#it's weird to describe but I didn't really think much of how he would've reacted to this when I first began to play arr last year

[cursedvibes]

I don't know if this is a bit weird but thank you for writing Kenjaku experiencing dysphoria as they got later in pregnancy and gave birth. Like I always headcanoned that Kenjaku's cursed technique gives them some type of protection against it since I always thought that realistically someone with body swapping abilities would likely experience dysphoria/dysmorphia. But then just seeing Kenjaku seem upset when mentioning their original body, describe their own theories and unsureness of how their gender identity/presentation was affected by their cursed technique and experiencing chest dysphoria, discomfort at nursing Yuuji even though they wanted to have him and were okay most of the pregnancy, and dress more masculine/andro after birth was so relieving? Like as someone who is trans and wants to have kids but has some chest dysphoria and is sincerely afraid of how pregnancy would affect me mentally especially after I started to show. I'm a little jealous of Kenjaku I will admit, Jin noticing Kenjaku's behavior changes and how they dress differently and just saying " Do I have a husband now, would you like to call you something else? I melted at that scene, I wish I had a Jin.

Thank you, I'm glad you felt comforted by it. I have to admit it was also a bit self-indulgent on my part, especially the way how Jin reacts to their identity changes. Literally, can't think of a scenario where Jin would push Kenjaku away because of their gender (there are lots of other good reasons) and I would definitely not want to write that. Up until recently, he was glad that he got an excuse to hold onto the name "Kaori" and was very torn about Kenjaku changing bodies, but I still wanted him to be open about everything else. I think if Kenjaku had just chosen to transition with Kaori's body, he probably would've taken it much better. I'm gonna incorporate more of that in the final chapter with his reaction to Kenjaku's new vessel, although I'm not sure how deep I want to explore that.

I hc Kenjaku as genderfluid, but regardless of that, I think it is very likely that their gender doesn't always line up with the body they inhabit. Three out of the four vessels we've seen so far were chosen out of necessity, they needed to inhabit them no matter how they feel about that person's sex. I wish we knew more about their identity and feelings about changing vessels in canon. We do know that they prefer some over others like with how they prefer to be called Kamo Noritoshi instead of Geto Suguru, despite having left that body behind 150 years ago. (You could say it's to take advantage of the Kamo Clan, but they also say that when that wouldn't matter anymore like the meeting with Noritoshi Jr. He knows who they are, there would be no need to clarify if names really didn't matter.)

I kinda wanted to explore all that here and how they might grow uncomfortable with a vessel over time. In this case the genderfluidity plays into it too as they shift from woman to something more in-between. For a long time I was also unsure if I should include Kenjaku's name at all because it was initially not clear to me if "Kenjaku" is just an old name of theirs - their original name - that Tengen uses, but that they don't identify with anymore like the body they were born with or if they still go by that name voluntarily. Thankfully, this fic took so long to write, that that got cleared up in the meantime.

#asks

[marias-in-pyjamas]

Eclipse: Chapter 1.3

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Pairings:

Commanding Agent Adam du Mortain x Detective Eliana Langford x Specialist Agent Mason ; Agent Nate Sewell x Detective Ellara Kingston

Content Rating - Warnings: T - language, mentions of guns, dead body

Disclaimer: The Wayhaven Chronicles belongs to Seraphinite Games. This is based on TWC, and the fic will almost follow the game's original timeline. This is purely an AU where there are two detectives in town instead of one.

Inside the Police Station

14 Jan ’19 – 09:20

More than an hour had passed after Eliana’s talk with Officer Friedman earlier and Detective Kingston still hasn’t showed up. Whatever case she’s overseeing must’ve been serious if it took her that long in returning to the station. But still, Eliana waited patiently in her seat in front of the officer’s desk, only standing up for a few minutes every now and then to have a smoke.

The body from the crime scene arrived half an hour earlier, enclosed in a cadaver bag. The crime techs brought it straight to the lab downstairs without so much of a glance at her. Eliana resisted the urge to ask for details, knowing they’re not going to give her any.

Officer Friedman, thankfully, remained focus on his work even when she goes outside. He kept his phone in his pocket, and was alert to answer the few civilians who ask for help in the station. She’s itching to help herself, but she knows she can’t do anything yet until she talks with Detective Kingston first. As far as anyone is concerned, she’s still an outsider in this police station and this town.

As Eliana was finishing the cup of coffee the officer made and offered her, a man stepped outside of the laboratory. He is wearing a crisp pair of slacks and pressed button-down shirt underneath his lab coat, and was distractedly making coffee for himself. While he was waiting for the machine to finish brewing, he turned his attention and looked around the station. Apparently only noticing her then, the man’s head slightly tilted to the side, as if in thought.

Turning to the police officer in front of her, Eliana asked, “Officer Friedman, who’s that?” She motioned with her head towards the man in the pantry subtly.

Looking at who she’s talking about, the boy turned his body around and answered, “Oh, that’s Doctor Verda. He’s our pathologist.” Seeing that Dr. Verda is already looking at the pair, Officer Friedman called out to him to introduce the two of them. “Hey, Doctor Verda,” he motioned with his hands, making the doctor raise his eyebrows in question. “This is Detective Langford. She said she was transferred here from the big city. Do you have an idea what time Detective Kingston will arrive?”

His curiosity piqued a little, Dr. Verda approached them. “I’m sorry, I don’t,” he answered the officer. “Is that true? There’s gonna be a new detective around?” He addressed his question to the detective.

“Seems like it, doctor,” Eliana said. She stood up and extended her hand towards the pathologist. “Detective Eliana Langford. I’m from the Metropolis Police Department. Pleasure to make your acquaintance.”

Dr. Verda shook her extended hand firmly. “No need to be so formal, detective. It seems like we’ll be workmates from now on. I’m Doctor Solomon Verda.” The doctor smiled warmly at her and added, “I came from the city myself, you know, before finally settling down here with my family.”

Instantly feeling a little affinity for the man in front of her, Eliana cracked a little smile at that. After withdrawing her hand, she asked, “Oh? And how was the adjustment from the big city to the small town?”

“Well, having my family with me helps a lot. And I’m really more of a quiet and calm environment kind-of guy than the hustle and bustle of the city.”

Oof. Family. The concept’s a little far-fetched for Eliana. “Surely you must miss some of the things that the city can provide?”

Dr. Verda thought for a few seconds before answering. “Convenience stores,” he snapped his fingers. “Can’t find more of that except in the city. In this town, most of the shop is already closed before 8 in the evening.”

“That’s a bummer,” Eliana responded. As someone who’s used to patrolling in the night and having convenience stores easily accessible all the time, it’s kind of a letdown to find out this information.

The doctor chuckled a little at that. “Aside from that, I’m good. Wayhaven’s home now.” His eyes falling at the cup of coffee in Officer Friedman’s desk and her stuff in the chair, Dr. Verda inquired, “How long have you been waiting for Detective Kingston now?”

Eliana checked her wristwatch before answering, “Almost 2 hours now, doctor.”

“That must’ve been a surprise for you. Your first day at work was spent waiting for the detective.”

Oh, you have no idea, she thought, but bit back from saying it out loud.

“Although that’s not really unusual in this town. For as long as I’ve worked here, this is the only time we’ve had a murder case. It’s not an exaggeration to say that nothing really that exciting happens in this town,” Dr. Verda continued. “Anyway, let me shoot Detective Kingston a message and inform her of this. It was nice meeting you, Detective Langford.”

“Thanks, Dr. Verda. Nice to meet you too.”

Dr. Verda waved a little before going back to the pantry to get his coffee. The man gave a final nod before returning to his laboratory.

At least he seems nice, Eliana thought as she sat back down on the stool, resuming her wait for the town’s detective.

At the Station

10:10

Ellara checks her time, suddenly realizing just how long it took her to arrive at the station. The traffic was heavier than usual and she's probably making a bad impression at the new detective for being so late. Her eyes go to the drink and bread in her hand before she pushes the doors open. At least I have my lunch with me already.

Turning around, she first saw Douglas tensely sitting on his station. 

"Glad you aren't using your phone today, Officer Friedman," she says genuinely happy at the younger's sudden change today. 

"Detective! I'm glad you're already here." Douglas greeted, his voice laced with something aside from his usual enthusiasm. Elle can't quite figure it out but she dismissed it just as her eyes landed on the woman sitting on the chair facing the younger's desk. 

 Eliana's ears instantly perked up, hearing Officer Friedman addressing the woman who had just entered the precinct as "Detective". Finally, she thought. I was beginning to wonder if she'll ever show up.

 "I see you have a complainant, huh?" She asks, pretending not to know who the woman is. The stranger suddenly stands, eyes darting at her way with an eyebrow raised. "Hello Detective Kingston, Wayhaven PD. How can we help you, ma'am?" Ellara says with a smile. She holds herself back from laughing just to see how the other would react.

"Detective Kingston, this is Detective Langford. Wayhaven's additional detective," The young officer intercepts gesturing to the woman in front.

Is she messing with me? Eliana's right eyebrow remained cocked, but she decided to drop the matter for now. Introductions must come first, so she can finally start working.

Standing up to her full height, Eliana cleared up the snark that was bubbling in the back of her throat, strode forward and extended her hand. "You must be Detective Ellara Kingston. Detective Eliana Langford of Metropolis Police Department. My superiors said I was to be transferred here for the time being." She inspected the other detective with a scrutinizing gaze, surprised that she's a lot smaller than she imagined. Her eyes, the same color as her’s - hazel - is filled with amusement and curiosity. Her light brown hair is done up on a ponytail. Detective Langford made a quick scan at other detective's clothes, wondering how she'll be able to run and pursue a perp in those shoes. She noted that Detective Kingston is wearing platform boots with matching tweed coordinates. I thought I was the one who came from the city here. Why does she look like she's up for a picnic or something? Her eyes stopped for a moment at the tea and croissant in Detective Kingston's hand. Well, it looks like there's the reason she took so goddamn long to return here.

Ellara watched as the other woman's eyes scanned her from her feet up to the top of her head, smiling despite the nervous rattling in her heart right now. The latter is towering over her, and Elle would easily cower upon the sight of her if she didn't know the woman yet. And there's also a weird feeling inside her, a feeling she can't describe with words.

How can someone look so intimidating and not feel like it?

Ellara shrugs her thoughts, focusing her mind back into the present. Her smile never left her face even when Detective Langford had been looking at her with so much disdain and confusion in her face. It makes her want to play with the latter more.

"Yes, that's me. I'm Ellara Kingston, but you can call me Elle, everyone does! However, detective...? There must be a mix up," Ellara says, tone light but with confusion laced with it as well. She extends her arms to shake the latter's but her smile turns into a frown.. "Captain Sung would've told me about you being transferred here otherwise.

Eliana is confused about the look Detective Kingston is giving her. Sure, there's the familiar sense of someone being intimidated with her. But there's something else too, something she can't quite put a finger into yet.

Focusing instead on the situation at hand, her right eyebrow returned back to its cocked state, her lips thinning into a straight line. "I'd prefer to stick with Detective Kingston, if that's alright with you. We're professional co-workers and that's more fitting, I think." She paused for a moment and continued, "Can you help point me to where your captain's office is? Or his current whereabouts right now? I'd like to speak to him personally." She had already slung her bag back to her shoulders, and is now in the process of hooking her helmet in her arm.

Ellara's eyes widen at the sudden mention of the captain and the detective's actions, making her raise her hand in the air a little, "No, you can't. He's playing golf with the mayor," she says. "Also, I was just kidding. I received the memo a few minutes ago." Ellara once again smiles and shrugs.

"I see," Eliana said simply. Truth be told, her patience has already worn thin. But she knows she can't repeat what she did with Officer Friedman earlier. For one, Eliana's afraid that if she suddenly pulls with that much force at the smaller woman, she might break apart. And second, she doesn't want to have a misdemeanor case in this town, especially if it's against her co-workers. No, it's not worth staining her spotless record over Detective Kingston's joke.

I'm going to drop this for now, but mark my words, I'm gonna be the one laughing next time.

"Welcome to Wayhaven PD, Detective Langford!" Ellara says loudly, getting the attention of everyone in the precinct– basically just Douglas, and a few other officers.

The people greet their new member just like how they do every time. Enthusiastic, and with joy. Everyone here treats each other as family, and she hopes that the detective will feel the same. Though it would probably take the latter some time to adjust as she just nods at all the greetings.

A person of a few words, huh?

Ellara decided that she probably had extended the welcome greeting too much so she gets Eliana's attention back.

"Come, I'll show you the office."

The taller detective followed Detective Kingston to the office wordlessly after accepting the greetings and welcomes of the other police officers with a simple nod of her head.

She watched as the smaller detective opened the door to a locked room, revealing a small office. Oh great, the bathroom in my apartment in the city is bigger than this office. The room has just enough space to fit a file cabinet, a desk, and a simple two-person sofa. Eliana's eyes did one full sweep across the room and landed on the woman in front of her, her face devoid of any reaction.

"So, this is it! I'm sorry I know it must be smaller than what you're used to, having worked in the big city," Detective Kingston said apologetically.

"No worries. It's alright. It could be a lot worse." 

"Well, good! Because we're supposed to share this office. We just need to find you a desk and another file cabinet and then voilà!" Ellara exclaimed with that bright smile of hers.

Well, fuck me. I spoke too soon.

It doesn't matter. There's a case. We should focus on that.

"I see," Eliana said again. She feels like this will not be the last time that she'll say that phrase in this town. In many ways, this small, quiet town is a lot weirder than the city. She knows that there will be more things to come that she'll just be forced to accept and agree, whether she wants to or not.

Placing down her things on the sofa, Eliana crossed her arms to her chest and turned to the smaller detective, who was also placing down her things at her desk. "Detective Kingston, I heard that there's been a murder. Can I ask you what details we currently have on that?" Eliana straightforwardly asked. She had always hated people who beat around the bush.

"Oh right! I was meaning to talk to you about that," Ellara replies just as she sits on her chair. Smile ceasing at the obvious straightforwardness of the woman. I haven't even eaten my lunch yet, poor foodies. "The victim is an unidentified tall, blonde woman who has unusual scratch wounds. Her cause of death is still unknown but I'm pretty sure that she's not from around here. Other than that, i'm afraid we don't have much information yet..."

Yes, useless information. I myself don't know where to lead with this. Kicking the thoughts away after a sip from her tea, she continued speaking.

"The statement from the witnesses will be reported later, and I'm actually about to head to the lab to know more about her." She stops, searching for a reaction on Eliana's face but the latter remains expressionless. "You should come with me so we can hear about it together. Oh, maybe I should give you a tour, too?" Ellara smiles, her eyes twinkling at her own suggestion.

Fuck, we haven't got even a small lead yet.

"Of course, Detective," Eliana answered, internally wondering what else she hadn't seen from the precinct aside from the inside of Dr. Verda's lab. Her eyes have already looked at every side of the station when she was waiting for Detective Kingston earlier, but she decided not to say anything for now. She needs to establish rapport if she's to work with the smaller detective. "Why don't you take the lead?"

Smiling at Eliana's suggestion, Detective Kingston stood up from her chair, her tea and croissant still in her hand. "Follow me, Detective Langford."

It took them less than 5 minutes to have the full tour around the precinct. Ellara introduced the new detective to some of the officers around. There's really not much to see, but I already knew that. God, this is gonna be a long reassignment, Eliana sighed to herself.

"Well, this is our last stop. The precinct's lab," Detective Kingston said with a flourish. "You've met Dr. Verda earlier, right?"

 Yes. Officer Friedman introduced us."

"Douglas?!" Detective Kingston exclaimed. "Oh, well, that's good. At least he's taking his job seriously."

Eliana had to bite back a snicker from escaping her lips from that comment.

"Let's go see what Verda has to say," Detective Kingston declared. She shoved the remaining croissant in her mouth and swiped some of the crumbs away from her clothes before bumping the heavy door of the doctor's lab with one hip. She didn't even bother to stop and take a look at the No Food or Drink Inside sign beside the door, her cup of tea still clutched in her hand.

Sighing at the other detective's blatant disregard for rules, Eliana shook her head and followed Detective Kingston inside the chilly lab.

Inside the Laboratory

10:30

The white-tiled walls greeted the two of them just as they stepped into the lab. It was a clean room with only the silver machines at the edges completing the ensemble. They saw Verda sitting on his metal desk at the corner of the room.

"Hey, Verda." Ellara greets brightly, and with a smile. The doctor turns to greet her back with a nod before a voice cuts through their little interaction.

"I don't know how you work down here." Eliana says seeing how the doctor didn't even have his gloves on, a cup of drink is noticeable sitting on the table beside him.

"It's the first time I actually got to work, Detective Langford." The doctor turns to look at her and grin.

"I thought you're not supposed to bring drinks in here?" Eliana says, the careless disregard to the rules getting into her like a whiplash.

"It's a habit I picked up working from the city," He answers, tone bright and all. "You are one of the good-natured detectives from the city then?"

"Not really, no," Eliana snickers and shrugs, making the doctor grin.

Ellara watched the interaction, feeling glad that the detective is at least making conversation with their pathologist. Must be because they are both from the city?

A few seconds of quiet descended upon them before Ellara decided to break it, just as her eyes landed on the body covered by a white sheet on a table.

"You haven't started the autopsy yet?" She asks, walking towards the body. 

The doctor shakes his head, "No, but..." he pauses and purses his lips, "I found something you might need." He spins around and lifts an evidence bag from a nearby counter.

"You found her phone! They couldn't see it at the scene," she says, getting the bag from his hand.

"It was in her boot."

The three of them looked down at the woman, her skin now a grey-white, her lips so pale that they aren't even noticeable right now.

"We really need to find her identity-" the detectives said in unison. Their heads turned, eyes meeting each other. Both surprised at having said the same thing at the same time. 

"...so we can inform her family."

"...so we can find her killer." 

Ellara and Eliana continued respectively, earning confused looks from the pathologist that stands in front of them. 

"Well, I'm glad you care more about your people, Detective Kingston. At least more than some detectives from the city." Verda says, throwing a quick glance at Eli. "But you're both right. Finding her identity must be the first step." 

Ellara half smiles at the compliment, appreciating it despite not knowing if she deserves to be given the praise while Eliana just let the comment fly by her.

"There's not much I can tell you as of the moment." Verda continues. "Though the bruises in her wrists and ankles are noticeable."

"She was tied down?" Eliana joins the conversation. 

"So it would seem..." he answered, voice trailing off at the obvious sympathy for the woman. 

Ellara tightens her hold on the phone as she opens it through the evidence bag. The screen opened and she felt relief when she saw that it wasn't locked by any password. Flicking through it and opening her contacts, she didn't see much aside from the victim's family, workmates, and a few friends. Checking the logs and messages, she noticed that there weren't much in there too. 

"She obviously didn't go out much." Verda says as he is glancing through the phone, too. 

"Poor girl," Ellara says as she continues to explore the victim's phone, ending up in her gallery. "She must've been less of a target if she weren't so isolated." 

"Maybe," Verda says with a shrug, "But that might have not been why she was targeted." 

"I agree." Eliana chirps. 

The quiet once again fills the room as Ellara swipes through the photos. Until one particular picture catches her attention. The photo was blurred, but thanks to the stained walls and the crack metal beams, she was able to recognize the place, "This was the last photo she took. It's from the Farris Warehouse at the edge of the town." 

"You think she managed to capture where she was murdered?" 

"Possibly." 

"Will you go to the warehouse then?" Verda asked. 

"I will. After I finished up the paper works of course," Ellara says and with a smile once again. 

"Instead of going alone, how about you bring Detective Langford along then? Must be good for her to be familiarized as early as now." Verda suggested. 

"I was just about to ask her," Ellara grins and turns to the new detective, "Are you up for an adventure?"

Eliana's right eyebrow quirked up again at Detective Kingston's choice of words. "Sure, sounds good," she shrugged nonchalantly.

"Are you two gonna be alright?" Verda asks suddenly.

"We've got our radio if we need backup, and Tina also patrolled there the other day. It's impossible that there's still a deranged murderer hanging in there."

The doctor frowns in concern. "Be careful. Both of you please."

"You worried about us, Verda?" Ellara asks with a teasing tone, throwing in a smirk at the pathologist's way.

"You are about the best person I've worked for, and besides, Detective Langford here has been much a delight," he replies with a smile. "I don't fancy getting used to someone else."

Eliana gave a nod at the doctor's way and mumbled a small "Thanks," that didn't go unnoticed.

Ellara's laughter echoes in the room as she makes her way out of the lab, making sure that Eliana is following closely behind. For the first time that day, Ellara actually felt alright.

Inside the Station 

10:45

Being out of the lab felt like a reward somehow as the cold Ellara was feeling dissipated into thin air. She looks back making sure that Eliana was able to follow along as she made her way back into the office again.

Eliana looks back up just as Ellara brings her eyes back to the front. Why is this precinct so quiet and boring? She thinks to herself, her mind unconsciously wandering back into her workplace before. Back home, she never had a down time during work hours. There's always a criminal to arrest, and a crime to solve. The fact that everything around here is moving so slow is making her feel cooped up and restless. Surely, her past captain had good intentions moving her here. Otherwise, why would he do that? It would be dumb to send off the youngest most skillful detective away.

Whatever the reason is, fuck it. I deserve to be somewhere more developed than this town. Won't exactly get any recognition, working here. Well, maybe if they can solve the case first. 

"I hope you've been settling well so far, Detective Langford," Ellara says with a smile, once again taking the seat behind her desk as the latter sits herself on the couch.

"I am," Eliana replies nonchalantly, fishing her phone out of her pocket and typing in the little information they have so far.

"So…" she heard Ellara speak from the far end of the room. “What's-" the woman was about to ask something when the door opened.

"Good afternoon, detectives." Captain Sung stands in front of the door, giving Elle a glance for greeting before he turns into the new detective and approaches her. "Detective Langford, I assume?"

Eliana stood from her seat and strode forwards, extending her arm in greeting. "Yes, that's right. Pleasure to meet you." After a quick scan at the man's posture and clothing, Eliana continued. "And you must be Captain Sung?"

The captain just nodded in affirmation, already busy fetching something from his pocket. "I'm just here to give you your badge and gun while you're working here in our town and ask how you're settling here?"

Eliana checked the handgun and was surprised to see it in good condition. Afterwards, she clipped her badge in her belt and the gun to her holster and answered with a simple, "Fine, so far," before crossing her arms across her chest again.

"Well, that's good. According to the Mayor, another desk set, and a cabinet will arrive later this evening to accommodate Detective Langford for the time being." Captain Sung then turns to Ellara. "I can see that you've been letting her catch up immediately. Nice work, Detective Kingston."

"Thanks, Captain. Detective Langford has been cooperative." Ellara throws a smile at Eliana's way, making the other's eyebrow raise.

After a short conversation between the people in the office, Captain Sung bid the two detectives farewell before walking out of the police station, telling them to work with and help each other to solve the murder case.

"Now that's out of the way, what say you we decrease some of this paperwork that needs filing, Detective Langford?" Ellara said with a charming smile, hoping that the taller detective is at least a little more patient than her in paper works.

#the wayhaven chronicles #twc fic #twc au #eclipse: twc au #twc adam #twc nate #twc felix #twc mason #adam du mortain #nate sewell #felix hauville #agent mason #detective eliana langford #detective ellara kingston #douglas friedman #soloman verda #tina poname #bobby marks

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can i ask 11, 15, 18, & 21 for black coffee and sulfur & 12, 20, & 24 for puzzle pieces? -megs 💙

@igarbagecannoteven you sure can!!! spoilers for black coffee and sulfur and Puzzle Pieces under the cut!

black coffee and sulfur:

11. Was there a scene that you hadn’t originally planned to include? Why did you decide to fit it in? Not really! the beauty of 5+1 fics is that there isn't a lot of room for extra scenes. I think all of them were pre-planned

15. Was there anything you had to research for this fic? Do you usually do a lot of research? I did have to research! I researched all of the creatures for this one, going mostly off of the way that Supernatural portrayed them just for ease. I needed five different situations for Calum to save Ashton from, which meant I needed to get some inspiration and information. I also needed to know what signals of demonic activity would've taken Ashton to springville, but Calum's powers and how he reacts to devil's traps are kind of a gray area. In general I tend to research most things that I don't automatically know. I don't really enjoy research at this point, so I try to write fics where I know ample amount about the subject already

18. How would you describe your writing style for this fic, if you can? Unfortunately, it's like an episode of supernatural lol. I wanted to use that vibe, given that I was taking it seriously instead of comedically, and as much as the tv show has it's issues I do like the vibe of the first few seasons. i wanted to capture a bit of that kind of "lonesome cowboy" vibe, the wandering warrior thing. otherwise, it's very much like my normal writing style, which I don't really know how to describe because I'm always living in it

21. What is something you didn’t expect people to notice or gravitate towards in this fic? mmm let's see. I guess i didn't expect multiple people to call it a supernatural au specifically? despite the fact that i took a lot of the lore from spn and i mentioned it in the tags for a comparison on the level of violence/use of the weapons, i don't imagine it taking place in the spn universe. the winchesters and bobby and such do not exist here. angles probably do not, either. i specifically didn't set it there in case i needed to switch around some lore or got it wrong, so having multiple people refer to it as a spn au felt kind of weird and tbh i don't really like it, although i do very much understand it. otherwise, there wasn't really anything in the fic itself that people gravitated towards that i didn't expect!

Puzzle Pieces, which I wrote over a year and a half ago so we'll see how much I remember!

12. Was there a scene you wished you could have included? Why didn’t it fit in? I don't think so! the thing about a fic like puzzle pieces is that, within the timeline, I didn't feel the need to cut out any scenes. In general if I write a scene or come up with it I typically keep it in, I'm not very ruthless in my edits and if I want to write it I likely will, but each scene in Puzzle Pieces either helped show where the band was on their journey, where Michael was in his self-discovery, or where they were in their soulmate relationship. even little filler scenes served that sort of purpose, so I just went for it and wrote what I felt like!

20. What is something you wish more people noticed about this fic? ooooo good question! I don't think I really have an answer, or at least none of them are coming to mind! I haven't reread puzzle pieces and all the comments recently, but I feel like there's already been enough feedback that someone has hit on everything I wanted them to! I suppose the colors I chose of the boys would be something. that's based more on vibes than symbolism, but i did put thought into it and feel quite strongly about it

24. Did you write every scene in order? What was the first scene you wrote, and what was the last? I did write every scene in order! for the most part, that's how I write! i very rarely go out of order these days. so, that being said, the first scene i wrote was the first scene, and the last scene i wrote was the last scene!

#ask #megs #igarbagecannoteven #thank you for asking megs <3 #i hope these answers are okay #i am going to post this and then i'm going to go write the 350 words #we're getting this fic doc to 700 today!!! it will happen!!!!!!! #oh wait i was supposed to update my masterlist and library page #okay i want to get that done before dinner so i'm going to do that #and THEN i'm going to write 350 words

[noramoons]

Hello darling!

I just loved reading the latest two chapters of the serie, and I just wanted to tell you how amazing they have been! The slowburn, and how amazing the relationship between the Lykos members and y/N is, developing at such a natural pace, ugh... I love it so much. You writing is wonderful, and I feel addicted to it really. Whenever I open Tumblr I'm hoping to see a new chapter popping up on my feed to be honest :)))

Felix's backstory was heartbreaking, and I teared up a bit because the poor baby doesn't deserve this 😭 I enjoyed seeing how closer he and y/N got, and the fact that everyone is slowly warming up to her!!! Woah. I am stunned.

Also intrigued because I can't seem to figure out of Chan has the same dreams as y/N, or if he already recognized her from his past, or maybe he didn't realized, or perhaps she's reincarnated? Or maybe she's a god and her memories got whipped off or something?! There are so many options to this and I can't seem to see what will happen next, but I am expecting some drama after that cliffhanger!

Also, the lake scene was so cute!!! 😍 The fact that it wasn't overly romanticized as I've seen in many situations, and was just described so realistically, and their reactions were what I think I would've reacted like!!! Yesss, I loved it. Every bit of it!!!

Also, would you be so kind and add me to the tag list please? I wouldn't want to miss anything 😜

Anyways, I hope you have a great end of the weekend!!!!

~ Honey ❤️

hello there!! :DD thank you so much for reading!! i’m so happy to hear you’ve enjoyed the last few chapters hehe, that means so much to me to hear. i’m really glad you’re enjoying the pacing of everything as well !! i tried to make it as realistic as possible without drawing it out for too long so i’m relieved to hear that all those aspects are coming across well :) but i’m so honored that you’re so excited for upcoming chapters!! oh my goodness! maybe i’ll have to post early occasionally hehehe…who knows ;))

but omg noooo don’t cry!! 😭😭 felix did get a pretty upsetting backstory here, but i do definitely think he and y/n were able to grow closer because of it. everyone does seem to be warming up to our dearest y/n though!! whether or not that’s good ofc is entirely up to your perspective tho hehe 🤔🤔

and i must say that these are all very good theories…hehehe 🍿🍿 i cannot reveal anything atm but you can definitely expect some drama to come very soon!!

i’m really glad you liked the lake scene too!! that kind of scene is one of my favorite tropes lolll so i really wanted to try to include it, but not make it uncomfortable or weird/creepy like i’ve seen in some other forms of media. so i’m super happy to hear you enjoyed it! :))

and i will absolutely add you to the taglist bestie!!i’m so so glad you’re enjoying everything so far, thank you so much again for reading and for leaving such a sweet ask 💛💛 i hope you have a wonderful end of your weekend as well!! :))

#beck answers 💌 #honeygummy #finally finished my midterms today so i’m just now getting to go thru my inbox 😩 apologies for the late reply! #fic: for reasons wretched and divine

[theimperialnuisance]

How did they receive the news about the Black Wolf’s death? (Hey, hey! :D )

(Hello there! :D) 

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“Relieved? Uncertain? Honestly, I didn’t know how to take it and I have a feeling the Black Wolf is just the beginning of seeing the true force of the Garlean Empire.” 

He was indifferent at first. The Black Wolf was his first true encounter with the Garlean Empire and even then, he saw him as one small fraction of a formidable opponent. He didn’t really know if he should feel relieved or not as he hadn’t really known the full extent of what Black Wolf had done in the past and what his death meant for the people who dealt with his plight throughout the years. He was a man with an ambitious goal, one that seemed to play a part in his downfall with how absorbed he was to conquer Eorzea and turn a blind eye to the true threat of the Ascians. He had a personal hand in bringing down the Ultima weapon which in turn brought down the Black Wolf and while he didn’t take what the Black Wolf was trying to accomplish lightly, he knew this was only the beginning and the Black Wolf’s death would not be the end of the Garlean Empire’s desire to conquer.

Thank you for the ask @charm-in-spades! c:

#msq related asks #ic and ooc answer #Kien Eilath #I had to dig through timeline stuff for this one to get in the right headspace #it's weird to describe but I didn't really think much of how he would've reacted to this when I first began to play arr last year #so I enjoyed going back and writing this one up! #ty for the ask!