#twst jamil viper
In which (Y/n) stumbles upon an otter while being forced to catch a snake.
Little does anybody know that these two are Kalim and Jamil who have turned into a helpless otter and a frightening snake respectively.
Requested by @poetictinkerer and anon.
“And how exactly did a snake get onto campus, Headmaster Crowley?”
You couldn’t help but sigh in disbelief while the headmaster continued to drag you through a hallway leading to the labs. His pace was quick, and his hold on you was strong despite the intensity that his hands shook with. The complaints that left your lips barely reached his ears, much to your frustration.
“H-How would I know how a snake got onto campus? All I know is that it is a dire threat!” Crowley cried out when he finally came to a halt in front of an inconspicuous door. “Just get rid of it! Quickly! No time to waste—” Without a warning he flung the door open, pushed you inside, and locked it behind you within a matter of seconds.
Your heart rate dropped to a zero once the sound of the lock clicking caused realisation to dawn upon you. A scream escaping your lips, you flung yourself at the door and banged your fists against the heavy wood — but to no avail. You seethed out in frustration. “How am I supposed to deal with a snake—? Let me out!”
“I’ll let you out once the snake is under control again!”
You narrowed your eyes at the door to glare daggers at the man on the other side. However, you gave up after just a few minutes of complete silence from outside the laboratory.
With your back pressed against the locked door, you let out a sigh and closed your eyes in fear. “…I hate it here…” you muttered under your breath before letting your eyes flutter open at the sound of glass shattering.
Your blood froze cold in your veins, and your eyes snapped around in search for the source of the noise. Inwardly, you prepared yourself for facing a snake — and that this would be your end. Your gulp resonated through the room as you continued searching. And eventually, your gaze fell on the hairy creature innocently sitting on one of the tables; it seemed to have fun rolling the test tubes around the table — until they rolled off the side and crashed to the floor.
Suprise flashed across your face when the creature turned around to look up at you with wide eyes. “Wait— you’re not a snake. You’re…” For a moment, your breath remained stuck in your throat. “…an otter?” you cried out in disbelief.
After a few seconds, a large smile blossomed on the otter’s face, and it stormed over to you at the speed of light. Before you could even properly comprehend the situation, you gazed down to find the small animal looking up at you with a happy smile on its face.
Without even hesitating, you wrapped your arms around the creature and cradled it like a newborn baby. “And an adorable otter at that!” you cooed and tickled its belly, much to its delight as it soon began to let out coos of pleasure. Your eyes softened at once. “Don’t worry, sweetie. I won’t let any of the meanies around here hurt you.”
The otter nodded happily.
Your heart fluttered at the sweet gesture, and you couldn’t help but bring the otter up to nuzzle your noses against one another. “Yes, aren’t you just adorable?” you cooed between fits of laughter. “Yes you are~”
However, you soon snapped out of your trance at the sound of another test tube colliding with the ground. Your eyes hardened at once, and you realised that there still was a snake roaming the school — or was that simply a rumour? The fervour with which the headmaster had given you your task earlier pointed towards the former.
A distressed frown on your face, you narrowed your eyes in confusion. “But… I don’t see a snake around here,” you muttered under your breath, only to be distracted from your thoughts when the otter began pawing at your arm. Your gaze drifted downward, causing the otter to hum in satisfaction. At that point, your mind seemed to be made up. “Oh well, Crowley must have seen things that simply don’t exist…”
You sighed dismissively and turned around to see that the door was ajar. A relieved smile grew on your lips at the sight of it.
“Let’s get you to somewhere with water,” you said to the happy otter in your arms. “I know a lake nearby.”
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The journey to the lake had been quiet with no other soul passing by due to the lockdown that a concerned crow-man had initiated. It was only you and the otter that lent you its soothing company. And somehow, this small animal was enough to brighten your day after everything that could have went wrong actually went wrong.
All your woes were forgotten when you sat on the side of the lake, peacefully watching your otter-friend that busied itself with splashing around and swimming a dozen laps.
A solemn smile grew on your lips when the otter briefly paused to look at you in curiosity. “You like it here, don’t you?” you asked softly. “The water must be nice and refreshing.”
You perked up when you noticed that the otter was approaching you, waddling towards you on two legs with its paws hidden behind its back. A cheeky smile grew on its lips as it crawled into your lap and extended its paws out towards you — to reveal a shimmering stone to you.
Your eyes grew in delight. “Oh? Is that for me?” A smile on your lips, you took the stone and held it up into the air to marvel at it more. “Thank you, ottie,” you cried out happily and pecked its head.
Much to your surprise, the otter let out a discontented huff and crossed its arms.
You furrowed your eyebrows in concern. “What?” you asked and took its paws into your own. “You don’t like the nickname?”
The otter nodded as it climbed out of your lap to disappear behind a bush. Before you could get up and search for the otter, it had reappeared — with a stick in its paws. After having waddled over to you, it began dragging the stick across an exposed patch of dry soil. And letter by letter, it spelt out a word. On closer look, it wasn’t just any word… it was a name.
“…Kalim?” you read out loud, surprised. “Wait, Kalim— this is you?!” Your hands clasped over your mouth, you stared at the otter as it nodded eagerly.
You shook your head in disbelief. “How did you become an otter…?” The animal simply shrugged before crawling into your lap again to lay down happily. You eyed it quizzically as it curled up and fell asleep within seconds. “And more importantly, why hasn’t Jamil turned the school upside down yet to search for you?”
Just after you had uttered that sentence, the rustling of shrubbery behind you caused you to jolt upwards in alarm. The otter let out a little whine as it was flung out of your lap when you jumped to your feet. A yawn escaping its lips, the otter eyed your frightened face in concern.
That was until its red eyes fell on the snake slithering towards him.
Screams escaped your lips. “A snake! A snake—!”
However, the otter didn’t share your fear — no, it simply got up and sprinted towards the snake, no fear visible. The sight caused you to shriek in horror. “Kalim, get away from the snake! It will swallow you whole!” you yelled out when the snake had wrapped its thick body around the innocent otter. A look of disbelief flashed across your race. “What are you doing?! You should be running!”
When the otter simply wrapped its short arms around the snake, you saw yourself forced to lurch forward and free your friend from the vile predator. Without any fear evident on your face, you grabbed the neck of the snake and pulled it away from the small otter.
“Let Kalim go!” you hollered while clumsily holding the thrashing snake away from you. After a few seconds, it seized to whip its tail around — instead, it calmly gazed you in the eyes. You froze in horror, recognising those beautiful eyes — they were calm, yet hypnotic and enchanting. There was only one person whose eyes could have such an effect. “Jamil—?” At once, you dropped the snake to the ground.
You watched in surprise as the snake slithered over to the otter and dusted the dust off its fur by running its tail over the mammal’s fur. The sight was reminiscent of a parent cleaning up their child, and all of it made sense now due to knowing who these animals truly were: Kalim and Jamil.
A confused sigh escaped your lips after having just endured a heart attack. “What… in Twisted Wonderland is going on…”
*Random Student flirts with Kalim*
*Jamil stares at them silently*
Yuu: You’re… really quiet today, Viper.
Jamil, still staring: Nobody plans a murder out loud.
