#witherborn

Look at this gremlin, who primarily hunts humans.

Warning for gore and violence.

Absolutely!

Cross, ever the guard and stoic dude he is, follows from afar. Not noticeable, but tracking every movement your kidnapper makes. His colouration doesn't quite always help him to fit into his surroundings, but still manages to get relatively close. The only warning your kidnapper will get is the angry wail-hiss that petrifies all people before the kidnapper has been cut in half and you're hoisted up into Cross' arms.

Horror is hunting them down. Immediately. He doesn't care- he knows he's faster than your kidnapper, so in all reality, they never really stood a chance. He's an intimidating figure- larger and stronger than his other counterparts.

And a lot more feral.

Taking Horror's mate is worse than a death wish. He'll tear your kidnapper apart piece by piece until they're barely hanging onto life and then and only then will he apply his withering magic and let them die.

How would the witherborn (assuming there's already an established relationship) react if she passed out from heatstroke or something? (She lives in a cave, she's used to the cold so yeah she's not having a good time lol)

A very big and broad question- definitely nice seeing asks like this come through, though. You get the ones off of the top of my head

Killer is initially alarmed. He doesn't live in a SOULsand valley like the majority of the others- the nether (hell, even the desert) has to be hell for you. He's immediately grabbing you and either getting through a nether portal or sprinting at top speed towards a SOULsand valley to keep you cool. While he keeps up a charming and suave and uncaring bravado (and he cannot feel remorse or empathy), that doesn't stop him from being like "oh. oh fuck."

Dust sort of blinks twice before tilting his head and trying to figure out a way to cool you down. This... actually quite likely ends with you in his arms because, unlike the others, he is very cold to the touch. Not so much that it'd shock you and hurt (due to the contrast between heat and cold) but to the point where it may be... slightly uncomfortable? He'd be getting you to a deep dark as soon as he could- not that he's exactly well-travelled in the overworld.

Lust would likely immediately freak out and help you as well as he could. He can't say he's great at dealing with species he's unaware of- but he's trying his best. He lives deep in the warped forest, so the temperatures are slightly cooler there, but the best thing is, is the fact he has a nether portal right next to his house.

Ccino you wouldn't have met in the nether- so you'll be in a desert. His immediate reaction is actually to simply burrow underground to the much, much cooler cave systems and bring you what you need in order to aid you in your recovery. Any mob that decides to fuck around will find out.

Depends entirely on who you're talking about!

Really depends on just how devoted you are to them, because they do remember scents and SOUL frequencies, so they'll know it's you.

Classic is probably "run for your life a couple times but you'll get away mostly without injury"

Red is probably "yeah you could do it- just expected to be attacked a couple times (I hope you have netherite gear and some pretty damn strong shields and God Apples if you want to live though)"

Dust is very likely closer to the whole "you will die several times, but eventually he'll just get tired of it and let you hang around (aka, he likes you)"

Nightmare, though, is very near the edge of "Will require too many respawns to be worth it."

So is Error and also likely Killer, but everyone's worth it if you hang around for long enough.

Look at the pretty guy

Info about Witherborn under the cut

(All Witherborn Sanses or just some if you want)

NO I LEFT THIS IN MY DRAFTS FOR SO LONG HELP /silly

I'll do as many as pop into my head :D

Classic is. . . usually just a chill guy. Doesn't really lash out, not super territorial, but if you're in danger? This silly guy is pissed. The fact that your life is on the line worries him, sure, but he's hell of a lot faster than any measly human. He probably waits until the kidnapper is near their nether portal and then he strikes. I'd imagine there's quite the bloodbath.

Red is immediately pissed off. His keen senses pick up on the panic and worry radiating from your SOUL and he tracks you down instantly. If you're being actively threatened at that point he may silently stay in his festering rage for a bit until he sees an opening. The kidnapper dies, and you're going to have trouble leaving him for at least a day.

Dust is elusive- far more sneaky than any other out there- so he'll be right behind your kidnapper before anyone realises it. It's an absolute bloodbath, and Dust will keep them alive long enough to feel their limbs burning off from the lava he slowly dunks them into.

Killer is a sneaky little shit. Key words being: Little Shit. He'll probably turn up all nice and curious and non-threatening until your kidnapper turns their back and suddenly, they find themselves launched into a pit of lava.

This can be for either your Wither boys or the Avian boys, but in either case, if their partner was human there might be decent gaps in when they see each other again. (If I understand right, the Withers would typically prefer to stay in the Nether and the Avains have duties to preform for their flock.)

How would they react when they see their partner again? If they get lonely or miss them, how do they deal with it?

Thank you! (I hope your writs feel better, also! Take it easy when you can :] )

Why thank you! And I have been having a wonderful day!

I'll be answering this. . . semi-vaguely. Not super in depth but enough to give you a general understanding of how they'd feel.

With Witherborn, it's not always that they don't want to leave the Nether- it's usually that they can't. Unless they were initially summoned in the overworld, they will suffer extreme pain and burns from any form of water that touches them outside of the nether. Which means snow, water, ice, vapour, etc.

If they were summoned outside of it, that means they have this funky lil' ability to sort of "switch" between a more. . . skeleton-like creature and their usual witherborn self. Some even get human disguises.

Now, Witherborn are usually solitary creatures- save for a mate (or mates- it's not uncommon for them to have poly relationships) and maybe a couple kids.

But if that mate weren't to always be around, they would probably feel loneliness for the first time in their lives.

Killer, Error, Classic, Dream, and Swap are especially bad when it comes to missing their s/o. This does mean they will smother you in affection (in their own ways, as Error is still haphephobic here) as soon as you return.

Others like Nightmare, Horror, Fresh, Cross, Ink (who is a platonic mate) and Epic can go a bit longer without feeling too lonely, though they will still very muchly relish in your return and likely "kidnap" you for a while.

Dust, believe it or not, can actually go the longest without missing you. He'll still definitely remember you (and perhaps spiral down the thought process of "oh fuck did I do something wrong are they leaving me? are they even coming back?") but he isn't... overly lonely. He's used to being alone. He's been alone for a long while, after all- but whenever he's around others, they'll always comment that it seems as if he's missing someone. He always stands a bit to the side of the room as if he's making space for another someone to be. He doesn't get so much as lonely as he does melancholy and a bit bittersweet. When you return he'll be happy, but you won't notice too much more affection from him.

Make no mistake, he's definitely happy to have you back though.

Do you think you could do dating HCs for Dust? The way you wrote him was pretty funny.

Of course! And don't worry- I fully understand the feeling. I didn't feel like I was being rushed at all :]

I'm going to be fully honest, I dearly love Witherborn (And Original) Dust. He's such a silly guy.

Dust, usually, is very very reserved and more of an observer than anything else

And when he does like someone, it comes off as hatred because for once in his life he's experiencing emotions that he never has before

Which means he's going to be glaring at you as he desperately fights and strangles the emotions inside of him

He's a pathetic pretty boy that would rather forgo his lava invulnerability and jump into the ocean of fire sitting at the edge of his territory than admit he gives a fuck

But you'll find out anyway eventually

One of his favourite things to do is simply come up behind you and wrap some part of him around you.

It can be an arm, or it could be his tail

He likes to walk with you places- it calms his urge to hunt and prowl and pace

He loves smooches. A lot. But you won't ever here him say so