"It's Almost That Time Next Week, Huh?"

[ Mayari looks over to Oliver, seeing the same expression he's making as her. ]

"Judging from that reaction, I assume that she might've......already told you, did she? On behalf of the rest of our classmates, I'm really sorry, Oliver."

[ She bows as she starts to apologize to him. ]

To Mayari,

"Uh, hi, Allie was rambling alot about you to me and begged me to start a conversation with you. She was rambling on and whatnot about how you and I would get along really well or something? Oh Lord, where are my manners... I am Oliver Noiralle, I do Fashion Design, pleased to meet you."

@the-feathered-fashionista

[ Mayari's hair glows into white, while her eyes glow into white and blue separately due to the surprise of this. ]

"Oh, you're one of Allie's friends?"

Oh no, how am I gonna introduce myself without scaring her friend off with my talent? But since Allie told him about me, I should be fine, right???

"I-I'm Mayari. Mayari Sadélle.

I'm the..... The Ultimate Test Subject.

Nice to meet you, too."

4/3 Days Left

😨

"I still think I must've look ridiculous because of my scars...... You and everyone else look really nice, though, Kuya Ciano."

[ Mayari whines as her hair and eyes glow out of embarrassment. ]

"Ohhh.....I think Cherri might consider this as an April Fool's prank...."

We are seeing a whole lotta pink today...

.........I'm so sorry, everyone

"Mayari Sadélle, we have a question for you,"

"Hm? A......question? Is this another one of the trick questions where you'd study my behavior? my principles? anything of the sort?"

"Something along the lines"

".......Alright, what is it?"

"What are you?"

"......What?"

"We will not give you any time to ponder over this question. You must answer this immediately."

"Or what? What sort of consequences would I go through that would go far worse than I already have?"

"That is not important to discuss"

"We ask you again. Mayari Sadélle,

What are you?"

"............"

" I'm........ an eclipse."

🌕🌑🌗

[ Mayari nodded ]

"Mhmm.... I think so."

[ She glances over to the milk, realizing that she and Hazel haven't eaten or drank anything since they started exploring ]

"Can I....have some milk too, Ozzie?"

"Got wifi here...but we can only contact each other on this "tumblr" thing, eh? Weird, but it's fine, I guess."

"Anyone else see this?"

[ Surprised by her friend bursting into tears, Mayari panicked while her hair glowed into white and her eyes blue, thinking that she might've offended her on accident. But when Hazel said that her gift was perfect, she stopped and gave her a small smile, one of her eyes turning into glowing white. ]

".....I'm glad."

[ She gave Hazel a gentle hug, slowly making small circles on her back, and said the words that the assistant needed to hear. ]

"Happy Birthday, Hazel."

"Hi Hazel! It's Mayari. Your birthday's on the 20th, right? I made something for you..... I know it isn't much, but I wanted to give you something."

[ She hands you a jar filled with colored paper stars. ]

“ … Huh, Mi… I mean, Mayari, what do you…? ”

[ She eyes the jar and looks up at Mayari, now fully processing the words spoken. ] “ … Oh… It’s my birthday today… My birthday… today…? “ “ … The 20th… April 20th… That’s right… “

[ They look down at the ground slightly. ]

“ My apologies, I appear to have forgotten… “ [ She gingerly takes the paper-star filled jar from Mayari, holding it in her hands as if it’d be taken away if she ever let go or let her eyes off of it for even a moment. ] [ It’d been… too long, truly, too long since she’d remembered a birthday of hers. How long had it been…? Three years…? Four years…? It was a miserable haze of time she’d failed to recollect, and she let her focus back on the gift. ]

[ How… how long had Mayari spent making all of these stars, just for her birthday? They were only mimics of stars, much like her hairclips, never truly reminiscent of the lights above. But… they had love and care crafted into them. How long had it been since she’s felt that? ]

[ Now she’s holding space in her hands, the stars in her eyes, and it’s hers, all hers, nobody else’s but hers. Her love, and it’s all for her to keep, never to give away. ] [ They’d always thought they could never touch the stars, after all the sacrifice. Ever since the tiger convinced her to stay. Even with all of her dreams… They were always nothing more than dreams. But… maybe, even if she couldn’t fully change… Maybe she could touch the stars, she could at least try to stay strong. ]

[ She didn’t realize it, but she was crying. Tears fell from her eyes and clouded her vision, but she didn’t wipe it away and hide… She just stayed like that, a small smile creeping up on her face. ] [ Even with all the money she could use, all the money she could buy gifts and food and hell, even businesses with… She was swarmed with a feeling she couldn’t buy before. ]

[ Happiness. ] ” … No, no, Mayari. This is… this is enough. This is more than enough. Thank you… thank you so, so much. I… I don’t know how… How I can re… “ [ She sniffs, voice becoming high-pitched and wavering. ] “ … I don’t know how I can repay you. This is… Perfect. “

“ …It’s perfect. Thank you…. “

your writing is so chefs kiss i can’t-

i was wondering,,,,, perchance damon enemies to lovers hc with a detective reader - idk i can’t get over damon’s reaction to meeting someone with a personality like kyoko yk?😭💕 much love and take care of yourself !!

OMG THANK YOUUU 💜 swear I would've got this done hours ago I refused to get off of overwatch

Usually I kinda keep it vague if the asks don't mention if there's a killing game going on but this time I will say, this is in a canon situation

Damon Maitsu:

This rivalry either started with him outwardly detesting your talent in some way, or you acting like you're better than him

We know that he has a little issue with putting down people's talents so if you weren't ACTIVELY on a case where you're doing detective work then he's gonna question you

So there's a lot of potential for beef at the beginning

Plus he would SO get annoyed when you try to be more mysterious than him, but that only makes him more curious about you

So, he ends up seeking you out. If you're willing to talk to him, the furthest you two would get would be a simple conversation, nothing too meaningful

It seemed like he was trying to get information out of you during it but it's not like you wouldn't be observing him as well, and he knows that

That practice trial would almost seem like a competition from anyone elses point of view

It would seem like there was tension between you two for the start and you two would be racing to get to a correct conclusion

It would either take someone else's input or his own attempts at clarity after the trial to realize that the whole thing was extremely draining and dramatic for seemingly no reason

After that you might see him back down a little bit and actually try working with you

He knows that there's probably something behind your stoic demeanor and if he has to share a bit of information about his own life to get past that, then he will

It goes from challenge to tolerance to interest really quick. Or is it that the interest was always there?

It would take quite a bit of sacrifice (Damon letting go of his ego and stubbornness and you putting your walls down) to get to actually talking to each other normally but it would eventually happen

We know he's not big on gaming but he felt like he reached a checkpoint when you actually smiled at him or put your hand on his shoulder

He would become very easy to fluster and might act a bit snappy to try and "protect himself", but you know better. Just let him act that way until he allows himself to accept that he likes you. He would be in denial for soooo long atp just confront him. Kiss him to get him to shut up. SOMETHING.

Honestly everyone thought you were dating long before you actually were just because you two act like both an old married couple AND like children

Let him grumble to himself, you know he loves you lmaoo

[ Mayari's hair and eyes dim back from glowing white to brown as she thinks about her answer. ]

"Hmm.... I thought it was risky for me to tell them that at the time since we just met at the time and I have...... an unsettling upbringing. I partially told them my reasons, of course, and let them call me the Ultimate Enigma for the time being. but when the Tozu Trinkets,"

[ She unfurls one of her sleeves to show something that looks like a watch. ]

"This watch, started to show everyone's profiles, including mine a day later, I knew my true talent would be discovered one way or another. So, I basically confessed to everyone about that. I thought they'd be furious at me because I wasn't brave enough to admit that on the first impression, but they didn't. They just accepted that and understood why I did that, one of them..... even called me "honorable." "

[ As she says that last sentence, her hair glows back into white. But this time, her eyes glow into blue to indicate her sadness. ]

To Mayari,

"Uh, hi, Allie was rambling alot about you to me and begged me to start a conversation with you. She was rambling on and whatnot about how you and I would get along really well or something? Oh Lord, where are my manners... I am Oliver Noiralle, I do Fashion Design, pleased to meet you."

@the-feathered-fashionista

[ Mayari's hair glows into white, while her eyes glow into white and blue separately due to the surprise of this. ]

"Oh, you're one of Allie's friends?"

Oh no, how am I gonna introduce myself without scaring her friend off with my talent? But since Allie told him about me, I should be fine, right???

"I-I'm Mayari. Mayari Sadélle.

I'm the..... The Ultimate Test Subject.

Nice to meet you, too."