Water

Water

He's home.

He stands in front of that little cottage on the beach fronted woods, listening to the waves crash against the rocks.

He walks.

He walks up the hill behind the house, slightly to the left. Theres a cliff there, his cliff. He goes there from time to time, to stare at the city miles away, on a different coast. As he walks, his hooves make soft sounds in the damp grass. Dew. Huh. Must be morning.

He loves his cliff. Loves imagining what wonders lie across the vast waters. He does not love water. He had never been able to understand swimming. He wasn't human, he likely couldn't even swim at all. He couldn't swim.

Sometimes he'd go to the gravely beach, make little towers of rocks and driftwood. He would wander into the water, but never too deep. He couldn't swim.

He reached the cliff top. He'd never strayed too close to the edge though, he knew the water was deep where the cliff ended. He didn't care for water. He couldn't swim.

He kept walking. He should stop now, the edge is close.

But he doesn't.

The soft thuds of his hooves feel loud in the cold, silent air.

And now the cliff is gone. He's falling. He likes falling, but this is wrong. He should be in control, but he's not. His wings should have caught him already. They've not, refusing to unfold from his back, as if restrained by cold, invisible hands, taunting him as he fell.

The boy hit the water, cold rushing all around him as the liquid abyss drags him deep below the surface. It burns, the heat of the monsters skin instantly boiling the water as it touches him, screams ripping from his unnatural throat. Fluid rushes into his lungs, searing the inside of his scarred flesh. He tastes his own blood, more rich than a humans. It would have been smooth, if the demonic side of him didn't taint it with darkness. Not that it matters now.

He sinks, deeper and deeper, pain and terror causing his body to lock up, as the morning sun above him seems to grow dark, flicker, and go out. The only sound he hears now is the sound of the water, almost tauntingly calm as it drags him deeper, limbs still as he sinks further into the water, feeling colder than ice as his bodies scorching innards cool. His eyes never close, all sight having already been boiled away, leaving half filled sockets. His lungs try to push the water from them, but it's no use.

Finally his wings extend, far too late to save him now, only slowing his decent into the cold, liquid madness that is the Sea and its torturous grasp.

realizing people actually like my things is causing my brain to melt/pos

random au question: if you had to get rid of one (1) trait of ur cups n mugs’ personalities, what would they be?

oh you mf-

with mugs, i could get rid of literally anything and prolly not care i'm sorry but i just cannot love that lil mf- if he were modern he'd be a weeb and you can't stop me then cups idk- anything would change him dramatically and i couldn't ruin my sweet lil boi (he'd eat you alive given half the chance) so basically, we know who the favorite child is

so i thought i'd ramble about Eternity-verse for a bit.

While it's primarily cuphead based, i wouldn't consider it a cuphead au anymore. While the main characters are Cuphead/Evil (bad end cuphead), i've changed a good amount to the point most would just consider them my own oc's. The cuphead game does still take place and change a good amount of their lives, but it was also just a single day in over 18000 days ( or about 50 years. yes they're that old lmao). i also include some events of the cuphead show, which takes place when they're about 10 in EV

not to mention, cuphead isn't the only universe in Eternity-verse. in it i've included Batim, Gravity falls, Hazbin hotel/Helluva boss, and a few undertale au's. also adding that i've created my own gods, species, religions, and languages for this au, not to mention my literal hundreds of oc's, i can't fairly call this a cuphead au anymore lol

so thats just my fair warning, i go astray from canon easily, using this complex fusion au as a base with my own stories adding to it also i will continue using the au tags for each fandom, because sue me, i like getting attention

my thoughts and hc's for nightmare are so flip floppy it's amazing- do i want him as a small traumatized child with no sense of empathy or a hulking eldritch hellspawn? do i make him kinda nice to his gang, or a total jackass? like he's so horrible and i love him, and so many versions of him and rhaggharghargha/pos

this au has me in a chokehold man. they're so fucking cute and i need everyone to see momma evil protecting lil dragon baby cups @xshimaeraxx