CINAPPSES

AND FINALLY THE AU PROTAGS GET DESIGNS. Oh, man, did I go in descending order by age? Cute. Not on purpose at all.

Thank you to everyone who gave me suggestions on Ace's weapon form...! I got a lot of messages about him being a multi-form weapon, and I 100% agree. Pretty early on in this AU's lifetime, though, Coral gave me the idea of a weapon that can temporarily take on other weapons' forms, and I LOVE that. Perfect for Ace's personality and his Signature. I also really love the idea of him having a default form that he finds uncool--he strikes me as the type to yoink a sword or a spear's form and pretend that that's what he is when he and Deuce first start working together. Meanwhile, Deuce thinks there is nothing cooler than being able to protect the people you care about.

Ace and Deuce's clashes have a funny streak of bringing out the best in each other in increasingly absurd and adorable ways, and that's just as true here. As an inverse to Ace's struggle with his weapon form, Deuce worries pretty constantly about accidentally hurting or breaking a weapon he's partnered with. Demon Weapons don't necessarily break, but he doesn't know that -- he broke a wooden practice sword like once and the idea of doing that to a person has haunted him for years. It's like the eggs thing. Ace has to set him right, but he won't do it without laughing at him first.

Here's the whole Heartslabyul lineup. I'm a little irrationally happy at seeing them all together. The cards... Together at last...

Thanks for reading! I've got both Ignihyde and Savanaclaw in the drafts, so we'll see which set comes together first. My money's on Igni.

Here's a bonus, non-soul eater adeuce for your trouble. :3