The Looming Autumn Gloom

The Looming Autumn Gloom

ScaraKazu + Electro Archon!Scara, yokai!Kazuha, alternate timeline, canon divergence

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Raiden Muu often asked himself,

What use is there in a God of Eternity when eternity doesn't exist?

His path between his ascension as Electro Archon to the present day has been fraught with losses. One by one, he had less companions walking by side until only one remained: Kazuha, Patron Deity of Higi Village, the Raiden Shogun's Divine Emissary.

As the sole survivors of a distant time, Muu fretted over the minor god's mortality. Kazuha was undoubtedly strong, having survived the Archon War and millennia thereafter, but he wasn't invincible. Muu would be delusional to entertain such a notion, having experienced what he had. Then, the Cataclysm knocked on Inazuma's doorstep.

While the Raiden Shogun fought in Khaenri'ah on Celestia's behalf, his Divine Emissary contended with a darkness that threatened Land of Eternity. Both emerged victorious from their campaigns, but Kazuha was tainted by the filth the darkness brought. He deteriorated day-by-day before his archon's very eyes. He would vanish and leave nothing behind except a husk.

In the centuries that followed, his desperation mounting, Muu sought every method that would save Kazuha.

Everything failed.

Ultimately, the archon watched in abject horror as his beloved warped and contorted into something eldritch: an arborescent wretch with barely a humanoid shape. Only its cadaverous face, empty eyes, and dingy mane of once-shining hair reminded him of Kazuha, and the looming shadow of his death threatened to drive him insane. (Perhaps he already was after Kazuha lost the last of his wits and never spoke another word again.)

Just when he finally resolved to grant him the mercy of death, the Fatui harbinger, Dottore, appeared to him before the throne. With a wide grin, the Doctor offered him a solution to his dilemma as long as he turned a blind eye to their activities. Muu accepted his terms.

That was how he became part their project in Sumeru, helping them revitalize Kazuha as a new god.

NoéVani in Hogwarts

Title speaks for itself.

Their relationship dynamic is comparable to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's.

Noé is definitely the Hufflepuff that befriends and eventually romances the Viper Among the Slytherins that is Vanitas.

The nickname comes largely from his disregard toward Slytherin House's rep, consorting with anyone and everyone while breaking Hogwarts' rules as he sees fit. He's the sole cause for them having never won the House Cup from his enrollment to his graduation.

Noé as a Quidditch player would definitely wave at Vani after a victory, unaware of a stray bludger comin' right for him until his bf destroys it when it's, like, an inch from his face.

N, beaming: Thank you, mon cœur~ / V: Pay attention, nitwit! 💢💢

The rest of the Slytherin spectator box grumble and mumble amongst themselves, still resentful but used to them by this point.

Vanitas probably has a short career at St. Mungo's before becoming Head Nurse of Hogwarts' Hospital Wing to be closer to Noé, the Muggle Studies professor.

NoéVani are both animagi: a Turkish Angora cat and Thestral respectively.

Listen, the HP wiki said 'tis possible for an animagus to become a magical creature. (Ofc, it's more accurate to say it's been debated in the wizarding world, but we're not gonna talk about that.) Vani here is just a confirmation of that.

Noé is definitely registered at the Ministry, but his partner...will neither confirm nor deny his status. It's likely he became one at, in the eyes of the Ministry, an illegal age; thus, if he did register himself, it was long after the fact.

Vanitas thinks his Thestral form is a sick joke from the universe. Their association with death is like a confirmation that he's responsible for the tragedies in his life.

If you think cat!Noé wouldn't be every Hufflepuff's emotional support animal, you would be wrong.

Yes, Noé has an enchanted flying vehicle that his partner calls a deathtrap.

Vanitas would rather use any other means of transportation and even offer himself as a mount.

N: But your rump is too boney! I get sore after just an hour! / V: Weren't sayin' that last night about my rump. 😏 / N: 😳

"Vanitas" is actually a middle name, taken from Vani's ill-reputed mentor, the Magus of the Blue Moon. His true name is Céleste (SEH-lest), and he was adopted into that same mentor's House of De la Lune.

Unoriginal family name but apt.

The De la Lune House, particularly the Magus of the Blue Moon, was made infamous for a spell they created that could strip a witch or wizard of their magical abilities.

Mikhail is also a De la Lune, but more on him some other time.

"Ciel" is out of the question. I associate it too heavily with Black Butler.

Noé is one of two people alive who knows his partner's given name, and he guards that privilege like it's his greatest treasure.

The Archiviste House is famous for producing powerful Legilimens, and Noé is no exception. Unfortunately, he's supposedly the last Archiviste alive, the sole survivor of some horrific incident.

There is one year when a teacher is struck down by an illness and won't be back to school until the next year; so, Vani is asked to substitute on their behalf. He gets a nice pay raise for the inconvenience.

Depending on who he's substituting for, he could find himself becoming the temporary head of a house.

If he's the Interim Head of Gryffindor, there is chaos.

He wouldn't accept the professor title; his usual "Nurse De la Lune" is perfectly fine.

So, I got this vague idea inspired by pirate- and spirit-blessed!Zuko AU's where Agni basically transforms the scarred side of our boi's face. Like, the skin there becomes covered in deep crimson scales. The ear sorta reforms into something more pointed. His damaged eye becomes bright with a slit pupil, starkly visible even in total darkness.

I wanna say that such a drastic change in his appearance would absolutely demoralize him because so what if he captures the Avatar? He looks like a monster! He's been cursed by the spirits or something for his weakness, and he's on the brink of losing it completely. Maybe not even the crew he set sail with initially can tolerate him because he looks like such an omen, and that's what pushes him over the edge.

I don't know how he'd begin his career in piracy exactly, or if he'd involve himself in some other form of illegal activity, but I know his notoriety earns him monikers like "Dragoneye" and "Scaleface."

Been a long while since I thought about MDZS, and after reading a couple Royalty AU's, I began wondering about one in which the central characters are the Juniors. An omega WWX is enjoying retirement as Empress Dowager Zhehuang alongside his alpha, the Emperor Emeritus, previously the Hanguang Emperor. First Prince SZ was named Crown Prince despite being an omega and ascended as the dynasty's reigning empress. Before his coronation, he was already married to the only alpha son of the noble Jin clan, Prince Consort JL, and after him, OYZZ entered the household. LJY is Jiang Jingyi, heir to alpha JC and omega LXC. (I know: a ~real~ switcheroo.) As for a plot, there really isn't one; I can only imagine that a child of JZXun or any other uppity noble attempts to stir up trouble within the royal family.

ABO AU where ghost!Tomo watches Kazuha raise their pup, become a grandmom to their pup’s pups, and so on. He shrinks to an even smaller size and goes senile, but he’s surrounded by a large family. When Kazuha’s time’s up, he’s resting in his favorite rocking chair, and milky eyes look directly at Tomo for the first time in ages. Then, the little widow holds out his wrinkled hand.

“Finally here to sweep me off my feet and fly me to Eternity?”

Tomo smiles and bows like a gent.

"Sorry for the wait, Princess."

I am a simple-minded fool with a single brain cell, and as soon as I laid eyes on Vanitas, my immediate thoughts were, That man is very beautiful and wife material; thus, he is an omega.

Thank you for reading my nonsense.