this is Salem, a land filled with magic and maladies. It is a place where witches and their elemental familiars gather, a home to legend and
lore that predates time itself. Yet of all the wicked and wonderful stories the past can tell us of, the most magical are the ones yet to happen.
This is Salem - this is the start of your very own journey. Welcome to starfall
Starfall is an animaga witch roleplay set in mostly modern times. Members play as witches in a world plagued by monsters, where the only safe spots are walled cities. Starfall strives to be a character-driven roleplay with expansive lore and a highly interactive plotline. We want to allow members to
create and look back on a magical journey, and mold the site and its plot as their characters grow.
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The delinquent nodded along, trying to wrap his head around the language of ‘Latin’ of all things. What a fucking nerd, this guy was. He doubted many could read ‘the language of the gods’ here, all things considered. It sounded so boring. Luckily, there were a few things he could do to the tome that didn’t include reading it. Aiden looked over at the Vice President nodding, his eyes flicking over to Charani. ‘Annoying middle schooler is an rpg class?’ the boy sent back. Maybe that was a little mean, but it was at least in character for a delinquent such as himself. Aiden shrugged bending down to grab the book, skimming over lettering for a picture of some sort of hint as to what the hell the mana surrounding this object was collecting for before snapping the old book shut. “Sure, Guy, I’ve gotcha.” He said, clearly not appreciating himself or really anyone else be called an NPC. Then again, when it came to these types of people, NPC was probably better than a character role. At least he could go on ignored and unnoticed. [break][break]
Unceremoniously he chucked the book at the club president’s head, instead of doing the normal thing like you know, handing it off. Whatever. "So why aren't you doing this with the rest of your club again? Isn't this big magic better with more people?" The smell in the air seemed to change. Where before one could’ve argued it was pretty dry and dusty, he could smell strongly wet plant life. ‘Plantshaper?’ he thought, to himself noting Charani move closer to him. He paused looking over at Charani who didn’t look ok. He gave his shoulder a squeeze, shifting his weight to his other leg as he leaned slightly on the black-haired boy. ‘If things go off the rails, what do we do? All I’ve got is take the book out or kill either the President or Vice President.’ It’d probably be brutal without magic. He’d never ended someone’s life with his bare hands before but he supposed dreams were a space to explore that. "I'm still craving crepes." he said, keeping the vibe casual despite the concern growing between the two.
"I just came here to the party for the drugs Not here to make a friend or fall in love"
The president managed to awkwardly catch the book thrown at him. It was all fumbles and he fell back on his butt but he did catch it. He looked all flustered and sputtered when he did so. At least he seemed okay. Both himself and the Vice President gave off an irritating vibe and smell. Charani couldn’t really tell but Aiden for sure could.
Charani leaned into Aiden, smelling of vanilla and sugar very unlike that of the two others near them. Aiden would probably feel a slight irritation with them like he had his boyfriends female friend. It was a strange feeling to have.
“Ugh you reek. Keep it down mutt. Mr President shall I explain?” The Vice President said plugging her nose at Aiden. She didn’t make a move to help the poor boy up though so that was something. Maybe they weren’t dating here? Or she was a commanding girlfriend. Never know. “Yes please.” The boy whimpered as the girl took charge again. Despite his front he seemed like a little nerd who got bullied a bit by pretty girls. He was whipped... just like another boy standing here. Huh. Twinsies.
“If you must know it’s because we believe there is a spy amongst the collective. Look at the digits on the floor behind you.” There was small runes that looked old and worn near the door. However there were two runes that looked off somehow. Almost like someone had taken a knife and slashed across them instead.
“I don’t think so. I think he was an alchemist? I can’t remember. She’s right though. Look at the runes. They clearly look damaged.“ Charani pushes into their mental link. He looked back towards the two not planning on leaving his boyfriends side it seemed. “They do look unnaturally damaged.”
“Exactly. Only club members know of the runes here. It had to be one the acolytes.” The Vice President says with conviction in her voice. She appeared to have ruled them out of her suspicion. Aiden wasn’t part of the club but Charani was. It was odd she didn’t suspect him.
Charani felt a wave of nausea again. Ugh maybe he ate something bad. No wait he cooked his food so Aiden would be feeling nauseous too. Maybe he was getting sick. A sick in bed episode perhaps so Aiden could get to know the group better? Or something. He didn’t know. “Crepes ugh.”
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“Bro, I softball threw it.” Aiden said unimpressed with athletic prowess in the President, after he had spent the past few minutes talking himself up. He grimaced a little as the smells in the air changed. The wet earth and dew sifting into something worse, something that just about barely singed his nostrils. He huffed, taking a quick swipe at his nose as he tried to clear what felt like the smell of melting plastic and electrical fire. Something unnatural, and very bad. He wished McKenna were here. They’d be able to clear that scent with ease. Or at least put distance between him and the source. He felt something simmering under the surface, like that mess of volatile emotions he’d trained so long to keep in check was starting to boil in his chest. [break][break]
He can feel himself beginning to grit his teeth into a snarl but managed to hold back just enough letting a sharp grin on his face instead. “Could say the same for you. You ladies sync cycles and start your period today?” he asked cocking his head to the side. His eyes flicked over to the president, still sitting on the ground and he felt the urge to punch him. How pathetic. This was their protagonist? He relaxed as Charani’s voice filtered into his thoughts and began looking over at the ground. Huh. Had those always been there? He’d missed them. Weird how they were just on a public roof access. “Runes for what?” he asked not really following along too well, mostly because what’s her face’s voice was irritating to listen to. “Ok, so if it’s an acolyte then why are you here? Sounds like a matter Prez needs to look into himself.” The redhead asked, before turning to look down at Charani who didn’t sound all that ok. [break][break]
“Hey, we don’t have to get crepes.” He murmured, shaking the boy once as he looked down to check on him. ‘You ok? Or are you just leaning on me more to be cuddly?’ he asked, eyebrows knitting together in concern. As usual, he was quick to shift his attentions to Charani as the first sight of unease. He needed to be quick to move in, otherwise he’d try to push himself harder than he needed to. ‘Is it the smell? I got some Axe spray in my bag.’ Not the time for humor, Aiden. “I may have to stop trying to bake.” He concluded softly.
"I just came here to the party for the drugs Not here to make a friend or fall in love"
The president huffed at Aiden making fun of him. He was a rude dog wasn’t he? Maybe it was because he wasn’t getting enough from his boyfriend. That or he was being jealous of the time they spent with him. He’d heard of how jealous some of them could be. It’s make sense. Plus he was a delinquent. The young man eventually dusted himself off and stood up.
“She’s helping me investigate. Besides my mom said I had to let her help or..” was all he muttered before she was on him like flies on a horses butt. She grabbed his ear and pulled on it with surprising force. He whined as she bullied him.
“What was that?” she huffed as she then gave him a noogie. She was obviously the older of the two given her... physique and... assets that were very womanly. He muttered an apology to the girl before she would let go. She looked to Aiden like she would do the same to him if provoked. The feeling was almost overwhelming. Not fear per say but more like subjugating. Charani could feel it. It felt like a cold sweat breaking out but had no actual sweat.
“Do we need a repeat of last week delinquent?” The Vice President said looking menacing as usual. There was a memory fabricated in the dreamscape. This girl with her arms around his leg as she pinned the poor false red headed boy into the ground. The argument seemed to be about him barging into their meeting to gather his boyfriend early and interrupting the meeting. “They’re protection runes from what I remember.” Charani hummed as his nausea passed. He felt a lot better. He hadn’t eaten any of those monstrous cookies so it wasn’t that. Being near Aiden seemed to help though. Plus he got the bed cuddled up which is always good.
“I just felt kind of nauseous. I’m feeling better now though. So now it’s cuddles please and thanks.“
“Anyway I know it’s not you who did this. It wasn’t her either I would know. So that means it has to be one of the others. We were just reinforcing the barrier while she figure it out” The President says with Much more conviction in His voice. He appeared calmer than before as his delusions mellowed out with a good kick in the butt from the girl and Aiden. What were they guarding against? Probably something from the dream world. Or honestly who knows.
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He felt like a school yard bully. But then again, Gods, it was just TOO EASY when it came to this kid. “You mom made you?” he echoed with a sneer, not that he was any better. When she’d been alive, Amelia Emerson had been a woman to be reckoned with. He eyes the girl as she pounced on the boy, seemingly sensing weakness lie blood in the water as well. That or she was just used to administering force whenever the kid wimped out. As she turned to him and Charani he really did feel like a dog. Defensive, guarded, with hackles raised and a growl just about to bubble forth in his throat. He was starting to figure out why he didn’t like either of them. One was cowardly, and the other condescending. He weighed his options, stifled under her gaze and eager to lash out. Now wasn’t the best time for that, the little bit of rationality left in his hormonal teenage brain whispered as he held fast next to Charani. [break][break]
Aiden soured at the falsified memory. Surely, he had underestimated her last time. He wouldn’t let that happen again. Still, he wasn’t eager to jump into the fight with her just yet either. He didn’t answer her, huffing slightly as he growled, “Buy some vagisil.” Despite his crude words he didn’t really make a move away from his partner’s side. “Protection from what? Was the school built on a fuckin’ graveyard or something?” he asked. There’s still a roughness to his words, still irritated but trying to hold it back. At least, for Charani’s sake anyway. ‘I didn’t know you could feel nauseas in a dream. Keep me updated.’ He returned to the seer as he rubbed his shoulder, not entirely displeased at hearing the words ‘cuddles please’. [break][break]
“What exactly do you know then? Pining it on your members seems like a stretch.” he pressed on, feeling like they were talking in circles. If he hadn’t been sure about it before he certainly was now. Their target was stuck in his own dream delusions, and the girl was facilitating them. He sized up the club President, gaging how scrawny he really was. He couldn’t have been any harder to carry around than Charani right?
"I just came here to the party for the drugs Not here to make a friend or fall in love"
“Don’t blame Auntie because you were trying to hide stuff from me.” She gave him a noogie and the boy whined as she did so. She seemed pretty violent for a girl. Or for anyone. She probably would fit in well with Aidens little gang of delinquents if she was a boy.
“Oh that’s right. Those two are cousins. Thank you for the new information dream memory. It’s weird how this works.”
“What was that? Care to repeat that kid?” She threatened cracking her knuckles. She seemed like a scary older sister. Dominating and the air was filled with similar pheromones that meant business. She was the top dog 100 percent. It’s why she and Aiden seemed to come to blows often. Though the win loss record was very skewed.
“The school is on a layline. Lots of mana gathers here so it can be dangerous if someone bad uses it for dangerous means.” The President said. Charani seemed to be okay with this answer. Almost like he heard it before. Probably because the dream him had heard it before. He was part of their club after all. “What he’s saying makes sense from my dream memories. Since lots of mana gathers here it’s probably the best place for spell casting. So if someone wanted to do a bad spell they’d have to come here. There’s not enough mana in the area otherwise. Make sense?” “Just walk closer to it and you’ll figure it out delinquent.” The girl huffed rolling her eyes. It’d be easy to tell as soon as he got close. There was the scent of pine cones and axe spray. Or at least something like that coming from the runes. The faint smell of someone who shouldn’t be there. It was an annoying scent.
“The more you know. I will though. The weirdest part is how tired I feel now... even though we are technically sleeping. It’s odd.“
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Aiden’s face was permanently soured as he watched the girl bully her cousin. He felt himself nodding at Charani’s response. ‘Checks out. My cousin is just as much of a bitch.’ He returned scowling at the thought of Layla. She was probably hoping he’d stay comatose so she could become heir apparent. He couldn’t let that happen if only out of spite. ‘Maybe its like, ‘well you didn’t ask so I didn’t tell you’ kind of memory.’ The delinquent offered not entirely quite sure either. When he tired to remember things it had to be pretty specific. For example, he could remember his first date with Charani if he thought about it. Or his first day at school. The day he got kicked off the baseball team. That one was pretty cemented in his backstory. [break][break]
It was very clear the spike in anger that flared through their connection as Aiden’s eyes locked onto the Vice President. His grip on his boyfriend tightened at this weird stand off that was occurring while the Occult club President kept doing his own thing. Girl or not, he had the very vivid urge to smash that person’s head into concrete. It wasn’t much different than his last few days in school in the Hovel. “No.” Aiden said through clenched teeth after taking a deep breath. At this point he didn’t seem to care of she was the guardian of this plane of existence or not. They had an appointment to meet. At some point they were gonna fight. [break][break]
The perma scowl faltered at he tried to process new information. “Sounds….dumb.” he stated, looking down at Charani before back at the President. “I guess it’s easy to break in, but I doubt there’s someone like that.” This place was boring as hell after all. It would’ve taken a lot to even figure out they could do magic on the roof. Right? ‘I mean, I know we can probably knock off some spells here but anyone else? He’s set himself up as a pseudo hero for a villain that isn’t showing up.’ The redhead sent back. He tugged Charani to follow before moving closer to the runes as directed. They weren’t his strong suit, and he tended to defer to Lin most of the time when it came to that sort of thing. [break][break]
Weirdly enough the smell changed. It wasn’t particularly bad. He rather liked the scent of pine and axe, but it was weird. For how strong it was it was fresh. Like they’d just been here. ‘You can smell this right?’ He ran his foot over one of the crossed out runes, tilting his head to examine it. The job hadn’t even been done right. Any vandal worth their salt would’ve brought a sledgehammer. A way faster method than using a shitty switchblade to carve the symbols out of. ‘Yeah that is weird. We’re lucid dreaming right now so you’d think it’d be easier for us in general. You getting strained from keeping us in here?’ he asked looking back at the pair. “So, it stinks like Axe spray. Your point? This roof is open all the time and Axe is a popular body spray brand."
"I just came here to the party for the drugs Not here to make a friend or fall in love"
“Probably as a way to filter in information as it needs to for the world to make sense. Like the dream is adding details because we didn’t originally exist here.”
“That’s classified outsider.” The two cousins said in unison. They clearly were hiding something. They seemed genuine in their fear of someone using the magic here for nefarious purposes at least. Both of them. Or if they were lying they were damn good at it.
“Not really. People don’t usually come up here because of the warding runes.” The President said. It seemed like they thought it was a way to keep people who couldn’t do magic away. Or maybe it was warding evil away? Who knows. Probably both. “Low stakes heroism would be good for someone who is afraid of fighting or hasn’t do so. You have to remember that most people aren’t battle hardened like you.” “Two things you pointed out narrows down the culprit. The axe body spray smell means it’s probably a younger male. That rules out the two female members of the group. The other smell is what I mean dummy. The alpha smell.” The girl said like he should have known that. Like it was so obvious. What smelled woodsy? The young man and Charani didn’t smell like that at all. The girl did smell similar but not the same. Aiden also had a forested or earthy smell to him. Duh.
“I just smell axe body spray. Which is making me feel nauseous again. Wait wait nope nope nope. MOVE.“
The thoughts got hurriedly more panicked before the boy hunched over and started throwing up. It showed his lunch contents partially digested. Gross. Vomit.
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‘I kind of assumed our roles existed here and we’re just giving a face to them now.’ He hadn’t thought it would’ve been terribly hard to place the wo of them, but considering they were real people it was entirely possible that it worked different than what he assumed. Plus, he wasn’t a seer, and this was weird dream magic. “Tch.” Aiden was starting to get fed up with these two. They were way too into this whole thing. He couldn’t exactly fact check them either though he doubted it was legit. Then again, he couldn’t really remember coming up here all too much with friends. Charani sure, but he refrained from bringing that up. Didn’t want to seem too weird. At the very least, Charani being a member and them dating was enough of an excuse for his own innocence. [break][break]
‘Ok maybe I have tough missions, but every witch should participate in a fist fight at least once. Helios is really lacking on their training regiments here.’ Aiden returned defensively. Sure, he’d been a rowdy child, but the Knights protected an entire city. They should all have some experience fighting. Not everyone needed to get stabbed sure, but like everyone should’ve gotten punched in the face at least once. ‘In any case should we just let him win his thing and then try to wake him up? I’m not the best at encouragement.’ The delinquent added. If all it took was a little bit of a confidence boost to get their target out, he’d wait. He’d hate every minute of it, but he’d wait. [break][break]
“What the fuck is an Alpha Smell?” Aiden asked, lips curling upwards slightly as he let out a laugh with his words. He deferred completely to Charani to help make sense of this. They couldn’t be talking seriously right. Like an alpha dog? They were taking this whole Mutt Nickname way too seriously. “Charani?” he asked as the flurry of panic was shoved in his brain. He did as he was told jumping back as his boyfriend wretched on the ground on top of the runes they’d just been inspecting. “Gods, what happened? I thought you were feeling better?” He asked as he watched the splash zone go off. As it slowed, he moved closer, standing behind the shorter boy to steady him so he didn’t drop face first into his own puke. “C’mon man, let it out.” He said with surprising gentleness as he carefully pat the boy’s back.
"I just came here to the party for the drugs Not here to make a friend or fall in love"
“The role we are inhabiting is being rewritten and adapting to our real lives if that makes sense. Since we have outside knowledge the dream is adapting the role to that.”
“Aiden you do know the knights is also where rich kids who don’t want to do much also go right? Some of the covens cushier jobs are for those kinds of people.”
“Did you skip biology class or are you just trying to piss me off. You know Alpha, Beta and Omega.” The girl said looking at him with annoyance. Alphas tended to have more earthy or woodsy smells to their bodies. That would mean the girl and Aiden. The boy had a different smell but it was unlike Charani’s who smelled very sweet.
“It’s fine. I’m fine. The nausea is just coming in waves. Maybe I’m getting sick.” The black haired boy said as he stood upwards. He looked miserable though from throwing up. He could taste it in his mouth and it was bad. “Gross my mouth takes like it now.”
The vice President gave him a funny look. The young boy was obviously pregnant. She could smell it on him. That highly concentrated sweet smell wafted off him more than usual. Since he wasn’t showing it wasn’t very far along. 10 maybe 12 weeks at most. to get sick at the very least. She’d leave it alone for now though. Not her business. “Now that she says that. I do kinda remember.., well dream remember biology class. Ugh and sex Ed. Not what I wanted after vomiting thanks.” “Anyway I think you should take him home. We can do this tomorrow anyway. We’ve got time. Auntie is probably worried it’s getting late” The girl said with a sigh. She seemed done for the episode... er day.
“Okay. Take care of my acolyte okay? And feel better.” The President seemed much more normal. He showed concern and this small rift seemed like a good opening episode. Mystery and something to think about for the season. After all they were clearly hiding something. Maybe a villain they know about trying to do something nefarious? Plus a nice side plot of their party member. Oh anime you crazy.
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The reminder that Aiden was in fact an exception amongst his richer, elite peers came swiftly and he frowned. ‘You know, I hadn’t thought about it much.’ Then again, the only rich kid he cared about was Charani. There was still an entire coven’s worth of people he only knew on a last name basis. Maybe he should train more apprentices. If he broke a couple in maybe they’d be less wusses like the one in front of him now. “Oh, we all know I skipped Biology.” Aiden confirmed, nodding along as the girl continued explaining. He squinted not really getting the terms she was throwing out. “You mean like the Greek alphabet??” he couldn’t help but ask. [break][break]
As Charani spoke he whipped his head back to the boy, entirely more concerned than curious. “Hey, we can stop and get some mineral water by the convenience store. Maybe some saltines to pop you back up.” Aiden offered, ever the helpful boyfriend. He reached into his bag, digging past the mess of papers, snack wrappers, and his baseball bat for a half-drunk bottle of water from lunch. “Here. Rinse.” Aiden shook his head not entirely sure what they were going on about. The pieces drifted into his mind slowly, giving him genuinely new information. No- No he’d read about this before. He was sure of it….he’d found a weird thin comic book about this under Charani’s mattress. Out of curiosity he’d flipped through it only to immediately put it back once the more…intense parts jumped out at him. He hadn’t ever spoken to Charani about it. ‘Ohh….fuck.’ The gears began spinning in his head as the dream provided a bit more context to his and Charani's dream relationship. The confession, the dates, the sneaking in and out of bedrooms- Oh."Wait are you- No... Right?" he asked the other boy overwhelmed by the possibility. [break][break]
“Wait- What are we doing tomorrow?” he asked, bewildered they had to stop short. But the sun in the sky was getting lower and lower. It was way after class had ended, and after all the clubs had finished. The streetlamps around the school were starting to turn on. Shit! End of episode. He grimaced once again as the pair more or less dismissed them. “C’mon let’s getcha home before one of your sisters starts calling me.” He said with a sigh. Great, they’d have to waste another day in this world’s schedule. ‘Guess we’ll wait them out again. Can you walk?’
"I just came here to the party for the drugs Not here to make a friend or fall in love"
“I’m nauseous and tired not an invalid. I can walk fine.” Charani said seemingly annoyed at the insinuation. He wasn’t sure why he was annoyed but he was. The water being frantically handed to him was nice though. A nice gargle and spit to clear out the taste. Helpful.
They were gone from the roof. The two others at least were. Did they vanish? Or did they sneak out while Aiden was panicking? Nobody but me knows and I’m fine not telling you. Because I’m mean. The two boys were alone now. The episode was ending. There was music playing in the background they could both hear. Ending credits? “Where did they...? Oh whatever let’s just go home. I need a bed. How can you be so tried in a dream. God.” The young man said with a twinge of annoyance in his voice. He was literally 15 and pregnant. He got some leeway.
“Shhh let’s save the thinking for episode two. Hopefully it’s less vomiting and we can figure out a plan. I’m more excited for a beach episode.” The fact he was pregnant was something he was pushing off and out of his mind. This wasn’t real after all. Though of course he got stuck with this bullshit. Wait isn’t this guy a doujinshi artist? That’s probably the book Aiden found under his bed. That’s why he recognizes the name. He drew fan manga. Well shit. Onto episode two soon enough. MADE BY SUNBUNS
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Aiden’s eyes widen a little bit at the snap, not quite sure where that one came from but he supposed anyone that had just vomited their guts out had a right to be cranky. The ending theme that echoed around them was kind of annoying though. He hated those really slow, boring, reflective ones. This one sounded bad too. “What if your energy is just getting sapped here, that’s why you’re- you know.” Aiden refused to voice it. He didn’t want to think about it. A father at 16? His head would roll. HE was sure of it. [break][break]
“We better get beach episode after tomorrow, if we make it that far. I don’t want to go a whole 12 to 24 days in this place.” Aiden murmured as he made sure he had everything before following Charani out. He’d gotten a crap deal it seemed. If it was enough of a strong magic to affect him with real exhaustion, working in this place would be a bit harder than they’d originally thought. Plus, it put even more of a time limit on their mission. He didn’t want to witness actual childbirth in a dream stasis. If that happened, he was certain he would strangle REDACTED himself when they brought him back for subjecting them to such a garbage world. This wasn’t Peach Girl after all.[break][break]
“All I hope is that I don’t have to spend waiting for a part time to pass. School was boring enough.” He commented as they began making their exit as well, with the redhead dutifully walking the Charani all the way home. Awkwardly, dropping him off of course. After this was over he was going to get an Aethenium user to wipe a set of incredibly specific memories about this dream world. From his brain.
"I just came here to the party for the drugs Not here to make a friend or fall in love"
Charani didn’t say much on the walk home as his other half was pretty much just freaking the heck out. Little answers to the questions and such but that was it. The premise of the story was nerdy rpg but they are taking it into real life. Eight grade syndrome to the maximum.
“I don’t think so. I don’t really know though. My mana feels fine so I don’t think that’s the case. All I want to do now is lay in bed. G’night.” The theme sing started playing as soon as his eyes shut. His body felt different for a few seconds and the comfy warm blanket changed. He felt like his clothes were different. He was sitting on something hard and cold as he opened his eyes to see the text above him.
EPISODE TWO: A NEW ALLY
The sun was already up. He was in the club room sitting in a chair around the table they used to play games. I guess this is where the new episode was starting. Did this kid want to like make a show or something and live it out? That was... weird but not entirely impossible. There were 7 total people in the room not including himself. The president and Vice President were standing by with a different book than the one from yesterday. The female friend was on his right side. The fiery father to be on the left. There were the three other club members rounding out the table making a circle. “So. Even though you aren’t in the club our dear Acolyte here can exactly be doing anything super dangerous given the circumstances. And since this is your fault too you will fill in and help us for the time being.” The young man was being a stand in for his boyfriend since anything remotely dangerous or requiring lots of physical effort were probably not something any normal person would allow a pregnant 15 year old to do.
“Now oh great book let us determine the power sleeping within yee.” That was definitely a dungeons and dragons like book in the presidents hand. They were legit making him a character. That was what the episode title meant he supposed. Aiden would be their new party member by vote of the committee. MADE BY SUNBUNS
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Dreams are tricky. The passage of time is so weird and off putting. He’s glad to skip forward, like a tired blink and it was already afterschool the very next day. He’d seen the weird text when he woke up. He had vague memories of picking Charani up and getting the Evil Eyes form his older sisters. He vaguely recalled eating lunch, and now he was here. The format of the dream was really leaning into this tv show style, and Aiden frankly hated it. What exactly had he been doing before they got there? Couldn’t they have started at like episode 8 or something? Whatever. He sat with the club, entirely unamused at being more or less forced to act as a stand in for Charani. He could be doing more useful things with his time like forcing the events to take place faster. Although, maybe that would rick the guardian to find him out. But if he was stealthy about it, he could make it work. “Alternatively, why not just let us go home?” Aiden countered looking irritated as he refused to sit properly in his chair, instead electing for turning it around and resting his arms over the top of it. [break][break]
Also like, why was this dream forcing the pregnancy in the first place? Did they not have healthcare in Omegaverse Shonen Anime? He scowled at the President before perking up at he looked over the book. Oh shit- he kind of recognized it. He was pretty sure he’d seen @zeph carrying that around once or twice. He’d let him flip through it while they walked. Not that he’d played of course, but character creation was always fun. “Is that what you do every meeting?” he asked turning to Charani. He recalled seeing something like that set up a couple of times, but he’d never really bothered paying attention to it. ‘Are breaking in somewhere? Because if he’s going through all this, we better be committing an actual crime or this is a waste of time.’ He sent to his companion before the obligatory, ‘How’re you feeling?’ question. Because you know, still very strange that one high schooler in this room was pregnant. “I’ll make my own chara- find my own path thanks.” The redhead added quickly. He wasn’t about to get out of this, but he would at least not let a total moron make him a terrible character to play.