#and then 'winning' the Marvellous just fucking. skyrocketed them to the top. but elias started very very low and is always terrified someone | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

the-dye-stained-socialite · 2 months ago

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thinking about how elias went from learning how to take care of themself and exist as a person from the neath's servants, to becoming a paramount presence and London's Adored Regent in a few short years

#elias leroux #oc chatter #like. talk about a fucking jump in station and status holy shit elias #this is also why eluas was practically living in scandalland their first year and a half in the ndath #they were learning how to be a Fucking Person AND a Proper Member of Society at the same time and they were learning BOTH fast and dirty #when they lived with their parents they read lots of books so they had tons of technical knowledge #but they didn't have much practical knowledge until they escaped to the neath #I'm also thinking about possibly having them actually work as a servant for a little while. doing jobs that could be done in their chair #while starting on light fingers.#to be fair. probably not many jobs they could have done! i imagine helping with food prep a lot and mending clothes #how did they leave servantry? uh. combination nadir + lethean tea leaves they probably just. fucking forgot they had a job fjdbdhhd #and shortly after that they talked themself into being on the railway and made up a new identity at the house of chimes #and also going through the Genders tm so. lots of conning and scheming and elias brutally claeing their way to the top #and with the railway started The Swan Bride happened and then they rapidly gained Actual Position and Power (and money) so the climb got #easier from there. still not EASY but. easier.#and then 'winning' the Marvellous just fucking. skyrocketed them to the top. but elias started very very low and is always terrified someone #will find out and uncover their secrets and take away all elias has

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