#Zaza Vass

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His Fathers Son

Zaur "Zaza" Vass

Zaza is the only boy among six sisters. He's one of a set of triplets, the exact middle child, and by gods does he act it. A rampaging, flamboyant, eccentric gay he brings life and fun everywhere he goes. Guess it's a good thing he grew up in the circus, huh?

Zaza and his sister Zora - and to a lesser extent the third triplet Zoya - became trapeze artists and flew through the air together for years! It was amazing and fun, and they were all fast friends with the Bloodlockes, another family who lived and worked in the circus... and owned it.

Among the Bloodlocke family, there was a child nearly Zazas exact age. Arin. As children they were best friends. Then as they got older they became rival artists, even though their performances together were *Spectacular*. And then one night, they became lovers. They hated each others guts still, but they fell together into bed as easily as they fell through the air to catch and be caught. But then one night... disaster struck. A catch was missed and Zaza fell to the ground with no net to catch him, and the forced from his grip pulled Arin, and landed them with an injury too.

Zaza's pelvis was broken, and he had to stay in Vesuvia with his aunt while he recovered. It was during this time that he met 3 important figures in his life. His familiar, a field mouse named Mimi. Asra, then a wandering fortune teller. And Muriel.

@gentapprentices

Arin and the Bloodlockes belong to @lions-and-huskies

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(Its lone Im Sorry!)

Ziv:

Harlow:

Rina:

Ayo:

Prima:

Zaza:

Found this cute Picrew and made my apprentice! It's so adorable and I can imagine her watching Muriel trying to surprise him or something~

I tag @scaredy-apprentice @punky-peach @amber-acrylic @kaiasinclair @sleepyselkiesiren @collective-laugh @cfluffiness @asrasotherbottom @alongtherailway and anyone who wants to do this! 💕💖

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Love Like You

So this is something I’ve been wanting to write for a while. And while it doesn’t fit one single theme from @lovelikeyoursfest ‘s prompt list, I did take inspiration from them for each individual scene. 

This is a story of how my MC Zaza Vass got together with Muriel before he died of the plague. In this he is already involved with Asra, as they have grown up together since Zaza got injured as a teenager. So, happy polyship!

I woke up. It was too damn early. And too bright. And too hot! But I couldn’t really complain about that last part. I was too hot because I was smushed half under Muriel’s torso. He must have rolled in the night and I didn’t wake. Good, that meant I was finally getting used to his sleeping patterns. It’s only taken what… two years? Heh, close enough to it anyway. I still can’t believe he actually let me move in. I still wish he had been comfortable coming to the shop to live instead. But I want him comfortable, that’s more important than having a stove.

This was giving Asra more room to work though, and enough peace of mind that both Muri and I would be safe. I can feel Mimi crawling into my hair now. She must have gotten tired of how stuffy Inannas fur was. I carefully roll over, so my back is pressed to Muris chest and I can breathe in the cool morning air of the hut. The fire is docked, just as we left it last night; prime and ready to go again so we can make breakfast. Until then, there’s no harm inletting my mind drift… maybe get some more sleep…

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My dreams are odd today. Memories instead of the fantastical things usually filling my head. I’m in the shop again, and I know this day. It’s the first day I met Muri. I’m bored behind the counter, leaning over the glass and drawing patterns in the fog from my breath. The bell rings. I look up and a familiar head of poofy white hair is dragging a mountain of a man into the shop. I regret my choice of pants almost immediately. “Tall, dark, and handsome” is an insult to him. He looks sculpted by the GODS and though I’ve never been a rock climber… that is a mountain I want to scale.

Asra seems to notice my interest - of course he does. He knows me too well after living together so long. He introduces us. “Muriel,” the name rolls off my tongue. My accent catches in the R and rolls it a little. I think he’s trying to scowl at me. But present me knows his body language too well too. He’s so nervous, and it’s endearing. I watch him the whole time Asra is rambling on about how they found a patch of moonberries that should ripen this coming full moon. I hear Asra’s voice fade into the distance as the scene around me changes.

Asra and I are in the hut with Muriel now. It’s years later, and his hair hangs to his waist. I’m bandaging his ribs. Those poor, neglected ribs that were so abused in the arena. Just like him. I remember the taste of my own blood as I bit my cheek to keep from sobbing. It’s the first time I’d seen Muriel since he was taken away by Lucios guards. I’d heard about what he was forced to do, but I could never bring myself to witness it. Part of me wishes I had, just so he wouldn’t have had to go through that alone. Asra tends to Muriels face. We both move as quietly as we can. The only words spoken are in soft voices. Muriel jumps when a log cracks too loud in the fire. None of us sleep that night. Inanna occupies Muriel’s lap, and eventually he tells us how he escaped. How Inanna - and that’s what she told him to call her - helped him escape. I leave for a few minutes after that. The excuse given is a need for relief. But I barely make it ten feet from the hut when I bend over and lose everything I ate that day.

Asra and I spend a lot of time in the hut then. We take turns leaving to mind the shop, help my aunt, get food for everyone. Inanna discovers a peck of wild chickens and we are able to gather eggs from them. Muriel likes them, he actually talks when we’re around them. He was always quiet, but not like this. I remember how much it scared me back then. It was like he forgot how to be a person. All I wanted was to help him remember. It was months before he laughed again.

My mind jumped right to that night. We had saved up for a couple bottles of wine for my birthday. None of us were sober, and Asra and I were giddy and delighted and he decided to try teaching me belly dancing. Muriel sat by and watched us. I tried my best to copy Asra’s movements, but between my drunkenness and the constant pain in my hips I didn’t do too well. Then Asra spun me for fun. I kept spinning and spinning and spinning and then I was falling and it was fast and slow all at once. I braced for impact with the floor, not knowing where I was headed. Strong hands caught me by the waist and shoulders and suddenly I could look up into stunned forest green eyes. Muri and I stared at each other for half a heart beat. Then he broke out laughing and so did I. The sound coming from him was freer than I’d seen him in weeks. I laughed with him in delight.

We held onto each other, laughing so much my sides hurt. I’m not sure how it happened, but suddenly our lips were touching. And we were kissing. I heard whooping and clapping behind me, but I couldn’t spare Asra a look because I went on instinct and straddled Muris hips so I could kiss and touch him better. Softer. His calloused hands were so soft and timid on my skin. I cupped his face like he was made of the finest china in Prakra. When we sobered up the next day, all three of us had massive hangovers, and a long talk about where we go from here.

Love shared, love spread, our world became a nest of cuddles and looking out for each other and those we cared about. Which really meant Asra and Muriel got to know my family and helped look after them as much as we could. That was my favorite part, seeing the two people I love - who grew up without a family, without that love in their lives - become part of my family.

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Muri shifted behind me, and I woke out of my doze. I feel soft kisses on my neck and shoulder, “Morning hot stuff.” I grin, turning over to face him.

He blushes and kisses my forehead, “Morning Za… did I wake you?”

I shake my head, and nuzzle into his chest, “No, I was just dozing off waiting for you.”

“That still means I woke you up.” I can hear the frown in his voice. 

I chuckle. But the chuckle becomes a cough. And the cough becomes a hack. I can’t stop. I push away from Muri to get air. His hands hover over me, unsure what to do. I cover my mouth with both hands as the cough stops almost as suddenly as it came. I gasp for air and look at Muri. He looks at me as though I’m a ghost. He’s terrified of whatever he sees in my face. My hands are wet. I look down. I see blood on my palms. Blood in my fingers. The plague.

End

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i found a new stash of paint bombs! wanna go paint our favorite naga again?

LET'S DO IT!!!!! @ismeneee WE'RE COMING FOR KASPAR!!!!!

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Doing this so I don't forget.

Zaza and his sisters, in birth order:

Zina

Zita

Zoya

Zaur (Zaza)

Zora

Zula

Zlata

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Thanks Adam!

Prima, Rina, Zaza, Ziv, Harlow, Ayo

I tag... @justfortuna @thearcanass @ghost-reader-no6

I found this cute Picrew so I made my apprentices. Ramona, Lenore, and Manny!

Reblog with your cute apprentices, too 💖

@katthewonderbat @classlesstulip @agent-darkbootie @aaliyah-draws

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So I found this really cute picrew the other day. Let's see what your MCs/OCs would put in a bento box!?

Prima

Zaza

Harlow

Ayo

Ziv

Rina

Anyone who wants to do this, please feel free to!

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3, 6, and 24 for your choice of your Apprentices? Thank you!

24. Do I know their MBTI type?

Did I just spend a good while looking up the types and figuring it out? Yes. Do I regret it? No.

Harlow - ISFP

Ziv - ISTP

Zaza - ESFP

Prima - ENTJ

Rina - ENFJ

Ayo - ESFJ

3. Stories behind their names:

Part 2: behind the scenes!!

Rina is actually my OG MC and I stumbled on her name by accident and I loved it. It means "joy" and I thought that would fit really well. As I kept figuring out who she was, and she settled in as Julian's MC I knew I wanted an Irish surname for her... and I found Hickey. Which, because Ilya, I could not pass up.

Ziv i chose because their name means “bright/radiant” in Hebrew. I knew because Asra’s name is associated with nighttime I wanted his MC to have a light name, and my partner was like “Hey, what about having a couple Jewish MCs?” So Ziv and Rina both wound up as Jewish. Zivs last name, Levi, means “joined/attached” and considering the deal Asra made to bring them back, it was fitting.

Prima’s name is where it gets a little complicated... In designing Prima, I knew I wanted her to be That Bitch. So her original design draws heavily on silver screen era actresses and Cinderella. She’s also influenced A Lot by Phantom of the Opera. Another thing that came up with her was I wanted goat stuff with her. Because Lucio. So at first her name was just going to be Prima, but I didn’t want a Prima Ballerina...named Prima. So title it was. Then I remembered this horror movie with a goat demon. Called a Lamia. So I looked up the name. Lamia is also found in Greek Mythology as one of Zeus’ flings and has a terrible ending where she turns into a child-eating monster. So Lamia it is. Stavros I remembered from GoT and I liked how it sounded with the rest.

Also: I forgot to add this in part one, but Valerius calls her Capretta, or “little goat”

Harlow actually took his name from an old oc of mine who’s story never got written. That MC was a teenage girl named Harlow Jean Quinn, and part of that is how Harlow became trans. The other part is because I’m queer and enby and wanted a trans character :3 Mishra came to be his last name because the more I played Nadia’s route with him the more I wanted him to be Indian and one of the meanings for his last name is “Honorable” and I found it fitting.

Ayotunde got their name from the fact I knew they were a gardener and beekeeper, and black. And I wanted a name that had like bountiful meanings. So Ayotunde means “joy has returned” and Temitope means “enough to give thanks” so I thought those would make a good name for them. Plus they both come from Yoruba culture and that gives me a stepping stone for designing things for Ayo. Also, Ayo itself is a proper name that means “joy”.

Zaza’s name is because when I was little I LOVED the Gabor sisters. Zsa Zsa Gabor is directly where his name comes from, and a good part of his being as flamboyant as he is. Plus, Zaza is just fun to say.

6. What would they give their life for?

Ok, short answer for them all: Friends and family. Except Prima. She'll save her own ass first and try to help others later.

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Zaza Vass, the former trapeze artist with a thirst for life and high spirits! ♌

Favorite food: Spicy fried potatoes

Favorite drink: Absinthe

Favorite flower: lily-of-the-valley

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Can.. can I just flirt with Zaza? Maybe give them some flowers and blankets and love? They're precious ;-;

"Casual flirting? I'm all for that, babe~"

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Zaza Vass

LOOK!

LOOK AT MY BABY BOY!

I love him

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Zazzy are you ready to create chaos with me again?

Mavee!? Is that you!???? HELL YEAH LETS CAUSE CHAOS!

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3, 7 and 9 for your babes!💜

3. The story behind their name? Nicknames?

I got this one twice, so I'm gonna do it 2 different ways :)

Zaza actually is a nickname! His full name is Zaur Vass and his younger sisters couldn't say his full name growing up, so he became Zaza, and it stuck!

Rina is shortened from Katarina, her mothers middle name. Her little brothers and cousins would call her Riri growing up, or Curls!

Ayotunde is Ayos full name, and it was the first name both their parents could agree on!

Harlows mother named both him and Harmonia, his twin sister. He used to call his sister Cloud, and she called him Foam, because of their respective hair colors of lilac, and seafoam blue-green. Also because they both has fly-away fine fluffy hair as children. He then chose to keep it after transitioning.

Ziv is a family name, and they are named for their maternal great-grandfather!

"Prima" is a title, and she earned that by becoming the Prima Ballerina in the Vesuvian Ballet. Her first name is Lamia and that's an old name where her father is from. Her parents used to call her their "snowflower" because she was born during a blizzard.

7. Are they in a romantic relationship? How did that happen?

So the answer to all of these is Yes. So I'm gonna go into how.

Prima met Lucio - and Valerius - at her first ever performance for the court. She and Lucio made eye contact many many times during the night then he requested a... private encore after, which Prima was more than happy to provide. That became a regular thing, as did visits to Valerius' estate for similar purposes and they all eventually caught feelings.

Harlow was apprentice to his predecessor at the palace, and met Nadia shortly after her arrival in Vesuvia as the new Countess. He was immediately smitten, but nothing happened until after her 3 year slumber, in which time he transitioned and took over for his master as royal tailor.

Ziv met Asra while they were running around the streets during their first summer living with their aunt to learn magic! They became fast friends, but lost touch for a few years until they were teenagers, and Ziv almost knocked over Asras table at the start of the masquerade. Everything from there just... fell into place. Including them dragging Asra into the shop and going "Auntie! He's homeless, can he live with us?"

Rina is from Nevivon, and she wanted to travel. She knew Pasha already, and before she set sail she was asked to find Ilya and tell him that Lilinka had passed. She promised, and spent a good amount of time looking for him once she got to Vesuvia. Then, 3 years later and one bout of amnesia into the deal for them both, Ilya breaks into the shop and Rina brains him with a cheap wine bottle.

Ayo and Portia met because of work. Technically. Ayo is a beekeeper and gardener for the palace, and like Portia they live on the grounds. One day Pablo, their familiar, picked a fight with Pepi and Ayo and Portia had to break them up.

Zaza met Muri because one day Asra dragged Muriel into the shop, a small and underfed Inanna in his arms. Zaza immediately wanted to climb that mountain, but also was more concerned with the neglected pupper and ready to fight said mountain if he had anything to do with her condition.

9. Favorite animal? Favorite color?

Ziv - sea otters and cobalt blue or emerald green. Jewel tones.

Zaza - kangaroos and magenta!

Ayo - bumblebees and burnt umber

Rina - Dik diks and dark gold

Harlow - Capybaras and purple

Prima - Hummingbirds and baby blue

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Wanna do an ask game?

Taking any asks y'all want tonight.

HOWEVER if ya wanna help me kick my own ass into writing gear, ask a question about my MCs? Here are their names and pronouns, plus a lil info for reference!

Ziv Levi, they/them - Nb, Asra route

Rina Hickey, she/her, Nb woman, Julian route

Harlow Mishra, he/him, trans man, Nadia Route

Zaza Vass, he/him, cis man, Muriel route

"Prima" Lamia Stavros, she/her, cis female, Lucio Route

Ayo Temitope, they/them, agender, Portia route

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Here’s @6-mcs-for-6-lis beautiful zaza seeing our baby muriel for the first time uwu

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The ask meme: all of them >:D jk shhhhh 1, 5, 9 for all your mcs

Zaza:

1. Middle name?

Gabor! Zaur Gabor Vass, thankfully my parents didn’t go in for long names.

5. Favorite color?

Iridescent teal. I don’t know why but it’s been my color since I was three.

9. How tol?

Compared to Muri? I am a wee smol. But I’m 6′ even (182.88 cm).

Ayo:

Ayotunde Enitan Temitope is my full name, and I see what Zaza put up there and I am not amused -.-”

Favorite color? Hmmmm... parakeet green!

I’m 5′10″ or 177.8 cm tall.

Harlow:

I kept my middle name after transitioning, so it’s “Rashmi”.

Tyrian purple has found a....sweet spot in my heart as of late...

170.18 cm, 5 foot 7 inches.

Prima:

Odette. I’m named for my grandmother.

Powder blue, I like soft colors best.

.....I’m 4 foot 11 inches. 149.86cm. I still claim Zaza’s part of the family stole all the height. Damn giants.

Rina:

I’m pretty sure my middle name is Sorcha.

I really like rose pink!

I’m a whole 5 foot and nothing (152.4cm). Does it stop me from dragging Ilya around though? NOPE.

Ziv:

Ziv Simcha Levi. It took me ages to get used to having a middle name. So now I try to say it all together so my head gets used to the fit!

Indigo is my favorite!

Iiiiiii am 167.64cm short, or 5′6″ tall. Just barely shorter than Asra and it’s the sole reason I ever suffer heels...to make him feel like the shortstuff :3