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I'm blaming @hijennyt for this particular existential crisis I had at around midnight last night

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world cold and hard.......... tiddy warm and soft..........

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Viago's opening letter to a de Riva Rook is the funniest goddamn thing

"Dear Idiot,

You are so fucking stupid and everyone is still complaining about that stupid thing you did. But none of them are complaining more than ME, you moron, you disgrace. I cannot believe I raised you. Anyway, if you die I'll kill you. Come home safe. But not soon

Your (Begrudging) Father Viago"

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Someone said Emmrich would be the #1 Rookanis shipper and I stand by that.

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Your distraction worked. Could have set it, when we were further away.

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"The wings—do you manifest them on purpose?"

"I don't, why?"

"So you just naturally look amazing when Spite helps?"

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"You already have everything you need."

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Well, you're talking to each other, and not shouting. That's a nice change.

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You took what he wanted most in this world... more than coin... pleasure... family...

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[The Ninth Wave, 1850, Ivan Aivazovsky; Clearing Up, Coast of Sicily (1847) Andreas Achenbach]

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Rook's right. You don't have to pretend. I won't be upset if you don't like coffee.

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another day, another codex ✨for reference, amalia is my rook’s daughter!!

Codex Day #25: Rook’s notes on the Lighthouse/Caretaker

Lighthouse Findings

Written neatly in Thea’s handwriting on orange parchment. There is a tiny drawing of Amalia and Lucanis in the corner with a dried flower pressed between the margin.

We’ve been in the Lighthouse for more than six months now. It feels like we just got here. I can’t say it feels like home, but it is close. I swear my room here smells exactly like my old room back in Cumberland.

I’ve realized that changes can happen in real time here. For instance, a handle appeared on the outside steps when Amalia was walking. Incredible and absolutely needed with a three year old. There have been other… anomalies as well. The wisps and spirits here are being far too generous:

- My paints have all been replenished.

- Amalia is always finding new books.

- I complained I was cold once, and suddenly there were two new blankets in my room.

- There was a baking dish I saw in Minrathous and I randomly found the same in the kitchen with two new wooden spoons and a juicer.

- When I went to make coffee, I found a beautiful orange handmade mug from Rivani. One that I said was beautiful and did not buy.

- Amalia found new crafts in her hide away fortress under Neve’s room.

- I found my favorite blend of coffee beans in the library. Near new books. And another blanket.

- Amalia found old parchment that I tossed in the Circle, old notes and drawings. How?

- Antivan Red. Two bottles. Two beautiful antique sea glass wine glasses. Left outside my door…

- Amalia found a music box with a spinning ballerina in it, and wished with all her heart to find a tutu. And how funny, she found one in the music room…

- And finally… I came back from Nevarra to find new ribbons in my room. Velvet and silk, and in all the colors I was missing. They all match my armor.

Is anyone else finding strangely specific items that fit their wants or likes? I understand that the Lighthouse can aid us, but this… I have no answer for.

Added in Davrin’s handwriting: I’ve noticed that my room shifts to make room for Assan. But otherwise? Nothing as specific as your finds, though I would love cut wood and a new carpentry kit. And maybe new dinner items. Antivan food gets boring quick.

Added in Neve’s handwriting: Thea… have you considered that your “wisps or spirits” could actually be one very reclusive crow?

Added in Lucanis’ writing: Davrin. Antivan food is a work of art. Something you clearly know nothing of. I suspect your pallet is underdeveloped, since you Wardens only survive on dry rations and then go to the Deep Roads to die. Do not insult me or my food again. Also crows are not always reclusive, sometimes they just have trouble using their words.

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little beans

✨tiny spite belongs to psin!!!✨

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it’s not that lucanis doesn’t realize rook is flirting with him.

he 1000000% does

it’s in what rook is saying that makes all the difference-it’s everything

it’s not your typical omg i like youuuu flirting. it’s i would tear down your enemies and stand guard outside your door so you can rest, you are more that your struggles flirting.

every word she says has meaning and weight. her words are always full of worry and care and gentleness, something lucanis isn’t used to.

which is why the almost kiss makes sooo much sense. he sways over, pinning rook to the wall and lays on the flirting thick. rook gives it back, and it’s almost in that moment he wakes up, knowing that this isn’t who he is, and he already believes rook deserves so much more.

rook has always been herself, genuine, a breath of fresh air, sunlight on his skin after so much time in the dark. strong at every turn, for him and the team.

he wants to be the strong hands that hold her when the world is dark, to be there for her like she is for him. he doesn’t want to be illario, or a shell of who he thinks he should be.

it just takes him a little to find his own voice.

he is i made this for you because i know its your favorite and i will make this for you until the end of time to see you smile, i found this at the market and it made me think of you and i will go to the ends of the earth if you asked me too

making rook dessert is him speaking without words. rook has shown him who she is and how much she cares and he can finally respond in his own way once he’s ready to. to show his feelings, to bare his soul the best way he knows how.

and the best part is that rook understands. she always has.