#actually i want mira to actually be short for some slavic name

[genderdotcom]

The ground was soft and loamy, and sprung back when Mira's feet left it. The day before they had left- The Day Before They Had Left, it felt now, with all the gravitas of a shut tomb- had been marked with light spring showers that chased her into neighbours' houses and barns. She'd bought food for the trip, you see, loaves of bread and whatever else besides, and didn't want it to get wet.

Imoen carried her pack now as well as her own, and with the most studied nonchalance picked an apple from it.

"I can carry my own bags."

"Uh huh." She said around a mouthful of fruit. "So can I."

The woods were golden in the morning light. Trees spaced themselves thinly enough to permit a light breeze, ruffling Mira's cloak, drying out the mud and sweat and flecks of blood-

"You shouldn't have followed me." Shouldn't have followed us. "They won't let you back in, do you understand?"

"So what? I couldn't have stayed with Gorion gone."

That made her jolt. Trip, even, and stumble to right herself before her legs tangled in the heavy woolen volume of her skirt.

"They wouldn't have kicked you out."

"Nah, they wouldn't've. But I couldn't..." The apple half-finished, she seemed to be chewing over something else in her mind. "I brought your bear."

"Imoen!" If a laugh had escaped her, it would have been a miracle. "What for?!"

"To make fun of you for still sleeping with a stuffed animal? I mean, I dunno. I would've waltzed right up to your camp or whatever, and Gorion would've been fuming, I bet-"

Mira bit her tongue- without breaking skin, she smelled blood. Imoen broke off the sentence with the final bite of her apple, then lobbed it upwards and back in a long arc. What a sorry sight the pair of them made, Mira mused while her stuttering breath slowed again- children who'd had too little sleep. Playing at adventure with no regard for the costs.

They walked a moment longer.

"I couldn't've let you go on alone." Said Imoen and, blinking hard, looked away.

[kinanina]

pina colada, harvey wallbanger, & chocolate martini for valeriya, mira, & cassandra!! 🤍🍹

hello hello! thank you for your ask im so excited to talk abt my ocs lol <3

pina colada: if ur oc has a bag or a purse, what are five things that'd be inside?

i have never really thought about this one, so that's super interesting!!

valeriya: dried foods like meat or fruit, a map of the country, cool pebble and dried flower that azat gave her, spare clothes and water flask

mira: a ceremonial dagger, dried herbs for different ailments (that she doesn't really know how to use lol), a lexicon and a book on the land's mythology, water flask

cassandra: two cool daggers she took from her enemies, a map, ink and a pen, unread documents her right hand man gave her

chocolate martini:

now this is pretty fun and ill try to be brief.

valeriya was actually named after the mark ronson feat. amy winehouse song valery and the fact that i love that name. i esp love the slavic versions because they look more interesting and sound prettier to me. im still torn between her name being written valerija or valeriya.

on her design: well ive always liked it when female characters have big hair that then gets chopped off by them. (i blame naruto and mulan for that.) her design is a mix between many different characters, but the three biggest insipirations are kiba from wolf's rain, elektra ovirowa from cowboy bebop and winona ryder when she had short hair. oh also nausicaa was a bit of an inspiration appearance wise. ashitaka was more for her personality.

cassandra is actually vals mum. ive always loved the name cassandra, especially due to greek mythology and it's meaning. the name fits her in a slighty ironic way tho. (hint hint murder)

her design... well cassandra has changed a whole lot over the years. i wanted her to look more like val's mum first and foremost. they gotta look related. plus val is more similar to her mum than to her dad. cassandra's main design influences are most likely that one short haired robin design and valkyries tbh.

i gave mira her name because it means peace. and she's a character that really struggles with the fact that she has the burden of trying maintaining peace as she has to give up her previous comfortable life for it. she's also a selfish person that later on gets a lot of character development.

her design is based on art where people look like theyre glowing. also the mum in dune has this pink robe with a veil. i put that into her design too. i think that when i read vinland saga, i subconciously saw canute and thought that he may be a good inspiration for her design. i thought that her blindness would be a cool aspect since she can see into the future. oh also swans are like her animals since theyre hissy like her lol.

harvey wallbanger: post some images or a moodboard that fits your oc's aesthetic.

i cant post more than 10 pics and i am literally too dumb to make a moodboard lmao so <3

valeriya:

cassandra:

mira: