#obey me lore in 1 minute

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#obey me lore in 1 minute #obey me #obey me nightbringer #obey me mammon #obey me lucifer #obey me barbatos #obey me beelzebub #obey me satan #obey me simeon #obey me belphegor

[3vocatio]

I noticed you tagged the "cat" post as "OC: Living Creature." I don't think that's at all the same as my "cats" tag and I'd love to know if this is more of a concept or character and anything you'd be willing to share or link me to. Hope you're having a good day too!

hey there! i do have an answer for you, but it may be a little more than what you bargained for...nonetheless i hope it satiates your curiosity! down below are mentions and a depiction of,

cw: cults, implied torture, gore

proceed carefully ^^

“the living creature” is one of my ocs! their true name is mishenka, and they are the child of a poacher who was killed by a vengeful, demonic tiger spirit. years pass, and the child became involved in a pact with the tiger, serving as its vessel that would attract the attention of a cult who demanded to witness the glory of “the great beast”. being young and impressionable, mishenka did not have the means to fight against the crowd for as much as they wished to—they succumbed.

eventually mishenka would be saved by a man named solis, a royal sorcerer of what was known as kuviel's court, and although they were used as a study (and experiment) for the sorcerer's endeavors, they did not mind. they would earn the title of, “the living creature” from solis himself, for mishenka's beating heart was interconnected with a demon that once walked as a mortal tiger.

beyond the wheels that chariot God's throne, bronze hands imbue eternity with secret perfumes: the laughing darkness of Sophia moulds itself to this strange attendant's wings, to its many eyes, its many mouths; it caresses the space between them, tenders the flesh with a soft lover's touch. it asks: for how long will you oil the aches of the world, Not-One? for how long will you lust? the attendant does not answer. it was not gifted with a voice.

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but this is not the “living creature” that is the focal point of my tags. the original, mishenka, is part of a doomed timeline caused by the same sorcerer that had saved them and the other twelve confidants, “godtongue” being among them. no matter their efforts to put an end to solis' horrors, all thirteen members would eventually perish every time the timeline repeated.

this issue was brought to the attention of cosmic beings, who devised a plan to grant the confidants an opportunity. although this world, cibruthea, would be eternally doomed, there will be a chance for children born of earth to put an end to it. they will not know of cibruthea, nor any cosmic horror, but their world will be inevitably altered by the events that have occurred and they will inevitably take notice to it.

the plan was for remnants of each member's soul to watch earth's events unfold until they have found their respective child to receive their favor in the same prophesized timeframe.

mishenka never succeeded in dealing in fair trade with the demon, nor have they ever been able to stand freely on their own. they wished for someone to live out the life they hoped for; they wanted to see who they could've become had it not been for the greed of mankind. their goal was to seek someone like them, born with a bond to a spectral beast, and to indirectly bring them aid.

the new living creature is named khoussanë. although human, many mistake her to be a demon—her appearance and mannerisms are altered by her own deal made with such beast. she's playful, down-to-earth, and is similar to a loyal puppy in the body of a monstrous wolf who will rightfully defend her family til her last breath.

#﹒❝birdsong #oc: living creature #ah..you caught me in such a bad time for creature jsncjksdfnsd /nm #i've been focusing on a few other important ocs--namely my mc for obey me aka the new godtongue aka aurelia #this is just one hell of a ride and i very much apologize for making u curious about my inner oc world #for instance: i wasnt satisfied w og mishenka's design with so i quickly doodled the one above in 10 minutes #and i have yet to actually draw out khoussane's official design bcs its just been floating around in my head #bc i wasnt sure if anyone would ever be interested in one of my mc's siblings lmfaoooo so i put it off #i left out so much lore but the gist is: ogs were a bunch of coworkers but the newbies are adopted siblings (& met in unusual circumstances #new godtongue is my mc for obey me yes barbatos & solomon are integral to lore bc 1.) timelines 2.) sorcerers #no they have no idea about wtf is going on either theyre just living their best life as they normally would

[the-canon-nebula]

Y’all I wanna vamp about my Cobalt blue boi for a minute.

With me writing Metal Sonic, I do wanna end the whole minutiae of “Uh-Oh, here comes Sonic’s edgy copy, let’s see him get beat up by Sonic some more.”

We’ve seen, countless times, that Metal Sonic is much more complex than simply one of Sonic’s Rivals. Knuckles, Jet, and Shadow fit the bill of ‘Rival’ more than Metal Sonic really does; Metal Sonic is just as much a bad guy as Eggman, Dr. Starline, or the Zeti, and there is only one thing that holds him back.

As installed by Eggman himself, Metal Sonic was designed to be stronger, smarter, and faster than Sonic. Later on in the IDW timeline (Where most of Metal’s lore is based on), Eggman himself implanted his own evil- his drive, his intelligence, his vision, into Metal Sonic’s data, which allowed him to transform into Neo Metal Sonic, which he can still do at will. Eggman even gave him the ability to copy bio-data of others to copy their abilities and enhance them with his own strength.

In the process though, Eggman gave Metal one Caveat. His Programming is, to not only destroy Sonic, his other prime directive is to Obey and Protect Eggman. This, obviously, is a major thing that holds him back from not just becoming a major villain, but probably one of THE most powerful villains that Sonic could ever face.

During his Neo Metal Sonic arc, Neo Metal could have IMMEDIATELY and EASILY killed Sonic then and there... but he didn’t. Instead, Neo Metal needed to know where Dr. Eggman was, if he were still alive, and Sonic used that lack of knowledge to his advantage.

During the Metal Virus saga, Metal Sonic brought Dr. Eggman from his state of amnesia, which caused Eggman to go mad and create said Metal Virus, which as you can see here, infected Sonic, amongst millions of other Mobians. While Sonic is arguably right, the real reason why is because Metal Sonic was forced to by his programming. Metal’s rebellious attitude had been removed by Eggman prior to this event, making him obedient. Gemerl and Omega weren’t forced back into Eggman’s Army, but Metal Sonic was.

Not to mention, It is shown in several parts that Metal Sonic is being held back by his own obedience to Eggman. It’s obvious that, if it weren’t for his Programming, that Metal Sonic would just go after Sonic without any second thought... and Sonic knows it. Sonic knows in the second image that Metal is held back by his programming, and that Metal hates it.

It’s even shown during the Metal Virus Arc that, since he is already a machine, he is immune to the Metal Virus. Which implies something else; a little bit more of Metal’s jealousy.

Not that he could get infected, mind you, but because Sonic is an organic being. That he can choose his own path in life. That Sonic had freedom. Metal Sonic doesn’t have that option.

Even during the Surge Arc, if it was 1 on 1 between him and Surge, Metal could very easily kick her ass, but it was because Surge had help from Kitsunami that Surge could defeat him. Even when Surge had the Dynamo Cage, when Metal and Sonic teamed up they were a match against her, but not without her taking out Metal Sonic early by immediately draining his battery with her amplified Electrokinesis... And this only happened because Surge targeted Dr. Eggman, who was leaving the scene because he was a pussy. She, too, took advantage of Metal’s weakness to protect Dr. Eggman.

We can see though that Metal Sonic is capable of being a complete and total badass and savage villain. Metal Sonic could very easily have snapped Starline’s arm like breaking a toothpick. He could have easily killed Sonic when he had the opportunities to. Metal Sonic is capable of his own independent thought; contemplating his own existence, making his own schemes, and fighting on his own without Dr. Eggman’s input.

In short- Metal Sonic is severely underutilized in IDW, and even in the canon Sonic Games, all because of his programming with Dr. Eggman. If that little bit of code was gone?

Metal Sonic could rule the whole goddamn planet.

#idw spoilers #Muse: Metal Sonic #Metal V: Main #long post under cut #(I cannot reiterate enough times that I LOVE Metal Sonic and I HATE that he's being underutilized by IDW and even canon games) #(Reducing him to nothing more than a Rival or Eggman's Lackey just. I dunno. Irks me.)

[squadron-of-damned]

what is cithare i have never heard but i am intrigued

-karmaicperfection

hi! okay so.

Cithare is a Minecraft plugin- Actually more context.

My boyfriend's older brother is a software engineer whose life goes like (in his words) "I Came, I Saw, I Became An Adminstrator"- No more context.

Somewhen around second half of the 19th century a cook from a local castle carved several sculptures right into the sandstone rocks that are scattered through the local woods. While they are not the most famous of the set, the most prominent two in this story are the Chapel of Mary Magdalene and the Harper. (This is enough information you need to find out where I live, by the way).

Both my boyfriend and his older brother and several of our common friends are members of the local Scouts chapter.[1] They organise an annual mostly-Scout LARP-esque battle in the local woods with the lore being an alternate reality where the Harper statue (rock-carving?) is instead a zitherist and the capital of a fantasy kingdom this battle is fought over is Cithare (because Zithere looks weird). The Harper (Cithare) and Chapel of Mary Magdalene are important landmarks both for the game and orientation

If my memory serves right, the managed to do it precisely once before the Big Covid Lockdown came and stabbed the biggest pitchfork related to gathering a hundred or so kids together imaginable to mankind into it.

At which point my salty beanpole's brother and our friend and this friend's friend/ex-classmate said: "Hey, almost everyone we know has some version of Minecraft, at least a cracked one. It can't be that hard for a software engineer and two studying software engineers to write a plugin for Minecraft that would simulate score points for capturing points and killing members of opposing teams."

[1] I was part of the Scouts for, like, three weeks, that was until my mother heard the kids pledging loyalty and promised to unquestioningly obey the superiors.

At first it was one slightly altered map, duct-taped together code to keep track of score, and around a dozen of Scouts who were allowed to stay out of the bad past 10 PM. Currently it is a Discord server of 100 members, developing team of 12 people (activity varying). For now and the foreseeable future it is strictly CZ/SK and invite-only.

The plugin itself supports English (in which it is written), Czech (translated by yours truly and salty beanpole boyfriend) and Pirate Speak (translated by me, helped a bottle of gin and Alestorm for moral support and authenticity). The entire plugin is a dedication to the founding dev team being huge nerds who applied as much of Team Fortress and DOTA possible to Minecraft.

Currently the Cithare plugin has two alternating maps:

The original one, expanded and built upon, with 4 static capture points (called flags) and 4 travelling points (they remain in place, but only 1 of them is active at the time, switching activity through the game.) There are several points of interest

Chapel of Mary Magdalene: the south-situated world spawn

Cithare: The capital of the kingdom in the middle, a static capture point. It is build indeed like a city, originally meant from rooftop-chase and parkour combat, usually just TNTed to oblivion

The Crossroad: A static capture point in the east, previously in a barren plain. Since it in the first five minutes turned into a crater with obisdian platfrom around the flag (beacon), it is now overgrown with trees which make it mroe interesting of a fight.

The Last Watch: A static capture point, a tower in the north. Current meta-game: Sniper's nest, unless Skydiver is allowed, then you need a blast-resistant sniper.

The Scarp: A static capture point in an underground cave in the west. Current meta: Either put water above the flag and waterfall down or slap a teleporter down there.

The Sunken Temple: An underwater travelling capture point in the central southwest sea. Current meta: Gladiator dominance.

The old sunken temple: The previous spot where the aforementioned travelling flag was, in the southeastern sea. Currently hosts the Carp, a miniboss, the killing of which grants a custom achievement.

The Fairy Rings: A travelling capture point on an island between two rivers in central southeast.

Grannny's House: A travelling flag on a floating island to northeast. It is inaccessible by other means than putting down blocks and climbing them or flying. Inside is a hostile witch named Granny. Granny's house is notably made of nether and twisted nether blocks with a crater on the ground below it. It has been moved. though I don't remember where the original location was

The Secret Sanctum: An underground travelling flag to northwest. My pride and joy, because this is when I joined in on the project. Guys were like: "People don't visit Zamar because is in the middle of hellish nowhere. Let's make a new one, and let's make it an underground dungeon labyrinth where people get lost." And I was like "Hey, I'm a DM, you need an underground labyrinth? I'll do it." And then I did it. And then everyone and their dog complained that they get lost in the labyrinth. and since above it was an irrigated field, they waterfalled down. So in the next patch I removed the irrigation and added new entrances. The Secret Sanctum is great.

The Ruins of Zamar: A permanently inactive travelling flag in the south in the ruins of an old city. Zamar is the Ancient Kingdom on the corpse of which Cithare was founded.

The Pirate Ship: A ship west of Cithare City in the sea, sevres as the spawn for the Pirate team.

Four elemental shrines which currently do nothing scattered through the far ends of the map, and the Altar on the mountain in the middle, close to Cithare, wher eplayers can sacrifice essences.

Then as a "big reveal" we added the Air map with which I helped a lot more.

It features the same flags, because they are tried and trusty, with some changes:

Cithare flag is now indeed in the middle of the town, the place is more densely built over, so indeed there is town combat.

The Mines have replaced the Cliff, they are a large chasm. (The renaming was because "Watch" and "Scarp" in Czech sound similar and in voice-chat people got misnavigated because of that)

Rather than one big Altar for four essences, there are now four tiny altars for one essence.

The Mysterious Sanctum is much bigger and better navigable (in my opinion) than the Secret Sanctum, and also it is well lit. It has tons of loot, but most of it is well hidden. (Secret Cithare lore: Honey blocks in Sanctum.)

Zamar is now imitating the Deep Dark biome (I lovingly call it Shallow Dark), yes that includes the Warden, I think there is an achievement but not sure. There are ominous messages, though.

The Last Watch tower is not as tall, but it has dungeons.

There is an Airship rather than Granny's House.

The Fairy Rings are situated on a glaze terracota mushroom cap as an island rather than on a normal island.

The Glen has replaced the Crossroad, it is surrounded on all sides. Because of the Glen location we actually chose this seed for the map.

Speaking of, the entire map was generated in 1.18 Minecraft, so it is rather more vertical (hence the name Air. The original map, is known as Water, because it has a lot of seas). As such it features a lot of bridges and three flightpaths, as in you hop on a phantom and fly around the map as if it was a bus!

At the beginning of the game you get picked into a team. Players who are odd or come late end up in the Pirate team which doesn't aim for winning, it's supposed to sow chaos and help the losing team, they also cannot capture flags. After getting into a team you pick one of 15 (17) classes. Regular teams pick regular classes, Pirate team picks Pirate classes. Anyone can roll a class randomly with a 5 % chance of getting a class they dont' have access to (Pirates for regular classes, regular teams for pirate classes)

Footman - usually banned from play, meant to be granted to beginning players. Generates low bounty (score awarded for killing) unless it scores more than 3 kills in succession. Can't do anything interesting

King - Must be played in King's draft, only 1 per team possible. High bounty, can teleport teammates to themselves, shares food de/buffs with nearby teammates, has golden armour

General - High bounty, can buff teammates with a warhorn, has a summonable horse

Warrior - no interesting skills. Starts with better armour and weapons. "normal mode" class

Marksman - Can track a tag (knows who controls it) and can foretell weather. Can ender-pearl teleport and then teleport back to the original place. Starts with a bow. Sniper.

Scout - Can turn invisible, can masquarede as another player, can capture a flag with an arrow

Gladiator - Has a riptide trident, cobwebs and an enchanted golden apple, gains more score for killing successful players. Doesn't start with a pickaxe, can't use axe as a weapon, cannot use an elytra. Gladiator has been the subject of the most patch-fixes, getting and losing a shield, because of this class the weather is very customised and so forth.

Engineer - Has a portal Gun for placing two-way teleporters (only 1 pair can be active, teleporting has a cooldown) and a remote TNT detonator.

Quartermaster - funnily enough this one has existed, then it got deleted, after over a year it was made anew. Currently has a pocket ender chest through which they can put items to they teammates' spawn-chests, and permanent night vision.

Alchemist - has a store-mode in which they can buy alchemical reagents and/or potions. They gain weaknesses opposite to resistances. They get store-coins by eating honey and spider eyes

Mage - Swiss army knife of classes, has 4 spells. They may pick a specialisation which buffs 1 spell and gives passive abilities. The spells are: healing, confusing player's looks and names for enemy players, AOE fire dmaage, and targeted lighting strikes.

Skyriver - Usually banned, has a sturdy elytra, can drop a lit TNT.

Pirate - Pirate class, has a portal gun (pirated), Pocket Boat (AKA PokéBoat ) and Dolphin's Grace in water. Parallels the Warrior/Engineer class

Rogue Inquisitor - Pirate class. Anti-mage. Is immune to all Mage's spells, has Witchhammer - a book-weapon that sets target on fire. Parallels the Warrior/Mage class

Arbalist - Pirate Class. Has a rocket-launcher crossbow (Arrrbow). Parallels the Marksman class

Shapeshifter - Can turn into a skeleton (infinity bow), dolphin (water breath, dolphin's grace), chicken (slow falling), zombie (resistance 1), spider (night vision), creeper (self-detonation) or enderman (infinite ender pearl). Parallels the Scout class)

Raider - has a very fast horse and can debuff everyone around with war horn. Parallels the General class.

Currently there are no games (strictly speaking Test Sessions) planned, because it's the summer holidays.

If you are interested in the maps, they are downloadable: Water Air

(Look at the Sanctums, I am very proud of them :3)

#Cithare #long post #kurevsky dlouhý příspěvek

[spark-yukinghoul]

Uh, yeah this is, wow, so, Hello, i am Spark or Yukin, i am new on Tumblr and wanted to tell a few things about myself before i may or may not be crazy active as to writing or so, or be not active and just be here and reading better fanfics than on Wattpad ( Wattpad still have many good stories!! )

I do not have any actual pronounce so feel free to give me whatever you like!

I am Recently very much in the Band Ghost fan base as a little “newbie“ and found many wholesome stories on tumblr which lead to me making an account and now posting myself on here, though it might not be as good as many other people on this app/website/platform, truth be told i have not yet listened to every ghost song there is and have yet to catch up on a lot of the Lore.

Now, I take Requests for Writing as i wanna improve my story writing and saw that a few ghouls were very underrated, such as Mountain, who i only really saw was written in smuts/nsfw/lemons here, or Cirrus, Cumulus and Sunshine, i have yet not found a single story about those ghoulettes or maybe its because i am really fucking blind, anywho, moving on!

I also take requests for writing about specific Animes or TV shows or Movies, except for Horror Movies, i am not able to comprehend the beings of what’s being told within those movies and i have severe Paranoia that doesn‘t let me sleep once i see something very frightening that i am not able to process within a few Minutes of my existence, there fore i also will be giving a list of Shows, Movies and Animes (or fandoms) that i know of or i am in ( or was once in)

It will be quiet a lot as i haven‘t listed that stuff in quiet a while or maybe i never even did such a thing but oh well, here is the list:

Anime:

Black Butle

Haikyuu

Fruits Basket

BNHA/MHA (Boku no Hero Academia)

Blue Exorcist

Soul Eater

Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun

Tokyo Ghoul

Yarichin-BItch Club ( i am so sorry-)

Demon Slayer

No Game No Life

School-Live!

The Promised Neverland

Hunter x Hunter

Assasination Classroom

Corpse Party

Trinity Seven

Another

The Seven Deadly Sins

Miss Kobayashi‘s Dragon Maid

Zombie Land Saga

Angles of Death

Free!

TV Shows:

(Not many)

Phines and Ferb

Avatar

Gravity Falls

The Simpsons

Timmy Tuner

The Bugs Bunny Show

The Witcher (only made it through season 1)

Movies: (also not a lot)

Transformers

Harry Potter

The Hobbit

Lord of the Rings

Bumblebee

Avatar (not the Cartoon, the Blue Cat like Creatures)

Tangled

Cinderella

Frozen

Spirited Away

Minions

Other Fandoms:

Aphmau:

- Mystreet

- Minecraft Diaries

- Phoenix Drop High

- My Inner Demons

Creepypasta

The band Ghost

Undertale

Obey Me!

Sonic

Baldis Basic

Bendy and the Ink Machine

FNAF

Yeah, it‘s a lot, a ton fucking lot that i know of, many of those Movies or Series i have not watched through making it hard to recall on many of them, i had to literally look up TV show and Anime Lists to refresh my memory and i know its yet still not done, but this is so far the most i can tell and i am happy to know about your guy‘s request as to what i sha‘ll write in the near future, if this should ever happen, i am happy to say that i am Glad to be on Tumblr as not many people seem to use it anymore.

Idk were i mentioned it but i also have my own version of the Band Ghost Fan base / Fandom in a Alternative Universe (AU), it is a lot more complicated and by far the weirdest thing i ever wrote in my notes but if you are up to listening( ha ha ha) to us then i am more than happy to post about this fandom here on Tumblr! (And also what the specific things are in my AU, he he he)

I hope this has caught your attention and if it did, thank you for Reading until the end and i hope to see someone who would like this! See you all in the next Post i guess??

[syndyj]

Obey Me!

Empress reader with a stress Barbatos

MC's tactic for luring the brothers

MC in a penguin onesie

MC in a penguin onesie again

Obey Me lore in 1 minute

MC mistaking the past Lucifer to be the current one

MaaDDddIIii

A small adorable accident

Drunk MC

A fun student sending an appreciation, and somewhat threat letter

anotha mAaDddiiiii

Tsundere Mephi to MC

When you wonder off in public

Chapter 1 of Obey Me

MC taking a photo of Baby Dia

Baby Luke and Baby MC cuddling each other

Diavolo's delulu

MC meets child Mammom

Barbatos and Baby luke baking

Baby Luci and MC

Raphael and adopted Mc

Child MC w/ Thirteen

Poor Baby Simeon

How Baby Dia convinced Barbatos to taking care of him

Baby MC and Raphael

Raphael adopting Baby MC

Raphael refusing anyone to take care of Baby MC

THEY'RE CUDDLING

Barbatos "borrowing" baby mc from mama bear

#obey me #links_syn

[shadeswift99]

Hello! It’s me, your local “person who doesn’t really care about Watchers” here to absolutely McFreaking LOSE IT over all the parts of Martyn’s episode that I haven’t seen anyone talk about yet because we’re all so focused on the Sees Stuff Gang

Yeah. This is getting long enough to need a cut. That was one hell of an episode I am so hyped right now

Ok so first of all, before any of the lore stuff even STARTED:

- THIS MAN IS A MASTER OF EDITING. LOOK. The difference between the first and second half of that video? STUNNING. The tone shift is so complete, and yet it doesn’t feel jarring at all, just the exact right amount of sinking terror as things start to pick up for real. You can feel it starting as soon as he and Pearl get split up from the group and chased. He doesn’t use any background music (iirc) until That Exact Moment, and when Pearl dies the shift is so terrifyingly tangible. And the music continues, as the panic continues, until my absolute favourite part: his last stand on Scar Mountain. Guys. GUYS. He synced the music so the heaviest beat fell when the first arrow hit him. That is a move I love so much in editing, that combined with the knockback made me almost physically feel that hit, it was so good major props to Martyn on the editing oh my goodness

- Meanwhile, in-setting: that was such a stressful final few minutes. The slow decay into terror and paranoia, the almost constant shifting just to avoid being spotted, the way that every time he turned a corner he saw another red...the vibes of that entire sequence were pure gold, absolutely on the edge of my seat

- He was planning on blowing himself up with that trap in the Southlands. He was still setting it when Joel arrived so he didn’t get the chance to finish it, but from the sounds of it he wasn’t planning on being clear of the blast when it went off...he chose the Southlands for his final stand...and if he had finished it a split second later, the person he would have taken out with that massive TnT trap would have been Joel...the poetry in that I am losing my mind

- His entire last stand on Scar Mountain. That’s it that’s all I am going to need to rewatch that, the way he just drew his line in the sand and flagged down the reds with all the lava, the combined panic and grim determination of not going down without a fight...

- HIS DEATH. Can you have a more dramatic death. He fell SO FAR, even in just Minecraft I could feel the cinematic glory of it all, he fell so far and into the lava he placed and I can’t even begin to imagine how cool that would look in art that is a death fitting of the final yellow name for SURE

AND THEN THE LORE STARTS.

- His ACTING. This man can act fear. It stood out to me in his session 8 intro too, with the panicky run through the forest, and now again in the black void after he died - his breathing - he sounded like he was on the verge of tears, he sounded so worn out - I will be thinking about this for the rest of the day, he just had so much to deal with for so long there at the end...

- And him begging for just a moment to collect himself...he’s been harried by these voices since day 1, even longer if you count 3rd Life, he’s been fighting on fronts that the others don’t even know about for longer than they could ever realize, that must have worn on him so much...

- You know, I always sort of got the feeling that Martyn only stuck around with the Southlands for the laughs or for safety in numbers, but...it was them he wanted a safe place for in the afterlife. It was them he was angry for when that turned out to be a trick. Not the shadow alliance, not even Ren, just the Southlanders...whether he was always that attached or he didn’t plan on bonding so much with them, his fall into delusion after session 7 and this ending just...it just makes my heart hurt for their friendship and what it turned into in the best way...

- “Then explain it to me! Just explain it to me...” “No.” I am breaking. This. This did me in. Martyn has been asked to blindly obey from day one, with the end point and the means and the motivations all hidden from him, given only an instruction and punishment for questioning or failure...and he did the best he could, he did everything within his power, the entire time, and he still ended up gasping in some forsaken void at the end of time and space with the only thing left to just beg for an answer, anything, any reason at all for why this or why him or why any of that pain was necessary... and he is given NOTHING. The powers that be DON’T. CARE. He is only a tool. That’s all he ever was. He must have felt lucky, to be let in on the master operation, to have access to this little secret voice that told him things that nobody else knew, but in the end he never had a single bit of power or autonomy and now they bar him from even knowing why.... I am in shambles there are so many great themes here Martyn Inthelittlewood Lastlife who gave you permission to be this dramatic this effectively -

In conclusion: I think I’m going to go watch it again

#martyn inthelittlewood #last life smp #shade rambles #completely unedited so be warned #AAAAAAAA #oh my goodnes #oh my #yeah #I'm just #I'm just so in awe of the skill this takes and how well it worked out even with something so improv #like as a person with experience in both video editing and improv storytelling (but not together) I am BLOWN AWAY #and as just. a person who likes to see funky colours move on a screen #I am in shambles and I couldn't be happier about it #GG MARTYN #GG

[subwalls]

Tales from the SMP Presents: The Pit

Another Tales, another Kingdom Hearts comparison post! “The Other Side” is a mix between the soundtrack The Other Promise and the cinematic “Another Side, Another Story” (both of which come from Kingdom Hearts, of course), which evokes a very specific KH character that... yeah. So let’s get into it.

Karl gets stabbed by the king’s new general and finds himself back in the Inbetween. A cool new logo pops up as we enter the Inbetween, which actually is a... very typical example of a Kingdom Hearts world logo / intro card / name card? I honestly don’t know what it’s called, it doesn’t have a name, it’s just a thing that happens every time the character enters a new world.

Castle Oblivion is just one (1) example, but if you just look up “Kingdom Hearts worlds” and scroll a bit, you’ll see what I’m talking about, haha. This doesn’t really change anything, it’s just another little wink and nod to the Kingdom Hearts series.

... Except, of course, the fact that there’s a title placard for this world implies the existence of other worlds. Which we eventually find out is, in fact, true. Fun! There’s a number of associations I could make based off the aesthetic of the logo (the castle reminds me of Radiant Garden, etc) but honestly they’re not worth much without more information.

So, the Inbetween is vividly aware of Karl’s straying from “the path”. It makes a huge attempt to still be pleasant and “nice” and whatever, but we can tell quite obviously that there’s an undercurrent of threat under all those pretty quartz blocks and smiles :]

Speaking of the :] smile, the reveal of Quackity’s previous lore stream actually doesn’t push me to think that it’s directly related to him in any way. It’s not impossible that c!Quackity achieved such heights as... becoming? The Inbetween? Because he’s got reason to be invested in Karl’s powers and keeping him in line. But it’s a reach or long-term thing at best, honestly, so I’m shelving the Quackity-smile association until further evidence appears.

(I could go bonkers and say that this is the culmination of c!Quackity’s ascension after ripping Information out of Dream or even XD, but that’s well into AU territory, so it’s all just shrug emojis for now.)

Which, of course, leads to the question of who that smile actually is associated with, and I think as clear an answer as we’re going to get is... The Inbetween itself. Clearly.

There’s a lot of meaning I could take from that; is it associated with Dream or XD then? Or maybe is it tapping into Karl’s memories of c!Dream doing the :) thing and it’s appropriating that for itself? Why? To intimidate Karl into obeying it?

Mayhaps. Mayhaps!

Anyway, Karl goes up to the tree, and as he approaches, the video feed distorts as the game abruptly switches to a higher-level shader like BSL or something.

Now, I haven’t confirmed it, but the way the audio shifts makes me think it suddenly started playing backwards, too. It’s just the way it sounds; it’s got that... sucking effect that’s pretty typical of musical tracks played backwards.

Karl swims down to the hidden room, which is very dark now. There is a book that tells him to go up the ladder for a surprise.

Also, by the way, I’m back on my wither rose pot association brainrot, because I can’t help but notice that there isn’t one here. There was one in the previous Inbetween segment, but it’s gone now. Now there’s a new book with the :] smiley, which of course should set the audience on edge, since we just saw the first book use it in a... mildly threatening manner.

We know that in Dream SMP it’s a pretty common thing to use redstone as blood. Other characters have used it in bits, some more seriously than others, and I think that’s what this room is trying to emulate.

If I had to guess, I’d... hm.

A part of me wants to say that the blood is probably from the different versions of Karl wandering around. Nobody’s going to notice if a few abruptly take a swerve to bleed themselves out in a room or something, right? But that carries a lot of implications, namely that of control so perfect it borders on possession. So either the Inbetween can control Karls, or it has some other agent capable of dragging something into this chamber to bleed it all over the room.

Neither of those options are particularly nice, I’ll admit!

There’s no Kingdom Hearts associations here, by the way. Due to being so closely tied with Disney, KH is deathly allergic to portraying blood in any way lmao. Not so many messages carved into the walls.

Or painted onto the walls with blood, if that’s what that is. Color correction gets a bit odd with shaders, so I’m not saying anything for certain; the closed books don’t look enchantment-purple, for example.

What does catch my eye are the torches, which will later be the flickering lights that guide Karl to the portal. The fact that they are here makes me think that this was definitely the scene of either a battle or some other conflict between the two sides to this story (haha, get it, Another Side, Another Story, because that’s a Thing in KH—), or at least proves that an influence from The Other Side was here at some point in time.

Karl quickly gets the fuck out of there, and when he swims back to the surface the shaders/music switch back to normal.

Oh, and for all you people who like to point fingers at anything vaguely false and scream “that’s gAsLiGhTiNg!!!1!!111″ about it, here’s an actual attempt at gaslighting. Note the language used here: “Your mind seems to be playing tricks on you :]”. It’s explicitly trying to convince him not to trust his own senses and mind. It’s saying, let me think for you. And that is a very dangerous thing.

Wither rose pot exists again, yay. Definitely a Inbetween voice, this book.

More wither rose book, this time in the, uh, grand entrance hall? The lobby? Yeah.

This book basically goes on a spiel about how the Inbetween is so great for Karl (a declaration, by the way, rather than a hope) and says that he is doubting himself or being less like himself, which is odd, because what he’s really doing is doubting the Inbetween and the path it has laid out for him. In a way, by questioning the Inbetween, Karl is being truer to himself than anything else.

The malicious way this place frames its words becomes more and more obvious with each passing page; it again reminds him that it’s a place to be “feel at ease”, which is super sketch that it has to tell him outright rather than actually being that place. It continues attempting to gaslight him, telling him that his imagination is getting away from him and that he can’t trust himself or anything else but this “path”.

I’ll get back to the “path” thing in a minute, but I really want to drive home that this is the truest instance of gaslighting we’ve ever had on the Dream SMP. Nothing has ever so clearly declared that it must be trusted over the victim’s own senses, practically infantilizing the victim’s concerns and trying to make them think that their worries are just flights of fancy. Please, please keep this in mind any time you want to accuse a character of gaslighting in the future; not all psychological abuse is a form of gaslighting. Sometimes it’s just... abuse. It’s not any more or less worse than gaslighting, it’s just different.

Anyway, about the “path” that the Inbetween is so obsessed with. No idea what the fuck that’s talking about.

In Kingdom Hearts, the only paths that are really of import are is a specific character’s “road to dawn” (redemption without fully yielding his edginess, essentially) or the “paths” that characters take to traverse between different worlds. I really don’t think the Inbetween has anything to do with either of them, but I’ll leave the options there if you want to peruse the possibilities.

What’s more likely, I think, is that this is a vaguely more subtle version of control/possession. The “path” is just “whatever the Inbetween wants you to do”.

Our next book is from the other side, and is plastered nonchalantly but boldly against the wall with no flower pot or anything.

Karl picks it up, puts it in his inventory (which probably indicates that he’s keeping this particular route close to his heart, rather than whatever the Inbetween is trying to make him do), and then the video stutters and he teleports back to the main entrance.

There’s a new book. It’s spooky as fuck, and hilariously hypocritical.

The tone shift is immediate, of course, aided by the abrupt change in background music since he got teleported back here. (I can’t quite nail it down; I assume it’s a slowed KH track like the others, but it doesn’t quite ring any bells for me.) The way the Inbetween speaks through these books has changed too, though; it addresses him by name without any attempt to cover up its intentions with flowery softness.

It does a cool fun thing where it says that it knows more than Karl, and knows what’s right, and then goes on to say that those visions shouldn’t dictate his opinion on the inbetween. (I’m keeping an eye on that lowercase, by the way. Not sure if it’s a typo or intentional, since it’s still one word, but.) As though he should trust the Inbetween’s opinions of itself rather than his own brain? A’ight. Sure, Jan.

Again it tries to tell him that it’s safe here. The lying is getting more transparent now.

He puts this book back, the previous book back, and runs after a double of himself until the shaders and music glitch again.

Fun thing about shaders is that they make dark areas... much, much darker. Especially since we saw that Karl’s got night vision (the effect, for cinematic purposes) on.

The music has a few notes that again sound as though they’re being played backwards.

The book on the tree in this courtyard does not come with its own little wither rose pot, and neither does it seem to come from the Inbetween, since it’s telling him some awful things about these other versions of himself.

It confirms a few things about the mystery other selves, namely that they’re definitely condemned to walk the castle forever, but it doesn’t really tell us why this happens or why the Inbetween (probably) wants this to happen. What’s the end goal?

We’re probably a bit early in the story to figure that out, but they’re questions worth keeping in mind as this storyline progresses.

Karl gets teleported back to the main lobby, which looks very dark and spooky, though in the transition we do see a glimpse of that portal. There are torches around the wither pot book pedestal, and the audio really kicks into high gear with the creepy notes and the visuals get stretched and glitch quite a bit as he opens the book.

Funnily enough, the audio kind of reminded me of some pokemon encounter music, but I think that’s just because I’ve got those notes wired into my brain from years of playing those games. Anyway! The book tells him this is not a warning, and that they’re gonna fucking come for him to make sure he sticks with their path.

“We”.

Who is “we”? Is the Inbetween a collective? Is the Inbetween just part of a different whole? Maybe it counts all the different Karls as a part of it.

Either way, it’s creepy and threatening. Karl starts running; the screen glitches and tells him to follow the torches, which at first I was kind of leery about trusting, but the next series of words helped clear up exactly what side those words are on.

Also, you’ll notice that some other text kinda skitters across the screen before the English, like it’s getting translated. I think it’s Galactic, which is something different from the thing that Ranboo uses for Ender? I think Ranboo uses the Alien language thing or something? I’m not 100% sure on that, feel free to correct me and I’ll fix this portion.

It certainly implies that the speaker isn’t communicating in the server equivalent of “common”, however. Not sure if they’re translating into English or if Karl inherently understands it and it’s translated into English for the audience’s convenience, but either way, the other speaker might be linked to something completely different.

Karl runs on with encouragement and creepy music until he finally arrives at the portal, which is not barred off like it was last time. Thanks, whoever’s responsible for that!

The music dies for this final book.

The Inbetween’s last-ditch attempt to make him stay. It calls him silly a couple of times, and smiles at the end with a :]

Problem is, we and Karl already know that staying with the Inbetween will keep him from his friends. And the voice tells him to leave for his friends.

Karl looks around at this place that calls itself his sanctuary, and makes his decision.

He arrives at The Other Side.

The music appears to be drawn from parts of either The Other Promise or Roxas’ Theme, both of which are heavily tied to the character known as Roxas. The version that Karl uses is slower and lower, the same as with the Dearly Beloved track he uses for his Inbetween segments.

Honestly, I’m not as certain on this as I could be, because I couldn’t find the exact variation on Youtube and there are parts that could just be Emotional rather than Roxas-related, I’m not sure. I’ll probably come back and fix this if it’s untrue.

EDIT: Yeah, uh, it’s Ven’s theme, not Roxas’, but the world itself is still heavily associated with Roxas in naming themes.

For now, I’m going off the assumption that the decision to make both the name and the theme of this world relevant to Roxas is purposeful, which means I’m... going to attempt to explain who Roxas is and what his story is.

Oh boy.

To grossly oversimplify the situation, Roxas is a “part” of Sora who develops his own sense of identity, is betrayed, gets coerced into murdering his best friend, gets kidnapped, gets memory wiped, and then—when he gets his memory back and realizes he super hates his captors—is convinced by those same captors to give up his existence because he “isn’t a real person” and if he lives then Sora will never wake up. So he “dies” and becomes a part of Sora again until later.

(Sora, by the way, is asleep due to the events in Castle Oblivion, which you might recognize as That Place I Keep Associating The Inbetween With.)

He’s also a fan favorite lmao. Take from that as you will, and, I don’t know, flip through his wiki page or something. Can’t guarantee it’s all understandable though.

My point to bringing Roxas up is that his arc... kind of parallels Karl’s. He did his job working for superiors he didn’t really understand in a white castle, with the higher-ups trying to control him, until he realized he was losing his friend/s to them. At that point, he defects. I think this is the point that Karl has reached, in his own storyline. He’s pulled away from the thing that’s made itself known to him, and now he’s wandering down something that hopefully isn’t as awful as the beast he’s just left behind.

Roxas also doesn’t get his happy ending for a long, long time.

Let’s hope Karl is different.

Off the top of my head, I can tell you that the mood this world creates is very reminiscent of some areas that the Kingdom Hearts games explore in 0.2 (yes, zero point two, that is the number of that game. This fucking series, man), specifically Castle Town, in which the player character has to smack a bunch of clock gears to make time go backwards in order to proceed, which is fun. But no exact inspirations come to mind the same way that Castle Oblivion did for the Inbetween.

Until we get a better look at the interiors, I’m going to gently claim that this build is more original and doesn’t take inspiration quite as directly from a Kingdom Hearts source, so there might not be an exact parallel. There isn’t a black castle in Kingdom Hearts that I can think of, honestly.

Also, I will say that I’m going to take this episode as confirmation that the wither roses are associated with the Inbetween and appear next to books that come from / are related to the Inbetween, especially since The Other Side associates itself with a completely different flower: the white tulip.

Anyway, The Other Side tells him he’s home, and that they’ll explore more soon.

This... eerily parallels the Inbetween, which told him that he’s safe, and has lots to explore.

I can’t say that I immediately trust The Other Side, but neither can I say that I inherently distrusted it the same way I did with the Inbetween. We’re going to have to wait and see how this place behaves in future episodes to get a good grasp of it. Who built these places? Are they alive, and writing the books, or is there a mastermind behind them? We still don’t have a lot of the answers, but that’s okay.

For now, I’m content to know that Karl is away from the more obvious perils of the Inbetween.

It could still be a trap, but for now, it’s a refuge.

#dream smp #tales from the smp #tftsmp #im exciteeddddd #general thoughts

[flashwingfox-blog]

Smaller Lucifer Part 1

Obey me random thought #1

Basically headcannons of how we got to this point

Characters: Wing (aka me), Simeon, Thirteen, Mammon, Leviathan and Asmo

Ship: Wing x Lucifer x Simeon x Thirteen 

Headcannos first twelve hours: 

So how did he become small when scared, Thirteens prank

He was walking into the house and the potion pored onto him(because if it broke there would be glass everywhere)

Nothing happened for a while he Punished satan 

Now the real question how did the demon get scared 

They got scared from mammon trying to jump scare him

"MAMMON!” he turned around only to stop in place as he realized he was smaller then his brother by a long shot

he just sighed and walked away, but not with out Mammon snapping a pic and sending it to his brothers

he went to his office and just stood there locking everything and using magic to prevent his brothers from coming in

he at least could do some work while it goes away

he new it didn't last long, 

well he forgot it lasts 24 hours... he thought it would only last for 4 hours

speaking of four hours he realized he didn't turn back yet

he finally turned on his DDD and and looked through the group chats..

oh they regretted it.

poor Lucifer not only did all brothers see it THEY SENT IT TO LORED DIAVOLO

then he was in his group message with he partners when he saw the picture

in the chat

Thirteen: OMG I AM SOO SORRY LUCIFER

Lucifer: why are you sorry

then it hit him

Thirteen: I did that prank at the door way

Thirteen: it was meant for one of your brothers

Simeon: but he looks adorable tho

Lucifer: Just because I'm smaller doesn't me I'm cute.

Wing: OH, your logic is being applied to you.

Wing: you said I was cute because i’m smaller so accept that ;P 

Lucifer closed his DDD after that and blushed 

why does wing use his own logic against him (btw he is sitting in his chair blushing is what i’m imagining) 

a few minutes later he got up and unlocked the door, prepared for all his brothers to Litterly look down at him.

Oh no it was Wing, Simeon and Thirteen...

he then realized he was a bit shorter then Wing  

he then was swooped up by Simeon and then he was back in his Office

Thirteen closed the door and wing made sure the rest couldn't get in

he at first didn't mind being shorter... then released he could easily be picked up by his brothers or any one taller the a few inches then him

before he knew it they where on the couch 

they where now in Simeon’s lap... they have stopped working all together

“Well, Simeon you broke Luci” Wing spoke up walking over to their Angle and demon “I can hear the Windows.exe crash sound in my head” 

“My turn to have him on my lap” Thirteen chimed in 

She put him in her lap and adored him their

a bit later Lucifer finally regained conciseness and realized he was in a cuddle pile 

Simeon is leaning on the sofa arm Thirteen is sitting on top of him leaning onto the back of the sofa wing is laying on top of Simeon and thirteen’s legs and Lucifer is laying on wings lap (no joke its so cute in my head)

“oh he’s back from crashing” Wing says letting out a chuckle while his hair is being pet

“oh yeah you’ll be this height for 24 hours” thirteen said

Lucifer mumbled under his breath “just great” burning his face into wings chest

they stayed like that for a bit longer then thirteen and Simeon had to leave

they all headed out (unlocking the door) and went there separate ways Lucifer and wing headed to Wings room while Thirteen and Simeon went to the door to leave

when they got to wings room wing goes into drawers/closets 

“Love, what are you doing?” Lucifer asked

“Getting one of my hoodies” wing said then started humming 

a bit later Wing came over with a hoodie of their’s that has fox with the pan flag 

“Here!” Wing said handing it to Lucifer “Try it on” 

Lucifer sighed he didn't want to where it but wing was offer it to him and he couldn't say no

he takes off his coat and puts on the hoodie

when the hoodie is fully on him his sleeves go past his hands and wing can't help but think how cute he is

Wing takes out their Human phone and Snaps a pic and puts the phone somewhere safe

Lucifer didn't mind the pic He know Ze doesn't show pics without asking him first. 

then an hour later its dinner......

oh Diavolo is this going to be interesting

he walks out still wearing the hoodie because wing said he did, honestly he really liked wearing it but wouldn't admit it, they where just proud to ware it

they went to the dinner table and only Mammon Asmo and Levithan where their

apparently Beel forced Belphoger and Satan out of the house for a dinner he would treat them to so they didn't make fun of his brother(really reason is he know they where going to try do the thing they where planing)

did that stop the teasing no, no it did not Mammon made comment about it ALLL dinner Levithan complemented the hoodie wing choose and Asmo was just in shock that his brother the formal PRIDEFUL Demon was wearing something like this

they all went to their rooms except for Lucifer waiting for his other three brothers to return then going to his room

he should of gone to his room because he almost went into demon form and ruined wings favorite hoodie because satan was about to lung at him

Belphoger was just laughing the entire time

After that happened he returned wings hoodie and went right back to work with singing the papers.

then he gets a nock at the door

its wing telling him to go to dam bed (lol its 1: when i’m making this LOL)

Wing finally has enough of Lucifer telling them that they’ll go to bed after its done

Wing pics up Lucifer bridal style and carry this man back to their room handing Lucifer some spare cloths sense he won't fit in his own anymore

Lucifer didn't like being picked up and was also REALLY flustered 

Lucifer reluctantly took the spare cloths and changed

once they did Wing wouldn’t let go nor lesson their grip

this was the time they could get this man to sleep

he feel asleep in wings arms 

Smaller Lucifer Part 2

Smaller Lucifer Part 3 

#obey me shall we date #Obey me!Insert AU #obey me luficer #obey me thirteen #obey me simeon #Obey me Mammon #obey me headcanons #obey me lucifer x simeon #Obey me Lucifer x self!insert wing #Obey Lucifer x thirteen #obey me asmodeus #obey me leviathan #7!mc's AU

[hatchetfieldtheories]

Return to Hatchetfield-Town – The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals Part 1

Alright settle down kiddos. Get comfy, find a warm blanket and hug your favourite fwendy-wend as we start our Return to Hatchetfield-Town series.

I’ll be rewatching all the Hatchetfield scripted content (i.e. not livestreams or interviews) and jotting down what happens, explaining some concepts and delving into some of the key theories in the series (and using the word “implications” that often it will cease to have meaning).

Even though I’ll be doing the rewatch by show in order they came out, there will be spoilers for all Hatchetfield content that is available as of the rewatch.  

I’ve also linked to a number of other blog’s theories here because they are amazing, but if you aren’t happy with your theory being included I will be more than happy to remove it!  Just let me know.

[Part 2]

The Guy Who Really Hated Brigadoon

TGWDLM starts off with the greatest song ever to feature dancing zombies… at least I can’t think of any other notable ones.

In the title song, the cast of singing and dancing zombies explain to us that all great stories have to have a hero, someone who knows right and wrong and that the best way to do this is through singing and dancing in musicals.  This with the later line of “they evoke the philosophical” make me think that Pokey took a class in Campbell’s Hero Myth in College and became that guy.

Hatchetfield Challenge: try not to shrug your shoulders along with the music at the chorus. Its impossible. No wonder the Hive spread so quickly.  Literally killer dance moves.

So then they introduce us to an awful Grinch named Paul and we hit the first point in the show where I laugh out loud every single time I watch.

I know TGWDLM was not originally intended to be the first Hatchetfield show but starting this series with a song which sets up the story so well is truly spectacular.   And is there anything more Starkid than introducing your main character by having other characters sing about how awful they are?

One thing I have noticed while writing, reading and collating Hatchetfield theories is that while most Black Friday and Nightmare Time theories are usually about the overall Hatchetfield lore, most TGWDLM theories are usually quite self-contained and focused on this one show.  TGWDLM – while so fully within the Hatchetfield extended universe, is definitely the show that can best stand-alone without the others.

It’s the end of the world, Paul

If you don’t sing

This is the bridge, Paul

Where we globalize everything

And the words will come to you

We swear we will teach you

What it means to love

What it means to obey, Paul!

On a first watch this is very funny.  On your 10th watch this is terrifying.

CCRP Technical: No-one here knows how to use their printer

Following the absolute bop of a title song we find ourselves in CCRP Technical and all feels very… normal. It’s very weird following all the revelations in subsequent Hatchetfield media, to be watching a show where there was genuinely nothing obviously fishy about CCRP.  We’ll obviously discuss CCRP more when we get to Nightmare Time, but for now all we know is that Paul works in the technical department of CCRP – an unknown corporation, with some key characters, Charlotte, Bill and Ted.

We also find out more about Grinch Paul’s personality and honestly, Paul is me pre-pandemic just outright avoiding social interactions and suddenly going for coffee in the middle of the work day. (I have become a changed woman in lockdown – someone please invite me somewhere… anywhere!)

For all the dark humour and death in the Hatchetfield series, Starkid do know how to bring the joy – I love how excited the town of Hatchetfield are for a touring production of Mamma Mia.  

Fake Fact: TGWDLM is actually an allegory for Europe in the 1970s, when we all became mind-controlled by Abba’s Waterloo.  (Find me a better explanation for Eurovision, I dare you!  The sequins were just too shiny!)

“The idea of sitting there… trapped in a musical.  That is my own personal hell.”

Two words: Emma Perkins – need I explain any more?  

Ah Hot Chocolate Boy.  I really look forward to finding out more about him.  Where does he come from?  He just appears out of the ether. What’s his story?  How old is he? How many hot chocolates does he have per day? I know we have since had some confirmation on who he is, but they raise more questions than answers. For now I will just point you to a gorgeous Mood Board by @hatchetfieldmoodboards which features a bit of a spoiler. 

For real though – is it just me who would love a full version of “I’ve been brewing up your coffee”?

Hatchetfield Challenge: Try not to sing “Shut the f*ck up” along with Emma.

“Watching people sing and dance makes me very uncomfortable”- oh boy Paul… you’re not going to enjoy the next hour and 40 minutes.  Also, Paul, you’re making me uncomfortable watching you throw your brand new coffee around as if you’ve just been given an empty cup.  There’s imaginary coffee everywhere.  Hopefully, HCB won’t slip on it before it’s cleaned up… he’s already having a bad day.

“Thunder and Lightning… very very frightening.  But a big rock hurtling through the clouds is no biggie.” – all the residents of Hatchetfield apparently.

The next sequence happens so fast and we get introduced to a lot of characters.  Notably Greenpeace Girl, Alice and Deb, Sam, and Hidgens (though we don’t find out his name until much later). This scene impresses me because they do such a great job of very quickly bringing out so many characters who nonetheless are memorable when they return later in the show.

Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel is an Eldritch Being. I won’t go into Peanuts theories here as that could be a whole post in itself – and many a person more brilliant than I have written some fantastic theories on this. You can learn all about how a Squirrel took over the fandom in the following posts:

@dahlialupine : x

@frombothofmyhearts​: x

@abiimaryy​: x

And finally mine which is definitely a serious theory: x

It’s… A… Musical!

Now to remember we are actually watching a musical.  La Dee Da Da Day is such a happy joyful song performed spectacularly by a throng of the undead.

The song is about the Hive singing about how much of a great time they are having now they are tap-dancing zombies, and trying to find ways to convince Paul he should join them too. So the grins on all their faces are not at all terrifying.

 It’s worth noting also that according to the laws of the TGWDLM world, only those infected by the Hive can hear the music in the background.  This becomes important later when it becomes clear some characters have started being infected before they are fully turned into zombies, but for now it just paints quite a funny picture of what Paul must be witnessing. I definitely think for him, this whole scene just sounds like this clip of Greased Lightning without the music: x

The important thing here however, besides Mariah’s singing, is that the Hive leave Paul alone.  They don’t actually attempt to turn him at this point.  I have a theory on the implications of this, but note this has big spoilers for the end of the show and Black Friday.  It was written before we knew that the Hive (Pokey) was related to Wiggly but the content still stands: x

Charlotte, Honey, you don’t need that much sugar – you’re sweet enough

For reference:

@melchron​  noted that the lyrics for La Dee Dah sound very similar to the incantation for soul transferal read out in Jane’s a Car, which leads me to two possible implications.

The Freaky Furbies have a language other than English that they use for their incantations so this is why they sound similar.

There is soul transference happening to the souls of the bodies the Hive take over.

Or it’s just Starkid using similar sounding words for their content…. Three! There are three possible implications…

Paul – just print off another copy of the report

From this point on the musical numbers really do come thick and fast.  We move on to the first instance of Jeff Blim encouraging Paul to talk about his feelings, which I am sure is not important and isn’t worth discussing.  Paul goes through a musical rendition of a promotion interview, which is actually the Hive attempting to find out if he will be the “hero” of their story.  They picked out Paul for the role from the start. That he was chosen was inevitable.

What do you see for this company? I'm looking for someone with strong ambition Someone to sell their specific vision Someone to share with precise precision their thoughts 'Cause I want you to want…To want

So it turns out these will be looooong, so I will end here and see you in part 2!  I’m not sure yet what the upload frequency will be.  It takes quite a while to go through the show like this but it is a lot of fun!

Hatchetfield High Homework:

Where do you stand on the Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel debate?

Why do you think that the Soul Transference Spell and La Dee Dah sound so similar?

Go follow all the lovely people mentioned in this post!

Bonus points if you know the reference in the post title.

[Part 2]

#the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #return to hatchetfield town #starkid #team starkid

[badass-at-fandoming]

Just Little Ventrue Things ~

I finished a Camarilla Ventrue run of VTMB. Mostly, the only thing Ventrue these days know how to do is Dominate, run screaming, eat hot chip, and lie, and [high falsetto voice] here’s a list of other nonsense I discovered:

PC’s name is Christina; she’s a Dominatrix because I’m bi. Her sire was one of her clients, and she’s actually very, very angry about his death. She doesn’t mind being a vampire. She’s Wiccan and part of a coven

In this Camarilla run, I decided I would only do quests given by Camarilla members. My justification was that, while Christina is intelligent and curious about lore, she focuses on tasks that immediately relate to her and her goals. She’s not curious about others; won’t go out of her way to talk to them. She’s not a bleeding heart, like my other PCs, and she believes in the Camarilla’s laws. She just hates LaCroix for killing her sire. Her plan during the game is to curry as much favor within the Cam as possible and cozy up to LaCroix so she can stab him.

Enough backstory

Nonsense time

Smiling Jack laughs at you if you don’t eat a rat in the tutorial. LOL. The Ventrue dialog is like “I could barely choke down the homeless man: please don’t make me eat a rat!”

The blood in the Santa Monica haven’s fridge is now blue blood. Does regular blood make Ventrue sick? I was too scared to experiment.

[spots Mercurio] I am going to steal that ghoul

Rosa: The people you’re looking for are up there. Christina, assuming Rosa is a Cam agent: Okay, thanks, bye

Never spoke to the Thin-Bloods again (sorry Lily baby ;-;)

Everyone except Julius still leaves when the PC reaches Hollywood

If you try to feed on Julius, he WILL kick you in the head and you WILL glitch into the fire, be on fire; run away screaming in Prada

You can skip the whole basement of the Ocean House Hotel if you manage to jump over the hole in the staircase???? Like?? You mean the spookiest fucking level has been optional this whole time I”M

[ghost appears] [Christina smacks it with an axe] None of that.

Club girls speak to Christina and I’m on the FLOOR

Therese “kills” Jeanette, even though I had enough oompa to make that not happen.

Therese joins the Camarilla and says she’s in good position to be the next Prince??? Hello??? Where is our Prince Voerman ending????

Went straight to LaCroix, called him “sir,” and he name-dropped Napoleon.

LaCroix tells Christina to go visit the Anarchs. She blows the Anarchs off (Nines made a growly face, Damsel dialog yowl-exited out after I asked if she wanted to join the Cam; Skelter threatened to murder me twice). When LaCroix told Christina that, while he admired her Cam loyalty, she must listen to her enemies to understand what they wanted, it felt like he was actually being a good sire and mentor.

That’s weird.

When Christina asked for his history, he very carefully explained his lineage, like the important part of Ventrue culture it is.

Overall, I found LaCroix-being-nice-to-me extremely unsettling.

Sir. Stop smiling at me, sir. Stop being impressed I don’t ask for money. STOP MAKING ME UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LIKE YOU, SIR.

In contrast, LaCroix sounded genuinely betrayed at the end

Also made it more obvious when he started to lose track of his marbles

Ventrue PC seems juuuuuuust tall enough for her forehead to glitch into the ceiling of literally any confined space

The dirty Elizabeth Dane policeman didn’t psspspspsp at Christina so the whole ship was 15 white-knuckled minutes of making police dance and scuttling about

There is!!! A lot less!!! Talking in this game!!! Than I remember!!! She is only good at talking and ordering people around i am bEGGING

All EXP goes to Dominate and making Christina extremely charismatic and buff.

Ventrue himbo????

Beckett un-himbo-ifies her

She insults Beckett on their first meeting, spitting out “What do you want, wolfie?!” I thought this was appropriate because she died like, 4 times on that warehouse mission and was Extremely Stressed And Under Duress

Beckett’s response of “Oh, you’re too young to have mouthed off to the truly old ones yet.” makes his later snide remark of “the young ones are so temperamental” 900% funnier. Yeah, LaCroix! Beckett thinks I’ve grown and am now more mature than you! XD

Missions involving sex workers hit different when you’re a sex worker.

Christina was incandescent with rage at the Brotherhood

Grout’s mansion mission was a lot of “I have no interest in this nonsense.”

For the first time ever, I didn’t kill anyone during the Museum quest! This is because Christina ran very fast and Dominated every guard as quickly as possible. Every single fucking guard knew she was there, but could do nothing about it, because they were dancing. The door to the sarcophagus locked (it will do this if too many guards are agro), but locked doors are no match for noclip hack.

Entertaining image of a tall woman absolutely blasting into this museum room and Beckett tackling her to the floor like wait! I must snark at you! You are legally obligated to speak with me!

Isaac is still somehow a pretty chill guy to work with if you’re Camarilla.

Christina didn’t visit VV or Ash. Interestingly, Ash didn’t show up at the hunter monastery later. Did he just die in his club? Is he still there, waiting, deciding?

Christina @ Andrei: what the fuck is this shit

“I don’t care. It’s ugly. Clean it up.”

SEWERS.

Not as bad as I was expecting

Did take shortcut, run away from fights, ducked out in the middle for a snack, and bring 7 blue blood packs tho

Gary threatened to shred her face with a cheese grater, which I thought was Toreador only dialog?? It must be connected to the Appearance Stat. Which Christina has maxed out.

When Heather became Christina’s ghoul, I was delighted because I thought this meant Christina would always have fresh blood.

No

If you ask to feed on her too soon after the last time, Heather says she feels light headed and wants to lie down. The dialog exits out

I love you, Heather bb

Perfected the art of nudging NPCs into corners

Mitnick’s quests now feature Enforced Nap Time for all guards

Seriously, Dominate is ridiculously powerful, hooooly shit. I get why people like it. I also like it when people do things I ask them to do.

Christina can’t sneak, but she CAN strongly encourage everyone to choke on their own tongues.

Very high contrast in the beginning of the game: 2 punches would knock her over, but anyone she spoke to would obey immediately and without question

Chinatown goes by ridiculously fast if you can’t sneak and don’t do any sidequests besides Mitnick’s.

For the first time ever, Zhao survived! This is because Christina made him take a nap.

He just told her to leave

You’re welcome, my good dude

IDK if it’s a game glitch, but Christina would vocalize? In battle, she grunts with effort and pain.

Got to the point where I kept expecting Dominate dialog in every interaction and would get disappointed if it didn’t show up. What do you mean I have to actually convince people? That’s lame.

Christina was polite and charming to Ming Xiao, who also conveyed a deeper betrayal than normal at the end. ;-;

I promise to give you a Ventrue boy toy soon, Xiao

Finale arc quests went by VERY FAST because Christina can’t sneak for shit. Just run in, Dominate blazing

You can skip the outside bit of the Hallowbrook Hotel if you find the open door on the top level what the fuuuuuuuuuCK

[“A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” plays while Christina wipes out the Sabbat in 10 minutes]

Andrei disappeared mid-fight and didn’t come back until I complained that only I was allowed to run away from boss fights

I’m categorizing “triggering the interaction to save Heather” as something quite difficult to do. The timing has to be just right. I’ve missed it twice now. BUT hacking into the game to save her is easy.

I love you, Heather bb

Final Beckett talk had the vibe of “You’re a very different person than me, but you’re also High Humanity and trying to do good. You don’t deserve to die.”

Damsel threatens to kick the shit out of Christina and is extremely reluctant to tell her where Nines is

“Out of all people, they send you? All right, let’s just talk terms.” - Nines because Christina was short with him one (1) time

WEREWOLF HARD

You can just?? Walk out of your haven?? Without speaking to Jack at all???

I didn’t do that

But I could have

[”Dust in the Wind” plays while Christina kills entire Camarilla hit squad in 3 minutes]

You can visit Mercurio and Trip on your way out of Santa Monica??

Mercurio makes no comment on the blood hunt. Business as usual with him. This is fine.

Christina: I’m SO going to adopt that ghoul. And perhaps Isaac can be convinced to part with Romero...

(For the first time ever, my PC boinked Romero. Twice, to receive the break up email)

This is definitely a glitch, but Christina brushed up against Caine, and a worried voice said, “Are you all right?” It sounded like the same voice actor, but a higher pitch?

Always nice to think about Caine demonstrating care

Christina asked Caine who he is, and Caine replied that he “gets people where they’re going. [He’s] a driver,”  which is a nice nod (lol) to both his literal job as a driver and as a shepherd/creator/god to Kindred. Caine creates and makes fate.

Caine triple checks with Christina that she’s sure Strauss won’t betray her. Thanks, Vampire Dad. :’D

For some reason, only other Ventrue guarded LaCroix’s tower. I wonder if this is intentional. Like all the other Camarilla Clans backed Strauss and left? So only LaCroix’s Ventrue lackeys remain? Anyway, it created some weird moments where Christina fought her double.

KILL YOUR DOUBLE

Sheriff laughed in haughty joy that he was to kill Christina. I don’t remember him laughing in other playthroughs.

Christina ruining Caine and Jack’s prank oh noes

#vampire the masquerade #vtm #vtmb #ventrue #Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines #camarilla #smiling jack #sebastian lacroix #vtm mercurio #vtm caine #max strauss #heather poe #nines rodriguez #vtm damsel #vtm skelter #therese voerman #gary golden #vtm mitnick #vtm romero #cuthbert beckett #ming xiao #andrei the defiler #text post

[foryouthegays]

a new journey [dream SMP] stream liveblog and summary

Sellout pog: 0:29:40 (failed), 0:31:25, 1:00:40, 1:50:17

Dog deaths lmao: 0:29:55 (Mackenna), 1:11:55 (Mr. StrangeTiger & Dream has a house) 1:25:40 (ari), 1:30:55 (unnamed), 1:31:08 (Finn), 1:32:07 (Eyebite),

Other: 1:27:05 [about wildfire prevention] “yeah, i was thinking, we could just make everything so flammable, that the flames won’t have time to spread before it's burned down.” I really hope techno never becomes a firefighter

Twitter Summary (i hate it here): Techno and Ranboo find and raid a woodland mansion, and develop their characters’ friendship.

word count full: 1,041

word count summary: 637

word count liveblog: 293

Overall pretty chill stream, good for some techno ranboo dynamics and no real lore

SUMMARY:

Techno starts the stream in his base. While people find the stream, he rambles about how Phil doesn’t ever have time to do plot streams with him, and jokingly declares him canonically dead, and asks Chat if they have a grandpa who could replace him. He does a little advertisement for his new Technoplushie, and mentions that he wanted to have a video out this week, and that he actually edited last night.

He talks about how he lost his in-game notebook, but finds it quickly. He reveals that he’s finally ordered new glasses, good for him, and then shows his chat Ranboos shack. Techno repairs his armor a bit, and then gets a friend for Bob, his cow. He also moves his villagers down to the villager area.

Dream joins the server, and Techno bullies him about his homeless status. Ranboo joins his VC, and Techno threatens his parrots because they make Creeper noises while Ranboo tries to sleep. Ranboo has to leave the call, and restart his computer, due to technical issues.

Techno tells his chat that if they donate a Technopepe ($50, i think?), he’ll name a dog after them. He is immediately overwhelmed by donations and spends several minutes naming dogs. Dream asks him to name one ‘dream has a house,’ and Techno says that that would be the favor. He is also asked to name one Technochan.

The dogs kill several zombies, and Techno eventually finishes with the named dogs. There are around 25 dogs following Techno at this point.

0:27:40 Ranboo gives Techno a present, an Efficiency V, Fortune III, Mending, Sharpness V, Unbreaking III Netherite axe, as a replacement for the Axe of Peace. Techno assures us that his heart is not warmed at all, totally, he is still completely indifferent about this child Phil adopted.

Ranboo mentions that he’s going to find another Woodland Mansion, and Techno decides to tag along.

While ringing the sellout timer, the first dog dies. This one is Mackenna, and they die because of the fireplace. While looking at the fire, Edward hits Techno, and the dogs immediately run and attack him. Edward dies. Ranboo mentions that he liked talking with Edward.

Ranboo and Techno eventually leave, and Ranboo shows Techno the stronghold by his house. They go into the Nether and onto the roof, while talking about past events and Sapnap. They move on to bullying Tubbo about his dying habit.

They make it around 1,000 blocks from spawn, and Techno builds an uncomfortably square portal. They find that they’re too far south, and they go back into the Nether.

Techno starts singing ‘99 bottles of beer’ and i just….love his singing voice so much it’s at 0:48:55 and you should watch it. They make a few different portals, and eventually they find the right area and go to the overworld. They find the mansion, and Technos dogs try to kill the vex. It does not work that well. The dogs do attack an evoker, and Techno gets his first totem of the day.

Two dogs die to a creeper, including one named ‘Dream has a house.’

Ranboo lights a fire in a cat statue, and they watch as the mansion burns to the ground. Techno plays sad music.

They search the chests, which don’t burn, and try to find better loot. They do not succeed.

Techno and Ranboo head back home, and they talk about a random pig who managed to go through the portal in, and then out, of the Nether.

They find a Soul Speed highway, and Ranboo has to explain it to Techno. They talk about miscommunication in Dream SMP, and eventually reach the house. After sitting down all the dogs, Techno goes back up to the sellout timer and ends the stream.

LIVEBLOG:

Starting the streammmmm

0:00:30 “why havent i ordered a second monitor by now” TECHNO

0:01:45 ah yes, philza minecraft is dead crab rave

0:02:15 tECHNOPLUSHIE I WANT ONE SO BADDDD

0:04:05 “apparently, before phil died of old age, he adopted some dude? Idk abt him, i dont really trust him, but hes there” :LKSFJSDF teCHNO thats so rude go apologize to ranboo

0:09:15 ‘i have to be friendly with the other smp players’ yeah, sure, saying LEAVE when tubbo logs in is sooo nice techno gg /s

Techno freaking out over a villager dying is so funny to me

0:13:00 dream is here crabrave

0:19:55 its high risk, no reward, the best kind of strategy

0:25:00 techno ramblin abt youtube stuff is just,,,i love it so much i would love a youtube podcast by him

00:27:40 the gift pog!!

AALDSKFJASDF there goes mackenna, 30 min in. God that was a chaotic moment, first mackenna, then edward, and now ranboo can talk to endermen?? Alright

0:35:50 ‘you know, as an anarchist, i'm all about obeying the laws to the letter’ mhm sure

0:39:50 ‘doesnt dream have a cat? Probably not anymore…’ RANBOO sapnap did not kill patches i promise a;lkdjfasf

Why is sky immune to portals,,,,

TECHNOSINGGGGG 0:48:55

1:09:40 ATTACK MY DOGSSSS :handhska: ATACK MY GOONSSSS

I love how techno just kinda jumps constantly its so cute like he just!! Gotta jump!!! Ik its bc he can see more when higher up but i love it (1:19:40)

1:20:33 break glass to cause fire

TeCHNO JUST SAID MY DEADNAME I HATE IT HERE

#Technoblade

[phairfantooooom]

Obey Me: Garden/Idol Event Thoughts

Alright Kiddos lets get into this shall we?

So ignoring the obvious red flag (aka Satan shenanigans) I noticed in the event lets start with some of the smaller questions I had never gotten answered.

Who told Lucifer that the flowers were stolen? How did he find out?

Diavolo takes the flowers without telling anyone? On his own? Where the fuck is Barbatos???

Why are the flowers endangered? Why is this a big deal? Why are you so nervous Lucifer?

Alright so the first question seems like it should have been Diavolo that told him yeah? But its not, cause he was the one that “stole” them. So who is Lucifer’s informant? We know its not any of the brothers because they were just as shocked. Now, we could assume that Lucifer discovered this himself, but then that raises the question of why was he out in middle of the fuckign western forest? 

Now then. Diavolo. My guy. My pal. My dude. W h a t  are you doing? 

Side note: i just realized what he fucking did might have been symbolic and fucK i’ll get to it in a minute

Anyway- We learn at the end of the event that Diavolo is the one that took the flowers. You know, without fucking telling anyone??? I mean seriously, if something is endangered you kinda need to tell people your gonna take it before you do so. Now, Diavolo acts as if he didn’t do anything wrong but like... dude. The Devildom is your OWN kingdom, you can’t convince me that he did what he did out of ignorance.

Not to mention that Bephie straight up says “Lord Diavolo’s always been one to stir the pot.” And I agree completely. Diavolo seems to be more interested in entertaining himself rather than, oh you know, running his kingdom? He doesn’t use his authority as prince except for when he wants something.

An example of this is that he didn’t lock Belphie away for treason even though he KNEW what Belphie was trying to do to stop the exchange program. It was only when YOU got involved that he came in, with Barbatos in tow, that he laid down the law and took Belphie away.

Suspicious, yeah?

Movingggg rightttt alongggg. The flowers. The whole story is about them but we don’t learn jack shit about them other than:

They are endangered

They grown in the western forest

Its a crime to take one of them. Especially for personal gain.

We don’t know Why and How they got endangered.

Just... give it some thought. The more you think about it, the worse it gets ;)

And to think that that is not even the scariest part of this event. oh boy.

But before I continue to the part that just. alarms my ‘oh no’ senses I wanna draw a connection i didn’t notice before.

You and the flowers.

You and the flowers and Diavolo.

Diavolo goes out of his way to get flowers that could possibly be a hazard to RAD. Again, we don’t know what they can do or what sort of consequences having them there could mean. If we assume based off of the name that these flowers cause Mirages then that could mean that students will start seeing things that aren’t really there.

Now compare that to:

Diavolo goes out of his way to make the exchange program. And somehow, by some weird twist of fate you start going to this school. And for those that argue that Lucifer choose you, he merely opened a window and a gust of wind blew all the profiles around and yours just happened to land at his feet. The chance and luck that would go into such a thing are extraordinarily high...

Unless...

Someone with the powers of altering reality and/or time travel just so happened to exist in this universe. *cough* Barbatos *cough*

We are “supposed to be” the descendant of Lilith (Which if you have read my other stuff you know just what I think about THAT) which is bullshit in my opinion and im electing to ignore it for a much more interesting idea.

I mean think about it, if Lilith wasn’t attached then where do our powers come from? Even with Lilith slapped on there are a shit ton of questions that don’t get answered. God do I fucking hate the Lilith bullshit

You, who have the capabilities to power up the demon brothers to high levels. You, who transcended death. You, who has defied logic and made pacts with all seven of the brothers. You seem to have some dormant powers that you can’t use unless you have a direct conduit (Aka Solomon)

There are alot of unknowns at play but I’ve noticed that there are little bits and pieces being left behind in the events that could be possibly cluing us into what could be possibly happening in future story chapters. But that is an entirely DIFFERENT theory post in itself.

So now on to the finale and probably the most interesting thing that caught my attention during the event. The conversation with Satan.

Chapter 1-7 or as I like to call it “What the actual fuck”

The short of it is that Satan tells us about a legend that surrounds the forest, and just like the feather in the Detective Event it is never brought back up again.

Transcript:

Satan: We have some time to kill. Would like to hear a story? It’s a legend surrounding the forest.

There once was a child that found themselves lost in this very forest. They were inexpressive and had a hard time empathizing with others.

Choice: Like Lucifer?

Response: Haha. Exactly.

Choice: Like you?

Response: Are you trying to say that I have a hard time expressing my emotions?

Satan: Fortunately, the child was found before too long, but...

...upon their face was the most unsettling of smiles.

It was as if someone--or something--had taken the child’s place.

What would you do if you found out there were another person out there impersonating you?

Choice: I would get the authorities involved.

Response: A surprisingly measured response.

Choice: Sounds scary...

Response: Heh. You’re pretty cute when you’re frightened.

Satan: As I said, its nothing more than a legend.

Yeah, hey Satan, What the fuck. That’s basically a compressed version of something you’d find on r/nosleep for fucks sake

Like seriously. You seemed just a tad too serious for it to be just a legend. And also hello??? Something had to of caused the legend???? It made me realize that while we know the brothers well, we don’t know Devildom well.

We know alot of surface level things but nothing... truly substantial. Its all brushed off. Like I want a FULL map of Devildom. I wanna know where the abandoned or forbidden places are. I wanna know why and how they got that way. I want that rich worldbuilding lore that they have been hiding from players.

Demons exist. Angels exist. Magic is a thing. Monsters roam around. We have fucking avatars of sin and you are telling me that this legend is just a legend?

Bullshit.

A/N: I wanna go off more but this getting long lmaooo

#obey me #obey me Satan #obey me Diavolo #obey me Lucifer #obey me Barbatos #Welcome to Hell's Garden #Be My Idol #Obey Me Theory #Obey Me Headcanon #obey me mc

[scaramoon]

DB SB 32 72 THATS MY POTNA DEM bare w me pls, it’s been stuck in my head all day SJDJD

...hi lore ( ・∇・) i haven’t been here in a while but i hope you’re having an extraordinary day ☆～('▽^人) proud to come back at say that i’ve finally got the bag secured (kazuha came home twice in the same roll) ALSO i tried a lvl 90 domain for the first time even though my characters are underleveled and IT WAS SO EASY it’s way easier than the lvl 80 one that i was struggling on (idk how)

i think this happened like two weeks ago but i deleted obey me bc my storage ran out HDFJDK i suppose i’ll miss seeing mammon’s face every once a week (bc in truth, i cannot bring myself to open the app everyday)

also the 1.7 (or 2.0?? ppl are saying it’s gna b called that so idk JFBSJ) livestream or something is gonna come out soon—and about inazuma, when the time comes to download the data for the map....unfortunately honkai is getting kicked off of my phone too (︶︹︺)

—hacker

i feel like ive got a lot more to share with you, but my brain has burned out and this is already getting a little long so— have a great rest of your day lore <3

hi bby !! sorry for the late reply i’ve been sick 😞 congrats on kazuha though omg, one of my irls got him ystd as well and they love so far.

i understand the level 90 domain thing though, the dragonspine domain is easy on level 90 but it’s such a pain in the ass at 80 😭 pls i remember when i could barely do remembrance on level 90 though and now i can clear it in under a minute :( xiao got all grown up :(

pls i lowkey wanna download honkai but my phone is already struggling as it is 😞 i take one (1) screenshot and suddenly i have no storage left

#lore.txt #msg: hacker #genshin.txt

[mammon-sama]

Breakpoint (Fanfiction) Part 1/6 | Belphegor

Heyo, it’s me again!  This is an older fanfic for Obey Me! that I haven’t updated in a hot minute, but I’m planning on working on it soon-ish.  Anyway, this isn’t fluffy or cute or anything, it’s really mostly lore stuff!  

Anywho, it’s a six-part story (only parts one through three are written so far) and focuses on each of the brothers (Satan being the exception since he was never an angel) breaking point in when they decided to rebel against their Father when they were angels up in the Celestial Realm.  

You can read all the chapters that are up (one, two, and three) here on AO3, but I shall post them on Tumblr one by one in the coming days.  

Also, I know I still have more requests to do, and I am working on them, I promise!

Title:

Breakpoint

Summary:

These are the tales of when Belphegor, Beelzebub, Asmodeus, Leviathan, Mammon, and Lucifer each decided to actively rebel against their Father and together incite the Great Celestial War.  

Genre:

Backstory/Lore

Rating:

T

Word Count:

3126

Additional Note:

The chapters are ordered “age-wise,” in the sense that Belphegor is first and Lucifer is last.  However, the actual content of the stories do not go chronologically, save for Lucifer’s chapter, which brings all the previous chapters together.  As I stated before, the first chapter is Belphie’s!

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“Belphie, stop squirming,” Beelzebub muttered.  “You’re not very heavy, but if you keep moving around, I’m gonna lose my grip and drop you.”  He readjusted his hands under his twin’s arms as he flapped his wings in descent.

Belphegor fidgeted a bit more at the movement, earning a hmph from his brother.  He knew better than to look down, especially as an angel without wings and so unused to flying, but some kind of inane reflex prompted him to anyway.

He gulped as he tilted his head downward.  The ground didn’t seem to be coming up awfully fast—Beel was a deliberate flyer—but that didn’t stop a tingle from snaking its way up his spine.  He clutched the scroll in his hand tightly, not daring to imagine what would happen should he drop it and it go whizzing down all the way to the verdant plains below.  

“I always forget how far the cloud cover of the Celestial Realm is from Earth’s surface,” Belphegor commented.  “I can’t believe you make this flight every day, Beel.”

“It’s my job, Belphie,” Beel responded cheerfully.  “Someone has to guard Eden, you know?” After a pause, he scanned their surroundings below, and decided, “Alright, I’m going to drop you off here.  I’ll walk the rest of the way—Eden’s only a half a mile north, but I’m pretty sure there’s a town nearby here for you to explore.”

As Belphegor’s feet touched Earth’s surface and he wriggled free from his brother’s grasp, he marveled at the solidness of the ground, despite having made this excursion several times before.  In the Celestial Realm, everything under their feet would be on a layer of cloud, and it was strange for him to feel the sturdiness of soil against the soles of his sandals.  

He turned to his twin.  “Thanks, Beel.”

“I would say, ‘anytime,’ but Belphie, you can’t keep doing this,” Beel warned, wringing the hem of his tunic anxiously.  “You know you always get in trouble whenever you come down here.”

Belphegor sighed.  Getting in trouble was quite an understatement.  As the Angel of the Sabbath, he was meant to spend his time in the Celestial Realm, managing reports on which humans below kept the covenant of the Sabbath and which did not, and calculating percentages of whether or not their Sabbath-related actions warranted them a spot in heaven.  As far as his Father was concerned, this was not a job that required him to go down to Earth, and every time that he did, he had quite the plethora of punishments to endure—most in the form of excruciatingly long lectures on disobedience. 

But that didn’t stop him from making the odd trips down to Earth.  It wasn’t necessarily the planet itself that fascinated him, but the creatures that inhabited it: in his opinion, there was no other being that his Father had created so engrossing than the strange little mortals that looked surprisingly like their angelic counterparts above.  These creatures—these humans —he could never find a way to truly describe them.  

Humans, with their mortal life spans, each living only a fraction of what he had lived, who had seen only an iota of what he had seen.  Humans, who lived each day like it was their last and loved so fiercely that altruism seemed to be embedded into their very beings. Humans, who were just another one of his Father’s innumerable possessions, expendable and easy to dispose of.     

He couldn’t help but allow himself to visit them now and again, and due to the fact that his Father had decided in the Beginning that wings were given to angels based on their job and how often they needed to travel down to Earth, he had to rely on his twin, Beelzebub, to fly him down on his way to Earth for his daily morning shift as a Guardian of Eden.

However, this always brought the discussion of when Beel was supposed to return after his stint at Eden to recollect his brother, so together they could fly back home.

“I’ll come back at sunset—that’s okay, right, Belphie?”  Beel asked. It had been the same schedule the pair had been using every time they visited Earth. 

“Uh,” Belphegor began, turning his eyes downward, as he unfurled the scroll that he had been holding.  “About that ...”

Beel’s eyes widened as he saw the contents of the scroll.  “Isn't that … isn’t that the official schedule for Messenger Angels on when they’re supposed to deliver messages to humans?”  He gulped. “Why do you have that?”

“Relax, I asked Gabriel for a copy, and he said I could have it,” Belphegor reassured.  He pointed to the hundreds of boxes inked on the papyrus, each box containing writing that depicted a single message, to whom it was for, and where a Messenger Angel could find the recipient.  “Some of these have dates for when they have to be delivered by,” he explained, tracing his finger along one of the boxes, which was stamped with an angel’s personal seal and acted as their signature.  “The ones sealed with purple wax means that someone has already been assigned to deliver the message because it was so urgent.”  He moved to the next box, which was stamped with red wax.  “This one means that it can be delivered at any time, but someone already is en route to do it.”  He then pointed to a box that had no stamps near it whatsoever. “And these?  They’re nonurgent  and no one’s signed up to dispatch them.  Those are gonna be mine.”

Beelzebub gulped.  “What do you mean, yours?”

He rolled the scroll back up and took a deep breath, not daring to look his brother in the eye.  He hadn’t told Beelzebub of his plan, yet, and he dreaded to hear his twin’s opinion of it.

Beel was a fastidious worker, who was proud of his role as one of the Guardians of Eden, but he was even more proud of his younger brother’s monumental task of being the angel who was in control of the entire Sabbath.  Belphegor’s titular role of Angel of the Sabbath was one that afforded him quite a bit of fame and power up in the Celestial Realm.  There wasn’t an angel who didn’t know his name, and he was always getting stopped by those who wanted his advice on various subjects, most of which Belphegor knew nothing about.

But that didn’t stop him from envying the role of angels who were granted wings and were permitted to visit Earth as often as they needed—Guardian Angels and Messenger Angels (as well as some of the all-powerful Archangels); even though their faceless roles didn’t offer as much prestige as his did, they were gifted the privilege of actually interacting with humans.

“I can’t keep doing this,” Belphegor admitted.  “Coming down here, spending a few hours until the sun goes down, just watching them, you know, Beel?  I want to talk to them, learn about them, heck, I want to learn from them—”

“No, stop,” Beel interrupted.  His eyebrows were upturned in worry as he lifted his brother’s chin so he could look him in the eyes.  “Belphie, don’t tell me that you want to stay here forever—” He paused and glanced at the scroll that Belphegor had been holding.  His eyes widened as he made the connection. “—posing as a Messenger Angel.”

“Not forever, Beel,” Belphegor reassured.  “Just … a few weeks. Let’s say three, okay?”

Beelzebub massaged his forehead.  “Three weeks? That’s three weeks where you won’t be able to do your duties as the Angel of the Sabbath.  You can’t—no—no—Father would be incensed.”  He reached over to his brother and grabbed his arms.  “That’s it, I’m taking you back to the Celestial Realm right now.”

He shook off his brother’s hands.  “No, Beel.  I’m doing this.  I’ve already made up my mind.”  He sighed, closing his eyes. “Just … promise me you’ll support me in this?”

Beelzebub smiled.  “Okay!” He grabbed Belphegor’s shoulders and flapped his wings as if he hadn't said a word.

“What—Beel put me down!”  He squirmed and kicked his legs.  “I’m serious!” He opened his eyes and looked down as they flew higher and higher, farther and farther above the Earth’s surface.  Taking a deep breath, he stopped wriggling and held still. “Beel … please. Just three weeks. I promise I’ll have my curiosity sated by then—I’ll never come back to Earth after that.  I’ll never leave the Celestial Realm, I’ll—I’ll stay up and run the numbers of Sabbath-day-keepers, I—I won’t even think of humans—I swear!”  He sighed. “... I won’t ... even think of humans.”

Their ascent stopped.  He couldn’t see his twin’s facial expression from where he hung, but he could hear the weariness in his voice.  “Who’s going to take over the role of the Angel of the Sabbath when you’re gone?”

Belphegor’s heart lifted.  “Azazel and Telantes. They work under me, you remember?”

He could feel the body-shaking groan that left Beelzebub.  “Fine.” He flapped his wings as they descended.  “Three weeks. I’ll come find you at sunset at the end of them. Do you know where you’ll be then?”

“I’m not really sure,” Belphegor admitted.  As his feet came to rest on Earth’s surface, he looked at his brother.  “But you’ll come find me, right?”

Beelzebub beamed.  “Of course, I will, Belphie."

-

Beel didn’t find him, and three weeks turned into three moons, which turned into three years.  

Belphegor had run out of messages to deliver after the first week and had spent most of his time wandering from city to city, country to country, living in camps that welcomed him as a messenger of the gods.

That was the case, at least, until about a moon ago; he had taken copious amounts of some kind of liquid that a village had offered him as an act of hospitality called wine.  He didn’t know what had transpired after he had consumed the fourth wineskin, but he had woken up in a deserted land, with nothing but enormous snowdrifts as far as the eye could see. 

Belphegor had seen the storehouses laden with snow in the Celestial Realm but never had he ever imagined it to be so blisteringly cold.  The Earth was still new, and humans had yet to populate the area where he was in.  Ill-equipped for such weather, Belphegor had no choice but to trek through the snow, shivering from the cold with his teeth chattering and his lips an unbecoming shade of blue.  

Being an immortal angel with no fear of hypothermia or frostbite, the only way he could find respite from the frigid air that surrounded him was to sleep.  

And sleep he did.

For days, in fact, until all Belphegor knew was sleep.  There was something cozy about the pitch darkness that enveloped him when his eyes were closed; it was a surefire welcome as opposed to the freezing wind and subzero temperatures that greeted him when he was conscious.  Sleep was a comfort, wrapping him in momentary joy instead of the crushing sense of abandonment that bodied him if he dared to open his eyes.

That was, until, he felt something other than the howling wind waking him up.  

“Belphegor, Angel of the Sabbath,” someone said, shaking his practically frozen body, which was nestled deep in a snowdrift.

“Beel?”  Belphegor asked groggily, noticing that the silhouette glowed and had wings like an angel.

The silhouette offered him a hand to help him get up, which he hesitated before taking.  “No, my name is Jabril. I am a Messenger Angel.”

Belphegor rubbed his face with frost-covered hands and widened his eyes to take a better look at the figure, who he realized wore the standard white robes and blue sash of a Messenger Angel.  He looked at their surroundings. “Why are you here? There’s no one to deliver a message to around for miles.”

Jabril shook his head.  “No, Belphegor. I’m here to deliver a message to you.”  He produced a scroll hidden within his sash and unfurled it.

Belphegor choked as he noticed that it looked exactly like the scroll he had shown his twin years ago.  

Jabril pointed to a message box, which was stamped in purple with his seal.  “Belphegor, Angel of the Sabbath, has been summoned to the Almighty’s Throne Room,” he read.  Underneath it was written today’s date and the exact coordinates to Belphegor’s location.

He gulped.  His Father never invited His sons to his Throne Room unless it was for punishment.  And it wasn’t the typical “lecture” punishment—no, no. These types of punishments were much more severe.  There was a real chance that Belphegor could have his title ripped away from him or Hell, his very existence erased.  “He waited three years to summon me.  Why?”

“You know better than to question, Father,” Jabril reminded him as he latched onto Belphegor’s shoulders and began to flap his wings.  “But you know how He is. Making you wait this long to wonder when He was going to find you might just be part of your punishment.”

Belphegor stomach clenched as the two continued to fly higher and higher into the Celestial Realm.  “I hope that really is the case.” 

-

The first thing he noticed when he entered the Throne Room was not the pearlescent marble floors, the walls encrusted in brilliant diamond, or the immense moonstone chandeliers that hung from golden chains off the ceiling.  

It wasn’t the seraphim that loitered around His throne, their haunting praises rumbling in their throats.

It wasn’t even the blinding light, the glory of his Father, that shone from the throne itself.

The first thing he noticed was the music.  

Soothing notes—a melodic piece—a cry of melancholy and reassurance, resounded from the masterful fingers of Lucifer as he guided his harp into realms of music so beautiful that Belphegor, who knew better than to linger in the Throne Room entryway, had to stop and listen.

From the left side of his Father’s throne, Lucifer’s music was a constant: he produced a sound so beautiful that the Almighty could rarely go without it.  His fascination with Lucifer’s music had grown to a point where the two were nigh inseparable.  

The Archangel of Music’s eyes were closed and his face held an expression that was so serene that Belphegor had to wonder if Lucifer even realized who his audience was; he looked as if his only purpose was to coax the notes out of the instrument, regardless of who might be listening.  

Belphegor stood entranced, his eyelids feeling heavy with the comforting tones before he was pulled out of his reverie with the sound of someone clearing their throat.

“My son.”  His Father’s voice, like peals of thunder, reverberated through the expansive throne room.  “You may approach.”

He walked forward, his shoulders straight, and tried to keep his gaze ahead, but every time his peripheral vision grazed the bright glory of his Father, his eyes watered and he was forced to look down.  When he was several feet away from the throne, he fell prostrate on the ground.

“Father,” he greeted, his forehead resting on the tile.

“Arise, Belphegor, Angel of the Sabbath,” his Father said.  “Although, perhaps it is wise to address you also by your self-given role of Messenger Angel, as well.”

He peeled himself off the ground.  Knowing better than to stare at the luminous figure of God, he stood and averted his eyes toward the almost equally brilliant Lucifer, who played on as if there was no one else in the room.  “That’d be alright.”

“Do you know why you stand before Me today?”

He took a deep breath, drawing a miasma of calmness from the harp and the low chanting of the seraphim.  “I do.”

A moment later, his Father boomed, “Do you know why, my son, I created the Sabbath?”

“I do.”

“You are the expert angel, in this case, then; explain it to Me.”

“You created it, Father, to represent the day of rest You took after spending six days creating the universe, back in the Beginning.”

His Father’s glow diminished for a moment, and Belphegor cringed.  For every time his Father’s light faltered, it would return a moment later tenfold brighter, signifying his rage.  

There it was: the glorious light roared back with a fierceness that indeed rivaled what it had been before.  “And yet, this duty of protecting such a hallowed tradition is something you are willing to shirk, only to take upon the duties of a Messenger Angel —a duty that is not even yours?”

“Yes,” Belphegor gulped.

Strangely enough, the inferno that was his Father receded slightly and didn’t get brighter.  It seemed almost as if the Almighty was actually calming down.  His voice, now, sounded like a stream of water, without an ounce of malice.  “You did well in your duties as a Messenger Angel, Belphegor; I commend you for that.  But, I cannot overlook your slothfulness into the work that I assigned to you.  I gave you the title of Angel of the Sabbath for a reason, and I expect you to go back and continue to fulfill it.  The dismissal of your actual work comes off as laziness, and I cannot tolerate My day of holy rest being made into a day of indolence on your part.”

“But, Father, I—” Belphegor knew better than to argue with God, but he had spoken without thinking.

The brightness of his Father’s glory flared irritatedly at his act of insolence, and He spoke over Belphegor as if he hadn’t said a word.  “My son, I will withdraw my original punishment from you, provided you understand the error of your ways. Answer Me, Belphegor, do you regret what you did?”

For a moment, Belphegor was silent, as he thought back to the moons that he had spent on Earth.  There were no words to describe just how much he had enjoyed his stay there, despite the overwhelming agony of going without Beel.  Every day was a new adventure as he trotted from village to village, delivering messages that his Father had decided was necessary for certain humans to hear from his underlings.  Sure, not having the actual wings of a Messenger Angel made the role significantly harder, but he was so fully dedicated to this job that it made little difference to him. Even the miserable moon he had spent in frigid hell, no matter how torturous, was worth listening to the fascinating stories that he had heard from the humans and the experiences he had gleaned. 

So that is why, Belphegor blinked through the tears that came with looking straight at his Father’s glowing presence, and declared, “No.”

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Virgil the Wee Vampire Part 2

Stargazing and What Came of it

Summary: While out stargazing, Roman, Patton, and Logan discover a tiny vampire.

Content/Trigger Warnings: Blood, (mild) injury, biting, fear, kidnapping

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Chapter 1: The Hungry Little Vampire

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It was a perfect night for stargazing. The air was warm but not muggy, and the skies were clear. Logan carried a large blanket for them to lie on, as well as a book of constellations that they might or might not open. Patton carried the big, comfortably heavy flashlight that they technically didn't need since all their phones had flashlight widgets, but which was a comfort to have anyway. Roman had a large jar in which he planned to catch fireflies. (Logan had told him that it was the wrong season for fireflies, and too late in the evening besides. Roman said he didn't care and was going to try anyway.)

They spread the blanket out in their favorite stargazing place, an open grassy space far enough from any buildings that light pollution was at a minimum, and near some trees that, during the day, Patton would gladly climb.

The three of them sprawled out on the blanket together, with Logan in the middle and Roman and Patton on either side. Roman hadn't seen any fireflies, and he set the jar aside. The flashlight lay next to it.

"Look, there's the big dipper," Patton said, pointing.

"And there's Andromeda," Logan replied.

Roman gazed up at the night sky. "Orion," he said after a bit.

For several minutes, the three of them pointed out constellations. After some time, Patton nuzzled up against Logan, requesting to be told the stories behind some of the constellations. His two housemates told story after story, Logan pulling from myth, and Roman making them up on the spot. Roman made up several new constellations, too.

Soon Patton was half asleep, letting their words flow over him without fully paying attention. It was warm, and he felt quite safe with his two best friends beside him. But his leg felt a little weird, and the strangeness woke him back up. He shifted.

Logan broke off in the middle of a sentence. "You okay, Pat?" he asked.

"M' leg's asleep," Patton answered, moving to scratch the spot. It was on his calf, just above the top of his sock, and Patton, sleepy as he was, wondered why only one spot felt numb, rather than the whole leg. He pulled up his pants leg to scratch it, but froze. In the low light, he could see a dark shape clinging to his leg. Patton screamed, shaking his leg with fright. The thing flew off, landing a few feet away.

Instantly, the other two were sitting up. Roman had the flashlight in his hand like a club. "What ails you?" he exclaimed, while at the same time Logan asked,

"What happened?"

"Something was on me," Patton whimpered. He clutched the place where it had been, only to pull his hand away, wet, and cried, "It bit me!"

"Roman, turn that on," Logan said in his no-nonsense voice. "Patton, let me see."

They both obeyed immediately. Roman shone the flashlight on Patton's exposed leg, and Logan bent over it. He frowned.

"We should go back," he said.

"Is it bad?" Patton asked, his voice quivering.

"It's a small wound, but it's bleeding freely," Logan answered calmly. "I think you'll be fine, but we ought to clean and bandage it. Do you know what bit you?"

Patton shook his head, pointing in the direction it had gone.

Roman swept the flashlight beam in that direction. There, lying crumpled against the green grass, was something dark. Roman approached it, squinting curiously. The tiny creature was cowering under the flashlight beam, curled up tightly, but Roman could have sworn he saw a tiny face peeking up at him for a second. He brought the light closer, peering at it. "It's… it's a little man," he said in wonder.

"A what?" Logan sounded surprised, as well he ought.

"A tiny man," Roman repeated. "He looks stunned."

"Well, he injured Patton," Logan said, mind made up. "Capture him, we need to know what he is."

"Right," Roman said. But he hesitated. He didn't want to touch the little thing. What if it bit him too? "Lo, pass me the firefly jar," he said.

Logan rolled it to him, and Roman put it over the top of the little man. Breathing a bit more easily now, he added, "Can I borrow your star book?" Wordlessly, Logan gave it to him. Setting the flashlight aside on the grass, Roman slid the hard cover under the jar and the little man, same as he'd slide a paper under a cup and a bug, and carefully tipped the jar sideways. The tiny man, limp now, slid to the glass side. Roman took away the book and quickly screwed the lid on.

"Got him."

"Good," Logan said. Roman carried the captive, the flashlight, and the constellation book back to the other two. Logan had gotten out the basic first aid supplies he kept in his wallet, and now Patton's leg had a bandaid on it. Logan put the bandaid wrapper, the used alcohol wipe, and its wrapper all in his pocket.

"Can you carry our damoiseau in distress back to the house?" he asked Roman. "I don't want him to move much, in case it was venomous."

"Of course," Roman said. He unloaded his arms onto the grass and knelt beside Patton. "I've got you, Patton," he said tenderly. "Ready?"

Patton nodded, and Roman scooped him up bridal style, blanket and all. Logan gathered up everything else, and they headed back to the house together, Logan lighting the way with the flashlight. Patton rested his head against Roman's chest, feeling safe even though he was scared about the bite on his leg.

As they walked, Logan examined the tiny man in the jar as well as he could in the low light and while moving. He looked human, aside from his size. His clothes were either black or a very dark purple.

He was also completely unconscious. It wasn't from a lack of oxygen, of that Logan could be certain; Roman had punched several holes in the lid of the jar before they had set out. Logan didn't see any injuries, either, nor was the man lying as though he was in pain.

At the house, Roman sat Patton on the kitchen counter, and Logan set the jar on the couch so that it wouldn't roll away. "How are you feeling?" he asked gently.

"'M okay," Patton said softly, holding the blanket close. Roman kept one hand comfortingly on Patton's back. "Doesn't hurt."

Logan nodded, getting the first aid kit out from under the sink. He crouched in front of Patton to get a better look at his wound. "I'm going to take the bandaid off," he warned, and did it. Patton winced a little, but made no noise of protest. Now that they had proper lighting, Logan could see the injury much better, though it started bleeding again at once. Tearing open an alcohol wipe, Logan cleaned it off. "Two punctures," he murmured to himself, "very neat. No swelling, no color change." Speaking aloud again, he asked Patton, "And you said you feel well?"

"Mm-hm."

"No pain? Nausea? Blurriness of vision? Breathing okay?" To each question, Patton answered agreeably, and Logan relaxed. "I don't think it was venomous," he said. "It does bother me somewhat how easily it is bleeding, but I suspect that the creature had some sort of anticoagulant in its saliva, and it will wear off soon." Logan cleaned the wound again and rebandaged it. "Let me know if anything feels odd, Patton," he said, standing. "Even if you think it's unrelated, and even if you have to wake me up."

"Okay," Patton said.

Roman rubbed Patton's back. "Bedtime, Specs?" he asked. Patton nodded with a yawn, and Roman smiled. "Want me to give you a lift?"

"No…" Patton said softly. The other two helped him down from the counter. "But," Patton said, shyly, then stopped. Roman gave him an encouraging smile. "Will you tuck me in?"

"Of course, Pat," Roman said, taking Patton's hand and leading him off to bed.

Logan put the first aid kit back away and went back to the living room. He picked up the jar, sinking into the couch where it had sat, and peered thoughtfully at the small figure inside. His clothes were in fact a dark purple. They fit him well and looked very dapper, if at least a couple decades out of style. He was breathing, Logan noted with relief, tiny chest rising and falling. It seemed shallow, but he wasn't sure how much of that was due to the creature's small size.

Roman came back while Logan was still gazing into the jar, and he sat next to him. "Patton's asleep," he reported.

"Good."

"So, you figure out what that is yet?"

"No." Logan looked up, linking eyes with Roman. "Other than its size, it appears to be human. Based on Patton's bite, I would guess that it is hematophagous — It drinks blood," he added, as Roman gave him a blank look for the long word.

Roman gasped. "He's a vampire!" he exclaimed.

"A vampire," Logan repeated flatly.

Roman spread his hands and raised his eyebrows. "What other human-shaped thing drinks blood?" he asked.

Logan made a face. "As much as I hate to admit it, 'vampire' is no more implausible than a human this small existing in the first place," he conceded.

Suddenly, Roman rocketed out of his seat. Before Logan could say anything, the other man was already halfway down the hallway. Logan sighed, looking into the jar again contemplatively.

Roman was back a few moments later, holding a hand mirror. Logan gave him a quizzical look.

"Vampires don't have reflections," Roman explained, holding the mirror up beside the jar. They both looked.

The jar in the reflection was empty. Roman gasped, and Logan said "Gadzooks," under his breath.

"Vampire," Roman declared. "Definitely a vampire." He frowned. "This doesn't mean Patton is going to turn into a vampire, does it?"

"I don't know," Logan admitted. "There are many conflicting lores." He paused. "Perhaps you should draw the blinds in his room just in case."

Roman rushed off to do just that, taking his mirror with him to put away.

Logan eyed the tiny vampire. He wanted to talk to it once it woke, but he didn't know how long that would be. Perhaps it would wake sometime in the night, in which case he didn't particularly want to leave it by itself. Logan frowned at himself. He didn't want to leave him by himself, he corrected sternly. This creature certainly wasn't human, but that didn't make him less of a person.

Roman came back, sitting down next to Logan again. "They're closed, and I hung a blanket across the bar as well," he reported. "I didn't want to wake Patton up, so he doesn't know yet." There was a worried edge in his tone, and though he didn't say it, Logan knew his roommate to be worrying, what if Patton actually is a vampire but he doesn't realize and opens the blinds and turns to dust?

"I'm always up earlier than either of you," Logan said. "I'll check to make sure he still has a reflection when I get up."

Roman breathed a sigh of relief. "He still has one now," he said. Leaning over to look into the jar in Logan's hands, he asked, "What should we do about this little guy?"

Logan pursed his lips. "I want to question him," he answered. "But I don't know when he will wake up. Perhaps later tonight. Perhaps tomorrow. Perhaps not even until tomorrow night." He paused, thinking. "It would be best to secure the jar so that he cannot roll it away if he wakes while we are asleep. But we must put it somewhere dark, where the sunlight cannot reach."

"Bathroom hasn't got any windows," Roman suggested. Logan nodded. They had two bathrooms, and one was in the middle of the house, where it was unlikely that any sunlight could get in. "And," Roman continued, "we can put a salt line around the jar to make him stay put even if he does get out."

Logan wasn't sure that was right, but he didn't know enough about vampires to dispute it. "I'll have to do a lot of research," he realized aloud.

Roman was looking at the vampire again, and Logan followed his gaze. "Do you think he's hungry?" Roman asked. He was still annoyed at the vamp for biting Patton, especially if he'd turned him, but all the same, he didn't want him to starve. "How much blood do you think a vampire that small would need, anyway?"

"I would expect he'd need much less than one our size," Logan answered. "I don't know how much he drank from Patton, but most likely he will not starve before we can talk to him." Thoughtfully, he added, "The bags of blood they draw during blood drives are larger than he himself is. I doubt it would be harmful to us to supply him with enough sustenance for long enough to get our questions answered." He frowned. "Given that we draw it ourselves, rather than allow him to bite us, of course."

They found a small cardboard box, and Logan lay the jar lengthwise in it, placing it in the bathroom. Roman took a canister of salt and poured it in a rectangle all around the edges of the box, completely surrounding the jar and the tiny vampire.

Then, finally, they went to bed.

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Chapter 3: Trapped in the Home of Humans

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