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Tagged as Daud, The Whalers, Billie Lurk, Mindy Blanchard, Paolo, Corvo Attano
Creator: Lunar
Description:
AU where Daud and the Whalers retire to Serkonos after DH1 and own a hotel/inn.
Daud and his whalers living in Serkonos and trying to get used to a “peaceful” life. They’re jumpy when they hear loud noises, they sneak around without realizing it, but they remind themselves that they are safe. Daud finally sleeps a good night’s sleep after 12 years. Daud getting defensive when a stranger touches his shoulder or gets too close because he thinks they’ll stab him or try to fight him. Every time Billie enters a room without fail her eyes shift EVERYWHERE around, quickly analyzing for non-existent threats.
On the plus side, the hotel is very well defended. A robber or someone comes in and gets their asses whooped big time. Someone tries to assassinate a guest and all the whalers are like “fuckin AMATEUR!” And give them tips, which really confuses the assassin.
the thought of whalers and daud domestic bliss. Daud slowly growing less paranoid. Laughing more often. daud just relaxing, less on edge. To the point where he’s not entirely gone soft but he’s!!! Happy!!! just. living. for the first time in a while. he doesnt have to fight or kill for coin anymore or steal - for the first time since he was 16 hes doing something else
Daud dropping the assassin business and wondering "what am i gonna do now, it's the only thing I know how to do" and then he just. tries doing other things. And turns out leading an assassin gang for thirty years actually gives you a lot of transferable skills! And he discovers that he does, in fact, know how to do things other than killing people!
Like. He's got to be really good at like basic organization for a start.
daud baking bc it s a quiet, constructive hobby and can be peaceful. i hc he likes making bread and other baked goods, its something he did with his mother so theres a nostalgia burst but he enjoys it
Daud and Billie reunite and it’s like that one scene where Steven Universe dances with himself
Mindy, Paolo and Daud are close pals in the Hotel au. Only Mindy and Paolo know where they hide
Combining my Hotel au with the Daud joins Corvo/Emily in DH2 au where the protag and Daud have a knife fight like in Kill Bill vol. 1 chapter 1 and then one of the little whalers approaches Daud like “Grandpa... mom says lunch is ready....” and then looks at the protag and is like “who are [they]?” And Daud’s like “An old friend sweetie, an old friend :)”
But instead of like... the protag actually killing Daud they manage to have a conversation
Where Corvo and Billie tore down the whole city trying to find Daud and they finally find it from Mindy after they do a couple of things for her and Paolo and convince her that it’s the upmost importance that they find Daud. Anyways she tells them the directions but it’s out of city, on the hill south of Clemente Landing. They walk there, Billie offers to drive the ship to the hill’s shores but Corvo refuses, says that it would attract too much attention so they walk hours through vegetation, by a small creek and olive tree plantation and make their way up the hill. It’s surprisingly dry and the narrow path that guided them suddenly widens enough to fit both of them and they trot onwards.
It’s a hot afternoon, the cicadas are loud and they start to wonder whether they got lost. They keep moving, even though Billie’s legs ache, it’s been so many years since she’s walked this much. They finally, FINALLY, spot a building in the distance, through the heat wave and at this point Billie starts to run towards it while Corvo’s old ass falls behind.
She stops by the big stone arch. She didn’t know what she was expecting, but it was NOT this. After the Flooded District, after all that pain, after all of those sewers she had to crawl through, after those years of suffering and trying to find a home, it wasn’t this beautiful cozy building she was expecting to see. She back peddles, takes it all in. She looks at those beautiful gourd lanterns dangling over her head, let’s the warm sun caress her face. The vegetation brush around her, and the bright breeze rustles the wind chimes, creating a soothing melody. She puts her hand on a wooden support, she reads the names written on it with a slit indicating their respective heights. She can’t help but smile, are her eyes stinging? She looks around, there’s no one.
No one, except... except him.
Standing in front of what looked like his office, about 10 feet away from her, dumbfounded, a sword slipping through his hand and clanging on the ground. She turns around to face Daud. His hair white, it looked like he gained weight. Void were those laughing lines on his face? She couldn’t find the right words. What can she say? I’m sorry? I’m sorry that I almost killed you? I’m sorry for bringing you so much pain?
But before she knows it he’s running to her, and she’s running to him.
And they crash into each other. Caught in his embrace, he picks her up and twirls her around, she’s... laughing? She doesn’t know how long he twirls her around for and she suddenly find her feet on his, dancing like a father teaching his little kid how to dance for the first time and oh, they’re laughing.
They’re laughing.
He’s laughing.
And crying.
And she hugs him tighter, and through all the blur and her dizzy mind she notices the whalers are looking at them, sneaking out of their hiding spots.
She’s home.
She’s finally home.
Until he sees Corvo.
Motel plan:
Archives:
Thomas: No you idiot you have to do a TRANSVERSAL to your target.
Assassin: Uhhhhh
Thomas: Uhhhhhhh
assassin: so... does this mean you’re not gonna take me in?
Billie: lol we definitely are
Thomas: we were just stalling til Dad- til Daud got here and came to decide what to do with you
[Daud voice] NO ASSASSINATING IN MY LOBBY
Daud, who was just fighting for his life 10 seconds ago: so uhhhh... do you want coffee?
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