#❝⚜ starter ❠

[cloudpools]

⚜ @rpwiththelilflower liked for a starter! (From Carter)

It's no secret that when you're an artist, you're not doing it for the money. Sure, there are the sellouts that mass-produce garbage just to make a quick buck. Tape a banana to the wall, splatter some paint, and call it modern. Not that Carter was an art snob. That just wasn't his kind of art.

Unfortunately, making stuff from the heart doesn't always mean a steady flow of cash.

He had a relatively small place, but it was big enough for himself and his canvases so he couldn't complain. Well… that wasn’t exactly true. The walls were paper thin, and he often heard people through them. Stomping in the stairwell, conversations in the hallway, and his neighbor yapping away all day. Carter wasn't a buzzkill, nor was he a grumpy old man, but he also liked to get in the zone when he was drawing or painting. Loud music was the perfect solution to drown out the noise! Not that he was an asshole. He was only playing it during the day.

And then he gets a knock on his door.

He recognizes her as the neighbor. Madison? He'd passed by her every so often. They'd exchanged pleasantries and such but nothing more than that. He couldn't get a read on her, and he quirked a pierced brow, curious. People usually steered clear of him, his punk looks intimidating. He hated that they made the assumptions, but after 29 years of it, he'd gotten used to it. No one had ever knocked before.

"You need somethin'?" It sounds a bit harsh, but he hadn't intended for it to be that way. Music was blasting from behind him so he raised his voice so she could hear him... Though it may have been a bit aggressive. Ah well. Fuck it.

[dracaryse]

tentative starter call as i settle into this new blog! like this for a random starter! (please specify which dragon & which character if you're a multi, otherwise it will be random!) <3

[sansloii]

mini starter call! like this and i will materialize a mini starter for you :) multimuses, tell which one of your babies you'd like it for and i will throw a random muse at you ( unless you also know which one of mine you want ). capping at... 10? 10 is good

[deceptivemorals]

plotted with @malka-lisitsa

          elijah had grown very fond of katherine, or rather katerina now that he knows her actual name, over the past few months. neutrally explained. it was very rare that he developed a deeper interest in a human, and he knew it was better to stay away. humans and vampires were never a good combination, yet they seemed to meet by chance. admittedly, sometimes he had also set it out to appear at the place he knew she was working at, but sometimes she, too, seemed to cross his path.

         katerina was a special person, she had something indescribable about her that attracted him. therefore he had seen with great concern that she had obvious injuries the previous day; bruises which she tried to hide under makeup. in her movements that suggested pain. he had never addressed it directly and the answers to his indirect questions were usually formulated in such a way that he knew she did not want any further inquiries. but now he was sure that there was indeed someone who caused her pain. something that made him incredibly angry (raging mad, even), but since she wouldn’t drop any names, he couldn’t let this person pay.

         he had offered to take the pain away and heal her, and she had agreed, although she probably thought it was a joke on his part. that it was actually his blood that had the desired effect was unknown to her as he had cleverly hidden it by giving her a drink.

         the events of the previous day had led him to want to see her urgently today, which is why he drove to her address. he knew it because she had already invited him to her apartment once. he rang the bell, but no one opened the main door, which was not an obstacle, as he found someone else to open the door. when he finally stood in front of her apartment door, however, he smelled something that shouldn't be as prominent: blood.

         elijah knocked on her door. "katerina?" there was no reaction, so he looked around briefly and then opened the door with a deliberate blow.

         what he found was horrifying, she lay not far from the door in her own, already dried blood on the ground.

         "katerina!? katherine?!" immediately he hurried to her and kneeled beside her on the ground, his gaze searching where all the blood came from while at the same time trying to feel a pulse, although he could not hear a heartbeat and her gaze was fixed, empty, and immobile. he knew what this meant, but he didn’t want to accept it. she couldn't be dead. she shouldn't be dead. he couldn't have lost her.

         but ... was it even possible for her to be dead? there were a thousand thoughts on his mind, also calculating when he had given her his blood the day before.

         his gaze finally hung on a dark crusty spot on her dark top, which was slightly raised and shimmered metallic when looked closely. immediately he brushed his fingers carefully over the spot and could then actually grab a bullet that should not be at this place (even if it shouldn't be there at all). her body seemed to have expelled it, which was a sign that she'd wake up again.

         elijah released a breath, before closing his eyes and trying to focus which wasn't as easy because between the initial scare he had and the wrath he felt, he also knew that she wouldn't awake as she was before. if she were to awake, then she would be in transition.

         he opened his eyes and then rested his hand softly against her cheek. "you won't be hurt again. and you'll be avenged." he does not know who did this but he'll find out. elijah lifted her into his arms and carried her to the room which he suspected was her bedroom, to lay her on her bed. she shouldn’t have to wake up on the floor. he left the bedroom door open to hear any possible change or movement before returning to the scene and started cleaning it – more a distraction to himself, because besides his concern for her, there was also this incredible anger and vindictiveness. only when the floor was perfectly clean, he went back and stood at the bedroom door to give her the necessary space when she wakes up.  

[inundatae]

can i just say that neuvillette being terrible at tcg is so hilariously lore accurate.

while i've always seen him as being incredibly smart in a very bookish way, he takes everything at face value. being able to conceptualize strategies that require an understanding of how to predict the way people think is so beyond him.

[drinkitfrommymouthsuou]

🎃 Happy Halloween, my darlings~

꧁⁕༻♕༺⁕꧂ "Though the wind may howl through leafless trees, and the moon may shine a gloomy glow upon the land.  When demons and ghosts roam our world, know this, my darling, I will be here to protect you.  My arms will remain your haven during these haunting hours.

"Oh, but do not fret when you feel the coldness of my skin, and do not shy away from me, when you cannot see my magnificent beauty reflected in mirrors.  I am not your enemy. There are no tricks here.

"I am only a ‘Prince of the Night’, starved for love and companionship.  My delectable treat—I hunger for you. Tilt your head for me and let me prey; with one taste I will vow to stay by your side for all eternity, my darling."

Happy Halloween!

[incarnaet]

" so, if you and another person stand under that plant, the mistletoe .. you should both kiss ? " she's staring up at the mistletoe that hung in the doorway, careful not to stand under it, " it sounds very romantic. "

open starter, mutuals only.

[electrose]

open to mutuals.

❝ It's sweet of you to worry, but I'm fine. Just a little tired, is all. Why don't you join me for a cup of tea, hm? ❞

[demcnwrought]

( starter call!! like this for a thing from julien ;u; <3 would be helpful to specify if you're a multi. we can also dm to plot a bit if you have any ideas c: )

[emissaryoftheguilty]

ᴛᴀɢ ᴅᴜᴍᴘ 𝟏 / ?

⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ off duty. 🢐 ooc 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ criminal history. 🢐 headcanons 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ on duty. 🢐 ic 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ fight card. 🢐 pinned 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ death penalty. 🢐 dni 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ be on the lookout. 🢐 psa 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ witness statement. 🢐 answered asks 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ interrogation. 🢐 ask prompt 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ go the distance.  🢐 promo 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ administrative log. 🢐 queue 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ deliberation. 🢐 musings 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ riot. 🢐 meme 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ roughhousing. 🢐 dash games 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ ringside. 🢐 dash commentary 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ paraphernalia. 🢐 crack 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ law & order. 🢐 self-promo 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ video evidence. 🢐 video 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ composite sketch. 🢐 art 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ forensic artist. 🢐 my art 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ categorical approach. 🢐 wip 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ prison break. 🢐 open starter 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ arraignment. 🢐 closed starter 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ continuance. 🢐 thread 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ indictment. 🢐 thread end 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ the warden. 🢐 visage 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ phonograph. 🢐 music 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ confession. 🢐 one-shot 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ crime scene investigation. 🢐 introspection 🢒 ⋆༺𓆩⚜𓆪༻⋆ ⸺ cogs & wheels. 🢐 aesthetic 🢒

[cloudpools]

"You.... weren't supposed to see that!" Holly is mortified, staring at the intruder with wide hazel eyes. She'd thought that this alley was clear. A safe place to transform from magical girl to regular girl.

Whoops.

Marching up to whoever this person was, blonde pigtails bouncing with each step, she grabs them by the shoulders. "Promise. You have to promise you won't tell anyone about this." No one was supposed to know she was the one and only protector of the world: Iris!!!!

[sanpatron]

Polar Bear Django IS going to become true and there is nothing that can change my mind. He WILL be 8 feet tall and have BIG PAWS cause fuck you.

[sansloii]

as the graphic born of irritation and resignation suggests, this is a PERMANENT INTERACTION CALL for my mutuals. by liking this post, you give me permission to:

multiple, random asks ( prompted and unprompted )

bark loudly in your dms about our muses or whatever errant thought strikes me at like... 2am.

tag you in every little post i find that reminds me of our muses' dynamic

maybe a surprise mini starter or two if i don't have the mental battery of a goldfish

reply to your opens that are collecting dust even if i owe you threads because i saved it so long ago and still want to respond ( and we're under no obligation to finish the open thread )

send headcanon questions that visit me like a vision from an angry god

give you my heart and soul for the low low price of free

these are things i would already do to some degree if we're already speaking and letting out babies play in the sandbox together but i also never want to inundate anyone with more things that they can handle or overwhelm them with constant interaction. this is just my way of making sure that i'm not attaching extra weights to your ankles when i hyperfixate on our blorbos. cool? cool.

this post may or may not be updated in the future

[deceptivemorals]

@sonxofxansel liked the starter call (no longer accepting)

         "i harbor absolutely no desire to start a conversation with you. so whatever it is that you think of gaining or requesting by hoping to have this conversation with me, you won't achieve it." elijah knows who this person opposite of him is. and he also knows what this person is. elijah doesn't share many things with his father but if there's one thing that he does share with mikael, it's his aversion against this specific pack. one of them did kill his youngest brother. the loss of henrik was the reason vampirism was forced upon them. this pack was the reason that his village lived in fear on every full moon.

[mercysfool]

he isn't one to bristle on the surface, so to speak : there's a subtlety in the way his eyes narrow, but the charmed curve of his lips keep it from looking intentionally rude 'neath his well-mannered smile. he feels it polite, then, to rest his arm over his chest and bend forward. a courtesy bow, if anything, but he would much prefer if he hadn't been the one to catch the general's eye. his luck, he thinks, is either astronomically enviable, or terribly atrocious.

"jing yuan." still, he speaks gently in greeting, posture straightened once more to catch the man's gaze. if he is tense, it does not show. "i'd figure you too busy to afford me any of your attention, given current circumstances. to what do i owe the pleasure? have you need of the merchant's guild?"

@pathblaze / sc.

[destruqtivist]

open to f/m/nb. for anyone to take. if you're more comfortable coming into my dm to plot the interaction feel free!

"It's a little inconvenient to try to show you so you'll have to take my word for it." Gar explains thoughtfully. A lot of people were curious if the transform hurt him. In retrospect if he saw a guy turn into a tiger he, too, might think it would be some serious pain involved in such a contortion. However, it wasn't painful. Rather, the feeling was entirely freeing. It was going from one form to a much stronger one where he felt as if he was capable of anything. Sometimes, if not for the odd and unusual sight of a green tiger in a super suburban area he would like to stay in that form a lot more. "You see, I haven't really figured out the clothes part... I rip my clothes if I just transform and I don't really feel like walkin' home naked. Ya' feel?"