Lost in the Cracks, by FoME
Wallflower couldn’t deny that she was happier at Ravnica High than at CHS.
On average.
There were still bad days, some worse than others. Especially as Wallflower’s teachers encouraged her to develop the magic that made her unnoticeable to both living and technological senses.
On the really bad days, when it felt like even the ground had to remember to hold her up, Wallflower sought solace in a friend who had been with her even before high school: sitting with her head on a table and her arms folded over it.
“Ugh…”
The groaning helped. At least, Wallflower told herself it did.
“Ugh…”
Though it definitely didn’t when it didn’t come from Wallflower herself. She whipped her head back up and saw another student meeting with her old friend at the very same table. Sure, it was one of the tables in the school’s massive central hall/cafeteria, but she still hadn’t expected company. The stranger had dark blue hair and lighter skin, resembling Vice Principal Beleren… aside from the stubby, conical horns and the hints of scales along their wrists.
“Um…” Wallflower bit her lip. What would she want someone to do in this situation? “Hi?”
“Huh?” The other person bolted up, eyes wide and darting about for a few moments before they locked on her. “H-how long have you been there?” he said.
Wallflower found herself giving a sad smile. “Don’t worry, I get that a lot.”
“That didn’t actually answer the question.”
“Sorry. Dimir. With my friends, you get in the habit of not answering direct questions.”
The boy gave her a flat look. “Yeah, I noticed.”
Wallflower cleared her throat and tried not to combust out of sheer embarrassment. The fact that the boy was actually kind of cute wasn’t helping. Thankfully, she’d learned another social tool beyond her usual skills: Deflection. “So, uh, what brings you here?”
He hesitated at that, the building annoyance… well, not going away, but clearly going from Wallflower to a sheet of paper he pulled out of a pocket. “You remember that blood drive last week?”
“Yeah?” Wallflower hadn’t been at all surprised to learn she was O negative.
He waved the sheet. “Turns out I have this super-rare blood antigen.”
“How rare?”
“Let’s put it this way: They’re calling it the CC factor.”
Wallflower furrowed her brow. she was used to circuitous answers, but this one was taking a while. “Okay...?”
After a moment, the boy added, “My name is Corner Case.”
“Oh.” Wallflower noticed his icon—two enmeshed gears, each with a missing tooth—and cringed as the penny dropped. “Oh.”
Corner nodded. “Yeah. The good news is that I can still get transfusions if I need to. But now they want as much as I can safely donate for, you know.” He made a vague gesture with one hand. “Science stuff.”
Wallflower recognized the exhaustion in his tone. “This kind of thing happens to you often?”
He pointed at his horns. “I’m an ophiotaurus aspect. Sunset Shimmer herself had to identify what I even am. What do you think?”
“Yikes. I just don’t get noticed by anyone. Or anything, these days.” That brought Walllflower’s mind back to what had made her start groaning into the table in the first place. “I just spent five minutes arguing with a vending machine.” After a moment, she gave an awkward wave and added, “Um, Wallflower Blush, by the way.”
“Really? Someone as cute as—“ Corner cut himself off and blushed so hard his almost turned purple. “Um…”
Wallflower felt her own cheeks heat up in sympathy. Her eyes darted away as she twirled a length of her hair with a finger. “Uh, well…”
“Yeah, so…”
“Do you… want to… maybe… do a… thing?” Wallflower felt as shocked as Corner looked by the time she reached the end of the verbal stumble. “This weekend?” At least, she’d thought it was the end.
“Yes!” Corner leapt to his feet, a rictus grin on his face. “A thing! I like things!”
“Great!” Wallflower followed suit. “See you then!” She spun on a heel, ready to flee before she ruined the moment somehow.
“Wait!”
She nearly fell on her face, but she managed to turn around to face him again. “What?”
“We never decided on, you know, what.” After a moment, Corner added, “Or where. Or when.”
Wallflower drew on another recent social lesson: If all else fails, pretend you’re a socially adept person. “Right. Uh, movie?”
“Movie.” Corner stared blankly for a moment before nodding. “Right, sure. The place in Tin Street Plaza?”
“That’s the one with the permanent rummage sale in the parking lot?”
“Yeah. Sunday at 4?”
“Sounds great!”
“Great!”
And, because that was about as long as Wallflower could keep that mask going, she cried, “I’m going to run before my embarrassment makes me burst into flames!”
“Same!” said Corner. But he was smiling just as wide as she was.
After fleeing the scene of the incident and working herself down from nearly hyperventilating, Wallflower couldn’t help but giggle to herself.
“Okay, what the actual crap was that?”
She also wasn’t even surprised that White Hat had appeared seemingly out of nowhere. “How long have you been there?”
“Long enough to see that whole sorry affair,” White said, shaking her head. “Seriously, what was that?”
What did surprise Wallflower was her reaction. “You know what? That was me actually talking to a boy I like and arranging a date. How’s Dovri, again?”
White crossed her arms and glanced away. “This is why we don’t usually answer direct questions.”
“And you see where that gets you.”
“Do you even know what’s playing on Sunday at 4, if anything?”
Wallflower shrugged. “Don’t care.”
“You just met this guy,” said White, concern and confusion leaking into her tone in equal amounts.
“You’re not ruining this for me, White.”
The other girl sighed. “At least promise me you’ll erase his brain if he gets handsy.”
Wallflower turned away and huffed out, “Keep this up, and I won’t tell you anything about what happens.”
“Like the gossip circuit won’t fill me in.”
“Instead of a primary source.”
Wallflower didn’t have to wait too long for the frustrated groan after that. “You know me too well. Have fun.”
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Yep, thats how to handel info brokers, you go Wallflower.
Well, I looked up ophiotaurus. It didn't help answer the question, although kudos for originality. Perhaps he's a catalyst to the powers of others, like the Weedverse's Sumac Apple?
From wikipedia:
...Oh no!
This was adorable.
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.....meaning? What does that mean? If someone kills him and burns his insides in a fire that person has the ability to what...kill sunset or something?
...Yeah, he's better off not knowing
Wallflower is adorable.
I'm in this story and I don't know how to feel about it.
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I'm guessing there's just good stuff in his blood. Burning it and inhaling the fumes either
1. gives you superpowers
or
2. gets you real high.
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Perhaps... plus, let's not forget the shadowy cabal of mysterious malefactors, plotting... something.
Aww, I’m happy for her. Wallflower deserves a chance for some romantic fun. Plus, given how she’s probably spent too much time developing her non-detection powers, it’ll be good for her to get some direct social interaction with someone who isn’t a natural manipulator (coughcoughdimircough
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...Ah shit, this wasn’t just some random encounter, was it? This her role as the cosmic fate repair man kicking in. Whatever she chooses to do or with the guy is gonna have major ramifications. Heck, I give it a 75% chance that this guys gonna be kidnapped by some asshole(s) who want to kill him to overthrow Sunset and Wallflower will be the only one who can save him
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It's actually an interesting bit of Fridge Brilliance for "Frenemies." Chrysalis consumed part of an ophiotaurus at a campfire, and Tirek later used her power to acquire the Bewitching Bell. We all know what that can do against the local immortals.
As for what role Corner Case may play in the ongoing conspiracy logjam, well, we'll see.
I knew the Ophiotaurus because of Percy Jackson. Yeah, Sunset better keep an eye on this one.
Mind you it’s possible that something like an Ophiotaurus has to exist, as a fail-safe against the local gods. Either because Sunset feels one is needed in case she loses her mind or because Harmony demands it, inasmuch as there’s a difference anymore.
My bets for his power set are invisibility to all forms of divination, complete immunity to divine magic, and automatic respawn. Plus he’s a key ritual component.
But cosmic implications aside! Go Wallflower!
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Considering sunset got replaced by a different version of herself one time, it's good she's got a plan for it happening again.
So I'm not sure if this guy is a plant from White Hat(Szadek), Wallflower has already got a program in her that will trigger and he will be kidnapped, or White Hat doesn't know he is a Ophiotaurus aspect, but her true self will make sure she will learn who this guy is, in which case he is going to be captured and killed, with Walflower forgetting he ever existed.
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I will note that White Hat definitely isn't Szadek. He retired in the early 90's after a scandal involving the Trostani triplets' mother and one of the PE teachers. I can't guarantee that White Hat isn't Lazav in any given scene, but then, I can't guarantee that anyone isn't Lazav in any given scene. Except Ditzy, since he can't copy planeswalkers, novels notwithstanding.
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Thanks for the correction. I will say(to the author I'm seruisly breaching bounds) that just because a guy who can alter people's memories said he retired, and everyone rembers he retired doesn't mean he isnt still around. After all, everyone can just have the false memory and falsly see Szadek as White Hat. But you have confirmed its not the case. My theory is still the same(but with Lazav) White Hat is Lazav who is also Yagmoth and is the main villian of Oversaturation and is controlling Principle Nizzit along with who knows how many people.(Mind and memory alter magic, its a beutiful thing)
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Wait. That’s why he’s Corner Case. It’s not likely that mortals will need a way to kill the gods... but it’s not impossible. He’s a contingency.
*headdesk*
I mean I was just talking, I didn’t realize that was actually the intent XD
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Originality? The show gave it the minotaur treatment in season 9.
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And griffins, yaks, zebras, hyppogryph? Who lives, mostly, in Oversaturation-world Russia?
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Definitely a stronger yak presence than the local America-analogue, but also plenty of pony and donkey aspects, with more griffons along the European end and kirin along the Mongolian and Chinese borders. Mind you, between world travel and random chance, there are nonzero odds of finding any aspect anywhere in the world. These are just the general demographic trends.
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And the aspects are only those presented in the show and movies? Local Russia-analogue could be Stalliongrad - I mean mostly Earth pony aspects with deers it tundra and forest tundra parts and... I do not know, bears in taiga parts of Siberia? Or deers and bear aspects do not exist?
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There's definitely room for expansion, though I'm not sure if bears are sufficiently magical to merit aspects. Bugbears maybe, but that leads into its own set of questions...
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Hey, I know! Wolfes! They are magical enough and live everywhere. Bears? Maybe on some parts of Eastern Siberia and local islands - Sakhalin, Kuril Isles and so on.
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Can not find it in his stories.
Pretty much everything I've written on this site is part of the SWSV.
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With very few exceptions, it is his stories. All of them.