#the sword of heaven

[gallusrostromegalus]

Drawtober 2023, Day 1:

AEIWAM Chapter 4: De-Consecration

[bethany-sensei]

Akieryon’s tiny friend boldly claimed the seat beside Luccan. The Cherub took the last open seat on Ragheiyont’s side of the table. Akieryon looked a question at both of them.

“I’m buying,” they said in unison. The Cherub chuckled and amended: “We’re splitting the bill.”

Ragheiyont reflected that he should probably give Akieryon his wallet back.

A cheerful young angel wearing a black apron appeared and began to ask for their drink order. Luccan interrupted at the second syllable. “Ten fish tacos, none of that onion and cilantro stuff, and a large side of sour cream.” He slanted a glance at Ragheiyont. “The kid’ll have the large carne asada plate.”

Ragheiyont had no idea what most of those words meant, so he kept his mouth shut. Akieryon ordered sopa de albondigas and a loaded elote, and the other two also ordered tacos. The server disappeared, and returned a moment later with a bowl of something red and a basket of little crunchy flatbreads. Akieryon and his friends started dipping the triangular flatbreads in the red stuff. Ragheiyont decided to join them.

The little crunchy things were salty and a little oily. The red stuff fought back. It had a pleasant tangy taste, followed by a tingling burn that made his nose water. He blinked hard and pressed the sleeve of his borrowed coat to his nose while Luccan did a poor job of smothering a laugh.

Ragheiyont took another bite. Then another. The sensation was odd, but he kind of liked it. Anyway, it tasted good and he was absolutely ravenous. Akieryon and his friends exchanged amused glances. With one finger, the Cherub moved the bowl a little closer to himself.

“Save some salsa for the rest of us.”

“We can get more.” Akieryon’s little friend slanted a glance at Luccan, then, deliberately, shifted to angle his back slightly toward the cat. Ragheiyont wondered if that was rude.

Akieryon leaned forward. “We have to get to Seikhiel tonight,” he said, his voice pitched almost too low to be heard in the busy dining area. “Luccan, did you find anything?”

“You won’t like it.”

Ragheiyont grinned knowingly. “Is it to do with a big key and a Lucie-guy?” His grin broadened as Akieryon and his two friends aggressively shushed him. Luccan tipped his head to the side, indicating their server, who hefted a large tray and headed toward them. Everyone leaned back from the table. Unerring, the server placed plates in front of them. Tacos were apparently folded flatbread with protein and vegetables tucked inside. Luccan’s arrived all lined up on a rectangular plate. He immediately picked one up and shoved half of it in his mouth.

Ragheiyont’s carne asada was a plate of grilled meat with onions and seasoned rice. Compared to his usual fare, it was nothing short of decadent. After his first bite, he ate with gusto, largely ignoring the conversation that swirled around him. Comments like “Get the green goop away from me” and “Touch the cream again and get stabbed” meant nothing to him. He didn’t even glance up when Luccan daintily shifted two wedges of some green fruit from his own plate to Ragheiyont’s. The meat was just too good.

The scrape of a chair dragged his attention from his plate at last. Ragheiyont looked up and blinked at yet another stranger, this one taking a seat at the end of the table. His luminous pearlescent skin and long white hair gave the impression that he was made of moonlight, and his deep red shirt and black leather coat helped the image along. Elaborate jewelry hung from his ears and his throat. Here, at last, was an angel who truly knew how to dress.

“Lord Baraqiel!” Akieryon’s Cherub friend started to his feet, presumably to salute, but Akieryon shoved him back into his seat.

Baraqiel tucked his fine lace cuffs out of harm’s way and helped himself to the salsa. “Progress?” He addressed the question to Akieryon, who nodded.

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[pocketmilo]

🗡️ 🦋 ✨

[sic-vita]

GOOD OMENS + Aziraphale, Guardian of the Eastern Gate

[bethany-sensei]

I mean…

With a sigh, Nel set aside the silk and opened the jar. Immediately, an acrid smell assaulted Ragheiyont’s nostrils. Grimacing, Nel dipped a stiff brush into the jar and began to paint its contents onto Ragheiyont’s beautiful golden forelock.

“Hey!” he yelped, batting the brush away. “If you’re gonna dye a man’s plumage, a little warning would be great!”

“As long as you’re pretending not to be a dragon,” Nel said, utterly unruffled, “it’s hair, not plumage.” He continued to apply the dye. “And you don’t want to be conspicuous. Submit to monochrome.”

Ragheiyont had dyed his plumage in the past, for a job. That didn’t mean he enjoyed smelling like an alchemist’s workbench threw up on him. Sullenly, he closed his eyes and sat still. He was doing this for Seikhiel, he reminded himself. He could endure any indignity for Seikhiel’s sake.

In mere minutes Nel had finished painting the dye on him, and he moved on to applying something that smelled only slightly better to Akieryon’s hair. Ragheiyont sat still, determined not to touch the wet dye, and he waited.

Does your character dye their hair? 

[slovo-ljubve]

Old one, but I made him look so slutty I gotta show it off

[thekansta]

Weapons in black

[happypeachsludgeflower]

If I had a nickel for every time a danmei had a good white/light green character with an “evil” dark color/red character as their husband, I would have— a lot of damn nickels. Why does this keep happening??

[mdzs-trash]

I hope you guys like him, I spent so much time on these oml 💀

[gods-sexy-thighs]

Sword

[benevolenterrancy]

I've started v7 of Heaven Official's Blessing and let me tell you I was NOT expecting some voltron-style gundam battle but I'm deeply into it

The Series 07 toy sets include Divine Statue Gundam, with Ghost King and Flower Crowned Martial God figures, as well as the God Sword set with 4 additional Heavenly Officials (though the owner of Ghost City Emporium doesn't know why you'd waste your money on that trash)

[bethany-sensei]

Tempest came down the stairs into the kitchen, chuckling to himself. Akieryon wanted to watch the archangels watching him, but he knew that laugh too well. He half turned. “What did you do?”

Still chuckling, Tempest dropped into the chair beside Akieryon. “I gave Seikhiel a bladder buster.”

“You what?”

Luccan, who caught on faster than Lord Raphael had, gave a surprised snort of laughter. Tempest tipped his head and smiled a little smile that would look faintly embarrassed on someone more familiar with the concept. “I advanced his time. I just… didn’t fully account for biological processes.” He took a bite of Akieryon’s waffle. “Oops.” The grin he slanted at Akieryon had the barest edge of hope to it, the same way he looked at Caspar when he wasn’t entirely sure he hadn’t just earned an exasperated sigh, and perhaps a light shove.

“Time magic,” Lord Sidriel said in a deceptively conversational tone, ignoring Luccan, who had subsided into wheezing giggles and now slowly slid lower in his chair.

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[talk-danmei-to-me]

Pondering whether I should start treating 7 seas danmei translations like pokemon and y'know buy them all.

[pocketmilo]

fangxin inspired sword to go with this post 🗡️ 🦋✨

[madbedlam]

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