Well, the Descendants Hunger Games Au won't leave my mind so here's more on Gil, and the year he and Mal were in the games:
WARNING: While I'm not going into major detail, this is still a bit gory.
Gil has grown up knowing that he'd likely end up in the games. Most VK's do, with only a few never making it in, generally by bribery, running away, or just being extremely lucky.
He knows that his father has bribed people to make sure that the few girls Gaston has claimed never made it onto the Isle of Doom. Not for their safety, but so they can continue to care for Gaston and his sons.
Just like he knows his father has made bribes to make sure that the twins will never have to compete against boys a lot stronger than them.
Gil can be naive, but he's not naive enough to believe his father would do the same for him.
So, he's trained for his entire life. When it's finally his turn, he breathes a sigh of relief that he's not up against Harry.
He knows the general rules of the game, the main being to come out alive. He also knows that usually the boys hunt the other boys, and the girls hunt each other. Although, the games are also used to get rid of the people you hate regardless of their gender.
It was a few days into the games, and he had already taken some others out (which he was trying not to think about), when he heard bloodcurdling screams, screams that didn't match up to the ones he had already heard. While he knew it would be smarter to go away from them, he went towards them anyways.
He found a group of boys and girls surrounding Mal, using chains to cut her wings and wrap her body.
He didn't care that it was dumb, all he knew was that Mal and Uma were once close and Mal helped slip food to his sisters, so he jumped in.
The fight was going against them, and he was getting closer to Mal when purple flames shot from the ground, taking the vk's around them.
Not knowing what they were, Gil dragged Mal out of the chains and got her out of there, her wings had gotten caught on rocks during the fight and fell into the sea.
They hid in the ruins of a castle over the next few days, while Gil did his best to care for Mal. This is when he finds out about Hades, and Mal makes him swear to never tell anyone. She can barely stand, barely breathe, let alone try to force him to do anything, but he agrees because for once in his life he saw fear in Mal's eyes.
Eventually, over the course week, a few kids make their way to the castle and one by one Gil and Mal take them out, despite Mal growing weaker and weaker. By the end, they can't wait anymore and they leave the ruins during a thunderstorm.
The remaining four people ambush them, and Gil gets stabbed. Mal is barely holding on, but Gil watches as she raises her arms and screams, flames circling them. Unlike the last time he saw the flames, where they seemed out of control and actively protecting Mal, these go straight to their targets.
Gil doesn't pay attention to the screams, he can't or he'd go insane. Instead, he catches Mal as she faints and he rushes her towards the boats.
It's another day before the goblins come. Mal is fighting to stay conscious and doing her best to walk on her own. Wounds aside, she has to relearn to walk now that she no longer has wings.
The goblins aren't surprised that they made it out. At least, they aren't surprised that Mal made it out, neither one seemed to recognize Gil.
On the boat ride back to the main island, Mal reminds Gil of his promise, and he once again swears he won't tell. Neither acknowledge how Mal leans into him, or how he's shielding her.
Once they reach the Isle, multiple VK's rush to the boat, with some curious adults following. There are screams and cries as always, but no one tries to attack them or take revenge. At least, not now.
Gil knows that he should let Jay take over, he knows that he should walk to Uma and Harry, but instead he continues to help Mal. He stays close even when Jay pulls her into his arms.
More surprising to the three, Mal pulls Gil along as Jay helps her away from the crowd.
This was the start of the two crews alliance. Because just like many of the previous "winners", Gil and Mal formed a bond on that island, and it wasn't one that was going to easily break.
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Girls are now resting...
a while ago, i was notified that the arikasa masterfolder on dropbox was gone. today, i was told their niconico was gone too.
This super bums me out, because if it wasn't for arikasa's touhou cc, this blog would not exist. i would have never started making cc, flat out. i would have never even touched blender, a program that is now something that i use every day as a part of hobby and freelance.
it sounds so silly, but its true! something as small as some meshes allowing for my favorite characters to get into barfights changed my life! and its so sad to see it all seemingly vanish without a trace
and while my touhou save may have corrupted years ago, i'm a packrat who never deletes anything off their computer. so i've reuploaded the entire(?) arikasa touhou collection, so maybe you can enjoy it as much as i did.
thank you, arikasa! i hope that you're alright out there.
もしあなたがオリジナル・アップロード者で、私に配信停止を望むなら、私に知らせてほしい。[deepL]
SFS
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