

Leo: Leo loves testing her pun knowledge because it’s fascinating what Starfire does and doesn’t know yet and she catches on fairly quickly, despite his quick-fire succession of jokes at times. While she doesn’t necessarily participate in his pranks and shenanigans (she’s fairly used to that sort of behavior from Beast Boy), she finds his lightheartedness very refreshing and they always try to make each other laugh. Although, she does sometimes have to pick up Leo by his straps to prevent him from hurting himself by showboating and he thinks that’s fair.

Donnie:  Donnie appreciates Starfire’s honesty in most situations because he can relate with his blunt personality (even though her honesty comes from openness while Donnie’s can come from a lack of a filter). Much like her initial relationship with Raven, it takes Starfire some time to understand how Donnie expresses himself and he’s only mostly being sarcastic. And Donnie isn’t used to someone being so eager about the ins and outs of how his inventions work, so he grows to appreciate her curiosity. Once they grow more comfortable around each other, they develop a comradery where Starfire helps him test his inventions, praising his brilliance along the way while also tempering his occasional arrogance, and Donnie indulges her by answering her many questions on his dimension’s Earth culture. They sometimes act like dramatic theater kids together and it’s a sight to see.

Mikey: Mikey always loves showing off his many creations to her and Starfire keeps every single one that he gifts her in a scrapbook. She gushes and gives him plenty of compliments and constructive feedback, which makes Mikey beam. He’s also the one that rambles on the most Lou Jitsu lore to her as she doesn’t have the years of movie watching knowledge that the others do so that she can more thoroughly enjoy family movie nights. They’re both a little eccentric in tastes, so they find a lot of commonalities with each other along with their abundantly positive personalities meshing together so well.

April: April is the wilder one of the two, with April usually being the one who gets them into some trouble (usually unintentionally), but these girls get along right away thanks to their outgoing personalities and their affinities for unique pets (you better believe Mayhem and Silkie have playdates). Their interactions usually boil down to April being ecstatic to show Starfire around her city and Starfire getting starry eyed over how cool and wild her dimension is. April takes Starfire under her wing to teach her street smarts (”Girl, we have to work on your comebacks, you always sound like you’re complimenting them.” “But would that not hurt their feelings?”) and Starfire appreciates April’s unabashed admiration over how amazing her powers are.

Admittedly, I’m still getting a handle on the ROTTMNT personalities, but this was a fun exercise for me! = )

[rowdy-revenant]

The Cinema at the End of the Universe

So I wrote a slam poem for my English class not to long ago. I didn’t have much of an idea in mind, I just felt like making a story. So I did. I’m gonna be honest, it really flowed, it almost wrote itself. 

My dad even read it halfway across the world at my grandmother’s wake a few days ago, so it has some emotional significance . I felt like sharing it here, so please enjoy my ramblings. It’s kinda long so it’ll be under a read more. Let me know what you think!

There’s a place at the end of the universe Where reality fades and a void begins, Because the end of one thing is always the beginning of another. At the end of the universe is a movie theatre And all there is to see out of the lobby windows is stars

Constellations nobody has ever seen, surpassing human expectations Looking like a dream within a dream Shining specks in inky black darkness, nothingness, Something that should be cold and terrifying But brings curiosity and stories, and dreams of flying Among the stars.

The walls of the theatre lobby are off-white And the long carpet is dark red As if somebody had bled into the fabric. The air is still, like the whole building is holding its breath The only sounds being my footsteps. And there’s popcorn, of course. What movie theatre doesn’t have popcorn?

I have a ticket in my hand, the paper clean and smooth between my fingers I don’t fear being here, but a sense of worry still lingers. Under admit one is a name, my name The sound people made when they wanted my attention Those words they’d mention were mine, those words were me

The only other person in the building smiles at me. Their eyes are black and filled with stars, like the windows on the walls It’s been said that eyes are windows to the soul. Their smile is reassuring, a kind stranger in a strange place A warm but unknown face With stars in their eyes and stars in their soul A supernova that collapses, reforms, glows, grows, explodes And repeats. And repeats. And repeats.

They have the uniform of a part-time cinema employee But the face of someone I’ve waited to see And has waited to see me.

“Welcome,” They greet in a voice like winter’s wind. “It’s nice to finally meet you. Ticket please?” The Starry-eyed Stranger asks. So I pass the paper over and our hands briefly touch Mine cold as ice, but their hands are nice and warm, like home Despite being as thin and pale as bone

The Stranger tears stub from ticket and hands me back my end, the piece I keep, the way back in It’s a choice, to stay in the theatre or to go And to come back if I pick the latter

“Popcorn?” The Stranger asks. The answer is yes, of course. What movie is complete without popcorn? A salty and buttery snack Where half the bag disappears even before the trailers end

Soon enough I find myself leaning back in my seat The one marked “reserved”. The Stranger sits next to me. “We have time before it starts. Enough time for three questions” I’m told Big things always come in threes. Three fates in Greek myths, three musketeers in tales of old, three words in the phrase “I love you.”

“Where is everyone?” Is my first question, Fearing the worst, that I’m truly alone, the only one left “Where they always are.” Is the reply. “Working, playing, loving, living.”

“Where am I?” Is my next, trying to be unvexed by this unfamiliar situation The Stranger replies “Your body lies under the earth, my friend. “The opposite of birth, beginning of your end But you, you are here.”

“Where is here?” I ask, though I already know the answer. “A theatre of many names. “Between life and death, the seconds between each breath, Sunrise or sunset, things from the past that haven’t happened yet, The grey, the middle, the medium. The oxymoron of a stranger you know in a place with all the answers Yet none of them. A certain uncertainty. Limbo. Purgatory.”

Silence hangs in the air for a moment before I speak again. “I’m dead.” Not a question, but a statement, One The Stranger confirms with a slight nod of their raven-haired head.

I should feel fear, pain, anger, sorrow, My life over and no tomorrow, Dead, buried, gone, But I feel none of those. I feel relieved, like I can finally let out a breath I’ve held for years.

The screen illuminates as the lights above slowly grow dim Like falling asleep and waiting for a dream to begin. My memories play, my life flashing before my eyes. Growing, coming and going, Giving, living, loving, Choosing, pursuing, losing, Crying, flying, and eventually dying As we all do in the end.

The Stranger smiles again, satisfied. “You did well.” They say. “I’m proud of you.” And I smile too.

The lights come back on and The Stranger leads me down the red carpeted floor, Back to the door to the lobby. “What now?” I ask. They straighten their collar, straightening their shirt. “Another choice. You move on… Or you can make a new movie.” They respond.

The Stranger holds something out to me. A ticket. Admit one. And I take it. Their starry eyes glitter as they smile once more. “I’ll see you soon.”