#thirdlight kpdh

Days later, Celine still hasn’t left her house and suddenly hears banging on her steps. She assumes it’s just an animal or the wind but she still decides to go check and opens the door to the same little demon from before staring at her with a giant grin and basket of fish. Celine is determined to go back into her house and collapse onto her couch but the young demon is determined to thank Celine somehow for saving her life.

(Rumi’s reaction to Celine rejecting her gift)

and in the matter of seconds it takes for them to register rumi's patterns celine has rumi on her knees and with a sword to her neck. the only reasons her doesn't slit her throat is that they have never seen a demon with such iridescent patterns + she is walking around with two human girls so while she needs to neutralise the threat she won't kill her if they can get some useful info out of her first

however, mira naturally doesn't take kindly to her girlfriend being threatened so she draws her weapon at celine. to which the sls have a wtf moment bc why can this random girl summon a honmoon weapon and why is this presumed hunter protecting a demon

then it all escalates further bc thirdlight points her weapon at mira and zoey points hers at thirdlight and finally miyeong points hers at zoey

Rumi who is still born half jeoseung saja, and therefore have their patterns (pick your poison for how it happens, before polylight is probably my pick, but I honestly don't care to think too much about it)

Maybe she's accidentally been caught up in a demon fight at a young age, maybe it's just regular old insecurity, but at one point she starts being self-conscious about her patterns.

They are different from Celine's radiant red ones and they match with the demons they hunt.

Nothing they say helps and at one point little Rumi breaks down about it, all of her feelings way too big for her like 8yr old self. They are ugly and they're on bad people who try and hurt her parents and Rumi doesn't want to be bad!

She cries herself out, her parents unable to do anything to console her.

Then she wakes up the next morning, walk into the living room and freezes.

Celine is seated on the couch reading, a cup of tea in one hand.

And her patterns were all painted purple.

(No, Rumi does not cry, she's a big girl!) (Except she totally does and Celine only panics slightly.)

Yipping

Or just general fox noises that Celine 100% makes.

And then later on that Rumi inherits. Small yips while laughing or used as affirmatives are a must. And both purring/murring together is also common.

Zoey and Mira don't see it happening with Celine at first, and are thinking it's a demon trait of Rumi's. Maybe when demons aren't trying to kill them they just make these funny little noises?

Then they learn about gumiho's and Celine's whole deal is explained and they're like ooooohhhh

Like mother like daughter.

Teasing by dragging her tails under their (Soo-min and Mi-yeong's) noses

Soo-min and Mi-yeong who 100% squeeze her palms like you would a cat's to get her claws to extend.

(It's not how it works but she humors them)

Baby Rumi pulling on her tail (Babies don't mean any harm but goddamn)

Fox-form Celine just curled around kid!Rumi sleeping. Or Soo-min and Mi-yeong resting against Fox!Celine's side. Let these people sleep.