#Faceclaim: Bucky Orson

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🌒 There Would be no light Without Darkness 🌒

★ Four years of experience

★ More than welcoming to OCs, AUs and crossovers

★ Mun is writing a book

★ Mun is 18+

★ Run by @daystar-daydreamer

Main promo // About // Rules // Image credit   

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“What was that?!”

“Is it  Xiuying and Ignatius?”

“We’re right here...”

“Oh!”

“False alarm, everybody. It’s just Elias.”

“Then what were those noises?”

“I brought firecrackers for everybody!”

“What are firecrackers?”

“They’re little capsules that you either throw on the ground or set on fire, and it’ll make a colorful explosion. The noise came from me dropping a box.”

“Is it for the new year?”

“Yep!”

“But didn’t we already set off fireworks almost a month ago?”

“It’s tiger new year again!”

*snickering* “Lunar new year. And it’s the year of the cat this time.”

“Close enough...”

“Cat? There’s no cat on the zodiac. It’s the year of the rabbit.”

“Rabbit?”

“The cat would have raced, but the rat didn’t wake him up the morning of.”

...??

“Xiuying, you’re Gudanese. And Elias, your mother was from Xuyen. Maybe you have different versions of the legend!”

“That makes sense.”

“There’s a legend?”

“Yea...”

“Annabelle and Serafina weren’t here last year.”

“Oh, right!”

“Thanks.”

“‘Back when tigers used to smoke, there was race between the animals. The Jade Emperor, who was the ruler of the heavens, asked all the animals to participate in his birthday on the ninth day of the first lunar month and held a great race. The first twelve animals that came would be given a place in the calendar.’”

“‘Although the rat got up early and ran fast, he became worried when he arrived at the river bank as he was a poor swimmer. After waiting for the come of the ox, he asked the help from the ox to carry him across the river. With the help of the honest and helpful ox, the rat successfully crossed the river. However, he didn’t jump off from the ox’s back until they arrived at the door of the Jade Emperor.’

“‘Just as the ox was about to win the race, the rat leapt to the Jade Emperor before the ox. Thus, the rat won the first place in the race and the second the ox. Later came the Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, and Dog. The lazy pig arrived last and got the last place.’”

“Now come and get your firecrackers, everyone! We’ll set them off tonight!”

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Have you Been Naughty or Nice?

Swiped from @lil-kissy​

“Serafina, you’re new here. You should go first!”

“Okay. Who’s next?”

“Estrella said we’re going to be going from newest muse to oldest this year.”

“Oh, that’d be me!”

There's a reason Santa created a Naughty List. And you're just one of those reasons, Serafina.

“Seriously?!”

“This thing isn’t always right. It put Ghost on the naughty list for slacking off at work last year... And it doesn’t have a job.”

Annabelle, you must have been EXTRA nice this year. Santa has a smiley face next to your name on the Nice List!

“Hooray! I want a doll.”

Way to help that old lady, Valeriya. Santa will certainly add you to the Nice List this year. 

I must say, Ekaterina. You've really improved last year's performance and made the cut on the Nice List!

“Yay!”

Wow Dmitri, rescuing those Orphans from that burning building got you a free ride on Santa's Nice List for years to  come!

“That’s nice... But I haven’t saved anyone from a burning building.”

“See what I mean by this not always being right?”

Little ghost, you must have been EXTRA nice this year. Santa has a smiley face next to your name on the Nice List!

Aleksei, you REALLY put ex-lax in Santa's cookies?! Don't expect to see your name on the Nice List anytime soon.

“No I didn’t!”

“Press the button again.”

Ho ho ho! Nice try, Aleksei. Thought you could slip one past the Big Guy, huh? Naughty.

“I didn’t, really!”

Aleksei, do you really think Santa is unaware of your inappropriate Facebook posts? Naughty.

“WHAT THE HELL IS ‘FACEBOOK’?”

*Snickering*

“It’s just a game, Aleksei. Don’t worry about it.”

“And don’t laugh at him, Ekaterina.”

“My turn!”

Dyanna, shouldn’t you be working, instead of surfing the web during office hours…?

NAUGHTY LIST FOR YOU!

“I’m only eleven, I don’t have a job!”

Hmmmm... you've got a couple weeks left to redeem yourself, Elias.  Right now, you are on the Naughty List!

“Alrighty... Will do.”

... 👀

“Can I try?”

“Have at it, little guy.”

In the words of Larry David, you've been "pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good" this year.

🎉

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🌌 Don't Wait for the Stars to Align, Reach Up and Rearrange Them into Your Own Constellation 🌌

★ Three years of experience

★ Featuring fandomless, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Grishaverse OCs!

★ More than welcoming to OCs, AUs and crossovers

★ Always accepting Book Starters

★ Mun is a minor

★ Main blog is @daystar-daydreamer

★ Mun is writing a book

Rules // About // Verses // Image credits: Ekaterina and Dmitri - Dyanna - Annabelle - Elias - Penelope - Valeriya - Little Ghost and Aspen - Shani and Livna - Aleksei

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Is it safe to come out yet? Elias wondered.

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🌒 There Would be no light Without Darkness 🌒

★ Over two years of experience

★  More than welcoming to OCs, AUs and crossovers

★ Run by @daystar-daydreamer

Main promo // About // Rules // Image credit

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“Happy new year!”

?

“New year? It’s February.”

“Lunar new year. It’s the year of the tiger!”

“There are two new years?”

“Yea, in a way. In Xuyen and Nagoya, they use a different calendar, and the start of their year is in February.”

“Why is it the ‘year of the tiger’?”

“There’s a twelve-year cycle in the lunar calendar. Each one has an animal attached to it.

“‘Back when tigers used to smoke, there was race between the animals. The Jade Emperor, who was the ruler of the heavens, asked all the animals to participate in his birthday on the ninth day of the first lunar month and held a great race. The first twelve animals that came would be given a place in the calendar.’”

“Oh! It’s a fairytale?”

“Yep.”

“‘Although the rat got up early and ran fast, he became worried when he arrived at the river bank as he was a poor swimmer. After waiting for the come of the ox, he asked the help from the ox to carry him across the river. With the help of the honest and helpful ox, the rat successfully crossed the river. However, he didn't jump off from the ox's back until they arrived at the door of the Jade Emperor.’

“‘Just as the ox was about to win the race, the rat leapt to the Jade Emperor before the ox. Thus, the rat won the first place in the race and the second the ox. Later came the Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, and Dog. The lazy pig arrived last and got the last place.’

“There’s a celebration at the park, and we’ll have fireworks when it gets dark. Who wants to come?”

🎉

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👏👏

“Uh... Thank you.”

“What’re these for?”

“It’s for Christmas!”

“What’s Christmas?”

“It’s a holiday from where Ghost is from."

“It told us it’s for a man named Jesus who was the son of God. It’s his birthday.”

“Alright.”

“Mary was sitting in the sun outside her house. It was a normal day; a bit of cooking, a bit of helping around the house. She was having a few minutes rest, when suddenly an angel appeared.

“‘Are you Mary?' he asked.

“’Yes, who are you?' the startled girl replied.

“’I’m an angel from God, and I have a surprise for you. You’re going to have a baby.’

“Mary raised her hand to her mouth. ‘It would be a surprise, I’m not even married.’...”

...

“... The three wise men were just going to go back home when God said: 'Don’t tell Herod where Jesus is. He wants to hurt him, not worship him.'

"’Right,” they said. 'We’ll go back a different way.'

“They did, and so King Herod never found out where Jesus was.”

“Alright, now let’s see what everyone got.”

“A doll! Thank you!”

“Sweet, a cookbook!”

“Was that a pun?”

“Maaaaybe...”

It was a happy little accident, truth be told.

“A necklace!”

“It’s beautiful.”

“Oh, tea. What flavor?”

“A toy bird... Uh... Thanks”

“Turn its tail?”

“It flies!”

“More toy soldiers!”

“Oh, ribbons! Thank you.”

“Oh, I got a doll too! Annabelle, maybe we can have a tea party.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow.”

“Can I come too? I’ll bring some of Mama’s bloodleaf tea.”

“You’re a boy...”

“And bring your soldiers!”

“And you too, Ghost.”

“Oh, I got something for you!”

💞

“You’re welcome.”

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“I made pie!”

“What flavor?”

“Bloodberry and cottage cheese.”

“Que?”

“Where’s the milk?”

“And where are Dmitri and Ghost?”

“Maybe they’re busy?”

“I doubt it. Dima’s always with Katia, and Ghost is the last person to miss a gathering.”

“It’s Dima’s birthday, I sent Ghost to go get him.”

“Oh, there they come!”

“Everybody, hide! Valeriya, lights off!”

    ✨✨ :3

“Is... Is this what you wanted to show me?”

...

*nods*

. . .

“Hey, don’t be sad-”

“Happy birthday, Dima!”

!!

“There you are!”

“Katia made pie.”

“Really?”

“It’s your favorite, too!”

🎉

“I love you, Katia.”

“I love you too.”

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“I... Uhh...”

Elias shrugged. “Well, I guess we can collect seashells at the beach or run around on the rocks by Siren’s Pier or...”

And then an idea hit him like a train. 

“Oh! Eureka!”

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“Don’t tell it your name,” Elias interrupted his companion with a light elbow in the ribs, barely speaking loudly enough to be heard over the fairy’s chatter.

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“Don’t be so loud!” Elias hissed under his breath.

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“... Are you absolutely sure that’s safe to burn?”

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At the sound of the door creaking open, Elias whirled around. The basket in his hands crashed to the ground, and a string of expletives sprung from his lips.

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@altsmultimuse​ || Shadow puppets!

Elias watched, amused as the little girl patted around for his shadow. He called back the shadow dog and had it drop the ball into the hand of the girl’s shadow.

“You can try it for yourself,” he said, “Pretend you’re throwing something, and your shadow will throw the ball.”

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Dima! Dyanna! I found some faceclaims for you

“Oh, really?”

“Who?”

Nani Pelekai for Dyanna, and Peter Pan and John Darling for Dima

“Doesn’t John have brown hair?”

That’s a three-second fix

“Peter has pointy ears, and so do fairies. I don’t want to look like one of those demons! Estrella, what were you thinking?!”

... Don’t get too worked up, that’s also an easy fix

“I know Aspen is a jerk, but that was a bit of an overreaction, don’t you think?”

“It’s not just Aspen. The fairies took my Papa! They cursed Valeriya! If the devil had minions on earth, it would be them!”

...

“Rude.”

“You say that as if you didn’t try to spear Dorogaya on your antlers like a grisly marshmallow from hell.”

“You did WHAT?!”