#tfw you cant sleep cause you thinking about this

[themadearl]

Soulmate AU edition

Soulmate AUs where pretty strong back in the day huh

also, i wrote this in a sitting and it’s janky

Note: In this AU, people have the names of their soulmate on a part of their body. And Yuu x Leech twins. Also, along with the yandere tag, a warning for dubious consent activities with drugging.

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Soulmate marks where a common thing in twisted wonderland

Legends said that the marks where a byproduct of a magic so powerful that it affected the world

It’s hard to say whether it was a blessing or a curse

As when there were people overjoyed for the existence of their perfect partner, there are those that despair when their other half passes before they even meet

Soul marks appears on your skin when your other half is born or appears the moment they are born if their other half already appeared before them

It is written in the handwriting of your other half

And there’s also different colors and shades to it

Normally, everyone usually gets a soul mark before they reach five

Those that receive their marks after ten are rare

Receiving marks after fifteen are almost unheard of 

After that, there only seems to be the possibility that there is no soulmate for them, which happened on a extremely rare basis

That’s why for Floyd & Jade to receive their mark when they were 17 was as if the Great Seven had appeared in front of them

Shocking

They had hopes when they were younger

Thinking that one day, any day, a mark was going to show up

They started from checking daily, to every few days, to weeks

Until they almost forgot about it until one of their classmates showed off his newly gotten soulmark

It wasn’t the first time Floyd lashed out when his soulmark still didn’t appear

But it wasn’t on the magnitude of Floyd pummeling another boy into the ground

Jade didn’t felt like stopping Floyd as well

And no one would really notice if he stepped on the boy’s hand or threw in a few kicks right?

Both of them promptly received a stern lecture from the headmaster and had their parents called to the school which lead to another whacking from their dad

After that, no one really brought up anything about soulmates in front of them

Leaving only fleeting thoughts of soul marks and whether they really had a soulmate

Days go by and the twins find a new friend to hang with

A little octopus with no soulmark, just like them

Time flies like an arrow and the trio have entered their second year in Night Raven College

It was to be a same old day with the same old ceremony at the same old venue

Which is pretty boring by Floyd’s standards

Until a prickly sensation started to appear around his wrist

Which was totally not normal 

Floyd strolls into an empty classroom just to see what the deal was

And lo and behold, neat little characters with a dark blue grey color circles his wrist

The name spells out to be “Mayura Yuu”

There’s a sense of happiness that screams within his heart that he has a soulmate, that there is someone there for him

But the years of disappointment really gripes at him and it makes him want to lash out at his soulmate in spite

Before Floyd really has the chance to sort his thoughts, Jade barges in with his clothes messy and untucked

Jade pulls up his shirt to reveal the same mark as the one circling Floyd’s wrist

Which Floyd shoves into the face of Jade

And both of them can only stare at each other while trying to comprehend the massive bomb fate dropped on them

Until the flames that appeared caused them to snap out of thought

Anyway

Just like everyone else, the twins heard news of the ‘special prefect from another world’

But thought of nothing much

Till the faithful day where Yuu signs her name on Azul’s contract to save Adeuce and Grim’s sorry ass

After Yuu and Jack leaves, Azul notices Jade slight pause at seeing Yuu’s signature

“What’s wrong?”

The only reply Azul gets is a brief smile as Jade leaves to attend some more ‘private’ business

At first the twins have thought that there was a large age gap between them and their soulmate thus, making it so long before their mark appeared

But the appearance of someone with the same name and handwriting along with the rumor of being from another world 

Really begs the question of their mark only appearing as Yuu wasn’t originally from this world

Besides, the name of “Mayura Yuu” wasn’t one they have seen before 

The only way to really find out is to check if Yuu has the same marking as they did

As such, the twins devised a plan to find the truth they seek so much

Which is a simple plan really, place a portion of sleeping potion into her drink and search for marks

Jade invites Yuu to a free meal at Mostro Lounge after she helps to return a book Jade purposely left behind in front of Yuu

Such smart much wow

Yuu is unable to turn down Jade’s passionate and slightly aggressive invitation and agrees to show up

Looking back to this days, Yuu regrets everything

Like how she should’ve just left the goddarn book

Like how she should’ve not go to Mostro Lounge 

There have been signs, SIGNS that should’ve stopped her

But nooo, Yuu’s too nice for her own good and no good deed is ever unpunished

The meal was nice and there was a nice fruit drink along with it

Yuu noticed something was off too late as her body gets more and more tired

She last sees two pairs of heterochromatic staring back at her and her vision fades

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Recap: BEWARE spoilers ahead!!

So much John in that road so far

I already an tearing up

FUCK

Music is on point

Why was anyone surprised that the drama coffin didn't hold him????

Oh my God the tension between Dean and cas. They need to bang one out.

NO DEAN THATS YOUR SON

Oooooooo that shoulder check

The background convos are cracking me up

Hahahahaha what?!?!??!? Truth spell

Rowena being momma bear I love it

Oh my GOD Sam just called Dean out on being a nerd and his projecting I'm so happy

I love that Dean watches jeopardy

Hahahahahahahahaha I'm looking for the devil's son i QUIT

Celine Dion is Sam's favorite singer oh my God this episode is everything I never knew I wanted

OH MY GOD THEY SLAMMED TRUMP TJIS IS THE GREATEST EPISODE IVE EVER SEEN

I AM THE STAPLER QUEEN

I'm loving the writing right now cause holy shit this is amazing

What up Chuck?!

Alright visiting the grandparents let's see what happens

It cracks me up that Chuck doesn't wanna be called god. Think it suns his character up pretty damn well.

Oh NO

OH JACK LIED. TABLES TURNED MOTHERFUCKER

I am both the guy tearing up paper singing "I hate everyone" and the girl on the floor crying that she just wants to be loved

I'm a writer, lying is kinda what we do. IM SO DONE

"DEAN?" "CAS!" 💜💜💜💜

Dean raging at Chuck is a MOOD

I swear to God I think this is new funniest episode...

Hahahaha queen of England a lizard

But why can't god stop Jack and why is he gonna make them kill their son? THEIR SON.

Also, the app isn't making me watch commercials and I'm so ecstatic

Colt 2.0!

Lolol Cas questioning chuck

I love that TFW is just DONE with Chuck's shenanigans.

And Cas is Dad #1. I love it. Only one still trying to save him. I'm not ready for how this is about to play out.

Ughhh the disdain Cas has talking about throwing Dean in the drama coffin. My destiel shipping heart cannot handle the unspoken love right now.

Damn Dean. With the ultimatum. "Husband or the kid?"

Dean quit your self sacrificing bullshit

Sammy you're gonna make me cry

Fuck. Tears. Shit.

CAS DISPLAYED AN EMOTION NOOOOOO

I do NOT LIKE THIS CHUCK. Hanging out with amara did not do him good

Oh thank GOD jack didn't kill another grandma

FUCK OFF CHUCK jesus

The talk between Jack and Cas has me EMOTIONAL I CANT TAKE THIS MUSIC DEAN NOOOOO

Jack don't fling your dad like that!

Nnnoooooooooooooooooo

Dean your son wants to commit suicide right now he really is yours!!

What the fuck car did Sam just drive up in

FUCK OH MY GOD I CANT DO THIS

I fucking knew this was gonna happen and I'm still freaking out

Oh thank GOD

But also fuck you Chuck

Oh my God my athiest heart is LOVING this god hate

THATS FUCKING CHARACTER GROWTH MOTHERFUCKERS

I can't stress how much I love this music.

The narrative is soooooo fucking powerful knowing this is the finale preceding the last season

OH MY GOD I CANT

I have never watched a piece of media that is better than this shit.

WRITERS FUCKING LIE

I do noooooot like that zoom in on the burned out eye sockets

BILLIE WHAT?!?!?!

The FUCK ARE THOSE THINGS

Ohhhhhhh Chuck is piiissdd

no episode one throwback

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Alright I'm gonna go cry myself to sleep guys.

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Completely off the wall headcanon: his weird hairdo is actually antennae/tentacles

Cos srsly i know its meant to be a stylized version of that whole "show a guy is balding by adding 3 stray hairs on the top" cartoon trope but THEYRE LIKE THE SIZE OF HIS ARM! I dont know why but the concept of a single hair being as thick as a ponytail is scarier than anything else about this man, lol

So yeah THOUGHTS maybe he can wiggle them like octopus hands

Also since he's a doctor whose entire powers are doctoring, maybe they're some sort of enhanced sensory array that helps him diagnose the condition of patients? Like if u had 5 stethescopes hooked up directly to your brain and also they could sense lifeforce and scan everybody's battle stats.

Probably creeps people out a lot when he's like "ok just let me check ur pulse" *wiggles hair in your general direction*

So basically like theyre some bits of his brain that didnt have enough room in his skull and also are have superpowers. "Scienced so hard his head exploded" is pretty accurate to his backstory, yeah.

I figure he was already kind of a ridiculous genius at everything yokai back when he was human, but there was obviously a bit of a eureka point where his artificial yokai project got a lot easier as soon as he had firsthand experience and also superpowers. So "i need to surpass the limitations of this mortal flesh and have enough room in my damn head for all these Thoughts" was probably a Big Mood. I feel like "i cant stop these racing thoughts that feel like im gonna explode" was a frequent thing for him, i.e also being overwhelmed by worries about his family so much that he ended up neglecting them and just making everything get worse in an eternal spiral. And yeah yokai forms are shaped by the emotions of the person who died, so thats my justification for how "weird head worms" could be somehow in-character to this sad dad when he was human. "Itd be neat if i could just pull my emotions out and stomp them into the garbage", but the more scientifically accurate part where theyre, yknow, caused by brains and not literally hearts.

Also: consider adorable hair wiggles and floofs to show his emotions. Tfw u wear your heart on your sleeve quite literally now!

ALSO ALSO: consider him carrying his baby turtles in his hair and also a worlds best dad mug

ALSO ALSO ALSO: when he sleep and dream of him happy memories with he family, his hair sways like one of those dancing cactus toys.

Also also additional: *wiggles hair* "I CAN SMELL DR PEPPER SOMEWHERE IN THIS ROOM" *walks around like a dowsing machine*

Oh and possibly its a bit of a problem when he's doing an illusion of being human? I feel like itd be more fun if he had some limitations/weaknesses. I'm thinking he cant get rid of his big ol magic heart so he has to try and cover it up, but if he gets too overemotional it pops out of his chest and ruins the disguise. And possibly he also cant get rid of the hair tentacle things, tho they change to look like his different hairstyle. He tries to slick them down with hair gel to look all professional doctorman again but if you surprise him they'll pop up like those massive anime cowlicks! Maybe also has trouble getting both eyes to work after its been so long since he's had two of them? Or messes up other subtle bits of the illusion when he's distracted, like his nails seeming a little too sharp or his smile a little too wide, his skin looking clammy and off-colour, his labcoat suddenly ragged and then poofing back to normal as soon as you notice...

Ive started rambling entirely different headcanons now but lol u get the general idea

MADDIDETAILS

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tfw you realize ren had a pretty shite 17th birthday in hindsight

two days beforehand, on September 13th, morgana had that stupid fight with ryuji and, in the case of Apoteleverse. Both of them end up ditching the team. not just morgana. AND POOR REN spends the next like, 4? days in phantom thief crunch mode. while stressing the fuck out and feeling like shit because his emotional support cat and his best friend. literally. top tier important people in rens life. just LEAVE.

rens. pretty poor at Handling conflict. due to his home life he just kind of. shuts down emotionally when serious arguments and fights break out. and do not get me started on the Abandonment issues. so by the 14th hes holding back the Death spiral. and by the 15th they find mona in the palace with haru. and he loses his temper on mona and then has a breakdown when he gets home.

his friends probably dont even know its his birthday. ren never told them. and like Hell he’d bring it up when theyre In The Shit. (i cant be selfish right now and ask for things to be okay when theyre not. none of this is about me. also im a shit leader and a shit friend and i dont deserve that now) and cause time blurs under stress and becomes so fake. the next thing he knows its 12 am on the 16th and hes like. Oh.

and doesnt sleep. because not only is he thinking about everything thats gone to hell with his friends. how so much of it could have been avoided if he were actually a good leader and a good friend. but now hes also thinking about how his birthday came and went his family hasnt called or said anything to him. in 5 months.

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So, if you think I have deep thoughts about Supernatural and all the biblical contexts within in, let me introduce you to my best friend, who literally is like Rabbi Audrey and will school everyone about her feelings. Including me.

Minor spoilers for the episode tonight, but it’s only in a biblical sense of talking about the Big Empty/the Empty Itself:

Felicia: what do you think the empty was supposed to represent like biblically i'm just curious

Audrey: tohu va vohu formless and void

Felicia: yeah, i was wondering that, but then i also felt like chuck/amara fit that but now i'm like hahaha demiurge and sister

Audrey: amara is the darkness on the face of the deep

Felicia: i was thinking tzimtzum but i felt like that was too vague/broad

Audrey: i think its just tohu va bohu tbh since it literally says its the nothingness before creation

Felicia: true i want to know more about this crotchy, sleep deprived empty tho

Audrey:  also that is how sheol is described in the hebrew bible, the land of shades etc, where you sleep with your ancestors forever shades arent ghosts mind you they are somethihg else

Felicia: i know this, i write a jewish mortician who communicates with the dead jewishly lol

Audrey: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohu_wa-bohu

Felicia: did u just wikipedia me u fucking little shit

Audrey: its supposed to conjure a void desert of nothingness yes i mean its pretty straight forward

Felicia: i would like a dessert of nothingness right about now but i'll settle for a desert

Audrey: i coulda link you strongs and mechon memre hebrew instead

Felicia: i am more offended you think i'm on basic level gurl

Audrey: i dont i just want something not in hebrew to link lol

Felicia: okay, fair

Audrey: basically idk if it goes into this cause i disnt read it yet but like its a description of nothingness that isnt negative its a play on words if that makes sense like in english we have to describe nothing as without things

Felicia: english is so weirdly tedious

Audrey:  yeah amara is like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehom the darkness on the deep, tehom actually tehom was often depicted as a female chaos diety of sorta in ancient near eastern myths pre bible ie, tiamat and chuck is just god, the ruah ha elohim, the wind on the face of the deep it makes sense that they would differentiate the empty from the darkness actually, since the bible does as well most people just dont notice it pretty impressive for spn negl

Felicia: god, i love when you talk biblical

Audrey: also its interesting that they say all dead demons and angels go there since that is also biblical af, the idea that sheol is the final resting place of everyone good and bad http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1232.htm

Felicia: yihhhhh one of my favorite things i appreciate this link

Audrey: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1231.htm technically starts here at like vs 15

Felicia: also i kind of love that, if angels and demons both go to the same place, and that includes archangels castiel has more willpower than say, even gabriel though i want gabe to come back gdi danke

Audrey: >18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.' basically this is some horrifying image of literally just everyone dead in their graves the good the bad, on both sides asleep forever tfw literally studied this is school .;3 religious studies best studies

Felicia: i know dis i want to do religious studies more when i go back

Audrey: this is also relevant http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2703.htm so to translate this in easy english basically job is like, i wish i was never even born tbh i wanna be like a stillborn baby and never even be awake i wanna be in nothingness with all the great men who died in the past everything there is free and at peace, nobody has regrets etc (aka the shit the empty was saying to cas) and if everything in life is crap then death and nothing is the best option and even god fucked me

Felicia: basically: god was a little late on inventing the prozac for job

Audrey: 25 For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me. 26 I was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came.

Felicia: DON'T YOU EVEN DARE 

Audrey: tldr castiel is job

Felicia: even though it's true DON'T SHAME MY SON IN THIS WAY you come into my house and call my son that melodramatic man

Audrey: he is literally job i mean he does nothing wrong but god fucks him just because yolo he cant catch a damn break he cant even die

Felicia: i know but like fuck this i just want my son to be happy castiel: angel of death but cannot even die properly does this not figure

Audrey: in the end job is happy but its the kind of happy you find at the bottom of everything, to quote bright eyes

Felicia: i hate you

Audrey: https://youtu.be/2GHyLhbdzN0 truth tho https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brighteyes/atthebottomofeverything.html literally one of the most philosophically legit songs ever written, not even sorry

Felicia: i didn't sign up to have these feels right now

Audrey: 

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Bwoop! Cathedral tower defense ideas! Havent really made much damn progress on this game since I havent got a design for the protagonist yet, but at least now I have designs for two of the party members. (Thanks @summon-daze!) So for now lets just have some rambling ideas for potential sidequests you could have with these two!

BRIEF SUMMARY TIME Amity: Protagonist. A gruff and badass wandering priestess whose homeland was destroyed in the war. Now she’s joined another church in a foreign land and is dertermined to defend it against the demons, and never let that tragedy happen again! But she has to win the trust of these strangers first, and teach them how to survive... Florin: First and only party member you begin with at the start, deuterogonist, cute sidekick of sass and pep. He’s a plant type demon who’s haunting Amity for reasons unknown, and refuses to leave! Now she’s stuck trying to get rid of him, while he insists on being annoyingly helpful yet comically lazy at the same time. Also, as an incidental fact, he suffers from narcolepsy. Malachi: Optional party member, and the only other demon in the cast. An adorable little choir boy who doesn’t seem entirely aware that he’s become a demon. It’d be cruel to judge him the same as the others, we need to keep him safe! He’s quiet and cuddly and comically oblivious. What do you mean humans don’t enjoy eating rocks??

THUS, SIDEQUEST IDEAS

* Multiple different attempts to get rid of Florin, which all inevitably fail and end up causing him and Amity to become closer buddies. TFW you try to exorcise a guy and end up frolicking through the fields of friendship~! * Similarly, it could be fun to have some silly plans to trick him into being less lazy. Predictably the answer is just gonna be ‘when you’re nicer to him, he actually wants to put in the effort’, but that doesnt mean we cant have some fun shenanigans in the process! * Amity sneaking around trying to spy on Florin and find him doing something evil. He’s GOT to be here to pull off some ultimate plot, right?? Lol, 90% of their friendship is just Amity being suspicious as heck and Florin rudely persisting in being harmless. * A plot where somehow they actually do get separated, and Amity begins to realise how helpful her lil demon sidekick has actually become, and how much she genuinely appreciates him as a friend. Could possibly be that instead of being gone, Florin is ill with some sort of demon sickness and you need to go on a grand quest to save him? or maybe he’s been kidnapped by a villain who wants to use his powers for nefarious purposes, and accuses you of doing the same thing because why on earth else would you pretend to care about this monster? (And then when you rescue him you can have the grumpy excuse that of course you only did it because he’d be dangerous as anyone else’s sidekick. No affection was involved at all!!) * Mysterious flowers are appearing around the cathedral, and Amity starts to suspect that Florin is setting up some sort of evil demon plan. But she actually discovers that this is a sign of how much he’s genuinely begun caring about the other npcs, he’s been paying attention to their troubles and secretly giving them the flowers he thinks they’d most like, without wanting to take any credit for it. So you get a sassy friendship scene of Amity blackmailing him by threatening to reveal he’s been being nice! Thus florin gains the bonus skill of opening a little flower store. (And blushing himself to death every time anyone says thank you) * A conflict between Amity and Florin, where she accuses him of just being lazy as always, but this time he really was trying! He started off not caring about anyone, and only working when it benefitted him, but now he’s working his butt off and has become really self-concious about the fact he’s not really able to keep up with the rest of the party. And so he ends up talking about his narcolepsy problem with her, and if they have enough friendship points she starts being more considerate and trying to help him out with it. And maybe unlocks a longer quest chain of improving the home base’s medical facilities? * Florin hibernates in winter, everyone has to cope without him and realises how much they miss him. Like a repeat of the earlier quest where he’s kidnapped, but this is a new perspective on how Amity feels about it now they’ve been close friends for a while. And also how everyone else around the church feels. Maybe a plot of them all deciding to write down letters for him to read when he wakes up? And maybe tensions getting high when some sort of disaster happens, and Amity is like ‘oh god i dont want to have to tell Florin that this place fell apart without him’. (With it being up to player choice whether you include the bad points in the letter, or try and hide it from him.) * A potential bad ending for Florin, and how things continue afterwards. I think he’d be one of the characters who (initially at least) doesnt die when defeated in battle. If he’s taken out, he’s just near-mortally wounded and recovers after a very tense period where he’s in a coma. And then the plot explores everyone’s feelings at almost losing him, and his own feelings of uselessness now he’s too injured to go back to the fight. And because malachi can become like an adoptive brother to florin, they can still have a happy ending together even if florin has been removed from the party like this. He retires to take care of his lil bro full time, and he doesnt worry about feeling useless when he knows he’s got someone who thinks the world of him. And Malachi can inherit some of his skills and equipment since now Florin can devote all his time to tutoring him into taking up his former place in the army. * Oh, and of course Malachi’s recruitment sidequest! You’d first encounter him as a feral rock beast in a dungeon somewhere, and there’s a conflict between Amity and Florin because she believes this thing needs to be destroyed and he insists that they can redeem it. He can sense it’s a demon, and its got to be corrupted if it’s going wild like this! But Amity believes that demons are inherantly evil, so this one’s behaviour isnt unusual like florin thinks. She’s aknowledged that florin isn’t evil, but she still feels he’s an exception amoung demons! But eventually she’s convinced to take a chance on florin’s convictions, because its rare for him to be so un-lazy about something, and to defend something even at the risk of his own life. So they manage to find a way to purify the monster, and find out that it was a very young child, underneath all that scary rock armour. So if they’d slain it without a second thought, they would have committed an unforgiveable sin... * Malachi’s next sidequest would be convincing him to leave the ruins and come home with them, while exploring the dungeon to try and find out what exactly happened to turn such a sweet kid into a demon. (Not to mention the fact he was absolutely crazed with corruption!) I don’t wanna spoil the ending to this, but I have a lot of Sad Ideas for this charrie, hee hee~ * A potential plotline that once Malachi joins the church base, he could have trouble making friends with the normal human children. I Had an idea of a bully character who’d get redeemed and ultimately become accepted as his friend after a big ol sad apology scene, and then they become this misfit buddies duo. And the ostracization from the other kids doesnt hurt as much when he’s got this tough former-bully lady defending him against her former-comrades. * And he also grows closer to Florin as theyre the only two demons, and florin was the one who saved him. Plus they both enjoy sitting buried in the flowerbed and eating dirt! I think the relationship wouldnt start off this close though, Mal would initially be scared of Florin. Since he doesnt know that he himself is a demon, he just thinks florin is the only demon and he has much the same fears as Amity once had when the story began. But it could be more comical, because its inherantly silly when you have this kid with giant horns yelling ‘ITS A DEMON’ and hiding behind the couch XD And eventually he does grow to love florin like a parent, but he’s still comically oblivious. He just decides that florin ISNT a demon, of course! He’s just... a little more green than other people!! * Possibly a plot of everyone holding a funeral for malachi to cheer him up, since he never had one when he died as a human. But since malachi doesnt comprehend the whole concept, he’s just like ‘when normal people get put in the ground they sleep forever, why did i wake up? is it because i never got tucked in like they did?’ And then it could be funny like bender’s fake funeral in futurama, but also a bit bittersweet and sad and heartwarming. * Sudden panic! Malachi accidentally calls florin ‘dad’, and florin FREAKS THE FRICKLE FRACK OUT! ‘I’m not a good influence, amity! aaaaa!!!’ Worries too much about not being good enough, maybe comically tries to change his personality into a generic sitcom father and malachi is like ‘wtf’ * Possibly a plot about malachi and florin bonding as demons, and figuring out what being demons even necessarily means. I’m thinking florin might be a bit scared by seeing how malachi can sometimes hulk out and run on pure instinct. Its such a huge contrast that this sweet kind child can have such bloodthirstiness inside him, he doesnt understand how malachi seems to enjoy fighting. And he doesnt understand how malachi can think he can control it! He gets a bit scared that this means the fighting side of him is the real side, and the childlike side is just a front, just a lie like everyone says demons manipulate everyone. And does this mean that florin himself is the same? Is he just deluding himself that he can be good? So the resolution is florin being able to accept that both parts of malachi are still malachi, and its completely possible to have both sides without being evil. It is indeed in the nature of demons to fight, but they dont enjoy destruction or evil, its not like holding back some horrible monster who’ll murder everyone you love. And florin has always been holding back this side, he’s been afraid of using his powers too much, worrying he only exists to kill. Malachi helps him accept that his powers have equal potential to heal and to harm, and that it IS possible to control them, that the choice between good and evil is indeed his own choice. At the same time this helps malachi accept that he is indeed a demon, and cope with remembering his horrifying backstory. Knowing that he isnt alone, and that demons dont have to be evil, he’ll be able to be okay, and he has this other demon friend who can help him though it. And they’re able to work out the whole Fearsome Demonic Instincts by doing some playfight sparring together like total dorks XD If you’re worried about your sense of control, then never using your powers wont help! Gotta actually practise! * Possibly florin officially adopting malachi as his son, and its possible for the player to expand out and make more bases once you’ve fully upgraded the cathedral. And maybe florin could become the boss of this new place, and turn it into like an orphange for malachi and others? it could be a big sign of his character development that he’s come this far! Also it could just be hilarious to imagine how baffled travellers would be. “Aaaa there’s a demon and he’s... looking after small children??” “We must rescue the small children from that horrible demon and take them to the orphanage!” *knocks on the door and its florin again*