Deviled Egg - Epilogue by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Epilogue
Epilogue - Palette Town
The garden was nowhere near as overgrown as I was expecting it to be. It still wasn’t as well kept as when mom was taking care of it, but it was under control. I was really surprised at the state of the place. Eight years is a long time for a house to remain unoccupied, but it looked taken care of, no sign of age whatsoever. I hesitated on the doorstep, looking down at the keys I held so tightly. As if they could disappear any second. As if this was just another dream. But if it was one, I didn’t want to wake from it. I took a deep breath and unlocked the door.
The inside followed the trend of the outsid
Somehow, Just Like My Mangas by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Somehow, Just Like My Mangas
There was a weird rumor around my school. You know the classic gag of ‘If the teacher is fifteen minutes late we’re legally allowed to leave’? Well, that wasn’t the one you heard around my school. Oh no, what we got was ‘If the teacher is 15 minutes late we are legally allowed to take the class nerd and put him in the girl's uniform.’ Nobody knew why the rumor was started, or who started it, or when, but everyone knew it. And everyone seemed to be ready to uphold it, to fulfill it, to the point each classroom had a spare girl’s uniform stashed in it, sized to the class nerd in question. This of course had the unfortunate effect of making me nervous every time a class was supposed to start. Why would it make me nervous? Well, the answer to that question should be quite obvious. I was the class nerd. Big round glasses, a manga volume in my bag to read during break, niche trivia knowledge and interests. Introverted, quiet, shy, reclusive, left to my own devices by my classmates. None of
Deviled Egg - Chapter 36 by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Chapter 36
Chapter 36 - Live and Learn
So, the Pearly Gates, with Saint Peter in front of them, judging you before letting you into Heaven?
Yeah imagine something closer to the gate of a gated community, as tall as the Eiffel Tower, with Saint Peter sitting on a little stool in a guard shack. Saint Peter himself? Mall cop outfit. For whatever reason, the moment his eyes fell on Katka, he covered his arms to the best of his ability. I wasn’t sure if it was worth it to ask Katka what all that was about, but she just shot Saint Peter a look. A look that was like a cat looking at her prey that she has all intentions of annihilating.
I wa
Deviled Egg - Chapter 35 by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Chapter 35
Chapter 35 - Follow me, Set me free
I would love to say that the wind howled. That the sky was clouded over. That there was a chill in the air. That you could hear thunder in the distance. That the atmosphere was full of dramatic tension. That the location of the final battle was somewhere like Castlevania.
But no. It was a hot summer’s day with no clouds in the sky, and I was standing in front of my apartment complex, May by my side.
Katka had sent May a text right after we left, to wait for her to arrive before we went to face off against Khazmiel. So, we were just standing there. Me looking like I just walked off a set for a
Deviled Egg - Chapter 34 by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Chapter 34
Chapter 34 - Fist Bump
“I hope I do not regret giving you this power over me, Katka. I should have specified when replacing the copy of Fullmetal Alchemist I damaged that there are limits to that ‘anything’ I offered.” Odionyx rested her hands on her desk, before moving her finger ever so slightly, a chair rolling in front of said desk for Katka to sit on. Which she proceeded to approach, the portal slowly closing the further she got from it. I saw her shrug and shake her head, a quick huff of amusement escaping her. Even with her back to me, I was fairly certain Katka had smirked.
“I’m not gonna
Deviled Egg - Chapter 33 by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Chapter 33
Chapter 33 - Can you feel the Sunshine
Okay so jumping out of a second floor window in the middle of the day would definitely get people’s attention. Especially since I just went into a dash right after I did a roll landing. So, fun fact, being approved for a sports club so you get out of the house more and avoid your abusive father is extremely helpful when you end up getting into gymnastics and he doesn’t ask for details on the sport or show up to check on you. Especially if you learn acrobatic moves you never expected to use in… okay I couldn’t call this an everyday situation. This was anything but an everyday
Deviled Egg - Interlude 8 by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Interlude 8
Interlude 8 - Nothing but a Hound Dog
Leonard was busy. He was busy trying to build another bookcase from Ikea in a desperate attempt to organise his library. It had been a week since the fight with Khazmiel in the wolf. He had been about as useful as a condom vending machine in the Vatican, and it weighed on him. It was he who started the whole mess in the apartment complex. If he hadn’t tried to awaken his demonic heritage, nobody would have gotten transformed, Lily wouldn’t have become a target, and he wouldn’t have been roped into fixing everything.
Then again, without him, who knows whether Lily would have ever figur
Deviled Egg - Chapter 32 by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Chapter 32
Chapter 32 - Everybody wants to be a cat
I was surprised that Madeline had taken us to a German restaurant. I was expecting Italian, or French, hell possibly a sushi place based on her dress. But nope, she drove us down to a sizeable place named Knoedel and Kraut (or Dumplings and Kraut for people not versed in Central European cuisine), sat down, ordered herself a pint of beer and a wiener schnitzel, and let me and May pick what we wanted. The contrast of a brunette Jessica Rabbit chugging a beer out of a pint like it was her first drink of water in days was interesting. The moment she finished the beer, she slammed the pint down on the ta
Deviled Egg - Chapter 31 by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Chapter 31
Chapter 31 - Dawncat & Donnellan
“I can’t believe your demonic ancestor managed to avoid being included in your files. I have no clue who could have had the kind of access to just erase it. Anyways, name’s Bournael, nice to meet you Lady Meassael.” Bournie extended his hand towards May for a quick shake. She gave him a solid one, as if being interviewed.
“Likewise, Sir Bournael.” May smiled, the handshake ended, and Bournie took a look at the damages to the park.
“So that’s tree repair, ground repair, feather collecting, and making sure the animal is fine, correct?”
Deviled Egg - Chapter 30 by Syn-the-Guardian, literature
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Deviled Egg - Chapter 30
Chapter 30 - Watch the Princess Conquer
The moment the wolf landed, he sniffed the air, breathing through his nose so hard, you’d think he was getting ready to huff and puff and blow a house away, before he looked around. Again, Khazmiel tried to talk through the wolf, unaware or uncaring about the fact its throat wasn’t built for that.
“So you have the common sense to wash your filthy scent off yourselves. You can’t hide from me now, whore and whore’s child.” He tried to laugh. The noise was horrible. Fun fact, hyena laughs are nervous laughs. His sounded nothing like those. He gave the air another sni