animadi888 - Tumblr blog

animadi888 · 3 months

Text

Chapter 1: A job! Yeah I think I need one of those…

Note: I have a brief explanation of how the story is going to go. There are two types of chapters. The first type are the episodes of the main story while the second type of this story are your requests for situations you want to happen in the story so please get started and send me suggestions!

Warnings: a little angst, mentions of death, dead parents

A little over a week had passed since his parents' funeral, and Zhongli found himself standing once again outside the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. The large sign loomed before him, its bold red notices leaving little room for doubt. He clutched the flier in his hand, confirming the purpose of his return: they were looking for new hires.

Funeral planning wasn't in Zhongli's life plan. His aspirations revolved around finance and investments, yet the harsh reality of post-college life demanded adaptability. No one was keen on hiring a fresh graduate, and his financial situation didn't allow for unpaid internships. After all he now has to take care of five more siblings besides him. Desperation nudged him towards the open door, his breath hitching as he stepped inside.

The Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's interior wrapped Zhongli in a solemn quiet, a reverential hush that echoed the tranquility he held inside. Neat rows of adorned caskets stood in perfect order, each a poignant symbol of life's delicate nature. Pausing briefly, he grappled with the gravity of his choice to enter this uncharted place.

"Hi there, how can I help you?" a girl asked him with a smile that seemed big for someone who works in funeral services. But that's not what bothered him, she was young, fourteen, maybe fifteen, she was too young to work in a place like this, girls her age usually work as babysitters or something like that. But on the other hand, two people his age don't have to worry about supporting a family of 6 people either, so it's not like he could judge her.

"I'm here for the job interview." Zhongli told her in his usual serious voice and handed her the flier he held before.

"Oh you must be Zhongli right? Come on follow me, grandpa is waiting for you." she said with a smile. And before Zhongli had time to react she grabbed his hand and dragged her down the hallway next to the door that said management.

"Here we are" she told him letting go of his hand before turning and going back to reception. Zhongli was standing there still a bit in the market, this place was surprisingly lively considering it was well… a funeral parlor.

He took a breath and knocked on the door. A brief moment passed before the door creaked open, revealing a serene office adorned with elegant decor. Behind a large wooden desk sat an elderly man, his kind eyes peering over thin-rimmed spectacles as Zhongli entered.

"Zhongli, correct?" the man inquired with a gentle smile. "I'm Hu Lao,the 75th-generation director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. Why don't we begin the interview?" he suggested, inviting Zhongli ito sit down.

"Indeed, that's correct," Zhongli affirmed, stepping into the office as Hu Lao welcomed him with a warm smile. Zhongli settled into the chair opposite Hu Lao's desk.

"Thank you for considering this opportunity," Zhongli began, his tone earnest as he seated himself opposite Hu Lao. The ambiance in the office was surprisingly serene, contrasting the assumptions he'd held about such a place.

Hu Lao nodded, his gaze kind yet discerning. "Your qualifications are quite impressive for someone just starting their career," he commented, adjusting his spectacles.

"Thank you, sir. I understand it might seem unconventional for me to pursue a role here, Especially considering that I studied finance, business, economics, and accounting when I was in college. but circumstances have led me to this juncture," Zhongli responded, maintaining his composed demeanor despite the faint tremor of nerves.

Hu Lao regarded Zhongli thoughtfully, his expression a blend of understanding and curiosity. "I see… I appreciate your honesty, Zhongli. Here at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, we value dedication, empathy, and a strong sense of responsibility above all else. It's not merely about the technicalities of planning funerals; it's about guiding families through their most difficult moments." he said to him.

As the conversation unfolded, Zhongli found himself drawn to Hu Lao's perspective, happy to have someone begging to work for him with wisdom and good values. From there the discussion seamlessly transitioned to more technical aspects, touching upon the operational intricacies of managing a funeral parlor, client relations, and financial considerations.

Hu Lao shared stories of his own experiences, anecdotes that painted a vivid picture of the delicate balance between compassion and professionalism required in their line of work. Zhongli listened attentively, realizing that there was a profound depth to this profession beyond the surface of somber ceremonies and meticulous arrangements.

"I must say, Zhongli, we are looking not just for someone with qualifications but for someone who understands the human aspect of our work," Hu Lao remarked, his gaze reflecting a genuine interest in Zhongli's capacity for empathy.

"I believe," Zhongli responded, choosing his words thoughtfully, "that genuine empathy is the cornerstone of any service, especially one that involves such intimate moments in people's lives. It's about providing comfort and understanding during their most vulnerable times."

Hu Lao nodded appreciatively, acknowledging Zhongli's insight. "Indeed, our role goes far beyond the business side of things. It's about forming connections with the families we serve, offering them a guiding hand through the storm of grief. Now, let's talk about how you envision handling the emotional challenges this role may bring."

As the interview concluded, Hu Lao extended a reassuring hand. "Zhongli, it has been a pleasure talking with you. Your perspective aligns well with the values we uphold here at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. I believe you will be a wonderful addition to the staff here. And regarding your position, most of your work will be to inquire about the financial interests of the business, but there will also be times when you will have to help with other things as well because unfortunately we are still short in terms of staff."

Zhongli nodded as he shook Hu Lao's hand as a wave of relief washed over him. "Thank you, Mr. Hu Lao. I am honored for this opportunity," Zhongli expressed sincerely.

Hu Lao smiled warmly. "Welcome to the Wangsheng family, Zhongli. I believe you'll find this journey to be a rewarding one."

Trivia!

Hu Lao - In the game he is called "Old Hu" but I wanted to give him a name because he is a character in the story and not just someone who died in another character's backstory. For example, the word "old " in Chinese is Lao (老) and it rhymes with the name of his granddaughter Hu Tao.

Hu Tao - I don't have much to say. She is fourteen years old and works at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. so yeah…

Sorry this is super long

Previous chapter (Meet The Archon Family!)

3 notes · View notes

animadi888 · 4 months

Text

Happy New Year from the Archon Family!

17 notes · View notes

animadi888 · 5 months

Text

Meet The Archon Family!

Note : It's not exactly an episode… it's simply a place where you can learn about the members of the Archon family plus some trivia.

I'm not from America and the school system will be documented in the story as it works in my country, to those who don't know, so it's like this: Kindergartens are usually for children aged 3 to 6. Elementary school is from 1th grade to 6th grade. Middle school is for 7th to 9th grade. And high school is for grades 10th and 12th. Of course college or university is later.

Zhongli Archon - Zhongli is the older brother of the family, he is 23/24 years old and just finished college.

He studied finance, business, economics, and accounting in college. And he thought of going to learn from sentences but gave up on it.

His nickname/username on most social media is Morax.

He has a lizard named Rex Lapis that no one in the family likes except maybe Venti and Nahida who have no problem with him but would still prefer another pet.

He is not so good with feelings or at least talking about them but still does his best to help and comfort his siblings but he feels he is not doing enough.

Likes to have tea with Raiden sometimes.

Likes to read and talk about stuff with Navida's before she goes to bed.

Love listening to podcasts no matter how boring everyone else thinks they are.

Loves wine.

His room is pretty neat but somehow he always has piles of paper there.

He has two jobs but it always feels like he doesn't have enough money.

Raiden Makoto Archon - Raiden is the second oldest sister of the family, she is 17/18 years old and is in her third and last year of high school (12th grade).

She didn't take the death of their parents (especially her mother) so well and now she keeps all her feelings inside.

Likes to spend time alone in her room, which is so tidy it's as if a military unit went through there and gave it a deep cleaning.

Her social media nickname/username is Raiden Shogun. But in in videogames her nickname/username is Ei.

Doesn't really like animals but if she had to choose a favorite it would be a cat.

Among her siblings, she gets along the least with Murata.

She has a sweet tooth. Plus sweets remind her of the time she used to watch her mother make sweets (even then she was a bad cook).

She is a gamer, Ya Miko loved most of the games (she has not met her yet but will meet her during the story).

She is the head of the student council.

She is on the kendo team at her school. She fights with both a sword and a naginata.

Murata Archon - Murata is the third oldest sister of the family, she is 15/16 years old and she just started high school (10th grade).

She is a combination of gangster, jock and a sukeban.

She likes to get into fights mainly because of the adrenaline but also because she is good at it and it gives her a sense of accomplishment. Something she doesn't feel much at school because her grades are the lowest in her family.

She hates being looked down upon. That's why she doesn't like Raiden and most of the teachers at school.

really like meat and spicy food.

She loved challenges to the point that she would do anything to win the challenge.

She doesn't have many friends so she is quite protective and loyal to the friends she has.

Zhongli reminds her of her father so she finds comfort in him.

Likes, playing pranks with Venti and Furina.

She and Furina love dogs but she likes dogs like a German shepherd while Furina prefers dogs like poodles.

Not much is known about her so I imagine she looks like Vennessa.

Furina Archon - Furina is the fourth oldest sister in the family and Venti's older twin, she is 13/14 years old and in the second year of middle school (8th grade).

Between her and Venti she is the "evil" twin. At first she might approach you and say something super passive aggressive like "Wow your test score is usually good" or "I'm sorry, am I bothering you?". It will slowly become more friendly until you are reduced from enemies to enemies to friends.

Her social media nickname/username is Focalors.

She do a good imitations of her siblings.

Want to be a lawyer/judge one day. Many believe it is because she likes the drama of the court. She won't say if it's true or not.

She and Venti are in the theater club together but she is also in the debate club.

Really good at making cakes (her mother taught her). And sometimes she and Raiden talk while they're eating or while she's making them.

Loves to read and listen to fairy tales and sometimes also history with Nahida.

She was supposed to share a room with Nahida, but after her parents died she moved into Zhongli's old room while he moved into their parents' room.

She has an indescribable amount of stuffed animals.

like to watch historical drama series.

Venti Archon - Venti is the fifth oldest brother in the family and as was said before Furina's younger twin, he is 13/14 years old and is in the second year of middle school (8th grade).

He gets along pretty well with everyone. Well maybe except the teachers but they can agree that he is a good boy he just needs to concentrate more.

His nickname/username on his social networks is Barbatos. Yes he and his twin sister are pretty dramatic…

He has the second worst scores in the family after Murata. His grades are either average or slightly above or slightly above average but not super good. Not that he cares.

He dreams of starting a band and he's going to make it happen no matter what!

Can play several stringed instruments, and he sings quite well.

He has a special bond with Zhongli because they are the only boys in the family.

He doesn't have a problem with them being Zhongli's lizard he just would have preferred it to be more interesting like an iguana or a chameleon. He also likes parrots. A lot!

Loves grape juice.

Unlike his twin sister he is a morning person while she is a night person.

Nahida Archon - She is the little sister of the family, she is 5 years old and just started going to kindergarten because before she stayed at home with their mother who is now dead.

She is super shy but also super curious.

She really likes books of all kinds but her siblings don't allow her to read graphic books.

I love mint tea with lots of sugar.

She's a vegetarian, kind of… I mean unofficially and she can eat meat if she has to. But she doesn't really enjoy it and her family knows who it is so they just don't give her meat.

Trying to behave the best she can because she doesn't want to burden her siblings.

Feels bad because she can't help her others much but she still does her best!

She would have preferred Zhongli's lizard (Rex Lapis) to be something cuter like a rabbit or a hamster or even a turtle.

Loves to braid her siblings' hair (she was the one who braided Venti's hair).

Loves trivia games and "educational" TV shows.

So you may have noticed that Tsaritsa is not there and how I mentioned only 6 siblings. So don't worry because here she is. I present to you Aunt Tsaritsa! Plus someone else…

??? Archon ( Tsaritsa) - She's their dad's sister and she's probably around 40… I don't know it's not polite to ask a woman her age! (Cheeky…)

"Tsaritsa" is not her name but almost everyone calls her that. (This is her username/nickname on social networks). But she is called by her nickname so much to the point that Nahida doesn't know what her real name is.

Pretty much rich.

She is this aunt who seems to be leading or a cult, or a pyramid scheme or multi level marketing. Or all together it's not clear…

doesn't get along so well with her family. She cut off contact with her mother and she and the Archon siblings get along only reasonably…

Not married but not intending to get married either.

Celestia Archon - She is our special editor and the mother of the Tsaritsa and the father of the Archon siblings. She's very old and can be a bit grumpy sometimes, but that comes with age I guess…

Hope you liked it :)

Previous chapter (prologue)

Next chapter (Chapter 1: A job! Yeah I think I need one of those…)

9 notes · View notes

animadi888 · 6 months

Text

The Archon family - Prologue

Note : This is going to be a very short chapter but don't worry more chapters will come very soon.

The Archon family was a very happy and very colorful family. With two parents and six very different and special children. Everything was good and happy, except for the moment when it wasn't… their parents died in a car accident and left the six siblings to fend for themselves and each other.

This story is in a modern AU which is mostly slice of life but also applies other genres like angst, romance and even some action and drama~

What do you think of the idea of the story? In the next chapter I will introduce you to the six siblings of the Archon family.

Bay~

Next chapter (meet the characters)

7 notes · View notes

animadi888 · 6 months

Text

One of the ghost children from Mount Sagiri - kny

So after Tanjiro killed the Hand Demon in the final selection they showed Sabito, Makomo and the rest of the ghost children but they were not clear because of the fog so I started to redraw them.

Edit(!):

Ok, so I thought I'd give them names because why not. everyone meet…

✨Ichiro Ogawa✨

#kny #kny fanart #demon slayer #fanart #drowing #oc #oc art #kny oc #idk #art #my art #Ichiro Ogawa

15 notes · View notes

animadi888 · 8 months

Text

Winter Bloom (Sakura Haruno x Fem! Reader) part 1 - ♥ Blushing and Crushing ♥

Genre: fluff ???

Synopsis: Sakura was on her way home when she bumped into a beautiful lady she couldn't stop thinking about.

Warnings: none. typos maybe.

Number of Words: 511 words.

Sakura went home after a long and tiring shift at the hospital, it was already getting dark and all she could think about was having dinner with her daughter Sarada and then resting on the couch and just relaxing.

But she was so caught up in her resting fantasies that she didn't pay attention to her path and bumped into someone. It was a woman, she was tall with fair skin, bright blue eyes, very short white hair and was dressed in a suit.

"Hey, are you okay?" asked the woman.

Sakura blushed slightly as her eye landed on her "Wh-what, oh yeah I'm fine thanks. And sorry for bumping into you." Sakura answered while stuttering a bit.

The woman giggled a little and said "No problem at all. I'm pretty glad you bumped into me, it's not every day I get to see someone as cute as you."

Sakura's face turned as red as her clothes and she started running back to her house leaving the beautiful woman behind.

Not long after Sakura arrived at her house, she hurried inside and closed the door while her flushed face was starting to return to its normal complexion. She let out a deep sigh as she leaned against the door.

"I'm home!" she called while taking off her shoes.

"Hey mom! I'm in the kitchen, I thought you were delayed for some surgery or something and I was hungry so I made myself some instant noodles. Do you want me to make you some too?" Sarada asked as she grabbed another instant noodle for her mother.

"Yes Sarada thank you you are a real life saver…" Sakura said sighing as she sat down at the table.

Sarada giggled and put the instant noodles that were ready this quail into the bowl and expressed it to her mother.

"Thank you sweetie" sakura said as she took the bowl of ramen from her.

Sarada laughed and said "wow mom looks like you have a crush on her" which made Sakura blush again.

Sarada wouldn't mind if her mom started dating again, after all her dad is never home to the point where the only reason she even knows what he looks like is by forgetting pictures. She also didn't really care if it was a daughter, as long as her mother was happy it was fine for her.

"Hey don't tease me Sarada it's nothing, now go get ready for bed it's late" Sakura said and chased her home to her room.

וכך הלכה סרדה לחדרה והשאירה את סאקורה לבד עם מחשבותיה.

So what did you think? do you like it?

I reuploaded it to this account because @random33shinobi is no longer active because the computer was destroyed.

2 notes · View notes