#I LUV YOU VEL

[vypridae]

oohhh *puts a curse on you to make you have more ideas and motivation* ooh!!!

anyway.... brokerdoll hcs GO!

velvette is so downbad for carmilla its INSANE.

shes actually downbad for pretty much any woman older than her (she has mommy issues and vox LOVES to make fun of her 4 it)

carmilla is insanely romantical w vel. vel will send a msg to carmilla being like "date night saturday, ur place" and when velvette walks in its full on candlelit dinner & in her best outfit ever with her hair tied up SO pretty (velvette has a gay panic)

velvette is TRYING to act like a mother 4 odette and clara but is legit failing so hard. "how do you do, fellow kids?!" "wtf"

yknow that one meme where its like "came home drunk last night and got way too excited to see my cat" yeah thats carmilla n vel (velvettes the cat)

respectless is just velvette confessing her luv to carmilla

i think your curse worked because at the time of writing this i just made a post about staticmoth hcs anyway. YES TO ALL OF THESE !!!!!

vox 100% teases velvette for her taste in women and actually he keeps asking how shits going with carmilla because he wants more material to tease velvette over

ALSO I LOVE THAT WE ALL JUST DECIDED CARMILLA IS A ROMANTIC WITH VELVETTE LIKE ACTUALLY IM OBSESSED . shes wearing a really pretty black dress and her hair is up in a bun with a braided crown or something pretty like that and she gestures to the table (that she set with like red, pink and black roses) and it smells like whatever velvette's favorite scent is (methinks cherries or strawberries) and she's standing by the table gesturing to the chair like "come sit down my love" and velvette almost actually faints on the spot

VELVETTE TRYING AND FAILING TO BE A MOTHER TO ODETTE ADN CLARA IS ACTUALLY SO FUCKING FUNNY HELLO . she's trying her best give her a break </3

ALSO THE CAT MEME . I SHOULD REDRAW THAT AS BROKERDOLL CUZ ACTUALLY YES TAHTS SO REAL ACTUALLY

[baileypie-writes]

Hii I luv ur work! can u do Velvet x fem reader who is kinda ditsy-ish? Like, shes kinda stupid sometimes and asks Velvet dumb questions, and to make it better, reader always wears pink? Like, EVERYTHING pink! Tnx!

A/N ~ Sure! Hope you enjoy!🩷🎀

~Velvet with a Ditzy Girlfriend~

+ Mini Oneshot

Fandom: Trolls 3: Band Together

Reader: Female

Relationship: Romantic

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: Mentions of Reader being insecure.

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~ Velvet honestly likes being smarter than you. It makes her feel more confident. The fact that you sometimes rely on her for answers you don��t know really boosts her ego.

~ At first, she was a little tired of all the pink. But it eventually grew on her. She’s not one to wear the color often, but she loves it on you.

~ When you ask Velvet dumb questions, she has to tease you at least a little bit. I mean, c’mon, she’s not Velvet if she’s not a little mean. She does answer your questions though.

~ While she teases you about being ditzy, no one else is allowed to point it out. She gets really defensive, even if you don’t care.

~ If you are insecure about being “stupid”, she won’t have it. She’ll assure you that your level of intelligence means nothing to her. But if you do want to work on getting smarter, she won’t stop you.

~ She loves buying you things. And of course everything’s pink. She wouldn’t even think about buying something that’s a different color. She can’t even look at pink without thinking of you. To her, it’s your color.

~Mini Oneshot~

A small pile of accessories lay on your vanity as you get ready to go out with Velvet. All these accessories are pink, of course. You were taking your sweet time, unaware of how close your girlfriend was to your house. That is, until she came into your room.

“Hey babe. Ready to go?” Velvet asked.

“Huh? What are you doing here? It’s not time yet.” You said, confused.

“What do you mean? We said 5:30.”

“But it’s not-“ You cut yourself off as soon as you checked the time on your phone. It was 5:33. “Oh.”

Velvet sighed. “You never were good at keeping time.” She chuckled.

You laughed, embarrassed. “Sorry. I’m almost done though!” You said, as you tried tying the pink satin ribbon into your hair. After a few moments of fumbling, Velvet noticed your struggle.

“Do you not now how to tie a bow?” She asked.

“Uh… I think I forgot?”

Velvet sighed again, smiling. “Here, lemme help.” She walked behind you, and took the ribbon from your hands.

You fiddled with the hem of your pink, ruffly skirt, before speaking up. “Hey Vels, does it bother you that I’m not… you know… smart? Like, I forget things and don’t know how to do some things most people know how to do?” You asked.

With one final pull, the bow was done, and Velvet leaned down to your level. She took your chin in her hand, and tilted it up to look in the mirror. There you saw both your faces, side by side. Velvet’s expression wasn’t one of annoyance or dislike.

“Nope.”

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~~baileypie-writes

[smthaboutusss]

Do you maybe think that vel plays Drees to impress or fashion famous lol 💅🏽💅🏽💅🏽👁👄👁😜😜😜

ur so right I feel like she would luv fashion games that got rly popular on social media like dress to impress AHSK

[maeral33n]

Velvet and Veneer get their wisdom teeth removed:

Velvet

Dear lord someone save her.

She does NOT want to be there.

Despite growing up with dentists for parents, she utterly despises the dentist clinic.

Like girl is sobbing on the way there and sobbing in the chair.

The dentists try to calm her down and be nice to her but she snaps at them and makes their job difficult.

When they do manage to sedate her, it’s off to work they go and the procedure goes smoothly.

Then she wakes up, but of course the sedatives are still in effect, so she needs time to recover.

Luckily, her girlfriend, Orchid, is there to drive her home.

On the drive back to Vels place, girlie is OUT OF IT.

Her words are slurred, she goes in and out of consciousness and her behaviour is a lot more tame.

She is, however, extremely emotional.

She will cry several times throughout the ride home. Mostly because she’s just so happy to have a girlfriend like Orchid.

If you’ve ever seen the video where Markiplier get is wisdom teeth removed and he basically dotes on Amy and cries (if you haven’t seen it I highly recommend you do it’s adorable)

But yeah, she’s like that!

Velvet: Orchid…I luv you…so mush

Orchid: Aw, I love you too.

Velvet: You are jush so…*starts crying* jush so good to me

Orchid: 🥹

Veneer

A LOT more calm that Velvet.

Ok he’s a little nervous.

But he knows he’s in good hands and that his boyfriend, Ritz will be waiting for him when he wakes up.

He’s sedated and the dentist get to work on him with no issues.

Then he wakes up.

He’s mostly just very confused. And worried.

Where is he? Why is he here? Why can’t he feel his face?

Veneer: I don’t haf a tongue.

Dentist: Yes you do, it’s still there.

Veneer: Nooo I don’t…what did you do to my tongue???

Dentist: *Holds up a mirror*

Veneer: …oh

Then, of course, Ritz is there to take him home.

Let’s just say it…a little awkward.

Ritz goes to Veneer to give him a kiss on the cheek, but Veneer pushes him away.

Veneer: no I can’t…I haf boyfren

Ritz: *laughs* Ven, I AM your boyfriend.

Veneer: 😳

Veneer: …whoa

I would like to thank @herprincess for this idea. When I have the time and energy I would like to write a proper fic of this cuz this is just so god damn cute.

Also sorry if this is not accurate to how people are after wisdom teeth removal. I’ve never had my wisdom teeth removed and only going by YouTube videos 😭

[xenomayhem]

can we request an alter based off of red velvet cake? or just general red velvet? tyy :}

this won't be the best thing but here you go 😭

Name: Velvet/Velvette/Vel/Strawberry/Heart/Lollipop

Pronouns: She/it/red/rouge/luv/val

Gender: Gynegynix, redvelvetgender, lovegender, sugarrushgender

Sexuality & orientation: Bisexual

Age: 16-23 (Age slider)

Species: Demon

Role: Threat Detector

Likes: Red velvet cake, concerts, risk taking and stunts, 'gross' animals like bugs, spiders, bats, snakes, etc, indie animation, vaporwave music, nighttime, doing stupid shit with its friends

Dislikes: Closed minded people, traditionally 'beautiful' animals like butterflies, dolphins, etc, Taylor Swift's music, robots/AI

Picrew: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/644129

Headmates won't turn out exactly how its presented but that's ok & normal

Please lmk if i fucked this up this is my first time doing these 😭

[shellbow]

A somewhat belated birthday gift for my dear friend @aerart / @aeradescents​ by Nabcahn on twitter

No matter how much time passes, I’ll always be fond of Byakuya and Eri. But what was even better than any roleplay was the friend I got to make. I love you and I hope this next year is gentle to you ♥

[thanksforthedinosaur]

december 2020

[dream pop-ish / indie-rock] 1. luna li - gimme love - asia rising forever 2. tokyo tea room - half the man 3. deradoorian - corsican shores 4. bodywash - follow 5. terry vs. tori - keepsake box 6. yvette young, so much light - cars and girls 7. cri, bernache - from me 8. dan mason ダン·メイソン - burn 9. cuushe - emergence 10. lydia - heavy 11. quarter-life crisis, hand habits, ryan hemsworth - comfortable 12. rachel bobbitt - always 13. routine, annie truscott, jay som - numb enough 14. donna missal - how does it feel 15. wens - giant bat 16. bandanna - sleepy eyes 17. lannds - not in a good way 18. anna mcclellan - raisin 19. bryde - ornaments 20. maddie jay - shakes

[pop-rock / punk-ish / emo-ish / etc] 21. ali barter - twisted up 22. pale waves - change 23. lauren aquilina - latest ghost 24. corey flood - heaven or 25. suzie true - toothache 26. oceanator - heartbeat 27. catbite - white riot 28. pinkshift - toro 29. kitten - angelina 30. thank you, i'm sorry - backpack life 31. no thank you - saturn return 32. pet symmetry - had a name, don't remember it 33. the moore family band, jeff rosenstock - raining inside my head 34. the casket lottery - more blood 35. emma ruth rundle, thou - out of existence 36. david duchovny - layin' on the tracks 37. cassino - quarantine song

[j-rock / k-rock / etc] 38. ichiko aoba - porcelain 39. luca, haruka nakamura - asirrera 40. hakushi hasegawa - hikari no rock 41. seventeen years old and berlin wall - no paradise 42. charlotte is mine - road movie 43. clams - shiny rider 44. mass of the fermenting dregs - uta wo utaeba 45. spool - sucide girl 46. nuit - nightbirds 47. bearwear - i think 48. collapse - ritual 49. kensei ogata - violin case 50. celeina ann - purikura 51. plastic plastic - กลิ่นดอกไม้ - (scent of flowers) 52. stargaze shelter - emulation (mode:totonee) 53. the shes gone - ふためぼれ 54. rammells - yellow city 55. 竹内アンナ - striking gold 56. polkadot stingray - 化身 57. cynhn - 氷菓 58. yanakoto sotto mute - passenger 59. kenshi yonezu - ひまわり 60. みゆな- 歌おうよ 61. fox capture plan - prdr

[j-pop / k-pop / etc] 62. monsta x - night view 63. gfriend - grwm 64. twice - up no more 65. faky - little more 66. taeyeon - worry free love 67. eill - night d 68. femm, duke of harajuku - level up 69. manon, km - 18

[kawaii future bass] 70. heiakim, trifect, mylk - rainbow 71. yunomi, tsukasa yuzaki - koino uta 72. 2tonedisco, ranasol - unknown 73. six impala - sweetsweetsweetlikebubblegum 74. kara, malt - sparkle!!! 75. yukiyanagi, sokudo - luv redux 76. reol - q? 77. feryquitous - the sevens code 78. 鳳凰火凛 (cv: 健屋花那), psyqui - shining lights 79. neko hacker, nanahira, mochari, wotoha - isekai market 80. yunosuke - ziqqurat 81. sanaas - moonlighter

[ambient / electronic] 82. robin allender - hall of bright carvings 83. sarah davachi - diaphonia basilica (version) 84. christina vantzou - snow white 85. ana roxanne - venus 86. sunmoonstar - sleepy dragon 87. gabríel ólafs - lóa - bing & ruth rework 88. meitei - gen'ei 89. kelly moran - sodalis 90. mary lattimore - sometimes he's in my dreams 91. lucrecia dalt - errors of skin variante 92. okkyung lee - here we are (once again) 93. teen daze - clear path

[pop] 94. emily vaughn - wheredoesthelovego 95. liv dawson - trust issues 96. benee, mallrat - winter 97. moodoïd, juliette armanet - idéal 98. terror jr - dinner plate 99. billie eilish - therefore i am 100. k/da, madison beer, (g)i-dle, lexie liu, jaira burns, seraphine, league of legends - more 101. phantoms, sarah close - moonlight 102. dresage, suave yung blanc - ez breezy 103. talitha. - ineedsomeone 104. jenn champion - donating your body to science 105. route 94, l devine - sad songs 106. raye, rudimental - regardless 107. kenzie, yung bae - donuts 108. ariana grande, doja cat - motive

[hip-hop / r&b] 109. rico nasty, don toliver, gucci mane - don't like me 110. megan thee stallion, sza - freaky girls 111. bree runway, missy elliott - atm 112. vel the wonder - fine art 113. audrey nuna - damn right 114. nakala - pudding & pie 115. queen naija, kiana ledé - i'm her 116. tierra whack - peppers and onions 117. danileigh, queen naija - mistreated 118. ivy sole, lojii - kismet 119. phora, kehlani - cupid's curse 120. busta rhymes, kendrick lamar - look over your shoulder 121. atmosphere - the future is disgusting 122. timi o, l.ucas, meltycanon - darlin' 123. tobi lou, dreezy - okay 124. daine - my way out 125. misogi - monopink dream, 2001 126. bladee, mechatok - drama 127. tesk, sitting duck - letter 128. oatmello - biarritz

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jjvcvyywqzulz8cq5jpig?si=mk-tzl7hqks2rsyum6adea

[pxppinmolly-archived]

Val and Vel!

Vibe Check!: Ship Edition

How did I have a feeling if you were gonna send something in it was gonna be them.

Alright~!

Of course, full honesty with these here. I never really shipped Velvet with Val (or Vox really) at first at all. I was just kinda ... Okay!

I never really cared for it, and granted I never really shipped them much at all in the first place, SOOOO ... But I saw art and some posts and I was always like. Shrugs my shoulders, could live without it.

I thought they were all awesome besties for SURE. I did think their relationship was kinda fun, but I kinda saw them more familial at first. Val (and even Vox) being more of a father figure in her life. Velvet and her two gay disaster dads/best friends.

BUT.

As usual, when I pick up a muse they fucking 180 flip me and make their voice clear and go, “actually? I have thoughts of my own.” and all that went out the fucking door like. Immediately LMAO.

Again, full truth here, but it WAS you specifically that got me suckered into Val and Velv honestly. As I said my Velv muse is especially attached to your Val, after all. And so far their interactions and the posts you’ve made all really fuckin’ tied cinderblocks to my ankles and here I am drowning in this shit.

I know it feels and seems to be like Vox and Velvet being the closer of the two, if she was going to be closer to one over the other. Both from the pilot and them both being social media influenced BUUUUUUUT I just really vibe with Velv being closer with Val. I just think they share that energy and kinda have a similar vibe going on? Again I pointed out before in my personal lil HC Velvet adapting hearts onto her dress bc of Val’s influence, and they both are also fluffy looking son of a bitches. Also got some pinks and purples all going on yk yk yk.

Valentino is a cut throat and sadistic mother fucker and Velvet absolutely is a black tar hearted bitch. At least in my lil portrayal and view of her I imagine her very much not being the type of person to have much of any actual personal attachments to people, but Val is one of the two that she absolutely does, sincerely, love with her tainted little chest organ that can be argued if it’s even there. (I mean, how much she cares and loves Val - and Vox - is the only proof of there being anything in her tbfh -- )

Also like. Ok the huge size difference? I’m a sucker for that shit. Tiny little doll with this large ass mother fucker. Outstanding, luvs. Xoxo.

Also flipping the coin of Valentino, who is very much vocal on how love and all hat nonsense is bullshit, no such thing. Fucking cruel cold hearted bastard being soft and sweet on this feral little evil bitch? Okay, I’m a sucker for that kinda trope man.

There’s a lot of things on my little checklist of tropes and dynamics that make me a fucking sucker being checked off with them honestly and the fact I never even thought about it until recently is a shame on my part because I adore it.

And honestly? My craving for just evil and just. villainous ships and the lack I currently have atm is being very much sated with this and Im like. Finally-

[humanitysbridge]

🍓 i luv u

@mutuals send me a 🍓 and ill compliment u!

what the frick bro u kno i love you

we’ve known each other such a long time? and it’s still a blast to chat ooc. your OCs are so RAD. does ana know i love her? does your virgo ass know i love you? i cant believe you’re such a riot. mar/vel would be blessed to have this muse i’ll say it 

ps. thank u for the forbidden ot3 which isn’t even involving this muse

[flawedvictori]

Twelve Rounds... Plus or Minus a Few Centuries

A/N: SERIOUS CONTENT WARNINGS. This is the story of Virtue's life, or, the first chapter of it. There's death, parental death, kid death, like... Drug use, Alcoholism, presumably that's all but I'll add more if more show up. This is gonna be running along a lot of genres, because it's the story of a whole life. And like... legitimately, this might be one of the best things I've written in a long time. I hope you all like it!

And, if you do, maybe back ya girls patreon or toss me a couple bucks on kofi so I can continue doing stuff like this? You get requests!

“What about you?” Key asks, tilting her head, a hand holding Vel’s beneath the table. “What’s your life been like?” “Yeah, dinosaur.” Vel says, grinning like an idiot who was… well… holding a girl’s hand under the table. “You’ve been around forever, what kind of sh-stuff have you seen?”

“Well…” Virtue starts, shaking her head…. And sighing, a little. “That’s a long story, so make sure you got the drinks you need, because I ain’t repeating shit.”

Vel raises her glass, and Virtue smiles.

“Alright, so...”

/

You already know this part. I woke up in a crashed jumpship during the collapse, a few dozen clicks out from the shadow of the Traveller.

There were a couple families nearby, group of poor, hungry bastards getting slaughtered by thralls.

I’d just been rezzed for the first time, probably no more than a week or two after I’d died, and I was right into the shit. ----

She snatches up a discarded shotgun as the voice that was and wasn’t hers whispers in her mind, warning of danger and giving instructions.

At it’s bequest, she swings to the right, pumping shots into the writhing mass of faceless, gaunt… things, emptying the weapon and moving in with her fists.

They scream, an angry, horrifying sound clashing with the terrified shrieks of the humans as they all press in on her and she finds herself adopting a slightly-stiff stance, ducking between flailing arms to strike back with a flurry of jabs-

And lightning awakens beneath her skin, leaving contrails in the air as she continues her assault, every swing, every jab, every dodge leaving sparks hanging in the air… And the voice screams at her to swing and she sets her foot, spinning with the punch as she throws a massive haymaker and the sparks explode.

And, with a sudden finality, the things are no more.

She looks over to the group, and her stomach drops.

----

They’d been slaughtered. Not all of them, but… too many. But the fucked up part is… The ones who weren’t, they were used to it. Fucking...

Kids, no more than, what, eight years old, and they’d already seen enough death in the collapse that watching everyone die in front of them had barely fazed em.

I was just glad I could help.

----

One of the kids stares at the bodies, unblinking, and before she knows what she’s doing she’s kneeling down beside them.

“Hey, there…” She says, as warm as she can. “Can you tell me your name?”

“Ari.” The kid says, sniffling. “My name’s Ari.”

“That’s a pretty name.” She says, casting an eye over the body… and feeling her heart fall as she spots the obvious resemblance. “Ari, I-” “What’s yours?” Ari asks, tearing her eyes from the corpse of… her father? Brother? Who could say.

And she just blinks. “What?”

“Your name?” Ari says, nodding.

“My…” She blinks again, staring away. “What’s-” “I don’t know, I’m afraid.”  A small, flying robot- her ghost, Persephone, that voice says in her mind- “We never know anything about the ones we’re assigned to raise, aside from who it must be.” Persephone says, rotating her interlocking parts and bobbing in the air. 

“I don’t know.” She says, turning away from Persephone’s shrug. “Guess I don’t have one.”

“Well…” Ari says, squinting at her. “You… you’re like a knight, right? A hero!” She raises an eyebrow at that, looking down at the ruined jacket and singed jeans she was wearing and sorely wishing she had some shining armor, right then. But… “I guess I am, sure.” “So…” Ari says, clearly thinking, “Honor?”

“I don’t think so.” She says, glancing over at the other groups, who were clearly eager to get away from the bloodshed, and makes her decision. “Hey, let’s walk and talk, okay?

“I’m tired.” Ari says, looking over at the bodies again. “Daddy used to carry me when I got tired.”

“Okay then, I’ll carry you. C’mon, up here.” She pats one massive shoulder, and Ari hesitates for a moment… but clambers on nonetheless, and she stands, walking over towards the group, a hand keeping Ari steady as the kid whispered name possibilities and the adults discussed their next move.

----

They’d heard rumors of people forming a safe haven nearby, but they didn’t know if they were true. They’d also heard of people like me, so I decided I’d go with them. I wasn’t that good, yet, but I could swing my fists and fire a gun, and Persephone had told me she could bring me back when I died, so I wanted to use that power to keep them alive.

----

“Chivalry?” Ari asks. “I don’t think so.” She responds, chuckling. “How about cowardice?”

“No!” Ari protests, giggling. “Knights are supposed to be brave! And, uhhh…. Virtuous. Oh! Virtue?”

“Virtue?” She asks, blinking. Something… clicks, in it, something feels right where everything else hasn’t, and she shrugs, being sure to tighten her grip on Ari first. “Sounds good to me.”

/

“You’re full of shit.” Vlana says, flipping a chair around and taking a seat at the table, herself. “That’s how you got your name?”

“No lie.” Virtue says, chuckling. “Found out later that Ari’s dad had been a big fan of the Arthurian Legends. Made a lot more sense, then.”

Vlana just raises an eyebrow, and Virtue laughs. 

“What, you think I’d lie about how I got my own name?” Virtue asks, raising an eyebrow back, and Vlana scoffs. “No, I just… I dunno, it doesn’t sound very you, that’s all.” Vlana says, looking away, and Virtue gives a pained little smile.

“Yeah, well, it’s not the only thing.”

/

And so, we walked. Three days, with hunger eating us up inside, kids crying, parents gauging how much food they had and staring daggers at anyone with more. Don’t know if they’d have made a move if I hadn’t been there, if the whole thing would’ve gone to shit, but…it didn’t.

I spent my time carrying kids, mostly. Between the light and being 6’8 and built like a brick shithouse, I could handle it. 

----

Even people like her needed sleep, food, water… and she hated it.

She’d much rather give as much as she could to everyone else, give the kids more supplies, never rest so no one else needed take watch, but…

Virtue sighs and punches the remnants of her jacket, balled into a makeshift pillow, before settling in and trying for a couple hours of shut-eye, at least.

----

I’m pretty sure I made the adults anxious. Makes sense, though. I wouldn’t trust a walking corpse, either. The kids were fine with it, but I’d bet they just liked not having to walk.

Ari, though… Ari took to me quicker than any of the rest of them. Can’t say I blame her. Didn’t really have anyone else.

----

The hunger pains wake her up, another reminder of the bits of mortality she still had left.

They come and go in bursts, but… she ignores them in favor of raising an eyebrow down at her stomach.

Ari’s head is there, the girl cuddled up to her side, her actual camping bag laying abandoned nearby.

She’s shaking, the space around her eyes raw and red, so Virtue puts aside the hunger pains and gently rests a hand on her back, humming softly.

Eventually, Ari quietens down, and so does Virtue.

----

On the fourth day, though… we ran into some trouble. Another big pack of thralls, but this one was different.

They were scarred, had missing bits, bullet holes clearly visible in the chitin. Seeing it, then, I knew.

We were almost home.

----

The screams start to catch up just as they’re cresting a hill, everyone running with all their might…

And Virtue nearly cries with relief when she sees clearly new walls and armed guards…

But they wouldn’t get there in time, unless…

“Here.” She says, kneeling down and letting the kids she’d been carrying scurry over to their parents. “I need you two to go with your mom, okay? And-” “No!” Ari says, squeezing her neck for all she’s worth. “I don’t wanna!”

“Sweetheart.” Virtue says, swallowing and pulling the kid off her, holding her out to and exasperated mother who, thankfully, owed her a favor. “Go with them. Time to do my duty, okay? I’ll see you in just a minute.”

“No!” Ari yells, as Virtue turns around, steeling herself.

“Run for it.” She instructs, and people start to run, the mother carrying Ari included. “I’ll give them more important things to worry about.”

She ignores the pains in her stomach, the dizziness, the headache…

And forces her light to the surface, wreathing her arms in electricity and charging the pack, laughing.

----

I bought them enough time to get into the town. Killed most of the group before they finally took me down, and the guards got the rest.

When Persephone brought me back, I was surrounded by fuckers with guns and one thin, cocky-looking bastard flanked by a ghost.

I knew I hated him, from the moment I saw him.

----

“Heya, gorgeous.” He says, grinning and leaning down as Virtue’s eyes open. “What’s your name?”

He’s a spindly little thing, with bright eyes and a disturbingly perfect smile, and she can’t help but grimace at the line. “Virtue.” She says, raising a hand to block out the light as she sits up. “Mind telling your boys to stand down?”

“Not yet.” He says, spitting off to the side and putting his boot out to push her back to the ground, resting his weight on her. “Can’t have another immortal fuck walkin’ around unchecked, that’s bad business, innit?”

There’s a sudden, almost animalistic urge to rip his leg off, but…. She lets it settle, glaring up at him. “Fine, you’re the boss.”

“And don’t go forgettin it, luv.” He says, pulling a handcannon out and leveling it at her head. “Now then, to business. Needed the extra manpower anyway, so n’matter what ya end up doin, your friends are stayin’ here, yeah?”

“Good.” Virtue says, glaring up at him. “They’re good people, they need a home.” “I ain't finished.” He says, calm as can be, pulling the hammer back. “Ya got three choices. Either you slink out of here all quiet-like, and we tell em all you died savin’ em, you try to argue with me and I kill ya right here, or…” “I work for you?” She asks, and he increases the weight on her chest… but not nearly enough to hurt someone built like her, and she’s not intimidated. 

“You come be my right hand. Big fuck like you, don’t think any other shits’ll even try and tangle with us. You get food, a place to sleep, and I’ll keep that daughter of yours safe.”

Virtue raises an eyebrow at that, but nods. “How could I say no?”

“Good on ya.” He says, finally stepping off her and crossing his arms. “Name’s Cour, but you can call me boss like everyone else. Hope you’re ready to work, because we need to get some more ammo.” “Whatever you say, boss.” Virtue says, biting back a dozen insults as she forces herself to her feet, still wobbling. “Mind if I get some food first?” He snorts. “Not till you’ve worked. I saw what you did to those bugs, you ain’t gonna make me think you can’t do it.” And he turns around, chidingly waving the gun at her over his shoulder. “Jordan, take it from here. I’ve got pressin’ matters to attend to.”

And he walks away, as every inch of her body screams at her to kill him.

/

“And you didn’t?” Elise asks, plopping down in Vlana’s lap and ignoring her irritated muttering.

Virtue shrugs. “He had food, guns, and a bed I could sleep in. Wasn’t like I saw any better alternatives.”

“What, didn’t want to become a warlord?” She jokes, stretching out in Vlana’s lap like a cat in the sun as she gets comfortable. 

“Heh, not quite. Wasn’t ever my kind of racket.” Virtue says, taking a long swig from her drink. “Now, where was I…”

/

Time… flew by, really. 

I might have hated Cour, might not have liked his men, but the civilians were okay. Everyone did their part, everyone pitched in where they could, and shit was good, for a while.

Ari ended up moving in with me, picked up an apprenticeship with the blacksmith on her tenth birthday. God, I was so fucking proud of her.

Got a few good years, there, and sometimes… sometimes I miss them, even now.

But it didn’t last. Nothing ever could.

/

Virtue still wasn’t trusted with a gun.

Which was fine, really, it wasn’t like she needed one. She could handle herself just fine without a weapon of any kind, but…

She carried around a pair of cestus anyway.

Sure, she didn’t really need to worry about protecting her hands or adding any extra oomph to her punches, but… Ari had made them, and that was all that mattered, just like with the clumsily-made, too-small bracelet she kept on a leather cord around her neck.

The necklace was good luck, or so she told herself, and the cestus, well… at least they helped with intimidation, when she needed it.

----

It’d been a slow week. I’d been assigned to guard the north side of town while Ian’s crew went out on a scouting mission, and the only exciting thing all day had been the mad sprint to get there on time from my place.

I was pretty used to boring days, by then. Cour might’ve said I’d be his right hand, but he’d shunted me down to basic guard duty the second I’d questioned him.

Worked for me, though. I’d preferred protecting people to staring them down, even back then.

The real problem with quiet days, though, is that they never last forever.

----

Virtue’s close to nodding off from the boredom and the sun when she hears it, when she feels it.

The explosion is loud, sure, but what’s worse is feeling the walls shake, feeling her light spring to the surface, feeling a sudden rush of heat.

She runs for it, pushing her body to get every ounce of speed she can.

----

The entire south wall was down.

People were screaming, thralls were swarming the town, but all I could think of was Ari, asleep at home, alone.

My superiors were yelling on the comms, needing me in fifteen places at once, but I didn’t give a shit.

Ari needed me, my daughter needed me. I wasn’t going to let her down.

And then…

I did.

----

“Virtue!” Jordan’s gravelly voice booms in her headset. “We need you! Get your ass to the shelter!”

And she doesn’t hear it, her blood pounding in her ears as she runs for it.

“Where is everyone?” Someone screams, terror twisting the voice too much to be identifiable. “Where’s the south team?!”

And she ignores it, forcing herself to keep running.

“North team is down! Repeat, north team is down!” Diz says, in that shockingly-calm dispatch voice she’d been blessed with. “They’re swarming, east team, proceed to the shelter to secure it, west team, go find Virtue. We need someone with the Light!”

Her home comes into view, and her stomach drops as she spots the flames.

And then she hears it.

Ari, crying for help, and a thrall’s enraged scream.

She doesn’t think, doesn’t breathe, she just moves.

Through the fire, through the stench of the faceless fucks, through the death, she sprints into her home.

----

I almost made it.

----

She doesn’t do anything for a long time.

She just stares, numb, as her home burns around her and screams ring in her ears.

Eventually, things start to fade back in.

The scent of blood, both hive and human.

The heat pressing in on her.

The tears streaming down her face.

Her own breath, coming too quick, her heart beating, her blood pumping, her life-

She can’t trade it she can’t fix it she can’t get her back

Her life ticking on as everything presses in.

She takes a shaky breath, trying to get herself under control, and it turns into a sob as she falls to her knees.

The fire licks at her, and she slams a massive fist into the ground, electricity crackling to life along her arms as she screams…

But she’s far from the only one.

“Virtue! Where are ya, luv, I can’t kill all these bugs on my own!” A tinny voice yells in her ear, and everything becomes horribly, blessedly clear.

She raises a finger to her ear, choking down a sob.

“Virtue here. I’m back. These bugs won’t know what hit them.”

“The fuck you been, luv?” Cour yells, and she just laughs, mirthless.

“Hell. I’ll let you know when I’m back.”

----

I’m not proud of what I did there.

I never went to the shelter, didn’t protect anyone, didn’t bother responding to any distress calls.

I hunted every single one of them down. Killed until there was nothing left, and then…

Then I dealt with the fallout.

----

“Where the fuck were you, Virtue?” Cour hisses, shoving her, but she doesn’t budge. “People died! Good people! Useful people! While you were off jerking your fucking dick-” Virtue hits him.

She doesn’t think about it, doesn’t consider what will happen.

She just swings with all her might, and feels a rush as it connects.

He hits the ground, unmoving, and she strides off, daring anyone to say something.

And no one does.

/

“I… I’m so sorry, Virtue.” Tarow says, finishing refilling her drink and giving her shoulder a gentle squeeze. “I can’t imagine…”

Virtue just shakes her head, giving a pained smile. “It’s alright, been a few centuries, that wound’s had time to heal.”

“So… what did you do after that?” Vlana asks, clearly trying to move things past the pain, and Virtue gives her a smile for it.

“I didn’t handle it too well. Spent a few months wandering, trying to get my head in order, but then I got antsy, needed something to do aside from waste away.”

“And?”

“I did the only thing I could, in a world without the City, without anywhere safe.” Virtue says, sighing.

“Yeah?” Vlana asks, sitting back. “I became a Warlord.”

[velinxi]

how old is laurence? he seems pretty young,,

he’s 16!

are we allowed to edit that picture of Iris on that last picture on that one picture of Marge krumping™ or no

Even if I say no will that stop you?

Hi Vel!~~~ I luv all ur work and I don’t know if u take constructive criticism, but I think now that ur style seems to be settling ur starting to have a bit of same face syndrome with the way u draw. Like I think all ur characters kind of have the same face shape, but u maybe have 2 diff shapes of eyes that u draw with and pretty much the same nose and mouth all of the time. Just wanted to let u know Incase u do take constructive criticism, though others don’t sometimes so I hope ur not mad >~

I’ll do my best. i dont have much time for studies nowadays (for the past months really) to solve this problem. Ive been focusing on freelance work and school. its not an excuse but I’ve been trying to get better at this since last year. I hope you can all forgive me

Since Laurence doesnt have a character profile on the website, is he a side character?

I plan to update the site’s character profiles after this chapter

had an idea that it would be totally awesome for there to be a ctc zine! Like a collab with a ctc artists and writers would be awesome!

That’s an awesome idea! I never have time to organize fun events like these but it sounds cute

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may 2020

[ambient/electronic] 1. peter bark - ascension 2. akisai - ecossaise 3. savoir adore - dancing temples 4. rhucle - rev 5. meitei - nami 6. alonefold - strange rainbows 7. daniel avery - illusion of time 8. jim perkins - held (holographic field re-work) 9. green-house - peperomia seedling 10. four tet - green 11. the leaf library - about minerals 12. morimoto naoki - aru 13. hollie kenniff - under the loquat tree 14. zoe polanski - the last frontier 15. ulla - i think my tears have become good 16. lucy gooch - my lights kiss your thoughts every moment 17. ocoeur - glow 18. talsounds - no rise 19. benoît pioulard - toward a boundless uncertainty, sunlit but shivering 20. dj python - te conocí 21. eluvium - virga i (ii) 22. arbee - 2sum (charlie dreaming remix) 23. warmth - the creek - mixed 24. 36 - stasis sounds for long-distance space travel (stage 2) 25. aether - seoul [piano] 26. brian eno - celeste 27. itoko toma - shade 28. haruka nakamura - one light 29. robert haigh - black sarabande [lo-fi hip hop/chillhop] 30. cocabona - image 31. ridhorules - here to stay 32. ngyn - aerith 33. snail's house - thinkin' of u. 34. city girl - ji-eun's favorite 35. chromonicci - midnight 36. eevee - romance 37. goosetaf - dancing trees 38. yutaka hirasaka - what if 39. tatsuya maruyama - love you (lo-fi remix) 40. kuranes - cozy again 41. slick walk - the devil's lick 42. pabzzz - skippin rocks [hip-hop] 43. dumbfoundead - inside 44. vel the wonder - roses 45. kari faux - look at that 46. bosco - attention 47. jean deaux - moody! 48. kiana ledé - movin. 49. juice wrld - righteous [r&b/jazzish] 50. nakala - she interlude ii 51. alina baraz - endlessly 52. loony - white lie 53. savannah cristina - comfortable 54. umi - mother 55. fleur east - easy to love 56. be steadwell - succulent 57. keiyaa - do yourself a favor 58. cleo sol - when i'm in your arms 59. masego - veg out (wasting thyme) 60. adrian younge - synchronize vibration 61. king most - jazzy as fug 62. thelonious coltrane - perfect timing 63. thundercat - unrequited love [ambient hip-hop/electrohop] 64. 4s4ki - nexus 65. yaeji - my imagination 상상 66. 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january 2020

1. hamidasystem - solid 2. elephant gym - gaze at blue 3. genie high - プリマドンナ 4. the natsuyasumi band - 星の日(star days) 5. emerald - mirage 6. yui sakakibara - kanpekina sekai 7. mei ehara - 最初の日は(aaron choulai remix) 8. zombie-chang - saredo shiawase 9. rei yasuda - asymmetry 10. nuance - i know power 11. ayano kaneko - ぼくら花束みたいに寄り添って 12. yonige - みたいなこと 13. base ball bear - いまは僕の目を見て 14. cinema staff - skeleton 15. hitorie - polaris 16. amazarashi - play goodbye 17. 桜エビ~ず - 灼熱とアイスクリーム 18. せだい - チャームポイント 19. majiko - 声 - acoustic version 20. akaiko-en - highway cabriolet 21. lucie,too - あなたの光 22. hinds - riding solo 23. beach bunny - ms. california 24. the dollyrots - kat's meow 25. shady bug - make it up 26. the front bottoms - camouflage 27. great deceivers - what was the question? 28. la dispute - view from our bedroom window 29. pile - hair 30. the appleseed cast - chaotic waves 31. chinese football - rafting in the world 32. by surprise - i can see the sun 33. i love your lifestyle - adrenaline rush to kill my crush 34. jetty bones - to know you... 35. floral print - six pillows 36. delta sleep - in the air 37. weyes blood - something to believe 38. cape weather - never say 39. emily yacina - arcades & highways 40. common holly - little down 41. annika norlin - hibernation 42. waveform* - honey 43. broken social scene - remember me young 44. water from your eyes - no better now 45. laura stevenson - dermatillomania 46. hélène barbier - tidal bore 47. alexia avina - dream 48. wand - thin air 49. camp claude - double dreaming 50. winter - nothing more 51. big brave - muted shifting of space 52. misha - luv pact 53. oatmello - perspective 54. leaf beach - motions 55. bryzone_ybp - forgive me 56. the pom-poms - sunshine 57. ashnikko - manners 58. rico nasty - hard 59. tommy genesis - bricks 60. chance the rapper - handsome 61. tobi lou - i was sad last night i'm ok now 62. atmosphere - postal lady 63. vel the wonder - mya’s planet 64. iamddb - bubble tea 65. oshun - lifted 66. kaytranada - the worst in me 67. kehlani - all me 68. madison mcferrin - no room 69. arlo parks - sophie 70. boerd - before we drown 71. bülow - sweet little lies 72. cassie marin - electric 73. alessia cara - what's on your mind? 74. hayley kiyoko - runaway 75. aly & aj - church 76. anna of the north - playing games 77. agø - 어린왕자 78. crck/lcks - crawl 79. boa - starry night 80. oohyo - butter chicken 81. ashmute - subway 82. cosmic boy - about time 83. gfriend - truly love 84. cream - love + party 85. oh my girl - bungee 86. tiptoe. - letter 87. monari wakita - love timeline 88. nana mizuki - light births shadow 89. bbhf - mirror mirror 90. aimer - monochrome syndrome 91. little glee monster - i feel the light 92. i don't like mondays. - lemonade 93. billie eilish - my strange addiction 94. annie hart - longing to care less 95. shallou - fading 96. nora van elken - skyforest 97. anna lunoe - 303 98. 3lau - tokyo 99. aaamyyy - z 100. namasenda - 24/7 101. slow magic - when it rains but the sun is out too 102. vantage - count what you have now 103. adrianwave - babylove 104. consciousthoughts - funk from the future 105. fujifire - yuri love 106. android apartment - night it's belong to sorrow 107. sukisha - pink jewelry dream 108. banvox - feel 109. kabuki - tightbeam (synthion remix) 110. arch - ctrl 111. aintops - milky way 112. brinq×アンテナガール  - question (yunomi remix) 113. templime - pureness 114. couple n - sweet memories 115. snail's house - kitty 116. akira kosemura - a song from the past 117. nanahira - precious days 118. paniyolo - weave rainbow 119. sweet dove - the storm

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