“I didn’t want the world to know it either-”

⚠- A pain,               Generally speaking, a complete and total pain.       His body had endured every state of physical tribulation one could set upon a human - be it through vigorous, dangerous training, world-breaking hardship, or simply a taxed woman’s frustrated fists…         But this.. even speaking to this stubborn, greedy-handed enigma was always something to sigh about.       It wasn’t as though they were on bad terms, the Rain-user didn’t have too many difficult relations amongst his ‘comrades’, though in this case, it could simply be due to a lack of familiarity. 

                           “Hey, Viper…

                                   kora!“

Passionate tenors lacked a tentative nature, but had difficulty presenting any bit of gruffness, a soft edge to aggressive air. His approach was entirely silent, as it wasn’t proceeded by the noisy flapping wings of the stern-faced falcon resting on a shoulder, a previous form of transportation that proved impossible now, all things considered.

             “What are you even doing,

Tch.

“You barge into our headquarters and you deign to ask me what I’m doing?”

Viper sat up and closed xir laptop with a snap. Colonnello had no business in what xe was doing; he didn’t need to know, even if all Viper had been doing was performing a routine check on xir stocks. 

⚠- I’m gonna make it | R A I N |,

                                 so ring the bell

                     I know it all too well

                Switchblade on the edge of your wrist Can I get a witness?

                     Cause’ agony brings no reward

                                            || For one more hit and one last score ||                  Don’t be a casualty,

Non-binary. Xe/xir prounouns. (Male pronouns OK.)

Biologically, one can say that Viper appears female, but only through a few hints. Viper has a short stature, a small body, long hair, and appears on several occasions, most notably so in adult form during the Arcobaleno battles (manga), to have full lips, a feminine trait.

However, the very nature of the clothes that Viper wears makes it difficult to attach a gender to the person. Viper wears a long, rather-flowy cloak, and a hood that conceals the majority of the face, including eyes, from public view. This choice of attire is done primarily to retain an air of mystery, something that Viper, as an illusionist, relishes. Viper likes xir secrecy, as it proves to be advantageous on countless occasions, especially when working in the mafia, whether it is with the Vongola or Varia—though Viper has, in the past, taken up other jobs as well.

Anyone who sees Viper in public is forced to make xir own assumption about Viper’s gender, due to the obscurity of biological features that do not obviously adhere to traditional gender roles. Viper does this deliberately and likes the confusion.

Viper never enjoyed being a girl. Growing up, Viper never felt as though xir brain worked like a girl’s, even when xe ignored the stereotypical girly-girl roles; xe just never viewed things the same way. Xe never liked the things most girls seemed to satisfy themselves with, and getting teased for it eventually caused xir to grow uncomfortable with xir gender. During xir teenage years, Viper began to introduce xirself as a boy. It helped, at the time, to identify as a boy instead of a girl, and it was easy to act like one and make himself look like one; additionally, xir ability to manipulate xir appearance with illusions always helped.

Being expected to be extremely masculine, however, also caused problems. It didn’t suit xir as well when xe got older. Xe decided that neither male nor female social roles suited xir. Being agender appealed to xir a lot. By xir twenties, Viper was qualified to be a master of illusions, so it was easy for xir to brush gender off as something irrelevant. 

Viper is an illusionist, endowed with the ability do become whatever xe wanted. That was nice. That way, it didn’t matter what gender xe was. The thought satisfied xir; xe was comfortable with xirself. 

Gender neutral pronouns like xe/xir suited xir wonderfuly, but after calling xirself male for a number of years, those didn’t particularly bother xir either. Xe didn’t particularly feel drawn towards male pronouns, but xe isn’t the type to care enough to correct very many people.

10. crime drama au

Kicked back in his chair, boots up on his desk and arms behind his head, Belphegor looked to be the picture of relaxation. He even bounced his foot lightly on top of the other, in time with a song stuck in his head, as he stared at the ceiling, seemingly in contemplation.

He abruptly swung his legs down, sitting up properly in his chair to face his usual partner-in-crime. “So I would have to pay you to make you do this job with me? It’s gonna be fun though~” he lilted, though he knew it would have no effect.

"Alright, now you have my attention. I'm listening."

Mammon put his phone away and leaned over the table, propping himself onto his elbows, fingers intertwining in front of his face. Now that he had been paid, Mammon would listen to what Belphegor wanted to say about this job he was interested in and wanted Mammon to accompany him on.

"What are your orders and how do you propose we go about this?"