Demon'Verse, Round Two
Now that I've got a better idea of the history, I can take more free-ranging prompts. Plus I've got some surprises tucked away that I want a chance to spring on people.
Two requests, four to suzukiblu, dark_puck, spyridona, gigabomb, and floranna. I reserve the right to fill one and call it done. If I don't like a prompt, I'm just going to skip it entirely.
Have at.
MEME IS CLOSED.
Two requests, four to suzukiblu, dark_puck, spyridona, gigabomb, and floranna. I reserve the right to fill one and call it done. If I don't like a prompt, I'm just going to skip it entirely.
Have at.
MEME IS CLOSED.
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Azula; to be the apple of his eye.
Bonus! - How Haru Happened.
Song/Long Feng; not the man you thought I was
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But the years ground on, and no child grew in her womb.
She goes less and less, and Tyro grits his jaw so he won't shame his wife by cursing Heaven.
But if the gods won't answer heartfelt pleas, there are others who will accept honest offerings.
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"This is unusual," the demoness says, her claws prickling against Tyro's shoulders. "I don't think I've ever met a man who doesn't want sex from the Ministry of Lust. I'm not actually sure we do children at all..."
"Who else?" Tyro asks gruffly. "You're Lust, you deal in sex. Sex creates children. Surely one of them is unwanted."
"Ah," she murmurs, "but they're not unwanted. You want one."
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The child is crying. It's a wrenching wail that makes Tyro's spine crawl ( ... )
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Baby demon!Haru sounds lovely. I would cuddle save for those scary eyes.
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Jee, Zuko, meeting
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"Well." Ozai drew a lacquered claw down Lu Ten's cheek. "I do hope you're pleased with yourself."
His nephew snarled and jerked his face away. Burns yet covered his flesh; no doubt his mother would dispatch him to the Ministry of Epidemics to get them looked at before they scarred.
"Banished from the mortal world for a hundred years," Ozai continued, slinking closer to his nephew.
As expected, Lu Ten jerked away from him, too much weakened by Ursa's furious attack and subsequent banishment to resist the fear and darkness lurking in Ozai's outstretched wings.
"Your father taught me to pick my battles," Ozai all but purred, and he was entirely gratified as the reds of Lu Ten's eyes showed in a ring all around his gold irises. "Surely he taught you the same."
Lu Ten snarled wordlessly, tail whipping out as if to strike.
Ozai caught it just behind the barb and smiled. "That was my son too, Lu Ten. Not just hers. But I'll leave the matter of revenge to him when he ( ... )
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Thank you! And further thanks in the form of cupcakes.
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Haru; balance
Zhao; afterlife
Yue and Zuko; opposites
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Fold his wings down close and tight before he pulls on his shirt.
Look in the polished bronze mirror.
If he squints-
No, he still doesn't look very human at all.
From a distance, it's good enough.
But the Fire Nation is here, in his village, and 'from a distance' isn't good enough anymore.
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Thank you for this, darling.
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This is new.
His wings settle around him in a shroud. This isn't new, this hiding; it's the first thing he learned how to do as a boy, even before all of his other tricks and crafts.
He sneaks forward as the warden mocks Katara, mocks his people, mocks his father. His hand closes around a piece of coal-
He shoots upright, wings flaring and spikes slashing out of the tip of his tail. His throw is neat and sure.
The warden whirls and catches the slap of Haru's spiked tail across his face.
The spikes are new, too, but he thinks he likes them.
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Zhao and Zuko, how things are different between them when Zhao has a demon patron and Zuko is disliked in the Fire Nation for other reasons.
Zuko and Azula, family dinners (or meetings, or parties, or whatever) with the demon side of the family (+ Ursa, of course, if possible).
Iroh and Azulon, Iroh becoming the Jade-Eyed Emperor (... if he does; I think it is implied somewhere in your writing, but I'm not sure)
Ozai and Aang, somehow I don't think Aang defeating the Fire Lord in this 'verse goes down quite the same way it does in canon (or at least if it does, Ozai certainly has a different opinion on the whole Avatar deal)
Thanks!
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"You have no idea how glad I am Ozai found a woman," Ilah said, pouring most of a decanter of brandy into her glass. "Even a human one. I was so worried he'd accept if Lu Ten proposed."
Ursa eyed her glass, wondering how it had gotten topped off again. "-They can do that?"
"Lu Ten wouldn't have proposed," Zolena dissented, one delicate silver hoof clicking down on the marble tile. "He knew Ozai wasn't interested in carrying children."
"He can do that?"
"Only when he's female," Ilah said, her tone obviously meant to be reassuring. "And Ozai never did like gender-switching. A bit of a pity, since he's the only one of my get who inherited the ability."
Ursa stared.
Ilah gave a tinkling laugh, then shimmied. When her motion ceased, a handsome male demon stood there. "I make it look much easier than it is, of course," he purred. "But it's not terribly uncommon in lust demons ( ... )
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How about Iroh and Ozai, when demonic politics and demonic family issues start interfering with each other.
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