#adriel rambles

[xbraveheartx]

One of the most unexpected and most heaviest things to hear from my own mother was for her to comment on my laughter and to say how glad she is that in my age, after all the hardships I've went through and the times we live in, that my laughter is still the same bright and joyous sound as it was when I was younger. That after almost 32 years of life, I can still smile, laugh, and enjoy things; I can still find things to be happy about, to laugh over-- to express joy over.

It's a moment I'll never forget, a feeling of being seen and heard when I had gone so long thinking I wasn't.

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

varric's death is actually great for the rook!addie agenda

[spearxwind]

Something that is still true and has been for ages about Adri is that he actually uses smoking as a way to express he's pissed off. Since he fakes pretty much all of his emotional cues for the sake of whoever he's interacting with, when he acts pissed off it usually truly is an act to incite whatever emotion he needs from the other party and to lower people's guard (if he's acting pissed off people tend to think that he'll make mistakes, same as when someone acts irrationally when agitated, but he won't)

When he's pissed off legitimately he would not act any different than normal either, if anything he would just come across as calmer/more distant if he's so angry he's not bothering to fake a personality anymore. And since this is very hard to pick up on for people usually he ended up developing up a habit of lighting himself a cig to actually signal to the people who know him that he is, in fact, Truly Pissed Off.

So he could be acting perfectly normal, just talking to someone, and then mid-conversation light one up and the rest of the gang will hightail it outta there bc its NOT a good sign

[cafesulsul]

umber and adriel hung out when he arrived in san sequoia. adriel even asked umber to accompany him to his sister's wedding as his date. after some lingering looks, from both of them, they eventually kissed! beginning | previous | next

[zany-brainy]

Random Thoughts: I don't think Beatrice would travel (or at least wouldn't go globetrotting) after Adriel's defeat and Ava's departure. There's a few reasons.

Beatrice might be feeling more free to embrace who she is and figure out more about herself outside of her upbringing and role within the OCS but I don't think she'd want to go very far.

Perhaps when Ava told her to live her life she meant for Beatrice to travel the world, to climb mountains, and see sights. Maybe she wanted Beatrice to take a boat down the Amazon, to surf off of Bondi Beach, to meet Mickey Mouse in Florida, and swim in the Blue Grotto.

For Beatrice though, living right now means preparing and learning more in anticipation of the oncoming threat. And learning as much as she can about Reya, her realm, and any others that might be like her or Adriel. Hardest of all is doing all that outside of the OCS but in ways it allows her to pursue these goals in ways that her sisters might not be able to. It also allows her to remain in contact with Jillian Salvius, who distances herself from the OCS for obvious reasons. She's great help in directing Beatrice towards information and the former nun hopes she can help keep the grieving mother grounded.

For Beatrice, living starts small. She doesn't leave the country, too worried of being very far from her sisters. She also wants to learn more about the place she's lived for so long while locked away behind the literal walls of the Cat's Cradle and her own figurative walls. She wants to connect to people the way Mary made look so easy.

Research and training still take up so much time. Especially when Jillian comes calling with a new invention or breakthrough she'd like Beatrice to consult on. But Beatrice finds time to connect. She teaches. Short lessons in self defense in the evening hours at a local dance studio. But it's between these responsibilities that Beatrice partakes and lives.

Little victories, as Ava liked to call them. Little rebellions as Beatrice still thinks of them. Her parents never allowed her many sweets when she was younger. Now Beatrice finds herself indulging in Bubblegum flavored, double scoop, sprinkle covered ice cream here and there. And yes, it mostly just enforces that Mint Chocolate Chip is her favorite but in her mind she can see the snarls her mother would shoot her if she bore witness to some of the overindulgent treats Beatrice had been sampling.

Impulse purchases weren't a consideration for Beatrice but after a particularly trying day at Jillian's lab, she finds herself buying a guitar. It only has a little bit to do with Ava once saying she'd look badass with one and a lot to do with her former classmates' insistence on the pointlessness of the musical arts. Beatrice is awful at playing guitar. Her fingers can't quite find the music and sooner than she'd like she finds herself hiding it in a corner of her apartment.

Silly nicknacks like refrigerator magnets, little figurine statues, and the like were mostly just clutter but Beatrice finds herself picking them up here and there. She holds onto cups and receipts from new restaurants and ships she visits. Mementos of where she's been. It's no great adventure around the world but each little new something Beatrice holds onto makes her feel like she's living a little bit more every day.

She moves cities every few weeks. New places and people, new opportunities, hopefully new leads. New receipts, a new magnet or shot glass. Beatrice still didn't drink but the glasses were small and inoffensive enough not to cause clutter.

She still mourns and still worries and prepares but in between these big responsibilities, the duties she retains in different ways than before. It's silly and insignificant but she lives in these little moments, growing and changing in little ways. Beatrice finds herself waking up later than she ever had in the past, 6:00AM. She doesn't immediately clean every dish the second it reaches the sink.

It's small and ridiculous but these changes were unthinkable to her before. It's not living big or loud or adventuring but for as small as each change is, it's something Beatrice never saw coming. Hell, she gets an Instagram just to take pictures of food and animals she comes across as back up for whenever she has to ditch her current burner phones. They're all little victories day in and day out as she works and trains and learns.

And one day, after what seems like far too long, Beatrice gets to share it all with Ava, whose eyes light up at all the funky shotglasses that line their cabinet. Ava, who insists on what restaurants and cafes Beatrice has to take her back to. Ava, who instantly takes over what she now deems as their Instagram account and shares all their victories going forward, little and big.

[littleravenette]

me, feverishly writing my shahmat/kalcion fic: wait i need adriel to have friends

also me: no you really don't

me, writing adriel and kalcion backstory: no i do

[clefaiiiry]

Who is Adriel?? I've never heard of this OC 👀

Adriel is my sweet himbo Druid of Spores! I love him very much but he is so very stupid.

He's very much a gentle giant who wants to see the best in everyone, so he’s easily swayed and manipulated but fiercely loyal, and his preferred wildshape is an owlbear. also he's trans because all my ocs are.

[hyaciiintho]

🌸｡*ﾟ+. Sorry to anyone waiting on an ooc reply from me through DMs. I'll try to get back on track soonish, but it might be after these next two weeks that I do. Gonna be visiting family and friend on the east coast, so I'll be occupied. Bringing my laptop with me, in case of anything, but it's not a guarantee I'll get much done while over there.

Regardless, I appreciate everyone who sent stuff in ♡ I might be doubling down on memes for these next work nights so I can get my queue stuffed enough for my absence.

I hope everyone has a lovely day/night ♡

[tenebriism]

// A classic, very serotonin inducing case of I.Y.K.Y.K.

Tales Community, I love y'all. A lot.

[powerbottomblake]

#stop it stop it stop it#this and then also the picture i am OBSESSED with the friendship they all had#like especially this moment in the context of mary telling lilith later that she changed after shannon got the halo#like the idea that their friendship wasn't what it was#that it was fraught somehow because lilith is angry and bitter and ashamed and making it everyone's problem#but still here in this moment where they're all grieving over losing shannon#the three of them are still coming together via @fiddleabout

[xbraveheartx]

Hey Adriel! It's good to see you posting, I hope things are going better than a few months ago. Just wanted to let you know– I went and started testosterone last Friday! So yeah! I'm beyond excited to finally become who I'm meant to be. Have an awesome day. :)

WEPA!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH BRO!!!!!!!! CONGRATS THAT'S SO AWESOME!!!!! I'm a little jealous, holy shit, that's such huge news I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ Sending good vibes and the best of luck on your journey to being yourself!!!! Be kind to yourself during this transformation, and I hope the long journey to comfort and happiness is a pleasant one! ✨

[aureoboros]

was i sweet once?

every time i think about baby durge it makes me sad, so here’s a ramble on adriel’s childhood:

they were essentially a changeling baby!! although not in the sense that orin is, as they aren’t a shape changer. their mother was a human from baldur’s gate, and their father was a drow who escaped menzoberranzan (i need to draw them both eventually). bhaal crafted adriel to resemble one of the children they had together - and they were switched as infants by bhaalists. if adriel’s surrogate parents noticed, they never said a word about it. their family was poor, their parents and siblings were loving, and they had a childhood full of play and exploration!! at least up until the incident happened, and everything went downhill from there. adriel was barely ten when the urges manifested :(

adriel woke to find their family dead by their hand, and to say the least, they were horrified by what they had done. they wouldn’t embrace bhaal’s influence until their teenage years (at which point it was so overwhelming that they just sort of… gave into it). and in the end, they grew to be a truly awful person as an adult. taking lives became like a checklist to them - even if some remnant of that scared child still lingered. they had a soft spot for children and animals, as well as the poor - and would avoid taking their lives, at the least. of course, this was never substantial enough to make much of a difference. adriel’s sense of personhood, for both themselves and for others, became very muddled.

so yeah!! orin’s betrayal really is the best thing that ever happened to them. while the memory loss certainly wasn’t a miracle in any sense, they wouldn’t have been able to break free without it. it was sort of a nature vs nurture scenario. they woke up as an empty shell, with no context for any of their urges - just the knowledge that they were there, and a general sense that they shouldn't give into them. though not everything can be fixed, they finally get to move on and choose who they want to be. so it goes, a tragic story turned road to redemption :] i love how tadpoles saved most of the bg3 cast

[starlightandetherealshadows]

How high are the ro's libido? 🤤 and with who did they have their first time? do they still see them or talk to them?

Oooo let’s see,

I’m getting sleepy so I apologize for my potential rambling. Might edit this in the morning cuz I’m half delusional with exhaustion

Ayana/Adriel: lowest sex drive of the RO’s, but it isn’t necessarily low in general. They like equal balances of sexual and non sexual intimacy. A likes to wait until they’re done a few dates, had an emotional connection at a minimum level before taking someone to bed. Sex isn’t high on their priority list, anyway. Doesn’t mean they don’t really enjoy it. First time was with Leila Malone, in the summer between 11th and 12th grade. Short lived summer fling, they still follow each other on IG.

Cecelia/Chase: medium libido, first time was with their first girlfriend Amber and it was very awkward but in like a sweet way. They don’t talk to Amber anymore, but if the two ever run into each other, they’re cordial. It takes C a while and a high friendship level for them to begin to feel sexual attraction, but after that, yea they’re down for a good time. Because they’re less experienced, sex stresses them out a bit because they’re hyper focused on being “good at it” rather than enjoying themselves.

Zero: a virgin (had their first kiss at 20..with V), and doesn’t it know it yet but they have a high libido. Sex makes them feel very vulnerable. Zero loves that overwhelming, free fall feeling they experience, and the knowledge that someone is going to take care of them and make them feel good. Z also likes knowing that they can test someone’s self control and turn them on. (Z is such a bratty sub bottom lord jesus)

Delphine: obviously her sex drive is high as hell, being what she is. It’s not as fun as it sounds though. Wanting to have sex and needing to are not the same thing. she can’t remember her first time, and there’s quite the sad backstory there that we won’t get into now. 😳 honestly, if she could stop needing to have sex to live, she would. sometimes she just wants to be held and loved for something other than her body.

Xa’eks/Xa’veed: high libido goddamn. They have a lot of restless and somewhat aggressive energy that needs to go somewhere. Their first time was when they were the Nion 8 equivalent of teenagers with another student at their military academy. It was their first and only actual relationship, though short lived since romance was discouraged among military students for fear of it distracting them. Their lover’s name is Moxim, and X hasn’t seen him since they landed on Earth (big place, ya know)

[one-winged-dreams]

Save the Date

ship: what do angels dream of (angeal x adriel) (pl: adriel & zack) source: final fantasy vii word count: 1408

JUST TALKING WEDDING PLANS WITH ZACK, DON'T MIND ME

tag list: @dearly-beeloved @camellias-and-coriander @rebel-wolf13 @sunstar-of-the-north @mahitoslittlebird @goldenworldsabound @edencantstopfallininlove @sosoftandsweet @dorothys-wife @faerie-circle-ships @kylars-princess

"So you've got a date decided, then?"

Adriel stopped pacing at the question, his hand coming up to grip the wrist of the hand holding his phone to his ear.

He wasn't sure if Zack had initially called to talk about wedding plans, excitable as he was. The answer to THAT particular question was up in the air, but Adriel never minded speaking with him at any rate.

And Zack's question WAS going to come up eventually.

"Yeeesss," he answered tentatively, looking out one of his living room windows. The day had passed by rather quickly, but it was difficult to ascertain just HOW quickly based on how early the sun set this time of year.

"What do you mean 'Yeeeessss,' you gonna tell me or what?" Zack prompted. At this point, it didn't matter why he called, Adriel knew that the conversation was now irrevocably wedding-related, regardless of initial intention.

He sighed, unable to help but smile, not doing so a difficult enough challenge around Zack in general.

"Why? Thinking about letting your plus one know? And your plus one's plus one?"

"Sure am! Cloud's not usually the type to go to these sort of things, but he'll have a good time since you and Angeal are my friends. And you're gonna LOVE Bee," Zack began to ramble, only stopping as he heard Adriel chuckle, "What? Are you laughing at me? Come on, just tell me."

Adriel's smile spread further, and he leaned against the back of the couch, placing a hand on the edge to support himself.

"You'll get your card in the mail the same day as everyone else, Zack."

A huff on the other end of the line made him giggle.

"Might as well send out the invitations already if that's how it's gonna be."

This brought a blush to Adriel's face rather than a smile, one of his hands instinctively coming up to cover the lower half of his face.

"W-We're still working on those. The save the date cards will be out tomorrow, Reeve's not letting me skimp out on the actual invitations. He wants us to make something nice, I don't know. It's not really a big deal to us, they're just cards," he mumbled.

Zack made some sort of exasperated whine that truly hammered home what a puppy he was.

"They're not, though! You and Angeal are two out of three of my BEST FRIENDS! So you make something with heart, 'cause I'm gonna keep it FOREVER."

"Zack…" Adriel murmured, touched by the sentiment. It didn't come as too much of a surprise, but it incited a strong emotional response regardless.

"So is that why you're not doing field work right now? Reeve's got you on leave so you can plan the wedding? By the way it sounds, it's gonna be pretty soon."

"You can say that, yeah," Adriel's eyes scanned the room as he adjusted the phone. That was all he would say on the matter, and it was clear Zack knew he wasn't getting any more out of him, "You doing delivery work with Cloud right now? Working even on your days off, huh?"

"Of course! Holidays are coming up, and Cloud can use all the help he can get. It's like everyone in Midgar and their mom need a package sent, it's CRAZY. What about Angeal? He helping you out today?"

Adriel paused and then sighed.

"He's in Junon with Genesis, heading security detail for Rufus. They're expanding on the self-sustaining energy plan over there, and a lot of people who still support Shinra's old cause are… Unhappy, to say the least."

"Damn. They couldn't get Sephiroth to do it?" Zack's pout was nearly audible.

"He and Owen are helping Reeve check out the old reactor in Corel. Trying to make sure it's not causing any problems. It's been all hands on deck lately. Except for me, I guess," Adriel let out a breath through his nose, his own pout materializing as he ran the circumstances over in his head again.

"That really sucks. But Reeve's right, at least one of you needs to start on those wedding plans. And you know Angeal's no good at that sort of thing," Good ol' Zack, trying to remain positive despite everything.

"And I am?" Adriel only half-joked, tilting his head back to stare at the ceiling. "It's not gonna be a big deal. We're just taking a handful of you guys to Banora. Might have Lazard officiate, might have Genesis. It depends on if Genesis can behave himself. He REALLY wants to officiate, by the way."

"Oh I'll bet! Good luck with that, have Lazard put something together just in case."

This got another chuckle from Adriel, Zack responding with a pleased hum.

"Angeal calling you often?" Zack minorly changed the subject.

A smile returned to Adriel's lips, soft and affectionate.

"At LEAST twice a day."

"Ohhh, at least, huh? Do I wanna know what any extra phonecalls might be about?"

The comment was so brazen that Adriel couldn't suppress a flustered laugh in time.

"ZACK!"

"Guess I don't! Alright, I'll stop. When's he coming home, anyway?"

As Adriel looked out the window, the sun was setting low, the sky ablaze with warm colors that incited a sense of romanticism.

"Hopefully? Tomorrow or the day after. My money's on the day after, God knows how long Rufus is going to be doing his thing over there. I was a SOLDIER, I never understood the bureaucracy thing."

His audible disappointment was interrupted as the doorbell rang, eyes narrowing to a squint.

"That's not you at the door, is it?"

"Me? Nah, I'm in Sector 7 right now. This is my last round for the day. Why, you want me to come over?"

Adriel frowned thoughtfully, approaching the door but keeping his phone loosely at his ear.

"You can if you want, but I-"

"A little chilly out here, hope there's someone home to warm me up," came a familiar and far more than welcome voice from behind the door.

Eyes widening, Adriel nearly dropped the phone.

"I have to go."

"Uh, okay see y-" Zack was cut off as Adriel hung up and tossed the phone onto the couch.

After a quick dash to the door, he all but flung it open, the ultimate object of his desire standing there, rolling his shoulder. Angeal had probably been holding that traveling bag for a while if he had walked all the way home from the bus station.

As the door opened before him, Angeal stopped mid-stretch, a grin immediately spreading across his face.

"Oh, lucky me. My angel was home after all, good. I don't think I could have waited another minute to see you again."

The tears that sprung to Adriel's eyes were expected, his weepy expression paired with a deep blush making Angeal laugh.

"I'll take that as to meaning the feeling is mutual. Can I get a-"

He was ultimately unable to finish the request, as Adriel had flung himself at him so hard and so quickly that he had to drop his bag to catch him.

As always, Angeal was a brick wall that didn't budge an inch, no matter how hard Adriel threw himself at him. As he heard Angeal laugh again, feeling his strong arms wrap around him as he buried himself in his chest, he whimpered in the most pathetic and unflattering manner.

"What? What's the matter my angel? Don't cry, I'm here," Angeal chuckled while offering a tight squeeze.

"I ju-just! L-love you so mu-uch!" came Adriel's weepy reply, gripping the fabric of Angeal's shirt so hard it was a wonder it hadn't begun to tear.

Humming affectionately, Angeal placed a kiss on the top of Adriel's head.

"I know. I love you too. Let's go inside, mh? It's cold out here, and I did ask if someone could warm me up. Someone being you, if that wasn't clear," Angeal half-teased, not releasing Adriel as he leaned to the side to pick up his bag.

Proceeding to move the straps down to the crook of his elbow, Angeal didn't hesitate to turn his hug into a bridal carry, reveling in the yelp that it incited.

"Angeal!" Adriel exclaimed with a sniffle, his arms immediately wrapping around Angeal's neck by habit alone.

"Hope you weren't in the middle of any wedding planning. Because we've got a lot of 'warming up' to catch up on."

[gabeorelse]

Not going anonymous cause I wanted to say hi over here officially!

I haven’t gotten the chance to ask you about your work yet! Tell me about your current WIP. What is it about, who are the protagonist(s) and the villain(s), what is your biggest inspiration behind it?

Hi!!! Nice to meet you :D I don't know if I ever introduced myself officially other than yelling at your posts but I go by Gabe (hey/they but either is fine!). Thank you for the ask!! So I actually have two wips at the moment - one is a high fantasy with horror and science fiction elements, and the other is a literary fiction with magical realism elements. I'll talk mostly about the first but I might give in and ramble a bit about the second because that's what I'm working on actively atm.

SO. My most recent WIP, which on my blog is called Empire of Death, is about an empire very loosely (VERY loosely) based on the Roman empire, wherein the upper class command necromantic powers by way of controlling eldritch gods.

The way this works: once, eldritch gods ruled, then a man rose up and defeated them. Of the two main gods, who were partners sharing the powers of life/death, he killed one and forced the other to give him his powers. From then on, he used these powers to expand his rule. Necromancy comes from these godly powers, but it's more like life/death manipulation. I'll try not to get into the worldbuilding too much, but a lot of the horror elements come from consuming: people consume godsblood to get necromancy, priests consume the flesh of gods to perform certain magicks, etc.

Several hundred years later, the emperor's line is ending and the entire empire is unstable/in slow decline. Valeria Atalusco, the last of the imperial line in a world where no woman has ever taken the throne, announces that she will attend the Thaedycrux, which is THE college dedicated to the top necromancers. Her goal is to eventually take the throne. It's an opportunistic thing; her brother, the true heir, just died, and she's kind of panicking because now SHE carries the bloodline powers.

Meanwhile, Adriel is a nobody in the empire: he's a 'diumo' (nonbinary), and part of a religious minority that the empire basically swallowed up. He would rather forget everything that makes him different, but his brother became a radical rebel (he thinks) and was arrested and sentenced to an eternal sentence in the imperial legions. So he hates the empire, but he also hates the rebels. It's complicated, and even more so considering he only gets by because his brother's mentor, Galeo Casaro, has kind of looked out for him.

But Galeo has a plan: see, he's a politician, but he's also part of a cult dedicated to bring back the VERY violent rule of the eldritch gods. So Galeo has been working with the two main gods who once ruled as a couple: one is enslaved by the imperial line, their soul passed down through each heir (So now it's in Valeria), and he's managed to get his hands on the other. He recruited Adriel's brother into his cult and planned to plant this soul into his body, then raise him through the ranks to overthrow the imperial line and take back the other god, but things went wrong, Adriel wound up (unknowingly) with the god's soul, and now Galeo is scrambling. He puts together a plan: send Adriel to this college under some lame pretext, and manipulate Adriel into winning Valeria over. He's been communicating with the god inside Adriel, who has assured him that they will take care of the finer details.

(This is so horribly confusing, I'm sorry.)

So if you're keeping track: Adriel's brother was not actually a rebel, but the empire blamed the rebels when he + Galeo got his hands on the soul of the god (the rebels do show up later lmao). Adriel and Valeria are possessed by two gods in love, and Galeo has manipulated them into the same place so that Adriel's god will take control of the situation and rescue Valeria's god. Adriel just wants to undo his brother's sentence, and Galeo has assured him that if he wins Valeria over to his side, she will definitely do that (yeah, right).

So what you have: a wild fake dating situation in which neither Adriel nor Valeria knows about the actual plan, which to be fair, is covered up by about three different other plans. Am I insane? Maybe. Galeo thinks he's in control, but Adriel's god is more in the 'I'll do whatvever the fuck I want to get my partner back' vibe. It's very weird, gory, violent, and according to those who have read parts....funny?

My inspirations: Gideon the Ninth is a huge one for me, but also a recent book I read called The West Passage (which I highly recommend if you love reading really weird stuff). In terms of political stuff, I've been inspired by Dune, Game of Thrones, and a lot of nonfiction too. I also am a huge fan of horror, so the more horror-y aspects come from some of my favorite horror aficionados like Mike Flanagan and some of Ari Aster's stuff.

Also I won't talk about my second WIP because this got WAY too long and I feel like I just dug a very deep, confusing hole with no way out, but I hope it all makes sense!! And thank you so much for the ask, I really appreciate it :D If you need a shorter, blurb type thing, I think I have one as my pinned post which probably makes way more sense.

[kinglyisms]

♚ — Residents & dating.

Hiroki: Prefers to go out, likes small resturants and cafes. He'll pay for everything, wants to be out late, probably ends through a night time walk through the Castle gardens.

Toshiro: he's only 20. He doesn't know what he's doing. Probably suggest running in the woods? He'll catch you a deer.

Luka: Home. He can't cook so--he'll offer you a book to read. Sit on the couch with you?

Casimir: This man will spoil you and worship the ground you walk upon as long as you feed him. Date will include making out and or sex as long as the partner is willing. But please feed him.

Zero: What? Is? Dating? Needs guidance. Will take care of you, he is a Servant. Knows the best ways to make someone comfortable. Probably needs to be reminded this isn't a one sided things and that he's not currently working whoopse.

Elliot: Would like to go out to the bar, get a bit of alcohol in them, fool around.

Akira: Work-a-holic. How do you go on a date with unfinished work? He likes picnics especially amongst the flowers.

Elijah: Can it be some place that Silas can go? But also willing to do a nice, quiet and romantic restaurant if his parents can watch Silas. He's a gentleman, he'll treat you good so long as you don't mind him rambling about his kid all night.

Wyatt: Fuck you. Fuck your offer for a date. Fuck dating. Fuck love. Fuck emotions. Fuck him over Starlight's bar.

Amir: Secret. His mother can't know. Quiet dinner at home. He'll cook.

Satoru: Does it involve touching? He loves museums, aquariums, bookstores, libraries, he'll take you to see history. Then a nice dinner, a walk in a park, and back home.

Adriel: Quiet. Quiet place. He's not above people watching through. Crowds do make him nervous. He's always willing to try something at least once, he hasn't gotten out much, the idea of a movie at home sounds inviting. Just not HIS house.

Eric: If you get him out of the manor he'll go anywhere that isn't crowded. But, he prefers to be home. Zero will cook and prepare the bath. But he'll still take care of you, probably sit on the edge of the tub and gently help you wash up. Let's play a game of chess after or read together.

Artemis: Hey. Wanna go on a date in the woods? A scavenger hunt? Some hunting? First one to find the buried heart gets to kiss the other.