#ceph/crow

[symphony-of-us]

WELCOME TO CORVUSVERSE

Has Tumblr gotten sad? Do you want interactions on Tumblr with character dynamics, but just.. don't have people for that? Is everyone already in a pre-established friendgroup, leaving you to watch from the sidelines? Join Corvusverse today!

Well, at the very least, that was the pitch sent to the server!

Corvusverse is disconnected from the rest of DC roleplaying Tumblr (think how @/stray-tim 's universe is technically separate from the rest of them) , and we'll be using the tag #Corvusverse for.. obvious reasons.

Tumblr Corvusverse does NOT reflect the Corvusverse made by @/kk_cats accurately, as this is a group project and honestly I just needed a name for it...

Don't forget! DC stands for disregard canon!

MORE INFO UNDER CUT

THIS IS VERY WORK IN PROGRESS, AND WILL BE SLOWLY UPDATED...

[ PEOPLE PARTICIPATING LIST ] <- incomplete

[ TAG EXPLAINATIONS ]

#corvusverse <- main tag, people participating will be using this

#the wayning crow <- Xanthous Wayne

[aalinaaaaaa]

WIP Wednesday

Thanks to @jev-urisk for the tag!

As an aside, today's a phenomenal day to be Wednesday, I got to the bit I was looking forward to 😆 (Shockingly, it's only Chapter Two!)

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Gasps erupted overhead, as she emerged into the temple’s atrium. Some people stood from their pews, reacting, gesturing, her gaze turning to the altar. There, a girl in a flowing orange gown stood with the Chalice in hand, taking a step back from yet another meshai. The ground reverberated with her heartbeat, each beat stronger than the last. Eshani took a few steps forward. White, elongated bones broke through stained glass. A section rained down from the top corner, followed by another, where a murder of crows bled in and settled on the beams. The meshai turned to face it, reciting words and gestures. Noise from the crowd got louder, some of the front seated guests leaving. Eshani had the girl in her sights, rushing towards her. A girl in a purple dress pipped her, catching the other and teleporting away. “Cheyoria, no!” She swivelled her head, jaw dropping as she met the gaze of her former flame. The pair stood paralysed, staring into each other’s eyes with nary a word between them. “I- How?” The glass stopped raining. The arches of the temple echoed with caws, clashing with the chatter of the ground. Bones fell to the floor, some collapsing near the altar. The meshaika and acolytes emerged from downstairs, making her heart race. They coalesced into a group, where one of them narrowly avoided a white dropping from above. “What’s going on?” Her love looked up to her, his polar eyes wide and pleading for an answer. “Get down.” She clicked her fingers as the central doors burst open, sending all the flames out bar the torch behind the altar. A figure with straight crimson hair strode down the aisle, a cloak of crow feathers draped from her shoulders. Eshani held her breath as the crowd’s chatter wavered and wondered. “Explain the meaning of this, who are you?” The lead meshai stepped forward, stopped only by Eshani putting an arm in front of him. “Relax, I’ll handle this.” The other lady approached, standing slightly to the left. “What happened?” She whispered the events of the past while, putting extra emphasis on the actions of the meshaika. Behind her, the other group gasped as some of the bones started twitching and clicking back together. “Stop your tricks at once!” She moved a step in front of her, wincing at the meshai’s shot of magic. “This is not of our doing.” She said, while her fellow High Councillor moved to a central position at the altar, facing the crowd. The skeleton continued reassembling itself. “To the people gathered here tonight,” Claudia said, causing the crowd to hush. A raven perched on her shoulder. “I do not anticipate that any of you expected the events that transpired. Some of you may be worried, scared, shocked. I do not blame you, for you have been left in the dark regarding the matter.”

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Giving tags to @bardic-tales @motifenjoyer @winterandwords @finickyfelix @illarian-rambling @space-writes @cljordan-imperium @inkednotebook @oh-no-another-idea @ceph-the-ghost-writer and also to anyone else who'd like to share some lines, the tag is open!

Obsidian Sapphires + General taglist (ask, comment, message me to be added/subtracted): @mr-orion @the-ellia-west @guessillcallitart @thereadingfoz @glassstardust22124 @honeybewrites @ashirisu @drowsy-quill @oliolioxenfreewrites @theglitchywriterboi @did-i-do-this-write @threeking @seastarblue @midnight-and-his-melodiverse @outpost51

[orphanheirs]

Find the Word Tag

Thanks @willtheweaver !! Fudging these a bit, haha..

My words are: limit, break, serious, excess

Limit

Adjoining this assessment almost always was another grave warning: the boy should never strain himself physically, and activity should be greatly limited, lest he exhaust a weak heart.

Break

On a dark winter's morning , between cock-crowing and daybreak, in the year 1798 mortal time, a child was born.

Serious

It seemed he was only waiting for the jest to be completed—as if I were some imbecile child playing a stupid game. So I saw the need to immediately make clear that I was serious.

Excess

If a child is deemed spoilt by an excess of earthly pleasures and very little discipline, we may firmly pronounce Tristan rotten.

Tagging: @shepardstales, @faeriecinna, @ceph-the-ghost-writer, and

@zonnemaagd !!

Your words are: manage, fight, render, bold

[sarandipitywrites]

Find the Word Tag

thanks for the tag, @willtheweaver! go check out some lines from the Crow and Foxfolk series here

my words to find are chill, ford, support, and scar. i'm looking through Spark Signature for these:

chill

“No, hon, stay.” Welwi pats at Jules’s arm and signals Rune to bring another drink. “We’ve already set you up a character and everything.” “Yes, actually, you should stay.” A slow smirk creeps onto Jacqui’s face. “I’ve already written you in, anyway. And besides,” she stares sidelong at Vy, “I’m a merciful GM.” A chill tumbles down Vy’s spine. The last time Jacqui had seen fit to remind them of her mercy, they’d spent a real-time month stuck on the Island of Lost Souls. Fresh wine sloshes into Vy’s goblet. Rune shakes xir head and pats Vy on the shoulder. “Godspeed, Captain.”

ford cross

“Sorry again.” Jules’s fingers tighten around the bulging folder in his hands. “For crashing your game.” “Don’t worry about it. What’s that?” Vy makes grabby hands at the folder and snags it as soon as Jules offers it up. They unravel the twine holding it shut—Jules must’ve had to raid a vintage craft store for all this paper—and find within a thick stack of notes. Some are typeset—printed, from an actual printer—and some are handwritten. They all make Vy’s eyes cross and their pulse throb behind their optic nerves.

support

Jacqui texts again. “Bringing your boytoy home?” And Vy wants to say ‘no’ to that. They should say ‘no.’ Not because Vy’s opposed to the concept of boytoys or bringing them home—they’re an enthusiastic supporter of both—but if whiling away an entire day on pining and ruminating and ritual and non-ritual cleansing hasn’t cleared up this weird fucking feeling they still get when they think of Julián, there’s no way they’ll be able to fuck it away. “Not planning on it,” is what Vy settles for.

scar

“Behind me!” Lupe yanks Vy further into the shadows and takes off its glove. Pointed nails dig into its palm; blood wells and beads. With fingers pinched, Lupe pulls the blood through the air like thread through a needle. It arcs over their heads, slicing a scarlet line across the darkening sky. The blood hovers there, a shimmering scar, and then it grows. The red bleeds outward, arcing over them in a translucent pane. It touches the walls on either side of them, settles, and solidifies. Vy looks up; they're enclosed in a perfect dome of sanguine stained glass.

passing the tag along to @isabellebissonrouthier, @pb-dot, @byjillianmaria, @bluberimufim, @thesorcerersapprentice, and an open tag. your words to find will be mercy, snag, fuck, and glass.

Spark Signature taglist (ask to be added or removed): @leah-yasmin-writes, @unrepentantcheeseaddict, @ceph-the-ghost-writer, @mundanemoongirl

[touloser-lautrec]

OC Most Likely Tag Game

Okay, I am so behind, I've been tagged in this one by a few different folks! So I'm gonna just aggregate it here. Thanks, @pandoras-comment-box (here), @sunset-a-story (here), @mk-writes-stuff (here), and if I missed any, I'm sorry! <3

Rules: Choose one of your OCs that best matches the given statement, and briefly explain why.

From @pandoras-comment-box:

Who's most likely to adopt a racoon/crow/skunk/fox/miscellaneous local wildlife for a pet? (Please tell the class how badly it would go. Please!) Marek. He collects critters regularly for the Uranus Pet Program, and his big heart gets the better of him sometimes, meaning that once in a blue moon, he brings in animals that... he really ought'nt. Emmett generally steps in to wrangle and relocate them more appropriately. Most likely to verbally eviscerate someone for something petty. Emmett. 100%. That man may be an Empath but his real knack is Being Mean When He Needs To (and he gets to define "need" here, of course). Most likely to go viral unintentionally. As much as I want to say Baguette, Marek would definitely do that intentionally, much to Penn's dismay. No, I think Misha is the winner here. He doesn't care about exposures as much as the folks at SolCorp do-- he has a job to do and if a shaky video of him slaying monsters ends up on the internet, that's someone else's problem.

From @sunset-a-story:

Most likely to eat a whole raw ghost pepper to prove something/impress someone. This is probably Alex? At least, in his younger years. He spent a long time feeling like he had something to prove, in general, and he definitely uses bravado to cover up insecurity. Most likely to see [OC] eating a whole raw ghost pepper and immediately go off in search of milk/ice cream/etc. Reeve. He'd hand it over with a sigh and a lecture. Most likely to have a tumblr account. Marek would try to have one strictly to post pics of Baguette and reblog hamster-related content, until Penn shut it down.

From @mk-writes-stuff:

Most likely to have someone ask for help reading their handwriting Alex, definitely. He didn't learn to read or write until he was 14. He gets the hang of reading over the years, but I don't think his handwriting ever really developed that well. Most likely to unironically buy a ridiculous hat Lee. He's the embodiment of Class Clown. People would think it was ironic, but for Lee, even if it's for a bit, it's always genuine glee. Most likely to scream at someone Scott. As much as Emmett is King of Burns, Scott has a real anger problem. His temper gets the better of him more often than he'd like, though he does his best.

I'll no-pressure tag: @aalinaaaaaa @ceph-the-ghost-writer @an-elegant-void and @winterandwords (and open tag if you're into it!)

Your prompts are:

Most likely to reluctantly try, and then gag, on a new food

Most likely to read fanfic (and pls tell us what their fandom is!)

Most likely to get a drink splashed in their face at a bar

[authoralexharvey]

Find the Word Tag

What can I say except I'm dreadfully behind lmao anyway was tagged by @anoelleart for this one forever ago. Thanks! My words are:

Share

There isn't much to say afterwards. Professor Darzi and Doctor Aiza share uncomfortable glances as they prep her for a final test. "Just a sample," Doctor Aiza says as she stabs a needle into Nadia's forarm. "So we have a better timeline to gauge from." And as her blood floods through the intravenous tube and into a vial, Nadia tries not to think about how it looks like mud. She doesn't need to look Doctor Aiza's way to know the results will not be promising.

Herb

A half-wall separates the main room and the kitchen. A jar of herbs sitting on top catches Simone's eye. They can't decipher the scrawl, aside from a line at the bottom highlighting its purpose. Nausea and pain relief. Their stomach twists in sympathy. Nadia's symptoms have been worsening for weeks now.

Strike

The snap of banners on the towers catches their attention, taking them back to their first days on the Voterique campus. Oh, how excited they had been to enter a college as prestigous as this, how delighted they had been after the first four years to acquire their Casting license. How the rainbow of banners and capelets had caught their eye as they chose a specialization after. Blue for Abjuration, purple for Divination, black for Necromancy, yellow for Transmutation, orange for Conjuration, grey for Illusion, red for Evocation, and... Green. The banners of the Enchantment tower strike at the wind like an agitated snake. Returned to the present, Simone eyes the fabric with their lip between their teeth. They can't make sense of the sigils they have, but perhaps...

Free

She snaps back to with a gasp. Etienne waves a hand over her eyes, forehead wrinkled in a way she knows he'll complain about later. Shaking herself free of her lust-addled daze, she sighs. "I'm sorry, Etienne. What were you saying?"

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Tagging: @ceph-the-ghost-writer, @bardicbeetle, @dyoniawrites, @the-scaredy-crow, and @airic-fenn. Your words are watch, coin, silver, slip, and note. Have fun!

[kk-cats]

a ceph and corus roleswap au!!

Notes-

corus's bola is replaced with a staff/spear

ceph doesn't have the heart marking on her left eye anymore and thus no eyepatch as a civilian (does corus have the eye marking instead? who knows! i never draw the other eye anyway i mean WHAT)

corus's name is now corvus (like the constellation)

ceph's name is now leah

corus's hero name is celeste instead of corvid (family name for crows and ravens..)

leporidae is the family name for rabbits and hares (see what i did there?)

"Why do their civilian names change?" Because they've swapped parents. Do not ask how corus's parents had a child not of the same race. (Ceph is very clearly not pure chinese) Adoption or something

leporidae keeps her showman/performer theme!

corus's… whatever they are swaps out for a kind of warrior theme???

"Why are there fish around corus" idk it looked cool

"Are they still best friends" absolutely your honour

what the hell is a picture quality!!

[autumnalwalker]

Heads Up Seven Up Tag

Thank you for the tag, @kahvilahuhut.

Passing the tag to @blind-the-winds, @ceph-the-ghost-writer, @talesofsorrowandofruin, @a-crows-corner, @meerawrites, @aestatismors, @cljordan-imperium, and an open tag for anyone else who wants it.

From the next Empty Names main chapter (with one extra line since this took me so long to reply to):

“What did you learn?” Ashan asks. 

“Nothing.  Not yet,” she hastily amends at the sight of an elegantly arched eyebrow.  “Data’s all been collected, yeah.  But it’s still processing.”  She gestures to the loading bar that’s appeared on the screen. “Going to be a bit for the computer to translate it all into something human readable.”

“Is that normal for using a computer, or is this supposed tattoo on the back of my neck truly so complex?”

“A little of both?  But mostly it’s because I scanned a whole bunch of extra data while I was at it.  Once it’s done we’ll have a full physical and metaphysical baseline for you that we can use for comparison if you ever get sick, injured, or cursed or something.  Should make the healing process easier, having a save state to restore your body back to.  Could probably even duplicate the enchantments on your robe if it ever gets lost or damaged.”

A flicker of… some emotion… crosses Ashan’s face.  Impressed?  Bemused?  Annoyed?  Offended?  Did she say something wrong?  Is talking about replacing a wizard’s robes some kind of taboo?  Or is she reading too much into it?  Once again Lacuna silently curses herself for being so incompetent at reading people.  It doesn’t help that whatever the expression was came and went so quickly, like a tiny ripple subsumed by a great lake.  Except the Great Lakes are large enough that they probably have all sorts of waves and currents so probably not a good analogy for Ashan’s -

“Do I have something on my face?”

Oh goddess she did it again; zoned out while facing in someone’s direction so it looks like she’s staring.  She spins her chair back around to keep the creeping redness in her face toward the computer monitors and away from Ashan.

“No.  Nothing on your face.  Well, other than makeup, obviously.  And that’s fine.  Perfect even.  I was just thinking hard.  About a thing.”   Did she just call his makeup perfect to his face?  Someone kill her now, please. 

[sepia-stained-sunset]

Thanks for the tag Ceph💕

Literally just ten movies that are good, cheesy comfort in no particular order lmao

Tagging @love-laugh-daydreamarevolt @sizzlemourner @catastrophic-crow and anyone who wants to join in<3

Tagged by @dangerousdan-dan for 10 gifs of your 10 favorite movies! Choosing favorites is always hard so this is more the first 10 I thought of that I love.

No pressure tags: @outtoshatter @robotcorsair @dizaryswrites @kayrielwrites @roseandgold137 @sepia-stained-sunset @your-dead-european-ancestor @owlovo

[aalinaaaaaa]

Find the Word Tag

Thanks @shadow-space-writes for the tag!

The words I was given were: flow, grow, above, below

For the people tagged (and also anyone who wants to jump in) your words are: ring, sing, king, wing

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Below

From Soulswapped, Chapter One

A few steps more and Anira could sleep.

"Wait." A wall of flesh stopped her in her tracks, a set of fingers about as long as she was tall. "We should have a chat."

"Let me past." She stumbled backwards, meeting the gaze of the High Councillor below. The glint in his golden eyes and the sharp upturn of his lips told her everything, she had to go, her days were numbered, she had to–

Flow(ing)

From Obsidian Sapphires, a random snippet shortly after the inciting incident

"Alycja, where are you going?" Cheyoria's voice trailed behind her.

She winded through the dissipating crowd, a cold calm flowing through her. "There's something I need to do."

"What is it?" The path ahead became more forested, lined with towering oaks and hazels. Little sprites leapt from branch to branch, avoiding the crows perched in wait.

Above

"Something important." A million eyes, seen and unseen, bore their weight on her. Caws, cackles, chatters, all clattering and crackling. Magic rising and falling, embers to ashes, her throat constricting— "It's to resolve the other night."

The tree canopies brushed against each other, a cover of green and a cacophany of corvids. Branches held each other as the hands of the eternal; long-lived, primordial gods, standing above all other life, their looming presence swallowing the light and space around them.

Grow(ing)

Under a circle of stalwarts, her friend breached the growing silence. "Please tell me it's not with who I think it is."

Alycja refrained her step from the stone circle. She turned her neck, looking up into the storm of worry in her friend's eyes. "And if it is?"

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Giving tags to @honeybewrites @tryingtimi @ceph-the-ghost-writer @thepeculiarbird @the-golden-comet @thatndginger @flock-from-the-void @cherrybombfangirlwrites and, as always, to everyone in the audience

[sarandipitywrites]

OC in fifteen

@oh-no-another-idea tagged me for this - thank you! go meet the hilarious Sutton here. let's do this for Vy from Spark Signature because i love them :D

Rules: Share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture the character/personality/vibe of the OC. Bonus points for just using the dialogue without other details about the scene, but you're free to include those as well!

“No excuses, Master Gunner—I want that cephalopod’s ego annihilated.”

“So forward. I like that.”

“I’ve been here, this whole time. I’m here now.”

“Lose my number, Julián. If you even still have it.”

“Appreciate the offer, but I wouldn’t want you committing any felony-level offenses for my sake.”

“I can’t do it. I’ll just fuck it up.”

“So you’ve taken up lying and stalking? You need some better hobbies, man. Have you tried crochet?”

“You can start by dancing with me.”

”Clean it the fuck up, Julián.”

“Overcomplicated? Maladjusted? Kinda just really fucking sad?”

“You want things right with us? You want… whatever the hell this is turning into? Then you can’t hide shit from me. Not big shit, not like this. I can’t play these games.”

“Gonna go get lost.”

“Not to tell you how to do your job, but eyewitness identification is a little old-fashioned, isn’t it?”

“It doesn’t match. The DNA doesn’t match because you guys just snapped up the first daemon you saw in Georgetown and called it case closed.”

“…Well, fuck you, too.”

passing the tag on to @juliana-jones, @winterandwords, @clairelsonao3, @unrepentantcheeseaddict, @the-scaredy-crow, plus an open tag

Spark Signature taglist (ask to be added or removed): @leah-yasmin-writes, @unrepentantcheeseaddict, @ceph-the-ghost-writer, @mundanemoongirl

[sparkofthemachine]

I'm sure there are a lot of kinderguardians who aren't aware that MANY guardians are canonically married to Lord Shaxx ;)   wrapping up valentines with a little relevant update for ceph/crow hahah

[thisnameisnotspokenfor]

((lol Ceph is gonna talk about his nanny next chapter and no joke that's exactly the way he talks about her!))

Those crows were legit watching the whole thing with Asha like "bro what is happening?!" ToT ((they were pretty concerned ngl))

lol using the peacock meme for blue Ceph is really funny considering the fact that it's Rigel's favorite bird!

And that last meme tho- ngl it hurt to write that one, because it's pretty ironic how Asha was initially horrified when he casually said he'd do it to Charo, only to later beg him to do it to her.

Here @thisnameisnotspokenfor. I made memes to cope with the pain.

[awordchemist]

Incorrect Quotes

@fearofahumanplanet thank you so much for the tag, I really enjoyed this one!

Rules: Generate incorrect quotes from this website and tag someone else for every quote you post

Jak: Oh, so when crows remember people who wronged them and hold grudges, its “intelligent” and “really cool”. Jak: But when I do it, I’m “petty” and “need to let it go”.

Evalin: I have yet to encounter a problem where a sword didn't factor into the solution at least in some way.

Isbell: Hey, quick question. How petty am I allowed to be?

Evalin: If the thought of something makes any of you giggle for longer than 15 seconds, you are to assume you’re not allowed to do it.

Tagging @ahordeofwasps @ceph-the-ghost-writer @on-noon @laplumedemaureen

[corvids-corner]

Tagged by @ladytemplar to post 5 songs in my recent rotation (songs I’m really into rn)!

1. Anti-Hero - Sekai No Owari

2. Cry Me A River - Michael Bublé

3. No. 3 - Cosmo Sheldrake

4. Labyrinth - Miracle Musical

5. Your Head’s On Fire - Louie Zong

Im tagging @madslad @nostalgiamonster @polymechs @ceph-lol-pog @crayfurbs @strawberryblacktea25 @emery-reblogs @littengamer909 @green-cryptid @crow-enthusiast

[the-blind-one-speaks]

Hello! Hope this message finds you well.

Just dropping by to say I finished the first two lists with Hart and really enjoyed it. Particularly the feel/vibes of the fantasy setting. It's familiar yet wonderfully strange and new at the same time. I love how it's never really explained just what an Eye might be, but there's enough hints through action and clues to feed my imagination on what Reuben is. The crows are also very cool and precious. :D

Awwww thank you!! I love exploring worldbuilding through the eyes of characters that are adjusted to the world they live in. It gives the impression that certain things (like the crows speaking) are normal, and certain things (like Reuben’s abilities) are strange and terrible and to be feared. Hart is one of my favorite characters that I’ve made up to date, and I do have a plan to carry the story further than it currently is. Just for you, I’ll start working on the next part ;)

Thank you!!! It’s amazing how much a simple reply motivates me to continue my works. Realizing that a character has touched someone else’s heart (heh) or that a world I have crafted sparked a sense of wonder makes me excited to continue. I love sharing with you guys, I get shy sometimes ngl, so thanks Ceph! This was a super cool thing to wake up to :D