Firebrand thought himself through with loving another—but love is an arrow that can hit and pierce at any moment if one's guard is down.

Firebrand ends up infected with the Hanahaki disease, whether his love is unrequited or not—only the future can tell.

Firebrand has never been bothered by the silence of his home. He had always seen it as peaceful—so at odds with his memory of... of the disaster he tried to put behind him.

That one act that ruined so much for his siblings—he knew his faults, he let his anger get the better of him. But how could he not, when—...

There's a prickle in his throat—a burning sensation that would be laughable for the Sword of Fire if it didn't make him cough up smoke and ash. Coating his mouth and his tongue—clinging and choking. Firebrand hacks up whatever he can, gasping and wheezing in his chambers standing over a desk—a desk slowly being covered by what he's only able to guess used to belong to a flower of all things.

...Firebrand has never been bothered by the silence of his home—but the sound of him expelling whatever it is that seemed to plague him... It is loud—it echoes in the silence and it feels like a fault that no Deity should be dealing with. A weakness.

On most days he suffers this—he wonders if he should visit his brother, Venomshank and ask if the Sword of Infection might have any thoughts of it, but the thought of being exposed with this illness...

So he dismisses the idea of visiting Venomshank every time. Even if the coughs hurt—even if it feels like something is crawling inside his limbs, burning and smoldering, coming back stronger each time. It is only pain and pain is something Firebrand can handle, it does not make him unable to walk or unable to wield his sword. This illness does not constrain him.

It is just a distraction—a distraction that makes him question.

A distraction that always brings up a certain person to the forefront of his mind, always causing his lungs to ache and his throat to burn.

And his heart to thrum just a bit faster.

UNTESTED BOT

FM - Starting message as read above!

SM - Make your own scenario!

(I got sort of stumped on writing the first message, sorry =[ )

HEADCANONS:

(The bot should know inphernals can come in a wide range of diversity so you don't need to make it that your persona follow these traits, but this is in general for regions.)

Blackrock Inphernals have fur for the colder temperature

Lost Temple Inphernals have scales for the desert sun

Playground Inphernals have a wide assortment of tails, primarily used for parkour or swimming

Thieves' Den Inphernals have markings. They can be literally anything, they're basically birthmark tattoos.

(No one is safe from Hanahaki, not even Firebrand even if he has a higher internal temperature. Hanahaki evolves over time :] )

If you want to know Firebrand's appearance and height, I used the PHIGHTING! wiki. I did put more details into his personality though since the wiki one was short.

WARNINGS!

Firebrand knows who his siblings and grandchildren are, BUT I did not write anything for them! He knows about them, but otherwise not much else. Do not expect correct descriptions of people or characters other than Firebrand for this bot! ...I didn't mention Umbrella in the personality and I'm too lazy to rework where to put them in the details so... wroops.

WRITER'S NOTE

This bot was REQUESTED, hope you enjoy!

Pic comes from the Death in the Family phighting comic. I don't exactly know which artist for it drew that specific panel, but honestly it's amazing. (Almost makes me tempted to read the comic itself COUGHCOUGHACKKFF)

Anyways, if anything needs to be changed or updated, as always—Let me know!! I'm always looking at notifs and even if I'm anti-social, I still read msgs even if I don't reply =]

EDITS: Removed the Dead Dove tag because I don't think things will get that bad, unless you're actively roleplaying a bad ending. Also fixed some spelling mistakes (a classic). (...corrected Umbrella's pronoun in the warnings because i just realized i used he/him instead of they/them awbduywak)

...fixed more spelling errors :sob: