#c: lucy

[adriaarjcna]

Wanna know who's the worst friend ever? Me, I'm the friend. I recently saw Puppy Love, I know it took me ages, but it was such a good movie! You and Grant were incredible. It's definitely one of my comfort movies now. Were your pups jealous of the doggos you worked with? / @hale-raiser

[void-botanist]

let’s start with 1-5 for all the polycules! -@vacantgodling

This is gonna be a long one lol. But first, a little note on these polycules for those who don't know: they're legally mandated for the royal family (Kiatcarmen, Marcus, and Minaya) and have at least one of each sapient species in them. That's why Jimmy was replaced in Kiatcarmen's polycule when he died, whereas in an organic polycule, that likely would not happen.

1 - How many members are in the polycule? How are they related to each other? Feel free to draw a flow chart.

Kiatcarmen: there have only ever been five at one time. But those members have shifted twice, when existing members died. Kiatcarmen and Ashmalo are Marcus and Minaya's parents.

First set of members:

Second set of members:

Third (current) set of members:

Marcus: seven, technically. It remains to be seen whether Heith will stick around. With the exception of Heith, it's safe to assume they're all friends. Gren only knows OF Heith, since Marcus met her on another planet. Yera and Hossan recently had a baby. Also they don't actually have non-cow ears I just couldn't rally myself to make updated picrews for this post.

Minaya: six, all pretty much friends. Dawn is currently pregnant with Arbores's baby. Lanya is permanently annoyed with Arbores because his state of being is sort of to just disappear into the woods and not engage that much with the administrative/royalty things he, Minaya, and Dawn manage.

This isn't all the existent relationships in these polycules but it is all the most notable ones.

2 - Did the relationship start polyamorous, or was it a monogamous relationship that eventually opened?

All three of these started as technically polyamorous relationships, though they grew little by little. But if you look past the legal requirement it's a little more complicated. Kiatcarmen's polycule has always been a mess, and to be honest she would have been just fine having just Jimmy.

Yera and Hossan in Marcus's polycule started out as a functionally closed couple within the whole (they don't actually restrict each other to this but that was how it was anyway) but a couple years in, Marcus married Gren and Gren became besties with Yera. Over time this morphed into Gren being their third partner, but Gren is still very mobile between the different members and divisions of the polycule.

Minaya's polycule, once completed, was functionally three parallel couples (Minaya and Lanya, Dawn and Arbores, and Lucy and Ramona) until Ramona fessed up about her crush on Lanya and those two couples merged into something like a quad.

3 - If it started monogamous, how did the process of opening the relationship go?

Marcus: for a while it wasn't clear whether Yera and Hossan's relationship was going to open - maybe Yera just had a new fuckbuddy. But Gren and Hossan spent a lot of time together incidentally, and Gren also wanted to be friends with him too, and over time Gren just sort of got absorbed into their dynamic. There was a little jealousy they had to work out (Hossan was very used to being Yera's singular obsession), and there was a conversation at some point, though, when Hossan realized that he no longer thought of Gren as a separate external addition. He still doesn't think of himself as polyam but considers Gren in the same breath as Yera.

Minaya: opening her and Lanya's relationship felt easy. For a while, though, it was pretty much just sexual. That was easiest for everybody, especially with Lucy and Ramona being away for training and competition a lot. But over time it's developed into a more romantic dynamic, which has been fairly smooth, despite Lucy's defensiveness and Lanya's counter-defensiveness. There is some uncertainty about how things will change once Minaya ascends the throne, though.

4 - Are there any mono-poly relationships in the polycule?

Kiatcarmen: sort of. Despite having a sexual and quasi-romantic relationship with Pirianus the only person she's ever considered her partner is Jimmy, so in essence she has always been the monogamous person connected to her own polycule through her very popular spouse.

Marcus: no, but only because Heith isn't monogamous.

Minaya: Lucy teeters on the edge here. She's never outright decided she's monogamous, but she also doesn't have a lot of patience for maintaining multiple romantic partnerships.

5 - What “shape” is the polycule? A triad, a “V”, a straight line of metamours, or incomprehensible?

Kiatcarmen: currently, a cul-de-sac. Kiatcarmen only considers Pirianus anything close to a partner, Pirianus has complicated relationships with her and Thade, and Thade, Caladea, and Orvi are all just vibing with each other. In other words: almost entirely metamours and meta-metamours from Kiatcarmen's perspective, and something resembling a cohesive whole from Thade's.

Marcus: in Marcus's absence, it became kind of a bow tie, with Gren in the middle between Yera & Hossan and Umedes & Pali, and Marcus and Heith as a separate island. Upon his return, it expands into more of an anglerfish - Gren is still the point of connection between Yera & Hossan and Umedes & Pali, but Marcus has joined Umedes and Pali, and also has a connection to Heith.

Minaya: it's more or less a quad (Minaya, Lanya, Ramona, Lucy) with an orbiting couple (Dawn and Arbores).

[jackiexmiller]

Her clothes haven't even dried and she was out of Nate's, with a bag of pills and enough weed to last her a few days. She'd just had enough money left to stop by at the gas station, and grab a few beers and some snacks. All a girl would need. -- And she knew, there was no way she was staying at Zera's tonight. Or Billies. Fuck, the two had probably worried enough without having her knock on their door at 3am high out of her mind. So she drove her shitty bike, in the rain, with one hand, barely making it to Lucy's place. And she got in using the spare key, and took out a pre-rolled joint placing it between her teeth as she turned on the music on the TV and danced her way into his room, not bothered at all by the many conditions she could find him in. "Lucy baby, get your sexy ass over here..." there's a laugh as smoke fills the air, and she'll drag him by the hand and pull him closer. "I brought beer...and food...-- kind of, and...I'm gonna need some dry clothes please..." finally her eyes will meet his, and for a split second she will calm down, and a sweet smile will appear. "Hi...can we have some fun? Just you and me?" @traegics

[noellexdriscoll]

closed starter: @lucydriscoll

where: noelle's home

"You're right on time, the cookies just came out of the oven!" Noelle told her daughter as she led her into the kitchen. "I want to make a list of dishes we want for our little friendsgiving, so I figured we could talk about it over cookies! I have wine as well, if you'd like some."

[sterlingxlevin]

closed starter: @lucydriscoll

where: Driftwood

"Can you believe all the hate this place has been getting lately? I swear Nell is going to fight people who negatively review this place if they don't stop, she's so pressed about it." Sterling understood that, though, because her aunt Noelle had been great friends with the previous owner of the little coffee shop and she'd promised to look out for Jace. "My iced oat milk vanilla lattes are still just as wonderful as always, even if they're a bit smaller now." She gave a little pout, but that wasn't Driftwood's fault, she'd been cutting back on caffeine due to her pregnancy.

"How's everything? It's been ages since we've caught up and gossiped and all that. Tell me everything."

[jesschastcin]

You and I are getting drunk tonight. I haven't seen you in forever. What's up with that? @hale-raiser

[edenxoconnell]

closed starter: @lucydriscoll

where: public library

Eden was happy that she had made a friend with Lucy, especially since they both loved reading. It was nice to drag her along to the library to find books to share with each other. As Eden was browsing the fantasy section, she looked over to Lucy and asked, "What's your favorite genre?"

[hqlourd]

billie: Taking this off Twitter because people be nosy, buuut hi. I'm sorry you're on the insomnia train tonight but at least we're not alone! billie: Kids are mostly gems except for night time when they apparently have ten million questions to ask instead of going to bed, none of which I have the capacity to answer. billie: As for the thoughts, it's the same old. Not so much good or bad as just... thoughts. About work, about my ex, about my family. About whether I'm doing a good job working and loving and generally being a person. What about you? If you want to indulge me, but no pressure whatsoever. @hale-raiser

[everyerzascarlet]

[devirtute]

@nghtdsires asked: m/f 11 chester (or your choice) with lucy and/or missy

MEME: 𝚂𝙸𝚃𝚄𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻 𝙶𝙸𝙵 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚃𝚂 STATUS: accepting

dating missy was one thing, but he never would've expected the extra perk of her being under the same roof as her agent. at some point in the night, lucy snuck into the bed and chester was well into having his way with her while his girlfriend slept. his right arm was wrapped around her hips as he thrusted his hips upward, pushing his member deep into her core. "shh," the witch spoke quietly, but found himself needing a way to keep quiet himself. he moved his mouth over to her breast, quickly wrapping his lips around the bud of lucy's nipple. chester started to suck on her nipple while he continued to ram his shaft into her, finding a good pace where he wasn't moving the bed too much.

[thelizaxevans]

closed: @lucydriscoll

where: liza and sterling's house

Other than Sterling (and Wes of course) Liza hadn't told anyone else she was pregnant yet. Honestly, she was a bit scared to--not because she was ashamed of it or anything, but because she remembered the ridicule and the gossip that trailed behind her sister when she was pregnant and she was afraid of going through all that herself.

But Lucy wasn't anyone. She was her family, practically her other sister, so Liza trusted her with knowing- trusted her to not tell anyone, so when she heard the knock on the door Liza immediately went over, a smile on her face as she saw her cousin on the other side of the door.

"Hey Luce."

[emersonxcassidy]

closed - @lucydriscoll

where - driftwood coffee

Meeting someone who loved books and reading as much as her had been a godsend growing up. Lucy was someone Emerson immediately clicked with, not minding how quiet it was, because their shared passion of literature meant it was comfortable to just sit in silence with one another while reading for hours on end. So when she moved to New York for college, Lucy was definitely someone Emerson missed dearly.

But now that they were both in town again (and had their own money to buy all the books the wanted) Emerson loved meeting up with her like this every couple weeks, talking about their latest reads over cups of coffee and shared pastries--like now. Emerson had beelined towards where the other girl was sitting, a grin on her face as she came up to Lucy and plopped down in front of her. "Tell me you haven't been waiting on me long."

[survibers]

"You know you could write a memoir just for me. So I can truly live vicariously through you," Avery teased as she sat with Lucy in her apartment. To say she was happy for Lucy would have been an understatement but to say she was also jealous would have been absolutely true. Lucy had come back, yes but she had also been out there actually being a journalist. In LA no less and Avery found herself wanting to know every single detail of it. "How are you settling in back home?" @rebelsrebels

[noellexdriscoll]

closed starter: @lucydriscoll

where: seabrook quarter

Noelle had invited Lucy over on Halloween and asked her if she wanted to go trick-or-treating just like old times. Sure, Noelle and Lucy were definitely too old for it, but she figured they would just tag along with the Evans and Sterling and Sunny as their cover. They were for sure getting their own candy though.

"You look adorable!" Noelle gasped when she saw Lucy's Mary Poppins costume. "I love it so much. Aaand I found your old trick-or-treat bucket! So now your costume can be complete." She told her as she held it out to her.

[sterlingxlevin]

closed starter: @lucydriscoll

where: sterling's house

It was still a weird feeling for Sterling and Sunny to live alone since Liza and Wes moved out, so Sterling made sure she had friends over often. And with Noelle being out of town for so long, Sterling made sure she invited her cousin over the most. "What have you been up to lately? You ever get that book club going?"

[zoe-nettles]

“No entiendo a qué te refieres.” ( @lxkaroondaw​ )

“¿Cachemir?” Sabía que no todos tenían su gusto y gran conocimiento por la moda, pero nunca se había percatado de hasta donde llegaba la ignorancia de otros. En otro momento de su vida hubiera dado lo que fuera por impartir un par de clases a cualquiera que lo necesitaba, pero desde su ataque rechazaba la presencia de otros, sobre todo si no se trataban de sus amistades (las cuales, escaseaban) “Es igual. Simplemente he perdido mi jersey, y pensé que podrías haberlo visto si lo describía.” Lo había dejado un solo momento en aquella silla, y ahora no estaba.