2023-08-24 18:28:48 ¶ ● ⬈

somuchbetterthanthat:

> > Jonelias week!!
> > Day 3 - Confrontation / Gaslamp Fantasy AU (which I sort of assumed was steampunk?)
> > Don’t forget to check out and reblog @kalgalen’s fantastic art!!!

> “Hello, Jon.”

> The greeting reverbates all around Jon, who steps into the dark room all the same, jaw clenched and gun raised carefully in front of him. Jonah’s voice echoes in his ears, lower and rustier than Jon remembers, but still much too pleased:

> “I thought you might find me; in truth, I was hoping it would be you. It’s fitting, isn’t it?”

> Jon tries to swallow back a wave of anger. He’s not sure he gets it all when he snaps: “Show yourself. You can’t have changed so much that you like lurking in the dark now.”

> Jonah laughs. It seems like it’s coming from everywhere. Despite himself, Jon shivers, heart going out of rhythm for a few seconds.

> “I have changed,” his old mentor admits. On Jon’s left, a sudden, single point of light appears, cold and grey; Jon almost shoots, but then another one comes, and another, and another and —oh god, what— “One might even say I made myself entirely new.”

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