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biggest-simp-eversposts · 10 months

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Made of Ivory and Gold

Lucio x Reader

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Part 1 —> Part 2 —> Part 3

Summary: You let your insecurities get the best of you, causing problems in you and Lucio’s relationship… Or Lucio is stupid, but you are stupider.

AN: Heyyy pookie bears😚😚 I’m here with food for you🤭 specifically the Arcana fandom because we are literally dying but I still love it. Yes, I did write this because I redownloaded the game after two years of not playing it💀 hope y’all enjoy it🫡💖💖💖 (Also I didn’t realize Lucio was a Capricorn till after writing the first chapter (December-January) so I made the ball a New Year’s Eve ball but that would also that is probably around his birthday and he would have the masquerade😭😭😭 just don’t think about it)

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It had been 6 months since you and all your friends successfully bound the devil and stopped his evil from spreading. You and Lucio had been enjoying life to the fullest and adventuring full time ever since. As it was getting closer to the new year though, it seemed you and Lucio deserved a break from adventuring, a time to go home and visit all your friends. It so happened that Nadia was hosting a party to celebrate the new year, you knew Lucio could never pass up a party.

As soon as you two entered back onto the streets of Vesuvia you could feel the breeze change, the scent of pumpkin bread wafting through the air, a wide grin stretched across your face. You turned to Lucio who matched your expression.

“It's good to be home,” you whisper to him, leaning your forehead to his.

“It is indeed,” he grabs your hand tightly and interlocks your fingers. The two of you make your way through the streets you know well. Not much has changed since you two had left the city. Something that definitely hadn't changed was the stares, at Lucio of course. As you walked past shops and stalls people would turn and ogle at him, mouths slightly agape. How could they not, he was the (ex) count of Vesuvia, restored to his full glory after dying of the plague, plus he helped save the city. Sometimes they got to you though, you were always next to him, so it was inevitable that people would look at you as well. You wish you knew what they thought of you, as immature as it sounds. You didn’t think you were nearly as attractive as Lucio, as strong, as powerful, as confident, as charismatic, so what didn’t people think when they looked at you with him. Lucio speaks, pulling you out of your thoughts.

“We’re here” he says softly to you, noticing how distracted you seemed.

You both now stand outside Asra’s magic shop. You step inside and a familiar feeling washes over you, warmth and magic in one.

“Just a second,” Asra yells from the back of the shop. They rush to see who has entered the shop.

“Y/N, your home!” Asra brings you into a tight hug, you wrap your hands around their back and bury your face in his neck. “We missed you,” he mumbles into the hug. Before you can ask who “we” is, Faust shimmies her way from inside Asra’s scarf.

“Oh Faust, how I missed you!” you say as the snake slithers up your arm, releasing Arsa from your embrace. As you play with the little snake, Lucio and Asra make tense eye contact, nodding at each other. A silent deal to not cause problems for your sake. After you had chatted with Asra for a minute, a royal carriage pulled up in front of the shop.

“That’s us,” says Lucio, grabbing your things to put in the carriage. As he steps out, you and Asra share one last hug before waving goodbye and stepping out the door. You hop into the carriage with Lucio and make your way to the palace. You gaze wistfully out the window as the carriage takes you to the palace. Lucio could tell something was off about your mood since you had gotten there.

“Darling,” he puts his human hand on your shoulder. “Is something wrong?” you turn your face from the window and look at him.

“It's just a bit strange to be home after being gone for 4 months, that's all,” you have a soft smile on your face as you tell him. You turn your body and lay your head on this shoulder, closing your eyes. You feel him put this arm around you and lay his head against your own. He rubs his hand up and down your arm.

“So,” he lifts his head a bit. “Are you excited for the ball,” You could hear the excitement in this voice, but in all honesty, you could care less about the ball. Big functions like balls and parties were never really your thing, surprising you ended up with Mr. Party Animal.

“Mmm, I'm more excited to see Nadia,” Lucio scoffs at your answer.

“Noddy is great… but not better than a party,” you giggle at his reply.

“I bet she picked out great outfits for us though,” you say, Lucio hums.

“Her taste is not bad… not as good as mine though, right?” He shifts to look you in your eyes, you stare back at him.

“No one could beat your taste Lucio,” You lean in and give him a soft kiss on the lips. Before you can pull back though, Lucio grabs the front of your shirt and pulls you closer, deepening the kiss. He pulls back to where your lips still brush.

“You clever thing, I see what you did there,” he calls you out with a smirk.

“Whatever do you mean, my count,” you fain innocents, a devious smile takes over your face before Lucio pulls you back in for a feverish kiss. He pulls you closer and into his lap, his lips leave yours and trail along your jaw. But before anything else can happen, the carriage stops outside the palace and the door opens. You and Lucio get out, your face still hot from what had just conspired in the carriage.

Lucio and you are led up to Nadia’s private balcony. She greets you with a tight hug, and Lucio with a tight lipped smile and curt nod. She urged you to stay with her and have tea.

“So, how has the road been,” she asks, bringing her cup to her lips. You tell her what you have been up to, Lucio interrupts every other word to say how cool you two are. After an hour or so of catching up with Nadia, and learning about her developing relationship with Portia, she has to return to her work. You and Lucio find your way to the guest room the two of you will be living in for the next month. You walk in and flop face first onto the bed. You hear Lucio laughing behind you.

“Tired already, my gem?” Lucio sits next to you on the bed, you turn your head to look at him.

“As much as l love our adventures, 4 months of non-stop traveling makes me tired,” You grumble out, Lucio laughs again.

“I’m excited to relax as well, but not as excited as I am to party,” he says, standing up and walking over to the closet. Your eyes follow him. “It's been 6 months since I last went to a party, and we didn't even get to enjoy our time at the masquerade,” he opens the closet, inside hanging two outfits picked out for the both of you.

“I guess it is hard to have fun when the devil is trying to destroy the world,” you stand up and go over to the closet with him. You take out yours and Lucios outfits, laying them on the bed.

“Yours could use more gold… besides that, these are perfect!” Lucio says, clapping his hands together. Your outfit is a midnight blue floor length dress. It simmered like nothing you had seen before and had a mighty slit up the side. Lucios was a gold and white suit decked with gold gems, accompanied with a long gold cape.

“These are beautiful Lucio… I told you Nadia had good taste,” you say before leaning over and wrapping him in a hug. He retired the hug, resting his chin atop your head.

The ball was only 3 days away now, and you couldn't say you weren't nervous.

#the arcana #the arcana lucio #count lucio #lucio the arcana #lucio morgasson #lucio x apprentice #lucio x reader #lucio x mc

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those-arcana-things · 5 years

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1. When did you start playing?

Oooof, uh…ehhhhh. Late 2017 or early 2018? I don’t recall, but I was super into it. Unfortunately I had to delete it off my old phone to make more room, but early in January of this year I got a new phone and immediately redownloaded and picked up where I left off.

9. Opinion on Asra?

Okay so I’m a suspicious bitch and my first impression of Asra was ‘he’s keeping secrets and seems shadyyyy’. First of all, I take it back Asra honey I’m so sorry. Now, they’re my third favorite. Such a sweet and precious little magician, would definitely smoke and binge Netflix with them.

13. Opinion on Nadia?

Hnng, well. I don’t hate her. Okay that sounded super negative, but she’s also not my favorite? I think out of all the characters, she’s definitely my least favorite, but I still like her. She’d be the friend I go shopping with and have lunch/dinner dates with and she’d constantly try to get me to dress fancier than leggings and baggy sweaters.

20. Self insert or apprentice insert?

Uh….well here’s the thing. Both. I have many characters that I’ve made for the Arcana. I have a self insert, and then a metric assload of other characters. Maybe y'all will get to meet them soon. Someday I’ll stop with the laziness and the procrastination I swear. Not today though, today I paint my nails and act like the I don’t have four deadlines bum rushing me.

#the arcana #the arcana game #arcana #arcana asks #ask noiz #and she shall answer #i'm admitting to a lot here #mostly to the fact that i'm actually a sloth #are sloths lazy or just slow #i'll never know #i'm too lazy to google it

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