#† verse: wilderness ˛ ‘ the darkness that’s in all of us.

[ofaither]

୨୧˚♡* ♱    starter call, accepting.    ( @slaughtyr​ )

                "  we  used  to  be  good.  "    she  sobs  into  her  hands,  the  first  thing  she's  felt  in  weeks  besides  numbness,  blistering  cold.  and  it's  this.  some  wild  thing  thrashing  in  her.  she  begs  it  to  stop,  to  quiet,  to  sleep.  sleep  like  jackie,  gone  into  a  cold  winters  night.    "  we  used  to  be  good-  we're  sinners,  we're  hungry,  i  see  it  every  night,  ever  since-  ever  since-  "    javi  gone,  misty's  mushrooms,  a  downpour  of  hellfire  from  the  sky.  she  talks  to  Him,  every  night,  but  nothing  since  then.  it's  like  ...  He's  gone.  but  it's  thoughts  like  those  that  keep  them  here.  it's  her  that  keeps  them  here.  her  throat  aches,  peels  like  dried  paint  and  cracks  like  forgotten  wood.  when  was  the  last  time  she'd  spoken?  to  anyone?  maybe  she  had  fallen  asleep  like  jackie,  like  javi.  somewhere  deep  in  the  snow  and  they'd  all  forgotten.    "  what's  wrong  with  us?  "

[natalievoncatte]

“Your son just kicked me, Miss Luthor-Danvers.”

Kara looked over to the couch, where Lena bad stopped reading her book, which now lay propped on the dome of her stomach. She looked absolutely exhausted, with dark circles beneath her eyes, marring paler than usual skin.

The pregnancy was taking its toll on Lena, but just as difficult for Lena was the order to remain on pelvic rest, as were the Herculean caloric requirements of gestating a Kryptonian child on Earth. Lena Luthor was the type of woman who grew more fatigued from orders to lay up in bed, and Kara had to practically bat her phone out of her hand to stop her from answering emails at all hours of the night.

Kara swung out from behind the kitchen island, carrying another smoothie with a carefully selected mix of fruits, vegetables, and protein powder.

“Blegh,” Lena said, as she choked down a gulp of the stuff. Does it have to be so sweet?”

Kara didn’t answer. Lena looked haggard by her own usual standards, but to Kara, she was the most gorgeous thing she’d ever seen. Yes, she was pale, but there as a rosy glow in her cheeks and though she sighed and complained and groused, rarely had there been such joy in her eyes. One of Kara’s new favorite things was catching Lena unawares, finding her smiling at nothing and cradling protective arms around the new life coming to being within her.

After she gulped down the last of the thick, gloppy shake -which Lena had given the appetizing name of ‘nutrient slurry mark one’, she turned halfway on the couch.

“There he goes again,” said Lena, sighing.

Kara reached out with a trembling hand, resting it gently on the warm curve of Lena’s skin. She went quiet for a moment, forcing back the tears. Thinking about this overwhelmed her. She’d never dreamed she’d really have this, much less with the most beautiful and kind woman she’d ever known. A soft twitch against her palm made her grin from ear to ear.

“I’m glad you’re enjoying this. I’d like to get some sleep.”

Kara chewed at her lip for a moment.

“What if I try singing to him?”

Lena raised a sharp eyebrow.

“Alex gave me an article that says that babies can hear us while they’re in the womb.”

Lena’s head fell back against the cushions.

“Do you know any lullabies?”

Kara swallowed, hard.

“Yes.”

There was a pause, as Kara worked herself up, pulling the words from the lost days of her youth, across an ocean of stars beneath a far distant sun.

She more spoke than sang at first, until her voice grew into something soft and light, like a rare flower opening its petals to greet the sun. By the time she really began to sing, Lena was smiling, listening intently.

Kara dug deep in her memory for the words to the traditional Kryptonian lullaby, a promise from a young mother to her child lost in the wilderness, an invocation to come home safe to loving arms before the reunited in the final verses.

When Kara finished she looked up and saw that Lena was fast asleep, her hand now resting atop Kara’s as it rested on Lena’s belly. Tenderly, Kara drew her hand back and, with practiced ease, raised Lena in her arms and carried her back to the bedroom, another Kryptonian verse flowing softly from old memories, and the eventually they slept, until sunrise.

[connoisseursdecomfort]

The Love Story in Todome no Ichigeki (or a TwiYor AU)

I am so normal about the MV.

I would put some of the manga references the director has possibly used at the end, and as usual, manga spoilers would be out after the cut.

1

The story starts with her.

She's just killed a musician and taken over his identity.

This is the first time we see a close-up of her - right as she puts on the first piece of disguise.

The next scene shows a fully disguised assassin, with the sunglasses and the wig, arriving at the stage. She starts her performance.

She has a mission.

And her target has also arrived at the scene with his associate.

As she puts on her jacket and finishes up her final touches, it's all set, and she should be able to get her target.

Unfortunately, she is having a situation.

だから Therefore -

2

She picks up the pair of sunglasses. And she hesitates.

And then, without the wig and the sunglasses, she begins singing part of the chorus:

[Chorus] 今日の夜は隣にいさせて (隣にいさせて) Just for this night, let me be by your side 今夜だけは本気だからね (隣にいさせて) Because just tonight, it’s for real, you know. (1)

And with the line "こっちにきてもっと Come closer to me", she put out the cigar butt and caught his attention.

She goes on singing in her full disguise:

祈りあった未来とて The future that we prayed for 道が違うのよ アナタ And the paths that we walked on have always been different, my dear. (アナタ, give up! Give it up!) (My dear, give up! Give it up!) 互いの殺意で  トドメ喰らっちゃうね Our shared urge to murder will deliver the final blow and get us killed. (This is also the part that repeats as the song fades out.)

And once again, she sings without disguise:

やっぱりやめとくわ As I've expected, I should just give up.

3

It cuts to how they meet initially.

From this scene on, we begin to get camera shots that centred on him.

And this is, technically, their first meeting in their other identities. He tried to observe more intently, but she was hidden in darkness despite being placed centre-staged.

And as the second verse (the rap) comes along, she even turns around with her back facing towards him.

The rap verse initially echoes what she's been trying to convince herself: they walk on a path of countless tribulations and seemingly eternal darkness. However, if you search further in this seemingly endless wilderness, you'll find something else.

そこに現れた 心見透かすちっぽけな魂 There appears a tiny spirit that could see right through your heart. それは散らばるミクロ砂金 Like scattered microscopic gold dust. 手のひらに集め If you gathered them in the palm of your hand 密度高め万年を照らす 光の矢を放つ、穿つ Releasing an arrow of light with intensified density, illuminating and piercing through eternity (1)

4

And she wonders if she really can see through his heart and know who he truly is:

こういうのとか Things like this

そういうのとか And things like that

偽物じゃできないよね だから You can't do that if it was fake, right?

In the scenes of them being lovey-dovey, there were time they didn't show the entirety of their faces, and when they were seemingly facing each other, they had their eyes closed.

But she did manage to take his glasses off, took a closer look and even wiped away a drop of his tear.

For at least a moment he showed his true self and his weakness.

And だから therefore - she takes off her glasses, throws away her first disguise on stage, and repeats the chorus:

He slowly realises who she is, and what she's coming after.

He is her target. She's singing to him, and her love is mingled with her intent to kill.

Does she want to stay the night with him because she wants to kill him? Or is it because she loves him?

Or maybe she should have given up the mission a long time ago.

5

Why would she give up?

Maybe she's just getting used to this situation, slowly moving from the edge and starting to find comfort in this new position she’s found herself in.

Or maybe it's that moment when they could look at each other like a real couple.

She tried to look through the camera lens. And what she saw was so different from what had appeared in her mission files.

And he is right here with her tonight.

6

As she removes her last piece of disguise, she says:

もしもどこまでも続くなら [I wonder] if this will continue forever せめて今日の一度だけ At least if it's just this one time we have today it's also fine.

She has the first close-up in which she looks straight into the camera,

and she finishes her final dance moves, destroying the ship.

She stops dancing.

This is finally not a performance for the public. This is a confession for him.

As the performers and the audience try to escape from this sinking ship, she finally reveals the true intention that has been hidden behind her killings:

今日の夜はワタシにさせて Let me be by your side tonight. 今夜だけはワタシに守らせて Let me guard you tonight. 今日の夜が明けたころに When the night passes to dawn, (1) 待ち合わせね we shall meet again. 明日の夜も守れますように I hope I can protect you again tomorrow night.

こっちにきてもっと So come a bit closer to me

Notes:

The gifs both come from here. I base the translations on these three sites: (1), (2) and (3). Thank you, @yumeka-sxf, for helping with the translation.

Someone also uses glasses and a change of hairstyle as disguise:

The tiny soul and the scattered gold in the rap verse so obviously refers to Anya. The sparkling effect used in the MV could also be a nod to the special effect when Anya uses her mind-reading powers.

The sparkling effect appears right from the start, and becomes stronger as her conviction is strengthened.

@_mika60_ on twitter (well, x) has made a thread about other manga references used in the MV.

[gatekeeper-watchman]

Daily Devotionals for November 18, 2024

Proverbs: God's Wisdom for Daily Living

Devotional Scripture:

Proverbs 28:13-14 (KJV): 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. Proverbs 28:13-14 (AMP): 13 He who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sins will obtain mercy. 14 Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is the man who reverently and worshipfully fears (the Lord) at all times (regardless of circumstances), but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Thought for the Day

Verse 13 - Anyone who thinks he has not sinned is deceived. The Bible says that all have sinned and come short of God's glory. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God" (Romans 3:23-25). By His death, Jesus made atonement for the sins of all mankind. Anyone can be pardoned if he turns to Christ and repents. When two Christians cannot fellowship, it is because one or both of them are walking in darkness in some area of their lives. "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (John 1:5-10).

We can have fellowship with Christ only by dealing with our sins. When we sin, we are not to hide, ignore, or excuse it. We are to confess and turn from it. Only then will we be cleansed from our unrighteousness by the blood of Jesus.

Verse 14 - The reverential fear of God brings blessing, but a hard heart brings ruin. If we do not respond to God in obedience when He speaks to us, our hearts will begin to harden. Each time we refuse to obey God, our hearts become a little harder. A person who continues resisting the Holy Spirit will make their hearts insensitive to God, and they will have no rest in their souls.

"Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, they do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So, I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called to day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end" (Hebrews 3:7-14).

Prayer Devotional for the Day

Dear heavenly Father, we are grateful that we can always come to You and confess our sins, and You will never turn us away, but will always extend mercy to us and deliver us from evil. Father, may we always be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's promptings, and obey You when You tell us to do something. We never want any hardness in our hearts toward the things of God. May we always stand before You with a reverential fear, knowing that You are all powerful and all wise. Lord, we declare, we will have no fear of what man can do to us, because our faith and trust are in You. We are grateful we can call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and his Father. Amen.

[cannibalovers]

since some ppl did say yes, buckle up for a VERY long analysis because this song and "want" + a few others are some of my ultimate hannibal songs.

Hannibal song of the day: song no.1

a bit about the song:

"Missing Piece" (released in 1997) is a song by Recoil, a music project by Alan Wilder (former member of Depeche Mode, a group which I absolutely love and have a lot of their songs in my playlist). The song was written and sang as a duo by Alan Wilder and Siobhan Lynch. It's a moody and dark electronica song with jazzy elements and even a violin solo In short, the song is about self discovery and enlightement that a relationship has brought to the narrator, who has felt alone and misunderstood their whole life until they met the person who was their "missing piece". It explores the complex emotions and realisations that arose from the relationship(whether the relationship ended or not isn't really implied, at least in my eyes, although for my view on the song when it comes to hannibal, i think it might have).

now, i think from that it's already clear enough that I'm thinking about hannigram for this. I mean c'mon, a narrator that felt misunderstood and has been afraid to fully opening up to anybody, because of it's risks, even though they have so much love to give. That's literally Hannibal.

Although I feel like the narrator can also be Will but with how open and desparate the narrator seems, I keep thinking of Hannibal.

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Verse 1

"I wanna write myself

On the walls of your heart

Because the knot that holds us

Altogether throws us all apart

I'm gonna stop myself

Before I say something true

Because the answers

That roll from my tongue

Are nothing to do with you"

Hannibal loves to impact people (literally manipulates them), even though it doesn't last (usually).

Through the show, we can see just how many people he actually changed, changing their mindsets, convincing them to murder etc. that's more leaving an impact on their brain, but with Will, he's different. He indeed does change his mindset but he also really tries to get a place in Will's heart and get his attention because, as he confessed to Bedelia, Will intrigues him. I think the lyrics of the narrator wanting to write themselves on the walls of somebody's heart and leave an impact on them is just so incredibly hannibal.

But again, those people don't last usually, they usually end up dead, be it as Hannibal's dinner or something else. He knows this danger, and he knows this complicated knot of manipulation and lies he tied himself and Will with will most likely break off at some point, which he slowly comes to realise he doesn't want it to happen. (and then fucking mizumono happens)

In the song, the narrator hides the truth, most likely because of the fear of rejection, fearing the person doesn't feel the same, or because of the fear of losing the person. In season 2, his decision was to continue lying, not confessing the truth of his plan to Will, in my eyes to try and secure him in his hold, get his trust and love, see if Will would truly understand him and accept him for who he is - so, he stops himself from telling Will the truth, pretending his plan, his answers have nothing to do with his love for Will, but instead pretend that his plan is to destroy Will's life, leaving out the part where he's hoping Will would want to try and rebuild his life with Hannibal.

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Chorus

"(And) I hold a piece up to the light

Hold a piece up to my eye

Found a missing piece from my set

Found a person I'd not met (x2)

Sometimes is a lonely place (x5)"

self explanatory. There's so little to say, because the lyrics describe it so well, yet at the same time there's SO much to say.

The chorus is sung as a duo, both the narrator and the narrator's person. They both feel like they're the same and are each other's missing pieces, harmonising together.

I truly thing the best way to describe hannigram's relationship is by saying that they're each other's missing pieces. Hannibal seems to be a well-organized set of his pieces that make up him as well as a set of other people that he manipulated kind of as a list (maybe some as trophies). He's so composed, he's sure of his values and knows who he is, he's fully in control yet still felt incomplete, so he has spent his whole life finding that last missing piece (perhaps another meaning for missing, maybe he already had one and lost it, the missing piece being his sister........ ouch, although can't give much thought to this cuz haven't seen season 3 yet), a person who will be just like him and will complete him, not judge him, see him, accept him and be with him. That piece is Will.

He holds him up to the light, analyses him, studies him, gets to know him to determine if he is indeed the missing piece (in the show, he does his usual tactic of manipulating with the intention of making him his dinner but the more he got to know him, the more intrigued he got and saw a possibility of Will understanding him), and he indeed is his missing piece.

The fact that the narrator's person only sings during the chorus makes me think of how Hannibal made Will realise that he is Hannibal's missing piece and that although Will didn't really want it to be true, Hannibal helped him realise that Hannibal is Will's missing piece too - That's why I see the narrator as Hannibal and narrator's person as Will. He seems to be the second to realise this and accept this.

"Sometimes is a lonely place" is straightforward, I think. The two literally admit and show that they feel alone without each other, they have never felt so true to themselves as they feel when they're together, a room or a moment in life without one another is empty, a period without each other is a period they feel the most lonely.

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Verse 2

"So tow me over to the light

The sound, the sound it is in sight

Found my heart was contained within a cell

Found my heart in this tuck-a-way-me world"

ngl, verse 2 and chorus are quite similar in meaning to me. Maybe it's more so Hannibal letting Will study him as well and get to know him, letting Will tow him over to the light (let Will inside his mind). I feel like the lyrics about the narrator's heart being contained in a cell is maybe Hannibal becoming more and more aware of how restrictive he was with his emotions, how his human suit made him lock away his real heart and after many tries of trying to find the right key, Will finally found it and unlocked Hannibal's true self to the world. Overall, I feel like Hannibal feels the world is very restrictive for his type of people but he has found a way to live with it and accept it, although the desire to find a person like him never disappeared

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Coda

"Sometimes I held the missing piece

I held the missing piece

I held sometimes

I held the missing piece

I held..."

the end seems very lamentful to me. Sorry but it reminds me of mizumono

the end is overall so beautiful, I love how dark, slow yet jazzy and classy the song sounds, the coda just sounds like absolute heaven to me and its instrumental reminds me of the show overall so so much

but anyhow, the lyrics getting repeated, the moody, whiny tone the narrator sings it in combined with the reverb and minor key just immediately makes me think that the narrator lost their missing piece, reminiscing the times they had with them. Because of that, I immediately think of Mizumono and how distraught Hannibal was when he realised that Will betrayed him, letting Will see him just for Will to try and get him killed, even though he had a plan of giving back Will everything that he lost and everything that was precious to him. The whole song sounding quite blurry makes me think of how much emptiness Hannibal probably felt after the events in mizumono, how much of a blur everything was to him.

in conclusion, the song is literally so hannibal lecter coded to me

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additional notes: i already mentioned this song on my previous blog actually, together with "want" cuz together theyre AMAZING, i see want more from Wills perspective, i'll do that one tmr

could be lacking a little bit cuz i havent seen season 3 yet, maybe after it ill have some more thoughts but wont add them, i leave it at that

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my playlist

to anybody who read this, thank you and hope you enjoyed my rant<3

[amatalefay]

Full context for each beneath the cut, because the poll options have character limits and the Epics are LONG:

King of diamonds, king of spades / Hades was king of a kingdom of dirt / Miners of mines, diggers of graves / They bowed down to Hades who gave them work / And they bowed down to Hades who made them sweat/Who paid them their wages and set them about / Digging / And dredging / And dragging the depths of the earth / To turn its insides out (Vermont, Concept Album, NYTW)

And he bowed down to no one, below or above / 'Til the arrow of Eros struck him in the heart / And the king of the underworld fell in love / With a woman who walked in a garden (London)

And the earth warmed over in the dead of winter / The stillborn spring lay cold beneath / Summer gave a stormy sermon / Autumn walked in its wake like a wreath / And the people moved like weather patterns / Looking for shelter, looking for warmth / Helter-skelter, the four winds scattered / The scavengers over the ravaged earth (Vermont)

And a million feet that fell in line / And stepped in time with Hades' step / And a million minds that were just one mind / Like stones in a row / As stone by stone / Row by row / The river rose up (Concept Album, NYTW)

Hades is king of the scythe and the sword / He covers the world in the color of rust / He scrapes the sky and scars the earth / And he comes down heavy and hard on us (Concept Album, NYTW)

And the sun rose and fell in his chest as he held her / He felt the earth moving without and within / And there were no words for the way that he felt / So he opened his mouth and he started to sing (London)

The heart of the king is a tinderbox / That he has to keep under lock and key / That it not catch fire inside of his chest / 'Cause a lover's desire is a mutiny / A lover's desire is a wilderness (Vermont)

In the dark of the mine, he is trying to fill / The hole that his lover has left in his arms / With the silver and gold / He can have and hold / Not half, but whole / All to himself (Broadway previews, with some lines from Vermont)

(Source: Anaïs Mitchell, Working on a Song)

[sunflower-ozzy-online]

Darling Druid

Halsin returns your feelings as you get closer to your heat

8th chapter - Masterlist

Halsin /Reader

Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamic - Alpha/Omega - Omega Verse - Reader-Insert - Eventual Smut

It took you a second to try and grasp Halsins words. Laying out his feelings so bluntly caught you so off guard. Never had you been wooed like this before, and such direct affection from an alpha was overwhelming. Somehow though the words were not crass or cheesy when they left his soft lips, surprisingly, they softened your insides and lit a fire in your core.

"And here I thought I was being so discreet with my desires, but you have read me like an open book."

"Honestly I appreciate you not trying to jump my bones as soon as you saw me. I wanted to be sure the chemistry between us was not only because of your nearing heat and, of course, our biological impulses."

"Would you not consider declaring your desires for me after only a handful of conversations rash or a side effect of my pheromones?"

He blushed deeply but refused to look ashamed.

"If you knew how much I have been holding back since I first met you, and how desirable you are to me, you would consider me the most patient man in all of Faerûn." He whispered as he leaned in towards you.

Your heart felt as though it would explode out of your chest. How could you let yourself relish in his presence when all you could focus on was making sure he couldn’t hear how loud your heartbeat was? His scent filled your mind as you felt your eyelids get heavier and your mouth started to salivate. It was as if he were a meal at the end of a long journey through a harsh wilderness waiting for you at home. You wished to grab and wrap yourself around him and bite down as hard as you could to never let him leave you.

You were able to restrain yourself as you checked your emotions. You didn't want to be rash in this, even if he was making impulsivity seem absolutely delectable. You weren’t afraid of scaring him away, rather you wanted to see if a future with him could be possible. Trying to strike a balance with rationality and your instincts, despite the challenge of your nearing heat.

You leaned away from him, feeling disappointed when he did not follow, internally thanking him for respecting your boundaries.

“It is getting dark, I should head back inside for the night before the bugs eat me alive.”

“I hope my forwardness has not made you uncomfortable.” he stated, concern laced his voice.

“I enjoy your forwardness, in fact I find it refreshing.” you allow yourself to put your hand on his where it rests atop the stone ground. You observe how different his hand is from yours, while still having key similarities. The prominent veins running across his hands, strength from years of tough work, and long fingers with cleaned nail beds. You meant for the act to be reassuring for him but instead thoughts of his fingers intertwined with yours flash to the front of your mind.

Soon more intimate images of his hands wrapped around your wrists in the throws of passion obscure any and all other thoughts. Composing yourself you look up to his face, his eyes still on you. You forced yourself to add, “Still I must adjourn for the night as my body is tired from my travels and I need my rest.”

“Understood, will you allow me to accompany you?”

“I would love nothing more.” You give his hand a small squeeze of reassurance.

A comfortable awkwardness settles between the two of you as you both stand to put your dishes away. You caught a glimpse of someone cleaning them seemingly with magic, keeping in mind to ask for the spell later. Currently however, you were occupied with a large romantic druid who was most certainly into you.

As you walked back to your temporary home, Halsin made his version of small talk with you about the place you grew up, asking questions about the people and your interests. Sharing anecdotes and memories came surprisingly easily. One in particular about how you once walked out of a store without paying for something as a child and were turned into a wheel of cheese had him burst out laughing.

His laugh felt like a warm shower with his deep brass chuckle, and the creases lining his eyes showed how often in his life he smiled. You hoped his sounds and his face would be in your future after your heat was over. He opened the door for you and let you enter before softly shutting it behind you both as you continued back down into the heart of the grove. You could feel his hand hover behind the small of your back protectively in case you fell or fumbled, while being respectful as to not to touch so intimately without permission.

You noticed you were getting closer to your room, you felt sweat begin to bead on your brow as you wondered whether or not he would scent a few of your belongings if you asked. He was clearly for direct communications and had already declared his interest in you, but unfortunately your Omega instincts had you second guessing yourself. Luckily the fear of going through your heat without any sort of scented objects beat out the embarrassment of making such an intimate request.

“Would you mind scenting a couple things for me before you go? I’m having a little trouble getting comfortable and I would greatly appreciate it.” You asked, gaze casted downward and unable to meet his eyes.

He paused as you could feel a smirk growing on his face, “It would be my pleasure to scent anything you desire.”

Ecstasy and joy coursed through your body and down your limbs as a toothy grin broke out on your face as you turned and opened the door to let him in. You started gathering things for him to scent. Not wanting to start with too much, you settled on handing him a pillow, a blanket, and a sleep shirt. You couldn't tear your eyes away as he carefully and thoroughly rubbed each item across the junction of his jaw and his neck. The room became practically infused with his scent, and you were reminded of your first meeting.

Now you were able to take in his scent clearly, notes of evergreen, honey, musk, and rain filled your senses. It was calming you already, your spine curved and your jaw relaxed as your head tilted. An intoxicated feeling seeped into your bones as your eyelids grew heavy with a small soft smile resting on your face.

Your insides warmed and you almost didn't notice the throbbing between your legs that was slowly growing more intense. Keyword, almost. Determined to not let it embarrass you, your thighs lightly together to provide some relief. What was supposed to be only a slight pressure felt more intense than you were expecting and a small, almost imperceptible, moan creeped out.

Halsin smiled softly but did not verbalize the fact that he heard you. He finished scenting the few items you had chosen and placed them back into your arms. You leisurely put them away and turned back towards him.

“Thank you.”

“It was no hardship on my part. I hope you sleep well.” He leaned in and placed a small kiss on your hairline, the gesture making your insides turn to jelly. He then turned and left you for the night.

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Not Invited

MEMORY VERSE OF THE WEEK

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+ Psalm 46:5 God is within her; she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.”

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VERSE OF THE DAY

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+ 1 John 1:6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth

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** SAY THIS BEFORE YOU READ; HERE’S SOME CHRISTIAN TRUTHS **

I AM REVOKING THE INVITATION

I AM STRONG

I AM LOVING

I AM STANDING ON JESUS

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THOUGHTS:

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  Spirits can enter in any way, but we must stay under God's protection, and when we are weak, they will find a way in. Sin is something we must confess every day to God , at any moment we can deny what we are dealing with is a real problem. The more we continue to deal with sin and be in denial about what we are dealing with we will always not confess because we don’t see it as sin some of us see it as having a good time or just who we are but every day, we have the chance to say to God, I am sorry, I didn’t mean to do this. I didn't mean to do that. Could you remove it?

   Sometimes, he removes things because it's our heart, our humbleness to know we have disappointed him, and we don’t want to do it again. Sometimes, he lets whatever we are dealing with stay because he sees we don’t it removed and we are comfortable with that sin. The truth of the matter is we shouldn’t be comfortable with any type of sin; society wants us to look at some sins as well this happen so this is why they are this way or this caused them to do this or that, but when we keep compromising with sin, we will always invite it in.

  No one can come to my home unless I invite them. That’s just like any of you. No one can come into your homes unless you say to them, hey, you can come by, but the moment someone shows up unannounced, we first ask who you are. Why are you here? They aren’t invited. This is just like a spirit. A spirit cannot just come upon us without an invitation from us, without our permission. The enemy is standing at the door every day, waiting for us to let him come in, and some of us are inviting him in without even realizing what we are doing.

 1 John 1:6-7 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

   If we claim we are of Christ and that we walk in him, we won't walk in darkness; if we do walk in darkness, the truth doesn’t live in us, but if we walk in the light, we are in the light of God, and we have the blood of the lamb in our lives; we have to allow the light we have in us to shine, we have to make a choice, and every day our choice should be living a life in Christ, our life should always be filled with the presence of God.

  Our life as Christians won't thrive without him in it, and when we allow sin to come in, it makes us weaker and weaker. Yes, I am saying that we will die spiritually if we aren’t holding on to God and making him what we need; some of us don’t understand this yet;BUT we need him to survive, just like the people who play this tv show called Survivor they need water and flint to make it through, and that’s why they give them a chance to win flint as a reward in the game. Fire is the most import thing in the wilderness just like having the fire of God is important in our life long with the living water.

  How many of us miss the mark because we are still dwelling in the dark place, and there's no light in it? It has no place in the kingdom of God; his word says that those who do certain things won't inherit the kingdom of God.

  Proverbs 28:13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

   We can’t conceal sin; we can hide it from man as long as we can; we can deny what we are doing is a sin, but as long as we are in denial , we won’t forsake SIN we will keep inviting it in over and over ; we must forsake the sins we are doing to obtain mercy, some of us we don’t won’t mercy when we are in that sin we just want to do the sin we just want to dwell in it ,let’s just be honest it gets like that sometimes. Still, if we are in this mindset of accepting this sin and allowing it to dwell, we won’t have mercy, but the moment we say, God, I’m tired of allowing this sin to take control over me and allowing it to be my master , and inviting it in , we will have victory in God.

  Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice

  Put it away from you, all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, slander, and malice. We have to put it away and not invite it in; a lot of times, we invite it in because we have had this same mindset all our lives; we have been taught how to deal with people and how to act if someone offends us, but when we are children of God we must turn the other cheek we can’t get angry like we use to ,we can’t pour wrath on anyone the lord says I will take vengeance, I will handle it. Hence, our actions are small compared to what God can do.

  ***Today, we learned that we have to revoke the invitation we have given to the spirits in our lives, we have to revoke the different mindsets we are used to carrying to take up the ways God wants us to have, we have to walk in a different light, sometimes we forget that God is all-powerful and he’s bigger than the problems we are dealing with he’s bigger than the anger and bitterness we carry. The same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is the same spirit that can help us conquer what we are dealing with if we believe.

  We also learned that we must put away the things that are in us that are not like God, and we can’t do this alone; some of us have open invitations to places we shouldn’t be going, but we must deny those invitations we have to say no to the world. Yes, to God, it’s no more dancing on the line, my friends; we have to say no and stand on it; people are going to see you as the same when you walk in the light of God but ignore their opinions and accept Jesus’ invitations to a better way of living. Accept Jesus' new way of handling everything; accept him today! ©Seer~ Prophetess Lee

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PRAYER

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Heavenly Father, thank you for everything we ask you today to help us to deny our fleshly ways and pick up our cross; we ask you to help us through our moments of our weakness lord, help us also to put away bitterness and malice, lord continue to pour into us a new mindset. Lord, we love you so much, and we thank you for our salvation, mercy, and grace, in Jesus' Name, Amen

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+ Romans 3:13-14 Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”

 

+ John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

 

+ Mark 3:5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

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FURTHER READINGS

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Proverbs 28

Matthew 14

Leviticus 3

2 Chronicles 28

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[plantsarepeopletoo]

Only Friends Music EP6 part 2/2

Part one covers the first half of Ep6, or you can find other episodes on my pinned comment.

This is a series of posts taking a closer look at the music of Only Friends. Reminder: Playing with the music is like body language, it moves with the conversation. Verbal says something either through lyrics or something like a song title.

[3/4]

Song: Dark Premonitions by Jon Sumner 

Scene: Ray confronts Boston at his house

Type: Vocal, Playful

Starts after Ray yells “You slept with Top”. Another way of seeing Boston shutdown and he turns it back on Ray, saying Ray would be just as evil as him if Ray tells Mew. All the while minimizing and deflecting anything Ray throws his way.

Boston gives Ray a view of the future where he’s the villain for doing what is right. And this feeling makes Ray pause before telling Mew the truth.

Fun fact: the mirror has news clippings on it, one has Halloween in big letters, another might say Halloween is coming.

Song: Too Dusty (Live Version) by Blood Red Sun  Scene: Ray and Mew in the bathroom Type: Vocal

Lyrics in show:

[Verse 1] You got me acting out, you All tenderness is out the window What you do to me when the cold bites blue is straight cruel, mmm Oh, it has to be you leaving writings on the wall You promised me roses and hungry heads but, now there's only madness (Got me feeling dusty) (Got me feeling dusty) And I can't even whisper in this haunted scene oh take my hand and wake me Please Tell me it's a dream (dream) the worst kind you've ever dreamed [Chorus] Don't wanna lay anothеr night, here without you Don't wanna walk another milе, (I just can't) please don't make me do it I, I've got too much to lose I've got too much to lose Too much to lose [Verse 2] Now lay me in the wilderness, to dry out bits of your sweet caress I can't weep no more Willow trees have died, and the last Horned Lark will fly (Got me feeling dusty) (Got me feeling dusty) Please tell me it's a dream (dream) the worst kind you've ever dreamed

It starts in the bar bathroom scene, and most of the song in the show, except the last two lines. playing so softly it’s almost a background sound like you’d hear in a bathroom at a bar. The song is mournful, wishing for release of the old feelings even while hoping for the lover to not leave them. Death, drought, nightmares through out the song, and he just wants to be released.

“You’ve got me acting out” basically is what Ray will do, even though he’s trying to save himself and Mew. He’s fighting with himself, Mew told him that they can’t be friends if he can’t leave the old feelings, Boston and Sand both think that he’d tell Mew because of those feelings. He’s at risk of losing everyone if he tells Mew.

Later, when he does tell, he seems so heartbroken, assuming Mew would also believe it's because of those feelings. "I'm ok, I've always been ok" - "I just want you to be happy, even if I'm not part of it"

Song: ร้ายก็รัก by Joey Boy

Scene: Mew's party, Yo and friends are singing along to Joey Boy

Type: Vocal

Lyrics they sing:

I guess good guys only exist in… "Where?" "In Yo’s club!" A bad guy like me is doomed to misery I guess good guys only exist in fairy stories (You should’ve said “Yo’s club”) I’m a villain, no matter how much I love you, I must die eventually In the end, he’s the one who has your love

Mew's acting strange for what we know in the story, as everyone else is celebrating and singing along to the song. Good guys really only exist in fairy stories, and everyone is going to face their wrongs.

Song: Bursting Into Life by Harper Rey Scene: Ray criticizes everyone Cheum Type: Vocal

Starts after Ray says Cheum always complains to us you don’t have time for her, and she doesn’t understand your indie films. Ray’s finally moving, not just silently taking all the bad energy around him.

Song: Blame Game by GEMINII  Scene: Ray gets punched by Mew Type: Vocal

Lyrics not in show:

Stop fighting Done lying For closure Can we turn this last page over? Talk about it Can’t go round it It’s not over Everything is moving slower  They cling on to the blame Cause it’s all (Can we turn this last page over?) They have left to do Moving on from the pain Cause it’s all (But, everything is moving slower) They have left to do More, then thousands On the horizon I swear we’re trapped in Everything we feared is happening

Ray brought everything to the surface. He kicked everyone’s sandcastles down. The only person he attacked personally was Sand, and even then it wasn’t anything sacred that Sand shared with him. Now he’s trapped holding the blame, he became the villain in their stories like Boston was in his. 

“Everything we feared is happening” is an interesting line, since Boston was afraid Ray would tell Mew about Top, Nick is afraid Boston will leave him, Mew was afraid of Top not being serious about their relationship, Top was afraid that Ray and Mew were more than friends, Sand is afraid Ray will choose Mew, and Ray is afraid that Mew will push him away. Sand already pushed Ray away, so Ray hurts Sand like Sand hurt Ray. Sand doesn’t want Ray’s money, but if Ray keeps repeating it, maybe Sand would get how it feels to be accused of something over and over. 

They’ve all made prophecies that have come true, and now everyone holds onto the blame.

Maybe once they let go of that blame and start actually being honest with themselves, they can move forward. 

[4/4]

Song I’ll Do It All over Again by Mindme  Scene: April and Cheum make up, Boston and Nick in bed Type: Vocal

Lyrics:

I see you struggle Like butterflies in water Can’t get moving forward I see your shoulders Weighed down by armor You don’t need that protection

Lyrics not in show

I would walk on glass I would run ten thousand miles and more I would give my eyes if you lost your sight I would run through fire I would carry you through the heat I would do it all again if you needed me to Wish that I could Take away your pain Like sunbeams in the rain Oh we’re family Where ever you go I’ll follow What ever you do I’ll handle I would walk on glass I would run ten thousand miles and more I would give my eyes if you lost your sight I would run through fire I would carry you through the heat I would do it all again if you needed me to Oh, oh I’ll do it all over again Oh, Oh I’ll do it all over again I would run through fire I would carry you through heat I’ll do it all over again

Song starts as April asks Cheum to not lie, that her words mean so much.

I see you struggle Like butterflies in water

These two lines play as April and Cheum hug, their problem fixed as soon as Cheum stopped blaming Ray and owned up to her own words.

The scene switches to Boston and Nick in Nick’s room halfway through the next line, as they lay silently in bed. Nick and Boston are stuck, unable to move forward since Boston refuses to talk. Ray exploding at the club has upset Boston more than he’s willing to say to Nick, the one person who would listen and accept.

In the show, the lyrics are Nick’s feelings “I see your shoulders” Nick rolls over to put his hand on Boston’s chest, “weighted down by armor” Boston moves Nick’s hand away, and “You don’t need that protection” plays as Boston rolls away, shutting down Nick’s comfort.

Boston’s armor is his minimizing, reflecting blame, his masks, and here, the disconnect. Nick would walk on glass and follow Boston across the world, but he can’t fix anything if Boston turns away from him. You can’t force someone to love you, even if you walk through fire for them.

Song: I Used to Be Free by Fleurs Douces Scene: Song Mew puts on after lighting candles Type: Vocal

Lyrics heard in show:

Feeling caged Unsafe Lights are out I'm fading Angels Call my name Move on Just move on I'm falling so deep, deep below I'm not alright Can't get no sleep, time's too slow I can't keep fighting I used to be free, but now I'm just old Losing my mind It's all in my head, it's all in my head Not too long ago When I still felt joy Not a pressure on my chest Try to find a Way to Control it I don't wanna live a life like this I'm falling so deep, deep below I'm not alright Can't get no sleep, time's too slow

(beginning of next song overlaps and drowns out the rest)

I can't keep fighting I used to be free, but now I'm just old Losing my mind It's all in my head, it's all in my head

Mew lights candles and we get a sickly green glow, the song is haunting and it draws Top into the bedroom. “When we love or get attached to anyone, it’s hard to get over that person. Don’t you think” Mew asks Top.

Not too long ago When I still felt joy Not a pressure on my chest Try to find a Way to Control it I don't wanna live a life like this

Mew took control of the situation, he didn’t give Top a way out, and he proved that it is Top’s voice on that tape. The refusal to want to feel this pressure, this despair, is what drives Mew’s actions in the next episode.

I like how the next song, cold-blooded drowns out the rest of this song. It's angry and decisive, Mew has made his decision. Mew is ready to hurt Top as they start to undress.

Song: cold-blooded by King Sis  Scene: Top and Mew start to do it in Mew’s bed Type: Vocal

Lyrics not heard in show:

I lay you to rest in pieces No picture on a T-Shirt Like you never existed I’m done being a victim This is my villain era, look out I go hard from my heart Play with her, it go down Now you blocked Shhh Don’t make a sound Don’t wish you no harm But I hope that no good come around In my space there's no cheaters allowed I gave you my word Try it again you gonna lose your girlfriend The nerve To think I wouldn’t disappear from your life Cold-Blooded Boy I’m cold-blooded All this blue ice water in my veins Memorial service in your name Cold-blooded You are trying to spin the block now Bring flowers to my job now Oh you realized what you lost now I been pressure, never stop now But I’m way too good at goodbyes Bet you thought grass was green on that other side Guess what I’ll help you decide Tattoo'd on my tears No I swear that you won’t catch me crying Got no reasons left to rewind I gave you my word Try it again I’ll put you on the bench Do not disturb To think I used to dream of being your wife Cold-blooded

The beginning of the song starts after Mew asks for one more gift and turns to undo Top’s shirt. Given this song, that gift might be front row seats at Top’s funeral. Or at least a close up of Top’s shocked face when he finds out about the tape. As the song says:

I’m done being a victim This is my villain era, look out

Top messed around, and instead of doing what he should have done, which was go to Mew with his concerns with Ray, he decides to fuck Boston.

Song: The Vice by Hampus Naeselius Scene: Mew confronts Top about the tapes  Type: Background, Playful

Top’s vice, his wrongs, are brought to light and at first Top falls back to his habit of not telling the whole truth. Mew voices his concerns, his insecurities, angry at the betrayal of a friend and a lover at the same time. The song ends with Mew saying he can’t trust anything Top says.

Honesty and Sincerity are a major theme of Only friends, as the first song in the show says,

Because I know you are honest Someone like you I've never met Take it, take all of my heart It's all yours

Right now the only couple at the end of Ep6 is April and Cheum, who, after their problems were laid out onto the table, were able to start to fix them. Top and Mew’s bewitchment has been broken, and Sand and Ray’s fragile connection has shattered. Nick and Boston, in Ep7 are completely apart, but it’s still early, and I’m not sure how the show is going to direct their path. 

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That's it for EP6, thank you for reading! Thank you @rocketturtle4 for your patience with me this episode.

Here's the master list

Here's a link to EP6 part 1

[black-occamy]

Cocoa By Night

A little Drarry fluff, 1630 words, #occamy-verse

I wanted to create this as a birthday gift, hoping that I could return at least a tiny bit of the joy I have every time @basiatlu posts anything on her Tumblr. I love your Sirius, totally. Also, you encouraged me to incorporate this idea in my main, so it seemed fitting to mention the whole Draco-runs-from-home-and-kind-of-gets-adopted-at-Grimmauld in something dedicated for you for the first time :D So, without further ado - the prompt for #boshhptober2023 was NIGHTMARE.

Harry stared at the ceiling above his bed, the pattern of the old wooden panels blurry without his glasses on. It was shortly after midnight, his smartphone informed him, and Harry had spent a couple minutes scrolling absent-mindedly through Fwooper, before he put it down and tried to fall asleep again.

It wasn’t that Ron was snoring softly in the other bed in the room; Harry got used to that over the last five years of sleeping in one dormitory with him. It wasn’t the soft tap-tapping sound of the summer night rain falling on London outside the opened window, either. Hazy memory of the nightmare was difficult to put in words or even concepts, but it was there. Skulking in the corner of his brain, ready to extend its imaginary tendrils towards him the moment he would close his eyes. A menace, waiting to haunt him as soon as he dozes off.

Harry sighed, massaging his temples and reached out for his glasses on the bedside table. If he wasn’t falling asleep any time soon, he could at least use the opportunity to make himself a cup of cocoa.

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Floorboards squeaked under his bare feet. He cast a quick glance towards Ron, not wanting to wake his friend up, but then somewhat also hoping he wouldn’t have to face the darkness of the ancient house alone. To his slight disappointment, Ron had just mumbled something in his sleep and rolled over away from the source of the sound.

There was a certain spooky air to the house on Grimmauld Place 12 that resisted all the attempts of renovation. Harry walked carefully through the corridors that always seemed way too long for the size of the building, especially in the middle of the night. Floorboards here were covered by a thick carpet, muffling his steps, as he slowly made his way downstairs, past the portrait of Walburga Black, who was whispering something to herself. It wasn’t unusual in itself - they got used to the portrait trying to have a say in everything they were doing. The uneasy truce of last summer was at least paying off in that she didn’t scream her painted lungs off at anyone that crossed the corridor. There was something different in the tone of her whispers tonight, however. Something bordering on excitement, a certain unnerving giddiness in the unrecognisable words. Harry felt his hand slowly trailing to the pocket of his night robe, fingers wrapped around the wand on instinct.

He blamed that for his reaction a couple of seconds later, when he crossed the living room towards the kitchen and something moved in the pile of blankets on one of the sofas. Startled like that, Harry immediately jumped into a battle stance, wand pointed in the direction of the movement, his breath held.

“Are you going to hex me, Potter?” The voice that came from beneath the pile of blankets was annoyingly familiar.

“What… Malfoy?” Harry blinked, squinting to see better in the darkness. “What the… Lumos!”

Light revealed Draco’s pale face and the rest of him dressed in what looked like one of Sirius’ pyjamas. He lifted his hand to shield his eyes, grimacing and shooting Harry an annoyed stare.

“Blind me, then?”

“What the hell are you doing in my house, Malfoy?” Harry hissed, trying not to be too loud. A series of possible scenarios ran through his head, each one wilder than the previous and all equally unlikely. Draco Malfoy. In the living room. At Grimmauld Place. These three phrases didn’t actually fit, regardless how he slammed them together.

“Your house?” Draco rubbed his eyes and groaned. “Can you stop that? I cannot see shit right now.”

“It’s Sirius’ house, so it’s my house,” Harry lowered the wand, dimming the spell so that it was just enough to illuminate the room a little. “Again, where the hell did you come from?”

“The street,” Malfoy snapped. “I climbed through the kitchen window like a stray cat and crashed into this room, what do you think?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Your… guardian, my cousin, let me stay the night,” Draco explained, rolling his eyes. “Isn’t it obvious someone had to let me in here? Merlin, one would have thought your grasp on magic was better after those five years, Potter. This is a bloody fort, this house, with all the charms around it.”

“That still doesn’t explain anything, Malfoy,” Harry pointed out. He was not going to let the all-too-familiar dismissive tone of Draco's voice get to him. “It’s not like you could stumble on the front porch by accident and get yourself invited.”

“No, it’s not, is it?”

They stared at each other in tense silence, Draco hunched defensively on the makeshift bed in argyle pyjamas that was a couple sizes too big for him. His sleek hair was tousled, but not only from sleeping. Harry suddenly realised that Malfoy’s face was much paler than usual, bags under his eyes making him look tired and surprisingly older. And - somehow - on the run.

He lowered his wand. If Draco didn’t want to explain why, at least he wasn’t lying about the how. There was no way he would get inside Grimmauld Place without someone of the family members letting him in - Gemma made sure the spells on the front door would recognise their own and them only.

Regardless of the reasons for the heir of the Malfoy family to end up on a sofa in Grimmauld Place this summer night, common courtesy was to treat him as a guest, after all. Especially after waking him up like this.

“I was going to make myself some cocoa. Want to join?”

Malfoy stared at him with an incredulous look on his face. “For cocoa?”

“Or butterbeer. Sirius thinks he hides it well, but I know in which cupboard he stashes it,” Harry smirked. “Nothing too heavy, of course. He keeps those in his study.”

Draco opened his mouth, hesitated, then nodded. “Cocoa sounds good.”

Harry turned around and walked towards the kitchen, further dimming the light from his wand. Rustling sounds behind let him know that the other boy left the sofa and quickly followed in his footsteps. He resisted the urge to tease Malfoy for being scared of the dark. After all, it was the Grimmauld Place they were in.

He switched on the light in the kitchen and started rummaging through the shelves in search of the cocoa box. Draco was watching him from the seat he took at the table, narrowing his eyes when the cocoa turned out to be store-bought, but he said nothing. Not until the fridge was opened, at least.

“Are all the appliances Muggle around here?” he scoffed out loud and Harry felt himself grin at that.

“Careful. We use the phrase ‘non-magical’ in this house,” he warned. “Auntie Gem can hear the other one through the walls.”

The expression on Malfoy’s face was worth it, Harry decided in his head. Even if he did feel a little bad for him.

“Uh-huh.”

“Oat milk or rice milk?” Harry lifted up both containers and Draco stared at him with visible confusion for a long while. “Remus is vegan,” he explained. “So, which one?”

“Lupin is…”

“Oat is open, so we’re taking this one,” Harry decided, closing the fridge.

“You are all crazy here.”

“Yeah, well, you’re going to fit right in. If you’re going to stay, that is.”

Draco scoffed and said nothing, eyeing him suspiciously while the milk heated up on the stove. When Harry put the steaming cup in front of him, his grey eyes brightened. Long fingers wrapped around the mug carefully, as if he was trying to absorb the warmth through his skin. Harry quickly decided to focus on his own cocoa.

They sat in silence for a while, with the only sounds being them drinking short careful sips and blowing over the surface of their drinks. Draco was the first to speak.

“It’s actually quite tasty,” he declared, then winced slightly and added. “For a non-magical beverage, that is.”

“Don’t burn yourself.”

“Sod off, Potter.”

Harry grinned. “You know, Malfoy, if someone had told me yesterday we’d be drinking hot cocoa in this kitchen together, I’d laugh my ass off.”

Draco stared at his mug for a long moment in silence.

“If you’d like to tell me why…”

“Not planning to!” Malfoy snapped, not looking at him. Harry raised his hands, palms up.

“Okay, okay, whatever. If Sirius let you borrow his pyjamas and stay in the house, that’s good enough for me. All I’m saying is, we don’t need to be fighting anymore, right? Not after…”

“Whatever, Potter.”

“Yeah, okay.”

He watched Draco’s fingers move around the mug nervously, tapping a rhythm. Slowly, the lines of his face softened into a careful smile. A nice one, Harry thought, somewhat more real than the usual, disdainful smirks Malfoy was known for in Hogwarts.

“If someone had told me yesterday I’d be happy to drink Mu… non-magical cocoa today, I’d hex them,” he said finally. “And if they told me you’d be the one making it…” his voice trailed off and Draco sighed.

“You’d hex them twice?” Harry suggested.

“Yeah, for real.”

It was surprisingly freeing to share a laugh with him, the boy who had been hell-bent on making his life miserable since the first year of school. Harry decided he wouldn’t mind doing it more often.

“It’s weird, Potter. Laughing with you other than at you, I mean.”

“I’d say it’s an improvement, wouldn’t you?”

Malfoy’s pale-grey eyes stared at him thoughtfully from above the cocoa mug. Then he grinned.

“Maybe…”

“I’ll take it,” Harry returned the smile. Funny, he thought, how it was the first time ever that he was glad for having his nightmares.

[ofaither]

୨୧˚♡* ♱    starter call, accepting.    ( @ilvaites​ )

                positioned  behind  the  prophet,  she  sits,  a  strange  peace  flowing  through  her.  no  doubt  the  cause  of  lottie’s  ever  glowing  light,  a  holiness  laura  lee  wishes  she  could  hold  in  her  hand,  hold  up  to  the  sun  and  watch  it  spin.  laura  lee  hums  gently,  a  familiar  tune  that  sits  heavy  on  her  throat.  psalm  eighteen,  she  still  remembers.  for  strength.  cautious  fingers  opt  for  gentleness  and  focus,  instead  of  speed,  twining  hair  together  so  it’s  neat  and  tidy,  freshly  clean  from  the  lake  and  scarcely  more  than  two  drops  of  rationed  soap.    (  the  Lord  is  my  rock  and  my  fortress  and  my  deliverer,  my  God,  my  rock,  in  whom  i  take  refuge,  my  shield  …    )    she  breathes  in  her  nose,  out  her  mouth.  they  will  be  okay,  blessed  from  above.  they  will.    “  that’s  not  too  tight,  is  it?  ”

[umbralrosa]

Sakuyoru's Dead By Daylight Verse

This verse is made with Sakuyoru as both a Killer and Survivor. Majority of Killers in Dead By Daylight have their own Survivors involved with their story, but for Sakuyoru, her only enemy has always been herself. This is made clear by this dual positioning.

Sakuyoru as a Survivor dresses according to her Modern Verse, whereas Sakuyoru as a Killer dresses according to her Default Verse.

The alternate skin is their male counterpart, Yorusaku.

Killer Subverse:

Darkness and misery has clung to Sakuyoru since the moment she was born, if not perhaps, before. Molded by the judgement and warfare of her father, whom is the sole reason for her life being as cursed as it is. Her mother could only do so much to support and put back the pieces of a child constantly fracturing from every sharp tone and survival tactic.

She would not know such love and support after the age of seven, when her father killed her mother in the midst of midnight. Ever since then, she was an orphan. Living alone in the wilderness, surviving from the lesson her father enforced. Every waking moment, she feels something sinister in the background, and assumes it to be her father manifested as mental torment. Every time she tried to sleep, only nightmares and terrors came to her, and would awaken to nothing but darkness as her cold blanket in the night.

Sakuyoru should not have been able to live so much as a year on her own, but she was not human. Not entirely. Her mother's predecessors run through every sinew and cell of her body, the evolutionary connectedness of human to nature through the plants that surrounded them. Though, she truly is cursed: Meant to both maim and mend, despite the Fang Family being exclusively healers.

She is the last of her family, both by blood and lineage. She has always been alone, and she has used it to thrive off of, in tandem with vengeance and rage. Every time she should have been cut down, shot through, dismembered... A strange presence made itself known, observing the way she would slowly get back up when she should have bled out or succumb to her injuries. Every scar was a reminder of her perseverance.

In adulthood, after murdering her last remaining family members, she exploited her biological manipulation for her own machinations. She could no longer age, she could not have children, and all of her internal systems were remade and given different roles for living. On the outside, she seemed normal, but every cell and fiber of her being on the inside was far from that.

It was on her 100th birthday that she put her curiosity toward the presence she had assumed to be her father's shadow. The Unnamed One could never be put down so simply as she thought at 16. When one night it appeared again, Sakuyoru exited her abode and sauntered toward the tree line, staring into the darkness – and it stared back. Whatever it was, new she would not be swayed so simply. Her father sowed the seeds of every little thing to keep her from reacting. She was like a still porcelain doll.

It used Sakuyoru's inquisitive nature against her, and she knew what it was doing. The fog that swallowed her forests made every single shadow darker than it normally would be at this time and season, her roses did not react to this presence – giving enough clues as to what this constant stranger is.

Like an apex predator, she stalked forth into the deep fog, where the Realm would come to know The Achromatic Despot.

Killer Perks and Special Ability:

Weapon:

The Thorn Armor is the Primary Weapon of The Despot. It's like a second skin, and blends into the dark. Intended to maim and rend as much as it does protect the body it grows on.

Appears as a hand for basic, but an elongated branch for lunges.

Power: White Rose

Special Attack: Reap and Sow

Being attacked by The Despot’s weapon applies the Broken and Exhausted Status Effect for 60 seconds.

Special Ability: Culling Chord

When hit by The Despot, the Survivor becomes marked, and other Survivors become oblivious to the status, activities, and actions of any marked Survivors until they return to the Healthy Health State.

Special Ability: Siren's Lull

The Despot's terror radius is replaced with a haunting hum. The softer and sweeter it sounds, the farther away she is. If The Despot is within 10 meters of a Survivor, the song becomes muffled, then quiet when in 5 meters.

While within 3 meters of a wall or structure, The Despot becomes Undetectable. If she attacks without being spotted, she will let out a piercing scream that deafens and renders the Survivors Oblivious in a 15 meter radius for 5 seconds.

Special Item: Rosaceous Hooks

Hooks in the trial become overgrown in The Despot's signature roses.

When unhooked from Rosaceous Hooks for the first time, the Survivor suffers from Hindered Status Effect until regaining the Healthy Health State. If unhooked a second time, the Survivor suffers from Injured Status Effect for the rest of the trial.

Special Enemy: Despotic Servant

Survivors that have been killed by Memento Mori or hook drop to the ground as a Despotic Servant. Serving The Despot in death.

They will spawn in the spot the Survivor was hooked or killed, and their Aura's revealed to The Despot at all times. They will wear the clothes of the Survivor killed, and behave like Survivors as a means of stealth by pretending to perform actions such as doing generators and interacting with totems or chests, and will appear as though they are crouching. They will pretend to act on a vault of a pallet or window by standing in front of it. These stealth activities only last for 3 seconds before they move again. These are signs that a 'Survivor' is a Despotic Servant.

Despotic Servants roam the trial, and track scratch marks and loud noise notifications. They will move at 5 m/s when stalking another if they are found within 10 seconds of the loud noise notification. If the Survivor makes a inconspicuous action 5 meters near the Despotic Servant, they will investigate the area with 3 seconds of Haste. When in a 2 meter range of another Survivor for more than 15 seconds, they will notify The Despot through Killer Instinct, and remain idle for 30 seconds before moving again.

Despotic Servants can only be stunned, blinded, or hindered. Upon being stunned or hindered by a Survivor, the Survivor will scream.

Perk 1. Hex: Hypervigilance

Surviving alone has made you one with nature. You perceive everything. Nothing can run, nor hide.

While a Survivor is inside the 8/16/24 meter radius, they suffer from the Exposed Status Effect. When the Survivor leaves the radius, they become revealed by Killer Instinct for 3 seconds.

If this Hex Totem remains during the Endgame Collapse, the radius becomes 16/24/32 meters, and grants the ability to kill all survivors within the radius. It's location will be known to all survivors during this time.

When the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed, all Survivors suffer from the Exposed Status Effect for 10 seconds.

Perk 2. Apex Predator

You are above all in the food chain – be them prey or hunter alike.

When in line of sight of a Survivor in the Injured, Deep Wound, or Dying State, you gain the Haste Status Effect for 5/7/9 seconds, moving at 5.5 m/s for the duration.

Apex Predator enters a 30/20/15 second cooldown if a Survivor is out of sight for 5 seconds.

Perk 3. Despotic Vengeance

You persevere through all trials and tribulations brought upon you. Make them pay.

You cannot be stunned, hindered, nor blinded. If a Survivor attempts to Stun, Hinder, or Blind you, the action's effect is inflicted upon the Survivor instead.

Survivor Subverse:

Life for Sakuyoru was almost like any other. Her mother stayed at home in one country, and her father in the one she was born in. The separation was necessary, but not enough. The Yakuza he had been formerly aligned with were not the honorable kind, and tracked down his family to England. The quiet morning would cease the silence with the sound of gunfire coming through the wooden door, only hitting the adult woman inside. Her pale hair stained red, and yet despite the traumatic ordeal, died almost peacefully. Only because she died knowing her youngest child in the home was safe.

Sakuyoru; however, having witnessed the only loving human in her life be taken from her, was subject to mental illnesses brought on by the event. Her albinism was already prone to bullying by peers, but her mental troubles shown through her behavior. All of which was far from supported and tended to by her father, who moved his children back to Japan to reside in his estate. It was just her that stayed within predominantly, so loneliness was her only company while her father kept to his businesses, and her older sibling Gods know where doing who knows what.

Sakuyoru had a tendency to respond to her harassers in public school in a far from healthy manner. Many children who thought she would be easy to mess with would find themselves with broken bones and nastier bruises. Her demeanor toward any person around her was filled with distrust, her only 'friends' being the animals that would come to her willingly. Despite her misanthropic violence, was kind and gentle with plants and animals – they did not judge her, they did not harm her, particularly the crows that would sit by her every day. Watching with their black lightless eyes.

She was known as The Pale Girl by the student body. Faculty knew who her father was, and were always at the ready to help if she needed it – afraid of what would happen if they weren't satisfactory to Sakuyoru. She never asked for anything, though. She had to learn in adolescence how to take care of herself. The only thing her father did in her life was set her up for schooling and therapy, but was rarely physically present.

Sakuyoru only split from her father's estate when she learned of why her mother had been taken from her so early in her life. She resented her father. Refused anything he had to offer. By this time, she was done with college and capable of living on her own, and that's exactly what she did. Wherever she went, the crows followed. She considered them her new family.

Once at her new home, it was meticulously kept and quiet, save for the caws of crows outside on her balcony. All was some semblance of new normalcy for her, at least for almost a year. It was her 21st birthday, October 30th, and Halloween was on the horizon. She spent her favorite holiday with dark and gothic decor, her home smelled like apples and spice, and dried autumn leaves hung on string around the doorways.

That night, after everyone had finished their celebrations, she set up a ritual dedicated to prosperity and peace for the remainder of the year. A neat circle was in the middle of her bedroom, with candles lit and a small bell at the end of a silk string in her hand.

The energy in her room was heavy, and what light was cast from the candles dared not reflect off the walls. They flickered violently, but Sakuyoru would not know this, as her eyes were shut. Only opening in alarm when the candles were swiftly snuffed out by the darkness encroaching the circle in a deep black fog. All she saw before being vanishing, was a single black crow – staring back at her. Knowingly.

All was cold. Awakening on her back in the middle of dark forests, where in the distance was a campfire, and a few shadows of people surrounding it. She did not approach to join, nor ask questions about where she was and how it came to be. Even in this place, far from home, the crows flocked to her. Like always, she kept to herself. Always quiet, and never made herself readily known. She stayed on the outskirts, just on the border of what was safe and what wasn't, but can see the campfire clearly.

Strangely, she found this place more comforting than the world she always knew.

Survivor Perks:

Perk 1 - Boon: Hypervigilance

An affliction of anxiety claims you - you trust nothing and no-one, not even yourself.

Press and hold the Active Ability button on a Dull or Hex Totem to bless it and create a Boon Totem.

Soft chimes ring out in a radius of 24 meters.

All Survivors and the Killer benefit from the following effects when inside the Boon Totem's radius:

An aura of 8/16/25 meter radius around the totem protects Survivors inside from Killer Instinct, Aura reading, and Exposed Status Effect.

This lingers for 5 seconds after leaving the Boon Totem's range.

While inside the Boon Totem's radius, all sounds from Survivors and the Killer become muffled.

Perk 2 - Introversion

Working with others puts possibility for risks. You work alone, live alone, and will die alone.

When around no other Survivors in a 9/6/3 meter radius, you gain increased Action speeds in Repairing, Healing, Sabotaging, Unhooking, Cleansing, Blessing, Opening, and Unlocking.

You gain the ability to heal yourself without a Med-Kit, but disables when around other Survivors in a 9/6/3 radius.

If you are the only survivor alive, all Action speeds increase to 110%, and gain 4.5 m/s for 60 seconds.

Perk 3 - Improvision

You are intelligent and resourceful, able to create with what you have in dire circumstances.

Press and hold the Active Ability button on a Dull or Boon Totem to move or hold it.

If there is an active Boon on the carried totem, soft chimes ring out in a radius of 24 meters.

Press and hold the Special Ability button on a Dull or Boon Totem to move and/or hold it after a Difficult Skill Check. While holding the Dull or Boon Totem, you cannot run for 6/4/2 seconds. If you lose a health state while holding the Dull or Boon Totem, it will break.

After repairing Generators for a total 50%, Improvise allows the Survivor to recharge an item in their hand by using the Ability Button inside a Locker.

[moss-selfship]

heyo, Merri! glad to meet you!! how about 🆘,🌾 and 🦋?

"its a pleasure to meet you too, i hope your doing well." 🆘: How do you let (S/I) know that they’re on your mind when you’re someplace crowded? - "well moss isnt really one for crowds themself so we usually dont find ourselves in crowded places. however if i need to tell them something we simply head to some place less crowded, that way i dont need to get loud to talk over people."

🌾: Name five of your favorite things about (S/I). (Feel free to be as descriptive as you want!) - "well for one they love animals, ive spent most of my life in the city so im not used to the wilderness, and selune knows i have had nothing but bad experiences with it. but moss is just so loving and good with animals it makes me smile." "they are also incredibly kind hearted, ive seen them give the little money they have to other people to help them out. always looking out for other people even if they arnt the most well off." third thing is how clever they are, you wouldnt think with them being a ranger who spends most of their time outdoors that they would be well versed in academic stuff but they surprisingly are. they routinely share little tidbits of information with me i had no idea about, its impressive how many things they are knowledgeable of." "forth being just how romantic they are. ill admit im a bit of a sappy romantic, so it makes me happy when they write little poems about me and bring me flowers and woo me. i often feel like im in those romance stories you can find." "and finally, i love just how supportive they are of me. that they are always here for me and are always by my side no matter what, and always have my back. its nice to have people that care about you who you can rely on."

🦋: What’s the most special moment that you and (S/I) have ever shared? - "that would be one night they told me they wanted to show me something, we left their cabin and travelled through the woods into the night. ill admit i was nervous at first, it was the middle of the night and the forest was incredibly dark. However all that anxiety dissapeared when we got to where they were taking me."

"we entered a clearing deep in the forest, you could see the beautiful stars in the sky and the full moon hanging above, there were little fire flies buzzing around and it was such a beautiful place. I had never felt as close to selune as in that moment in the clearing staring up at her full moon. They told me that any time they come here at night they see the stars and the moon and it reminds them of me, i swear i felt myself tearing up."

[rougedragoonreaper]

MistyNat Au Prompts

This is here for anyone that wants to USE these prompts. I won’t be using them myself. When I come up with any more, I’ll add them to one of the lists in a different color. or at least try to change the color. but sometimes it doesn’t work for me. 

You don’t have to ask or credit me. Enjoy. 

Teen MistyNat AU ideas

College au: Having to share a dorm room, your typical jock and nerd friendship or romantic trope. Misty always offers to help Nat with her classwork, but Nat wants to avoid Misty's help. Nat can handle her classwork and soccer stuff on her own.

Role reversal Au: Misty is the punk/Gothic girl on the soccer team, while Nat is the weird nerdy girl, the group's equipment manager. 

Theater/Play au: the football team pulls a prank on the theater kids. They end up distorting the play's set. The football team pins the stunt on the girls' soccer team, and the school forces them to help with the play, or they forfeit nationals. 

Robin Hood Au: Nat is robin hood, Misty is Little Jon, Lottie is Maid Marion, Laurel Lee is friar tuck, and the rest of the yellowjackets are merry men. Umm... the males can be the villains.

Animal Transformation AU: (NOT OMEGA-VERSE) It’s just kind of like Animorphs, but not really. They just have the ability to turn into an animal. Maybe they gain this ability when they are in the wilderness. It’s up to you what animals mistynat can turn into (and the rest of the yellowjackets).  

But I’m a Cheerleader AU: the yellowjeckts get sent to a rehab camp (cause all of them are gay as fuck) Mistynat are the main ship. and the rest are side ships that are either trying to get them together or stop them from dating.  

Are You Afraid of the Dark Au: The yellowjackets sit around a campfire telling scary stories. Misty is an outsider looking to join the group. Some yellowjackets are skeptical if she could even mean a frightening tale (cause she is a theater kid, likes to show tunes and dresses weirdly). Maybe Natalie and a few others (maybe Van, Jackie, Tai, and Laura Lee) give her a test to prove she can tell a scary story. And perhaps someone tries to sabotage her frightening tale.

10 things I hate about you AU: (Basically the movies plot) Misty is Kat, Nat is Patrick, Jackie or Laura Lee is Bianca, and Shauna or Lottie is Cameron. 

 FoxFire AU: Misty and four other girls want to make a teacher pay for making sexual advances at them. The principal isn’t on their side and punishes the girls. Misty and the other four girls now including Nat. They break into the school, to get their confiscated items back. This leads to them setting an accidental fire. The girls grow closer but some of their demons are ready to pull them apart.  

She’s All That au:  Misty is unpopular and bullied for her looks. Nat and the rest of the yellowjackets are pretty famous. Their team has gone undefeated in 3yrs. At one of their victory parties, some girls dare Natalie to turn Misty into the school's next prom queen. Natalie doesn’t like the idea initially, but when the girls say they will pay her (insert amount of money here) if Misty wins. Natalie agrees to do it. Misty doesn’t fully trust Natalie, yet she has been crushing on the star athlete for years. So, she lets Natalie help her with her looks while she helps Natalie with her school work. The two grow closer as they work together. Learning things about each other no one knows. When prom comes, everyone, even Natalie, is shocked by Misty’s new look (straighten hair Misty HC goes here). Misty overhears the other yellowjackets talking about the bet in the girl's bathroom. Sadly she knew Natalie was using her; she just hoped that Natalie would come clean and that they were becoming friends. Natalie (and maybe a few other yellowjackets) feels like shit for this stupid bet. Will Natalie be able to earn Misty’s trust again?   

D3: The Mighty Ducks AU: The Yellowjackets are awarded scholarships to a prep school. They must play on the school JV team in their new school colors. Not only that, but they need to learn how to get along with the Senior varsity team. How can they when the Senior Varsity team is always pranking them? Can the yellowjackets hold their team together and overcome the senior varsity team's pranks, or will the team split? As a few members want to prank the seniors back, others want to take advantage of this opportunity they have been given. Besides adjusting to a new school and how they are treated there, some yellowjackets need to learn how to deal with their growing feelings for their teammates (MistyNat, LottieLee, JackieShauna, TaiVan). Will they survive at this school and finally confess their feelings to their teammate, or will they crash and burn?

Adult MistyNat AU ideas 

Medieval AU: Nat is a knight or rouge, and Misty tries to prove she can be Nat's apprentice. Caligula can be Misty's mini pet dragon. 

Parents AU: Nat and Misty adopted (young) Lisa after realizing that Lisa's home resembles how they grew up. Nat is a teacher at Lisa's school, while Misty is the school's nurse. Both women rent a house together. They are both in denial about how they act like a married couple. They are nothing more than housemates. But one thing they do agree on is they care about Lisa.

Pirate AU: Nat and her crew sail the seas striking fear into the hearts of those that challenge her ship, The Yellowjackets. She and her first mate (whoever you think it should be) realize they are the only ship with an all (mostly all) female crew. Sadly one day, they find a woman who claims to be a doctor has stolen away on their ship. Misty is a self-proclaimed doctor that constantly wants more to life, so she decides to sneak aboard The Yellowjackets. Nat realizes that Misty might be helpful even though she is a headache (Misty would be like Stede Bonnet from Our Flag Means Death or AC4: Black Flag, change my mind.)

Person of Interest AU: Nat is Shaw, and Misty is Root. Or Nat is Shaw’s intern/apprentice, and Misty is Root’s shadow/apprentice. 

Bodyguard AU: Misty is a particular person interested in a feral case. Tai hires Natalie to protect Misty at all costs. Though she does warn Natalie that Misty can be a handful. At first, Natalie doesn’t believe her old friend/teammate. Soon Natalie finds out how wrong she was to dismiss Tai’s warnings. Can Natalie handle this job, or will Misty be the end of her?

Never Been Kissed AU: Misty has to return to the hell hole that was once her high school. As a journalist, she must go undercover and discover what teens are into nowadays. Shauna, the school's English teacher, decides to help her. That is, if only Misty helps Shauna get closer to her daughter Callie, a popular girl. Misty agrees to help Shauna. Everything is going according to plan until Misty's old high school crush starts working at the school as a guidance counselor (or Radio teacher) Natalie Scatorccio. Will Misty be able to keep her promise while keeping her job, or will her past be too painful? 

Either Adult or Teen Au ideas

Buffy Au (crossover): Nat is a slayer in training (probably under Faith or Buffy... maybe both), While Misty could be either a witch (training under Willow AND Tara cause Tara didn't die) or she could be a vengeance demon (like Anya)

Fake dating au: Misty asks Nat to pretend to date her, hoping Walter will lose interest in her. Nat only agrees to do so when they "break up" Misty promises to leave Nat alone. 

Arranged marriage au: Maybe Nat's parents and Misty's parents are business partners, and they want to keep the business in the family, so they decide that their kids should get married.

Xena Au: Nat is Xena, and Misty would be Gabrielle

Groundhog's Day au: Misty is sent back to either when she broke the black box or the night she killed Nat. If she doesn't stop herself from doing one of those things, that day will start over until she figures out what to do. (Like if she picks the day she distorted the black box and fails to not destroy it. That night she'll have dreams of future events. But they'll only not come true if she does destroy the black box. And if she picked the day she killed Nat, she'd have symbolic dreams about that day.)

 The Crow Au: You could make up your own Crow story or follow any of the movies/comic books. Cause honestly both Misty and Natalie would make for a great ‘immortal’ character that wants to get revenge on those that kill her lover.   

Wild Things AU: (Kind of similar to 98′ movie. but not really) Nat and Misty come up with a plan to get revenge on their guidance counselor (cause maybe he is a dick). Maybe they end up killing him (or whatever) and now they have to cover it up. Or they just expose him for the dick he is. (yes i know the girls are the villains in this movie. I don’t care cause I’m changing stuff, deal) Maybe the fall in love or in bed along the way. 

Viking AU: Idea coming soon?! I hope lol

[post-nuclear-sweetheart]

Wicked!

And the lore of a snarky Ranger below

Dirt poor with no education, no mother, and their father slaving away at the docks, Ilphella Ru Solis joined the other poor children of the Lower City in a group soon turned gang, running scams, stealing things, anything to get by and eat. At this young age, Ilphella befriends a little drow girl, Sabal, and the two grow to be inseparable - but it’s with Sabal that Ilphella learns they can’t produce any magic. Disappointed that the only sun elf in the group can’t use magic, they appoint Ilphella to be the face; someone who sweet talks targets and uses charisma to distract them while they pickpocket them, or to keep targets away from their homes during heists. Ilphella becomes well versed in the art of charisma and sleight of hand, but in a job gone wrong with Sabal, the two are punished by the woman they were trying to rob who declares them to be “Vile and wicked creatures.” It was then and there Sabal and Ilphella likened themselves to the insult, naming themselves Vile and Wicked, respectively. Wicked used this opportunity to distance themselves from their mother’s sun elf heritage, despising their mother for leaving them. As time went on, Wicked began to bump heads with the appointed leader of the gang, Tenval, who betrayed Wicked in a heist, leading to their imprisonment. Using what little savings Brell was able to accumulate, and pleading with the guard captain, he bails out his child from jail. Deeply disgusted that their father used all his money to free them, Wicked took off into the wilds around Baldur’s Gate, vowing never to be a burden to their father again.

Wicked would spend months alone in the forest, being watched over by an elk that would slowly approach Wicked, until the elk took the form of a young woman. The woman taught Wicked how to survive in the wilderness, swordsmanship, archery, and over time the two grew close and became lovers. More time passed and the woman noticed how Wicked demonstrated kindness to animals and respect to nature, and although perplexed by their lack of magic, brought Wicked to their enclave to join them. After meeting the Head Druid to see if they would fit their lifestyle, the Head Druid sensed something dark, something wrong within Wicked and cast them out, declaring their presence the first sign of a dark plague.

Broken by this, Wicked returned to the city after being rejected by the Druids and encounters their childrenhood friend again, Vile - or now known as Lady Vile. Lady Vile welcomes Wicked into The Guild, not as a member, but as Guild-Friend. A few of Wicked’s old gang members are part of the Guild as well, now full grown adults, but after Wicked’s rocky departure, is still not on best terms with them. Wicked hears of a bounty hunting opportunity from a noble who has ties to the guild - Viscount Gildenow. Wicked, looking to make more gold as their game meat wasn’t selling huge on the market, and would like to make more money to send to their aging father, signs themselves up to hunt the rogue court mage. After succeeding in record time, Lord Gildenow assigns Wicked to be his personal bounty hunter. He “rents” Wicked out to the other nobility who are in need of a hunter, but when they’re not away from Baldur’s Gate on a mission, Lord Gildenow totes them around the court and private parties as a pet. Making ample money, Wicked paid back their father tenfold and used their coin to ensure Brell is never without. Between missions that take them far out from Baldur’s Gate for long periods of time and doing quests for The Guild to remain in their good graces, Wicked hardly has time for the wilderness and longs to live among the trees again. While out on a mission, Brell passes away, and Wicked finds out months later when they return.

One day in the Guild hall beneath Baldur’s Gate, Wicked hears news of a mother/son duo welcomed by the nobility; a renown cleric of Corellon Latherian, Veshnilla Dawnbreaker, and her blind son, a cleric of Lathander, Ilphelkiir Morning’s Glory.

A mother and son who share striking resemblance to Wicked…

[starlixir]

interview meme

——— character question sheet

▌real name: Nova Badree (her last name isn't her actual last name, but she never could remember it after her death. Her brother isn't a big help.)

▌single or taken:  Single (default) - Was going to get married before her future husband was murdered.

▌abilities or powers: For any verses involving magic / powers, Nova is capable of manipulating both electric and technology (as they go hand in hand with each other). Even going as far as manipulating the data within said technology. She could also do other things as well like manipulate water or even fire, but she doesn't use it as much. In a more normal / mundane verses (like rdr2 or Yakuza), she is capable of surviving out in the wilderness. In general, she knows how to fight with various of weapons as well as know many martial arts.

▌eye colour: Brown

▌hair colour: Dark brown (depending on the verse, she may have blue highlights).

▌family members: David (Father), Charlotte (Mother), Sophie (Older sister), Clay (Older brother), Liam (Older brother), unnamed brother (Older brother), and Cornelius (Brother-in-law).

▌pets: Petals (RDR2 / Wild West verse but that's her shire horse).

▌something they don’t like: Negativity and coldness / winter.

▌hobbies/activities: Cooking, crafting, writing, reading, and dancing.

▌ever hurt anyone before: Only if it is necessary.

▌ever killed anyone before: She had, but only because she has no other choice. If push comes to shove, she can and will take another lives yet chooses not to!

▌animal that represents them: I am not sure at this point. I'm struggling with this.

▌worst habits: Stubborn, Self-doubts (every now and then), and can come off too energetic.

▌role models: Clay, Skylar, and various of fictional characters. Depending on the verse, it may be different people. Such as Jaheria (bg3) or even Kiryu (Yakuza).

▌sexual orientation: Demisexual bisexual.

▌thoughts on marriage/kids: She does want to get married but not really big on kids. She doesn't mind taking care of kids at all. Just prefers to not have any of her own. Plus, she isn't really a motherly type. More like a sisterly type.

▌fears: Being abandoned and being useless.

▌style preferences: Nautical-themed or anything comfortable.

▌someone they love: Clay (he's always going to be the few people who she will put at top), Esmeralda, Cornelius, and Duncan. Insert anyone else that makes a connection with her in the rpc.

▌approach to friendships: Nova may be awkward when making friends, but she absolutely loves making friends. She can and will be found approaching others to befriend them.

▌thoughts on pie: She thinks they are alright. She does enjoy apple pie the most with whip cream. Probably a little too much whip cream.

▌favourite drink: It depends on the verse, but she prefers tea.

▌favourite place to spend time at: Anywhere that has running water or near anything swamp-related. Such as near the river or in Bayu Nwa (in rdr2).

▌swim in the lake or in the ocean: Both, though she leans more on the ocean. She grew up around the ocean.

▌their type: That's, eh, complicated. Her type is all over the place. It ranges from someone who is opposite than her in personality to someone who is like a golden retriever.

▌camping or indoors: Indoors, though she gotten used to camping outdoors. The only reason why I say indoors because Nova was a city girl before she was forced to camp outdoors.

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