At the Drive-In Tonight Beta ver.The roar and claps made by the deinos pulled Daybit back from his reverie. On the screen, the movie finally reached the last part of falling action as the final girl plunged her knife into the masked villain’s chest. He noticed that some of the deinos who were terrified at the beginning were cheering and clapping with their companion. The sight made the young man smiled a little. He reached into his popcorn bucket, but his fingers only scrapped the butter residue at the bottom. He was so absorbed by the movie he quickly ran through all of his popcorn.

[DayTez + Hot Cocoa] An unusually cold day hit Mictlanpa.

The Aztec underworld’s temperature usually stayed on the lukewarm side. Not too cold it chilled the bones of the dead, nor it was too hot to burn them. So, when an anomaly hit home, the master of the house was the first to notice.

Since Tezcatlipoca was summoned from Pan-Human History, the system of his underworld was still connected with the working of Earth from the proper timeline. It was him who applied the rule to Mictlanpa after the destruction of Nahui Mictlan, making the underworld’s climate aligned with the climate of the Americas. Judging by the date on the calendar, this was the time for winter. Naturally, the god had anticipated the weather change & installed a fireplace in his residence.

In Which I Tried to Write in My Mother TongueInspiration: https://twitter.com/ThunderKALEL/status/1668673952196202497/photo/1

Warning: vague plot

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“Ternyata seperti ini.”

Jari-jari Daybit bergerak menelusuri paha kanan Tezcatlipoca. Tepatnya, dia meraba tepat di bagian paha yang sekarang tidak menyisakan apa pun selain bekas potongan berwarna hitam mengilap. Serangan mendadak yang dilancarkan para Deinos liar beberapa waktu yang lalu lebih parah daripada yang selama ini terjadi; sesuatu yang lolos dari perhitungan si pemuda bermata ungu. Selama beberapa saat, dia bisa menangkis rahang-rahang mereka yang penuh gigi tajam dengan bantuan ‘teman-teman’nya. Tapi, para Deinos itu terus mendesaknya mundur ke satu titik di hutan yang amat terpencil hingga punggungnya menabrak sebuah pohon besar.

- これはポカニキの一人称視点で書かれています。
- デくんは登場しないが、デテのヒントはある。

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You asked me about acrylic standees I’d say they’re awesome.

Y’know, it was common for people of the past to sculpt effigies to represent gods. They picked a huge lump of clay and made small figurines out of it, following their wizened priests’ guidance on picking shapes that best represented the divine beings. Then, they brought those figures to the temples as part of many rituals, while some were also sold for the commoners to complete the altar in their houses. Simply put, the figurines brought a small part of divinity to protect their homes.

FIRST CONTACT“Are you really a Doll”

In front of Daybit, the newly-activated Doll stares and blinks slowly at him. His blue eyes scan the little boy, prompting his built-in search engine to run through his memory bank. It takes him seconds to pull out the profile that matches the little boy’s.

[Name: “Daybit”]
[Age : 10]

Just Like An Action HeroAmong the countless invention made by modern civilization, Tezcatlipoca was particularly drawn to movies.

No matter where he was, whether observing from his Grand Berserker throne or receiving it as part of Pan-Human History knowledge when he walked on Earth in his modern man vessel, the god made sure that he had the time to appreciate movies. A projection of moving slides, camera tricks, and exhilarating background music. Handsome actor done his role as a noble hero to answer the call of the leading lady, while dastardly villain plotted the hero’s demise behind the shadow. Much like the the Aztecs’ dance-play entertainment, a movie’s plot had acts. Tension escalated as the act progressed, reaching its climax as the hero confronted the villain in a dramatic battle, and ending with a charade of explosion as the hero walked away with the heroine in his embrace. Then the credit rolled, and Tezcatlipoca clapped and shouted “Bravo” with the widest smile on his face.