#Snow Quartz

[lady-snow-flower]

The bedrooms were perfectly fine, spacious with some lovely windows that let in good light. They had solid wood floors which Snow always preferred to carpet. But Gem was right. She didn't like the kitchen and parts of that looked unfinished -- the railing seemed tacked on as an after thought-- and although the price for such a property was more than fair, Snow didn't want to live in a half-finished home.

Especially not with a baby.

She nodded. "I don't either. And those tiles downstairs really were--" she made the face again. Gem didn't care as much about the aesthetic but Snow certainly didn't want to cook in a place like that.

She smiled at the agent again. "We're ready to see the next property, I think."

"Ah! Of course! We actually just got a property added yesterday-- a corner lot at the end of this street! I'll meet you there!"

@gem-morey

Getting the House in Order || Snow Quartz

[gem-morey]

[ranans-art]

.SCHNEE QUARZ CANDIDA || 3.613 || SHE/HER

The mother of the protagonist. An enigmatic figure, with many secrets she took to the grave. Trying to keep her family safe, she tried to flee, only to disappear into the blizzard, leaving only Phan behind...

[screwpinecaprice]

Made adjustments with an older winter connverse because sometimes I like to revel on what improvement I had by 'correcting' my earlier stuff. Lol

[alienssstufff]

check this ou

[necroticboop]

SHINY ROCKS MAKE BRAIN GO BRRR : ↳ Quartz

[cinderswife]

ah yes, my favorite media. a grand story about the horror and tragedy of war set featuring a massive space war that was a rebellion against an oppressive colonial empire hellbent on conquest (which also experiments on its subjects), a main cast of mostly female characters, a key romance between two women, and a clone army of female super soldiers.

my favorite character in this story is a woman named rose. though not physically present in the text, her absence echoes throughout the narrative in a way that makes those closest to her do great and terrible things. she comprises one half of the key romance (of which the other half is deeply devoted to her even after she is gone). she has done some deeply awful things in her past, but that doesn't stop me excusing her shitty actions <3

wait, am i talking about steven universe or once upon a time in space?

(meme redraw lol)

[lady-snow-flower]

To Snow, Gem's silence was the loudest thing in the room. She was purposefully not looking at him either, purposefully trying to pretend him part of the furniture, thinking to herself Ah yes, that ladder? It's always been there.

The alternative was much more humiliating. At this point, she really should be used to embarrassing herself in front of him though.

Snow just breathed in through the nose, filling her lungs as much as she could before she let out a much shorter breath. That was the period to the end of sentence-- there was nothing more to say.

"I...I know you are. I forgive you," she said, and her tone was ever so much gentler. Tanya was still young. She still deserved forgiveness.

"Now-- let's all get back to work." Not that Gem stopped. She didn't even cast him a glance, just continued her path through the room, and exited into the dining room with a final click of her heels.

@twentytanya @gem-morey

Awkward! | Spooky Snow Quartz

[gem-morey]

🎄Three French Hens🎄[12 Days of xxx-mas]🔥[Snow Quartz]

In which Gem gets a birthday present from Snow…[takes place: December 9]

@lady-snow-flower

[cw – Adult Themes ™️]

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GEM: Another night, another date, another goodbye kiss getting out of hand.

Gem didn’t want to leave, though. It got harder and harder, every time. Whenever he wasn’t around Snow, it felt like something was missing. It felt like he was haunted. He didn’t know how people did this normally. If the feeling ever went away. He didn’t know if he wanted it to. Even when it drove him to distraction. Even when it made him feel like he was falling off a cliff, waiting for the impact at the bottom, only to continue that swooping sensation–so much that it made him dizzy.

The only time he felt like he was on solid ground was when Snow was in his arms.

Though, that wasn’t right either, because she made him just as dizzy as when he wasn’t around her. 

The smell of her perfume, the sound of her sighs, the way she grabbed at his hair. All these things made him just as dizzy. Though, when he fell into her, it didn’t feel quite so scary. Not anymore. Now, it just made him eager, like skydiving or rock climbing. His fingers eager as they squeezed at her ass, gathering the fabric of her skirt. His tongue eager as it explored her mouth. His whole body alive as he pressed her against the wall of the Hauntley Inn. 

Until, inevitably, the eagerness overtook anything else and Gem lost control—

“Fuck,” he cursed as he stumbled away, shaking his hands out at his sides. The uncomfortable, stiff feeling of hitting the ground becoming an unpleasantly familiar sensation. He ran a burning hand through his hair, trying to avoid the way that, even in the dark, Snow’s lips were still swollen, and shiny, and kissable. Even though the fire always brought him smashing to the ground, it didn’t make the desire disappear. Unfortunately. 

“Sorry,” he panted out, breathing in deep through his nose to control his breathing–and his fire as he clenched his fist and smothered the flame.  

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[lady-snow-flower]

MY HEART IS A HAUNTED HOUSE: MASTERPOST

By Laur, Clementine, Art, Laura, Scadaz, Kit, Tama, ft. @lady-snow-flower, @gem-morey, @kingofdemxns, @elliot-morey, @wolf-innsheepsclothing, @bones-weary, @ahearts-a-heavyburden, @princess-ting-ting, and guest starring @labellerose-acheron and @trip-downtheriverstyx

Author's Note: On the surface, this plot does not have the site-wide stakes of previous big plots I have done - and yet, I think this is the most complex and rewarding plot I've ever embarked on! I owe so much to my Hauntley Crew and RP partners who were game for this, who were patient with me, who asked great questions, who pushed me to be a better plotter and project manager (lol), and who filled in my rough plot skeleton(s) with flesh, blood, and heart. I mean it when I say this plot wouldn't look the same without everyone contributing and that's my favorite part - how much it changed and expanded with everyone's input. And isn't that what RP is supposed to be? Thus, here is the roadmap to My Heart Is A Haunted House. It is one of my proudest achievements. I really hope y'all enjoyed it, no matter if you read one para or all the paras. And thank you to my partners again!! Look what we did!! (Rough Estimate: This has to be at least 60k-70k words, which is a novel y'all. One day I'll make an effort to actually add it all up.)

PART ONE: Lady Miracle's Possession Frostbite Hypothermia Jackboot Jump || Gem One-Shot Stitches Undone || Snow Quartz Rigor Mortis

PART TWO: The Unbecoming of the Hauntley Manor Inn Lady Miracle Calls for a Staff Meeting The Deepest Darkest Hour || The Hauntley Staff Rise and Shine || Miracle Hadder Eat, Pray, Haunt || Miracle Bones Spit Spot || Miracle King A Work In Progress || Miracle Wolf The Way Is Shut || Hot Dog Gem vs. The House || Miracle Gem The Unbecoming of Hauntley Manor

PART THREE: The Haunting of Scarlet Rose Manor When The Dust Settles || Gelli Slow Is The Quicksand || Gelli + Fang + Helle The Captain's Lament || Bones, Wolf, Gem, Elli Keep A Light On || Gem+King+Wolf Repeating Old Habits || Wolf King The Past Is Far Behind Us || Belle, Ting-Ting and Wolf Time Loop Paras Roses Are Red || Miracle King Violets Are Blue || Miracle Hadder Dead Man’s Chest || Miracle Wolf Qui n’avance pas, recule || Bones and Yvette One-Shot Interlude: One Last Attempt || King + the Hauntleys The Flesh Calmly Growing Cold || Gem One-Shot Caught In the Undertow || Gelli Castles In The Air || Miracle Ting/ Sing-Song Interlude: Man Overboard || Gelli + Wolf + Ting-Ting How Did It End? || Miracle Gem How It Begins || Snow Quartz

COMPANION ONE-SHOTS To the Lonely Sea and the Sky || Wolf And The Captain The Wheel’s Kick and the Wind’s Song A Wild Call and a Clear Call (That Cannot Be Denied) The Gull’s Way and the Whale’s Way Through the Memory Palace || Snow And Lady Miracle Part One: The Bolter Part Two: Fortnight SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF TIME... (Dream Series) Once Upon a December || Snow Quartz

part one: across my memory part two: things my heart used to know part three: things it yearns to remember part four: things i almost remember part five: dim as an ember

APPENDIX: The Albatross: Soundtrack for My Heart Is A Haunted House

Reborn in Ice - This is the original draft of the Miracle Captain backstory that I wrote for myself as prep and research lol! Most of it I used in my Memory Palace series, but if you wanted the #og, maybe this will interest you lol Ghost Loop Lore Road Map To The Ghost Loop - a behind-the-scenes outline to how that was plotted lol. Again, I just think it's neat.

[gem-morey]

Once Upon a December, Part Five: Dim as an Ember🔥[Snow Quartz]

In which Gem breaks into the Hauntley Inn... [takes place: June 15, just before midnight]

@lady-snow-flower

[cw -- none]

part one: across my memory part two: things my heart used to know part three: things it yearns to remember part four: things i almost remember

if you want the full experience of this thread, please read this one first: The Unbecoming of the Hauntley Manor...(you absolutely do not have to...but it adds to the experience i promise.)

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GEM: Gem was inside a memory. It was raining and he could hear his voice from the other room. (Nine! he called after Snow’s beloved cat. Why did that make him so sad? She was still alive here, in this memory.) The walls shook with rage, like the whole house was going to cave in on itself. Gem needed to get upstairs. He needed to find Snow.

He waded through the dark and then, he was in the upstairs hallway. Gem didn’t question this. It only meant that he was closer to his goal. 

“I didn’t lie about how I felt, I was always honest with her. Just because we can’t—” The falter Gem heard in his own voice echoing down the hall made his heart pinch, “—it doesn’t mean I don’t care. You sound jealous as fuck.” 

Where was Snow? He had to find her. She was waiting for him. Waiting to speak with him. Waiting for him to bring her back. To call her forth. 

“If I had lost her, you wouldn’t be trying so hard to get rid of me.” 

She wasn’t lost. Gem knew that. Any moment now, it would be Snow’s own voice again, saying his name so sweetly. He needed to find her. The hallway elongated. With every step, Gem passed the same windows, the same pattern on the rug that ran along the corridor. 

“So where is she?”

Where is she? 

“Where is Snow? Give her back. She’s not yours. She belongs here.”

With me.

“With me.” 

With those words, Gem called Snow to him... 

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[lady-snow-flower]

Man Overboard || Gem, Elli, Wolf

Summary: Takes place July 15th. Ting informs everyone that the Captain must possess a willing host to enter the time loop. Discussion - then pandemonium - ensures.

TW: drowning, violence, blood, self-harm

@gem-morey @elliot-morey @wolf-innsheepsclothing

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GEM: They needed the Captain. 

Gem should’ve guessed this. It felt obvious now. With two people down and everyone else floundering (including Gem, not that he’d admit it to anyone)--the Captain would be the key. The Hauntley’s Lord, come to steer the ship home.

But Gem wasn’t a complete idiot. He knew possessions were no small thing. He’d grown up with a brother susceptible to them. He was watching, now, what was happening to Snow. They were ugly cruel things. Ghosts were ugly and cruel things; mockeries of life. 

They stood in the yard of the Inn, in the shadow of the house. Ting-Ting had just gotten further than any of them. Snow had come through again, but she had been pulled back. Pulled back under the tow of the Captain’s storming ship. How much of this was that fucker’s fault to begin with? 

“Can you summon him?” Gem asked Elliot softly, his eyes casting around the rest of the group who were all looking hungrily at his brother. Gem wasn’t sure his own expression didn’t match. Can you save her? Was what he was really asking.

[Read here!]

[gem-morey]

Once Upon a December, Part One: Across My Memory 🔥[Snow Quartz]

In which Gem Morey and Snow Song meet for the first time...or wait...haven't they met before? [takes place: did it?]

@lady-snow-flower

[cw -- none]

if you want the full experience of this thread, please read this one first: Deck the Halls...(you absolutely do not have to...but it adds to the experience i promise.)

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SNOW: The Hauntley Inn was still not always her Hauntley Inn. 

She wandered from room to room, from decade to decade. Most often, she saw the inn the way that Lady Miracle wanted her to see it: in its perfect splendor in the months after the Captain’s death. It was pristine, sparkling, brand new– and lonely for all of that untouched beauty. Yet every now and then, she opened a door and saw the Hauntleys themselves as they sat and sipped blood from wine glasses while reading an old edition of the Swynlake Squire. Or she would go upstairs and hear music from the ballroom, then find herself swept up in the celebrations of one Lord James Rackham II, son of Oliver Rackham’s eldest brother, new owner of the Inn, destined to die within the fortnight. But for that night, he reveled with rich friends and plotted his revenge. 

Even more rarely, since Gem had broken in, Snow thought she heard the murmurs of her friends just beyond the doors, or down the hall, or up the stairs. When she heard these voices, she went running through the whole inn, throwing doors open carelessly. But the rooms were always empty. Those voices remained beyond her, in a different time that she didn’t have access to– as if her friends had clicked ‘play’ on a song a few seconds before she could and so she danced off-beat, misaligned. 

She tried to cling to hope...

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[ranans-art]

.Frozen in despair

"Silence me, but we'll meet again when our bodies decayed, no matter how long it'll take."

[lady-snow-flower]

All Hallow's Eve Part Three: The Witching Hour

Summary: Snow and Ting-Ting work to save Wolf's life.

Read Part One Read Part Two

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@wolf-innsheepsclothing @princess-ting-ting @gem-morey

[lady-snow-flower]

All Hallow's Eve || Part Two

Summary: Snow calls for help.

tw: violence, gore

@wolf-innsheepsclothing @gem-morey

Read Part One Here

Click for Part Two