sun and moon / triple team challenge !

here is our entry for #tripleteam ! we chose the theme of sun and moon, feeling that it was fitting for dan and phil’s contrasting personalities.

artist / FlamiTheExoticFlamingo

editor / deeeee

writer / bri bri

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when the daylight comes

by dee

this also fit with the contrasting idea of dan as the sun and phil as the moon, showing how both personalities fit depending on what you look at it from :)

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phil’s imaginary friend

by flamingo

phil met this “imaginary friend” named dan, who could only appear when the moon was out- but was daniel really a friend?

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the neverending sunset

by bri

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Phil had been anxiously waiting for a while, anticipating the moment that the moon would rise above the horizon on London. He always got a good view as he sat on the roof of one of the city towers, being able to see clearly through the warm sky.

Of course, he was waiting for none other than Daniel, who would arrive once the moon was up. He was a night spirit, after all, and could only appear once the moon was out. However, it didn’t exactly match Phil’s day spirit schedule.

After a few minutes, the moon rose, and he could feel the chilled winds blowing past him to form Dan’s body on the roof behind Phil. He could form into anything really, but human form was the easiest to blend into society with, naturally.

“I thought you were gonna forget again,” Dan laughed, jumping down next to Phil. His dark cloak and cloudy aura usually made Phil jump, but not this time.

“How could I forget? We haven’t been able to meet in almost a week,” Phil grimaced, his glowing complexion beginning to dim as the sun started its descent to night.

“And who’s fault is that again?”

“You know I’ve been trying to experiment, with my powers and stuff- and you know I desperately want to travel. There’s not exactly pleasant, bright weather in England.”

“It’s not like you couldn’t change the weather here, Philly,” Dan snickered, his starry eyes twinkling softly. “You just have to practice, and believe in yourself.”

“Easy for you to say, moon boy,” Phil rolled his eyes. “You don’t have as much stress! Not as much to take care of. I mean you’re awfully important- all of the night spirits are, but the moon’s energy doesn’t run the Earth, now does it? Plus, less people see you-“

“No one sees you when you’re hiding all the time,” Dan laughed. “Just trying to give you some advice. Yeesh.”

“Yeah,” Phil nodded. “Sorry, I shouldn’t be so... argumentative. Not when we haven’t talked in a while. So what’s happened lately?”

“Nothing much,” Dan shrugged. “A lot of owls here, yeah? I’ve noticed them more in the area. Maybe they’re moving north.”

“Don’t go off on the global warming tangent again-“

“I won’t, I won’t.”

Phil looked to his side, where the sun was falling farther and farther down in the sky. “The sun is going to be gone soon, um- tomorrow, I can meet here again.”

“Wait, Phil, I was thinking,” He smiled sheepishly, “Well, if- if we kept going around the world, following the sunset? Wouldn’t we both just, be able to stay around together?”

“That’s silly,” Phil snickered, noticing his arm slowly fade into transparency. “We wouldn’t ever be able to stop moving.”

“I’m serious,” He murmured. “When was the last time we’ve been able to have a long conversation? To be able to hug, without me going through you because you’re half dissolved? Or vice versa when it’s sunrise?”

“Oh,” Phil paused, taking a moment before looking back up at Dan. “But when do we know when to stop? What if we get lost-“

“How will be get lost, floating in the sky? Daniel giggled, sweeping his cloud-like curls away from his eyes. “You just follow the never ending sunset.”

“I don’t think we’ll-“

“One day? Just around this tiny planet and back to here? I promise.”

A smile parted Phil’s lips, as he nodded in agreement.

“We better hurry then,” The night spirit insisted, taking Phil by the hand as they started to float off towards the horizon, together for eternity.

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thank you so much for reading! and good luck to all of the other participants! see you soon!