#(it begins!)

BAWKtober Day 1 - Maple

⭐️: --belle!

⭐️: Miiirabelle..!

⭐️: Mira? You awake?

⭐️: G'morning.

⭐️: Or, uh, more like, good afternoon, I suppose...

⭐️: I guess napping might be a good idea... we better get some rest while we can before...

⭐️: ...Mira? What's wrong?

(You're back.)

(You won, and you're back- why are you back? WHY ARE YOU BACK!?)

⭐️: Mirabelle, what's going on?? Are you okay???

(You can't breathe)

(Your body is shivering)

(It's like your chest is closing up)

(You're back at the start)

(Back here)

(You're back you're back you're back you're back you're BACK!!!)

(IT WAS FINALLY OVER YOU WERE FINALLY HAPPY IT WAS OVER IT WAS OVER WHY ISN'T IT OVER)

(YOU CAN'T BREATHE YOU CAN'T BREATHE YOU CAN'T BREATHE YOU)

⭐️: MIRABELLE!!!

(AH.)

🎀: S..Siffrin...

⭐️: Sorry, sorry- you weren't answering me, and you're... you're really pale.

⭐️: Did you have a nightmare..?

(...)

🎀: H...haha, yes, sorry..!

🎀: Just... a really bad nightmare.

⭐️: ...That...

⭐️: ...

⭐️: That must've been a horrible nightmare.

⭐️: Do you want to-

🎀: No. No, no, I... no. I don't.

⭐️: ...Right. Sorry.

⭐️: ...Well, I'll be waiting in the village if you need anything. Come talk to me later, alright?

🎀: Y-yeah, I... I will!

(...)

(With Siffrin gone, you feel as if all the air in your body had been sucked out.)

(You're back.)

(Why are you back...? You beat the Star, right? Did... did something go wrong?)

(It was the end, and you...)

(The Chosen One. They said something about the world being broken? Rotten?)

(. . .)

↬ SHADES OF BLUE, an alice in borderland fic. 【 season 2 / book 2 】

Leaving the burning remnants of the Beach behind her, Makina Aguni is adrift in the world. While grieving her brother and Niragi, she finds herself in the company of Chishiya, Yamato and Kuina. However, it's not long before she is forced to face a second round as 'citizens of the borderland' introduce themselves and a new set of even more difficult games. Forced to flee from the King of Spades and soon ending up alone, Maki makes decisions that could be her downfall. But she's not the only one facing difficulties across the dystopian Tokyo Wards as her brother faces his own guilt and grief and Niragi struggles to survive, desperate to find Maki at any cost.

*Avis Ender was perched atop the fence outside the Yaoyorozu mansion. Her costume, an exact replica of what she would normally wear- except it was all eigengrau. She had gotten the idea from Hawks' costume, as it made it easy to blend in with the dark. And with her already dark fur, it would be near-impossible to spot her in the shadows.*

*She silently runs through the yard, avoiding all lights, cameras, and anyone who was outside if she could. She kept property damage to a minimum, not wanting to draw attention to herself.*

*Despite her abnormally large size, she had managed to get to a window without being spotted once. The wolf pries the window open with relative ease, and hops inside. The easy part was over.*

*Now, the real challenge began.*

Momo Yaoyorozu had been in the study, the soft glow of a desk lamp pooling over her papers. She had been preparing notes for an early morning meeting with her family’s security adviser, the sound of the grandfather clock marking each quiet second.

The faintest creak reached her ears.

She paused mid-sentence, pen hovering just above the page. The staff were long since retired to their quarters, and her parents weren’t due home until much later. Carefully, she set the pen down, her pulse quickening but her expression remaining calm.

Sliding her chair back without a sound, the young woman rose to her feet, her fingers already brushing the inside of her palm where her creation process could begin at a moment’s notice. She moved toward the hall, the silken fall of her night robe trailing after her as she listened.

Her mind sharpened. Whoever it was, they’d made it past her family’s formidable security. That in itself was enough to put her on edge. She stopped at the intersection of two corridors, head turning slightly toward the faint shift of air from an open window.

The Feeling Grows Claws

Rating: E | The Dark Urge/Enver Gortash (M/M) | Chapter 1 (of 5)

“My dear Bhaalspawn,” Gortash says, sitting back down at his side. He crosses one leg over the other, leaning closer than before. “What’s wrong with taking something simply because you want it?” Valas can’t help but look, twisting toward him with the smallest turn.

When Valas confesses the name of the person he most longs to kill, Gortash has a plan. For what is this new alliance for, if not working together to achieve their great desires?

But it’s not that simple, for one raised by Bhaal, to admit just who or what he wants.

And it’s even less simple to take it.