Thread:Enchanteddragons/@comment-32460917-20181214105541/@comment-32460917-20181229084148

Time to clarify

Locking Eyes isn't counted as a snake in the original series since it was passed down hereditarily. However, in this AU, it's treated the same as the other snakes. Time died and Locking Eyes best suited his wish

Speaking of Time I was thinking that he died with Chronos. Maybe his family were rich assholes like Kido's and decided to murder them. Similar to his backstory in GGaD, but not as extreme since we're going no magic and stuff besides snakes and medusae. His wish could have been wanting just a little bit more time for them to escape, and Locking Eyes would have granted him that time (by freezing the attackers) which is why he ended up with that snake.

The reason the tragedy started in the first place was because both Marry and Shion were only compatible with Combining Eyes. Thus, Azami could only revive one of them. And once the 'Queen snake' was given to someone else, the Haze couldn't be controlled, and that's why people are sucked into the Haze on August 15

So Ishmael and Clay have to be related to Azami(Silverskies(?)), and they have to be the first to die

Another thing I was considering -- in order for Clay/Ishmael to age normally -- was that instead of the daughter and granddaughter dying, the daughter(technically son actually) and the husband died together and that was why Silverskies/Azami started the whole thing. Of course the iffy part is explaining why only Combining Eyes would work for both of them but since it's also wish based, maybe the husband wasn't compatible with any of the snakes so only the kid could be revived. Maybe the husband already felt fulfilled in life and didn't really want anything else