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[frootertooter]

I love her. I love her so much. Just a wab of sealy goodness. A mass of joy, of wonder, of absolute whimsy. A happy beacon in a sea of bloodshed. A well fed, well loved, fella of pure sweetness. She deserves everything, the world, and more.

[dolliestfairy]

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 ๋ 𝆹 ׅ ✧୧

Ghost & Konig React to meeting a Chubby!fem!reader who is a Fawn Fairy 🧚🏻‍♀️

this 3 picture above is made by @fairydxlll on pinterest ᖫྀ 𔓘

୨. ⊹ quick explanation : the fem reader in here is explained having a fawn ears, a plus size body, and a fairy wings :) reader skin color is not announced. readers also located/found in some whimsical forest 🦋𔓘

୨. ⊹ Content Warning : fluff, tiny tiny tiiiny angst ( sad kidself konig) Isolate/gatekeep. a little spice in ghost part, (broken) germanic in konig part 💀 also a kinda broken english. just a silly little fanfic of mine. this fanfic is a fantasy sprinkle on a military genre. rushed fanfic. kidself konig obsessed with you<33 just two big buffy military men falling in love with a non-human female reader.

Enjoy ᖫྀ ‹𝟹

• Simon Ghost Riley

The first time he sees you flying with fairy wings and a fawn-like ears in the middle of the forest he thinks himself crazy, he thinks he have been hallucinating. maybe its the effect of War, theres no way this type of creature is real, he must be crazy. so the first time he sees you, the next day he tried to avoid you, trying to act like you're a Ghost, you're not exist. because you're a distraction. a distraction that keep him from focusing on his duty. yet, everytime he sees you, even if it was just an accident or coincidence, he cant keep his eyes off you, you're just so.. ethereal. you're too beautiful to be exist in this humiliating world. so then he tried to communicate.. with you. he try to give you something that maybe a fairy would love, a flower, a butterfly, even a poem or a love letter, and hell, he even buys a fairytale books for 2 or 3 just to know anything about what fairy like and dislike, and after a while, he manage to get close enough to you in face to face. the first thing he said to you after he manage to get close enough to talk to you was "You're the Most Breathtaking Creature i've ever laid my eyes on." he would try his best to keep anyone or everything that is harmful away from you, he knows you're a precious creature, if the world knows anything about you you'll be hunted across the nation for everything you had. so he's going to gatekeep you. i just hope you're not gonna be bored meeting him everyday and talk to him literally everyday until his last breath. and one of the features you had that ghost really love is your fawn ears and your chubby body!!. he thinks its an unique but also a very cute combination with your fairy wings and your chubby body. if he's feeling moody he's gonna play with your ears or your belly, and not to mention he's gonna humiliated those two in bed 😏.

• Konig

Shocked. the first time he sees you flying??? oh my god he's on a wrecked emotion!! he doesnt know how to feel honestly, but its also brings the kidself out in him. he was just overwhelmed by the fact that he's just see a fairy with a fawn ears flying literally right in front of him!!, so after he sees you, you went run from him and so you dissapear. his kid self that was out before is feeling kinda sad and neglected by the fact that you're gone :( but his adult self is kinda not believing what he was just witness, like ghost, the adult self him kinda thinks that maybe he's just hallucinating. but unlike ghost, the next day, he's going to go to that place where he met you just because 1.) the adult him wants to be confirmed by your existence and 2.) His kidSelf is literally begging, screaming, and shouting at him to make him go and meet you again. so when he go to the place where it was at the middle of the forest, he look around and he sees you.. peeking through the woods tryna seeing him, and once he recognize where you are and what you were doing, again, his kidself is IMMEDIATELY out of his body, and this time, he wasnt gonna let you go. he's literally chasing you. and of course its scared you not to mention his big bear figure. so the second he start chasing towards you, you immediately flying forward him and start dissapearing again. this is making konig once again really sad, espesially, of course, the kid in him. the adult self on him is actually kinda happy because turns out you're truly exist and now he's gonna try everything to make him get close to you, and like ghost, he also buys a fairytale book to know anything about fairies like and dislike, but unlike ghost, he isnt buy 2 or 3 pieces of fairytale books, he buys like THOUSANDS OF THEM like its not even funny cus both his kid self and his adult self is both determinated to get close enough to you, and you witnessing everything they've been done to get closer to you and after you confirmed that they werent as harmful as they look like (well not towards you) you decided to give in. (yass our dainty konig princess is getting his own chubby fairy friend! <33) and it makes his kidself sooo happy like everytime he sees you, the one that talks to you was almost him, not the adult konig. and the first thing he said after he manage to get close enough to you was "I Promise no harm will come to you. I promise I will be your Soldier Just for you mein kleines Reh." [mein kleines Reh : my little fawn/deer] and you know he meant it. & if he doesnt have any duty or if he wasnt on the battlefield hes going to waste his time by talking to you, and let me tell you, he was sooo happy while doing so, and just like he promises, he kept you safe from everyone or everything that is harmful, and just like ghost, his favorite part of you was your fawn ears and your chubby body, his adult self love the curves on your body while the kidself on him LOOVE almost EVERYTHING parts of yours. your fawn ears, your beautiful curves and your beautiful fairy wings, your doe eyes, EVERYTHING. he loves you so much and he will try everything he had left to keep you safe and away from anything that is harmful.

[cissa-calls]

Countdown to Agatha All Along: Day 869

I think this has been my favourite promotional piece (besides the live performance of witches road) thus far. The discussion of how much love and complexity went into the art, costume, sets, props, practical effects - just the entire production side of the show - such an impressive and interesting display!! It artistically inspirational, a love letter to the narrative.

Some of my personal favourite details:

Her coat? Lined with purple fabric, so when she twirls it flys up to reveal a subtle flash of hidden colour

The witches road? A full set with lighting IN the actual tree bark so it looks like it’s glowing. The lighting just highlights how beautiful and eerie its constructed

Costumes? This bodice piece is a blend of sculpture and sewing made with fabric and possibly silicon? It looks like a rotting root system, like vines are both growing and decaying out of the chest

The house? A full little set!!! With a painted background and interior lighting.

Creatures?! Actual monsters (however I am unsure of whether it is puppetry, animatronic, or an actor). But a mixture of weird materials, just look at the translucency of the webbing in the wings, sinewy and fleshy.

This scene? Water CRASHING through the windows and flooding the entire room. The dramatics of a renaissance or pre-raphaelite painting (a bold statement, but I find the use of actual water SO whimsical and overwhelming).

Skip to 1:33 for a genre/era change in The Ballad of the Witches’ Road!

[reggie-the-dyke]

about me ig

name hoard io / atlas / dove / wisteria / ella / callisto / hestia / athena give me nicknames or name suggestions i will absorb them terms n labels n stuff she/he/it/star/cloud/any neutral or fem terms bambi lesbian / ace / genderfae / quoiromantic ✨whimsical creature✨❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈❤️✨🏳️‍🌈 alterhuman -feline therian -dryad/elfkin interests musical theatre agsjdkslwjslsl stardew valley !! riordanverse :3 writing reading drawing undertale/deltarune uhhh other stuff i’m forgetting #the slug chronicles a story about slug

SEND ME ASKS I’M BEGGING YOU if you recognize me from the hive. PLEASE INTERACT !! i’d love to see you guys here :33 okay byebye. evaporates

[dumyhead]

tf2 but theyre in a fantasy world (and maybe whimsical creatures :33)

offense goes first because i drew solly first and felt like i wanted to do them in order

little details lolz:

+ solly's helmet is stolen from a knight

+ this is the first time ive tried to realistically draw a horse. how the fuck did i even do scout what art god possessed me

+ pyros clothes r fireproof !! also theyre a mix of salamander n elemental :]

[nonbinaryaubrey]

I wanted to thank you for introducing me to rosy maple moths. such whimsical little creatures

literally best creature fucking ever.. cute moth AND its pink... what more could u ever need <33

[selfshippinglover]

HELLO CICI :33 free pass to gush abt whoever is on the brain rn

[ @m30w-xd ]

HIHII LAAAACEY AND TY TY TYSM FOR THE ASSSK!

I am still thinking about The Digital Circus creatures but I wanna talk about Caine! Silly, whimsical teeth mans! All bite no bark! The man, the myth, the legend! The silly >w>,,

Since it's been confirmed that Caine isn't malicious and just doesn't understand how people work, I hc that he's actually quite lonely? And probs touch starved?? Like, you see him put his hand on Pomni's shoulders a whole bunch throughout the pilot and do the same to Zooble despite their annoyance lol

Though he doesn't do it as much with the other characters(i think it's because their walls are already drawn??) he picks up and brings Pomni around really casually too? Like, I WANT TO BE THAT GIRL FR FR

So of course I hc that once Caine is certain of his feelings(but i like to think it starts out more subconsciously) he does anything to be able to get like, hand touches? Light brushes past one another? Accidentally touching hands a-and stuff >///>

so of course we casually hold hands and cling to another when we actually get together

j-just being clingy t-together makes me soft U//v//U

And yeah, I know he's most likely dated the moon(and gotten frisky???) so he's probably not new to romance but come ON HE READS AS TOUCH STARVED TO ME!!

And generally lonely. I think he's created all the npcs and Bubble, created the circus, and then figured out how to reach out to the real world. Making the circus beforehand so people would wanna stay with him qwq

[bethiewhimsy]

lgbtq+ ask for my beloved <33

are there ways you wish you could present yourself differently but you cant? ++ which flag color scheme is your fave :))

hello beloved <3 tyvm!

- are there ways you wish you could present yourself but you can’t?

there are innumerable ways :,) i’d like to cut my hair and wear period clothes and have pride pins on my jackets. but other times it’s day to day. some days i want to be as feminine as can be. others i want to be androgynous (which is something i need to learn how to do. help.) and other days i want to be a dashing young lad. and other days i want to look like a whimsical creature. it’s a whole mess. an actual disaster.

- which flag color scheme is your fave?

ezra already asked me this, but i have another answer ahaha (i literally love all the flags !!! they’re all so pretty wkdkasjsnnw)

i chose these two! the first one’s the aceflux flag and the second one’s the genderfae flag :)

[another-heroine]

💎💎💎 you can pick whoever out of my ocs!! no pressure though <33

From this ask game

Hello Romeo, hope you are feeling better!

And now, Andrine will speak about Ven:

Oh, Ven, dear Ven... So small, but so fierce. I mean, you went through hell and high water many times, and you are still here! It's really a big deal!

When everybody was down in the dark times of the Barony, and I know you were as well, you kept being whimsical as always, putting our humours up again. Because it's better laugh than cry, right? Even when our eyes are stubbornly watering.

Go and conquer the world, girl. And if somebody wrongs you, make them be sorry, you trickster creature. I'd rather die your friend.

[greenlikethesea]

for the ask game! 4, 17, 33?

4. which cryptyd being do you believe in?

oh you don't know what can of worms you have opened, my love!

i believe in a lot of them, but it comes from the place of "the okapi was thought of as a mythical creature and there are many animals that seem mythical that used to exist and/or still do exist" as opposed to a grand spiritual place. like the tasmanian wolf was a real animal but you cannot tell me it doesn't seem like something someone would make up. plus there are many cross over animals in mythology all over the world -- dragons, elves, the like. i believe in a lot of it!

17. are you farsighted or nearsighted?

very very slightly slightly farsighted. i have near perfect vision and i'm the only person in my immediate family who is not vision impaired in any significant way.

33. the last adventure you’ve been on?

what a whimsical question! i have fallen into romanticizing my life as of late, i will say, so i see even the most mundane things as adventures. however, my last proper adventure was probably a trip to a karaoke lounge with @sparklyslug, @therestlessdead, and @howaboutanicecuppa for several hours of singing!

weirder asks

[westeroslive]

when  the  sun  rises  in  the  west,   the  gods  eyes  are  drawn.  may  the  seven  have  mercy  upon  you  as  we  welcome  you  to  court,   lady marcella baratheon, princess viserra targaryen, lord pearse sunglass, lady malenie marbrand !   now  a  victim  of  the  court,  the  bards  compare  your  beauty  to  ni ni, milly alcock, michael evans behling, dominique davenport  as  you  play  the  game  in  the  midst  of  seasoned  nobles.

behave  and  follow  the  queen's  word  written  in  our  checklist  and  submit  your  account  within  24  hours.  

࣪𓏲ּ  ֶָ  𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝒕𝒗  ⁝         NI NI,  33,  female,  she/her.    announcing  the  arrival  of  MARCELLA  of  house  BARATHEON,  the  HEIR OF STORM’s END.  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  ASTUTE  and  INSIDIOUS  in  disposition,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  POLITICS.  if  we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them,  it  might  tell  stories  of  a vicious creature with flowing, midnight hair, hundreds of hundreds of books spread across tables and strewn across the floor, golden lighting that streaks across the sky, illuminating the world below for only a second.  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie.  are  they  right  to  whisper?  for  their  loyalties  truly  lie  with  THE  TARGARYENS / THE STORMLANDS.          (  ooc  :  jade,  24,  she/her,  pst  )

࣪𓏲ּ  ֶָ  𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝒕𝒗  ⁝         milly alcock,  26,  demi woman,  she / her.    announcing  the  arrival  of  VISERRA  of  house  TARGARYEN,  the  PRINCESS of  WESTEROS  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  ADVENTUROUS  and  IRASCIBLE  in  disposition,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  swordplay.  if  we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them,  it  might  tell  stories  of  bright violet eyes watching all in a quest for knowledge, clang of sword upon sword while one parries and cuts, curiosity that's yet to kill the cat.  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie.  are  they  right  to  whisper?  for  their  loyalties  truly  lie  with  THE  TARGARYENS.          (  ooc  :  stephanie,  25,  est,  they / them )

࣪𓏲ּ  ֶָ  𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝒕𝒗  ⁝         michael evans behling,  33,  cis man,  he / him.    announcing  the  arrival  of  PEARSE  of  house  SUNGLASS,  the  LORD of  SWEETPORT SOUND  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  WHIMSICAL  and  POSSESSIVE  in  disposition,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  poisons.  if  we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them,  it  might  tell  stories  of  laughter and boasting tones filling the air, voice so sweet one might weep, poisoned tipped daggers kept beneath pillows.  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie.  are  they  right  to  whisper?  for  their  loyalties  truly  lie  with  HOUSE SUNGLASS.          (  ooc  :  stephanie,  25,  est,  they / them  ) - trystane tyrell's broken betrothal connection

࣪𓏲ּ  ֶָ  𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝒕𝒗  ⁝         dominique devenport,  30,  cis woman,  she / her.    announcing  the  arrival  of  MALENIE  of  house  MARBRAND,  the  HEIR  of  ASHEMARK  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  DECISIVE  and  JUDGEMENTAL  in  disposition,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  archery.  if  we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them,  it  might  tell  stories  of  highlighted brown and blonde hair pulled back into a loose braid with a ribbon tying it back, sounds of bangles clinking together while enjoying a night of revelry, danger hiding in plain sight.  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie.  are  they  right  to  whisper?  for  their  loyalties  truly  lie  with  THE  TARGARYENS.          (  ooc  :  stephanie,  25,  est,  they / them / king lucy  )

[maroonghoul]

Ranking of all the Christmas Horror Movies I’ve seen (as of 2023)

Updated for some new movies I watched this year:

36.Alien Raiders

35.Anna & the Apocalypse

34.Better Watch Out

33.Good Tidings

32.The Wolf of Snow Hollow

31.Jack Frost

30.I Trapped the Devil And this is why you never do surprise visits. Either that or call ahead and touch base long beforehand. It was a bit interesting that the ambiguity of whether it was actually anything supernatural went out sooner then I expected. Then again, if the devil can't keep lying to you, messing with your head would be his plan B. Of course, that means this had to be 90% atmosphere. How much you want to bet he could've easily left the whole time; this was just more fun?

29.Slay Belles

28.P2 Actually a bit similar to Better Watch Out, and while that one looks better visually, I rank this one higher because I believed this villain felt a little more like a real person. Lately, villains that are both masterminds and immature man-children disinterest me, because I can't reconcile those two traits in my head these days. I have a easier time if it's one or the other. Plus, maybe the grungier surrounding felt more appropriate because a too whimsical approach to this "Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them" just rubs the wrong way.

That being said, yeah this location loses some of it's scare factor when it becomes monotonous and hard to navigate. I would've appreciate just a little more variety in the locations used I guess. The use of music is nice at least. Also appreciated how bloody the kills are.

27.The Advent Calendar While the gimmick itself seems to be the only link, I liked the idea of tying "Be careful what you wished for" horror stories to Christmas. Blame George Bailey.

That being said, there's an argument that the conceit of the main character is rather ableist. I can roll with it this time since her previous job and passion, dancing, heavily depended on having working legs, so it's easier to buy. For once, I'd like more disabled characters whose job and hobbies DON'T require it and so can visibly cope. It's getting frustrating.

I did love how open ended they left it. Sometimes, there being a choice at all is more important for a story then what the characters actually chose. Kinda don't want a sequel because of it.

26.Cronos To be honest, this would've actually ranked much higher if it used more iconography. Hell, it becomes New Years halfway through. I get why it's invoked though. It's interesting to go back to the start of Del Toro's career, with one of the most unique vampire movies I've ever seen.

In most body horror set ups like this, Gris would become the main threat, instead of remaining the victim pretty much throughout. I don't think he even kills anyone for their blood.

Vampires are at their most interesting, as a concept and as characters, when they're always in control of their choices, good and bad. Otherwise, why not pick zombies or werewolves?

It's pretty amazing that right out the gate, Del Toro took arguably the most popular monster type of all time, and likened it to a gentle grandparent. Great tone setter for his whole filmography, in hindsight.

25.All the Creatures were Stirring

24.Sint

23.The Lodge

22.Black Christmas (2019)

21.Body

20.Red Snow Yet another Vampire Christmas movie. This time, with a reality check that most of them would be arseholes. Not necessarily wild beasts. That would almost be an improvement.

The movie also keeps you guessing over what side Luke would fall to in the end. Given the way the actor plays it like even he doesn't seem to know is a good touch. And his feedback on the book's characters; snipes at the tropes or his own insecurity? You tell me.

Poor Olivia thought she was getting her own version of Twilight, and instead got Blade by way of Fargo. That sentence is utter nonsense without the context. I would say I want to see a show or movie like that, but I could probably get that fix by just catching up on What We Do in The Shadows. Not that this is anything like that though.

Remember, vampires aren't evil because they're not human at all. They're evil because they kept the worst parts of being human.

19.Pooka Went in thinking tis would be an update of Christmas Evil, but it's more like a Xmas-themed Angel Heart. An obvious commentary on how soul draining working heavily in consumerism can be, masking how bad and traumatized people can do mental gymnastics to avoid the hard truth about their mistakes. Literally, the worst possible Christmas I've seen that didn't have a typical killer. Of course, that twist ending reminds me of...

18.Dead End

17.Black Friday (2021) Also works as a Thanksgiving movie. Anyone's whose worked in a place that affected by Black Friday or Christmas shopping in general FEELS this movie in their bones. Even before the zombies show up. This is why I stay indoors or at work during these days. Sure, the titular day means less and less every year, but let's continue the trend.

16.Silent Night (2012)

15.It's a Wonderful Knife Remake a holiday classic, but make George Bailey a lesbian and Mr. Potter a low rent Trump (Oh god, is that saying a lot!) that gets so fed up that he goes on a killing spree dressed in what would happen if Ghostface bleached his entire costume? Sure, why not. Give the killer Santas a break. And you get to kill him twice.

Although, that third act superpower makes absolutely no sense. I get that it's meant to secure a few plot points together, but...just no. Seriously, where did it even come from? Also, even though how the love interest remembers it is making my head spin. Not how she remembers, but if she remembers both timelines. What problems would come if she only remembers one? And Joel McHale is way too good playing a prick then as a loving dad, I'm sorry. Community has ruined me for him.

Like the subtext of it all though. The messaging, I mean. Y'know given the fiasco going on lately behind the scenes with Scream VII, maybe I'll just pretend this is the real Scream VII. We'll see.

14.Wind Chill

13.Christmas Bloody Christmas

12.Santa's Slay

11.The Children

10.Rare Exports

9.A Christmas Horror Story

8.Day of the Beast Was this meant as a parody of every catholic horror movie released the past 30 years before it? It skewered them good! Pleas tell me the antichrist was fake in this and what we had was one of the insane yet friendliest rampages committed to film! It even has a Peter Vincent clone that keeps getting worse and worse things happening to him! I'd just preferred it was more visibly blasphemous.

7.Deadly Games

6.Silent Night (2021) Surprised? Maybe it's here because I over thought how the significance of the holiday tied in with the apocalypse in this movie. I'm sure if you went back far enough in history, hundreds or thousands of years ago, anytime winter rolled around seemed apocalyptic to people. Of course, mostly to the lower classes. And now with a hypothetical scenario that can feel as bad as those times must have felt, rather then actually tough it out or try to learn from, the government and the upper class jump to take the cowards way out. A little Poe, isn't it?

Cue one of the more depressing then maybe hopeful endings to one of these movies. (Depends to how you react to the very last shot and believe about the plot point concerning the homeless and immigrants)

5.Christmas Evil

4.Krampus

3.Scrooged

2.Black Christmas (1974)

1.Gremlins

[cee-grice]

ooooo life and magic being intertwined, love that idea!! everything that's alive has magic in them....that's so whimsical <33 does this mean animals are also able to use magic to some extent? does this make every animal a magical creature?? idk why but the thought is making me so happy....love magical creatures :((

i just gotta say, hearing about magic systems is one of my favorite things, so this is fantastic <3 it's such a neat one, too!! feels like it fits the vibe of the story? and aghh, yeah, nature magic is so cool, love that for the farmers, i, too, would like to be able to talk to chickens :))) they're, like, small powers, but can be very useful if applied in specific situations. a lot can definitely be done here!

Happy worldbuilding wednesday!! I wanted to ask about the magic in Alesseia—you mentioned everyone has it, but how does it look like at the lowest level? How do the people in caste 6 most commonly use it?

Hello, thank you so much for the ask!! I'm really happy someone is interested in learning about my world 💖 Sorry for answering it a bit late (it's Friday morning in my time as I answer this) but I was busy 😅

Before I can answer your question, I wantto talk about how magic works in this world, so buckle down and strap in!

Magic is defined in Alesseia's world as the essence of life, the power that every individual holds. This isn't to say that magic is only found in living organisms (the earth itself contains much magic, which is why Alesseians tend to think of the earth as a living thing) but rather, magic is a semi-corporeal substance that empowers life. Whatever supports magic supports life, as magic is what makes life blossom in this world.

With that in mind, it can be said that every living organism has magic in one way or another. Of course, all humans definitely have magic. If anything, humanoid species are notable for having some of the most powerful¹ strains of magic available.

[1] This is what modern humanoids believe in Alesseia's world. Is it true though? Eh, that's a question that can be answered by reading.

However, magic works differently for everyone; each human has a unique² strain of magic, so not all humans have the same powers. That's why they've sorted themselves into various castes³ depending on the rarity and power level of magic.

[2] On a small tangent related to this: magic is commonly noted to be the unique power of an individual, but that is a bit of a misconception. While each individual has a unique strain of magic in the same way every organism has a unique DNA sequence, this doesn't mean that they don't share magical similarities with each other, or that the outward characteristics (i.e. how magic is expressed) will not be similar. This is a lot of words that basically boil down to "people can do similar magic even when they're not related."

[3] See footnote number 1.

Last notable thing: magic is inherently a natural part of this world. That means everyone can naturally do magic without needing specific tools, accessories, or rituals. Of course, some people may experience difficulties in casting magic for one reason or another, which is why things like wands, potions, and certain traditions were invented to help with casting magic. Some items may even allow them to use magic outside of their capabilities, though technically they aren't casting magic themselves. These inventions may have even brought in new strains of magic that weren't available in the past.

So... How do people in the lowest caste use magic?

The average person in Caste 6 generally has magic underneath one or both of the following categories:

their magic is significantly weaker than others with similar powers (example: only being able to control a few gallons of water at a time)

their magic is too specific to be considered powerful (example: only being able to "communicate" with chickens, not even other birds, just chickens)

Other examples include fruit ripening, flora/fauna identification, healing minor injuries, minor usages of air and earth magic, and lots of other relatively small magical types that are associated with nature.

It's notable that these powers are generally useful in modern day society; the first two examples above are great for fish and chicken farmers. However, they're not considered powerful enough by the ruling families for a higher caste.

Shame, isn't it?

[thecreaturecodex]

Drainberry Bush

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[The drainberry bush might be my favorite monster in the PFRPG 2e Bestiary 2. It is genuinely whimsical and potentially threatening, and could easily be portrayed by a Muppet. My biggest change to this version is removing its telepathy, because I think it’s much more fun for it to actually speak. I did take the phrases it uses straight from the original entry, because they’re so good. These would pair well with a calygraunt, posted on this blog about a month ago, if you’re looking for a weird nature-themed merchant encounter. The fey is the brains, the plant is the brawn.]

Drainberry Bush CR 7 N Plant This thorny bush is shaped something like a face. It drags itself along on a bundle of roots, and four long vines emerge, acting as arms. Bundles of bright red berries grow on its branches, and it is decorated with jewelry.

Drainberry bushes are carnivorous plants native to the First World. Their bodies are infused with positive energy, granting them strange, secondhand healing powers. They require blood for sustenance, and whenever they feed on blood, they generate bright red berries. These berries are flavorful, although they do taste of iron, and can restore the hit points of creatures that consume them. Drainberry bushes understand that other creatures value their berries, and gladly sell them.

A drainberry bush can understand several languages, although it only speak in short phrases. It communicates ideas such as “money please”, “deal good”, “deal bad”, “want that”, “thank you, customer” and “no refunds”. It typically values the price of its berries at 750 gp per cluster, although drainberry bushes enjoy gaudy and flashy items and may part with a berry cluster for a cheaper but more eye-catching treasure. If creatures are unwilling to deal with a drainberry bush, it usually ignores them, but if they try to steal from it, it fights back and makes more berries from their blood.

Most of a drainberry bush’s sustenance comes from animals. They rarely attack humanoids, since they view these as customers more often than as food. Drainberry bushes move from place to place, and get bored if they don’t have the opportunity to travel. They get along with most fey creatures, which make strange and heady wines from their berries, and despise the undead. They are typically found alone, but several may converge on an area of sustained activity in their forests, like a battle or revel, in order to take advantage of the commercial opportunity.

Drainberry Bush   CR 7 XP 3,200 N Large plant (extraplanar) Init +2; Senses deathwatch, low-light vision, Perception +9 Defense AC 18, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (-1 size, +2 Dex, +7 natural) hp 84 (8d8+42) Fort +12, Ref +4, Will +6 Immune plant traits; Resist negative energy 10; Weakness vulnerable to fire Offense Speed 20 ft., climb 15 ft. Melee 2 slams +11 (1d8+6 plus grab) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. Special Attacks drain blood Statistics Str 22, Dex 15, Con 22, Int 7, Wis 18, Cha 15 Base Atk +6; CMB +13 (+17 grapple); CMD 25 (33 vs. trip) Feats Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Great Cleave, Power Attack Skills Diplomacy +12, Knowledge (nature) +0, Perception +9, Stealth +3 (+11 in undergrowth); Racial Modifiers +8 Diplomacy, +8 Stealth in undergrowth Languages Aklo, Common, Sylvan SQ blood berries, consume berries, wild empathy +10 Ecology Environment any forests (First World) Organization solitary, pair or market (3-6) Treasure standard (see below) Special Abilities Blood Berries (Ex) A drainberry bush has 1d6+3 clusters of berries growing on its branches. If picked, the berries last for 1 day before decomposing. A creature that consumes a cluster of berries as a standard action heals 2d8+8 points of damage. A creature can pick berries from an unwilling drainberry bush with a successful combat maneuver or Sleight of Hand check made against the drainberry bush’s CMD. Consume Berries (Ex) A drainberry bush may consume one of its own berry clusters as a move action, healing 2d8+8 points of damage. Deathwatch (Su) A drainberry bush can sense the health of creatures, and whether creatures are living, undead or neither, as if it was under the effects of a deathwatch spell. Drain Blood (Ex) A creature grappled by a drainberry bush must succeed a DC 20 Fortitude save on the beginning of its turn or take 2d8+8 points of damage. If the creature fails its save, the drainberry bush grows a new cluster of berries. Wild Empathy (Ex) A drainberry bush gains wild empathy as a druid with a class level equal to its Hit Dice.

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annnd here it is <33

(a whimsical lil au. woop woop.)

A Feeling In My Bones.

He'd always see him by the river. A boy bathed in sunlight, dipped in gold, all gilded edges and fiery smiles. Bronzed skin, hair falling in wild shaggy curls, leanly muscled and always barefoot. Threadbare clothes would be all that covered him, but he still looked like a prince.

He was a boy from the village. The son of the village minstrel, if he recalled correctly. It didn't really matter. He never saw him, never talked to him. He was a god he watched and admired from afar.

He never caught his name, either. The golden boy would simply walk down to the river banks, daily, and sit there on the shore, paddling his bare dirty feet in the shallows. He'd stay there for hours, staring at the ripples his feet made in the water. He never approached the boy. He'd only watch from the shadows.

One day, the boy strayed too close to the woods, and a wolf lunged at him, ravenous. He flicked his wrist from his perch on the treetop, unwilling to be seen but unable to let such a beautiful creature die. The wolf was struck by inexplicable pains and limped away, whimpering. The boy lay on the grassy floor, white with shock. He almost went to comfort him. He'd paled so much that constellations of freckles were visible, dusting his cheekbones. His lovely blue eyes were wide with fear.

The boy had run that day, and didn't return for a few days. He felt lonely. But then the boy returned, splashing at the river, and he felt content again.

Another time, while the boy was kicking at the water and weaving a daisy chain, a couple of imps caught sight of him and resolved to make away with him and sell him.

"Surely such a curiously pretty one would fetch a hefty sum," one imp cackled.

"I'd reckon," replied the other. "I'd wager we could be made rich if we sell him to the right man."

He felt a terrible anger rise within him, and he abandoned his post on the tree. He stormed up to the imps and wiped their memories clean. They'd never recall having seen the sunny boy in their lives.

The boy never knew of these small kindnesses. He didn't know of his silent guardian. And he was fine with that. He longed to talk to him, but he knew that the villagers didn't take kindly to beings such as he. So he opted to gaze from a distance, watching the reflected light from the river ripple and dance across the boy's features, transforming him from peasant to angel. He loved to see it.

One day, the boy sat as he always did by the river. He seemed to be trying to catch a fish with his bare hands. He leaned a little too far forwards, and—

He leapt from his seat on the tree branch, distance and guise be damned. The boy was struggling against the current, still trying to grasp a fish. Foolish, he thought to himself, but determined. His heart warmed. It scared him a bit.

He jumped into the river and caught hold of his wrist. The boy seemed to panic, but he pulled him back onto the shore, to safety.

The boy coughed, beating his chest and heaving. Then he looked up at his unlikely saviour and whispered, "You're a woodsprite."

He blushed. "Yes. I couldn't leave you to drown. I'll leave if—"

"No, no!" The boy shook his head vehemently, reddening. Water flew in a cascade of droplets as he moved. "I did not mean it like that! I just — thank you for saving me. I would have been swept away."

He bowed his head with a smile. "It was no problem. Are you alright?"

"I'll be fine," the boy assured him. He looked out across the waters. "I still haven't caught a fish. We've nothing for lunch."

He raised an eyebrow and snapped his fingers. A fish flew out from the river and onto the boy's lap. The boy yelped.

"Thank you! I really can't thank you enough," the boy cried. "You've been too kind. I must repay you."

"I require no recompense," he answered. "Only promise to be more careful around the river in future."

"Yes!" The boy nodded. He smiled. "How silly of me, I've not yet introduced myself. I'm William. Everyone calls me Will."

Will. A name fit for a nobleman. It suited him. "My name is Niccolo. Nico for short."

"Nico," the boy — Will — repeated, seeming to relish the sound of the name in his own mouth. He really was the most fascinating creature.

"Yes." Nico felt his mouth go dry as he stared. He looked away.

"Nico. If you could make the fish fly out of the water, why did you throw yourself into the river instead of magicking me out?"

Nico smacked himself. "I did not think to. I saw you fall and panicked."

"Ah." Will rubbed the back of his neck. "I apologise for the shock."

"It's quite alright."

"You're all wet now, though."

Nico stared at his soaking tunic. He patted it, and it dried. Will stared in awe. Nico made Will's own ratty clothes dry as well.

"Thank you!" Will said with that irresistible smile of his. "I've always wanted to meet a woodsprite," he said with a secretive air.

Nico found this admission intriguing. "Why? No one in your village seems to find my kind too friendly, it seems."

Will winced. "Yes. We've been cursed by sprites before. They don't take too kindly to you, especially the elders. But you've never hurt me personally, so I've ... honestly always really wanted to see one. And magic. I've got to see both today."

Nico couldn't help himself; he grinned. "Indeed. It's probably be best you kept this little venture to yourself, however. I wouldn't appreciate my woods being stormed by angry villagers."

"After such a kindness? Never!" Will declared. Nico laughed at his passion, charmed.

They talked for hours. Every time Will came back to the river, Nico was there. He admitted to having watched his daily walks to the river, and the wolf, and the imps. Will seemed to take to him as no one else ever had. It was a greater magic than Nico could ever conjure.

"Why do you keep coming to the river?" Nico asked one day. "If you're alright with me asking."

"Oh! Well." Will seemed to be readying himself for a confession. "My ... my brothers had drowned in this river. Two of them. They were older than me. They were trying to catch fish to feed us." Will's eyes filled with tears. "Lee and Michael. I miss them so much." He swiped at his eyes and gave a shaky smile. "I would've gone the same way if it weren't for you. I keep coming because I feel close to Lee and Mike, because the views are pretty, and because of you."

Nico felt a flush creeping over his face, but he found that he didn't really mind. "I'm glad. I enjoy your company."

"I do, too. Enjoy your company, I mean." Will seemed happy, despite the tears still shining in his eyes. Nico reached out and wiped them away. He was feeling brave. Enough so that he let his hand linger. Will caught it in a one-handed grasp and they stayed there, Nico's hand on Will's cheek and Nico's wrist entrapped in Will's clutch. They didn't move for a long while.

Nico felt the start of something wonderful blooming. He knew it. He felt it in his bones.