#Errinkmare

[the-kk-crow]

Errinkmare M2?

In what possible universe do you think they would sleep comfortably in a bed together?

[Shipping meme here!]

#Nightmare Sans #Ink Sans #Error Sans #Errinkmare #errink #inkmare #errormare #quo's art #quo's colors #quo answers #A DIFFERENT OLD ASK #I never answered it because whenever I looked at it I struggled with “??? but Error wouldn't sleep in bed with people” #“how would I make this funny or in character” #solution is to wait 2 years then you'll figure it out #the ask box is for requests so you may get things you might not expect lol #if you want me to draw things accurate to your vision pay me XD #I have a commission sheet!

[errinkmare-fan]

TLDR: I’ve been thinking a lot about ErrorInkMare and I wanted to braindump some of my logistics. None of it is canon, but more based off of retained tropes I’ve absorbed from the fandom overtime. Like Nightmare alone has very different traits depending on who you ask. I just threw some ideas out there is all. Don’t take any of this too seriously. :)

I love ErrInkMare for the sole fact that it’s a dumpster-fire of a ship. Like:

Ink Sans -> literally cannot feel genuine emotion. purely thoughts, which he can make logical responses to with his fake emotion (vials of paint)

Error Sans -> haphephobia which is the fear of touch (I think), where his body will violently glitch out which I would presume is painful or uncomfortable for him to experience against his will.

Nightmare -> not sure where I heard this but in some versions he can’t experience positive emotion so depending on how you view love as an emotion he can only experience the negative feelings that comes with love like pain and loneliness? Or he can’t experience the emotion of love altogether.

Depending on your definition of fanon, since there are an infinite amount of AUs out there with questionable canons all together…

My only conclusion is that leaves us with an aroace, a panromantic demisexual, and a pansexual cupioromantic… at best. (At worst, probably all of them are aro/ace and hate each other which doesn’t give the ship any leverage.)

So this ship only really realistically works under the conditions that it’s a poly queer-platonic type relationship, and Error would be ok with being in a lithromantic relationship where the other two can’t experience romance towards him back.

Likewise, Ink and Nightmare are unable to touch Error. Ink doesn’t even experience sexual attraction. And my headcannon only works of Nightmare is able to experience sexual attraction, which is very possible he doesn’t. Similar situation for Error.

So how would this ship even work then?

Nightmare might like having a sexual relationship with Ink since it doesn’t need to involve romantic feelings or attraction, just the feeling of touch can be more inviting than nothingness. Having intimacy, or the illusion of it, with someone is probably the closest he can get to having a romantic relationship.

So sometimes he has intercourse with Ink, who can’t reciprocate or feel anything for that matter but maybe finds peace of mind that it puts Nightmare at ease a bit.

**Maybe Ink even takes negative emotion vials to give Nightmare something that will bring him joy. Nightmare can feed off the negative emotion of others right? Maybe that’s the one time Nightmare experiences happiness anymore.

Error might have romantic attraction to both of them, very aware that he has a type and it’s romantically unavailable people. They go on dates anyways and NM/Ink will do romantic acts (without touch) for Error because it makes him happy: Gifts, spending time together, words of affirmation, and some acts of service.

Error *can* create mass amounts of destruction, which causes negative emotion, which satisfies Nightmare who can praise Error.

So the whole ship is together for the point of being mutually beneficial. Nightmare gets a good deal from it. Error gets to have a relationship with his crushes who don’t reciprocate but don’t reject his feelings either. Ink… well… I can’t think of a reason it benefits Ink besides him trying a new relationship for the hell of it. Maybe for the experience or maybe because with the dynamic it feels less forced than maybe previous ones. Maybe he wants to get closer to his friends this way, since him and Nightmare have a more sexual platonic relationship anyways.

This ship, made with tender love and care, is not meant for the wary heart.

This is a hill you die on. Features:

*barley working logistics (more technical than a home depo)

*enough angst for several lifetimes

*enemies to lovers x3 plus

* what if error and ink are enemies (protector and destroyer) but comes to a truce through their mutual enemy nightmare. And they form a truce because dream is the real villain to them all, none of them really pursuing true happiness for everyone. And the boyfriends aren’t really part of the star sanses but they aren’t bad guys either, they’re just nightmare’s boyfriends.

*And optionally, depending on your version of fanon, nightmare and ink learn that error has two brothers, geno and fresh. And they aren’t bad guys or star sanses either but they’re in laws with a really stupid dynamic. The list can go on after that depending on who you ship with who.

*one person falls apart it all falls apart

*but despite that it can be cute like Error wants to go on a date with Nightmare and Nightmare gets him chocolate and Error is just taken aback with the gesture and falls harder in love with him which makes Nightmare a little sick with all the positive emotion but he selflessly sucks it up.

*like the appeal is that it’s imperfect. It’s delicate.

*Error needs to be in love with both so they can both balance between his in unrequited love but genuine care. Nightmare gets sick at positive emotion but at least he feels it while Ink can’t feel it at all but sure as hell can act it out for him. They both care for Error but not in a romantic way is what I’m getting at.

*Nightmare gets what he wants from both sides. Genuine emotion from Error and a fabricated selfless effort from Ink.

*these two in turn makes the exchange interesting for Ink.

Ok rant over.

#errinkmare

[theforgottencrow]

I'm just wondering what's your favorite ships are, and um, do you like inkmare cuz for some damn reason I can't get them out of my head （(T-T*)）

I have so many ships that I adore! (A lot involving Ink) but I’d say my top 4 (Ships involving Ink) are Errink, Inkmare, Errinkmare, and Crink :D

And yeeeup, I adore Inkmare! (i can relate lol, they won’t leave my mind either)

#crow chatter #somehhuuuhh!! #moot #inbox

[maxilsmaster]

found an ot3 meme thing and decided to do it.

allow me to explain under the cut. be forewarned, many headcanons follow.

THE SHIP: Errinkmare.

THE LACK OF DRAWINGS: I’m using a mousepad instead of an actual mouse.

THE SHITTIER THAN NORMAL WRITING: Mousepad, no text thing on Chrome Canvas.

THE NICKNAMES: Ink calls Error Glitchy and Nightmare Nighty. Error calls Ink Squid and Nightmare Octopus. Nightmare calls Ink Inky and Error Spider.

MISADVENTURES: If one starts trouble, the other two are bound to follow, and they all get into trouble a lot.

HOW IT HAPPENS: Slow burn. Ink hardly recognizes it, Error tries to deny it. Nightmare acknowledges that he likes them, but doesn’t really feel like acting on it.

HANDLING CONFLICT: Error and Nightmare start a bunch of arguments and are both stubborn assholes about it. Ink doesn’t start that many arguments, and tends to forgive quickly.

RELATIONSHIP ATTITUDE: Error likes to keep things casual, and he’s pretty reserved. Ink tends to be pretty casual, and most of his reservedness comes from his lack of soul. Nightmare doesn’t give a shit, he’s gonna shower his dumbass boyfriends with as much love and affection as he can in his own way, preferably away from people.

THE SMALL Xs AND THE BIG Xs: i changed brush size midway. that’s all.

BUDGETS: Ink and Error do not know how to budget. Nightmare does.

MAKES DECISIONS: Ink is terrible at decisions. Error and Nightmare are not.

PLANS DATES: Nightmare would rather stay at home. Error would also rather stay at home. Ink would rather go out on the best dates his boyfriends have ever been on.

COOKS: Error is the only one who can remotely cook. Anything Ink and Nightmare cook will probably end in smoke alarms going off and someone getting badly burnt.

CLEANS: Ink doesn’t give a fuck about cleanliness. Nightmare and Error very much do.

FIRST TO CONFESS: Ink is unsure he actually even likes them. Error still refuses to acknowledge his feelings. Nightmare is like “hey, we all like each other, so why are we still beating around the bush?”

FIRST TO APOLOGIZE: Explained earlier.

BEST CAREGIVER: Ink would be clueless. Error would also be clueless. Nightmare knows how to treat various common illnesses.

MOST OF THE SPEAKING: Nightmare and Error are hella introverted. Ink is a bit on the introverted side, but falls under ambiverted.

SENSITIVE TO CHANGES: Ink is bad at noticing things. Error is good at noticing things. Nightmare is excellent at noticing things.

ONE WHO PROPOSES: Ink, for sure. Error and Nightmare wouldn’t know how.

WOULD DIE PROTECTING: They’d all die protecting each other.

HOGS BLANKET: Error and Nightmare are blanket hogs.

TICKLISH: Error loathes touch. Nightmare is only ticklish in one spot. Ink is very ticklish, but only upper body. He’s immune to foot tickles.

GOOD KISSER: Come on. Error has what, five tongues?

IRRESPONSIBLE ONE: All of them. All of them are the irresponsible one.

BIG SPOON/LITTLE SPOON: Self-explanatory.

LENDS CLOTHES/BORROWS CLOTHES: Entirely theoretical, as Ink and Error basically wear one outfit and can make their own, while Nightmare is covered in goop and mostly any outfit he wears would also be covered in goop.

DOESN’T USE PET NAMES/LOVES PET NAMES: Error doesn’t feel the need to use pet names, nor does Nightmare. Ink likes using pet names.

INTROVERTED/EXTROVERTED: All of them are on the introverted side, but Ink is much closer to ambiverted. Error is very introverted, while Nightmare is a goopy ball of social anxiety.

SCREAMS ABOUT BUGS/SQUASHES BUGS: None of them will scream, but Ink will be the first to squash.

DRIVES THE CAR/CAN’T DRIVE: Ink is good enough to have a license, but not good enough to be professional. Nightmare has no depth perception and is completely blind in his right eye. Error is... well. Don’t let Error drive.

WILL POISON YOU/MASTER CHEF: Error won’t necessarily poison you unintentionally, but he can’t cook very much. Nightmare and Ink are equally horrid at cooking.

OVERPROTECTIVE/CHILL: Nightmare is the overprotective one. Error can be protective at times, but doesn’t care too much. Ink is chill.

HAS MORE EXPERIENCE/HAS NO EXPERIENCE: Error knows basically nothing, except what he does from Undernovela. Ink has absolutely zero experience. Nightmare has no idea how the fuck to relationship.

SLOW BUILD UP/POUNCES: I think I explained this earlier.

COMPASSION/TOUGH LOVE: Ink is more on the compassion side, while Error and Nightmare deal in tough love.

DIRECT/INDIRECT: Ink is like “what is love baby don’t hurt me don’t hurt me no more.” Error is like “okay so um what the hell do i say.” Nightmare, I’ve explained.

CUDDLE AT HOME/GO ON ADVENTURE: Nightmare and Error would rather stay home. Ink is like, “ADVENTURE! YEAH!”

EMOTIONAL/DETACHED: Despite how he may act, Nightmare is in constant need of validation. Ink acts detached because he’s not exactly confident about relationships, and Error is, well, Error.

CONFIDENT IN PUBLIC/EMBARRASSED IN PUBLIC: Error is the one who doesn’t give a crap about what others think. Ink also doesn’t care, but once again, doesn’t exactly know how to relationship. Nightmare just hates people and wants to go home before he fucks something up.

VERBAL AFFECTION/PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Error is not one for physical contact, as is canon. He much prefers giving verbal affection. Ink is in the middle. Nightmare prefers cuddling.

TAKES INITIATIVE/DOESN’T TAKE INITIATIVE: Self-explanatory.

EASILY GETS JEALOUS/DOESN’T GET JEALOUS: Error doesn’t get jealous very often. Ink does get jealous, but shows it by giving his boyfriends more attention. Nightmare gets jealous very easily.

NEEDS SPACE/NEEDS ATTENTION: Error needs his space. Ink and Nightmare are willing to respect that. Sometimes he may join in on the attention, but that’s pretty rare. However, like Nightmare, Ink needs validation, but to a slightly lesser extent.

link to the original: https://riessene.tumblr.com/post/190497871560/there-are-many-ship-dynamic-memes-out-there-but

#errinkmare #meme #ot3

[sanscestships]

Discord/Errinkmare (Reaction, ErrorxInkxNightmare)

Created on: 10/12/20

Requested by: CringeWorthyPerson. Again. From discord.

Okay! Time to search up fanart and fanfics...

So... Basically at least two of them falling for one? Well, seems reasonable. They all have ships with each other in pairs after all. Errink (ErrorxInk), Vantablack/Inkmare (NightmarexInk), and Nighterror/Errormare (NightmarexError). So... I guess they just basically come to a compromise and share?

Yea... Just basically a share situation ig-

The ship's not bad. Again, i tend to favor some of the rare pairs since, though i do like and are ok with the popular ships (Crossmare, Dustberry, Errink, Cream, Nightkiller, etc.) sometimes i just see them so often.

I will admit: The fanart is very cute, and i have read a oneshot once of this ship and it was pretty good. Can I imagine this actually happening? No. As i said: Love kills Nightmare. Unless he can manage to keep a constant negativity source to balance out the love from his relationship, it's just going to kill him in the end. I think thats why Fluffynight (CcinoxNightmare) is canon. Ccino is usually very unhappy, so his constant negativity can balance out the positivity of their love.

Ink literally has no soul, but im assuming he'd use his more positive vials. He might do something to them that he will regret later if he tries to give Nightmare negativity with one of his other vials. Error? Uh... Well, i guess he'd contribute both?

Overall: I like this ship. 7/10. Very nice.

#reaction #ship reaction #ship #undertale #undertale au #discord #errinkmare #error x ink x nightmare #nightmare #error #ink #ink!sans #error!sans #nightmare!sans #sans

[sleepyfan-blog]

consider,,, isaac nevin edward poly,,,, but es!ibvs angst-

ES!IBVS is made by @onebizarrekai

characters: Isaac beamer, Nevin Jovel, Edward Quinton, Drew Jovel, Grandma Jovel

Word count: 1,550

warnings: bodyswap, cursing 

summary: Isaac gets woken up at 4am on a Saturday by one of his boyfriends. 

tagslist: @anxiety-is-married-to-depression @angelofthehalfmoon @trainwreck-of-skeletons @hisame-amadashi​ @therandomskelekey @capisnotonfire

“Ed, we need to talk as soon as possible.” Nevin said as soon as Isaac answered his phone.

“Hey… Nev, two things. One, I’m Isaac… And two, why are you calling either of us at 5am on a Saturday on the beginning of a three day weekend.” Ink grumbled, feeling incredibly confused.

“Isaac… Look in the nearest mirror,  and avoid any dumb puns, please…” Nevin responded, his voice a little short and…

“Are you whispering?” Isaac asked, feeling profoundly confused as he zombie-shuffled over to mirror… This looked like Edward’s room - and he was on Edward’s phone. Ink looked into the mirror and-

…

…

“What the fuck did Edward get us cursed with this time?” Isaac hissed, staring at utter confusion as he was staring into Edward’s soulful eyes, as the other stood in his dorky pajamas. “Why am I in Error’s body?”

“I don’t know, but I woke up in yours… Which means -” Nevin responded, sounding as if he was trying very hard not to freak out.

“Hang on, Ed’s calling me on your phone. I’m going to merge the calls so we can all talk and try to figure out what the shit happened.” Sure enough, Nevin’s number flashed up on his screen.. Ink merged their calls together..

“Ooohkay, have all three of us switched bodies, or are you in mind, Nev?” Edward asked without preamble.

“We’ve all switched bodies… So, can anyone remember getting cursed by anyone in the past few days? Like oh, say, a witch curing someone to get a new perspective, or that walking a mile in someone else’s shoes, or living a day in their life will open your eyes… Or any similar sorts of bullshit?” Isaac responded, remembering a couple of magical curses that his parents had taught him about while he’d been a kid.

“No… Why do you ask?” Nevin asked, utterly confused. The other had been turned by a vampire a little over a year ago and he and Edward were doing what they could to teach him of the magical world.

Ink had no idea which of the noble vampires had turned his one of his boyfriends, and why they hadn’t claimed him as their fledgling… Although that likely meant that he had been accidentally turned which… Could mean a whole heap of trouble if it was discovered and Isaac worried about what could said noble vampire might do to Nevin in order to keep the potential scandal quiet.

Edward growled a little bit, pacing back and forth “As far as I know, I haven’t been on the receiving end of a curse like that, and I don’t think that you can do a body switch curse without all of the affected people within your sightline… Do you have any idea who has the power and the desire to do this to us? I mean… We’re three teenagers, and none of us have the influence for this to have some really bad consequences.”

“So this bodyswap… Thing. It’s something that happens occasionally?” Nevin spluttered “Is there a way that you two know how to reverse it? Or is it something where we’d have to ask one of your guys’s parents for help because of it? Oh and Ed - Drew and Grandma are both early risers, so they’ll be checking in on you sometime in the next three hours or so. Pretend to be asleep as I usually get up no earlier than ten if I can at all help it.”

“Augh, fuck. Thanks. Oh, and we only sound like ourselves with one another, as we all switched bodies. To everyone but the caster, I’ll sound like you, you’ll sound like Isaac, and Isaac has my voice.” Error responded quickly “One of my grandparents was cursed with a spell like this, so they told me all about what happens. Usually there’s a time limit of a few days, or like a week before it wears off… We can try to act like one another, or we could go to either my parents or Isaac’s… There’s likely to be a curse breaker in the city that they can contact so that we can get back into our own bodies - especially since Nev lives with humans. You two should probably talk to whoever wakes up first in either my home or Isaac’s.”

“Sounds like a plan. We’ll text you with a time and location once we get it.” Ink responds, glad that they have a course of action. This sort of shit was irritating and something that needed to be dealt with quickly - as secrecy was one of the major laws that featured heavily in their world. He and Ed had been trying to teach Nevin what the other would need to know… Isaac hadn’t been sure as to how to introduce both of his boyfriends to his parents and… Wasn’t happy that the choice had been taken from his hands.

~

“… Drew, could you and your brother join me in the living room?” The Jovels’ grandmother called out, a kindly smile on her face as Edward (in one of his boyfriend’s bodies) and Drew nodded as they wandered and sat down as she indicated.

The latter smiled and walked over to the other “Yes, what is it, grandma?”

“Well, I had hoped to not tell you two just yet - to give you a bit more time to live without the burden… Ah, but I’m getting a bit ahead of yourself. Drew, have you noticed that your brother has been acting a bit… Oddly as of late?” Grandma Jovel asked, her eyes narrowing just a little as she stared directly at Edward, who froze in his seat.

“Yeah… Are you talking about today, when I heard him talking to someone at four in the morning? Or the fact that I… I kind of think that he’s been drinking blood for some reason, for months? I know that Isaac comes to school with a thermos full of something that smells like blood… Not that he’s the only one…” Drew responded, a worried frown appearing on his face. “Or the fact that though he… Nevin as of today while he… He kind of sounds like my brother he just… He really doesn’t seem like he’s actually Nev?”

“You’re more observant than most would give you credit for, my little star. Now who are you and do you know in who’s body my little moon is in, young being…” Grandma Jovel responded, narrowing her eyes at Edward, who froze in place, his eyes wide.

“I… Uhh… Uhm… Oh fuck!” Edward cursed, completely taken off guard and trying desperately not to panic.

“… Edward?” Drew guessed, frowning a little and staring at him, his eyes shining gold. Something seemed to shift on his back for just a moment. “… How did you end up in my brother’s body?”

“I don’t know. I woke up like this and called Isaac - who was in my body. Nevin is in Isaac’s.” The young werewolf responded, still kind of panicky “How did you guess so fast? And I-I don’t mean any disrespect or ill-intent when I deceived you, ma’’am… I thought… I didn’t realize you were part of the… I thought that both of you were normal humans.”

“Hmm… Drew and Nevin’s powers are unawakened for the most part, but that assumption is incorrect. Message the other two and tell them to come here. I can fix something like this easily.” Grandma Jovel responded, staring steadily at Edward.

The self-proclaimed school king nodded shakily and texted his boyfriends.

~

Nevin arrived first, Isaac showing up about five minutes later, both very confused. Grandma Jovel smiled warmly at Nevin “There you are, my little moon. Sit next to your boyfriends. I have everything prepared to break the curse. Stay still now.”

“G… Grandma please don’t call me that in front of my boyfriends…” Nevin pleaded, a bright blush appearing on the face he was currently wearing.

She chuckles and ruffled the top of his head with a fond smile “Yes, yes. I’ll keep that in mind, Nevin.” She sets out three crystals, and speaks an invocation of power. All three of them shiver as they feel Grandma Jovel’s magic wrap around their souls - and after blinking once, each is in his own body. “Also the three of you should rest here - as the transfer will have drained you rather a lot. I’m going to make pizza for all of you - and Drew would you like to help me? I can explain a few things as these three rest.”

“But… But grandma I wanna know how you… How… All of this too…” Nevin called out, attempting to get up and nearly falling over as he felt incredibly dizzy, sitting down with a hard thump.

“And I will explain to you both everything in much greater detail. For now, I will be explaining the basics of the magical world to Drew - which you likely have gotten. Consider it a gentle chastisement for not telling me you were turned into a vampire once you realized what had happened to you, Nevin.” Grandma Jovel responded back “Stay put, before I make you.”

“Yes grandma… Sorry grandma…” Nevin mumbled, snuggled comfortably between his boyfriends… Sleep sounded great… The three of them passed out together on the couch, holding hands.

#my writing #Isaac beamer #nevin jovel #Edward quinton #drew jovel #grandma jovel #iswarvin #IBVS errinkmare #esibvs

[rarepair-haven]

is there a nickname for errinkmare?

Error/Ink/Nightmare is written down as “Discord”! I swear we had a different name for them, but I suppose not.

-Mod Goof

#mod goof #goof says something #vantaerror? #vantaglitch? #oh i like that one

[universecipher]

I stan errinkmare. What bout you?

We all do(?

[thelocalconstellation]

hmm.. what're your favorite poly ships in each fandom you're in? <3

oooo, this is a hard one. for Undertale, it would have to be Errinkmare.

For MHA it HAS to be TodoShinDeku

Sanders Sides... hmmm. probs Virgil Roman and Logan

FNAF would probably be Cassidy Charlie and Elizabeth

Dreamswap is just the meme squad, have you even seen that fluff potential?

IBVS would probably be Drew Edward and Barry

I think thats all...

[sleepyfan-blog]

Family Secrets

Discord request fill! Continuation of this.

ES!IBVS is by @onebizarrekai

characters and pairing: Nevin Jovel, Isaac Beamer, Edward Quinton, Drew Jovel, Grandma Jovel, Nevaacward

warnings: none

word count: 2,035

summary:  After everyone is in the right body, Grandma Jovel explains some things to Drew and Nevin.

tagslist: @anxiety-is-married-to-depression @angelofthehalfmoon @trainwreck-of-skeletons @hisame-amadashi​ @therandomskelekey @capisnotonfire

“You… You have magic, grandma?” Nevin asks, his eyes huge. Drew looks just as confused as he feels. He’d thought that he had to hide his new nature from both his grandma and Drew in order to protect them - he didn’t want any of this supernatural crap causing them problems as it had for him… But apparently grandma had magic… And a lot of it, if the silent, amazed and/or slightly terrified staring that his boyfriends were doing was any indication.

“Yes, moonlight.” She said with a fond smile, chuckling a little bit as she walked over and gently ruffled his hair “I had originally planned on telling the two of you about the magic that you two possess and what it all means on your sixteenth birthday - as your powers would have fully awakened then, but… You were bitten by a vampire, and I have been trying to figure out how to speak to you both about that for months without you fleeing. This whole body-swap thing was quite helpful in that, although I do not know who cursed you.”

“Uhm… Nev’s been what?!” Drew spluttered, his eyes widening in worry as he runs over to his twin brother, hugging the other tightly “Does that mean that you need to drink blood? I’m guessing that’s why you suddenly only drink lunch from that mysterious stainless steel thermos of yours.”

“I… Yeah. I just… I didn’t want you to worry, and we’re not supposed to talk about this stuff to normal humans and I… I wanted to protect you.” Nevin admitted quietly.

Drew scowled a little and huffed at that - he hated that answer. But he also understood that Secrets were important “Fine… You know I would have helped you, if I’d have known about this earlier, right?”

“Yeah, yeah. I know.” Nevin sighed, a small smile appearing on his face. He felt better, now that the secret that he’d been keeping from his family was out in the open. He felt… Lighter and calmer. “So what’s this about magic? I’m completely comfortable about talking about these things in front of Ed and Isaac - unless it’s some sort of family secret that must not be revealed to others sort of thing, even to other magical beings?”

“If you truly do trust them, you may tell them later. But, I would rather tell the two of you of your birthright and what that means privately. It will make more sense once I have explained all that I can.”  His grandma responded with a gentle, but firm smile “Besides, those two should probably head home and reassure their families that they are themselves again. The fighting between werewolf packs and vampire clans haven’t been bloody in decade, but still…. Old hurts and suspicions still linger, though it does warm my heart to see young ones like the three of you loving and caring for one another without reservation or fear.”

Edward and Isaac both blushed at that and nodded. Isaac is the first to speak up “Alright, Mrs. Jovel. We’ll go. See you later, Nev!” The two of them got up and left the Jovels’ place, heading to their respective homes, very curious about what they’d just discovered about their boyfriend’s family,

~

“Please sit down both of you, this is going to be a long conversation - but a good one, or so I hope.” Their grandma encourages the two teens. Drew settles down on the couch next to his brother, and the two of them lean into one another a little. She smiled a bit at that, clearing her throat, before saying “First thing’s first - if asked by other magical beings, I and other members of our clan generally either pretend to be unknown humans, or if we were seen using magic, claim to be either mages or witches. That is a lie, but one that has been very helpful in keeping us safe, and not being bothered or hunted by those who would terrorize us into submission, or kill us as our powers offend them.”

Nevin and Drew both tensed at that, pressing a little bit closer to one another, and Nevin’s eyes narrowed a little, as a low growl rumbled in his chest. Like hell was he going to let anyone hurt his brother.

“I am glad that the two of you understand the seriousness of this. Now, we are not mages nor are we witches. We are emotion elementals.” Their grandmother explains, confusing both of them “We have human-like forms, as it is easiest to blend in with such forms, and our spirits are far less prone to being captured and either sealed into various objects or gemstones to power certain kinds of weapons or defensive structures, when we inhabit a physical form. Twins are extremely rare and… I am sorry for the pressure that your mother put on the both of you when you were younger. As soon as I found out that the two of you were twins and what was going on, I took the two of you away from most of our clan.” She paused for a couple of moments, a sorrowful look on her face.

Drew shifted a little and asked quietly “Why… Why did they seem to expect so much out of the two of us? I mean, we weren’t the oldest nor the youngest of us and our cousins… So why did we… Were we watched so closely?” and why was Nevin in particular focused so intensely on, scrutinized and scolded for every perceived thing that he did wrong - whether he did it or not. Among other things.

“Because… You two may be the reincarnations of the leaders of our clan. They were a pair of twins as well. The two of you share have the potential to share quite a few of their powers. Their names were Nightmare and Dream Nightmare fell into the darker side of his powers and caused a great deal of chaos and suffering, though he was doing what he thought was best to protect everyone... Eventually Dream and he ended up in a climactic battle that ended up killing the both of them.” Their grandmother explained with a quiet sigh.

“... Don’t your friends and sometimes your boyfriends call you Nightmare, Nev?” Drew asked quietly, his eyes widening a little bit. There was something… Awfully familiar about what she was telling them, btough he’d never heard of any of it before now. At least… Not in this life. But it explained the nightmares that he occasionally had.

“Yeah, they do…And our friends also call you Dream from time to time. But that doesn’t mean that we’re the reincarnations of those people.” Nevin huffed, hugging his brother closer “No matter how we argue, I’d never hurt you seriously, much less kill you.”

“Neither would I hurt or… K-Kill you…” Drew responded back, hugging Nevin back tighter, tears in his eyes at the thought. Both of the twins shuddered and hugged each other tightly.

“Even if you are their reincarnations, the actions of what your spirit did in a past life does not affect what you will do in this one.” Grandma responded firmly, a determined expression appearing on her face. She sighed for a moment “However, there is a way to check to see if you are their reincarnations. The clan will want to have the two of you trained in how to use your powers and for the leadership of our clan - and perhaps to see if the two of you can lead our clan to greater political promince and other such nonsense, but that is not something I feel that either of you should be forced to do. The two of you show great promise and could be quite powerful, but no matter who you might have been… I love you both. And I will love, care for and protect you both to the best of my abilities, while encouraging each of you to be the best version of who you want to be, not who others may wish or expect for you to be.” She stopped talking for a little while, for which both of the twins were grateful, as they processed the information that she’d given them.

Drew fidged a little with his hands, before asking quietly “You said that there was a test to see if we’re the reincarnations of these past leaders? What… What is it?”

Nevin was curious as well and murmured “Would anyone else in our… Clan? As you called it? Be able to perform this test, or is it something specific?”

Their grandma sighed, and answered “You would need to be able to open and wear… Something. I will bring the boxes out.” She responded. She got up and walked out of the room, before returning with two applewood boxes with brass latches and hinges. On the lids of the boxes was the symbol of a massive apple tree. On the face of one of the boxes was the symbol of a stylized star, the other a crescent moon.

Drew and Nevin froze for a moment as she set the boxes on the coffee table in front of the both of them. Drew reached for the box with the sun symbol, while Nevin reached for the box with the crescent moon. The latches opened without any effort and without meaning too, the twins grabbed the golden circlets inside of them, putting them on. They then grabbed the robes - violet and gold for Nevin, bright blue and gold for Drew. The two of them got up and left the room in a daze, blinking as they changed in two different bathrooms.

Nevin stared at himself through the mirror - the cloth felt so familiar to him. Light, yet impossibly heavy. For a brief moment, his eyes glowed a bright cyan and he swore that he could see a pitch-black, shadowy figure looming behind him, reaching out for him…. Nevin ran out of the bathroom without a second glance, and nearly collided into Drew, who tackled him as Nevin fled all the way back to their grandmother, carrying his twin brother in his arms.

Drew meanwhile… He had stared in shock at the surprisingly elegant robes that he was in - as well as the yellow cape that he was wearing. A sudden wave of worry for Nevin had hit him and he’d sprinted straight for where he knew Nevin was changing, utterly certain that the other was in danger. Once the two of them reached their grandma however, the feeling of danger and fear passed, and both of the twins were calm again.

Their grandma looked at the both of them, a soft sigh leaving her before she walked towards the both of them, wrapping her sweet grandbabies up in a tight hug “I had hoped to avoid this for a little while longer. But this is your birthright. Do you wish to know more, or would you rather wait and process what I’ve told you?”

Nevin and Drew glance at one another before answering at the same time “Could you please hold off on further explanation for a little while? It’s a lot to take in.”

She smiles kindly at both of them and nods, hugging them closer to her “Of course.” They hug their grandma and one another until Nevin’’s cellphone goes off.

It’s his boyfriends, who are reminding him of the date that they’d agreed to in a couple of hours, asking if he was still going to come. Nevin hesitated for a moment, but both Drew and their grandma encouraged him to answer with what he wanted to do, so he texted back [can we reschedule? Grandma gave me a lot of info and I’m trying to process it all. Not sure how much more stuff I can process today.]

Isaac answered first [no prob - my mom is threatening to keep me in the house for the rest of the day anyways.]

Edward answered a couple of seconds later [that’s fine - I can’t imagine how all of this must feel. Love you, Nev. Love you, Ink.]

Nevin smiled a little and texted [thanks. I love you both.]. He’s not sure what all of this might mean, but the texts from his boyfriends had helped him feel a bit more grounded.

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