@curioosity

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With Azura looking worse and worse, Aku was growing increasingly frustrated with doing nothing but watch her decline. He needed to speak to her, he needed to see her and not the creature that had possessed her body and threatened to destroy her mind. So as Azura slept between bouts of fighting with the parasitic entity inside her, Aku decided to break his silence as stealthily as possible.

After several long moments of meditation, he entered a trance-like state of mind and began to weave his magic. Dream influence was not something he practiced often as being “subtle” was not one of his finer traits, but perhaps with Azura being held under the hat’s power so forcefully, she would be less likely to wake from the intrusion. 

As he ventured into the darkness, the dream yokai began to call out to her, whispering her name in the hopes of finding her. ‘Azura… Azura… Azura…’

Locked to Casper


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‘I know, he’s pushing the change at a faster rate. It’s mostly out of spite, possibly also to punish Flug for this plan. If not all of us. We have to find someone quick, or at least ease him more to our way of thinking.’ Casper answered, keeping her eyes on the road.

‘The effects will overtake her until she is nothing but a shell. Acting quickly is the only thing we can do, unless you have a better plan.’ A new and better host was the best way to coax him, but he was the sort to act out of spite if Azura’s changes were anything to go by.

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‘I supposed he would kill her before a final switch was made,’ his words filtered into her mind as their thoughts mingled. After all, being that petty was something Aku could relate to and likely what he would have done if he was Black Hat. Certainly, they weren’t all that different. 

‘Flug possesses a toxin with the ability to incapacitate creatures such as myself and Black Hat, but he is convinced this will kill Azura…’ But at this rate, it appeared as if death was closing in on her either way.

Locked to Casper

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Aku didn’t like the way Azura was looking and sounding. Her graying skin and sharp teeth had him especially concerned. However, speaking up about it would most certainly give away his position. There had to be another way to communicate without being overheard by Black Hat. 

Casper, with her ability to see and speak to creatures of darkness, was his best bet for being heard. So Aku began to concentrate on making his unspoken thoughts as loud as possible and focused on “pushing” them into the head upon which he sat, which happened to be Casper’s.

‘Casper,’ he thought as loudly as he could. ‘She is doing poorly. Respond if you can hear me.’

Casper, startled, had swerved a bit before righting the van’s path on the road. 
“Shit!” 

“What the hell was-” 

“Nothing! I thought I saw a squirrel.” She lied flawlessly, relaxing again. The van once more going silent. 

‘I can hear you, that scared me!’

Aku’s sounds of frustration translated clearly through what he now knew was a shared connection. 

‘FOCUS!’ he chided, his thought-voice sounding just as rough and irate as his spoken voice. However, he couldn’t help being pleased with this small victory. At least she could hear him.

‘You are not someone I thought would scare so easily.’ This was the closest thing she was going to get in terms of an apology from him. Aku’s thoughts went on, ‘As I was saying, Azura’s condition is growing worse. Her skin has grayed and there are changes in her features.’

Locked to Casper

@deep-black-dreaming

Aku didn’t like the way Azura was looking and sounding. Her graying skin and sharp teeth had him especially concerned. However, speaking up about it would most certainly give away his position. There had to be another way to communicate without being overheard by Black Hat. 

Casper, with her ability to see and speak to creatures of darkness, was his best bet for being heard. So Aku began to concentrate on making his unspoken thoughts as loud as possible and focused on “pushing” them into the head upon which he sat, which happened to be Casper’s.

‘Casper,’ he thought as loudly as he could. ‘She is doing poorly. Respond if you can hear me.’

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Azura was asleep, feeling better and with Black Hat not holding as tight to her head, in less pain. She had made her request very clear, she wanted the Hat off and he was going to help her. 

Carefully, very very carefully and slowly, he picked her up out of her bed holding her bridal style in the dark. Quietly, he made his way to the door of the bedroom. 

“Guys,” he whispered. “Get the van started.” 

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Being a light sleeper, the girl stirred as she felt like she was being carried away by someone (perhaps Flug was struggling a bit with his nerdy limbs, who knows), and woke up to being in a van.

She jolts up in shock, looking around for the people responsible for this. “W-who?! What’s going on?! Where are you taking me?!”

Casper glanced back briefly before resetting her eyes on the road. “Hey, welcome to the land of the living. You can go back to sleep, we’re just…going for a drive. Flug has you set up with a nice little sleep area.” 

Flug twiddled his fingers, looking back at her from his place on the passenger side. “An air mattress, a pillow, a fluffy blanket, some snacks…you’ll be okay. We’re going to go…um..on an impromptu trip!” He said. 

Casper looked in the back to the rest of the group, Dementia and Crow with Azura. 

“Everyone comfy?”

At present, Aku was laying low—which was to say he was riding high atop Casper’s head in the form of a black fez hat with a red tassel. Rather than catch Black Hat’s notice and sabotage the whole feat, he’d decided (for now) to keep silent. He and the accursed Hat weren’t on the best of terms, after all. It was hard enough not to shapeshift into a viper and fling himself viciously at the hat sitting atop Azura’s head.

However, as Azura stirred, he couldn’t help but wonder who it was that was speaking. Was it Azura or was it the hat? For now the demon simply watched her warily and fought the temptation to ask how she was feeling.

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Ancient Egyptian style Aku

Egyptian God Aku is still something I think about and a thing I want. I used Set’s colors for him because I think he identifies most with Set, the Egyptian god of darkness and disorder. So far I have two AU ideas I don’t know what to do with:

Egyptian God AU

Black Diamond (Steven Universe) AU