#fto rambles

Evil!Allumos AU 🩸✨🐉

I've made a few posts about this AU outlining the origins, but tbh they're a little outdated to my current perception of the storyline.

To be as succinct as humanly possible: the AU follows the 'what if' idea of "what if Allumos was a villain who believed in Dragon Slayer supremecy?"

The changes begin during s4, when Allumos first possesses Patrick|Pádraig; instead of working together with him and Michael|Melanthios, however, Allumos decided to take full control of the body, effectively erasing Pádraig from existence. Upon doing so, he catches Melanthios off guard — who's incredibly drained of Magic from the transfer — and snaps his neck. Now, no one will ever even know of how Allumos came to be, nor any potential weaknesses it'd have from their stay in the Lacrima. From there, the general ending of s4 stays the same, as Allumos still needs to track down the missing Celestial Spirit to regain full power, which takes a lot of time. In this process, Eden is killed. Unsure whether or not Devin|Zoilos will be killed here too, still deciding that. Also, unlike in my rewrite, Viper gets his eyes clawed out by Bren in this AU; Allumos finds a mortally injured Viper and, with his Magic back to full capacity, decides to "heal" him. For a price. A very, very hefty price.

They go off together for a year, that stays the same, Viper still needs to heal his other wounds and Allumos needs to train its new body. After that, entering the s5 timeline, things get.... Gorey.

They arrive in Atlantide a little later in this AU. It starts with Colin, seeing Viper back, with their eyes miraculously healed, at the hands of this strange... Thing. Colin was confused but when Viper explained who Allumos was, and that he was on their side, Colin was happy to follow along. With Melanthios already killed, Allumos is somewhat unsurprised that the Grimshade Guildhall fell to ruin, however he would still like to track down every last Grimshade member and kill them for allowing it to happen. Colin, thankfully, is spared from Allumos's fury, for now. Allumos made their plans clear, he wants to bring the Dragon Slayers together! How sweet. How truly sweet.

Next it's Bryan|Bryttanos. Viper and Colin told Allumos about the Fire Dragon Slayer who lives among The Protectors. And Allumos just simply had to meet him. Unfortunately that Cat got a little in the way. So Allumos did what any citizen would, when the cat turned its back, he cut off its head. Simply and easy, nice and clean — Allumos is sure he didn't feel a thing! From there Allumos got to meet Bryttanos, the splattered blood on it definitely ruined the mood, but upon a little convincing, Bryttanos was happy to walk with Allumos.

It was beginning to become clear... Allumos had more plans than he let on, but when Colin and Bryttanos asked Viper, it seemed as if it was unable to speak, always covering his eyes.

Then came Divinus Magia, Bryttanos had mentioned and Earth Dragons Slayer resided there, though Allumos smelled another. Word had begun to spread about the attack on the Protectors, 'Four dead, two live to tell the tale', Allumos called the reporters "dramatic". So when Allumos, Viper, Colin and Bryttanos arrive at Divinus's beach, a fight occurs. A deadly, bloody fight — two die. Divinus loses, and their Dragon Slayers, though quite resistant, join them.

Mario fought well, but his collar bone and right arm were shattered from it, Blake being in a similar broken state. But Allumos was so kind to heal them! So very kind....

Seek|Selena mistakenly came across the group, and was immediately brought along with them. Davis, hearing the rumours of a Ghoul 'collecting' Dragon Slayers, hid for as long as possible, but one can only hide their smell for so long...

Okay so I could go on, and in another post I might, but from there on out it gets,,, like it's just torture lmao so I'll leave it there haha, don't want this entire post to be about it!

Dragon!Dragon Slayers AU 🐉💎👑

I've talked a lot more about this AU admittedly, mainly in old artposts, but here's a general updated plot!

Background: 4000 years ago, the world was ruled by a tyrannical Dragon King, Allumos. It was a cruel King, and there was no room for Dragons to step out of line, unless they wanted to die. Thus, a resistance arose, led by the Dragons Aerthus, Mitch, Davis and Zata; aided by the few Human warriors who could possess Magic: Michael, Ritchie, Brandon, Bren, Lo'Pho, Bri, Silver and Reaper. After years of fighting, many lives were lost, but they achieved their goal; the King could not be killed, his Magic forbade it, so they shattered him into parts that would be hidden away, protected, never allowed to join again. His Soul was sealed away into a Lacrima, Their Body drowned, Its Magic scattered across the Sky. The only part that was ever "guarded" — to avoid suspicion — was the King's soul, as it had been proven that even trapped with such strong Magic, it still had influence over the Mortal World. Michael was set to watch over the Lacrima containing its Soul, enchanted to never age again, to be bound to the Temple built to house the Lacrima.

Most of the Mages were lost to the War, but many of the Dragons survived, even if it was just for a little longer. Enough time had passed for Aerthus to have her son, Mario, and teach him of the War, what must never be repeated. Mitch, now Viper, and Davis went into hiding, and supposedly Zata had a child, but he was never seen again. Michael, continued to watch over Mario when Aerthus passed suddenly, and further aided in developing the new hierarchical structure the New Dragons would follow, being the only living being to still remember the time of the Dragon King, and able to tell the tale. Eventually the system of 'Lords' was set up, a powerful Dragon leading a key part of Nature: Earth, Ocean, Spirit and Sky. Mario led Earth, Ocean's leaders were fickle and ever changing, though a Dragon by the name of Pelagia is in rule during the main plot of the AU, Mori led Spirit, and Blake led Sky. However, due to Mario's proximity to Aerthus, the unofficial Leader of the resistance, Mario was dubbed the Dragon King. He rejects this title, fearful that he will fall prey to greed and power.

In the span of these 4000 years, the Dragon King's Lacrima that Michael watches over has grown in power, somehow. Assistance was needed by the Dragon Lords to help reseal the mysterious cracks that would form, despite no one being there to crack it. Michael was hesitant to ask for assistance however, as most of the Dragon Lords had... Opposing ideas for what to do with it: Mario wished to just leave it be, he'd get jittery whenever they even entered the King's Temple; Pelagia and Mori were of the same opinion, to simply destroy the Lacrima, hopefully ridding of the King's Soul entirely in the process; only Blake actually read Michael's letters and offered to help the way he wanted it to be done. The issue with this was... Every time she helped seal the cracks, a little more of them slipped away, something happened whenever it sealed those cracks that Michael couldn't see. And he didn't know how to fix it, so eventually he stopped sending letters for his help unless it was absolutely necessary. This meant, unfortunately, that Michael would have to perform minor versions of the resealing spell himself, except as a Human, he couldn't create as much Magic as a Dragon, even being the powerful Mage he was. This overuse of Magic eventually began to affect his health and his mind, but unable to simply die or go fully crazy due to the binding spell, Michael held on.

Until one day, Allumos stood there before him, in spirit form, and Michael knew that it was the end, and he could only hope the Dragon Lords would not repeat their mistakes.

Gosh I LOVE this AU so much lmao, like I know I made it but I have SO MANY BRAIN WORMS ABOUT IT!!!!!! Genuinely might make some more text posts about it when I get the chance because MMMM delicious world building and such.

FTO: Derecho AU/Rewrite: 🏛️🪽🌌

My rewrite 🥹🥹 I love this it's my baby... This is kinda just me yapping about stuff I'm changing because,, well,, I know I definitely have a focus in my posts but generally speaking my rewrite will try and shine a light on every character within s4 and s5 (mainly s5)

To get the BIG changes out of the way:

World Building

There are Twelve Regions in this world, which is known as Earthland, all of which are 'owned' or looked after by a Patron Celestial Spirit, specifically those of the Zodiac. Each Region has city-states, counties, what have you, but they are all under the one Zodiac Spirit. Atlantide is a city-state within Leo, and is considered the Magical Capital of the world, besides Pisces.

The year of s4 taking place is 1001, and s5 takes place in 1003. I've mentioned it in this timeline post [link], but after the Dragon War, the calendar was set to zero to mark the New Era.

My pantheon will revolve around the Celestial Spirit system; God's are essentially Celestial Spirits, all of which are ruled by the Celestial Spirit King. Yes, that means Ankhseram, Galrin and Kasathar are all essentially Celestial Spirits, just having a specific domain. Celestial Spirits = Gods, Gods = Celestial Spirits. The only difference is that Gods do not have a Constellation to be tied to, whereas Celestial Spirits do.

I will be adding a lot more festivals and events within my rewrite, however that's still a work in progress unfortunately lol

Atlantide is specifically based on Athenian culture c. The Golden Age (~400 B.C.E.) but broadly the Leo Region is based on Greek culture in general, I may include another city-state inspired by Sparta, who knows!

While Atlantidian culture is based on Ancient Athens, it is quite far past it developmentally, that being said modern technology doesn't exist, they are about in the printing press era, not any further. Magic existing makes it quite hard to really say how far along they are, because in some ways they are relatively "modern" and in others they are not.

Other Languages Exist lol, occasionally I will have a character (likely just Allumos) speak (Ancient) Greek, which is referred to as Old Leo's Tongue; Others will speak their Regional language too, e.g. Blake speaks the in-world equivalent of Japanese, a county variant of Cancer's Tongue. I've made a post about some characters and their languages before [link].

The architecture of the guild halls will be different! It doesn't really make sense to me that the City of Atlantide follows Greek architecture however the guild halls .. don't, so now they will!

I couldn't really put this in any other section but,, I've been working on new guild marks for ALL of the guilds, they're too complicated ok 😭 I need to draw this shit I'm gonna make it easier on myself.

On that ^ note, Guild leaders always wear their guild mark on their shoulder, typically their left, and second-in-commands will typically wear it on their right shoulder. Guild members always wear it on their hands. Members are free to wear their digil on other parts of their body/clothing as well if they wish to do so.

There is a new guild in my rewrite! It's called Sodalitas Hermetis, it's a messenger guild! I'll post more about them when I get the chance to, but I've already posted about its guild master, The Courier, a couple times before! :3

The Grand Magic Games will be a lot more Olympics-ish, as opposed to just a one-on-one fight. There will be several events that test endurance, strength, agility, compassion (!), etc; the fights are the last, but main event!

The Grand Magic Council is one of three branches of law in Atlantide, the other two being The Grand Judicial Council and The Grand Elective Council. Each watch over different parts of Atlantide; the GMC moderates specifically Mages and Magic usage, the GJC carries out punishment and enforces the law, and the GEC creates the laws, acts and schemes, while also updating old ones. They work both independently and with each other.

A law was put in place after one too many irresponsible guild masters, but you have to be at least S Class and the age of 25 to be qualifiable as a guild leader.

Celestial Magic is the Parent Magic, it birthed every Magic Type and Form we see in the series. The Magic Types are:

Sun

Sky

Moon

Nature

Spirit

Arc of Embodiment

Chance

Requip

Each of these have further Forms, which are essentially subgroups of that Type:

Light Fire Combustion Storm Air Lightning Electricity Mist Plant Poison Earth Metal Ice Rain Life Death Shadow Mind Time Dice (aka luck) Dance Song AoE: Illusions AoE: Weapons AoE: Imagination AoE: Takeover Word R: The Archer R: The Sniper

As a few examples (this list is Non-Exhaustive!). Magic Forms can be derived from either one singular Type that was honed in on, or it can be a combination (e.g. Electricity is Sun and Sky).

Plot / Timeline

The s4 plots mostly stay the same (for now), but for s5 there are several changes

I'm generally unsure about the canon timeline, however in my rewrite s5 takes place over the course of a year.

The introductions/arrivals of characters happen at about Spring/Summer.

The GMG always takes place in early Autumn, unless there is a major event preventing it from happening. It takes place over a week.

Future Ritchie happens two days after the GMG, and the attack lasts a total of five days. In this, a good portion of Main Atlantide is destroyed.

It's a month in-between Future Ritchie happening and the trip to Salode; Salode no longer takes three months away from Divinus Magia, what was three days there is still three days in Earthland. Allumos making a sort of deal with the Celestial Spirit King is the reason they made it back.

The Dragon War happens with Every Dragon Slayer. This was a big frustration of mine about the series, it was played up and most of the DS didn't even get to go. So yeah, two days after the trip to Salode, ALL of the Dragon Slayers head to Draconis (might change that name lol) to fight in the war. This took three weeks.

Two months after the Dragon War, it is now Spring, and also S Class Trial time! We all know what happens here:)

Now, a week after the S Class Trials Abraham does still attack Atlantide in my rewrite, but it doesn't go as planned; Allumos is not sealed away (AGAIN.) and Abraham doesn't take it over. Unfortunately Abraham timed it a Little wrong. This plot point is a WIP because I still need to watch the Abraham POV to understand him better.

From here on out, it's no man's land! Fairy Tail Nexus does Not apply to my rewrite due to the many changes I've made, once I've posted more about the main plot points, I might delve into what happens in the future too:3

Character Changes

This section is mainly minor character (arc focused) changes I've made that largely do not affect the main plot.

Grimshade

I've kinda mentioned/alluded to this in both this post and a previous one [link], but Allumos is the cause of Viper losing his eyes in my rewrite; this, of course, means they are very normal about each other and definitely like each other thumbs up.

I've mentioned in my Grimshade mini profiles [link], but Bren and Lily return to Grimshade to work alongside them.

Allumos and Marshie do not get together.

There is a new (OC) member, their name is Itzel Alair (they/he), I've yet to add him to the mini profiles since they're still a WIP, but yay! OC time! His Magic is Arc of Embodiment: Illusions!

I've made quite a few name changes for Grimshade: Michael - Melanthios, Marshie - Menodora, Patrick - Pádraig, Seek - Selena (she/her!!). I have my own reasons for these changes but it was mainly just for fun!

Allumos is 1025/26 in my rewrite, instead of 400, because 400 years is really just not that long of a time lmao.

Jericho still flirts with everyone, but he never gets in any relationships.

Menodora discovers the whole ⅓ Devil thing a bit earlier on in my rewrite.

Allumos gets its own body after Salode, however.... It's essentially a doll [link]. Also he is now technically fully owned by the Celestial Spirit King. Fun.

Davis joins Grimshade a little earlier in my rewrite, like, Just after the GMG takes place.

Allumos is so incredibly mentally ill in my rewrite,,, like just being clear that will be a big theme for them, recovering from his immense C-PTSD. I've mentioned it here [link], but the series itself does a disservice to complex mental health disorders that I intend to fix.

A lot of Viper's plot points and arc is still the same, just further emphasis on how he was forced to become what they did due to circumstances.

Selena doesn't die you can pry her from my cold dead hands.

On that ^ note, s5 Selena and s4 Seek are actually brother and sister. Seek is the brother Selena lost at the beginning of s5, interpret that how you will:3.

Divinus Magia

I've made Brandon and Ritchie a bit older (33). I changed a lot of the cast's ages actually, feel free to take a look at the mini profiles if you're curious.

Brandon is transfem!! She begins her transition after getting back from Devil's Tongue.

^ She always kind of knew but unfortunately,,, she was seriously suppressing it lol, it was only after she encountered her Earthland Counterpart that she actually came to terms with it, however she couldn't really do much considering. Jonathan.

When David and Luca(s) got back from the Devil Book, they did not meet Blake.

It was two days after Tapio was killed that Ritchie returned and apologised, he missed Tapio's impromptu funeral however.

Several of the Divinus Members had temporary lightning scarring because of that battle.

Blake was in Devil's Tongue for a little over three weeks, almost a month. Torture central is all I'll say. Because of this Blake and Plant|Echeveria actually met each other there! So afterwards they kind of knew and stuck by each other.

Blake unintentionally saved Kit while in DT, which led to Kit bringing Blake along back to Divinus Magia.

Inmo did NOT sell their boat aren't we all so fucking happy.

I want Lara and Fuarn to play a little more of an impactful role within the plots pertaining to Divinus (especially through Divinus Deliveries). I like them a lot.

Luca's arc with Abraham will be tweaked a little, however it's still a WIP.

After the S Class Trials, Ritchie isn't dead! However uh,,, he's not exactly alive either...

The fact that Inmo and Mori being brothers rarely comes up is CRIMINAL, I will be going into this a little more!

Mario, my dear, will get more narrative importance I promy.

Devin|Zoilos (still debating that name change AHH) the fandom did you so dirty. That is a grown adult and will be treated as such. Also making Zoilos genderfluid I think it suits them.

The Protectors

Straight off the bat, Tiffy and Selene are being moved to The Protectors, there's too many Divinus Members gosh dammit! The situation in which they were found is still pretty much the same.

Nixilis being a literal Devil and no one realising is incredibly funny to me, so that will be emphasised a little for comedic effect lol

Brick!!!!! Will be explored a little more!! In my rewrite he's got a whole thing going on with discovering he's. A fucking púca possessing a gargoyle so yeah fun times.

Mania is a little more fucked up, surviving a war all their life and just coming to this new world that supposedly never had one (it did but it doesn't know that) kinda. Kinda made it go a little mad. She's still Mania just a little more.... Distant

Jakey|Ephemeris..... Oh boy! I still need to watch his POV to get a good grasp on everything, but I will be nerfing Phemi a lot within the series. Unrestricted Time Magic doesn't go over too well with the Celestial Spirits...

Lo'Pho will also get nerfed a little, primarily through nerfing Ankhseram, because when that guy was being built up as a character it was when lore wasn't a big thing in the creators' minds so they were just kinda fucking around, making Lo'Pho SUPER OP. Canonically Lo'Pho has Ligh, Life and Death God Slayer Magic, this will be brought down to just Life and Death — with a LOT of drawbacks.

I want to give Kay a bit more of a personality — don't get me wrong she's BRILLIANT within the series but it does kinda feel like she's just there to help the men, make cookies and thirst after guys at times which is. Eh.

Eliore my lovely, will also get more plot relevance, cannot believe he didn't have stronger ties with Jericho and Allumos, despite being literally raised by Leo.

Iris likely won't get a ton more plot relevant, however she will get a little more focus, cause I like her a lot hehe.

Bryan|Bryttanos's damn mental health will be considered LMAO s5 did you so dirty ohml..

Just in general I will try to give The Protectors a bit more narrative importance, they had A LOT of their own stuff going on however a lot of it wasn't really "main plot" stuff which I think is kinda sucky!! So yeah I wanna even out the focus.

Also Bryttanos is officially loaded within my rewrite, and a big reason as to why The Protectors can give out so many loans lmao.

I've mentioned her in this post [link] but I've also added an OC for the Protectors too! His name is Anthy, feel free to read about her:3.

La Carnival

Once again, something I've mentioned, but Jazz being like. Actually clinically insane will be something I actually delve into in my rewrite. I'm big into Taking Mental Health Seriously and unfortunately with all the IRL stuff happening to do with Jazz's CC, the series never got to fully explore his psyche, if it even would've.

Flurry,,,,, is also not doing too mentally well, via codependency, so that'll also be looked into.

Flurry is also a changeling within my rewrite, and she uses her Dice Magic to cope with not being able to control that part of herself, which is why she shapeshifts depending on the dice role.

Cecil became Bryan in canon I'm not even lying lmao. Cecil will, in fact, keep his name after he becomes a Spirit because what the fuck.

The fact that Flurry basically bribed a lot of the members to be there just so La Carnival could be taken seriously in the GMG,,,, yeah that's pretty fucking interesting.

Yamitzu!! Who are you!!!! I want this man to have a full proper backstory PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

I always thought Basil was pretty cool, having poison-plant Magic, I think it'd be fun if Viper somehow ended up kinda being xer mentor lol

Juno is so interesting to me I seriously need to watch more of Flurry's POV to understand more about her, but she's an elf with AoE: Weapons Magic and I think that's awesome.

Phil,,,,, they did you so. Fucking. Dirty. Oh. My. God. One of the few Black characters and he's called an orange (by Flurry during her 1 dice role). Gross gross gross I refuse to allow that to happen in my rewrite.

La Carnival also gets an OC, their name is Citlali, a huge WIP, but they have Water Magic and are super cooolll.

Okay,,, so that was,,, a lot . And it's not even everything my lord ohmygod. IVE LITERALLY ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF EVERYTHING I HAVE PLANNED. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ahem ahem,,,, I hope you enjoyed my yapping Anon, and that I sufficiently entertained you throughout (even if some of the world building bits may be a bit boring LOL). Overall I think this took me about,,, 3 hours to fully write out? I kinda took my time ngl lol. This is probably the longest lore-dump I've made so far jeez...

Viper Mitch and Patrick O'Conner were never necessarily "friends"; allies, coworkers, buddies, but never friends. Patrick would tell Mitch about his family back at home, Mitch was secretly envious of it.

They never delved too deep into his own story — mainly because he didn't remember much, it was so blurry — but Patrick knew the basics. He knew the jist of how Mitch got his Magic, even if they'd never get too caught up in the details, Patrick knew more than Mitch ever told.

When Mitch Viper fell down that dark path, Patrick O'Conner never gave up on him. Even when it imprisoned Bren and him, Pat still believed in a good that was in Viper. No one else seemed to see that 'good'. Even Melanthios was more willing to label Viper with insanity. Melanthios was always forgiving. Viper didn't care. They wanted revenge. Patrick O'Conner stood in the way of justice, so he must die. Viper was willing to let him die. They weren't friends, after all.

And then, Patrick wasn't Patrick anymore. Suddenly, Viper —in the middle of a rampage — was interrupted by Patrick. But it wasn't Patrick. That wasn't his old ally, or coworker, nor buddy. Viper didn't know why half of his friends Patrick's hair was white. Nor did they know why his eyes were blood red, sclera darker than night. Or why its teeth were inhumanly sharp. Viper's only reference was the Devil's he'd heard about. But... Patrick wasn't possessed by a Devil. This Thing smelt familiar, in a sense. Like how Colin, Bryttanos and Mario smelt familiar. But Patrick O'Conner was not one of them.

The Devil, Ghoul, Dragon Slayer, Patrick — whatever — nearly killed it. Beat Viper within an inch of their life. Though it's not as if Viper didn't bite back. It was bloodied and bruised when its left hand held down its right, preventing a massive blow that surely would've finished Viper off. Viper lost his eyes in this fight. The Ghoul made him lose their eyes. Did Patrick make them lose his eyes?

They sound different. Patrick is now 'Allumos', but they are still separate. 'Allumos' is not a Ghoul nor a Devil — it is a Dragon Slayer, however — but it surely smells like one, speaks and looked like one too. Patrick would speak, and then suddenly, the way Patrick pronounces his words, emphasises vowels, would change, and Viper would have to guess if this was an 'In-between moment', or if it was Allumos, The Ghoul. The Ghoul that took his eyes. Patrick didn't take their eyes.

Allumos spoke kindly. But it was laced in something Viper had yet to decipher. Everything Allumos said was calculated, warped and tailored to whomever it spoke to — just like how a Ghoul spoke. Allumos spoke of friendship, recovery, redemption, determination, kindness. Big talk for someone who reeked of death itself.

Allumos didn't speak like Patrick. Viper preferred how Patrick spoke — speaks. Patrick O'Conner is still there, but even within his own home, Allumos seemed to speak more.

Viper got used to how Allumos spoke. His mannerisms, opinions, speaking quirks and preferences, all became ingrained in Viper's brain, as if Viper felt it necessary to know everything about Allumos, so — one day — he can use these against him.

Because Allumos is manipulative. Preys on insecurities as if that is their second nature. Viper can't say he's any better. He'd like to know why Allumos smelt like death though.

Viper misses Patrick. He hasn't spoken to him in nearly a week; considering they lived together for a year, and worked together for much longer, that was weird for Viper. They cannot both be there at the same time, and Viper no longer knows whose company he prefers.

That knowing smirk Allumos casts on whoever it speaks to, challenges, whatever stupid idea Allumos gets in his head and manages to drag Viper into. Allumos always looks at people as if they're simply pieces on a chess board, moving parts in a bigger picture. People aren't people to Allumos. Is Viper a person to Allumos? Is Patrick a person to Allumos?

Viper can only assume — because Allumos never tells — that Allumos sees them as at least alive. Sentient, maybe not. Though Viper knew if he were to voice that the reply would be something stupid and infantilising, so Viper never asks.

The only thing Allumos ever told was that he doesn't like to be called a Ghoul. So Viper calls it exactly that.

Allumos and Viper are even less of friends — allies, coworkers, buddies — then Patrick and Viper were. Because Allumos, despite everything Viper had seen and not seen, was uncanny. Everything about it was inhuman and wrong. It spoke so kindly. But that kindness never met those cold, dead eyes. What has Allumos seen that Viper never will?

Viper misses Patrick, it's been almost a month. Viper has begun to ease into Allumos's company faster than Patrick's. When they see 'the body' — as Allumos has brainwashed Patrick into referring to it as — Viper has begun to think Allumos before Patrick. How has this happened? How has Viper allowed Patrick to be replaced? When did Patrick allow this Ghoul to replace him?

Gemini enters the equation, and Viper could not be more frustrated with Allumos. This bastard, for over a year, has hid this ability, one to separate the bodies even if not fully, from them both. It doesn't matter if it's draining, Patrick at the very least deserved to have privacy. Privacy from this parasite. The thing that has done nothing but improve their lives. The first time Viper saw Patrick without Allumos's side was euphoric. When it ended Viper was going to punch Allumos but faltered — that wasn't Allumos, that wasn't Allumos's body, Viper would not hurt Allumos, only Patrick.

Viper and Patrick are friends. Viper and Allumos are not.

Hiiiii hope this was a fun read! I think their dynamics are really fucked up and awful tbh .they need to be more toxic to each other ☝️ (/joke). Originally this post was going to be more notes based but it devolved into Viper recounting losing his friend to consensual possession. wow. How healthy (/sar). Tbh I think they just need to be. Normal. Pls. Pls be normal wtf

Oh yeah I had originally intended to bring up Allumos's treatment of others more in depth in this post (e.g. Allumos taking advantage of Bryttanos's insecurities, how quick they are to insult another's (lack of) magical abilities, etc) but I realised it didn't really fit the style of the posts soo, might make that a separate thing we'll see lol.