AN: First one here. This omake occurs after the events of Chapter 2.2, when Taylor has met the Wards. Especially Shadow Stalker. And her weird fascination with claws.
For some reason people started thinking I was shipping Taylor and Sophia. Like, seriously? Just because she was physiologically responding to claws? Girl just likes claws, is all.
Oh, and Vista turns the cute up to eleven.
The opening line was supplied by Biigoh, who writes Goblin Queen, which is a kickass Worm/Exalted crossover fic. Read it, for something different, and if you want to understand Omake!Taylor at all in the below snippet. Strictly NON-CANON.
Omake One:
So, what's the deal with Shadow Stalker?
(or "Nid!Taylor breaks the 5th wall, channels Raksha!Taylor")
"I'm sorry Shadow Stalker. You scare and frighten me. It's not you, it is me. I … I'm not a lesbian."
Sophia (apparently I had guessed she was Sophia, in the same way she guessed I was Taylor and I somehow knew she knew) went bright red in her costume, clearly visible despite her complete absence of exposed skin.
"That's not it!" she screamed. "I am just really really into claws! I don't know why!"
I shook my head sadly. Poor Shadow Stalker.
"You know why," I whispered throatily.
Her eyes widened in shock as she slumped to the ground, defeated.
Vista glanced back and forth between us adorably, like a puppy watching tennis.
"I don't know why!" she cried, stamping her foot on the ground like a playful foal. "Won't someone tell me why Stalker like claws so much?!"
I chuckled, deciding to take pity on her.
"Well, you see," I began, pausing for effect. Shadow Stalker collapsed further, knowing her secret was out.
"Shadow Stalker is actually no other than Shadow Stealer!" I yelled triumphantly, silhouetted by the setting sun.
Vista put on a serious expression, nodding with one hand under her chin like a Sherlockian snow macaque. "It just makes so much sense. So all those murderous monsters…?"
Sophia moaned. "It's true!" she wailed. "The aliens from intergalactic space were just projections of my latent feelings towards Taylor. And men."
Vista slapped her fist into her palm like a seal cub begging for treats. "Of course! Lung was the manliest man with the manliest power around, and he had to be taken out so you could recreate society as a utopian gynocracy!"
Shadow Stalker nodded, sniffling.
"Life is just so hard here, you know? I thought, some fresh perspective, less violence. Maybe we could all be happy."
I reached out my hand to Sophia, who glanced up at me in shock. Vista looked totally adorbs.
"Take my hand, Sophia," I shouted. "I may not be a lesbian, but that dream is something we can all believe in!"
And heart shaped screen wipe to black.
