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A new student has joined the Ignihyde dormitory!!

Meet [Raneus Salpho]-- a 2nd year student with a sharp tongue and much like most of the other Ignihyde students, mostly keeps to himself and doesn’t interact much with others. He doesn’t really like conforming much to rules and doesn’t seem to particularly care about how others think about him, preferring for others to just mind their own business.

He actually comes from a family extraordinarily skilled in the art of sewing, with him being one of the best throughout his family’s history, and is able to make an entire outfit in, at his fastest, a single overnight work. Even better is that he’s twisted from [Arachne] in Greek mythology.

Raneus is also actually a spider, and while normally he would look a lot more “hideous”, he is able to hide away those traits of his thanks to buying certain potions that Berebis makes on his spare time. That being said, he’s not really afraid to freak out others by using his webs and magic and such.

He doesn’t mind selling out his web and works, but he charges quite high prices. It’s all worth it though, as the products are all of high quality and are excellent craftsmanship.

Surprisingly though, he gets along quite well with some people such as Sam(more of business partners really, Sam sells what Raen makes, and the latter gets profits), Trey(though it’s mostly the spider leeching off of Trey’s sweets in exchange for some favors and stuff), Ophiou, Idia, and Ortho(all four of them are from the same place of origin and have known each other for sometime)

11 for all your TWST OCs please!

11. What was their favourite fairy tale growing up?

Quintin Blanpine: Little Red Riding Hood

Seisear Marchare: Hansel & Gretel

Lala-Phula Tigris: Sinbad the Sailor

Cirnu Alva Valirgethen: The Little Match Girl

Ophiou Chos Gorgos: The Beauty and the Beast

Berebis R. L'Ephegor: Sleeping Beauty

Fuyume Yukitosu: The Snow Queen

Shir-Kani Tigris: The Boy who had a Moon on his Forehead 

Hokusai Nasu: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

Viviane Genov: The Little Mermaid

Leviotan Genov: The Wild Swans

Orchis Hortengea: The Ugly Duckling

Raneus Salpho: Cinderella

LITTLE BONUS:

yes, that’s Cirnu’s mom asdkjaskd-- more details on her family will be made in the future lol

16 for all your twst bois

16. If they were arrested with no explanation, what would their friends and family think they had done?

Quintin Blanpine & Seisear Marchare: Their grandfather would definitely be quite miffed about his beloved grandsons being arrested with no explanation, plus he knows all about Quintin since he raised the boy by himself after the kid’s parents died when he was young, and he’s been in Seisear’s life ever since his childhood (until he also ended up practically raising him alongside Quintin after a certain incident). He believes that neither of the two did anything bad but is cordial and polite when inquiring about just why did his grandsons get arrested.

Ophiou Chos Gorgos: His mother would DEFINITELY be upset. She’s protective over her son, especially so after she nearly lost him in the past, and now he gets put in jail for no reason whatsoever? Despite her fury though, she retracts her teeth and anger, even though she has long since lost her eye ability, as she tries to peacefully settle this and get her son out of wrongful imprisonment. This situation isn’t helping his mother is trying to affirm (to herself and to her son) that people aren’t prejudiced and whatnot. She 100% believes that her son wouldn’t do anything to harm others and their small family and community don’t like getting involved or making trouble.

Berebis R. L'Ephegor: Much like Ophiou’s mom, Bel’s mom would DEFINITELY be upset and distraught, erratic even since she fully believes that her son can do no wrong and that the arrest was based on either a mistake or antagonism against their family. His dad is also shocked and calls this kind of situation as unfair, but he also expresses disappointment in Bel for being put in this situation— nonetheless, the family will use their reputation and everything at their disposal to get Bel out as soon as possible. His parents fully believe that Bel wouldn’t do anything to cause trouble or harm unto others, with his mother being the one more insistent on these accusations against her son to be false.

Shir-Kani Tigris: Despite their rather harsh and cutthroat beliefs, the entire Tigris clan calls Shir’s arrest to be one massive bullshit. Even Lala is pissed, as, despite their rather prickly relationship, she acknowledges the fact that her older brother isn’t the type of person to do anything wrong and he’s a reasonable guy. His mother has to be physically restrained lest she attacks the guys who are trying to arrest her son, while his father says to let this be since he knows that if his son is truly innocent, which he fully believes Shir is, then he’ll be released in no time. 

Leviotan Genov: Levi’s grandmother just shakes her head before doing everything in her power to get him out of prison; after all, family sticks together. His mother is also angry about this situation, though something like this isn’t too uncommon with their lifestyle and whatnot, his other siblings have mixed reactions ranging from concern to making jokes about Levi’s situation, with Vivi being in the former category— she believes that while her brother could be quite rough, he wouldn’t do anything that would go out of the line unless completely necessary. His family thinks that Levi could have (accidentally) hurt someone a bit too much, or threatened them.

Raneus Salpho: His entire family is shocked at this happening since they all know that Ran isn’t someone who would do anything that would get himself into trouble at all, even if he can be somewhat impish. Though with that being said, almost all of them are distant towards each other so they don’t really get involved much with each other’s affairs... however, it doesn’t mean that they don’t care about each other, and Ran isn’t an exception to this. His mother, in particular, comes to his aid and tries her damnest to get her son out of his imprisonment.

EXTRA:

Hokusai Nasu: He hasn’t seen any of his family in forever, and is 100% sure that they don’t even know if he’s still alive or not. Plus, he’s already centuries old, along with going under a different name now. Most importantly, he’s under careful watch and he’s kind of bound to the school and its perimeters, so he can’t really commit a crime outside, along with the fact that he won’t harm any of the students and he generally isn’t allowed to harm any person lest he is taken again.

Orchis Hortengea(?): Since they’re a fairly recent undead and Crowley, MC, Grim, and everyone else has done their best to keep their true nature a secret, it’s nearly impossible that Orchis would ever be arrested for anything honestly. Besides, they’ve been dead for decades, and their family have most likely moved and passed on... that and, either way, Orchis doesn’t remember much about their past as a living person.

Hello Sensei *bows politely with a soft smile* I'm happy that you're safe and sound and your return as well. For the oc ask, how about number 3 please (ft. My oc Madali Kanan singing her hype song 'Take this! "All Loaded" from Symphogear) (-From Kaiyahna Meeks🙂 (CureScarlett24#1428 on Discord))

Number 3: What would (Madali Kanan) have to do to seduce (Raneus and Ophiou)?

(Mun Yasu: Since neither my spider and snek babbies have been mentioned yet, I'm gonna go with both of them if that’s aight w/ u alsdjsdjlsad-- also, thanks!! I’m glad to be back as well uwu uwu)

Short Answer: You can’t seduce them. 

Ran would just stare at Madali with a deadpan look before tying them up; he’s not all for romance honestly and says he doesn't have the time for trivial and dumb things like these-- he is, after all, more or less business-inclined and stuff (that and he actually has his own baggage that he vehemently REFUSES to indulge on).

Ophiou meanwhile hates being flirted at since he can sense the insincerity from a mile away, that and because of his insecurities of being a “monster”, and just zones out from the conversation in hopes that Madali would stop. 

Needless to say, both of them have a somewhat negative/hostile to passive reaction with being flirted with. 

(Honestly, the only one Madali might have a shot with flirting are Sei, Vivi, Cirnu, and Levi— that’s discounting Hokusai because he’s a teacher; if you try gunning for his child Raetel though.... gud luck cause he’s protective lol)

for the oc interaction game maybe 1 and 6 with... harpae? and whichever of your twst ocs you think might be the most fun owo

(Mun Yasu: uwu decided to go with Viviane and Raneus; the former because v friendly singing beluga babby, and the latter because I rly need to do a bit more character building with my spider son lol)

1. What does (Viviane) think of (Harpae)?

The first thing that comes to her mind is: Fellow merfolk owo!! 

Viviane’s already very friendly towards almost everyone, and with Harpae being heavily inclined towards music and singing, the albino girl just has a slightly higher positive reaction towards them. Vivi will happily approach Harpae anytime they aren’t working/doing anything, and if there are no classes of the moment, just to talk and have a nice chat~… she’ll even do most of the talking if Harpae wants to continue to remain a bit quiet~!

(Vivi might even ask to sing with Harpae sometime, but will understand and nicely back off if they don’t want to, though she’ll do it while pouting a bit uwu)

6. What does (Raneus) find attractive in (Harpae) as a partner?

Ran finds their personality to be the most appealing; the fact that they are independent, hardworking, very honest, and perceptive makes him interested/slightly kinder to them already. 

He also likes that they’re passionate and creative as well, since while Ran believes that one should be diligent, it would make things too dull and one would not be able to put out their best 100% peak effort if it is not related to something they are invested in. 

Ran doesn’t mind Harpae preferring silence and quietness honestly, since he himself likes to do things in peace (not to mention he’s used to living on his own-- so while he may not like noise all that much, he can still appreciate the other’s presence being there... don’t point that out/mention to him though, he’ll vehemently deny it and might shut you up by clamping your mouth close with his webs)

sakdjh Welcome back Yasu!! I have a question for you. Did any of yours oc's in particular enjoy their time at the vocal and dance championship (VDC)?

jlkjsadsd tnx for the warm welcome!! rly, ya’ll are too kind to this dumb clown sadhajksdh qwq

Anyways--

Considering I’m still catching up on the Pomefiore chapter (already nearly finished reading the translations), I’ll try my best to answer this ask as best as I can with my goldfish brain 🤡

Nearly everyone enjoyed the VDC, though some of the others... not so much, ahaha. Anyways, here’s some of their thoughts as the event progressed!

Orchis greatly enjoyed the festivity and overall vibe of the VDC-- so many people~!! So much liveliness!! They ate so much food to the point they nearly ended up eating everything from a lot of the food stalls. It was the most fun they’ve had ever since they woke back up from being dead~. 

Despite having to be watched over by Hokusai for nearly the entire event, their overall experience was pretty fun~.  

Raneus also enjoyed the entire event... somewhat. He did end up making a TON of money from the amount of people who sent him commissions (and that includes even people from other schools!), asking him to sew their outfits and even giving him the highest price they could offer in return for his finest pieces. Adding to that is the amount of sponsors he got from the exposure of his outfits, so needless to say, his network became wider again. 

Viviane so BADLY wanted to join the VDC and was even excited to try for the auditions... but sadly, she accidentally over-exerted herself and ended up straining her ankles and achilles heel from doing dancing practices and stretching. She pouted for a while but decided to do the next best thing; support and cheer on her new friends and senpais (ie. Ace, Deuce, Epel, Kalim, Jamil, Rook, and Vil) in their spotlight~!

On the contrary, Berebis absolutely disliked the loud noises that was coming from the performances that the contestants for the VDC were making. So he sought to stay as far away as possible from the stadium and even willingly stayed behind in Diasomnia just because he wanted to desperately avoid the noise coming from the speakers of the event. 

Of course, Cirnu along with Fuyume (and some coercion from Lilia) ended up convincing him to get out and try to enjoy the festivities. 

Drop the Shir BWH measurements/j

Ophi: RAN, WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT SEVEN ARE YOU THINKING--

Ran: Relax Gorgy, it was only in jest. Plus the size was more or less just my speculation from estimations of his other body measurements.

Lala: Man, are the tech otakus from the fire-head’s dorm this bizarre, or is it just ya?

H- Hello, don't mind me just giving out some chocolates!!

*Gives everyone a box of homemade bonbons but with Leviotan, Opihou, Raneus, Berebis, Hokusai and Shir-Kani's box there's a letter*

Hey so I....... really really love you. You're incredible and wonderful and I'd kiss you if I wasn't a coward. You don't have to return the favor but I just want you to know that I love you with all my heart and you mean a lot to me ok byyyyye.

Leviotan: *raises an eyebrow* I see. *casually eats only bonbon before giving the rest to Viviane* 

Sweets really aren't my thing. Plus, if you had the guts to write a love letter then at least have the guts to confront me in person. Sheesh. *scratches the back of his head, sighing*

(Vivi: Awww, thanks bro! But I already have so many chocos, and the biggest choco is from you~!! Even with my big tummy, I can't eat all of theseeee-!! ò3ó )

Ophiou: Eh? EEEEHHHH????!!! *shooketh because he received chocos from a girl* Eh-? Wuh-? Arereh-??? Hah-? 

*Ophiou.EXE crashed; rebooting in 3... 2... 1...* 

T-Th-Thanks....!! I, I guess....??! I-I-...! *takes deep breaths to calm himself down* .... I have absolutely no idea why you would even like (a monster) me, b-but.... I really am happy.....

Raneus: *skims through the letter casually tossing it away* She didn't put any caffeine in the choco right? *sniffs one piece* It doesn't contain any liqueur as well right? *squints eyes* I guess I'll feed them to O-chan (Ophiou) first to test if there's any. 

... Love is unnecessary to me. *blunt* I'm not looking for it nor am I asking for it. Plus I don't even know who the sender is.

(Ophi: Ran--!!! Be a little more kind and considerate would you...??! OAO)

Berebis: ..... *sighs after reading the letter* Where in the hell are you all coming from... *crumples the letter before staring at the box of bonbons* ... I'm not hungry at the moment, but I'm not letting anyone take it.

Keeping it just in case I get hungry from my nap.... *yawns* Speak of the devil, I'm tired again...

Hokusai: Oh? Oho~? *chuckles* Interesting. I am honored to have earned the little lady's affections, but alas, I must reject such heartfelt confessions. It would be best if she were to direct these to someone else more suitable than I. Now as for the chocolates.... fufu. 

Yes, I'll share these with my son~. *chuckles* I still recall him being an avid eater of sweets~.

(Raetel: SHUT UP OLD MAN, I'LL KILL YOU-!! WHO SAID YOU CAN SAY SUCH THINGS-- *he's embarrassed, forgive him*)

Shir: *blinks, smiles faintly* This feels rather nostalgic. Who would've thought that I would receive chocolates once more like this, I feel as if I had returned back to my younger self. 

*laughs lightheartedly* Valentine's Day is not a custom really celebrated in my hometown, mainly because they see it as something stupid, so to receive chocolates and a letter once more like I did back in school is somewhat refreshing.

Brain was empty and had no ideas so I just sketched out whatever I could think of hhhhhhh--

Fuyu in a sailor fuku was always something that had been in mind for a long time no purely for the fact I thought it would look cute on her aksdhjasdsd (chose the Fall/Winter version because it suits her more imo)

A glimpse of Ran’s “true” (spidery) form; he actually has 8 eyes but because they’d look too freaky he only lets loose a little around a very few select of people he trusts, with Ophiou being one of them (oh and he can’t be assed to take a bath on his own and will neglect doing so, thus he’s often nagged by Ophi to actually take one)

Raetel’s actually a studious and hard-working boy (yes, I hereby confirm the adopted honey badger as Hoku’s SON) despite his appearance and mannerisms kind of like a delinquent; he takes his studies seriously and HATES slackers (which is why he was LIVID when Grim, Ace, and Deuce all took up Azul’s contract to boost their studies)

Genderbent Quin and Sei. That’s all. asdsadhasd I literally have no other reason besides “cute girls go BRRRRR” uwu;;;;

Chibi Orchis nomming on a (poisonous) leaf is just a small bonus ehehehe wwwww

92 for anyone

(Ran)

(Levi)

(Bel; couldn’t find a gif that has both quotes in hhhh)

(Either Quin or Ophi)

(yes i know its cheating to put in more than one person but the gifs i found were just too good- :^DDDD)

Happy Birthday to our(my) beloved spider-boy!!!

... i realize that I posted this one day after his actual birthday but sshhhh-- pretend its still March 14th 🤡🤡🤡

Anyways!!!

If any of you would like to send an ask or greet Raneus a happy birthday then please feel free to do so!! Also considering he’s the only one of my OCs (at the moment) that’s celebrating their birthday in the month of March, birthday asks will be open for an entire week starting today!

“Ah, Salpho-san. There you are.” A young man with white hair and a single rose adorning it approached him, wearing similar clothes as Raneus “It seems like we’re what people call ‘birthday twins’. These kinds of occasions doesn’t happen a lot, y’know?” He spoke softly, flashing a polite smile and handed the other man a plate of a sliced piece of cake. “I’ve heard there was another birthday party being held in Ignihyde and so I came to bring you some delicacies from our dorm, Heartslabyul. Our vice dorm leader is quite a good cook you see... and i figured this dorm doesn’t have someone who can actually cook anyway... Ahem! Do not mind me. Just mumbling something to myself. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy your birthday to the fullest. Until next time~” He flashed another smile, this time with closed eyes, turned around and left.

Raneus' eyes blinked once as the white-haired figure walked away before looking to the slice of cake that the latter gave him. 

He lightly his cheek with his free hand as he continued staring at the cake, silently shaking his head before heading back to the party that was being held for him. His brow furrowed slightly from this turn of events, along with some mild confused feelings.

"It's not like I chose to be born on the same day though, birthdays don't really mean anything to me. .... Hah. But I'll return the favor for this soon. 

[Mirna Antirino]. I'm pretty sure I still have information regarding him... I'll get to work on his piece after this party-- no, I'll start right now. 

... Ah. 

But I'll get an earful from O-chan later for skipping out on my birthday party. .... Haah. How troublesome."

10 facts for Raneus? 😳

Ehehehe time to rant 10x about my spider son uwu

1. Raneus actually has around a dozen or so siblings. Though if you ask him exactly how many, all he’ll answer you with is, “I honestly don’t know and don’t care to know. I’ve lost count after 20, I think, or was it 30?”

2. He’s begun to live on his own at the wee age of 11, though he’s begun his tailoring gig at a much younger age (8yrs old); this is actually pretty common in his family.

3. As I’ve pretty much made obvious by now, Raneus and Ophiou are childhood friends. What I didn’t include is that they consider each other as brothers, even if Ran won’t ever admit it out loud. Ran is pretty much the only one whom Ophi’s snakes don’t actively hiss or want to bite at.

4. Whale confirmed. What??? Let the spiderboy waste the boatloads of cash he has on his favorite waifus and husbandos. (yes he admits that he finds both boys and girls to be “attractive”. no he wont date any time soon lol)

5. Give him coffee at your own risk. If you manage to SOMEHOW make him down even an entire mug of coffee, he acts like a blackout drunk man and... well.... let’s just say things will get terrifying, ehe~. (note: He will not remember anything that has happened in this timeframe.)

6. Knows the BWH sizes of literally everyone in NRC and even some in RSA-- from the current students, to the alumni, to even the faculty. Though unless his contract(s) states otherwise, he will not reveal them to literally anyone.

7. Like Leviotan, he absolutely DETESTS being indebted to literally anyone, and thus makes it a rule to quickly repay a favor to anyone that managed to help him through any rough patches-- though he is a lot more stubborn than Levi when it comes to accepting help from others.

8. Has a business-like relationship with Sam, Azul, Vil, and Levi (and occasionally, Hoku). Spider silk from an Arachne really does sell well~. 😌👌💸💸💸

9. Can literally do the spider crawl (duh). Though if you ask him about that straight to his face, he just has an expression that looks so done with your shit, “What are you an idiot? Just because I’m a spider?” .... then he says he can do it. “What? I never said I couldn’t.”

10. Is a bonafide workaholic. Good luck trying to disturb his concentration when he’s working on his clothing pieces... or even his gaming. (dont at him, but he has a gaming channel and even streams live)

Yandere Raneus? 😳

Hoo boi where do I begin with this boy--

For starters, Raneus is already well-known for his aloof and distant nature; he isn't one to actively socialize with other people and simply prefers to be alone surrounded by his work and very few close friends. If you aren't part of his small social circle, then the closest relationship you'd get with him is that of a business transaction.

However, it doesn't mean that he is incapable of loving someone else-- it's just that due to the way he was raised, the environment he grew up in, and the mindset he gained at a young age contributed to how he views relationships and the idea of "love" of the current time.

"Love" to him is nothing but a bother, he's seen how people become fools once they fall in love and he's never really seen his own parents act like they're in love so he's come to the conclusion that it's just a matter of convenience and idiocy. He's made a fine line between "love" and "like", so while he does LIKE his closest friends (such as Ophiou, who is arguably the closest person he has), he doesn't LOVE them as one would a romantic partner.

Once Ran finally finds his "Darling", though, he ends up actually realizing rather quickly that something is off with him when they are around, but he doesn't realize WHY exactly it early on. He ends up becoming frustrated and irritated at their presence, his eyebrows furrowing and his scowl becoming deeper once they are in the general area.

He hates this feeling. It's something unknown (at least to him) that is disturbing his entire being-- from his work ethic, to his mental and emotional state. Raneus tries to desperately bury himself in work after work and it actually works... until he eventually finishes up his queue and the thoughts quickly flush back in.

Eventually he puts two and two together; he is indeed IN LOVE with his "Darling". The revelation actually almost causes him to enter an existential crisis, but he just ends up laughing at the irony. He's actually one of the few who is quick to adapt and accept his darker tendecies (and is the opposite of his childhood friend in that manner).

Once Ran finally gets a handle on himself, he's very patient at trying to build a friendly relationship with his Darling. He's fully aware of the reputation he's built, along with their first impression of him not being the best, so he's perfectly willing to go through the very slow process of getting close to them. ... It doesn't mean that he isn't complaining on the inside though.

I CAN SEE MY SPIDERBOI RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER

IM LITERALLY SOBBING RN???????

ONE OF MY BABBIES FINALLY GETS DRAWN AND BY TARO OF ALL PEOPLE???? BLESS YOU IM-- 🙈🙈😭😭💖💖🥺🥺🤧🤧❤️❤️

NRC Snapshots (👻): Originally meant to capture a candid shot of some Ignihyde students for the yearbook. Somehow the poltergeist found the camera again. We wound up playing some absurd form of tag for the next hour or so, trying to get it back.

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Starting up the “NRC Snapshots” series again b/c I miss drawing other’s OCs! (＾∇＾) As always, take a look at the blogs of the wonderful people whose characters I’ve used under the cut! A non-frame version of the shot can be found there as well!

I wasn’t sure if it was okay to actually tag everyone for something so minor;;; But if anyone doesn’t mind me tagging them for something like this, then ( ・∇・) pls tell me?

Vinh: @/prometheanglory // Kero: @/piraticusdorm & @/lulutwstocs // Orion: @/the27th // Al: @/oiseaunoir11 // Raneus: @/randomikemendegen // Idia belongs to Twisted Wonderland ( ・∇・) ofc

🙌 If you still want to, how about Raneus and Leroy in punkwear?

i clearly have no idea how punk fashion works.... 🤡🤡

close-up shots of my OCs, part 3 out of 4

part 1 is here

part 2 is here

part 4 is here

close-up shots of my OCs, part 3 out of 4

part 1 is here

part 2 is here

part 4 is here