#amonklein

Wish-Granting Angel Klein (candidate for LOTM) and Ordinary Sequence 9 Marauder pathway Amon in Modern times, ig.

They meet when Klein sees Amon stealing all the coins from the very old, very unvisited wishing well hidden in an alcove in the forest in the middle of the night. Just:

K, morphing out of his "statue" form (Clown control of body + Faceless at the level of an Angel): What... what are you doing?

A, who is knees deep in the water and bending over just to pick up little coins, grinning: Interesting.

K: Return those.

A: Is the Miracle Angel's grace purchaseable by pennies?

K: ...

A, agressively throwing a coin from the well at Klein, playfully: Help me become a god.

K: That... I can't do that.

A: Whatever happened to "The Miracle Angel grants every wish"? Are you prejudiced against dirty orphans?

K: I said no such thing.

A: So?

K: ...Start small.

A: I want my father back.

K: I can't revive the dead.

A: ...Ha.

K, feeling a bit awkward: You can wish for a different thing.

A: Are you a Genie? What's with all these rules? Ah, no, that can't be. The Auceptin family's young master clearly recovered from his illness after he threw a coin down your well.

K: That was a long time ago... I'm not in the best-

A, crossing his arms: If you can't do anything, then at least let me have your coins. What use is money to an angel?

K: I... (The coins are a physical manifestation for the granting small wishes to grant a bigger, similar wish ability of a Miracle Invoker.)

A: Hm, interesting. Are these vital to your power?

K: ...

A: Silence is an answer. (Pause) I'll help you regain your power if you grant my wish.

K: To become a god?

Beyonders are veryyy, veryy rare in this AU, usually belonging to churches or other organizations, any good rogue Beyonder would be stupid to not joing any of them cus 1. the risk of losing control is higher and there are services given to prevent it and 2. potion ingredients are pretty much hoarded and hard to find outside the organizations so no rising in power.

Dear Amon, who is a S9 in the Marauder pathway, drank a potion with only the Beyonder characteristic from a S9 Marauder he found lying dead and miraculously didnt lose control immediately. Bro then proceeded to run around half-feral, stealing and all things Marauders does, before he hears of the wishing well from some teenagers passing by eating ice cream.

Amon kindly steals a cone of strawberry ice cream from one of em and goes to find it.

It takes him a little more than a day, bless his luck. The wishing well is less like a well and more a hole in the ground. He peeks in—it's not that deep—so he jumps in and lands in knee high water. Its less like a pit and more like a cave now that hes in here. Just without any other passageways. There are many coins nearer to the opening, nothing more than pennies, but there are plenty enough he can buy a few meals if he gathers all of them.

Hes vaguely aware of the statue seemingly staring at him in the corner—the Miracle Angel, from the plaque at the base it stands on—but pluck, pluck, pluck, he goes! The dialogue happens, life turntables.

The Moretti family is in this AU, retconning ZMR being Klein, he's just Zhou Mingrui now. This is so we can get to the first big wish!! Antignous notebook plotline perisists—I'm currently thinking of Merlin Hermes (my fave persona after Klein Moretti) where he goes around granting wishes.

ZMR and Amon stumble upon Klein buying bread from Ms. Smyrin's bakery, pre Klein's death. Amon, who is still a little shit, uses a few coins he stashed away from the wishing well (he did not return all of them, Miracle Angel, of course not), but falls short. ZMR, who is currently taking the form of a cat, albeit an oddly large one (A: I can't carry you even if I wanted to. Z: Are you calling me fat? A, throwing another coin at him: Miracle Angel, make me strong.), watches as Klein Moretti pays for the rest for Amon and decides He will help him.

ZMR, who is a rather weakened Sequence 2, sees the aura of the Antigonus notebook around Klein and decides he really will help him. When he and Amon find somewhere private, he commences putting the poor orphan to work.

Z: Follow him.

A: Hm, hm... I don't see why I should, though...?

Z: Don't you owe him a favor?

A, smiling: It's not a favor. He pitied me and was foolish. He's only slightly better than me in the financial aspect.

Z: Didn't you say you'd help me regain my power?

A: Words aren't binding~! Plus, Mr. Cat, if we're going to be partners, leaving me in the dark is no good at all. Why him, exactly? Is it the bleeding heart? Are you that soft?

Z: You're a Sequence 9 Marauder.