hautevaux

[hautevaux]

OOC ; tumblr, why are you putting my icons/headers/breakers in a paler bg colour than the actual post. why.

[hautevaux]

@sephaeroth asked: 🌸!! MEME: Send 🌸 for our muses to see the blossoms together!

Fingers tremble lightly, their grip 'pon buttons belonging to the silken shirt he has draped over shoulders somewhat hesitant to dedicate to the item of clothing. He's unsure, once again, on his selection - the reflection of his person in the long length of mirror not matching what he desired in his consciousness.

Another shirt was thrown unto the pile of his bed, elongated exhale following as his person sat, slouched in defeat. He had every want and passion to look exactly right for the day ahead, for late the night before had he received an invitation to head out of the city to see the immensity of thousands of blossoms some way outside of Kalm. He'd agreed immediately, excitement having kept him awake all night, but now Vaux found himself stuck on the matter of his appearance.

The majority of his clothing he had made for himself, through the use of scrap materials or ends of rolls at the tailors he worked at. It meant he could make what he wanted at a lower cost, but it also meant that he didn't have as much to work with as he would like. Most of it had to look professional, for his work, and thus there were more limited styling options when it came to more... Casual matters.

Eventually, Vaux had no choice but to settle on something since time was running short and he needed to leave his small apartment to head to the agreed rendezvous point - just outside of Midgar where he hoped to find some beauteous greenery and feel the wonder of nature. It would make quite the difference to his usual routines, but 't was company he was most excited for.

Still running fingers through loosely styled hair, Vaux walked down the road and idly worried the whole way, hoping that he'd managed to make himself look nice enough. Perhaps somewhere deep in his mind he knew it didn't matter, not for Sephiroth, anyway - but for Vaux it most certainly did. As he approached their agreed location but only ten minutes early, he felt a wave of anxiousness run through his person, fingertips playing with the ends of hair in the hopes the idle motions would soothe.

He's quiet, unfamiliar surrounds only adding to his discomfort, the openness surrounding enough to have him immensely wary of what may be lurking in the shadows. Thankfully, the only thing that had him startle was Sephiroth's rather quiet and unannounced arrival, simply appearing in Vaux's peripheral vision.

"Good grief, darling - - -!" Hand to heart, brief look of pure surprise and then he calms instant recognition the most perfect balm to ease all prior concerns. He smiles, truly and brightly, ere skipping himself atop a rather chunky bit of debris so he could reach to embrace Sephiroth closer to the others height: an enjoyable feat, he quietly admits to himself. "You look as dashing as always~"

His heart hammers in his chest, echoes within his ears and momentarily makes him a smite light headed, but it is all in excitement as opposed to illness. With a brief pause he hops down from the debris and back to his usual height, more than gladly taking his most dear company's arm as booted feet began to pace down the path ahead.

Vaux never left Midgar - not unless it was on a rare excursion with Sephiroth - for it bought too many terrible memories back of fleeing his situation in Wutai when he was only a child. Now, however, he was comfortable - enjoying the idle breeze and the beauteous fields of greenery. A breath of truly fresh air.

When the first sights of blossom petals among the blades of grass met his eyes, Vaux's heart lept with excitement, the beautiful levels of joy that ran through his veins only erring him on all the more. He quickened his steps, eventually slipping his hand down Sephiroth's arm to take a hold of his hand, to jog ahead into the orchard of trees bustling with blossoms.

He's stunned to silence, the sights of pinks and whites forming a canopy above near overwhelming, the mix of petals both within the breeze and 'pon the ground an inspiring scattering in both colour and texture. Ideas bloom, but for the moment does he toss any thoughts of work entirely away.

In the midst of everything, Vaux sits. He pulls company down with him, smile perhaps the brightest it has ever been, and with what might he could muster does he playfully push company to lay down, long fingers reaching forth to pick a petal from Sephiroth's hair.

"I think...-" He begins, smiling down softly at company with no small amount of fondness:"... That you rather suit these softer colours, darling." Frankly, Vaux is enamoured by the pastel pinks and soft whites against Sephiroth's hair, his skin tone, the vibrancy of his surreal eyes: there is a gentleness to it, a delicacy much akin to the one he had found within Sephiroth himself.

He can't help but smile, to feel bizarrely warm inside; with a small but content sigh does he lay back 'pon elbows, eyes fixated above, and for a moment is he drenched in silence. It's a wonderful feeling... To not only see such a fleeting beauty of nature of a wonderfully warm day, but to be aside an apparently rather at ease Sephiroth, too. He feels it in his chest, how his heart flutters and person feels light, with no worry waiting to consume him if only for a brief time.

"I can't remember when I last felt this... At peace." Vaux admits, quietly, the smile upon his expression briefly turning thoughtful. In truth, he thought it hadn't much to do with the sights of the blossoms at all, utterly mesmerising as they were, he linked it much more keenly to Sephiroth himself. Why? Well, they were lay out in the middle of the wilds, for starters and yet Vaux had never felt safer, and with safety and good company came an ease he hadn't had since he was a child, back in Wutai with his grandmother.

His smile returns and he decides to lay down, damning his hair to the wrath of the petals, too. Instead of remaining on his back and continuing to look up at the beauteous canopy, however, he turns unto his side and looks at company, the smile 'pon his face ever softer. He reaches a hand forth, tucking long hair behind Sephiroth's ear that had blown aside by the breeze, touch lingering perhaps a heartbeat too long.

Time together was rare enough, rarer still was time spent away from the bustle of the city and the business of his life; even now his fingers throbbed from the day previous' work. But it was worth it, it was always worth it - - to struggle through knowing he would find times between just like the one at hand.

"I miss this, you know-" He utters quietly, eyes closing against the warm breeze; "---when you're away, that is... I always think about our little escapes." Because it brought him comfort, solace - because it helped him feel warmth even when the world felt simply too big around him, or he was far too frightened that Sephiroth wouldn't return.

It gripped him, that fear, rather often. Vaux had sworn that he would never again open his heart to anyone and yet it had happened entirely without him realising at first, blindsided him one evening as he had looked at the reflection of stars through Sephiroth's eyes. And now-? The thought of a life without him... it made his chest tight, his stomach roll.

He shuffles closer, pulls his phone out of a pocket and takes a photograph of the two of them lay within the fallen blossom petals and adds it to a rather small folder within his gallery that he had password protected; of the few photographs he had of the two of them while out on various little excursions. They meant the world to Vaux, a thousand times over, and helped to ease the pains of his heart when he missed him so.

Acting suddenly wasn't always Vaux's choice, but sometimes one had to run on a sudden urge or whim so not to talk themselves out of it and thus, he draws quite a deep breath through his nostrils and then turns his head just enough to press a gentle kiss to Sephiroth's cheek;

"I...miss you all the time, for that matter." He swallows and it almost gets caught in his throat, heart hammering against his ribcage. He'd thought it a thousand times over and yet it felt so very different to say aloud, enough to make the tailor near light-headed. "...what I wouldn't do to have your company more, but I know its... lunacy to live in hope..." But he did. He did hope that one day the two would be able to spend more time alongside one another, that Sephiroth wouldn't have Shinra's collar around his neck, that they could do as they pleased - go wherever their hearts took them but... perhaps it really was madness. He wouldn't let it go, however - not for anything.

Briefly do the corners of eyes sting and Vaux subtly dips his head enough to hide them aside Sephiroth's shoulder, the immensity of his heartfelt words truly flooding the cavity of his chest, rising forth the emotion he always fought to keep within. Thus, with his head still pressed to his most precious company's shoulder, hiding his face, does he loop an arm around Sephiroth's middle and simply remained as so for a good few moments.

The blossom, the warm breeze, the beautiful sunlight... the company; he wasn't sure this day could ever be topped.

[hautevaux]

ℂ𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℂ𝔸𝕃𝕃

Have you ever considered becoming a model? Do you think you could cut it on the catwalk or strut it in the studio? Look no further than Vaux's personal casting call! The house of HAUTE VAUX is seeking new talent to model entirely couture and original designs for the upcoming season change made by the man himself. If interested, please attach your heart at the bottom of this post and it shall be judged accordingly in due time.

This is an ask call for Vaux to approach your muse and attempt to persuade them into modelling for him.

[hautevaux]

"I NEED TO STOP AND REST" PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue for taking a break, adjust as necessary

give me a minute to catch my breath.

you go on without me.

i'll just be a minute.

we should camp here.

i don't think i can take another step.

you're falling asleep standing up.

i think we should stop for a while.

we can't fight them if we're exhausted.

it's time for a break.

we'll pick this up tomorrow.

you need to rest. that's an order.

you're going to fall over.

i don't think i can take much more of this.

sit down before you hurt yourself.

you're going to tear those stitches right open if you don't stop.

i need you to stop and listen to me.

you can't save anyone if you're exhausted.

you need your rest.

i'm not asking you to sleep, i'm telling you.

pushing it won't do you any good.

we'll take turns keeping watch.

tell them we'll make camp here.

i'm stopping to rest. you can keep going.

sit down before you hurt yourself.

you'll pull a muscle if you don't stop.

listen to me. you have to take a break.

i'm out of breath.

just give me five minutes to sit down.

i'll be fine with some rest.

let me sleep for a while and then we can go on.

i won't do any good if i'm exhausted.

you won't save anyone if you're like this.

slow down.

you're just making it worse by not stopping.

you'll work yourself half to death.

i'm not letting you do this.

when are you going to think of yourself?

break time's over.

you'll just make your injury worse.

i'll keep watch while you sleep.

you need your sleep just as much as i do.

we have to be at our best if we want to save them.

at least take a five minute break.

give yourself some time to collect yourself.

i insist you take a break.

i can't go on.

i'll pass out if i keep at it.

never thought i'd be the one saying this, but i need to stop.

sleep would be great.

i'll just close my eyes for a few minutes.

wake me when it's over.

tell me when we're getting ready to leave.

this looks like the perfect place to take a nap.

[hautevaux]

It's cherry blossom season!

Send 🌸 for our muses to see the blossoms together!

[hautevaux]

When you have ideas for asks but you feel like a bother so you just 🫠

[hautevaux]

It's cherry blossom season!

Send 🌸 for our muses to see the blossoms together!

[hautevaux]

"I NEED TO STOP AND REST" PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue for taking a break, adjust as necessary

give me a minute to catch my breath.

you go on without me.

i'll just be a minute.

we should camp here.

i don't think i can take another step.

you're falling asleep standing up.

i think we should stop for a while.

we can't fight them if we're exhausted.

it's time for a break.

we'll pick this up tomorrow.

you need to rest. that's an order.

you're going to fall over.

i don't think i can take much more of this.

sit down before you hurt yourself.

you're going to tear those stitches right open if you don't stop.

i need you to stop and listen to me.

you can't save anyone if you're exhausted.

you need your rest.

i'm not asking you to sleep, i'm telling you.

pushing it won't do you any good.

we'll take turns keeping watch.

tell them we'll make camp here.

i'm stopping to rest. you can keep going.

sit down before you hurt yourself.

you'll pull a muscle if you don't stop.

listen to me. you have to take a break.

i'm out of breath.

just give me five minutes to sit down.

i'll be fine with some rest.

let me sleep for a while and then we can go on.

i won't do any good if i'm exhausted.

you won't save anyone if you're like this.

slow down.

you're just making it worse by not stopping.

you'll work yourself half to death.

i'm not letting you do this.

when are you going to think of yourself?

break time's over.

you'll just make your injury worse.

i'll keep watch while you sleep.

you need your sleep just as much as i do.

we have to be at our best if we want to save them.

at least take a five minute break.

give yourself some time to collect yourself.

i insist you take a break.

i can't go on.

i'll pass out if i keep at it.

never thought i'd be the one saying this, but i need to stop.

sleep would be great.

i'll just close my eyes for a few minutes.

wake me when it's over.

tell me when we're getting ready to leave.

this looks like the perfect place to take a nap.

[hautevaux]

ℂ𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℂ𝔸𝕃𝕃

Have you ever considered becoming a model? Do you think you could cut it on the catwalk or strut it in the studio? Look no further than Vaux's personal casting call! The house of HAUTE VAUX is seeking new talent to model entirely couture and original designs for the upcoming season change made by the man himself. If interested, please attach your heart at the bottom of this post and it shall be judged accordingly in due time.

This is an ask call for Vaux to approach your muse and attempt to persuade them into modelling for him.

[hautevaux]

ℂ𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℂ𝔸𝕃𝕃

Have you ever considered becoming a model? Do you think you could cut it on the catwalk or strut it in the studio? Look no further than Vaux's personal casting call! The house of HAUTE VAUX is seeking new talent to model entirely couture and original designs for the upcoming season change made by the man himself. If interested, please attach your heart at the bottom of this post and it shall be judged accordingly in due time.

This is an ask call for Vaux to approach your muse and attempt to persuade them into modelling for him.

[hautevaux]

ℂ𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℂ𝔸𝕃𝕃

Have you ever considered becoming a model? Do you think you could cut it on the catwalk or strut it in the studio? Look no further than Vaux's personal casting call! The house of HAUTE VAUX is seeking new talent to model entirely couture and original designs for the upcoming season change made by the man himself. If interested, please attach your heart at the bottom of this post and it shall be judged accordingly in due time.

This is an ask call for Vaux to approach your muse and attempt to persuade them into modelling for him.

[hautevaux]

To hear that his company enjoyed being a trend-setter set Vaux's consciousness down an entirely different route of thinking; while he would have leaned towards current trends or preferred notions, he now was able to tap into his own design potential, instead of following everyone else. These kinds of appointments and requests were the ones he adored the most, enabled him to truly get his teeth into a project, to create something so beautifully outstanding- even with requests for a longer skirt and potential sleeves, he had a mind full of ideas already.

He makes notes, quietly but not without a smile 'pon his face and his eyes repeatedly turning back to company at regular intervals; sometimes, it was best to let someone speak, to let them tell of what they had envisioned or of things they absolutely didn't want to forget. Those were important points, and Vaux needed to keep them in mind throughout the design process so that all could be made precisely how it was wanted without any need to double back and change too much.

"Eugh--" Vaux chimes in at the mention of stiff fabric, briefly screwing his face up. "Stiff material is abysmal to work with when it comes to dresses and besides- unless you want to look like a geometric shape, there are far better and far more flattering materials to choose from." Stiffness was made for other things, like corsets, and furniture, he supposed.

"Pockets---?" Some found them absolutely necessary, some not so much - - it all rather depended on the person, frankly. "And I wouldn't worry too much about materials. I always find that the best way to choose is to have a feel of them once we've taken your measurements. That way, you can say what you do and don't like for certainty."

Alice smiled, feeling slightly more comfortable in the designer's company. "My apologies, I'm afraid formal is my default." She chuckled, shifting slightly in her seat. "As much as I appreciate current trends, I also enjoy being the trend setter. I've found that the longer skirts draw more eyes—in the best way possible—whether they're in or not. Something about leaving some to the imagination, I suppose."

There was an elegance, too, to longer skirts that Alice much preferred for her image. She presented herself as a classy woman with an immense amount of charm. The old-money types she dealt with often had grand notions of women's modesty, and it did her good to play into that while still looking beautiful and alluring.

"As for sleeves, I guess it depends. Tight sleeves are an absolute no, but I am fond more flowy sleeves, perhaps in a sheer material? Or maybe just some fabric that drapes across the shoulders in a false-sleeve style." She hummed, thinking it over. "But then again those details would depend on the skirt. If it's a bigger skirt, then I think the shoulders need something, but if it's a tighter skirt then I would say no sleeves."

Coming into the boutique, Alice had assumed she knew exactly what she wanted, but the more she pondered the smaller details, the more she realized she truly didn't. Who knew designing a custom dress had so many considerations? She supposed this was the precise reason why she sought the professional.

"I don't mind showing some skin. Some modesty is needed, of course, but not so much that the dress looks prudish." It was a delicate balance, truly. "And I'm not terribly picky about fabric. Nothing too stiff, though."

@hautevaux

[hautevaux]

Searing pain, the flooding of veins seeming to take hours as opposed to moments; a profound experience of both exhilaration and sadness in equal measure. To experience the power directly was more than interesting, but the weight of now being able to fathom a heavier understanding was... burdensome at best. How did Joshua carry that-? And by himself, no less?

Vaux raises a shaky hand to brush at tired eyes, loosening tears from the length of lashes so they were absorbed by a sleeve instead of rolling down his face. His other reached out, rested 'pon Joshua's shoulder with a gentle smile, a genuine sense of relief housed within the ex-tailor's expression.

"This.... is the first time I've not felt immensely sick in weeks." Perhaps it truly had bought him a little more time, reversed some of the affects so he may yet live to see a more peaceful surround. "And... my bones don't ache." Overall.... he's relieved to realise that it has had a positive affect, indeed.

"now you will absolutely have to join me for some tea because you look like you're about to topple over." He gestures to the chair aside him; "Please-?"

Vaux wasn't wrong; any type of healing always came with pain. Perhaps if he had more time to dwell on it, Joshua may have been able to come to some profound conclusion, some grand sentiment about the nature of life and moving forward and how there could never be any improvement without first pain.

But even that was just a lie. There was true hidden within it of course, but suffering did not mean healing. Suffering was just that, and too much of the world and of life was nothing more than pain without cause. Without reason.

That is what it means to be alive. And yet he would still fight for humanity's right to live, even if it was just suffering.

The fire raced through Vaux's veins in mere seconds, though it likely felt like something closer to an eternity for the man. The vivid red glow was etched through his skin for a long moment before it faded, and as it did Joshua released his hand and slowly stood. A wave of darkness, complete with a low roar in his ears, felt like it was washing over him, and he had the suspicion that he might have gone pale in the moment too.

Jote will be upset with me. He had no doubt about that.

Joshua drew in a breath before letting it out slowly between pursed lips. "Forgive me. I did all I could. I am... I am unsure if I was able to help."

[hautevaux]

ℂ𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℂ𝔸𝕃𝕃

Have you ever considered becoming a model? Do you think you could cut it on the catwalk or strut it in the studio? Look no further than Vaux's personal casting call! The house of HAUTE VAUX is seeking new talent to model entirely couture and original designs for the upcoming season change made by the man himself. If interested, please attach your heart at the bottom of this post and it shall be judged accordingly in due time.

This is an ask call for Vaux to approach your muse and attempt to persuade them into modelling for him.

[hautevaux]

OOC: I'm catching up on replies! My muse for Vaux is as strong as ever and I'm hoping to get to the few asks I have shortly, too-! I was also contemplating of putting an ask call out because Vaux wants to try and convince people to be a model for him and I just kinda think the idea is fun and lighthearted.

[hautevaux]

"It's been a long time since I've been outside of the city..." Vaux quietly admits, consciousness briefly returning to the time when he had been only a child, running from the repercussions his father had left them. He'd seen much during that time but he scarce remembered any of it due to the discomfort and fear he felt constantly.

"What about somewhere close-by for starters? Kalm, perhaps?" He couldn't recall too much about being there, it had been a stop over for one night and naught more, but from what he had seen as of late in the news and such it looks like a remarkably quaint place to spend a few days.

"...I could treat you to cake at a little cafe---"

"Somewhere not too hot or cold? Well- Midgar isn't a good option for that kind of picturesque vacation. We'd have to leave the city for that, unless you want to see the same sights in another sector." He pointed out thoughtfully, braiding and unbraiding the hair between his fingers, playing with it gently. He'd never been outside of Midgar, never left the plate or the slums under it. "I'm not sure I could name a place like that, without doing some heavy research."

[hautevaux]

So, this post is a little personal, but its important to me. So almost twenty years ago my sister spent a lot of time in the Childrens Hospital in Birmingham just after she was born. She had a lot of problems and the entire time was abysmal because my mothers partner at the time was horrendously abusive - - long story short, my sister passed away after three months of life but we always remembered the Hospital and the staff being so overwhelmingly wonderful regardless of how abysmally difficult the time was. So this year we've decided to do their sponsored walk. It's 4km and in May- - and we're trying to raise a little bit of money for the hospital - - this year, the funds are going towards the bereavement team; so you can see why we want to do it. Our donation link is here if anyone is interested. We're really hoping to fundraise around £100 so if anyone has a spare pound or dollar, or euro- I'm absolutely certain the charity will have it well spent on those that need support through undeniably difficult times. <3