#about valentin

[cadrenebula]

Prompt #6: Halcyon

It wasn't that he disliked the fireworks. Far be it. They were a delight for the first day or so. And then they got boring. After he got bored of them, he left the city for the wilds.

Valen flopped down into the grass at the end of one of the many bodies of water that resided within the woods of the Shroud. It was the perfect time of day too. Right as the fireflies were starting to rise for the night.

For him, nothing beat watching the natural light show of the fireflies. It was peaceful and quiet without all the noise of fireworks. Each night was different since fireflies weren't as predictable as fireworks.

He loved to travel. Loved to experience new places and things. But sometimes he just needed the peace and quiet of the Shroud. Which seemed to be counter to the loud and energetic person he normally was most of the time.

But even someone like him needed some downtime to recover. This was his downtime. Just the quiet tranquility of the woods and the life within it at night.

[pinkyjulien]

Okay now I'm gonna jump on the bandwagon of the prev ask about Valentin's and Mitch's first meeting 👀 how does his story continue with Takemura (if at all?) Does he track Valentin down, and how, or is what follows immediately after being saved and stable again also diverging from canon? (I just love the image of Goro showing up all dusty and exasperated at the nomad's camp like "There you are!! Fucking finally!" XD)

AAAAAHHH FHF Eating you UwU

They DO meet up properly eventually! 👀 (more old screenshots being used to illustrate here hfhf)

After getting his bullet extracted, Val stayed a couple of days at camp; he couldnt really do much in his state, plus the caldos wouldnt just simply let him go like that

Mitch and Scorp were keepin an eye on him, they were responsible of him after all; if Val turned out to be a danger to the clan, they would've finished the job, succeeding where Dex failed

Val eventually woke up, and he was asked a couple of basic, straight forward question by Mitch; his name, where he's from, and what happened. Val didnt lie, but he also didnt mention the whole -arasaka- thing. He might be a gonk, but he's not dumb; saying that his failed gig was an heist on Arasaka, when every radios and tv stations been blasting about Saburo's death for the path days wouldnt be a smart move fhksjgj

It was all over the news- and Dex probably left Night City too (< at that time he wasnt aware Takemura killed him yet. Dex took Goro to the dump, only to find it completly empty. He got popped before he could swear he left him here hfjd)

Infos and Rumors goes around extremely fast in NC, especially between fixers, so Dexter departure/disappearance and Saburos death wasnt a coincidence at all; so was Jackie's and Valentin's potential death. (Jackie being confirmed dead cause he sent his body to his fam, but people had no idea where Val was)

He had to get back to NC, to Viktor, Misty- his friends, the only people he had left over there

That night at camp, Valentin experienced the Johnny Night TM; of course, he freaked out, screaming and talking "to himself" - Ripper wasnt far, knew the screams where coming from the nursery and quickly gave injected him some tranquilizer

In the morning, not sure whatever happened was a dream or not, he asked Mitch and Scorp (not friends yet, but the only guys he knew around) if someone could drive him back to NC- Dakota was still around and since she had to go back to her Garage soon, he could tag along and she'd get one of her guy to drive him to Vik's

During the drive, he explained to Dakota what happened, from the heist, the relic, Jackie- ans the weird dreams he's been getting (she's like a mother figure to him, a trusted friend)

She didnt liked any of that and pressed him to get checked properly asap, hoping this might be a virus that can get easily wiped out

Once at Vik, everyone was happy and relieved to see him alive "and well", but it quickly changed when Viktor took a closer look, obviously

He also mentioned that a guy, kinda sus looking, came in looking for him the day before. Said he could help him if he ever show up. (Takemura is a resourceful guy, I'm pretty sure he could pin down V's main ripperdoc to ask questions- and Viktor, knowing that Jackie did die, would trust Takemura's story and information since it correlate with what Vik knows)

So they make contact and eventually meet up at Tom's Diner like the canon timeline 👁👄👁

Despite all the years its still a ROUGH MAP AND TIMELINE FHJSJF that I really need to properly put down 💀💀 BUT YEAH FHDJ

Thank you friendo for the ask!! 🤗🧡🧡

[bixels]

There's no such thing as overpreparing for love.

Happy (late) Rarijack Valentine's.

[ash-and-starlight]

taking the crumbs of venetian agna qel’a chewing biting gnashing on them until there aren’t even bones left and then spitting out. carnevale northern water tribe style

[desultory-suggestions]

On this Valentine’s Day please don’t forget about the Palestinian people. Candy is being bought in droves while innocent people are starving. While people are planning romantic dinners for their lovers, Palestinian people are losing their lovers to bombs and snipers. There is no rest for the Palestinian people today. Don’t let them mask what’s really happening behind pink ribbon. Fight for love, find empowerment in your love for others. We will not stop fighting, not for a single day. Palestine will be free.

[omentu5]

[francishabilis]

noooo Elphelt that's hot metal dont touch it💔💔

[anatomical-puppet]

hello heartless nation :) long time no see

[characters belong to @abd-illustrates]

[labotor]

"Hey, chin up. I know the night just got darker, but it won't last forever."

[chiquilines]

In honour of mha ending, have some old (and i mean OLD) miryumi scribbles i never got around to posting. They were the main characters in my heart

[cadrenebula]

Prompt #24: Bar

Valen had decided it was time to make a bit of gil the old fashioned way. Singing for his supper. Not that he'd starve without doing so. He just liked having enough gil in his pocket without relying on his family. They wouldn't let him starve if it came down to him being broke. But he knew for sure he'd get all sorts of looks from his uncle if that happened.

He found a rather decent looking tavern to stop at for the night. Making sure it was okay with the owner for him to perform. Some places got a little iffy about people performing without permission. It wasn't that they disliked bards or minstrels. It was just sometimes you had to be careful about what sort of music was played in an area. Or how easily a bar fight might start on a bad day.

Thankfully this tavern seemed to be eager for some live performance of a musical variety. Good. Valen was eager to be a bit of a brat tonight. He knew full well his uncle would deny these songs because it was making the Jackal of Coerthas out to be more of a hero than an assassin. Valen had heard one of two of the people he'd gotten to pick up the songs had been quietly threatened by Alexois for singing those songs. Not that his uncle was likely to actually go through with those threats over music. Even better that he wasn't too far from Ishgard right now. It just made it even more amusing to sing of the Jackal.

He opened up with a song called 'Hero of the Brume'. Mixing in one of the more traditional songs afterwards. Putting too many of the Jackal songs together never fit well for him. It seemed to work better to mix them into his usual song set with older songs. Make it seem less like he was doing this on purpose and more likely he'd picked them up from other bards or minstrels. One more lively song before he stepped into the next Jackal song he'd called 'Toss a Gil to your Jackal'.

He played a couple more tunes before deciding he needed a break. Checking the coins in his hat he'd left sit near the edge of the stage to see what he'd made so far.

[gearbroth]

Repairs

[rad-roche]

Bad Habits

[youstillsaiditsname]

i think i loved you, but i guess i'll never really know

joan tierney / death cab for cutie / sylvie baumgartel / the crane wives / @araekni / khalid hosseini / lev st valentine / wendy cope / richard siken (reordered)

[mito-itokondrria]

Who's the nerd thinking about comic scenes now?

[ckret2]

Come on, Ford, that was his cutest pick-up line. Work with him here.