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Cradling The Carnal
(angst + fluff?)
Another night in the Euphoria province, where many dance and party their hearts out with no exceptions (except the strict ban of alcohol), where music blasts and echoes through the province every hour of the day, it was another casual night in the Euphoria Province of Arcadia, and the one of the two royals of the province just finished their partying for the week, mindlessly forgetting about something very important.
Deimos was resting in bed as the TV illuminated the room dimly, a marathon of a show played as she laid on her side scrolling on her phone before feeling the mattress tilt ever-so-slightly from a foreign weight before hearing the shuffling of fabric, then two arms wrapped around her waist and a nose burrowing into her neck. “Hey Amora,” Deimos smiled, feeling Amora bury her face into Deimos’ hair before starting to purr, her tail swaying under the blanket. “Long party?” Deimos simply asked, with Amora nodding, still purring before she started to lick Deimos’ hair; grooming her hair. “Amora..” Deimos sighed, putting her phone down feeling Amora lick at her hair, knowing it would get unnecessarily fluffy hours later, but Amora continued- and Deimos wasn’t going to stop her.
But then, Deimos felt something else graze the back of her head- it wasn’t Amora’s face, or her hair, but something that combed through Deimos’ hair; something stick-like and rounded at best, and there were two of them on Amora’s head, as Deimos assumed due to Amora (obviously) being behind her. “Amora, are you combing my hair?” Deimos asked before Amora answered, “No, baby.” She replied as she continued to…”slobber” Deimos’ hair, as it was often Amora’s love language and/or stress reliever, especially when it came along with nighttime cuddles, as Amora preferred to cuddle at night, liking the dark ambiance and the way the TV lighted the whole room just right; not too bright and not too dark- just right.
“Then what is rubbing against the back of my head?” Deimos asked, before Amora stopped grooming Deimos’ hair, not saying a single word. “…Amora?” Deimos called softly, before feeling Amora slowly slither under the blanket, making Deimos roll over to see two horns peeking out from the blanket. Seeing the little “pokey things” prod from the blanket, Deimos yanked the blanket away to see her girlfriend in a more demonic form- with large wings with a great wingspan retracted to her back , nearly recognizing the form as Amora stared back up at her wide-eyed, fearful that Deimos my run away out of fear, before softening to a solemn look. “Deimos…” Amora murmured, her heart pained thinking that one she loved, clung onto, and bonded with her, would leave for a secret she now revealed.
“Amora-“ Deimos tried to soothe her lover, before she interrupted, seeing and hearing how Amora’s face and tone changed all so suddenly, as if she dealt with this before.
“Deimos, please listen-“ Amora pleaded,
“…what is it, Amor?”
It took a bit, but in Amora’s mind, it was a decision. A decision that could break her relationship, not to mention the shift in emotion. But she had to tell Deimos. Deimos knew her so well, but she didn’t know everything about Amora, and it was for a reason she never said.
“…I’m part succubus, Deimos.” Amora confessed in a whisper, tearing up with fear as she waited for Deimos to look at her with disgust or disappointment, or to just leave her entirely. But Deimos wasn’t disgusted, she wasn’t disappointed, she didn’t even want to leave, but she was surprised- with interest and sincerity.
“Amora,” Deimos said in a soft, comforting tone, cupping the part-succubus’ cheek, her thumb wiping her tears away. “Why are you so scared?” Deimos asked, her ears lowered in confusion- yes, she was surprised that her own girlfriend was part succubus, but she didn’t know why Amora was suddenly scared shitless about telling her something like this.
Amora, on the other hand, was shocked, stunned even- if those even have the same meaning. Why wasn’t Deimos disgusted? Why wasn’t she scared? Was she just hiding her true feelings? Amora’s mind went beserk, confused about why Deimos didn’t react as strongly as Amora expected- so she just stared for a moment before responding with a “huh?”
“Why are you so scared? Deimos repeated, concern now more evident in her tone as she kept her hand on Amora’s cheek, her eyes soft with caring, while Amora’s eyes were wide dumbfounded. She didn’t really know how to respond, but it was like her mind was prepared for something like this, like a protocol. “..I..don’t really know.” Amora mumbled, confusion now stirring in her mind as she tried to think why, nearly forgetting how Deimos didn’t say anything about the confession. “You don’t know?” Deimos said, subtly baffled at Amora’s words as she nodded. “I just thought you would…uhm..” Amora hesitated, she didn’t want to say it, she didn’t want to get possibly scolded about her fearful assumptions.
“What?” Deimos asked, confused. “…that you would be mad at me.” Amora admitted lowly with a bit of guilt in her words. “Why would I get mad at you?” Deimos confused asked. “Because I didn’t tell you!” Amora explained. “Why would I be mad at you if you didn’t tell me?” Deimos said, more befuddled. “Because I tell you everything!” Amora exclaimed, more guilt bubbling up in her stomach before Deimos somehow pulled Amora into a hug, her arms wrapping around Amora’s body over her unopened wings and gave her a warm, accepting, and assuring hug.
“I would never be mad at you if you didn’t tell me, just because you tell me everything about you doesn’t mean you have to tell me everything, you have the choice to keep stuff to yourself, it’s your choice, Amora.” Deimos emphasized, as Amora just listened, her eyes wide as Deimos gently explained to her, before she nuzzled against Deimos’ shoulder as one of her wings slipped from Deimos’ hug and curled over her; hugging Deimos with her wing. Both emitting a comforting, loving warmth to provide for the other, with one who revealed her true colors suddenly, and the other who didn’t care about who they are, but they still cuddled up to each other. Deimos they whispered into Amora’s ear, “Amora, I promise you, I don’t care if you’re some murderous beast or a witch, I’ll still love you.” She assured lovingly before pressed a kiss to Amora’s forehead as she cradled her; cradling the not-so-carnal.
Pride Month at Camp Hamato
(this was not beta read so sorry for any misspelling and odd grammar!)
As Pride Month came around, colors shined brighter than ever; counselors doing karaoke with Chappell Roan and Lady Gaga songs, making flag-themed outfits and accessories (especially pins), dance parties, glow nights, and even more fashion shows, and today was the biggest day during Pride Month in Camp Hamato.
6 . 30 . 24
The waking call blared, as the usual trumpets and such called to wake the campers as Mikey made breakfast, casually mixing the pancake batters (including the gluten-free, sugar-free, and such), while Raph led the campers to the mess hall (or food hall, for campers), and Leo set out the plethoras of teas in alphabetical order, as April and Casey set the color-coded plates. “Mikey!” Leo called out, waving towards Mikey as he finishes the last batch of pancakes, looking up towards the Blue Cabin Leader, “Morning Leo!” He greeted, approaching him as he stretched his arms, nearly tired from flipping pancakes and stirring many batches of pancake variations. “Just finished putting out the teas, did you finish the pancakes?” Leo asked, leaning on a nearby table as Mikey sat down and sighed, “Yep, and my arms are quite sore from them..” he admits with a chuckle, still stretching before hearing the chatter of their campers started to flow into the Mess Hall just when April and Casey finish up putting down plates.
“Here they come,” Leo playfully warns as Mikey looked over, seeing the many, many campers, only being told apart by their cabin-colored attire and pajamas, with the counselors dragging themselves in from their exhaustion from last night’s glow party, hungover from the soda they drank the night before- with one of them still having a glow necklace and a few glow bracelets on them as they all sat in their assigned table set for them with many cups of water and a few jugs of water on the table for refills. Then, the sound of a spatula hitting a pan, ringing throughout the mess hall.
“Campers! …and Counselors,” Mikey calls, as the campers’ chatter quieted down, their eyes shifted to the orange cabin leader, “How was the glow night last night?” Mikey asked, the campers replying with sounds of agreement and a few ‘greats’, before Mikey slyly looked over at the counselors at their table, now with a few of them refilling their cups of water- while one of them was guzzling down a jug. “Counselors..how was it?” Mikey asked with a smile, the counselors replying with thumbs up and a few other positive replies. Then, his sight lowered onto the chugging counselor, before looking back at the rest of the campers. “Today is a very special day in June, does anyone know what that day is?” Mikey asks with a brighter smile, as some of the campers started to chatter guesses, some saying an anniversary to a party, one guesses a fashion tournament, a few guess a talent show.
“Today is a special day, because today is Rainbow Night!” Mikey reveals, as the whole mess hall roared in campers cheering and squealing as the counselors gave a few weak smiles as one tiredly groaned, while the other counselors joined the cheering, before one of the new counselors look over, confused. “What’s Rainbow Night?” One counselor asked, before Amora- one of the Blue Beauty counselors explained, “Basically a big night in June during pride month where we party all night- and when new campers and counselors like you guys arrive and let them get familiar, basically a night where newbies come and we party all night while getting to know them.” It took a moment before the curious counselor before replying, “So basically a welcoming party during Pride Month?” “Yep, especially since it’s the summer we’ll have an influx of campers,” Amora confirmed, before Mikey announced something else.
“Along with that- we have a good bunch of campers and counselors coming in tonight!” Mikey informs, before the counselors shot up, before collectively sighing and relief, confusing the curious counselor more, “Why are you guys excited about newbies?” “Because for the past year or two- we were quite low on counselors while the amount of campers grew over the last year, and after a bit of..a problem, we’ve been desperate for new counselors to handle the campers,” Amora explained again, before giving an ‘oh’ in realization as the other counselors agreed with Amora’s answer, before looking back at Mikey as he finished up the announcements, before breakfast began, as campers went to get their food, the counselors stayed seated at talked amongst themselves. “So…newbies, what’re your names?” Asked Mirage- a Maroon Mischief counselor, before one- a rookie Purple Ponderer Counselor- first answered, “NightShade.” Then, a rookie Red Racket answered, “Emeris.” A Blue Beauty answered, “Nix.” A Green Grace answered, “Akane.” An Orange Originator murmured, “Celeste.” A Blue Beauty spoke up, “Saki.” Finally, A Maroon Mischief was chosen to say their name, nervously looking at everyone else, before shyly replying, “Reverie..” “That’s a nice name,” Akane commented kindly, “Thanks.” Reverie said, her shyness dissipating. “Those a great names!” Mirage complimented, before two of her sentient tails Alpine and Lavender started to sniff at Khaos (A purple ponderer) who was sitting next to him, before Alpine started to bite on the table before Mirage pulled them away- but thankfully, breakfast went well, leaving the counselors and campers excited for Rainbow Night.
An hour or two later, the blue beauty cabin was all crowded up, sewing machines chattering, threads being pulled, needles piercing fabrics, markers tracing onto fabrics…and blue campers scheming. Many campers chatters amongst themselves, as Leo ringleader’d the whole scheme that may make themselves the most glamorous and greatest-looking cabin in Camp Hamato during Rainbow Night. “Glamour Division! Take on outfit planning and appearance critique. Hot Soup Division, make sure no one else can see our plans. Hermano Division! Make sure we have EVERYONE gets a showstopping, jawdropping outfit. Comic Division! Make sure we have heaps and heaps of fabric enough to make every one of us has an outfit! Twin Katana Division- Make sure we have accessories to go with every. Freaking. Outfit.” Leo commanded, pointing at each division of the cabin, before looking at the counselors, “Counselors, keep everything working while you prepare for the newbies, and I’m ordering pizza because we’re having in-cabin lunch!” He announced, as the campers cheered at the words ‘In-cabin lunch’- which was basically when campers have lunch in their cabin, like when a class has lunch in their classroom- but in a camp. Hearing their simple task, the Blue Beauty counselors were relieved, before the whole cabin started to work their magic.
In the Twin Katana Division ; Foxglove, Azalea, Court, Rumor, Dove, Falcon, Stitch, Knot, Clover, and Lucky were given the task of accessories, which were either going to be two things; hard or easy- but since they were one of the most fashionable cabins, it may aswell be easy. “Who should we do first?” Asked Court, “I say Leo- so we could get the most important people out,” Rumor suggested, as everyone else agreed as Dove was chosen to retrieve the cabin leader, soon returning with him. “So, what am I needed for?” Leo asked, before Stitch and Knot pull him into they could observe and get measures from him, wrapping tape measures around him many times before bringing in the Glamour Division Who helped assess Leo and pick out different outfit options- from suits to dresses to even hybrids of the two while the Twin Katana Division planned with accessories, soon agreeing on a headpiece consisting of pearls and blue crystals and gems to replace his bandanna.
Meanwhile, in the Purple Ponderer cabin, it was quiet- no planning, no scheming, just the campers chattering and talking as they thought about what they would wear at Rainbow Night while preparing the playlist and making sure all the lights and speakers were working. Meanwhile the counselors Khaos, Digit, Zero, Virus, Error, Flash, Rhythm, DJ, and Cypher were making sure everything went well while also preparing for the newcomers- especially new counselors, since they desperately needed some extra hands ever since. Along with that, they were also planning their outfits- but in general..everything was a bit more monochrome and dulled down than usual ever since early January, also gaining an aversion to Christmas trees. “So..” Rhythm started, “What’re you all wearing tonight?” They asked, eyeing the other counselors pas they set up the bedrooms, placing pillows and welcome notes on the awaiting, empty beds. “Probably..something a bit fancy,” Digit answered, thinking about what to wear. “Same,” Flash agreed, before Rhythm looked at Zero, who was bringing in sheets, while Flash continued and brought fresh sheets (in a flash, hence his name.) “Khaos!” Rhythm called, as Khaos was busy writing and double checking the list of essentials for the beds and the cubbies and dressers next to the beds. “What’s up?” He said, looking up from the check-board, “What’re you wearing?” Rhythm asked again, “Maybe..a suit?” Khaos thought out loud, shrugging, hence proving to Rhythm that the counselors didn’t really know what to wear. “Really? It’s the one of the biggest nights in summer- and you all don’t know what to wear?” Rhythm said, disappointed at the counselor’s unsure responses, before Error spoke up, “Well, Rhythm, it’s not really not a ‘big night’ because..you know, and we can’t do it properly without you know, and we’re the only cabin who can’t do that-“ “But we can!” Virus objects, “You know has high-end technology and even has a digital backup of himself just in case he has to do two things at once or if something happens!” xey mentioned, as the whole room went quiet at the mention, “WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY THAT MONTHS AGO?!” Khaos exclaimed, nearly dropping the clipboard, “Everyone was all droopy and melancholy months ago- and I didn’t want to make things worse,” Virus replied, as the other counselors agreed with Virus’ words, as it was really dull and sad back then, but it has gotten better since. “Well what’re we waitin’ for? We have a Cabin Leader for newcomers to meet, let’s boot it up!” Rhythm encourages, before Khaos stopped them, “Hold it, guys- the campers might get shocked from this- along with the surprise that we had a spare of their Cabin Leader who’ve they waited to return for months, so we either surprise them or keep it to ourselves,” he warned, before the other counselors looked at him with confusion. “Khaos- you’ve been waiting for him for a long time also! They deserve to see him again while we wait for the real one to come back!” Virus points out, as everyone else agreed, before Khaos finally agreed, “Okay- but only if it’s a surprise.”
Meanwhile, the Red Rackets and the Orange Originators were in the mess hall’s kitchen cooking, baking, and collecting recipes- as Raph saw it as an opportunity to show a coping mechanism to her cabin; baking. Many Red Rackets were tasked with making different treats and snacks, putting all their effort (and emotion) into their baking, as Raph helped them use the right measurements and the right ingredients…While the Orange Originators were tasked with cooking the meals and appetizers- from mozzerella sticks to hushpuppies. “We got the first batch of Mozzarella sticks done!” Mikey called, taking the batch and putting it to the benches, where many other foods were laid out on the tables, as two counselors from each cabin wrote down the quantity of the food, with the new counselors Celeste and Emeris being assigned to the task, reason being if one or the lists was lost- there would be another list made by the other counselor. But, a few counselors were back at the Orange Originators’ Cabin setting up the awaiting beds for the newcomers, placing Cabin-made welcome notes and little gifts like small clay sculptures and origami. It was a bit quiet as they didn’t have much to talk about, but they soon finished.
All the way in the forest, Casey was slowly walking through carefully, treading each step carefully as she brought snacks, flags, and little trinkets in a paper box with a ribbon on it. She didn’t have to worry about the preparations, as April said she would cover as she excused herself to “go to the bathroom”, As she arrived to an open area with a put-out bonfire, she placed the box down as she gave an animal call. It as silent at first, before another call called back, before more calls echoed as trees started to rustle and bristle before she was surrounded by many masked individuals, all with different masks- with no two being the same. As she became surrounded, she called out, “I bring you treats! As tonight is Rainbow Night, and we are expecting to have newcomers!” She announced, as the masked individuals let out different animal calls as their way to cheer and celebrate the announcement.
Soon enough it was 7:00pm, and it was almost time for Rainbow Night, and everyone was slowly spilling out of their cabins..but not the Blue Beauties, and everybody realized that they had something planned while the Orange Originators were setting out the snacks. As everyone was starting to get ready, and Virus and Zero set up the DJ-ing equipment, all the lights went out, before they pointed towards the Blue Beauty cabin, pointing at the door as a voice echoed through the camp, “Camp Hamato! Are you ready for the greatest, flashiest, jaw dropping, inspirational and inspiring fashion frenzy in the history of Rainbow Night?”
It was already obvious that this was planned, but the Cabin Leaders were immediately concerned at the lights, especially when it came to the Blue Beauties and Leo in particular, but they cheered on because they always had some good fashion ideas. Soon enough, the door flung open as the campers started coming out, with all different outfits and accessories adorned. After that, the counselors came out, with some shyly dragging out others (with Amora pulling Hibiscus out the cabin with Deimos’ help, it was successful), and after the counselors and campers came, they waited for Leo. It was a while, and it was getting concerning- along with that, they were missing one camper and one counselor- and that exact detail struck a chord within the Cabin Leaders. “Where’s Leo?” Raph asked, as he went over to the blue counselors to ask them as Mikey beat her to it, asking the counselors as Raph approached them, “Have you seen-“ “nope, none of the counselors have, are you guys sure you haven’t seen him?” Mikey asked, as Hibiscus, Amora, Deimos, Ocean, Clementine , and another few counselors said no, “We only saw him before the lights went out,” Clementine detailed, “Before the lights went out?” Raph repeated, as everyone else confirmed it. “And you didn’t see him after that?” Mikey asked, and once again- they said no, and that when it clicked.
“Leo, come on- you’ll be fine, everyone’ll love your outfit!” Said Disk, tugging Leo’s arm as they pulled backward, wary about coming out, “No! No no no no no” Leo declined, fear pulling him back. “Leo, you’ve been planning this out all day- and you don’t want to show off your outfit?” insisted Memory, who also tried to make Leo come outside, “I just don’t feel well, maybe something from the lunch!” Leo sputtered, trying to make up excuses before Memory and Disk stopped their attempts, befpre staring at Leo in pure confusion, “you don’t feel well from lunch?” Memory repeated, crossing her arms as she raised a suspicious brow, “We had in-cabin lunch- and it was your favorite kind of pizza that you always ate,” She recalls, as Leo soon froze up, caught in his quick lie. “You aren’t sick!” Disk called out, also crossing their arms, looking at Leo for an explanation, before their suspicion looks turned to concern. “Leo, are you still scared of..” “Yeah.”
So that’s why.
“We’ll make sure nothing else happens, deal?” Disk offered, before taking a few steps near the blue cabin leader, offering their hand before Leo took their hand as they pulled him up, “Everyone’ll love your outfit,” Disk repeats in an assuring tone as Memory gave an agreeing nod.
As everyone kept on worrying about Leo’s absence, the Cabin Leaders started to panic and fret about if Leo was in trouble before the lights shone back on the Blue Beauty Cabin again..somehow- only to see Disk and Memory come out in their outfits, before Leo came out in his custom-made outfit, with slit sleeves and a gorgeous headpiece crafted by the Glamour division as everyone started to ooh and ahh at Leo’s outfit as he slightly squinted from the lights- but it was kind of worth it. Before Leo could look around or say anything, Mikey ran over and snagged him in a tight, worrying hug. “Leo! We were worried sick!” Mikey cried while he squeezed the life out of Leo, “Mike- you’re squeezin’ me-“ Leo squeaked out, before Mikey let him go, “I was just getting ready- preparing for me entrance!” Leo assured as Raph gave a sigh of relief before Casey and April came to check up on them, “Hey guys!” April waved as Casey came over with her, their hands interlocked as they approached while the campers spread out to socialize. “Hey April, hey casey,” Leo greeted before looking at everyone else like he was about to say something else, before realizing an absence that made his smile falter before trying to cheer himself up, knowing that the absence would want everyone to be happy even while he was gone. “Let’s get this welcome party started!” Leo cheered.
The party was already going well as the camp was adorned with many flags to represent everyone attending the camp, along with everyone wearing pins with their gender and pronouns- with Raph wearing a She/Her pin and Mikey wearing an Any Pronouns pin, and for lovers- the partners would wear pins or accessories with matching details or patterns, with April and Casey wearing chokers with Casey’s being green with sparkly flame patterns while April’s was maroon with spike patterns. Soon enough, the newcomers started to flood in, with a new, diverse bunch of counselors and campers in, from sirens to shapeshifters, and they were already getting to know the others, with Hibiscus meeting a siren like him named Anemone, and Amora meeting a lion like her named Storm, but the best part..was that even turtles and yokai were coming in! Especially a yokai named Sunita who caught Casey and April’s eye and hit it off, knowing her from the Run of the Mill Pizzeria where they get the pizza for lunch. As it hit midnight and after everyone had cake, there were dance contests and Dance Dance Revolution tournaments for hours, and everyone was all happy for the night, another Rainbow Night well done..but one thing was left.
As the party died , the Purple Ponderer campers were taken back into their cabin discreetly. The cabin was filled with murmurs and whispers of confusion and curiosity, before Khaos and the other came up to a makeshift podium as he rang a bell to catch their attention, as the cabin went silent. “Purple Ponderers! We bring you here tonight to share a surprise that may soothe us from our unfortunate pressures and worries, so behold..” Khaos announced before a purple glow adorned the cabin’s walls, before the campers stood in shock as tears started to shed as they laid their eyes on someone they hoped they could come back.
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The halls of Phoenix General Hospital hummed quietly, as nurses and doctors came by, as a deliverer skittered along, speeding past patients and doctors as packages, supplies, and letters, before screeching to a stop at a particular room, before they knocked on a door, only to be answered with an “enter.” As they came in, a familiar patient laid in his bed as his goggles and bandanna were laid onto the side, “Donnie, how’re you holding up?” Asked the deliverer, “Mx. Roadrunner, it’s been a good while, what am I receiving this time?” Replied Donnie, before a letter was handed to him, “The usual, y’know- they’re really missing you over at camp, and if you ask- Rainbow Night went well, and you got a good bunch of new counselors and campers when you come back,” Mx. Roadrunner mentions, before Donnie snapped his head over at the deliverer, “How many?” He asked, “at least 5 counselors and a few handfuls of campers.” “I need to tell them!” Donnie remembers, before Mx. Roadrunner looked at Donnie confusedly, “tell them what?” They asked, before Donnie face-palmed himself, “Just..get me some paper and a pen…” he sighed tiredly.
Here’s some extra sketches for the fic!
April & Casey’s matching chokers!
Something’s wrong with Leo..
Hibiscus & Anemone !
