Calm before the storm pt 2
I'm back again with more SPAU
I have made more soft leviathan and Shadoc cause I need to balance out all the angst
this one needs no warnings other then fluff and comfort feels
He sighed at the bland bricks around the room, he may be a master trap builder but his decorative skills were very weak. There were a few weapons and chargers he had stolen from Doc and a few sheets of music that Solo had given him and Clamour and a painting of a creeper peeking over a dune. Shadoc never said anything about it though so he must have done something right or so horribly wrong.
‘Where is Shadoc?’ He sat up where he was and thought for a moment. Shadoc and him had parted ways in hermanville but it was more of him just leaving the underdeveloped monument to a place he never knew. Shadoc told him all about places on the old server and how the old hermitville had houses reaching to the sky and a plant similar to the one there now, he said the other plant was way bigger and cooler though… Back on track! Whenever he and Shad hung out he would always leave first while his mirror would just continue to sit there as if for the end of time. Thinking on it he didn’t actually know where Shadoc stayed. Puzzler made his infernal home in a sprawling city that seemed to rise from the ground from nowhere with one entrance and an expansive maze built to confuse. Tripwire and Red stayed with him, he was starting to suspect they were his lackeys. Joyfull stayed with joe in small camps. Nobody could miss the volcano the hoarders had made in a day and filled with riches. Clamour lived on a cliff and solo made camps near every residence of more than one shadow.
But he has no clue where to find his… Brother, for all intents and purposes he had no way to find him if something went wrong. With that goth disaster threatening people for loyalty he should really find out where he stayed. Since he never spoke about it he should probably ask him next time he sees him.
“Freedom la la la la freedom follow me, Freedom la la la la freedom follow me. Cut it!”
He hummed and air guitared as he walked along the gravel streets of spawn, It had a very open feeling with a few stater homes scattered with a few humble shops. The shopping district was in the distance with a lot more buildings and foot traffic. He and his brother in origin decided to meet up and head to day care. He wasn't fond of daycare at first, it seemed childish with all the blankets and shadows choosing to sleep.
Another reason he was so stunned when shadoc brought a shadow with a pair of chords and one with a guitar, Clamour and Solo. Solo had played don’t mine at night somehow and he couldn't help but run up with him and join cause how could he not? Its a bop. Clamour proved his mettle with one hell of a chorus.
They were good friends of his now and he actually enjoyed spending time at the daycare with Shadoc and them now. The other hated when Clamour was there but they wouldn't have to worry about this time. It was just him and Shad, he needed to ask about his base.
“Heya my clumsy companion.” He swung himself into a curtsy when he created his opposite.
“SHArk- ha hey Levia-nathan” Shadoc looked at him with mirth while he pushed himself off the side of the light shop
“Levia-tha-niel Levia-nathan what's next a Levi-O-Sa joke? Im wounded”
“A what?” Shadoc and I walked down towards a dock that lead to a very small rock and wooden castle with ice creeping up the sides. His mirror always looked at it kinda funny like he had deja vu. He didn't bother to ask he had other questions.
“Hey, Where is your base? I know where most of the season 7 shadows live but i’ve known you better then even all of them and i have no idea where to find you other then running into you?”
He watched for a reaction from the corner of his eye as he clinked down the dock, he did not see the response he was hoping for. No realisation, embarrassment, or goofy smile. Justa deer in the headlights expression that made him want to keel over or shred whatever put such a vulnerable look on his face. But that would be him.
“Uuuuuhhhhhhm hmmm, I-I live s-somewhere?...”
He stops and flips on him and steps in front of him. This is no longer a conversation for daycare. Shadoc stumbles to a stop and his scarred arms twitch as he shifts backwards on one leg and holds his arms slightly in front of himself… He has to be careful about this, or he’ll run. He straightened himself out from his hunch so he looks less predatory and relaxes where he stands across from his mirror.
“Thats bull-shit and we both knew it the moment you said it.” He was worried now… Did.. did he not make a place? Why wouldn't he?
“Shadoc… It’s alright if you don't want to tell me why but at least tell me you have a place? Even for a shadow not having a safe place can be very risky… Your not normally risky.”
“I- I stay with solo sometimes? O-or joe or cleo”
“Solo lives in a tent.. That works for him because he stay near everyone's bases and joe is constantly exploring and camping out in shacks.. Cloe lives on a goddamn boat! Have you never thought to make your own place for you?’
“I tried once. It didn't go well… I'm no good at building and jigsaw had it out for me at the time. I haven't tried since” Shadoc had calmed down after he saw the worry on his face and realised there was no hostility.
“Rain check. No daycare today we have a place to build”
Leaves and vines draped down from rock and moss, a giant maw of a great beast stood forever preserved in stone. Two black wisps skirted around it from all sides to rise and leave material only to slip away again. Piles of lanterns, fences and item frames laid around and sun bounced off the latches of chests and water steaming through the dense woods.
A leaf drifted down onto the stone reptile and a shadow slunk up and brushed it away while setting a lantern into the socket of the skull where a wooden floor could be seen held up like rafters. The other wisp seems sluggish and tired. Like he was missing something.
Leviathan had swept past and asked clamour what would go good with a giant homey stone skull. He had pointed him in the direction of an older shadows house. Russy he thinks he was called? He looked at how the house was built before getting an idea and racing 2d all the way to his base to get material and go back to where Shadoc was clearing space.
The two of them had spent days isolated in the jungle building a skeleton of some sort of dragon and filling it with wooden floors a fireplace coming out one eye and a bedroom full of comfy stuff and carpets in the other eye while down the ribs there was room for storage and a small open bungalow with shelves and beds under one wing that was full of parrots and cats they had tamed while building. Shadoc liked them and he thought the cats were awesome.
“Thanks… I don't think I ever would have done this at all on my own.”
He smiled for next to him was a sun
“Of course, I haven't built anything like this before but it feels right. I care about you too much to let you wander the world with no place to come back to. No home. Ya know?’
“Yeah. I've had a home for a long time though. It just moves and sings obnoxiously a lot. Ya know?’ his mirror smiles brightly with a yawn of a sleepless creature.
Another cliff hanger for today. I'll make more soon again and I'll post art of Shadocs new base soon!!
