#Muse | Fabian

[luxmaeastra]

The fighting didn't end, just continued again and again. Adaine watched Fabian, the wind pulling at their clothes and armor.

He turned to her, raising an eyebrow at her. He couldn't munster his usual bravado, death and grief stripping that mask from him.

Emelin and Estrella made it all seem so complicated. She looked to the palace the reflection of her sycrying bowl, to the secret she'd taken from Achlys court room.

"I want to show you something if we survive this."

She wanted to see this with him, to go through that doorway with him - even if it didn't end with the hope she wanted.

Fabian cracked a smile and looked to the feild.

"Oh we will. We're going to be legends Adaine."

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Fabian stared at the orb and looked back to Adaine. He swallowed, whatever they'd had dancing around the last eight years.

Was this the moment he was going to know if it was true or not?

Did he want to have the nail on that metamorphic coffin.

"Are you sure Adaine this is -"

"I will not become my sisters."

She gently cupped the ball with a peice of velvet keeping it from touching her skin. She moved to the couch, gesturing for him to follow.

"What's so wrong with what your sisters did? I think it's romantic."

She snorted, cupping the ball in the peice of velvet in her lap.

"They are chasing males who may or may not be their other half. Have is that romantic? To choose a male who is hurting them and using them for their power and bodies? Why risk that?"

Fabian sat next to her and stared at the orb and back to her.

"You want me to go first?'

She looked at it, inhaling and holding it one flufi motion. The orb swirled, showing a nigh sky filled with stars and planets, it was a beautiful sight. She swallowed, this was the sky of Asgardr, of the Daglan.

The view shifted to show a male, her heart quickened. He was an army, a navy. He turned to look at her and she nearly dropped it. There was a scar over his left eye from his eyebrow to just under his eye. He was smirked at something she must have said.

She glanced to Fabian, focusing on that mark and held the Orb of Cartias to him. Her fingers shook she was sure.

"Adaine?"

"Take it. See. See it too please."

The unsaid and the unknown, he watched her quietly as she looked into the orb and saw for herself what she was looking for. He understood her stance on this, he understood the desire to know and be sure. He knew the fear of what she faced, especially seeing what her sisters went through.

It wasn't just Estella and Emelin, had not most her sisters' romances and matings started off in some turbulence? If he remembered correctly the only one who seemed to be untouched was Ember, who had found Randal and had settled down. Even Hallariel had her rough start.

Fabian smiled when she looked to him, when she finally said the words. His hand reached out, fingers brushing against the back of her hand as to steady them before he went to take the orb from her.

He looked into the Orb, into the swirl of darkness before lights began to fill the sky. A night sky. A mirror of her own scene, instead this one was mirror. Instead of seeing from her perspective, he was seeing his. He was seeing her, and the way she always looked to him - beautiful and illuminated.

"Adaine..."

[thisisnotthenerd]

Records of the Aguefort Adventuring Academy: File AAA-BKQ-04-DOJ

This file summarizes the junior year quest of the adventuring party known as the Bad Kids and notes extraordinary achievements in this process. Reference this associated file [the rat grinders timeline] for clarification on the specific actions of the opposing party.

Quest Summary:

Heroic Party: The Bad Kids

Adaine Abernant | Wizard 14

Kristen Applebees | Cleric 14

Figueroth Faeth | Bard 10 / Paladin 3 / Warlock 1 / "Barbarian" 0

Riz Gukgak | Rogue 14

Fabian Aramais Seacaster | Fighter 6 / Bard 8

Gorgug Thistlespring | Barbarian 5 / Artificer 9

Villainous Party: The Rat Grinders & Associated Staff Members

Porter Cliffbreaker

Jace Stardiamond

Kipperlilly Copperkettle

Oisin Hakinvar

Ruben Hopclap

Ivy Embra

Mary Ann Skuttle

Buddy Dawn

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Completed Quest Objectives:

These are separated into primary and secondary objectives achieved over the course of the quest, and have been generalized into categories for the sake of simplicity. All feats are listed numerically, but have no particular value inherent upon their placement; it may be based on chronology, the alphabet, related events, etc.

Primary Objective:

Prevention of the sundering of the name of Ankarna (Deity of Dawn, Justice, Fire, and Rage), the apotheosis of Porter Cliffbreaker, and the subsequent destruction of Elmville, home of the Aguefort Adventuring Academy

Notable Feats:

Gorgug Thistlespring remained in combat with Porter Cliffbreaker as a sole target, despite going down 4 times over the course of the combat. He further unleashed a flashbang which prevented Porter from lying to Ankarna and thus ensured Porter's demise.

Adaine Abernant worked within the bounds of utility casting to prevent environmental hazards and the opponents from downing her fellow party members. She further used her earworm to create a network between the Bad Kids, the villainous party, and the deities Ankarna and Cassandra, which allowed for Ankarna's divine intercession, after Adaine revealed the truth through divinatory skill.

Kristen 2 Applebees, with the aid of Kristen 1 Applebees, dispelled the effects of devil's honey that allowed Cliffbreaker to lie to Ankarna. Both Kristens kept their peers up throughout the combat, and brought the deity Cassandra back to her primary form, before establishing Cassandra and Ankarna as the first of a new pantheon worthy of her worship.

Riz Gukgak utilized a variety of tactical decisions and environmental hazards to strike at the enemies and fell them from hiding, in a pure display of roguish skill. He engaged in a one on one duel with Kipperlilly Copperkettle, and in felling her, prevented the disbandment of the Aguefort Adventuring Academy.

Fabian Seacaster, while an excellent combatant, released Bakur and brought allies of the party to participate in the combat from unconsciousness. He further initiated the correction of injustice that enabled Ankarna's reemergence with an untaught Divine Intervention.

Figueroth Faeth, after breaking the ancestral Curse of the Armor of Pride, served as the champion of Ankarna through the composition and performance of "Dawn of Justice" and "Righteous Rebel". She communed with the dead deity and took her rightful place as the Archdevil of Rebellion within Ankarna's domain. She further used this communion to trick Porter Cliffbreaker and the Rat Grinders with the false name Bacarath, while holding dominion over Ankarna's original domain. She then joined Kristen Applebees in establishing Ankarna and Cassandra as the bases of a new pantheon.

Secondary Objectives:

Achieve academic success at the Aguefort Adventuring Academy

Notable Feats:

Gorgug Thistlespring completed the coursework of three years of Artificer classes as well as one year of Barbarian classes. In this process, he discovered a new means of barbarian rage that could accommodate for Artificer spellcraft, thereby creating the Barbificer subclass.

Riz Gukgak found the Rogue professor Eugenia Shadow through months of careful investigation and dedicated effort and thus passed his junior year with an A+, though he maintained impeccable grades anyway.

Kristen Applebees attended her Cleric classes for much of the year without a present deity, performing miracles by her own hand and completing an independent study.

Figueroth Faeth changed her coursework to reflect a renewed interest in multiclassing; she completed independent studies on the Warlock and Bard tracks, and further incorporated Paladin coursework by attending Barbarian classes with the multiclass Barbarian-Paladin professor Porter Cliffbreaker.

Adaine Abernant maintained exemplary grades in Wizard coursework without the majority of the necessary material components. She further hosted an dance battle during her Wizard classes to defend the right of the Elven Oracle to be paid a competitive rate.

Fabian Seacaster joined the ranks of the dance Bards under Terpsichore Skullcleaver and completed the year with exemplary grades in both the Fighter and Bard tracks.

As a party, the Bad Kids faced the Last Stand Exam and were the first to achieve Arthur Aguefort's intended objective: living through the exam and spiting those who sought to send them to their death. Reference this document [The Last Stand Exam] for the proctor's notes on their performance.

Achieve extracurricular success at and outside of the Aguefort Adventuring Academy

Notable Feats:

Kristen Applebees, with the aid of her campaign manager Riz Gukgak, successfully ran for the position of Student Body President, beating out opposing candidate Kipperlilly Copperkettle

Figueroth Faeth served as the anonymous host of the "Complicated Women" podcast and opened her independent record label, which she used for the release of her sophomore album.

Riz Gukgak, after joining and participating in every extracurricular the Academy had to offer, became the school's Extracurricular Supervisor.

Adaine Abernant confronted the Court of Stars and successfully defended the right of the Elven Oracle, with Fabian Aramais Seacaster as her Champion, the Oracle of Dance.

Fabian Aramais Seacaster earned the title of Maximum Legend by opening his home to the many students of the Aguefort Adventuring Academy, serving as a pillar of the community, providing resources for studying, relaxation, and partying.

Gorgug Thistlespring continued his creation of the Barbificer subclass beyond the walls of the Aguefort Adventuring Academy, but proved his title of "Greatest Wizard of the Age", bestowed by Ayda Aguefort, by dunking on multiple adversaries: this included oinking at an officer of the law, soloing a purple worm, and getting Porter Cliffbreaker with a "Loser says What".

Adaine Abernant successfully created a remarkably British simulacrum of Kristen Applebees, named K2, who went on to participate in the murder of Wanda Childa (alter ego of Figueroth Faeth), apply to Hudol, call for the Divine Intervention of Cassandra in the form of the Nightmare King, and critically dispel the effects of devil's honey on Porter Cliffbreaker. The simulacrum was granted true life in the hands of Cassandra, but subsequently banished to a higher dimension, unreachable by mortal means in the world of Spyre.

Achieve investigative success with regard to the scheme of the villainous party

Notable Feats:

Figueroth Faeth took on an alter ego by the name of Wanda Childa to investigate the intentions and haunt the dreams of Ruben Hopclap. She capped this feat of social engineering off by orchestrating an elaborate death scene and mimicking the resurrection of the Rat Grinders.

Adaine Abernant, after speaking the name of Ankarna into the Material Plane, harnessed the energy of the breaking of the Curse of the Armor of Pride to release the soul gem of Bakur from the body of Lydia Barkrock, thereby allowing investigation of Ankarna's divine domain. She further used her arcane skill as the Elven Oracle to divine the intentions of Jace Stardiamond and cast Legend Lore upon the Temple of the Fallen Sun.

Riz Gukgak independently investigated the actions of the villainous party in the town of Elmville, including but not limited to: the nature of shatter-stars, the embedded crystals in Elmville's soil, the connection to Kalina the Shadow Cat and Ragh Barkrock, their travels to the Temple of the Fallen Sun, and the details of Porter's attempted apotheosis.

Kristen Applebees publicly opposed the Rat Grinders while running for Student Body President and thus stymied their attempts at gaining power over the school. She also, upon discovering the mutilated corpses of Lucy Frostblade and Yolanda Badgood, miraculously preserved their souls in the afterlife of Cassandra.

Fabian Seacaster's role as Maximum Legend and the resources of his home helped to prevent the escalation of rage that had been passing through Elmville by providing a space for recreation and relaxation that could alleviate the stresses that led to possession by the rage stars. He further sponsored the party's travel and connected with resources in Fallinel and Hell which enabled further investigation of the Rat Grinders' scheme

Gorgug Thistlespring, in between his establishment of the Barbificer Subclass, investigated the role of the Thistlespring Tree as Elmville's Root Warden, and the ritual performed there to transform Elmville into Ankarna's divine domain. He further used is skills as an artificer to adapt Seacaster Manor to flight and pilot it through the storm of the Nightmare King (dragon infested via ritual) such that the Bad Kids could face down the villainous party.

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Documented Adversaries:

This table accounts for all of the enemies faced by the bad kids over the course of their junior year, with documentation of the relative difficulty of the encounters and their prospective experience (XP) growth. Reference this spreadsheet for recent additions and previous adversaries faced by the Bad Kids.

[mccoyquialisms]

meanwhile adaine and fabian continue to be SO sibling

[brennan-lee-mother]

The second chapter of my angsty Fabian character study is up now. Hope you guys like vivid nightmares and bursts of unregulated anger!!

[fxirytxlcfxtc]

For @descended-from-fairytales - Important Talk Starring Fabian & Irene Madrigal

Fabian sighs. It hadn't been easy telling Irene where they were going or why. He'd ended up just settling on, "There's someone I need to introduce you to. And I know you're going to have a lot of questions, and it's just best if we all get to talk together."

Which. Is hard for a five year old, but it was the best he could do. Walking into the small coffee shop, he looks around for Calypso, holding Irene's hand. She looks up at him, confused, clinging to his arm a little bit more.

[cuteteacakes]

{🗡️} - "You played me like a fiddle, Fabian!"

"Oh no, Tristan. Fiddles are actually difficult to play. No, I played you like the cheap kazoo you are~"

{🗡️} - "!! You-!!!"

[romeowho]

can't believe the bad kids threatened to eat captain whitlock and didn't mention riz ate the fucking emperor of the red waste

[coreofgold]

@papcrrings for Fabian

"I haven't been on a date in quite a while." Shi Mei admits. "So forgive me if things get awkward."

[sebastianshaw]

FRIEND JUST SENT ME THIS AND IM HOWLING

also I learned a new word! apparently oleaginous means GREASY FSJGFJSD

[obscuremarvelmuses]

@sammysdewysensitiveeyes

ok I looked up what happened to Vanisher after getting SPLIT IN HALF YET KEPT ALIVE BY DARKSTAR and in Bizarre Adventures #27 it’s shown that “ The other half of the Vanisher's still-living body ended up in Poughkeepsie, New York. Luckily for him, the X-Men's Cerebro detected his other half, and the team then came to investigate the weird signal he was emitting. When the X-Man Nightcrawler grabbed hold of him to free him, however, both he and the Vanisher were transported to a strange, alternate dimension that served as a dumping ground for inter-dimensional travel. In the process, the Darkforce that had previously trapped Vanisher somehow reformed around him into a skinsuit, which he could manipulate to some degree. Exclusively populated by females, the humanoid beings inhabiting this realm worshipped the men who chanced upon them as gods. The Vanisher was more than happy to let them treat him this way. While he was separated from Nightcrawler, he lounged and dined with the beautiful women of this world. Because neither he nor Nightcrawler could use their teleportation abilities while in this world, the Vanisher used it as an opportunity to experiment with his Darkforce abilities, creating simple items like a flimsy Darkforce sword. When Nightcrawler eventually found the way back home, he came calling for the Vanisher, as they could only return home if they went together. The Vanisher, however, refused to leave this wonderful world, and put up a fight—a pathetic fight, but a fight nonetheless. Eventually Kurt got him through the portal, and they reappeared in Poughkeepsie only moments after they left. The Vanisher was mortified to discover that his Darkforce outfit had disappeared, leaving him completely naked in front of the X-Men. He vanished before the situation could humiliate him any further. “ ...Bizzare Adventure indeed.

[papcrrings-arch]

Fabian Prewett Tag Drop !!

[astllee]

"The Muse" by Fabian Perez for shits and giggles

[acourtcfmuses]

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[mccoyquialisms]

even though the time quangle live show stuff is technically not canon, my Adaine and Fabian as inseparable besties agenda lives on ❤️

[prcttyvxnom]

fabian diaz ┈ « tag drop. »

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Brennan really took Ally accidentally naming a goddess after a Greek mythology figure and ran with it this season. Fabian and his whole Narcissus thing with Ecaf. The dance bard teacher having the same name as the Greek muse of dance. The place where the shards went back to being essentially Tartarus (body of a god used to house/torture the worst sinners or in fantasy highs case, dead/forgotten gods). Ambrosia being needed for devils nectar when it originated as food for the gods in Greek and Roman mythology. I’m seeing a pattern here