A/n- Didn't think this verse was going to get a return. But yeah, this is a thing and it's in the same verse as the FNF chapter. Enjoy!
The Commission Files- File #a1006 Emblemtaker
Characters: Rutger, Lilina (Sort of. It's the cosplayers from the FNF story.)
Based on: a commission by atelier951 on Twitter
Narrator's Note: The names of the individuals in this story have been changed. Not for their safety or anything but because the author was too lazy to think up relevant ones and because the code names are more recognizable than their real names anyways. Anyways, let's begin.
Rutger was just putting the finishing touches on dinner when he heard the door to the apartment open. He wiped his hands on his apron and went into the living room hoping to greet who he thought it would be, but also having a knife on hand in case it was a burglar. His paranoia had lessened over the years, but he always wanted to be careful. Luckily it was who he thought it was so he stuffed the knife into one of the apron's pockets quickly.
"Welcome home! How was work today?" Rutger asked Lilina, his now loving wife. It had been a few years since the convention episodes, but the two were still close and in contact with their good friend Roy.
"You know, same old, same old." Lilina replied. "But it's nice getting to help people get jobs and start their careers." She worked as a manager at a temp agency, so she had a lot of work helping down on their luck people start anew or young people trying to strike out into the world for the first time. It was a hard job at times, but she found it fulfilling nonetheless.
"Anything particularly special happen today?" Rutger continued, showing that he really cared about what was going on with her.
"Job-wise, not really. Though I Wendy and I got to talking during our lunch, seems she's finally got a date set up for this weekend." Lilina noted.
"That's wonderful, did she say who it was with?" Rutger wondered.
"No, she said it was going to be a blind date, but she'll keep me updated I'm sure." After saying that a certain scent finally caught hold in Lilina's nose and she sniffed the air to confirm what it was. "Oooh, did you make pasta for dinner tonight?"
"Sure did, and I even made two type of sauce without completely destroying the kitchen." Rutger said with a bit of pride. "I even set up everything in the bathroom for you to take a nice bubble bath while I start streaming." Rutger worked part time as a self defense instructor and used his free time to be a semi-successful Twitch streamer. All in all both he and Lilina made about the same amount of money, which was nice.
"Isn't today the day you're going to wear one of your old costumes during the stream?" Lilina asked. "Which one did your viewers pick?"
"The best one, obviously." Rutger joked. "I tried it on today and it still fits pretty well actually, I could go out to a con today and still feel comfortable in it."
"That's wonderful!" Lilina said happily before pondering something.
"What are you thinking?" Rutger wondered, seeing her pondering face.
"Just that I might have to see if my matching costume still fits after my bath." Lilina teased him.
"You're welcome to join me on the stream whenever you want." Rutger teased her back. "But enough playful banter, if we keep this up all the food I worked so hard to make is going to get cold."
"Good point, food first, then banter!" Lilina agreed. So they got to eating dinner. It was quite good, Rutger was getting better and better at making food every time he tried it and this was no exception.
"I tasted a bit of your parents home cooking in that pasta, you're really improving!" Lilina said when they started rinsing off the dishes to put into the washing machine.
"Well, it's like you told me when we started dating, I can't live on fast food and random junk forever. Besides, this is something else I can take pride in, kind of helps kick the random bouts of depression back where they belong." Rutger noted. He had struggled a bit with feeling worthless and not being able to control everything in his life in the past, but having a supportive family and friends helped him a lot over the years so now it's in its place for the most part.
"So, you were listening to me back then." Lilina teased him as they finished up. "Well, I'm gonna go take that bath you set up for me, good luck on your stream!" She placed a kiss on his cheek and then walked away towards the bathroom.
"I am one lucky guy." Rutger muttered to himself. After that he went to the bedroom, put his costume on, made sure everything was looking good, and then made his way to the room they had set up for streaming. His plan for the stream was to just chill and play some Mario Kart and other multiplayer games with people from the chat as he took questions about his time going to conventions in the past. And for the most part things went well, some people asked him to do his best Rutger impression and he even got to show off his replica Sol Katti and Durandal that he still had. A few hours passed and then their was a knock on the door.
"Oh, it looks like my surprise guest is here." Rutger said to the chat before turning to the door. "Come on in!" And with that Lilina came in with her own old con costume of Lilina and the chat kind of went crazy. Like they all knew they were married, but Lilina barely showed herself on stream because she just found the whole thing a bit too intrusive at times, but for this one time she made an exception.
"Looks like my costume still fits as well!" She said happily. So she too got to show off her costume and her replica Forblaze tome which doubled as an old notebook/autograph book. After the excitement died down a bit Rutger and Lilina started to play some games together and even did a few in character skits. They were about to log off for the night a bit later though when an interesting donation came in.
"Hey, it's our good friend Bram_the_Enigma with another donation and message. It says 'Nice costumes, I think I have something you two might enjoy, another game mod to play.'" Rutger and Lilina had never physically met this Bram before that they knew of, but over the years he had shown himself a good guy and moderator so they trusted him. "And right on cue a download link. You think you have one more game in you dear?"
"Sure, why not, he did donate for it." Lilina noted. So Rutger got the thing set up and booted the game up. It was a mod for the game Helltaker, but even at the title screen it was a bit different.
"Emblemtaker huh?" Rutger pondered to himself and the chat. "I think I might know where this is going." He scrolled through the options and found something even more intriguing. "Co-op mode? That's new. Well, let's try that." So he chose that option, but instead of getting right into the game they were now posed with a a character selection screen.
"Oh hey, that's Marth and Caeda!" Lilina called out. And that wasn't the only pair, every main lord character, and even some secondary lord characters, were selectable on the screen and whoever Player 1 was made whoever Player 2 was their main love interest, with a few having more than one option because they were less set in stone. No playable Rutger though, which was strange. Even so, Rutger let Lilina be Player 1 and he was all ready to just play as Roy when another donation from Bram came in.
"Bram says 'put in the Konami Code and something cool will happen.' Well, worth a shot." Rutger commented. Bram just loved old gaming stuff, so him putting in the Konami Code for some secret was common for his mods. Rutger put it in and as soon as he pressed Start a little model of Rutger came on screen and kicked Roy out of the frame, getting a good chuckle out of the pair and making the chat spam 'kek' and saying that Roy was getting cucked again.
"That's cute, but I wonder how a co-op mode for this game is going to work." Lilina wondered. They both soon found out. Each player was started out on separate sides of a level and they had their own limited number of moves to get to an escape point somewhere in the level. The first few levels were pretty easy, but soon enough their were button puzzles, levers, and teleporters, things that weren't in the original game. But what was really cool was that every time you finished a level the characters would do a little kiss animation with a heart before they climbed the ladder. It was all very sweet. But the game was tough and eventually they had to give in for the night.
"Sorry Bram, but it's getting late, we'll finish your mod next time." Rutger said as he exited the game. "Well, this was a great stream you guys, I might have to do costume day again sometime! I'll see you all in the next couple of days! Say goodnight Lilina!"
"Goodnight Lilina!" Lilina joked before Rutger cut the stream and let out a breath of relief.
"Whoo, that was a stream! And we got so many new followers and subscribers from that, we're gonna have some extra money this month! We might be able to do a fancy dinner date or something!" He commented.
"Sounds good to me. But you know, I'm still kind of hyped from all that excitement." Lilina teased him with a devious smirk. "You think you have the energy to do a little roleplaying, say in our bedroom?"
"For real?" Rutger asked with his eyes sparking in excitement. "You never want to do that."
"Well, like being on stream, I have the urge every now and then." Lilina admitted. "So what do you say Mr. Edgy Swordmaster?"
"Well Ms. Energetic Sunshine Mage, I say prepare to get your world rocked all the way to the plains."