#zeph's musings

[zephsthings]

HEARTSTOPPER SEASON TWO AND THREE ??? THE GAYS ARE WINNING

[dcviated]

@starryskied sent:

" Ah, Operator Wallcrusher. There you are. Operator Elysium requests that you join Operator Thorns and myself on a brief ship excursion. Maybe... Operator Zephyr should come along as well. " Actually, now that Lumen ponders his own words... there's a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. Oh, no. Trouble awaits him.

"Oh yeah! A trip out on the water always sounds good to me. Wonder if we'll get some time to do some fishing. Man, just thinking about what we can hook has me feeling hungry already." A shark like him always has hunger on the mind, so this shouldn't be too surprising. Levity follows this Catastrophe Messenger like a school of fish after a chum bucket.

"Time after the mission, I mean! Or whatever it is we're doing. Don't mean to get ahead of myself, but, I'm sure the other guys wouldn't mind." Hands clap together and rub and a brow lifts. "Having Zephyr along, too? Well, that's always fun except... uhh..." Wallcrusher lifts a brow. There's a sudden change in the air isn't there? A cloud? A shadow? Hm.

"You feeling alright there, Lumen? Making a bit of a face...

[biconickyoshi]

Thought I’d share some of my favorite songs on my playlist for my Zukaang AU, The Avatar and the Fire Prince! I have a lot more songs than just these on there, but these are the ones I feel like are just *chef’s kiss*.

If you haven’t read it, in this AU, Zuko and Iroh discover Aang in the iceberg right after Zuko was burned and banished at age 13 in 96AG, so he and Aang are only one year apart in age. The AU will eventually follow a similar course of events as the canon show, just over the span of 4ish years instead of 1, meaning that Aang will be nearly 16 when Sozin’s Coment arrives in 100AG. The images of Aang and Zuko below represent what they will both look like at that time (pic of Aang is from the Imbalance comic trilogy where he’s around 15-16, pic of Zuko is from S3E21 where he’s 16, likely nearly 17).

19 chapters are currently posted on ao3 (most recent update was 9/15/23), and I’m getting super close to 1k kudos, which is absolutely mind-boggling to me!! I never expected that my fic would get this much love, especially as someone who has never posted a fic before lol. If you’re a reader, thank you so so much for your support! ❤️

Links below are all to YouTube videos since I know not everyone has Spotify :)

muse - MisterWives

light - wave to earth

Clouds - flor

Colours of You - Baby Queen

Glue Song (feat. Clairo) - beabadoobee

like everyone else - zeph (this fits pining Zuko so well)

UNDERSTAND - keshi

From The Start - Laufey

More Than The Day Before - Cody Fry

Smitten - Leanna Firestone

Would You Be So Kind - dodie

Body Language - Mint Green

Anyone But You - Particle House, Le June

[everybodyshusband]

Hi icon

4 for zephfrit?

FUCK YEAAHHH !!!!!! also i think this is me breaking my ifrit-writing viginity, so uhhh be kind <3

prompt four was "a kiss where it hurts" (576 words)

Ifrit groans tiredly as he rolls over towards his mate, arms reaching out to the side as he stretches his stiff muscles.

"Morning, dear," Zephyr chuckles from above as they do every morning. Ifrit will never stop insisting that it's weird the air ghoul wakes up early on the weekends to do the Saturday crossword puzzle in bed. "You slept alright?"

The fire ghoul groans again, electing to ignore his pillow in favour of resting his head on Zephyr's blanket-covered thigh. "Tiiiired," he whines, causing Zephyr to chuckle quietly again from behind their crossword.

"I'm not surprised," they muse. "You had a big day yesterday helping out in the greenhouses. You must be sore, Iffie."

"I ammmm," the fire ghoul complains sleepily, burrowing even further into his and Zephyr's blankets, drawing them up to his chin as he gets himself comfortable against to the air ghoul's side.

Zephyr's smile is not at all hidden by their newspaper but Ifrit decides to be polite—for once—and elects not to mention that the air ghoul is not as subtle as they think they are. "Do you want some of Ivy's tea? That always helps me when I'm full of aches and pains," they offer, adjusting one of their arms to drape across Ifrit's body and stroke his side gently.

Ifrit nods slowly. "Please?"

"Of course, dear. I'll message him to ask if he can make two cups and bring them in for us."

"Are you sore today as well?" Ifrit asks, raising his head ever so slightly to glance up at the air ghoul. "Oh shit, I didn't even ask," he realises. "How's all your, um... everything today, Zeph?"

They hum, tilting their head from side to side. "So-so. It isn't fantastic by any means," they admit. "But on the other hand, I've had much worse days than this."

"Poor baby..." Ifrit mumbles as he wraps his arms around Zephyr's waist prompting them to snort with laughter—and then groan in annoyance when they realise they've made an unwanted pen mark on their crossword paper. "Where does it hurt the most?"

Zephyr sighs. "Everywhere, as per usual."

Ifrit pouts, peppering soft kisses over every area of Zephyr's body he can reach—his right hip and... well that's about it really, but he maintains that it's the thought that counts. "That's no fun, baby."

"It's not," Zephyr admits, "but the tea will help, and it will help you too. Where are you hurting?"

Ifrit rolls over once again, groaning dramatically. "Everywhere, I'm dying, Zeph."

The air ghoul snorts, nodding along sarcastically. "I'm sure you are, Fritter."

"I am!" Ifrit cries out in mock indignation.

"Would you at least give me a concrete location for some of your sore muscles then, my love? I can't kiss your whole body better."

"You could try," Ifrit mumbles, rolling back over to re-latch onto the air ghoul like some kind of overly warm limpet.

Zephyr smiles agin. "Alright then." They gently pry one of the fire ghoul's hands from off of their waist and lift it up to their lips, looking down at Ifrit as they ghost their lips over each of his fingers.

"Oh," Ifrit breathes out, lifting his next arm up to Zephyr of his own accord.

"Now you're getting it, my dear," Zephyr teases, their words interspersed with gentle kisses to Ifrit's hand and arm. "You just relax and let me kiss some of the pain away until Ivy arrives with the tea."

[hockybish]

Christmas Plans

l West Winds au l dad!trevor l masterlist l part 1 l next l

"So are we getting him a cat or dog?" Trevor mused scrolling through his phone one evening. He was looking at animals online from a local shelter, trying to find the right one for Zephyr.

"Neither. I'm not taking care of a kid and an animal while you're not here and I'm trying to graduate" Bean typed away on the computer in her lap. "I'm almost done with school, one more semester, we can think about it then."

"Well then what about giving Zeph a sister or brother?" he tossed his phone to the side, it seemed pointless once Bean said no to the animal. He started placing kisses all over her neck and shoulder.

"Trev, what did I just say?" Bean pushed her beau away. She loved the affection he was giving her, but not when she was trying to writing an important paper for a class.

"You said not to a pet. You said nothing about having another baby."

"No more kids until after graduation. Plus we don't even know what we are. And there are a million other things we need to think about, like where would we live? Because it's already difficult with our two homes as it is." she rambled “and not to mention your family hasn’t even met Zeph yet.”

"Tallulah Bean?" Trevor waited a second so he could have her full attention before continuing. "I love you more than anything, will you be my girlfriend?"

"You know what? Yes." She kissed him this time. Trevor deepened the kiss wanting something more from this happy moment, Bean could tell as much. "No more kids yet though."

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean we can't at least start trying now." He closed her laptop, placing it off to the side. She wouldn't be needing it for the rest of the night.

"I think we should tell them." Bean ran her fingers through Trevor's hair, they were snuggling in bed after having some adult fun times.

"Who are we telling and why should we tell them this thing?" he leaned into her touch while his eyes remained closed.

"I just think it's time we tell our families about us and more importantly yours about Zeph" she moved on to braiding the longer bit of his hair that had grown out since he last had gotten it cut.

"He knows my family. I think it's time that he knows his other grandma and grandpa and auntie and uncle."

"That, is a great idea, because my mom's only been begging me to bring Zeph around for the better half of a year now."

"Excuse me she's been what now?" Bean was a bit shocked at his confession, but at the same time not surprised he told his mom.

"Yeah, I may or may not have sent her a picture of Zeph like a month after he was born and I guess she figured it out from that." Trevor told her about what he did. "And Ellen's been sending her pictures too."

He explained how it had really only been this past summer, when they had been in Connecticut and so close to his family, that she had been asking to meet her grandson, but he had told her that it was something he would have to discuss with Bean. And with all the contract stuff going on and them trying to mend the what he had broken, it just slipped his mind.

"It's settled then, we're going to New York for Christmas."

"It's gonna be a short trip. I have a game on the 23rd and another on the 27th. That's not a lot of time for him to get to know everyone properly."

"We'll make it work, we always do"

[stars-and-loops]

thinking about that one travel banter where alfyn and theri LITERALLY JUST fall asleep next to each other while drinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! prim even mentions how cute they look like that!!!!!!!!! what the heck!!!!!! they can’t do this to me!!!!!!!!! gah!!! alfion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He was drunk. They both were.

Alfyn knew they both were from the warm feeling in his body and the way Therion seemed to be smiling more than usual.

Yet he was still practically glowing with pride at the fact that he had managed to get Therion to open up- just by telling him a few stories.

There was the story of how he had managed to block the river off after cutting down an old rotting oak tree.

There was the story of him and Zeph fighting over some Sleepweed, and Zeph’s idea for a solution had been to chuck it into the river.

And he told one that Therion already knew. The one about the blotted vipers.

“Y’know, I was terrified,” he’d said 3 ales in. “I had no idea if this venom would actually work. But you.... Dohter help me, you came with me readier than a Froggen to fight. What I guess I’m tryin’ to say is that Nina owes her life to you, too.”

So now here they were, talking about nothing in particular. A couple of times Therion had mused what it would be like to be an apothecary, and Alfyn had offered to teach him- once they were sobered up.

About an hour later, Therion’s head started to droop, and his eyelids were fluttering.

Alfyn knew the feeling all too well- he was also struggling to keep his eyes open.

“Tressa, look at this.”

“Did they fall asleep together?"

“I believe so, yes. Fetch H’aanit and Olberic, we’re going to get them to bed.”

[cheerstotheelites-if]

if your muse could pick a song to play at their own funeral, what would it be? For the trio braincell please?🤣

Ask list

Zephyrine: I bet Zeph would have a hard time choosing, but in the end it's probably something lo-fi. She doesn't want anything loud and fast-paced to play on her funeral.

Eliseo: Jazz, actually. The comfy type. His moms love jazz, and he at least wants to comfort them one last time.

Cooper: Per family tradition of the Lockharts, it's either pure, deafening silence or violin music since Cooper loves to play the violin and his family will honor that.

[llimerrence]

also, the list thing for @storybounded

Scott (strictly, platonic) // anything, i love scott. Gabby, Crevan/Bailey, Ellery!!, candy hearts (for mlp verse), Mica, Luca, fluttershy (mlp verse), Hook (pirate verse)

Ally // Crevan, Bo, Ava, Petal (for ally's dragonborn verse), cyra (!human), Marinette

Ian // Beck, Rita, Ava, Zeph (!human), Marco, Louie (!human)

Shawn // Crevan, Gabby, Nobody (!human), cheshire, hatter

Ben (strictly, platonic) // Crevan, Ava, Ellery, Scottt

Agatha // any owl house muse, Rita, Marisol, Ava, Ares

Deuce // Killian Jr, Darling, Draculaura, Frankie, Alistiar, Elsa

Douxie // Thomasin, Evelyn, Seine, Xia, Fox, Jack Frost, Draculaura, Hook (snorts),

Adrien // Gisel, Marinette, Lila, my adrien & urs should be twins, im sure theres more but im starting to fall asleep oops

Flynn // Ashur, Killian Jr, Alistair, Bianca, Feldspar, my eugene. twin verse. varian, rapunzel, hook, tiger lily

Lisa // Beck, Ava, Candy Hearts (horse meet horse girl), Sunny, Aamu, fluttershy (horse 2 meet horse girl),

Bambi (strictly, platonic) // literally anyone, everyone would love them. Sunny though is the one i want bambi to meet most

Bolt (strictly, platonic) // same as above

Tramp (strictly, platonic) // ditto. just. let sunny meet the animals lmao

also. alice. for everyone. but thats obvious lol

[isolctions]

♡ — zephyr & maliq

soft ship questionnaire

WHO ASKED WHO OUT FIRST? —

i feel like, in a completely shocking turn of events, zephyr was the one to ask maliq out??? like okay i might as well get SUMN outta this.

WHO WENT IN FOR THE FIRST KISS? —

well in my sims 4 save file it was maliq. so, maliq.

WHO GIVES THE OTHER NICKNAMES? —

they both do! and they're both incredibly dumb!!!

WHO COOKS THE MEALS? —

nobody. cheap pizza, hot wings, & uber eats all day bestie.

WHO HAS BETTER TASTE IN MUSIC? —

zephyr does. she's literally the DJ for everything ever.

WHO HOGS THE BED? —

zeph & the kids!

WHO WAKES UP FIRST? —

the kids. and maliq.

WHO MAKES THE COFFEE? —

also maliq. coffee makes her tummy hurt. :/

WHO'S THE BIG SPOON? —

maliq!

WHO STAYS UP THE LATEST? —

it's a tie. zeph is up late on tiktok doing fuck all, while maliq is up late doing musician shit or whatever.

WHO REACHES FOR WHO'S HAND? —

zeph. and she calls him annoying for giving it to her. <3

WHO'S A FAN OF PDA? —

boffum! they're grossly affectionate!

WHO SNORES? —

zeph lolz.

WHO GETS ANNOYED MORE EASILY? —

ZEPH, LOLZ.

WHO INITIATES SEX? —

it's a 50/50 horny home in here.

WHO ASKS WHO FOR THEIR HAND IN MARRIAGE? —

maliq did, and it was beautiful!!!

MY MUSE'S FAVORITE MEMORY OF YOURS:

her most favorite memory is when she was still pregnant with sola, and he caved and bought them a car like omg bestie...you finally added a carbon footprint in this world for US.....

A REGRET MY MUSE HAS REGARDING YOURS:

kicking him out of the apartment for suggesting she should forgive her mom. :/ like maybe we were wilding a little bit, this not even my apartment fr — but it's still fuck her!

IF THEY COULD CHANGE ONE THING? —

he would be home more. the kids are in school now, she is LONELY all day!!!

THEIR LOVE LANGUAGES ACCORDING TO MY MUSE:

physical touch, words of affirmation, & acts of service honey!

[belovedmuichiro]

My Inotan Playlist

Guess what I finished! I tried to take as many song suggestions as possible from the initial post, so thank you to everyone who left a comment and helped out! Every song is under the cut just in case some of you guys don’t use Spotify and want to listen on a different app.

- Talk Too Much by COIN

- All Over by CRUISR

- Out of My Mood by gate 문

- You by Zeph

- Harvey by Her’s

- Die Happy by DREAMERS

- Bubbly by Colbie Caillat

- Bodega by Your Neighbors

- 1922 by Box the Oxford

- Sports by Beach Bunny

- Guy.exe by Superfruit

- Starlight by Muse

- Every Little Thing by CyberGirlfriend

- This Time Around by The Technicolors

- King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men

- Troublemaker by Olly Murs

- Electric Love by BØRNS

- Everybody Talks by Neon Trees

- Quiet by Lights

- The Fritz by CRUSIR

Once again, thank you to everyone who helped out!

[zephsthings]

"how ardently I admire and love you"

I WANT A MR DARCY PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

[gcldcnhour]

mix tape for knox & zoe 🤭

send “mix tape” for my muse to make a list of 5 songs that they think explain how they feel for your muse

pt 1. [[ listen here ]]

daylight by david kushner

there's darkness in the distance from the way that i've been livin'

could you love me while i hate myself by zeph

i'm more trouble than i'm worth

from austin by zach bryan

wish i was born with concrete shoes, but i'm leaving tonight

the view between villages by noah kahan

it's all washin' over me, i'm angry again

better off without me by matt hansen

we were blinded by the hope we got

pt 2.

hate to be lame by lizzy mcalpine, finneas

it's always on the tip of my tongue

work song by hozier

i was three days on a drunken sin, i woke with her walls around me

this love (taylor's version) by taylor swift

this love is alive, back from the dead

bloom by the paper kites

the whole world, it is sleeping, but my world is you

simply the best by billianne

in your heart i see the start of every night and every day

[galeforged]

Rules: tag 10 followers you want to get to know better!

Tagged by: @icybreaths​​​

Tagging: I haven’t been all that active lately so do I really want to be that guy IF YOU PERCEIVED ME... do it and tag me. 

Name: I go by Zephyr or Zeph!

Star Sign: Libra

Height: 6′0!

Middle name: Nope

Put your iTunes/Spotify/YouTube on shuffle. What are the first 6 songs that popped up?

“Yonder Hills”, by Robin Appelqvist

“Another Day”, by Tide Lines

“Take On Me - Sega Genesis remix”, by Pete Frogs

“Outer Fields - Alto Clarinet and Strings”, by Luke Pickman

“A Step Away (From Xenoblade Chronicles 3)”, by Guitarrista de Atena & Mozeli

“Break Through It All (feat. Kellin Quinn)”, by Tomoya Ohtani

Ever had a poem or song written about you: None that I recall...?

When was the last time you played air guitar: I mean I air piano when I’m not by my real piano? (funnily enough I’ve actually been learning some Fire Emblem Echoes songs by ear-)

Who is your celebrity crush: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

What’s a sound you hate; sound you love: Nails on chalkboard is an easy hatred. The sound of rain is an easy love!

Do you believe in ghosts: Not really, but I’m not about to knock others for it!

How about aliens: Oh I’m certain there’s alien life somewhere out there. Can’t be just us on this big blue marble in space, right?

Do you drive: I do! I named my car Ferdinand because of the colour and now have to change its Ferdinand von Tires

If so, have you ever crashed: Drove since my late teens and nearing 30... while I’ve been in two accidents, so while my driving record isn’t entirely spotless, it’s not the worst. Second one was a doozy, but thankfully no injuries-

What was the last book you read: The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien!

Do you like the smell of gasoline: Okay but who actually does?????

What was the last movie you saw: In theatres? The Super Mario Bros. Movie, had a fun time.

What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had: Fell on my back when I was in kindergarten as part of a lateral rope climb thing in gym class, I’d think? There were no mats on the floor, and I got taken to the hospital after that. Couldn’t sit on my ass for two weeks...

Do you have any obsessions right now: Let’s see. Just finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed (I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS EXPANSION and do I want to add Rex as a muse now??? not to say I’ve really got an active Xeno mutual though, at least I think)... Soon enough, I know it’ll be Tears of the Kingdom taking up all of my free time, so... yanno, apologies in advance.

But right now? I’m actually shiny-hunting the legendaries in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, at least before I sell it since I’m ultimately tapped out with the game (just... really not a fan of the GO-style catching mechanic, even if shiny-hunting is easier here). Still, never went that far in Pokémon before!

WITH THAT SAID, LET ME BRAG FOR A SEC AND SHOW YOU ALL MY PRIZED ARTICUNO-

[cadcnce-archived]

sword fight!!! :: closed

send ‘ Swordplay ’ for my muse to pin yours to the ground while fighting/sparring. send ‘ Swordplay + reverse ’ for your muse to pin mine.

@starryskied sent: Swordplay ( Zeph from ms. blue bird herself )

It's not a matter of if Zephyr deserved comeuppance, but when. Something or someone will surely, finally, catch up with the cheeky bird. Debauchery was only scraping the surface. There was an entire history even before arriving tired and haggard with his half dead sister on the front door of Rhodes Island building up a karmic debt. And apparently, he continued to be good at evading his debtors. Isn't there only so much one can get away with? And no, HR reports don't count. It may take something else for him to get the point. In this case Astesia's blade.

"I really really don't want to fight you, you know?" Troubled words spared while evading another strike of that flourishing rapier. It's unfortunate, that even at his most earnest Zephyr carries an air of someone who can't be taken seriously. Dubious to a complete fault. And cunning to a degree that everything might be a game. Either to save his own life or mess with someone else's. Talk was cheap, and even with a wealth of vocabulary the bounty accrued on him by the astrologist would take more than a speech to assuage.

So what else did he have then?

Well, his dexterity and agility for one. Swiping from tables and slipping around chairs for a chunk of your life making change and trading gossip around the clubs and casinos that made up the underbelly of Ursus is worth something. Not to mention surviving the fights when you got caught or had turf to defend in the alleys. He's been doing this since he was little. Surviving. To the great dismay of those who wished death upon him he was slippery even before the arts came into play.

They weren't, not for now. In such close quarters and with his attention on that sword it's not that he couldn't, but running away invites a certain level of cowardice on his resume and against a refine lady like Astesia that just wouldn't do. It'd be one thing if one of the elite operators or city clearers like Blaze were around where he didn't stand a chance at a parry. Oh, absolutely he would be halfway across the landship by now to save his skin.

That beautiful blade draws close to his neck and a flash of steel preludes the knife that catches it at the hilt. Zephyr knocks the attack away as footwork evades him a breath to the side from the attempted riposte that follows from the woman. She moves quick, and so does he. One might think this a tie as far as capabilities went, and they'd be wrong. The longer the battle draws on the less an advantage Zephyr has. He's a get in and get out kind of assailant. Quick attacks to take an opponent by surprise, it's why his arts made him such an effective combatant.

"Shit, you're not actually trying to kill me are you?!" This is the question that should have been asked earlier, alas, perhaps the optimism had run a little high after the supposed prank went poorly. Astesia had every right to be offended and wish retaliation for her honor. Zephyr just wanted to take his fidget spinner and leave. That wasn't going to work. And he's realizing it by the moment that in her current state an apology wasn't going to work.

Clang! Swish!

It's not the cleanest way to fight, but getting in and kicking away her lead foot and then breaking her guard with the pommel of the knife in his hand was about the only chance he had. A gust of wind to put him behind her and she's on the ground, just as angry as one might expect. But at least she doesn't have her sword, and Zephyr is no longer on the table to become swiss cheese.

"Are we good now?" There's the optimism again! As if it ever went away, and only blipped. It seemed that comeuppance wouldn't come so easily, but it was only stemmed. Much like the other Liberi's merited rage. "I'm sorry. Okay? I'm... sorry I spun a fidget spinner on your boob while you were asleep. Now if you promise not to gut me I'll get up. No hard feelings! We'll let this go..."

[talubld-a]

NEW  MUSE  UPDATES.

NAME.  zephyr OTHER NAMES.  zeph, ray. AGE.  32. GENDER.  masc nonbinary, he/they. SEXUALITY.  bisexual. HEIGHT.  6ft3. REGION.  hoenn, kalos. AFFILIATIONS.  devon corp, ex magma grunt. NOTICIABLE SCARS.  pokemon bite marks on legs, large scratch-like scars littered on arms and chest, lightning marks on neck.

POKÉMON TEAM.

nicknames  /  move  set  to  be  added. 

BIO.

born after, as his mother lovingly described one night, a regretful one night stand between a scientist named monica and the head of devon corp joseph stone already created a somewhat toxic upbringing for the young zephyr. not wanting to be discovered by her colleagues, or even joseph himself, monica left the, back then, small close-knit company and moved to mauville city in an attempt to save her name. it didn’t save her mind though. with the constant reminder in the form of her newborn son that her dream of researching human-pokemon anthropological relationships had essentially been crushed she would often find herself at the game corner to dull her heartbreak. 

two very important things rose from this. monica became so obsessed with gambling that soon she became very acquainted with the rising criminal gangs in the city, and in essence hoenn; and little zephyr grew to resent his mother so began finding kicks and attention through other criminal factions before the two became face to face with team magma later on in their lives. 

monica, still with promise and resentment in her heart, leaped at the opportunity to once again work in the scientific field, under the premise that she would find a way to morph humans and legendries together in a bond so that they can be captured and work for them. zeph, who hated authority, decided to become a grunt who caused a lot of trouble for magma by acting out by himself and still working for other small and no doubt more chaotic factions in hoenn. 

when she had learnt that he had been planning to find and release rayquaza just to see their extent of power, monica thought it would be a great idea to follow and use magma’s resources to capture rayquza in the process, to bring them back and test their new bonding creation on her own son to forcefully make him more loyal to her, and the cause. except it never really played out that way, her greed and selfishness causing her own demise. 

they had captured both son and legendary. the other faction were completely wiped out by the events and monica herself almost lost her own life. retreating back to base missing an arm and with scorch marks disfiguring her face, at least she had survived. zeph... zeph had been knocked out cold and refused to wake. he almost died himself, and to this day doesn’t remember the next events which took place and as far as he’s concerned, the last day of his humanity was that initial fight with rayquaza. in time he would learn this wasn’t the case.

BULLET POINTS COS I’M LAZY FOR THE REST.

for five years zeph was experimented on with rayquaza to try and initiate the bonding. he was in a coma for this entire time except for the few times he did wake with no recollection of who he was, life, or the events unfolding. he’d be put back to sleep every time this happened.

the bonding became complete one night when not under supervision. realising that this human could be an out, and through the use of machinery, the duo sealed their eternal fate and became a life force for each other. this caused zeph to become enraged and wake fully from his five year sleep, ray’s power which surges through him causes his form to change so he could withstand that power.

they both destroyed that facility that night. the death toll was catastrophic. his own mother amongst those who had perished. they escape, but zeph now had to come with terms with his new found eternal life with the legendary; whenever the two were in danger they can call upon each other and immediately brought to the location. 

it takes another three years for zeph to control and use the new power he’s given. throughout that time he learns his responsibility as essentially ray’s guardian and what that entails. while not happy about it he does come to terms with it eventually.

reaches out to deven corp to be a researcher / adventurer for them. he knows who his dad is but refuses to even tell him, or bond with him at all, not wanting a repeat of what his life was like with his mother. there aren’t really any thoughts on the matter, so to him, joseph is just another guy in charge. 

his recklessness and immortality has him signing up for more “suicidal missions” given. no one else knows about his bond. but people do find it weird that he knows so much about the legendary. the only answer he gives is a point to his neck, showing the lightning-like scars given to him the first night they had bonded. 

every time rayquaza mega evolves, zeph feels it too, and is granted a fraction of that power. his form changes alongside it too. eyes glow, golden ancient markings appear all over his body; he becomes frenzied, anger being the only emotion he’ll feel throughout. as the years pass however he  can  dull  the  affects  of  this.  the markings and glowing eyes will still appear.

[archive-double-knots]

ZEPH TAG DUMP/ PERMANENT INTEREST CHECK

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