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Chapter 1: Obey the Groove
Virtue, manager of new band Bardic Inspiration, takes everyone out to relax after days of trying to find a new guitarist. Hijinks ensue, and something begins that nobody could have predicted.
When it comes down to it, Virtue thinks that Absinthe is a romantic. A fool-hearty, ridiculous, stupid romantic, but a romantic nonetheless. She’ll rant and rave up and down the halls that no she’s not and I don’t even like romance, but Virtue knows better.
Every gesture, every gift, every heart-felt word is a sign and a treasure. The idea of a fantastical journey, even one grounded in the real world, is overly appealing to Absinthe’s soft heart, even if that journey belongs to someone else. To put it simply, every moment of Absinthe’s life is tinged gold and pink with meaning, adventure, and desire. How is that not a romantic’s view of the world?
Tonight, however, takes that to a completely new level. Whereas normally Absinthe will find cosmic meaning in what song she hears first, and that’s the extent to their fantasy, the person playing guitar in front of her has taken the toned down rose tinted glasses and shot it full of trenbolone.
It was supposed to be a relaxing night, too, which is why Virtue is so fucking annoyed at the singer. Bardic Inspiration finally got a big break, opening for a tour in a few weeks. So of course Michael decided now would be the best time to go further his game developer career, leaving the band short of a guitarist. Today was the last day of try-outs, and after a night of going out and taking it easy they would decide who would be the newest member of their little entourage.
At least, that was the plan.
Alas, the glue of the group, the poetic Absinthe Malone, chose a bar with local musicians. Secretly, Virtue was hoping that this wasn’t because Absinthe didn’t feel like anyone who tried out over the last few days was “it”. Hoping is useless when you know better.
“Virtue, I think it’s him.” Absinthe whispers in Virtue’s ear. “I’d need to sing with him, y’know, but I’m almost positive it’s him.”
Virtue groans and rubs their hand over their face. “We just spent four days doing tryouts for 54 different people. How do you know none of them will work out?”
“You know why.” She prods them with her elbow, and Virtue almost hates that they know exactly what she means. “Besides, if this works out, and the band likes him, makes your job easier, right?”
“I don’t think you know what my job is, Sin.”
Too late, she’s already gone up to him as he finishes his song. He’s talented, Virtue will easily give him that. Almost as good as Michael was, at least on the guitar. He has Michael beat on vocal talent, no matter how easy it is to do that.
Objectively, he’d be a good fit musically. The covers he’s been playing are in line with even Gemini’s stranger tastes, he’s clearly competent enough to learn Michael’s parts, and he can actually hold a tune.
But the biggest problem is the one that Virtue’s been having with almost everyone who tried out. One of the three band members doesn’t like them with a passion. With Gemini it’s more understandable, she’s aggressive and touchy towards almost everything in life. She’s loud and brash and gets on peoples nerves if they’re not prepared.
In fact, that last fact was so common that a large portion of people who tried out would almost get into fights with the drummer. Granted, some of them were her fault, but nobody in the band wanted someone who Gemini could rile up so often. That fact made Virtue incredibly angry some days.
If they managed to get past Gemini, Airael was the next large obstacle. Virtue doesn’t even know why he dislikes the people he dislikes, but the fact is always loudly announced. If any person simpered or whined when told that they were an “inherently unlikeable musician” (ooh boy Virtue wanted to strangle Airael for that one), the bassist would point blank refuse to have them considered.
And most unfortunately for Virtue, it was Absinthe who took the cake in terms of most tryouts disliked. If they played fine, then Absinthe would sing with them, and then make a disgusted face and sit back down. If they didn’t play fine, she’d tell them to leave while glowering at the paper in front of her.
So overall, Virtue wishes that Bardic Inspiration was filled with anyone else right now, and wishes that everyone stop looking for the magical perfect guitarist to show up and just get on with it. Hopefully (against Virtue’s best interests), this random guy playing the guitar on a Thursday night will finally put this saga to rest.
“What’s Sin doing?”
Virtue jumps as Airael appears next to them. Considering how tall he is, it should be impossible, and yet he always finds a way to sneak around.
They sigh. “She thinks that this guy is the one.”
Airael hums in thought, and looks him up and down. “Well, he sounds good, and doesn’t look like a douchebag, so I wouldn’t mind.”
“Do you think Gems could get to him?”
Another pause as Airael looks at Guitar Guy again. “If she does, I don’t think it’d be too awful. Too early to tell, though, you know that.”
The pair watch as Absinthe moves the microphone and gets ready next to Guitar Guy. She’s almost vibrating with excitement, but Guitar Guy is chewing on his lip and shifting his feet. Whether out of nervousness or anticipation, Virtue can’t tell.
“Ooo! Is Sin gonna sing a song tonight?!” Gemini makes her way to the duo and stands in between them with a large grin. “Is he gonna be the one?”
“We don’t know, Gems.” Virtue almost sighs, the exasperation almost drowning them. Why is it that everyone they work with is so exhausting? “If, against all odds, Absinthe likes him, and Airael likes him, and you don’t kill him, then I’ll talk to him. But who knows if that’s ever going to happen.”
Gemini’s grin only grows sharper. “Cross my heart hope to die, I won’t cause any major problems.”
“That doesn’t help with anything.”
“C’mon, Virtue. She’s so cute she’d never hurt a fly.” Airael bends over towards Gemini and gives her a peck. “Look at her.”
Virtue groans. “Flies are not who I’m worried about and you know it.”
“Look at her!”
“Ahem.” The group turns to look at Absinthe standing at the front of the small stage with a big smile. Even a year later, Virtue can’t believe how perfect she looks with a microphone in her hand. “I thought you all should get a little bit extra on this beautiful night! So a little change in vocals for this song!”
She looks back at Guitar Guy and mouths a countdown. He starts to play the beginning of Absinthe’s little brother’s favorite song, and Virtue decides to watch him play instead of watching the crowd like they normally do.
Absinthe starts to sing, and the familiar wave of unending care, love, and excitement rolls through Virtue. The dirty secret of Bardic Inspiration’s success, their singer’s ability to push their emotions out into the world using music, literally. A secret held only by her three bandmates, and one ex-bandmate.
Virtue watches as Guitar Guy relaxes, and then tenses his shoulders. He takes a deep breath while playing, closes his eyes for a moment, and his body relaxes again. When he opens his eyes, they follow the crowd, and slowly find Virtue’s gaze. To his credit, he doesn’t flinch. He’s probably played here a few times, if a stranger’s stare isn’t startling.
Their shared gazes hold for a few seconds more, and he goes back to scanning the people who are likely looking at the stage with a new reverence. Virtue can understand their reaction. It’s similar to their first time hearing Absinthe sing. The pure force and genuinity of the emotions sent out feels like touching divinity in so many ways.
The more that Virtue studies Guitar Guy, the more they see how subtle his reaction to the Power is. His face didn’t change, other than the initial tensing it’s not apparent what happened, but he’s truly relaxed now. The tensing in his legs is gone, he isn’t sitting perfectly straight in the chair anymore, and he’s actually looking at the crowd.
The singing stops, and there’s a taunt silence as everyone realizes that the music isn’t playing. They clap, Absinthe does a dramatic bow, returns the microphone to its stand in front of Guitar Guy, and she skips over to everyone.
“I think he’s the one, guys.” She grins. Airael holds out the drink she’d been sipping at earlier, and she shakes her head. “I’m already on cloud nine. That was better than any time I sang with Michael.”
Virtue starts to corral them over to a table to talk as Absinthe gushes over the feeling of being on stage with Guitar Guy. She can barely sit still, and Virtue orders some food for the table.
Airael puts a hand on Absinthe’s shoulder, and she stills. “Sin, we need to talk to him first.”
She turns bright red and leans over so her candy green hair hides her eyes. “Sorry, sorry, yeah, of course. We do this together. I know that.”
Gemini cackles and ruffles Absinthe’s hair so it starts to stand up. “We know, Sin, you’re just excited.”
Absinthe whines into her hands and puts her head on the table. “Leave me alone to die of embarrassment.”
Virtue hums as the food arrives. “So I shouldn’t bring up you essentially bullied a random stranger into letting you sing one song for their set.”
There’s a muffled scream, and Virtue knows that she’d be banging her head into the table if they weren’t in public. Everyone laughs, and Airael pats her back sympathetically.
“Can someone kill me please?” Absinthe begs, and everyone laughs again. Virtue turns to watch the rest of Guitar Guy’s set absentmindedly.
“Also, what’s his name? You never told us.” They ask, and get another muffled scream in response.
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#p bangs the keys#the powered universe#tpu#original writing#creative writing#my writing#virtue#virtue character#gemini#gemini character#airael#airael character#absinthe#absinthe character#bardic inspiration#bardic inspiration band
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Transformers: Prime 14th anniversary fan art fest (1st entry)
My first contribution to the Transformers prime 14th anniversary, run by @orions-hound is a repost of some of my works that I think will fit fine in the archive, until I'm able to finish the other works (hopefully more than one)
The one above is slightly different from the one that I originally posted for the collaborative work (Laserbeak is there, in the story and therefore in the original post he wasn't). (I absolutely hadn't forgotten that)
The one below was made for a ship week, but I think it can perfectly be understood without that intent.(if not, feel free to keep it out)
#TFPFanartFest#transformers prime#Transformers prime incoming anniversary#tfp#Transformers prime supremacy#transformers#Optimus Prime#Tfp Optimus Prime#Soundwave#Tfp Soundwave#Megatron#Tfp Megatron#My favorite characters up there 🖤#ARTificial Absinthe
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Absinthe OC commission for @interimis (Ty!)
#my art#saproartist#saprophilous#art#artists on tumblr#artistsontumblr#absinthe#oc art commissions#interimis#dnd commission#ttrpg commissions#original characters
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First kiss <3
I’ll color it & post the corresponding text soon :)
#bnha oc#my art#oc#mha original character#original character#shigadabi#Absinthe#shigaraki tomura#bnha dabi#tomura shigaraki#mr compress#league of villains
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🖌️🎨 artfight 2024
🌊 "Absinthe" for @drunkenwhaleer 😾
#absinthe#furry#artfight#team seafoam#sphynx cat#oc#original character#infected#feral#halfbody#art#artwork#drawing#2024#digital#sfw#drunkenwhaleer#fur others#feline#animal#mammal
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Bartender Seamus 🍸✨ you’ll get to see him in my rewrite of Absinthe and Chocolate, hitting ao3 sometime soon 💁🏻♀️🍫❤️🔥
#Seamus#absinthe and chocolate#original character#oc#i say oc#but it’s just spicier ben whishaw lmaoooo#bummed that this angle doesn’t show his harp tattoo#i will draw it soon!!#my art#digital art
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At last. At long last, Absinthe has a skin. After all these years of waiting our patience has been rewarded.
Something to note about the skin that I saw someone on Twitter point out, Absinthe’s skin resembles a winter school uniform from the USSR, which Ursus is clearly, at least in part, based off of. Absinthe also has longer hair than she does in her base art, as she cut her hair following the events of Children of Ursus. If you’ll remember from her event story, her family promised to take her on vacation “at spring’s coming,” so assuming they died shortly before then, during the winter, this skin likely shows what Absinthe would have looked like before the events of Children of Ursus. This is supported by the fact that the theme/ of the skin are “life” and “past/story.”
#arknights#absinthe#absinthe arknights#It’s been what four years without an Absinthe skin?#pretty sure she’s the oldest free character without one
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quick out of character moment who is the mod for absinthe jr
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I drew something 💥💥 Actually, I've had the idea in my head since the first time I heard this song in the tiktok recommendations, but I've only done it now.
Я что-то нарисовал 💥💥 Вообще, идея крутилась в голове ещё с первого раза как этот отрывок попался мне в реках тик тока, но руки дошли сделать только сейчас
Song: DEAD BLONDE - Питер город криминала
#на русском#арт#рисование#рисунок#ос#ос арт#мой арт#традишинал#традишка#ориджинал#оригинальный персонаж#мой персонаж#гот#art#drawing#draw#oc#oc art#my art#traditional drawing#traditional art#original work#original character#my characters#goth#dead blonde#between worlds#Remor#Absinthe
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Absinthe is a demon who randomly decided to become a ROCK STAR and got for himself mega-cool instrumentalists who... as if... a little dead. But he didn't sweat it and stupidly resurrected them from the dead. The people are very diverse and some of them did not even drown much for rock during their lifetime. The band has a guitarist, a rhythm guitarist, a drummer, a keyboardist AND A CELLIST IN PLACE OF A BASSIST. Because he wanted as much gothic music as possible.
His father is Amduscias. 67 The demon of Goetia, Duke.
Absinthe is one of the many, so he is not even included in his heirs, but it was from him that he got a taste in music.
#artists on tumblr#art#drawing#digital art#digital drawing#oc#original character#reference#sketch#Absinthe#amduscias#demon
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Chapter 4: Coming to You Live
The Bardic Inspiration tour starts
“I don’t think I can do this.”
Cato paces back and forth behind the stage, wringing his hands. The heavy black and green boots accentuate every step with a dull thud as the speed starts to pick up. Virtue closes their eyes to push down their annoyance.
They grab Cato’s elbow and force him to stop. He looks at them with surprised eyes, then quickly looks away. Virtue tugs him around so that he’s facing them.
“A few things. One, you’re here anyways, so you have to do this. No backing out. Two, you’ll be fine. And three, you’re going to ruin the look if you pace to the point of sweating.” Virtue gestures to Cato as a whole at the last point.
And they’re very serious about point three. It wasn’t easy getting a last minute creation for Cato’s inaugural concert, but they managed to get it just in time and damn it they’re not putting all that effort down the drain.
The custom neon green lightning design on the boots, the black jeans with handmade goldenrod patches sewn in the same bright green, and the dark green vest with accents of gold.
The colors were Airael’s idea, “He’s new and shiny, green and gold work very well to say that. And black because he’s moody, like an emo teenager or some shit like that.” Making those colors neon was, as it always is, Gemini’s hand.
Absinthe hits Virtue’s shoulder. “You’re the worst at this.” She chastises, and gently removes Virtue’s hand from Cato. “Look, dude, it’s going to be terrifying the first few times, but you’re not alone. So even if you want to literally show your ass to the crowd and stare at Gem the whole time, we got you. Or stare at my new ‘do.” She dramatically flips her newly dyed, newly shaved bright blue undercut over to the side and strikes a pose. “Since, y’know, I’m the best looking person on the stage.”
“Arguable!” Airael yells from further backstage. Cato huffs out a laugh, and Absinthe stands back up in a more relaxed position.
“But seriously.” She puts a hand on Cato’s shoulder, and smiles kindly. “We’re here to help you. Rae, Gem, and I are all used to this live show environment, even if the touring part’s gonna be new. You’re new to all of it, and we want to support you however we can. Okay?”
Cato’s face breaks into a small smile, and he nods. “Okay.”
“Good.” She squeezes his shoulder, and turns back to Virtue. “You’re the worst at this.”
“And you’re not.”
Absinthe sighs, shakes her head, and leaves to find the rest of her band. Virtue looks back at Cato, who’s staring at the space Absinthe once filled.
“Do me a favor, kid.” They say as they grab his guitar. They shove it in front of him, making him look into their eyes, startled. “Don’t get starstruck with your own bandmate.”
Cato’s face turns from awed, to afraid, to confused faster than Virtue ever thought possible. “If you say so.” He shrugs, and takes the guitar. “You’re the boss.”
He runs off in the same direction as Absinthe, and Virtue laughs under their breath once he’s out of earshot. Virtue’s not the boss, just the manager. He’ll figure it out eventually, they just hope he’s not too close to the sun when he does.
Overall, the first concert’s pretty good. Cato finally figures out how to fit the groove by song three, and looks much more relaxed by the end. And the reception to him replacing Michael was pretty good, from what Virtue saw while at the merch table.
The lead band, Moneyz, is pretty good too. Good group of people, which Virtue had made sure of when setting up this whole tour in the first place. Once the venue had emptied of people and all the sound set up had been safely put away, and instruments secured in the van they’d be taking across the country, Moneyz invited Bardic Inspiration to a diner for some food and relaxation.
When everyone got their drinks and figured out their order, Moneyz frontman, Lim, leans in towards Virtue. “I’ve never seen a band manager so involved in the actual band itself.”
“We’re not a very typical band setup.” Virtue leans in as well. “They make all the music, and produce it. I do everything else.”
“And sometimes they play the fiddle.” Absinthe adds absently as she sips on her coffee, then returns to the conversation she was having with Gemini and the Moneyz’s drummer.
Lim hums. “Fiddle, ey?”
They shrug. “I learned some violin in high school. They’re technically the same instrument without the bridge.”
Lim hums again and leans in closer. “So how good are you, Virtue?”
Virtue sits back and clutches their mug close to their chest. “I’m not going to join your entourage. Get another fiddler.”
Lim groans and flings backwards into the cushioned seat. “I wasn’t asking for you to join, just to play on this tour with us.”
Virtue glances at the rest of the band. Even though everyone seems to be talking to someone else, Absinthe’s shoulders tense, and Cato’s eyes flick to the side where Virtue is sitting for half a moment.
“Only for the tour.” Virtue says. “And I get paid $300 at the end.”
“You’re underselling.” Lim narrows Lim’s eyes.
“I’m not meant to be a commodity for the stage. The 300 is for making me be one.”
“You got a deal.” Lim holds out a hand. Virtue grabs it, and they both give one firm shake before retreating back to their drinks.
Virtue falls back into their silent observation as Lim turns and starts a conversation with their lead guitarist Emen. In general Moneyz seems to have a good rapport with one another. The drummer Kuovi, while not the most bright, is incredibly earnest and clearly the emotional heart of the group. Emen is the primary songwriter and the lead guitarist, and his ingenuity shows even when just talking to others. The bassist, Shanty, is the youngest by far, just turning 18 a few weeks ago, but she has a lot of spirit and spunk for someone her small stature. And Lim, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and frontman of it all, terrifies Virtue.
While Kuovi’s enthusiasm melts all but the coldest of hearts, and the creative twist of Emen’s speech can get most to open up, Lim is the only one who truly understands how to manipulate a conversation to Lim’s benefit.
There’s the slightest hesitation before every sentence, a brief breath to make sure the just right words have been selected and put together in the just right order to get what Lim wants. If it wasn’t for their old obsession with speech and behavior patterns, they probably wouldn’t have even noticed. They didn’t even notice until watching Lim talk to Gemini and get her to soften up just a little on Kuovi.
At least Emen, for all his charm and suave words, was just a flirt.
Food comes, and is enjoyed, and then everyone says their goodnights. Virtue herds their band towards the van, Lim does the same, and when they make eye contact, Lim smiles.
#the powered universe#tpu#my writing#original writing#original characters#bardic inspiration#bardic inspiration band#cato#cato character#virtue#virtue character#absinthe#absinthe character#airael#airael character#gemini#gemini character#the moneyz band#p bangs the keys
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Hi! Can I request 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 from 50 random character asks for tfp Megatron? :3
Greetings, Jay, of course.
2. A canon or headcanon hill I will die on
Mh... I would overall die on the All Canon hill. As I can't stand mischaracterization, I'm not one to deny anything regarding canon. There's only a thing I tend to oversee, mostly for ambiguity reasons.
About headcanons... I don't think I have any dear headcanon, or at least don't remember one. Unless the interpretation of his regards for other characters counts as such.
4. Favorite line
If we are taking into account the show alone (as we probably should)... I overall love the way he speaks. And it's been a while since I watched the whole series, but the phrase I remember the most is when he said to Unicron that he'd rather die than live as his slave. I also love that phrase when he's fighting Optimus with the sabers, saying that they finally claimed their positions as gods. It's a very telling phrase.
5. Best personality trait
His mannerisms. I could watch him gesticulating all day
6. Worst personality trait
What do you mean? He's perfect.
XD
No, he's not. I would say, understanding the sentence "worst personality trait" not as something that shouldn't be there, neither that I don't like, but rather as something that actually hinders him, that is, ironically enough that he is extremely impulsive and obsessive. Which often plays against him.
8. Unpopular opinion about them
I often don't pay attention to the popular opinions about a character, so I'm not sure if whatever opinion I have on him is unpopular or not. Specially because I think that I mostly adhere to canon as much as possible when it comes to interpretation, so, unless as faithful interpretations as possible are unpopular, I'm not sure if I have any.
Does considering him the best, sexiest Megatron counts as unpopular?
Or that he's actually smart?
I also believe he suffers from a chronic, poisonous, destructive form of spleen, but that's more an interpretation than an opinion, I believe...
Thanks for the ask 🐈⬛
this ask game
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Day 2 of God Week feat. Absinthe, god of Alcohol and Ecstasy~ This was one of my favorite pieces in the series to work on 💕
Special thanks to @elvensemi and @darkandtwistedasmr! (See Day 1's art here / check out Absinthe's video and prowl Twisted's channel for the rest of God Week and more)
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#oceanside#god week#my art#asmr video#asmr art#fantasy character#fantasy art#fae#faerie#elf#satyr#witch#character design#creature design#digital art#green fairy#commission#densewentz commission#i really love absinthe#babygirl knows how to have a good time#Youtube#artists on tumblr#dark and twisted whisper#dark and twisted whisper asmr
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A visual representation of our AU’s Overhaul arc
#bnha oc#mha original character#oc#original character#draw the squad#mr. compress#shigaraki tomura#dabi#overhaul#my art#kinda#i used a template#shigadabi#absinthe
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☆ Oc-Tober Day 29: Trick r' Treating ☆ Absinthe and Dakota with a Halloween haul!! And... A lot of Monster Energy-
#absinthe (oc)#dakota (oc)#oc tober#oc-tober#october#oc tober 2023#scenecore#scene queen#pixel#pixel art#digital#bries ocs#oc#ocs#original#original character#original characters#non fanart
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Never not putting Seamus in collars 💅🏻⛓
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