Let It All Out, Let It All Out  You Don’t Have To Think Your Heart Is Made Of Steel. – Heavily Inspired

in the prison under the castle allaze, in the dark, moldy cells where the greatest criminals in mellinor spent the remainder of their lives counting rocks to stave off madness, eli monpress was trying to wake up a door.

the legend of eli monpress by rachel aaron [x]

I would just like to immortalize this right here

And now I’m crying, and want to write fix-it for something that didn’t happen

“Do it,” Josef says, as Eli stands poised with the Hunter’s seed in hand, hesitation showing painfully clear on his face. “Before I change my mind, Eli!” 

And Eli nods, and swallows what he was about to say, and pushes the hand clutching the brilliant-white pearl into Josef’s chest. He’s in up to the wrist before he checks himself and pulls back, but by that point Josef has gone stock-still, his expression a combination of shock and determination. 

—

When the world ceases being brilliant-white, Nico finds Josef again. She shouldn’t be so surprised to see him bright-white and at odds with the suddenly-dingy landscape, but she is, because Josef has always been quietly ominous rather than blinding opposition. 

Looking at him hurts. 

She’s almost convinced herself that it’s because he’s practically shining, rather than because she is a demon, when he tears a hole in the Veil with a swing of the Heart. 

There’s work to be done, he says. The Heart and I will hold off the demons. I’ll leave the rest to you, Eli.

He steps through the hole, and Nico waits for it to close, and chokes on the words that she does not want to say. She has never wanted to bid Josef Liechten goodbye. 

She is just about to try when she steps halfway back through the hole. 

Are you coming or not?

—

“You know what this means, right?” 

It’s a question that has to be asked, because she’s never completely sure if Eli knows exactly what he’s getting himself into when he takes the first leap. 

This time, though, he knows, and he is still just as determined.

“Of course. Go save the world.” When she doesn’t move, he adds, “Can’t get my bounty to a million standards if there’s no world to set the bounty, after all,” and manages a smile. 

“A hundred years is a long time.”

“Please. I’m Eli Monpress, greatest thief in the world, and I will steal time itself if I have to.” 

He pushes her through the portal after Josef, and it closes of its own volition. 

The last time they see Eli Monpress alive, he is giving them his trademark cheeky grin, and he is trying desperately to hide the fact that his blue eyes are filled with tears. 

———

a/n: Eli’s original plan, before the Lord of Storms provided another out, was to make Josef the Hunter. He must have known that Josef would never have done it without Nico out there at his side. 

He was ready to give up everything he loved for the sake of the world. 

Tell me that’s not sacrifice.

That’s not a toy

BONUS:

“The company training room…We used to sneak in there for fun, when the 2nds were out…”

this is probably the worst thing i’ve ever done i’m so sorry

This speaks to My Soul.

This is the best explanation I could come up with for why it takes me so long to do updates sometimes when, at other times, I’m typing them up like clockwork.

Sharing this for KaiShin reasons.

I love how Conan is KIDs favourite audience. Because Conan alsways motivates him to do his best. Otherwise he wouldn’t amaze him…and amazing someone like Conan is the highest praise for Kaito, that’s for sure.

“That kind of magic should I use to boggle his mind next time?” - he said, after almost being blown up by him.

And next time he got a beautiful reaction even though he didn’t suceed with “teleporting” the second time. He was happy to have achieved such a reaction out of Conan.

You can’t deny that their relationship is anything but boring lol.

Reblog if you remember Huntik: Secrets & Seekers and their super awesome theme song