IdentityV - Oneshots

♠︎ Obscurity - Joseph x Reader

I usually slap one of my OC's in the scenario to help me pick out a personality for the story while I make it- so I'll just put whichever one I imagine in the art, since drawing a 'anon' girl is harder than I thought qwq

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People's costumes matching wasn't unusual, in fact it was quite common. People said that Norton and Patricia's 'S' costumes matched well for their purple glow. People said Yesterday and Springhand match, along with Boudoir Dream. Those all happened to match in style, time, and color.

You actually enjoyed matching costumes up yourself and took great pleasure in teasing Naib about his own costumes that matched others. You had a crush on this boy, and teasing him would be the only way you would show your bottled up affection. You enjoyed what you did, until a day so dreadful, you could've sworn your soul left your body.

"Wow you guys! That's so cool!" You all stared upon a real match of costumes. Clarity, and Nostalgia. You couldn't believe it. "Check this out!" Martha chimed as she took a step closer to Naib. Two spherical, glowing designs appeared under their feet. Everyone was in awe. Everyone but you.

You thought you felt your heart shatter in a million pieces. Why them? You looked wearily at the display before you in dread. "How about a match?" Martha elbowed Naib playfully who agreed. As they gained more attention from the others you were still struck with horror.

"Isn't that something (Y/n)?" Emma said cheerfully and you nodded with a small smile. You had to fake your enjoyment of this moment, or everyone would probably think of you to be greedy. Why didn't I get a matching costume? Is what they would probably think you would say.

"(Y/n), wanna join?" You jumped in place at the call of your name. Martha stood before you, and Naib, of course. He looked very nice, if only it wasn't matched with Martha. Your eyes widened in shock at your snappy thoughts before shaking your head and smiling.

You nodded softly. "Sure." And they then smiled. They picked along Tracy to also come. So there you four went, waiting in the wings for a hunter to join you. "Your guys' skins are s-so pretty!" Tracy said gently. "Ah thanks cadet, I think I look better though." You almost said 'no' right there but your gentle personality for-bayed it. As Naib and Martha had a friendly argument on who looked better, you noticed the Photographer would be your hunter. Did they even realize? Maybe not, they were to busy mingling. These skins... really changed them huh. As if they gained a new found confidence to interact with one another. Your vision went dark, and the game had begun.

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Wow. How did it end up like this? You wouldn't say it out loud but a certain two *cough* Coordinator and Mercenary *cough* had not played their best. They literally never left each others side, which resulted in slow decoding progress, and nothing being done, Tracy being captured, and leaving yourself to rescue. But you were a support, not a rescuer. Hence why you were knocked on the ground right now.

"I-I'm sorry Tracy." You said shamefully that you couldn't rescue her. She shook her head. "I-it's okay (Y/n), you did your best, you're not a rescuer!..." She went silent as if hesitating on her next choice of words. Joseph simply sat nearby, waiting for her chair to finish its time before picking you up.

"One of them should've come instead... but those costumes seemed to have caught their attention more than us..." You cringed at the mention of them. In all honesty you just wanted to forget you were in a match with those two altogether.

"It's not their fault... I would've been enamored if I had a matching skin too..." You smiled, telling your own feelings. You would've been thrilled to bits had you obtained a matching skin with someone, let alone Naib! Tracy seemed to notice your disappointment. "I know you l-like him!" She said as her clock ticked closer to her end.