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so a while ago i took a fic commission from the lovely @nonsense-at-2am. the prompt was:

“jay uses video games to cope with the events of skybound but it eventually just becomes unhealthy and eventually the other ninja help him get out of this”

so… confession time. i ORIGINALLY planned to write a little one shot about this, but i started getting ideas and thinking more about the prompt. i had a lot of ideas that i loved, but there was NO WAY i was gonna be able to fit it all in just a one shot. therefore…

tada! this is gonna be a multi-chapter fic - my first one ever :) i’m nearly done with the first chapter, and yeesh. just a heads up, this is my first time writing so much - when i sat down to start writing this, i had no idea it was gonna be more than 2.5k words 😬😬😬 as such, i’m not sure if it’s good or not. luckily i have an excellent beta reader, so i trust that when i release it it will be passable lol.

i should probably be able to post it by the end of the weekend, so be prepared! im quite proud of it, and i hope you’ll like it.

thanks again @nonsense-at-2am for the brilliant idea, i loved writing this.

have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

ASDFGHJGFHJGDSFFDGFHG THANK YOUUUUUU

hi!

for your drawing request post, could you please draw either:

1. agent jay wearing a ball gown on a secret mission

2. wyldfire in a dumpster

3. mondo and kiyotaka (danganronpa) on a date or

4. byakuya togami (also danganronpa) wearing a burger king crown pls!!!

also i love ur art and ur blog!!!

how it feels writing fanfiction knowing perfectly well you have an essay due tomorrow that isn’t even half finished but you can’t stop writing fanfiction

... I physically cannot describe the fear that shot through me when I saw this because this post takes this is literally me to a whole new fucking level

pondering my orb (tabbing back and forth between tumblr and ao3)

in relation to my most recent fic post abt my familiar faces au, allow me to present…

nya!!!

(sorry its super quick so pretty sketchy)

hope you guys like it :D

as always have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

Good morning have a spooked Jay Jay I drew because I have three job interviews this week and am super nervous

shitty meme visited me in a dream

i love jay walker <333

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not at all??!!!!!! please do i love your animatics :D

guys if I worked on another cringe animatic that will take 4 hours instead of what I should working on (my comic) and only got 3 notes would y’all be mad at me 🥺…

and for the last time (Lava Fic!)

angsty but I think it's much more fluff lava fic? idk

Love. It was so weird. Kai supposed he kept learning more of it everyday. ; or, lava realizing that they weren't meant to be, but that's okay!

If Kai learns about Geo and Cole he'd make sure their relationship stays the absolute best thing to happen to them both

(thank you @tornoleander for once again beta-reading my mess!!)

Here it is - a scene from my familiar faces au! I hope you enjoy it!

Tw: cursing, eye trauma, mentions of arranged marriage

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Nya grunts in pain as she's thrown to the floor for what seems like the fiftieth time tonight. Scrap N' Tap is always rough - she has her growing collection of scars to account for that - but tonight seems different. Colder, somehow, and so much harsher than ever before. Her ribs are bruised to hell and the blood filling her mouth indicates that she's lost a tooth. The chuckling of the crew slowly falls silent, and her blood begins to run cold as a shadow looms in front of her.

Of fucking course. Why else would the pirates stop holding back unless he wanted something?

"Oh, my dear," and FSM the way Nadakhan calls her that in his sickly sweet tone just makes her want to throw up, "I can tell you're tiring of all of this. Why don't you just give in and stop all this pain?"

Nya spits out a mouthful of blood (and what she's almost certain is one of her incisors) at the djinn. "For the last time, dickbag," she hisses at his disapproving glare, "I'm not wishing for shit."

Nadakhan sighs as he floats closer, ignoring her attempts to flinch back. One thing she’s learned since being stuck on the misfortune? The captain has no fucking sense of personal space. It’s a trait that makes her shiver with disgust, especially when conversation circles back to the reason theyre stuck in this tango.

Speaking of which…

“My crew have been searching day and night, and your friends are still nowhere to be found.” Nadakhan’s golden eyes steadily burn a hole into her soul. She looks away, favoring the sight of her blood dripping onto the deck over that of the djinn’s face. “It seems that they are particularly good at hiding where I cannot see. But, my dear, you’ll come to find-” he grabs Nya’s throat in a bruising grip, ripping a strangled gasp from between her teeth as she's choking again, she can't breathe she can't breathe she can't breathe - "I always find what I'm looking for eventually. The other ninja will be in my grasp within the month, and once I have them? They will know pain like nothing they have known before, I swear to you."

He throws her to the floor once again. Her bruised ribs cry out in agony, but the feeling of air entering her lungs again drowns out the now familiar pain. A calloused hand finds its way to her hair, twisting a loose strand, and once again Nya has to fight back the urge to vomit.

"It doesn't have to be that way if you could just tell me where to find them. I can be merciful, and while it cannot be denied that I used to despise you for destroying Djinjago, it was not your intention to do so. Ever since you joined us-" ha, joined as if my only other choice wasn't to let you have him - "I have found it harder to argue against your usefulness. You would make a brilliant pirate, my dear."

Nya gives the djinn no response other than a scoff. She would rather die a million times than to see the day she'd willingly take orders from this son of a bitch. He sighs and turns his back on her, floating towards the center of the Scrap N' Tap arena. She wishes she had a knife to plunge into his spine.

"Your friends would not need to suffer, either, as long as they agreed to cooperate as well. I could let you all help me in my rule over Ninjago. It is... unfortunate that your brother and the nindroid were too late for this deal, but once I have my Delara back and receive infinite wishes I could be persuaded to bring them back-"

"HIS NAME IS JAY, YOU BASTARD!"

Nadakhan freezes. The rest of the crew falls eerily silent as well. Nya has been in control of water long enough to know that this is what it feels like in the calm before a raging storm.

"What did you just say to me?" The djinn asks, his words knife sharp. He turns to face her once again, and shit he's fucking enraged. It takes everything in Nya to glare back at him when her brain is telling her it's not safe run away DANGER RUN-

"His name is Jay, not Delara. I don't give a shit that he looks like your dead fucking fiancee - they could be twins for all I care - that doesn't change the fact that he's his own person. Delara is dead, Captain, and I'd rather gouge out my own eye than let you marry him because you think it will bring her back."

Nadakhan's nostrils flare as he flies towards her, arm outstretched as if to hit her. Nya can't help it - she flinches away, squeezing her eyes shut as she waits for the blow to come.

It doesn't.

After a few tense seconds, she looks up again. Nadakhan floats there, a peaceful look across his face as if he hadn't appeared ready to end her fucking life a moment before. Has he somehow managed to calm himself down

"Let me get this straight, my dear," and nope, he's even more angry than he was before, if the way his words drip with icy venom are a hint of his current emotional state, "Despite what you say about your precious Jay, I'd know my beloved anywhere. He may go on believing that he is not her, but once I have him in my grasp - and I will have him - he'll be whoever I say he is. And once I wed him and gain infinite wishes, I will be able to bring back the soul of my beloved Delara from the departed realm. With her spirit in his body, we will be reunited at last!"

Nya has to actively fight her nausea as she looks at the djinn's dreamy expression. Pure unadulterated horror courses through her. She knew that the djinn wanted to marry Jay under the delusion that he was a reincarnation of his bitchass fiancee, but for him to blatantly admit that he didn't give a single shit about Jay's thoughts and feelings on the matter - to admit to his plan of letting Delara permanently possess his body??? - makes her actively sick.

"You're a monster," she gasps, and it only makes him grin sadistically. "Jay will never marry you! He'll fight back every step of the way, and so will I!"

"My dear, Jay doesn't get a choice. No matter what, I will wed him and we will rule Ninjago together. And as for you..." His grin only grows wider as he looks away from her to admire the gleaming metal of his hook. He gestures to Dogshank and before she knows it the beast of a woman is restraining her, and despite her struggling she won't budge. "You're very against this wedding, aren't you? In fact, if my memory hasn't betrayed me, I recall you saying you'd 'rather gouge out your own eye than let me marry him'.

Nya freezes. The djinn is getting closer, too close, and the way he's gazing at his hook sends a bolt of terror through her. "I - I didn't actually mean that!" she stutters as her efforts in struggling against Dogshank double in intensity. She's completely unable to move, however, and her breathing gets harder and faster as Nadakhan raises the curved blade to just above her left eye. He wouldn't really, would he?

Nadakhan pauses, golden eyes roaming over her terrified face with amusement. "You didn't?" He asks, faux disappointment drowning his voice. He begins to pull away his hook, and the sigh of relief she lets out is embarrassingly audible.

"I guess I'll just have to do it myself, then!"

The hook pierces her eye.

The pain is instant and blinding. it's so much worse than every other injury she's faced as a ninja. It courses through her veins, hot and heavy, with no sign of stopping.

The hook digs deeper and though she can't hear anything she knows she lets out a scream as she feels it tear through her eye, ripping through nerves and tissue. The pain whites out her brain, she can't think of anything else, she can't breathe, she can't see-

It feels like minutes of agony as the blade twists and digs through her eye socket, hell bent on causing as much pain as possible. It's working. She simultaneously can't feel anything but her eye and feels every inch of her body as all of her nerves echo with pure blinding excruciation.

Then the hook freezes, and she's only given a brief reprieve from the pain before it yanks out of her socket, taking her eye with it.

The blinding pain overwhelms her again as nerves are ripped from the space her eyeball occupied moments before. Through her ringing ears, she can hear someone screaming. A minute later, she realizes that those are her cries.

She's dropped unceremoniously to the floor by Dogshank, where she lies in a growing pool of her own blood. The pain is still coursing though her, but it slowly ebbs... along with her consciousness.

Through rapidly closing eyes - eye, she only has one now - she can see Nadakhan as he floats towards her crumpled form. He lifts her chin gently, seemingly admiring his handiwork. Not has never been this tired. At this point, the pain is set aside as her body shuts down. Nadakhan tuts at her visible exhaustion and wipes away her tears (when did she start crying? She can't bring herself to care).

"Poor girl," he mumbles, his mournful tone a sharp contrast to the (rapidly blurring) smirk on his face. "This wouldn't have had to happen if you had just told me what I wanted to know."

Fuck that. She gathers the last of her strength as she glares at him and rasps, "'m not tellin' you shit".

Nadakhan scowls, but it quickly turns into a self satisfied smile. "Even in a time like this, you still have your fire. Good. And as for you 'not telling me shit', I believe you now. But mark my words, my dear..."

Nya is drifting off; Nadakhan's voice is getting more and more muffled as she sinks into her exhaustion. The last thing she hears are the djinn's parting words to her.

"Jay and the rest of your friends will be mine eventually. In fact, I doubt I'll have to look much longer. I guarantee you that they'll come to me themselves."

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SO DO WE LIKE IT

this took me a crazy short amount of time compared to most of my writing. I'll have to thank @tornoleander for that because I listened to the girl with one eye (Florence + the machine) like you mentioned when talking abt my au and DAMN it got me in the mindset for this like nothing else lemme tell you. If there were to be a ff!au playlist at some point that would definitely be on it (along with nothing by Emily autumn because that gives me serious jay and nadakhan vibes lol)

Im probably gonna edit this soon because I'm so tired and this is probably shit rn. Bear with me though the typos fam.

anyway I really hope you all like this! Your feedback is always important to me so tell me what you think.

as always, feel free to ask me anything about this fic! I'm always happy to answer your questions :D

Thanks for reading this! I hope it makes you more excited about this au.

Have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

uhh so

hypothetically how does it feel to lose an eye

just wondering

Working on a scene in my familiar faces au that I'm gonna post.

It features nya, nadakhan, and a hook. Oh, also an eye. Can you see where this is going?

Anyway it should be done by like tomorrow evening, so ill probably have it up by then.

Hope you're excited! I'm also working on a one shot for @nonsense-at-2am. Its gonna take a bit longer - probably a week? - but I'm really excited for it anyway. And if anyone else has a prompt or one shot idea you'd like to see me write, comment it on the post I made for it and I'll put it on my to-write list!

Anyway, have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

(Ps is anyone interested in hearing more abt Nya's place in the ff!au?

Au where Jay died in the merge and his powers were passed on to sora. (Instead of tech power, she could jumpstart anything, she uses electricity creatively) 😭

I also like the idea of him being a ghost that only sora (and maybe Cole) could see.

Tehee 🤭

(Should I draw art of this)

Hi everyone!

So my writing has been pretty slow lately - partially because I've been focusing on trying to make sure the ff!au's storyline actually makes sense and partially because writers block has hit me like an 18 wheeler carrying 3 tonnes of cement. Therefore, I've decided that for the next few weeks I'm going to be choosing prompts to write quick (mostly jay-centric) one shots and posting them here.

This means that if you have a one shot idea that you'd like to see, send a quick prompt or description to me and I'll do my best to write something related to it - this way I can a. banish my writers block and b. bring your ideas to fruition! (and yes, if you want you can request something from the familiar faces au)

Obviously some quick rules:

I will not write anything of a sexual nature. I do not feel comfortable at the moment with writing smut, so please leave anything like that out of your prompts

Nothing meant to be rude or harmful either - I won't write about any prompts that portray things such as racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. in a positive light. That means that for example I could write something about a character who has to face homophobia or transphobia as it's made clear that said act is not morally right.

I'm not usually one for writing romance, but I will be alright with writing ships. That being said, I will not write about any ships which are incestous, pedophelic, etc.

With those being said, let's get started!

I can't wait to see your ideas and prompts. Don't forget to reach out to me with any questions and have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

hello everyone!

quick (and unfortunate) announcement. i mentioned last week that i was working on a post that would explain the basic summary of my familiar faces au. unfortunately, im going to have to delay it because while reading it over i was completely dissatisfied with my explanation and as a result am going to rewrite it.

i apologize as this will take a while - school is kicking my ass right now and i’m getting very stressed because i have an extremely busy month ahead. as a result i dont know exactly when i will be finished rewriting the post.

once again i apologize for the delay. in the meantime, i will be posting a lot of smaller stiff still related to the au to make up for it.

thanks for all your patience! dont be afraid to ask me anything and have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

bending but never breaking by @writing-hat (just finished reread number twelve lets go who tf needs sleep)

also when you think you’re all alone by @mondothebombo (10 rereads so far, starting 11th tonight)

i need help someone take these sad lego fanfictions away from me

When you read a fic so good that you’re beside yourself and don’t even know how to function

I've already fell in love with ur familar faces au lol :D

Keep up the good work! :D

aww thanks!

right now im working on a post thats gonna explain the basics of the au’s storyline (with little to no spoilers dw). it should be posted by the end of the weekend and i hope you’ll find it interesting :)

also i just wanted to add - everyone has been so nice and supportive of the au so far! i’ve only posted a fic once before, years ago, and lets just say the community’s reaction to it wasn’t as nice. i ended up deleting both the fic and my account out of embarrassment and haven’t posted anything since then. i was scared when first posting this idea because even though it was a different fandom and i’d seen first hand just how scarily nice ninjago tumblr is, i didn’t want people to act like they had all those years ago. but no, youve all been so indescribably lovely to me, and it makes me so happy to be part of such a kind fandom!

i hope that this au continues to be something you can find joy in. your thoughts and comments mean so much to me.

have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

“Is it okay if I draw fanart of your fanfic?👉🏼👈🏼”

My brother in Christ we shall have a spring wedding

wishing extra kudos to some of my favorite ninjago fics…

when you think you’re all alone by @mondothebombo

bending but never breaking by @writing-hat

land of the living by @captainbrookeworm

you have no idea how many times i’ve reread these three fics. you also have no idea how many times i’ve gotten e n r a g e d because what do you mean ive already left kudos here? why wont you just let me leave more goddamnit????

anyway i definitely recommend you read these- they’re SO GOOD and have made me sob with joy.

have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

had a dream where i logged in to ao3 and saw this

so i'm manifesting it for every author who sees this

likes charge reblogs cast, rb to wish kudos and comments upon your favorite fics

I'm sincerely invested in your skybound au and I can't wait to see what you do with this idea :D

aww thank you so much! this is my first big non-school writing project in ages and i’m working hard to make sure it’s good. the amount of support i’ve gotten so far is crazy - like omg where did all of you lovely people come from???

thanks so much for reaching out and have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

So in my familiar faces au, delara looks like jay instead of nya. Today I'm gonna further discuss that idea.

So Nadakhan's backstory is largely the same. He became a pirate, fell in love with delara, and eventually was trapped in the teapot of tyrhan by soto. There are only a few differences so far:

Obviously, delara looks different than in canon. She has long reddish-brown hair (usually tied back), lots of freckles (because hey, as a pirate she'd be out in the sun a lot), and a scar across her right eye (from an old battle - probably with soto. And don't worry I already have lots of jay angst planned that has to to with that scar... You'll see *evil author laugh*)

She'll also have a more developed backstory since I plan on making her a lot more important than she was in canon. I won't dig into it here because that will be explained during the story and could count as a spoiler, but just know it's gonna be a lot more than just nadakhan's fiancee.

Now, when nadakhan first meets jay to try and get him to wish, he doesn't realize at first that jay looks eerily similar to his dead lover. He does feel as if the ninja is familiar to him but he can't figure out why. This is because my hc since the whole character design change after hands of time is that jay has always had freckles and curly hair - he just chooses to hide them out of self consciousness. so when the two first meet, jay’s wearing concealer over his freckles and straightened his hair.

the first time that nadakhan sees jay with his natural features is on tiger widow island- because 1. jay got soaked while being the boat’s lightning rod (which washed away his makeup) and 2. since tiger widow island is tropical it’s probably pretty warm / humid, so his hair would puff up to it’s natural curliness again (an unfortunate event that i and many other curly haired folks out there have shared).

the story will begin on tiger widow island, and i won’t say anything more about the story (for now at least - i’m gonna be asking for y’alls opinion on something story-oriented later so just sit tight rn).

hope this was interesting to you guys. as always make sure to drop me an ask if you have any questions / ideas / comments. have a wonderful day!

-Lee

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@tornoleander

You guys r like straight up celebrities to me😭😭

@freak-accident419 @joshhutchersonsgf @joshfutturman @xcherryerim

Hi! I'm Lee!

I'm non binary (they/them)

I’m post a whole lot of stuff about a whole lot of fandoms!

stuff i like:

ninjago

disventure camp

hatchetfield

gravity falls

over the garden wall

steven universe

batman

friday night funkin'

Skybound is my Roman empire. I think about it all day all night forever. I love jay ninjago

I write fics but updates are usually few + far between, sorry :’) im very busy and also a massive procrastinator

I post art as well, lots of it. always doing my best to grow my abilities!

Always feel free to drop me an ask if you have any questions, comments, or ideas for/about my work! I love hearing your insights.

#lee's rambles - I'll talk about random things

#lee's fics - discussing any wips or fics I'm working on!

#lee answers - answering asks you send my way

Love you all and I hope you enjoy my blog!

hi!

i’ve decided on a working name for the skybound fic im writing!

as of now it’s called the familar faces au (so clever of me i know)

now whenever i make a post on it, the fic and characters will be tagged as such (examples: #familiar faces au, #ff!au, #ff!jay, #ff!nya, #ff!nadakhan, etc

thanks for the support so far! more updates to come, and remember to drop me an ask if you have questions / ideas xxx

-Lee

Why am I like this

hi!

after much consideration i have decided to graciously accept the $100 dollars and start writing this fic!

its gonna take a while (im busy as hell, i haven’t written anything like this before, and the sheer amount of stuff i’ll have to change will be a killer headache) but the idea worms have already begun to nest in my brain and now i can’t do anything but think about this

planning will start soon and i’ll try to keep you updated. please please please do not hesitate to drop me an ask if you have any questions or ideas!

in the meantime, though, please accept some quick doodles i did for my au’s jay:

my friend just offered me $100 to write a skybound au for him in which delara looked like jay instead of nya

should i do it?

my friend just offered me $100 to write a skybound au for him in which delara looked like jay instead of nya

should i do it?

inspired by boop day, reblog this post if its ok for people to send you random asks and interact on your posts with no judgement. i want to talk to people.

a scene from a wip im working on.

“Lightning is the most volatile of all the elements, Jay. You have the most training ahead of you out of all your teammates, because you will need to learn how to do the seemingly impossible: to control the storm inside of you.

This will be challenging, of course. Your powers will be strongest during moments of strong emotion, and unfortunately on the path of a ninja those are something you will face regularly. Grief, rage, joy: if unable to control your abilities, it is very likely you will lose yourself to the storm.

But know this, Jay. Out of everyone in the 16 realms, it is you and you alone who holds the potential to master lightning. You are intelligent and brave and so very strong, and I know that no matter what opponents you face or how many crises you will have to stop you will be able to stand up and keep fighting.

And that is the mark of a true ninja."

Wu's words from that day so long ago filled his head.

Jay had doubted his sensei's belief in him at first, despite the warmth that had blossomed in his chest from the speech.

After all, how could any of that be true? He was just a kid from a junkyard that had managed to somehow score an elemental power. Hell, he couldn't even control it!

As the years flew by, Jay slowly began to master his abilities. Lighting now took only the slightest effort to summon, and as his friends advanced their powers so did he.

And yet, despite training hard and focusing all of his efforts on improving his mastery, he still had the least control over his powers. Any strong emotional reaction - snapping during an argument, cheering after defeating Kai in a video game tournament, or crying over the ending of Starfarer volume 5 - resulted in him zapping himself or short circuiting any nearby electronics. And in moments when he was truly emotional? His powers wouldn't obey him, lashing out at anyone or anything near him.

It was frustrating and awful and made him cry sometimes, but this only strengthened hos resolve to do better. He found himself meditating with Wu many nights as his sensei taught him more about his abilities.

He and his friends grew older. Jay mastered his true potential, and continued training. His lighting was less volatile now, as if finally trusting its holder. He was still the worst at controlling his elemental energy, but he had mostly accepted it.

And yet.

In moments of true overwhelming emotion, his powers all but gave up on him. He had grown better at hiding it, but when it happened during battles he couldn't help but feel as if he was a failure to his team - to his family. He was supposed to be one of Ninjago's protectors, but here he was unable to do anything.

The occasions on which this happened, he would wonder why Wu ever chose him to be a ninja.

He went to his sensei about it, shortly after what had happened with the departed realm.

He explained his problems with his powers, tears burning tracks down his face as he drank the jasmine tea Wu had given him (to promote relaxation and reduce anxiety, his master had mentioned).

When he finished rambling, he waited (to be scolded? To be waved away with a scoff? To be told he was being dramatic? He honestly didn't know).

Instead, he had been surprised by a hand on his own.

"Oh, Jay," Wu had said softly, "There is nothing wrong with you. Your powers aren't broken, and you aren't failing anyone."

Jay hadn't realized he had stopped crying until those words made him start again.

Wu had explained that the reason his powers wouldn't obey him while emotional was because of how he dealt with said emotions.

"You do your best to bottle them away," his sensei scolded him lightly. "You seem to believe that you don't have the right to feel so strongly, and so you subdue those emotions. If you want to control this, you will need to truly feel that your feelings are valid."

Jay tried after that, he really did. Deep down, he knew he was allowed to feel any way he wanted, but it was hard. After all, his role on the team was the one who cracked jokes, who always had a bright outlook on life or a pun for when times were bad. If he couldn't fulfill that, what would his place even be anymore?

He explained his frustrations over the matter once again to Wu, who only had one thing to say.

"Forcing yourself to feel a certain way won't get you anywhere. The answer to this query will come to you eventually, don't worry."

And despite Jay's impatience and Wu's frustratingly vague advice, his sensei was right once again.

In the last eight months, he had been through hell and back. He was scarred and shattered.

He was filled with terror as he stood once again on the deck of the misfortune's keep, blue eyes locked with the yellow of the djinns.

The last time he had been here, those yellow eyes had been on him as well. They mocked him as he sobbed, powerless and broken, burdened by vengestone and the knowledge that he would never be the same again.

Nadakhan had ruined him. He had hurt his friends, destroyed Ninjago, and taken everything Jay had.

His hope.

His autonomy.

His freedom.

For the first time in years, Jay burned with pure unbridled rage.

And for the first time ever, his powers burned with him.

Nadakhan had ruined him.

But Jay was damned to hell if he wouldn't ruin the djinn as well.

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Hi! Sorry if this is rough - like I said its a wip and I cranked it out in like 30 minutes. Its probably very all over the place because I wrote this at three am.

I hope you enjoyed this because I enjoyed writing it!