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The ship lurches, tosses. It groans, like the death cry of a great whale, before belly-flopping onto the ocean with and intensity to cause its ribs to crack. Seawater splashes in through the gunports, salty, the taste of a beckoning grave. Unlashed cargo rolls, barrels shattering open on cabin walls, their watered-down rum leaking through the fresh, splintered holes in the hull.
And in the middle of it, you, caught like a stray die in a game of Liar's Dice, tossed around in the dark, just waiting for the time you roll a single lonesome dot.
The ship rolled, caught by the waves again - only for it to be heaved into the air once more. You can bearly hear your fellow sailors above the way the ship yowls and complains. You reach for a hanging hammock, and hold on for dear life. Splinters spray across your back as something causes the far hull to cave in... and then you're briefly weightless, your feet leaving the ground, even a one-tonne bundle of spare sails by your side rising into the air...
This time when you crash into the ground, the deck shatters beneath your feet, and you barely manage to hold on to the hammock as it rips apart. Your feet run helplessly over the void, catching on a shattered rib of hull just before you lose your grip for good-
And something - something big, and cascading with water, and an eerie luminous green - slams through the deck from above, a wave of shattered planks and twisted iron grating carried with it. An unlashed cannon tumbles towards you, and you duck just in time, its barrel pulverising the wood you're holding onto - and then you're in the ocean-
You're in the ocean.
The dark, deep ocean.
And you're struck, suddenly, by its coldness. It's vastness. The unending blue and black in every direction you look, save the disappearing pale turquoise to one side and the yawning void on the other, and the two halves of your ship, your lifeboat, split into two like a child's toy and trailing bubbles and split masts...
It's calm down here. A deathly, incomprehensible calm, in the face of a calamity you've yet to fathom. There was no ship. No call to battle, no report of a storm, and yet...
And yet, a dark shadow slips its way over the depth. You see it, outlined in the flittering rays of a sun so distant it's almost a memory...
You turn, a slow sweeping motion... and stare up...
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I heard it's Smaugust and @pencilcat made this list of prompts, which reminded me that I have this fish dragon from a recent commission <3 Character is Keyser owned by Volp!
BURNING BRIDGES
A/N: I wanted to start off this blog with a replaced! Mc au But the Mc does not give so much importance to the bros or the datables so all in all a badass, respectful Mc who is least bothered of the obey me! Cast replacing them 😊 also thanks to @camagueyys for the wonderful idea <33
TW: OOC brothers, OOC datables , abandonment, minor cusses, berating behaviours, please let me know if I missed something 💖
You knew these were scummy demons. You expected it too, especially from the demon prince and his butler himself. But never did you expect this from the angels and the sorcerer. You were glad of course, that this happened else you wouldn’t be able to see their true ugly faces until now. You scoffed at the brothers, the royals, the angels, and the sorcerer looking at their sorry state in front of you now. Talk about acting pathetic. You merely glared at them and went on about with your friends in the human world. Mannerless, disgusting beings, thinking they can throw you away and still expect you to stay like a loyal lapdog waiting it’s master’s return. You wouldn’t give them that satisfaction. They didn’t deserve it.
10 MONTHS EARLIER
Lucifer knocked on your door while you were talking with your mother. Talk about a bad timing. “Oh sweetie, someone seems to be knocking on your door. We shall talk later okay?” You smiled at her. “Sure mom! I’ll tell you all about what happened today later tonight!!” She laughed “sure you will. Now go and open the door. Love you” “love you too mom” you smiled at her and cut the call and made your way to the door. “How long do I have to knock to get your attention Mc..” “oops sorry Lucifer, I was talking to my mother before you oh so rudely interrupted us.” You sneered. He merely rolled his eyes and started speaking again, much to your dismay. “Lord Diavolo wants us at his castle. Get ready.” And with that he left. “Imagine knocking and interrupting my time for that.” You whispered to yourself and got ready and hurried down the stairs to see the seven brothers waiting for you. “Took ya long enough, human.” Mammon said with a sigh. You rolled your eyes and got into the carriage and went to the castle with the brothers. There you found The prince and a human? A witch? You really couldn’t tell. “Ah I’m so glad you all made it here!” The prince exclaimed. You smiled at him “how the fuck is this man even a prince” you thought to yourself when suddenly the prince introduced the new student Alya. They seemed nice and genuinely interested in you. You gave a warm welcoming smile to them. You were tasked with showing the new student around and boy did you and Alya have fun. You chatted with them, showed them the palace, library, boutiques, restaurants and all the famous spots of Devildom. They practically had stars in their eyes as they watched you explain the famous spots, the pastries, and clung on to you while you showed them around the place.
The brothers were a bit hesitant at first. As expected of them. But you were surprised when the brothers took them in with welcoming arms. You were never treated this good when you first came in… what got into these brothers? At first Alya tried their level best to spend time with you as much as they could but the brothers did not like it one bit. They all literally forced Alya to spend time with them. You then started noticing the change in behaviour of the brothers towards you. You noticed how they would glare at you anytime you tried to interrupt their time with Alya while the student looked at you apologetically. They also started insulting you indirectly and stopped leaving food for you at all. It was Alya who gave you food when the brothers “forgot” . Alya even cancelled their plans with the brothers just to make up for all the lost time the brothers took away from you two. Even the royals, the angels, and the sorcerer started acting distant towards you as they all spent their time with Alya who seemed genuinely uncomfortable with them. You always helped them out of those uncomfortable situations. You noticed how Alya got all the recognition from the prince these days. You noticed how your work was almost never noticed and how Alya was congratulated for getting a 70% on their test while you were at the top of your class with a 99% . Maybe this was just a honeymoon phase. Wrong. In fact now, the brothers openly degraded and berated you while giving obvious favouritism to Alya. It was then you lost all hope in these brothers and the others. Maybe Diavolo would let you go back home? Yes. He should let you go back. You knew that by sticking around here longer the treatment would only get worse. It was then Alya barged into your room with no warning what so ever that scared the living daylights out of you. “Thank god they left me alone-“ they pant out and you laugh.
“You seem to be having fun” “Mc!” They hit you playfully and you giggled. “In all seriousness though… mc?” “Hmm?” “Did they… once… mean something to you?” You stared at them in surprise. “I’m not sure what are you talking about, Alya.” “I mean… did they treat you the same way before I came?” You sighed and put your books down and looked at them with a blank face. This caused them to become worried. “Did I say something wrong? You seem troubled..” “no Alya, don’t worry.” You patted her shoulder and motioned her to sit beside you. They complied and pulled out a chair and sat beside you. “No.” “What?” “No Alya. During my stay here I was never treated as good as you. I have been living here for 2 years straight but never have they once put so much care into me as much as they put into you.” Alya’s eyes widened. “I was forced to do things their way or else I would be ignored or hurtful words would be spat at me. I was lucky I didn’t develop any sort of emotional attachment to them so I’m not feeling sad or angry right now. But I was never treated with even half the care you receive now.” “It does hurt a little you know. To watch someone you cared for so much even if it’s fake or forced for that matter use you as a punching bag. But if you want to know if I’m feeling lonely or not don’t worry, I have made a bunch of friends here in RAD too who are much better than these brothers and the others.” You squeezed their hand with a reassuring smile while they felt disgusted with the audacity of these demons. They squeezed your hand in return. “Mc…” and do you want to know what Lucifer said to me yesterday?” They nodded. “I want to know Mc.. I know it’s not good but I still want to know.” You nodded and mimicked lucifer’s voice ”ehem. You are a disgrace Mc. A failure. Alya is doing so much better than you are here. Aren’t you ashamed? Don’t get too comfortable Mc. I’m warning you. Sometimes I wish I never chose you.” Alya’s eyes widened with rage. “That son of a bitch” you looked at her , amused at her choice of words. “They harmed you Mc! Why are you giggling??” “You sure got guts, Alya, calling Lucifer that.” They pouted. “He deserves it.” You both laughed. For the first time you felt good. Suddenly Alya grabbed your hand “Mc.. you don’t need to stay here.” “Hmm?” “I mean.. these guys treat you like thrash you know. They don’t deserve you. I mean i’m surprised that you never used all the information you have against them you know…” you stared at the floor trying to process what you had just heard. Should you… really leave? You were suddenly pulled out of your thoughts when you felt Alya grab your hand “Mc?” They asked looking worried. “I was never allowed to use my pacts for “useless matters” Alya. Though I suppose you are right. I’ve entertained these clowns for way too long. I’ll talk to Diavolo about this issue.” Alya stared at you with a smile. “Im happy you are finally acknowledging your worth Mc. And because of that I shall come along with you!” They declared by ending it on a loud note which caused you to giggle. “Well? Shall we go now?” They looked at you and smiled. “Of course!” And with that you both got ready and headed to the castle. Of course you received some glares from the brothers as you walked but felt Alya grab your hand as a form of reassurance. You squeezed it and walked ignoring the glares. It took a while but you both got there. Upon entering you noticed Barbatos smile at you but you just looked at him coldly and walked past him into the prince’s office which surprised him. Never had he seen you be this cold towards him. “Ah Alya! Mc! What a surprise! What brings you here today?” He approached to give you a friendly hug but you stopped him by raising a hand with a blank face. “Hmm? Mc? What happened?” “We need to talk. Diavolo”
….TO BE CONTINUED….
Work in progress. Kenric’s Grand Wyrm form. I’m working with the idea leviathan’s can trigger metamorphosis with more ease the older they get. At the start of the story Rico is basically a toddler at 20 years. Yevgeniy is pretty much a teenager at 50 or so years old in leviathan terms. Vito at a few hundred years can be thought of middle aged. Kenric is everyone’s boisterous grandpa.
For all thoughts and purposes they are functionally immortal. No one know how long a leviathan is capable of living.
This picture was taken at the exposition of Anish Kapoor where he had filled the Grand Palais in Paris with an enormous, inflatable art piece.
The Mc is the Avatar Haha~
Squigly from Skullgirls!! ☆.☆
Squigle aka Sienna Contiello and Leviathan
My fav duo in Skullgirl 💀💙🫀
Something that is so funny to me about when goyim (specifically edgelords, Wiccans, christians,etc) talk about demons and its like hey pal...idk where you got that idea from
For example "Leviathan" or its actual name the levi'atan in the original jewish Hebrew text....yall in the original text its just a big fish. Not a demon, definitely not a king of hell...just a very large fish. Not even a cool sea monster...just a very very large fish meant to be eaten.