#witchlaser

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outerspace and witchlaser

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• Have you heard the rumors? Deep within the wood lives a wizard whose laugh shall haunt every poor child’s nightmare. Malice roots deep in his heart, corrupting people’s mind with foul chanting of the unknown. When the night falls, he works on his scheme of who knows, which makes even the village that lives far away from the outskirt of the forest where his lair resides trembling with uncertainty. No one dares to go too deep into the forest. If one wants to pick up herbs, do it at the safe zone. If one needs to get the water from a stream, do it in the shallow part. Adults using the weaved tale of this unmerciful entity to make their children obey their words, but also to keep them safe. Nobody want to see their closed one fall into the palm of his vile hand, their fate will never be anything positive if they cross their path with the wizard. There have been many incidents when someone wandered too deep into the forest, only to either become lost forever or turn into a crazy mindless shell of who they used to be. That alone already makes it clear that they should have just stayed inside the village if they want to live

• But then someone just has to wonder about the truth behind those tales used to scare the kids. Curious, aren’t you? O prying soul of a mice, heed my words, do you really wish to witness this evil being by your own eyes without knowing the consequences it might bring? You have never paid too much attention about this certain wizard that everyone is so freaked out about, or you’re just arrived, whatever it is - the decision was yours

• But one day, as if you were under a spell metaphorically, your interest was caught during that moment when someone literally yelled aloud while blaming the wizard on the disappearance of their family member. That was new. After all, it had been a long time since someone last got lost inside the dark forest. A part of your mind was debating whether or not was the disappearance actually the wizard’s fault, or was the missing person just stupid because there was literally a sign of ‘Danger Ahead’ placed at the outskirt of the area. If someone ignored it to enter the forest, that was on them to be honest. Then again, it does provide you a good excuse to go investigate the case

• The villagers say a lots. How you just don’t know any better when gambling your life away just for this particular wizard, wicked and unhinged. How much better it will be when you just leave yourself out of this and just go on with how your life is going originally, maybe help a soul out or just travel around will do. How the curiosity shall kill the cat and you shouldn’t interfere in matters beyond one’s comprehension. Basically just anything that will hopefully get you to change your mind. But you already know the drill. You know what you truly want in this path divided into two options: To play it safe, or to satisfy your own curiosity. Yeah, you know that they just care for your well-being — hence the nagging and all — but there is something that drawn you into the unknown. To seek out this infamous individual then feast your eyes with the revelation of this secret. Playing the main character card huh? Well, one can’t blame you. Despite all their urgings to convince you to just forget about finding this wizard, you make it your ultimate quest to go on to discover the truth about him. How foolish, yet so intriguing at the same time - as someone will think of you

• You stay true to your intentions, not giving a flying damn about what the others have to say to beg you to stay, you already prepare yourself the necessities that will aid you in this trip for the long run. With that being said, you bid your farewell with your peers despite their never ending protests and just head inside the dark woods without any worries. Confidence is something that every adventurer has to learn, it’s a necessary trait after all, safe to say you have just enough to ignore the potential danger in this stupid journey. During your very first moment, you hold your head high with pride. That is until the sunlight starts to fade slightly does your cockiness slowly dies down. And when it reaches to a certain point so below that euphoric state, you just realize something that makes you want to slap your own face: Nobody exactly knows where this evil wizard lives at all. The best they can say is that he lives deep inside the forest. But where exactly? Well, nobody really knows since they are too scared to even find out

• As much as you’re annoyed with the lack of solid evidence of this so-called villainous entity, that somehow seems to fuel your determination even more. Who knows, maybe you’ll be the first one to ever note down the lair of this evil wizard on the map properly! You keep on walking and walking, not aware of how much time has passed by. The thick layers of leaves have swallowed even the tiniest ray of warm sunlight that failed to get through it, and the only source of light available for you is the fireflies dancing around nowhere, maybe a bit of those luminous florals too. Beautiful, isn’t it? But also eerie as well because you don’t know what is lurking in the shadows. Like it or not, you start to swear all sort of things inside your mind - something like if you manage to get to the wizard’s place safe and sound, you will list out all the things you can do to repay whatever spirit that aids you in this journey

• As if your prayers have been answered, within what feels like another couple of hours of moving through the humid woods by yourself, you catch a glimpse of something else than another ancient-looking tree or small animals that observe you from afar. A gleam coming from a house from a near distance! Don’t jump in joy just yet, make no haste when messing with something you aren’t sure about. Judging by the aesthetic of the charms decorated all around the house itself, you bet the hell out of your mind that it’s where you need to find: The hideout of the villain — in theory — that has been terrorizing the villager for so long. Finally this day has came

• But of course, safety first. You take a look around the house first, make sure to avoid any potential suspicion that can be a trap then calculate your strategy accordingly to find out how should you investigate this place. Politely knock on the door and wait for a response? Picking the locks then sneak in as swift as the wind? Bragging the door down with no second thought? You’re already so close to the truth now, it’s too late to turn back. While you’re busy thinking of your plans, you have no ideas there is a pair of eyes that have observed you ever since you stepped into the forbidden territory. Something belonged to an animal, yet it feels so off. You can’t help but look back, wondering if your mind is just playing tricks with you. At some point, you swear you just see a cat’s tail moving before blending in with the shadow. Weird…Maybe you’re just overthinking things, get back to your senses

• But life is really a joke itself sometimes, because before you can even flip a coin on whether or not should you enter the lair of the wizard — which is actually a not too bad cottage, if you see it in another perspective — something unexpected happens. A cat shows up out of nowhere and bites your ankles, enough to make you yelp and fall back. Hell, you can’t even push it away, it already moves quickly like a shadow and hits its horns to your face like an encore. You’re pretty sure this little shit is the same creature that you just saw earlier, damnit. It’s painful, I’m not pulling your legs, that cat is a pure menace! While you’re struggling on the ground due to the pain, an illuminated circle appears around you with magical symbols that you have no idea what does it mean. Out of the blue, the circle of light solidified within seconds and bounds you like a chain as you feel something pressed against your forehead from above. A gun. Since when did wizard start to use magical heavy firearm instead of whimsical staff or magic wand?

• The infamous wizard himself, Witchlaser, glances down at you through the headwear that resembles a blue craved pumpkin as he keeps the gun against your head, silently threatening to shoot if you dare wiggle. The cat which just drags you down to the ground of embarrassment hopping on his shoulders, shamelessly grooming its own fur like nothing just happened. He demands you to state your business, and also intimidate you enough to let you know that messing around with him will earn you a one-way ticket to the underworld immediately. Don’t try to feed the image of your ego alive in this conversation, especially when the danger itself is literally kissing your forehead like that. It takes a good while for Witchlaser to finally retreat his weapon from your sight. Though he can’t just let you go and babble about his hideout like this, oh no no no, there is no such dream as easy like that. As expected, he keeps you locked up in the little jail cell in his potion-making room after stripping down everything that can pose as a harm to him on you. The smell in the room is not too pleasant sometimes — I mean, frog’s breath and slime’s tongue? Ew —, but bear with it

• He certainly lives up to his name as the evil wizard of the dark wood. Witchlaser can still be scary without raising his voice or getting physical too much, there’s something about him that gives off that cold villainous vibe whenever one lies an eye on him. There’s something about his demeanor that is capable of making a child cry without the need to be intentionally scary. Your first encounter with him literally taught that to you the hard way. He simply throws you into the cell, threatening that if you dare to do anything stupid, he will make you regret it. Intimidating, calculating and doesn’t mess around with his own property - Witchlaser isn’t the one that you should mess with. Who knows? Maybe before he can hex you, his gun already does the taking in a quick way

• Yet while you are being held hostage by Witchlaser to await for his ultimate evil scheme, you quickly notice something about this guy which makes you shift your main spring of thoughts from ‘how to get out of here’ safely to ‘what the absolute heck’ within seconds. By all means, you still admit that he does send the chill down to your spine with that no-nonsense exterior. But have you met someone who looks like they stand on a serious business of whatever they are doing, only to figure out that they aren’t as stoic as they made themselves out to be without any acknowledgement of it? Yeah, the same principle applies to Witchlaser’s situation. Although it might take you quite the keen eye to even notice it at first, but once you do, you will definitely be puzzled by this wizard’s actual character

• Ironically enough, even when Witchlaser seems to be fixated with the idea to be that typical scary supernatural entity like those old fairytale portrayed his fellow witches and sorcerers, his own clumsiness will be the dead of him, yet he refuses to admit it like a man. Seeing the mess he left after every failed attempt of making a proper potion will make any housekeeper wince in full offense. And the ratio of his success and failure is ridiculously a huge disparity. Ever since your captivity is settled in this cell located in the potion-making room, you have become the witness of his questionable technique alongside with the surprise it comes with. How does one even manage to drop a whole glass of dragon’s sweat and siren’s tear into the cauldron because his hand slipped? When those two collied, it creates a mild explosion that doesn’t really affect you much, but it still leaves Witchlaser stunned in defeat because he just wasted his ingredients again like that. That isn’t the first time either. It’s safe to say that the whole thing is entertaining enough for you to forget the sorrow of being a prisoner of an evil wizard like him. The fact he tries to act like everything is fine even when the tip of his hat is on fire is funnily absurd too

• You can’t really take him seriously because of that unmoving stance he just pulls out of nowhere. Of course, you should know better than dumbing him down with one trait as if it’s his entire personality. But in all due respect, that’s just impossible to not pay attention to after you have realized it. It did add quite the dimension to his personality that you have seen properly yet though, so don’t complain just yet. You still fear him to a certain extent, but just not too overwhelming like you used to before. Seeing him pull that awkward look to avoid your gaze is just everything

• Witchlaser’s first intention when keeping you as a prisoner is to prevent you from going back to the village and start blabbering your mouth about his home’s location. After all, he can’t risk his own safety for a deal that he doesn’t know if he should place his trust in. He could have killed you immediately that day, yes, but something has prevented him from doing so. Don’t get him wrong, Witchlaser is far from a saint. There are so many things he has done in his past for the sake of survival, adding one or two more faces on the list of those who he has put down shouldn’t be too much of a problem. But when it comes to you, he feels odd. No matter how much he tries to convince himself, he can’t actually harm you since you haven’t exactly done anything yet. It’s a hassle, really. Witchlaser’s moral compass is definitely weird. He means to try to find a spell or a potion that can make you forget everything before releasing you back to your home, but you already see his attempts: He really sucks at it

• During those time, you and him usually talk together. Most of the time it’s just you startling him by saying things out of the blue since knowing Witchlaser, he probably hasn’t been talking to others much before your arrival. With you behind the cell while he is trying to find something to solve the issue without the need to use the last resort, you managed to keep him company throughout the time. It’s kinda funny when you think of it. A captured traveller being casual with the wizard that doesn’t want to hurt you but still insist on keeping you here: Now that’s something new. He won’t admit it aloud, but he does enjoy your company for the majority of time. Princess thinks so too, as she usually spends her time staring at you from the shadow. She means well, so relax

• As time passes by, failure following failure under your eyes, Witchlaser starts to feel that at this point the last thing he can do is to turn you into a frog. But then you can still talk, so that doesn’t really matter anymore. Keeping you in captivity doesn’t really bring him any noticeable benefits aside from the silent judgment of the time when he failed a spell coming from you. And now he has to adapt to another presence in his quiet domain aside from his lovely daughter of a black cat. Besides, he doesn’t really need you for any so-called evil scheme at the moment, — the attempt of trying to find a magical way to erase your memories doesn’t count, since he won’t consider it to be an evil move — so Witchlaser is rather puzzled on how should he deal with you. As he is standing in the mess after another disappointing result of a potion, he muses in deep thoughts on what should he do to you now. Surprisingly, he gives you options to choose to yourself, which doesn’t include the leaving option of course

• After a good moment or back and forth, with how indecisive the two of you combined together, the short discussion somehow turned into a debate that lasts for an entire day. You propose an idea, he shakes his head in defeat; he has a thing in his mind, you wave the thought away immediately. That’s until Princess suddenly has your attention when she nudges at the broomstick in the corner of the room, which makes you two look at the mess that Witchlaser has made these past few days. Out of the blue, he asks if you want to stay to become his helper in exchange of a free place to stay. For some reason, that’s what the two of you kinda agree on in the end. And that marks the following days of you being Witchlaser’s helper without any paychecks needed — like c’mon, he already spares your life and provides you a place to stay, that’s mercy at its finest! — within this old cottage located in the middle of nowhere in the dark forest

• Trust me, it probably will not take too long for you to get used to this current life of yours. After all, you did spend a good amount of time being in captivity. Although yes, you spend those sweet moments of yours only to pace around your cell for as long as you can remember, but it still counts. It doesn’t feel too much when you suddenly become a housekeeper out of nowhere though, in fact, it feels nice to be able to do something after a long time. The potion-making room’s cleanups can be a nightmare still, but Witchlaser doesn’t press on how clean it should be, so you have all the time to tidy it up to your likings. The other rooms aren’t as hellish as what you have already seen, so do as you please. He keeps you mainly as a helper, so you do get to participate in his paranormal practice sometimes too. Well, to get ready to clean the failed experiment up for the most part. But hey, seeing him do it does help you learn something too. You can even get him to explain the process for you!

• Aside from your usual tasks, you’re free to roam around his place like it’s your home. Don’t touch random things though, that’s my only advice to you because you don’t know what can turn you into a puddle of water within seconds. And knowing him, he might struggle a lots with turning you back into normal. But other than those minor risks, everything is safe to explore. Witchlaser has grown pretty familiar with your presence, yet seeing you around his home and not just in the cell is still new slightly. He gets over it after a while still, don’t sweat it out on him too much. This will be your home for quite a while now, might as well start to get used to it for your own sake. Who knows, maybe you will start to witness something that an ordinary person can only dream of even when you’re just staying in one place

• Like it’s mentioned earlier, staying with Witchlaser as his helper isn’t as boring as one would make it out to be. Imagine just having a moment to yourself in peace, then the next thing you know is that a gnome is knocking on your door asking for a favor to hex a fellow kin of his out of pettiness. Or that time Witchlaser has to leave for some personal matter, so you and Princess have quite the time to bound together. When he comes back, the first thing that catch your attention is a little cage of a fish that has wings which is trying to sing the wizard to sleep. Honestly, life is far from boring when you have Witchlaser here. Not to mention Princess too. Did you really think that she is just a typical black cat? Oh, you will be surprised by her when you less expect it

• Forgive this guy, but no matter how much of a master he is with his witchcraft and all, he has been a loner for as long as he can remember. So if you expect him to come up to you about his feelings right away, then I’ll have to pop that little dream bubble of yours immediately. He doesn’t even realize he has fallen for you until Princess has enough of the not-so-subtle acts of his. You’re on the ride for the longest slowburn if you let him pining over you yet refuse to confess thinking it might ruin the friendship between you two. Yet in truth, the two of you already have something going on the day he decides to keep you as his helper — at least that’s something better than get turned into a frog — he just doesn’t see it because he can’t understand it just yet. A little advice for you: Just seize the opportunity as quickly as you can before he does. That will save you a very long time of unlabeled sweet intimacy with a distance. But if that’s what you prefer, then go ahead

• Funny enough is that even when the two of you are officially together, it feels like things don’t change too much as you both originally think it will. Because let’s be honest, you have been living under the same roof as him for who knows how long, even manage to get his cat daughter to be fond of your presence and have become his partner through ups and downs of his doing of experimental witchcraft. Let’s not forget the time you and him just pacing around the house sharing chores together like cleaning or cooking in general as well. It’s an odd feeling thinking about it, but it’s not necessarily a negative one. At the end of the day, your life will still continue beside his. The only difference is the display of affection for you two to be more clearer. He will rely on his actions more than words to prove that he loves you though, just a fair warning

• Sometimes he will just randomly seek you out just to stay beside you. On rare occasions, he will ramble on and on about whatever he currently has in his mind to your answer. When you’re helping him with his job, then sure, that’s expectable. Yet it doesn’t stop at just work-related stuff. Maybe some ideas he has with the on a next trip he will take, or some random knowledge that he decides to share with you. But then sometimes Witchlaser will just try to use the weather of today as an excuse to talk to you. That’s a sign for you to know that he genuinely enjoys your company. Don’t mind him yapping your ears whenever he has a chance, it’s not that usual for him to actually have someone alive for too long that — and if I dare quote, somewhat — voluntarily stays with him aside of Princess. You might think he isn’t much of a talker, but that’s just him being defensive during the first encounter with you. Witchlaser has quite the load of stories to entertain you if you allow him. This guy is definitely full of surprises. You just need to have the right questions to get to know him better

• That’s probably how you know he isn’t naturally a wizard at first. Or at least, he has gone a different path before deciding to follow down with the magic flowing in the air as his guts told him to. He doesn’t want to be reminded of his path, it’s far from a good memory with positive aspects. But at least you know that he isn’t proud of what he had to do, that he has to do so because of a promise he has made with an old friend. The details will be saved once you and him get to that point later. Knowing that he isn’t technically a professional wizard is not too surprising due to what you have seen so far. He still has his success, but in general, his success rate is being gambled by some mysterious force which makes it ridiculously low. His curiosity to test new things out will be the dead of this house someday. As for why he wants to be this ‘evil guy’ without feeling the needs to clear his name, he simply states that it keeps unwanted people away from him

• Witchlaser also has his moment of being deep in thoughts sometimes. You’re familiar with him being peacefully quiet, so there might be a chance in which you might be able to tell when is he feeling normal or upset even when he’s just staying silent. That must have been a talent at this point since he keeps that headwear on all the time, does he even have a face underneath for people to see? To tell exactly what is going on in his mind is impossible, and Witchlaser isn’t keen on letting you know because he thinks it might be a bother to you. He is used to dealing with these thoughts all by himself. It’ll go away eventually, no need to fuss over it. If you feel like you want to help him, then just be the distraction he needs. Come up to him, throw a random question at him and then wait for him to speak. Just keep it for a while, then you will find the Wizard himself start to be back in his typical self in no time

• Can you tolerate alcohol? If you’re not the type to drink, then please brace yourself to be ready whenever Witchlaser decides it’s a fine time of the day to clear out one of the bottles on his shelf like nothing but water. A questionable thing about Witchlaser being drunk by himself is that he starts to wander around the house — sometimes even into the forest — to gather all the needed ingredients before waddling back into the potion-making room. You think he will make a mess once again? Well, what did one say about Witchlaser is full of surprises? He does everything perfectly with no damage at all. The first time you ever witnessed that to happen, Princess had to bump your knee for you to close your jaw and snap back into reality. He followed all of the instructions in the spell book, conducted the potions with ease and did all of them in such a short time. Now you know how did he get to store all of those spare potions after screwing too much while making another. The fact that he does that all when he is drunk is just jaw dropping. But of course, once his drunkard’s high slowly fades into fatigue, a good sleep will then bring your clumsy beloved wizard back again

• At some point after you have stayed long enough with him, you might hear strange noises of something — or someone — on the roof in the middle of the night, especially during winter. Fear not, Witchlaser assures you that it’s just a close friend of him come to visit. That’s your first meeting with Kramptana. Honestly his sudden appearance might be a bit intimidating to get over with, but he’s actually quite the chill guy like how Witchlaser described him to you. With Kramptana around, you don’t have to worry about Witchlaser and his genius’s tendency that happened when he gets too drunk because his friend knows how to keep him on his toes. It’s mostly just a little bounding between the two, so might as well give them some space. Later on you do have some questions to Witchlaser such as how did they meet or Kramptana’s species, and like always, your lover will make it a story time for you

• With how much time you two have spent to build each other’s trust and adoration, Witchlaser doesn’t stop you from wandering off the house. As long as you’re still in his territory, of course, that’s how he can protect you from the supernatural danger lurking in this dark forest. Nonetheless, it’s still considerate of him to do so. The relationship of you guys has quite the odd opening, yet despite the bumpy start of it, things have gotten quite interesting when you are with him. Maybe he might be a bit too curious for his own good, a little clumsy and can be rather awkward - but you still adore him with all your heart. Just so you know, you’re the best surprise that has ever been thrown into his life. Your company has lightened him up as if you’re the one putting a spell on him in the first place. Witchlaser is familiar with being on his own after all those years, Princess is the first miracle that happened to him, and now you - his sweet blessing. If there is any price he’d pay to be with you, consider it done because Witchlaser will gladly burn the entire gnome’s kingdom down for your sake. And gnomes aren’t friendly, just so you know

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Note: Why do I suddenly have cravings in the middle of the night while writing this? ( O - O )

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Outerspace is so ethereal 🩷 i loved drawing her

oh and witchlaser is there too ig