#drazel siblings

[kalolasfantasyworld]

The Drazel siblings

A self indulgent OC siblings fluff one shot.

It's a little backstory to a conversation which will happen in Paper Hearts

Summary:

Nine years before the plot of Paper Hearts Helena and her hermano Gabriel spend a memorable day together as he had just learnt a new spell. 

Yes, there is an illustration 🩵

Type: One shot

Word count: 1623

Author's note:

As you know I love siblings' bonds. I adore the messed up Silvas and love my wholesome Drazels. 😉

Ao3

Etiquette lessons. Helena actually did not dislike them. She valued all of the skills that she would harbor through them and she knew how important they would prove in her role as the future Lady of the House. Whatever House it was she needed to be prepared, especially with all the rumors about the King’s nephew visiting the Drazel territory. Helena was sixteen after all, a responsible and dignified princess. 

“Hermana!” Gabriel called out to her as she was on her way back from the practiced tea party scenario at the southern part of the gardens. He was not even standing on a cobbled path, or maybe he was not standing at all, because Gabriel was jumping up, not able to hide his excitement. Light brown eyes shone brightly and a wide smile spread on his face. His dark hair was tied in a low ponytail, falling on the collar of his red shirt and the brown Drazel House robe. In the air just beside him hoovered his newly acquired grimoire with a Diamond Insignia. It had a dark red cover with a brown tree branch pattern. “I’ve learnt a new spell!” 

“Oh did you?” Helena giggled turning towards him, she put her hands on her hips. “Did you destroy yet another part of the garden?” She loved how Gabriel’s face turned from cheerful to annoyed. It was one mishap, but the roses near the eastern wing were currently squashed by a very weirdly looking oak tree and the good sister that she was, Helena was not going to let him forget that. 

“That was an accident!” He curled his fists annoyed, before changing the tune and biting back. A confident smirk on his face. “My magic is just so amazing I’m doing redesigns at the Estate. I’m an artist as well,” Gabriel pointed to himself proudly. 

“Dream on, estupido,” she approached him and nudged his side. “So what’s that spell of yours?”

“Es muy genial (it’s very cool), you’re going to love it,” Gabriel winked. 

***

Helena was NOT loving it. 

Getting smacked on her face by leaves was not in the description of her ideal day and it happened three times until she got better at avoiding them. The rush of air was crazy as her and Gabriel were dashing through the Drazel woods on his magically made surfboard. Helena was gripping on hard and prayed that she would not fall off. She could heal scrapes, yes, but broken bones were far away from her capabilities. Holding on to her dear life, she would describe it. 

“GAAAAABSSS!” She shouted as they zoomed down the slope of the hill, ground only a few meters below them. Maybe if she jumped off now she had better chances of making it out in one piece.

“Woooohoooo!” Gabriel was standing up behind her. The rush of air lifting up his hair and light brown eyes looking ahead. “Hold on hermana! We’re speeding up!”

“NO!” Helena protested, but Gabs either did not hear or completely ignored her. 

Another patch of the woods was left in the dust. The terrain was becoming more mountainous and air seemed to shift, getting colder every minute. She furrowed her brows and pulled on her brother’s coat. 

“We’re too close to the territory border,” Helena said as he stopped his board high in the air over the treetops. “We need to head back.”

“Papa won’t see,” Gabriel looked at her with that excited grin of his. “We’re fast, we can just dash out and quickly go back. We’ve never been outside the Drazel territory.”

“Papa will realize that we’re no longer in the reach of his mana zone,” Helena opposed. 

“But..!” 

“Gabs…” she pressed her lips together, holding onto his coat more firmly. “I want to see the world as well, but we can’t.”

Gabriel huffed, ripping the fabric out of her palm. However he listened as the board turned around towards the Drazel castle. His usually light eyes darkened and an expression was annoyed… maybe a bit sad. He did not want to go back. Get back to that same life he had lived every day, caged at the territory, caged within his duties. Helena knew her brother. She was happy at court, she enjoyed the game, discussions and everything that came with it. Gabriel was different. He was the perfect son and fulfilled his duties well, but Helena was aware that he would rather be outside, taking in the fresh air. Free. 

“Hola Gabs,” she smiled softly. 

“Yeah?” His voice sounded resigned as he raised his brow. 

“There’s a clearing over there,” Helena pointed down to a patch of grass between the tall trees. 

“It is,” Gabriel nodded, “but it’s getting dark.”

“Perfecto,” she grinned. “It means that we’ll get to see the stars better.”

“The stars?” He blinked confused, before a bright smile appeared on his face and eyes lit up again. “You’re taking the blame!” He laughed as the board started lowering down. 

“Yes,” Helena chuckled as they landed and she jumped off the board. “I nearly strangled you. It was watching the stars or ridding the Drazel Household of its heir.”

“I didn’t have a choice,” over dramatically Gabriel raised his arms to the sky and closed his eyes in a pained expression. 

“Estupido,” she laughed looking around. 

Gabriel, still grinning plopped down on the grass. He spread his legs completely, not paying attention to his pants getting dirty. Helena crinkled her nose, dismayed. Her brother raised his brow at her before the realization hit him. 

Quickly Gabriel took off his robe and spread it on the ground. Helena smiled and with a grateful expression she kneeled on the fabric, saving her pretty dress from the dirty ground.

In comfortable silence the siblings laid on their backs.

Resting on Gabriel’s robe Helena looked up at the sky. It was dark, but it was not at the same time. Millions of stars lit it up and the moon was throwing light on to the clearing. Beautiful, fascinating and as she watched them she wondered were they doing the same. Celestial bodies overlooking the world. Helena felt so small in their presence.

She remembered how her tutor explained that some stars die and the light from that explosion would travel for years and years before being seen from the earth. Helena wondered how many of them had their light snuffed away before they could fully shine. 

She closed her eyes and felt herself drowning in a memory, a painful one. Would he shine so brightly if only Helena did not..? Why could she not enjoy this beautiful evening, but let her thoughts wander back to that moment. She had therapy, she was dealing with it, accepting, but somehow it continued to creep up on her in moments like these. Moments when she should be happy. 

“Helena?” She heard a whisper beside her.

Upon being called out Helena opened her eyes and turned her head to the side to look at her brother. 

“Are you alright?” Gabriel had a worried expression on his face, his brows furrowed. 

“I’m…” Helena sighed and could not continue. 

“You can talk to me,” Gabs said tenderly. “I’m your hermano, I'm here for you.”

These words felt warm. Made Helena feel safe, not alone. She could share her burden. Gabriel knew. 

“I’m just thinking about him… again…” Helena lifted herself off the ground and kneeled. 

“Yeah…” Gabriel prepped himself up. “It’s alright.”

“Maybe now even more, since I’m about to be introduced to Damian,” she wrapped her arms around her knees. 

“You’re scared?” He asked. 

“Does that make me a coward?”

“No!” Gabriel opposed. “This… just makes you human,” he shrugged. “ I guess.”

“You guess?” Helena raised her brow. 

“Well I know that besides the looks of the family, I also inherited the brains, but I don’t know everything,” he grinned. 

“I’m pretty sure I got both of these first,” Helena huffed arrogantly. 

“You see,” Gabriel seemed to be weighing invisible weights in his hands, “first and better are not the same thing.”

“Estupido,” Helena nudged him playfully, but could not stop the laugh that escaped her. 

Gabriel chuckled as well, before both of them went silent, gazing at the woods ahead. It was once again a comfortable kind, with gentle wind and soft nature sounds around them. Moonlight shone on the clearing. 

“Hermana?” Gabriel spoke up. 

“What’s up Gabs?” 

“I’ll always be here for you,” he smiled.

“Same here,” Helena admitted. “No matter how much I want to kick your ass.”

“Delicate princesses should not use such crude words,” he grinned. 

“Respectable princes should not annoy their older hermanas.”

“I’m a bit more of a wild card,” Gabriel flicked his hand. “I like a challenge. You know, balancing on a thread.”

“Riiiiight?” Helena deadpanned. 

“I know!” He suddenly perked up and Helena raised her brows. “Let’s make a pact!”

“A pact?” 

“Well a promise of sorts,” Gabriel scratched the back of his neck. “That no matter what happens we’ll support one another.”

“I thought we just said that,” Helena pointed out. 

“Yeah, but it’s different when you officially state it.”

“Officially as in,” Helena stroked her chin, “the Drazel siblings against the world?”

“I like the sound of that,” Gabriel nodded. 

“I do as well,” she smiled, feeling warmth inside her chest. 

Gabriel reached out his hand towards her, sticking out the little finger. Helena chuckled, her brother had to be really determined, because normally he considered pinky promises silly. Helena lifted her palm and hooked her pinky around his.

“The Drazel siblings against the world,” Gabs stated.

“No matter what we stick together,” Helena confirmed. 

[kalolasart]

“The Drazel siblings against the world." “No matter what we stick together." 

Illustration for the Drazel Siblings one shot.

[f-oighear]

BC/Arkham Horror LCG Crossover

As I was losing my mind making investigator cards, I was, ofc, talking with @kalolasfantasyworld, and she asked if I could make cards for Helena.

I wish I could say I did most of the work but that's not true because I asked waaaaay too many questions to Lola about what to make for her OC, and she also had to quickly draw something for the weakness card. But anyway. There she is: Helena Drazel.

The first question was Guardian or Survivor for her. We came to the conclusion that she'd be a Survivor, but since most of her cards would be to heal and protect, I think I'd give her access to some Guardian cards (maybe level 1 only? I don't know if first aid kit or other healing cards have higher levels. I'd have to check).

The most well-dressed Survivor you'll ever see

That's a medic. So her entire play is about healing damage and horror. Paper Bandages is pretty powerful if Helena sticks to the other investigators (especially the fighters).

She's not an investigator that can be played alone

When she's not busy saving everyone's lives, she can probably find some clues. 3 in intelligence is decent for most locations.

The weakness is not too hard to deal with: you only lose one turn to discard it.

She'd better not find herself in a fight with a powerful enemy though. But since she sticks with the fighters to heal them, she'll be fine. And there's always... the baseball bat.

For a bit of context, extracts from our Discord conversation:

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More about this AU

The fic set in that universe

The Silva siblings investigator cards

Vanessa, Zora, and Luck's investigator cards

Finral and Gordon's investigator cards

[loosesodamarble]

Hi Erika!

For the Japanese words ask game could I ask for Nozel (Nozeru Shiruva it's this in Rōmaji 🤔) and Helena? (Are we surprised? No 😂)

You can certainly ask for the both of them! And yes, no one is surprised by your choice of characters to ask for. But that's okay. We gotta have some consistency to ourselves. 💖

Now, time to show you the words I've come up with! Here we go!

So first up we have Nozel Silva. The words I've associated with him are 覆い隠す (ooikakusu) and 不幸 (fukou). 覆い隠す means "to mask, to conceal, to hide" and Nozel is known for masking his fear and self-loathing. He wears a mask of dignity and strength and hides the frustrated, mourning man he is deep down. The second word, 不幸, means "sorrow," "unhappiness," "disaster," and even "death (usually in a relatives)." And, well, Nozel experienced the tragedy of his mother's death and was left in a state of misery.

Now for Helena, her words are 繕う (tsukurou) and 西洋紙 (seiyoushi). 繕う means "to mend" or "to repair," as well as "to keep up appearances" in some contexts. And, albeit archaically, it means "to treat" like for an injury. It suits Helena as her royal status means she must be mindful of how she presents herself, her character is meant to help the Silva family mend as individuals and as a sibling unit, and she is a healer. Now for 西洋紙, it means "Western paper." Now obviously, it's a reference to Helena's Paper Magic but there's more to it. Usually it's only written as 洋紙 but I like the inclusion of ��� because while it literally means "west" it's also the character used for one version of writing the word for Spanish language 西語 (it's typically written スペイン語), and the Drazels are Hispanic if I recall correctly. So 西洋紙 felt like a good word to have a layered connection to your girl.

Hopefully you find the words suitable and not too confusing.

[itsbenedict]

Two-Faced Jewel: Session 11.5

What Does a Moth Sound Like?

A half-elf conwoman (and the moth tasked with keeping her out of trouble) travel the Jewel in search of, uh, whatever a fashionable accessory is pointing them at. [Campaign log]

Last time: the party returned to Barley to deal with a few loose ends while their hired muscle dealt with the biggest, scaliest loose end. Between that session and the next, we had a brief mini-session to wrap up one of said ends we'd left unwrapped- what exactly is up with the Kanthalga family?

(Also included: a conversational omake between Looseleaf and Saelhen, pictured courtesy of @drazelic, Looseleaf's player.)

After their encounter with Kensa, Oyobi tries to talk the party into going to the tower and helping the Deathseekers kill the dragon. Her brilliant plan of "stab it in the brain before it can cast any spells" has some flaws, though, and they patiently explain the plan's many flaws and strike a blow against Oyobi's sense of invincibility.

They also ask Malath a few questions, trying to get to the bottom of her odd discomfort with the idea of the dragon as a culprit and the presence of Deathseekers.

Saelhen du Fishercrown: "When we spoke before, you asked us whether the dragon was green. I regret that I still cannot answer, as I have not seen it, or heard any news on the topic from the deathseekers. But you seemed... concerned that it might be a green dragon. Is there any reason that such a dragon might pose a particular threat to your town?" Benedict I. (GM): "Mmm. I don't know if you've heard, but... going on thirty years ago, there was a town to the east called Grain." "It was attacked by a green dragon, and the elders... as the dragon had words with them, they had to be remanded to the custody of their gods." Looseleaf: Oooh, that is harsh. Benedict I. (GM): "In the ensuing chaos, the miscreants who now inhabit Wheat set fire to the town and fled further east." "The survivors of the disaster fled west, and established Barley here." "If that same dragon still has its sights on our people, we could be in grave danger." "We refused to submit once, and it very nearly destroyed us."

As far as they can tell from their questioning, Malath isn't hiding any dark secret- she's just sort of a control freak, who's nervous that her control over the people might slip. Plus she's worried that if the dragon is provoked and comes to town, she- as the current elder in charge- might suffer the same fate as Grain's elders.

Saelhen... isn't satisfied with this. Something seems wrong about Malath Kanthalga- Thalath wouldn't try to enlist their help rescuing Kensa for no reason. She takes the party to the general store, in hopes of catching Kensa on her nightly delivery.

Kensa arrives as expected, but when she sees Saelhen there, she makes her delivery and tries to leave, rather than sit at the loom as is her custom. She seems afraid of Saelhen.

Saelhen du Fishercrown: "...I don't intend to keep you from your work. Though I did have a question I wanted to ask you, dear. If you'll permit me one." Kensa Kanthalga: "...A question?" Saelhen du Fishercrown: "Of a sensitive nature, possibly. Something vouchsafed to me by... someone you might know." Kensa Kanthalga: She looks less afraid and more confused, now. And after thinking a moment... "...oh." She actually looks a little angry, now. "That makes sense." "He sent you, didn't he?" Saelhen du Fishercrown: Okay, the conclusions she's reached here... may or may not be correct! "Under what I am starting to think may have been false pretenses." Kensa Kanthalga: "What did he tell you? Did he say I was being brainwashed?" "I don't need to be rescued from my duty by someone who abandoned his!" Saelhen du Fishercrown: "More a very general concern for your person than anything --" Ah, there's the word that raises her hackles, duty.

Having somewhat misread the situation, Saelhen is unpleasantly surprised to find that Kensa seems just as devoted to the teachings of Diamode as Malath is, and has no interest in fleeing. She seems contemptuous of her older brother on the basis that, uh...

Well, the Goddess of Family, who's all about having kids and living a very prescribed sort of life path inside strict gender roles, is- as might be unsurprising- a bit of a homophobe. The party never met Thalath's boyfriend (who works the night shift at Wheatley Inn- they never stayed the night there), but there are several reasons why the place isn't popular with the locals.

Saelhen is caught kind of flat-footed here- she can tell something's still not quite right, but she doesn't have the kind of cultural context to unravel this level of baggage.

Luckily, she brought along an ersatz cleric of Diamode, and so... Orluthe is able to spot the missing piece of the puzzle.

Orluthe Chokorov: Orluthe, in the back, has been looking increasingly uncomfortable. So far, he's had his stole and cap stowed away, so as not to be recognized as a cleric of Diamode. He's now taking them out and putting them on. "Hey, um, miss?" Saelhen du Fishercrown: Saelhen... legitimately forgot he had those. Kensa Kanthalga: Kensa turns and notices him- possibly for the first time. "Oh, ah- Mr., um..." Orluthe Chokorov: "Chokorov," he says. "I'm..." He holds up a hand, and points at a tiny circular scar around his pinky finger. "You have one of these, right?" Kensa Kanthalga: Kensa looks down at her hand, and you can see- yes, she has a matching scar. Saelhen du Fishercrown: Well. That's novel information about Orluthe. Religion check to... I mean, we know the finger-cutting thing. I guess a "what does this mean, it's not like these two have disowned anyone" check. 13 - RELIGION (2) Benedict I. (GM): With a 13, you know that only a parent needs to cut off their finger- but you're not sure what happens with sibling relationships. This might be something related- like you don't have to cut your finger off all the way? Some sort of signifier that the connection has been severed, though you don't know the finer doctrinal points. Orluthe Chokorov: "My older sister," he says. "Four years ago. We all had to get the mark." Kensa Kanthalga: "Wait, but..." Orluthe Chokorov: "You didn't want that to happen to you, too, right?" "You can't stand up to a power like that. You'd never win, right? If I tried to defend my sister, my parents would have two missing fingers." "You have to pretend, right?" Kensa Kanthalga: "Why... no, it's... I really...!" Orluthe Chokorov: "Feels that way, doesn't it? For a long time." Kensa Kanthalga: Kensa looks terrified- like for the first time, someone's seen right through her. Orluthe Chokorov:"It's not a betrayal of your family- of your duty- to... have love." "There's nothing in Diamode's teachings about the mark, you know? Neither of us had to take it." Saelhen du Fishercrown: ...well. That's a... new consideration. Kensa Kanthalga: Kensa's on the verge of tears, looking like she's about to bolt. "N-no, I- I really... want to... I have to..." Saelhen du Fishercrown: Saelhen is right back to Steal This Child Town. "...wait, do you seriously mean that the finger-cutting thing came after the scripture?" Orluthe Chokorov: Orluthe nods. "I mean, the finger-cutting is... it's a punishment. You're not supposed to disown your children. It's not like you can do it and then you lose the finger and then you're all square and it's fine." "And when parents scar their kids' fingers to make them share in a punishment for a sin they didn't commit... Diamode doesn't want that." "I should know," he says, gesturing to his vestments. Saelhen du Fishercrown: "...well. Thank you, Orluthe." Saelhen's face is hard. "I was previously under the impression that I had misunderstood a culture which is strange to me." "But now it sounds as if... I haven't, quite." Kensa Kanthalga: Kensa's makeup is starting to run. "What... what do you know? I- I wanted to... if I could've... I couldn't..." "What do you want with me?!" "I had to, okay? I have to!"

Orluthe having successfully exposed Kensa's fear and dissatisfaction with the situation, Saelhen proceeds to talk her around to trying to leave. It's pretty touch-and-go for a little bit, but Kensa's mind is made up when the party mentions that they're going to be passing through Corolos. Apparently, there's something there she really cares a lot about...?

So they're going to need a few days for Kensa to prepare to, uh, run away with a bunch of strangers. That's- this is technically kidnapping, right? This isn't something you should do in real life? This is kind of bad? Hm. Well.

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Anyway, they've got some downtime here in Barley while the Deathseekers do their work and Kensa prepares to leave. And- well, later in the campaign, there was a flashback to this time period, so I'm going to cover that scene here.

Saelhen du Fishercrown: So: days in the past (but not many)... It's Cassie Zeishus's inn, and Saelhen is brushing up on her card tricks; she's let herself get rusty, just a bit, ever since she left... Well, since she got to Oyashio, anyway. She's cutting a borrowed deck at one of the inn's tables, downstairs, flicking cards from hand to hand, then up her giant poofy sleeves. Where's Looseleaf? Looseleaf: Probably sitting around outside, doing her whole 'fix-things-up' gimmick! After the early burst of things-to-fix, though, business has dried up a little. There's just not that many broken things left to fix that people need help with after a while! Saelhen du Fishercrown: Saelhen is... bored, she decides, for a reason. She can't evaluate how impressive her card tricks/cheating techniques are without a proper audience! She knows how they work already! So she leans out the door. "How goes the repair work?" Looseleaf: "It isnnnnn't," Looseleaf says back. "I think that there's not much repair work left in Barley at all!" "I've done too good a job and my business has dried up. This is why you never peddle perfect cures, innit." Abruptly, she gets up from the carpet she'd gotten Orluthe to roll out for her- the one from Lumiere's tower. "Boooored." She rolls it up. "I demand entertainment."

Saelhen decides to entertain Looseleaf by performing a card trick... and proceeds to roll a natural 1 on her sleight of hand check. She completely fucks it up, and Looseleaf- who had to be convinced to put money on the wager- earns herself a silver piece.

Saelhen du Fishercrown: "...I lost the card." "So I'm going to have to replace that for Cassie. On account of her deck being a card short." "Your card, specifically." Looseleaf: "Hhhhokay." "Wow, you're actually serious, aren't you." "I thought this was still part of the bit, but, if you're serious, you know the card's on the underside of your shoe, right?" Saelhen du Fishercrown: "I just want to reassure you that I'm good at this, Looseleaf --" Looseleaf: "I thought you'd stepped on it because, y'know, part of the trick." Saelhen du Fishercrown: "No, I already checked there --" Saelhen finds the Hierophant stuck to her instep. There's a beat. Then she blushes furiously, in what looks like actual mortification. "Oh damn it." "I haven't done that since I was sixteen, what the hell..." Looseleaf: Looseleaf laughs. It doesn't sound like her usual laugh, and you can only tell it's a laugh because she's bowled over laughing. The actual sound of the laughter sounds like- trilling chirps with a hint of vibration, a distinctly insectile sound. "Oh gods," she says while somehow still laughing simultaneously, "that was- I'm so sorry about how much I'm laughing, Saelhen-" She's still moth-laughing. "Please understand that your status is no way diminished in my eyes and you are still every bit as much of the cool conwoman you always were in my eyes- oh my gods I'm going to die laughing."

Saelhen, intrigued, attempts to use her preternatural skill at impressions to try and copy the laughter, which Looseleaf finds freaky-deaky.

Looseleaf: "Yeah, if you really want to imitate mothspeech what you actually need are the standard instruments. Your throats are not cut out for the kinds of vibes we naturally talk with." "No offense- your throats are perfectly nice, I mean." Saelhen du Fishercrown: "I'm aware my throat is lovely." "What do you mean, standard instruments? Some kind of... pipe, or flute, or something?" Looseleaf: "The Standard Instruments," she says, this time with an intonation so that Saelhen can tell it's words with Capitalized Letters, "are... sort of like a flute, yeah, except instead of working like a woodwind it's more like, a bunch of little flutes with flaps of springy metal at the end, so when you blow through the flute the flaps vibrate and you get a sound that's way closer to the range of sounds we make, and it doesn't hurt your throat nearly as much. The Standard Instruments for imitation mothspeech." "Alternatively, if you knew spirit magic, we could have just taken you to the Archive of the Ever-Living Voice, but that's not really an option..." Saelhen du Fishercrown: Saelhen attempts to imagine this. "So, ten harmonicas glued together." Looseleaf: "Yeah pretty much." Saelhen du Fishercrown: "...that last comment sounded alarmingly practical, in its concerns, Looseleaf." "Are you proposing to teach me, here?" Looseleaf: "How dare you imply that I would ever let slip the magical secrets of my people to an outsider who knows nothing of our ways or our culture why I am absolutely offended and ha ha I'm just messing around." "If you want to learn mothspeech," Looseleaf hesitates for a moment. "...Well, we should get started by trying to put together, as you put it, ten harmonicas!" "...Does this town have harmonicas?" Benedict I. (GM): This town totally has harmonicas.

So it looks like Looseleaf is going to be teaching Saelhen the language of the mothfolk!

Looseleaf hesitates, though. "...You know, learning mothspeech is- well, it's not likely to be useful, you know?" "There's, like, no chance you're ever going to get to really put it into use with anybody other than me." Saelhen du Fishercrown: "...it is a bit obscure, isn't it?" Saelhen looks contemplative for a moment... then cracks a grin. "Which means that absolutely no one will know when I insult them." "Beyond their range of hearing, even! Oh that'll be such an easy way to blow off steam, dear, I love it."

After a shopping trip to assemble the device that substitutes for having moth mouthparts, they have a nice time bonding over linguistics. Building the thing is tricky, but... Saelhen gets a good roll!

Looseleaf:"...Y'know, trying to reverse-engineer an instrument just from how you saw it once is... more difficult than I thought it would be." Saelhen du Fishercrown: Saelhen expertly pulls two pieces together. "This and this, yes?" Looseleaf: "Yeah, make sure you leave extra length on the tubes- I don't know exactly how long they have to be so we might have to cut them down a little to fit... The day continues. Looseleaf teaches Saelhen a whole plethora of fun insults in mothspeech. Things like, "You must have had a hole in your cocoon while you were pupating, because your brain clearly leaked out during your metamorphosis." "Remind me what instar you are again?" And, her favorite of all, a surprisingly terse noun that apparently translates to "immature child who sticks two feathers on their forehead and thinks that means they have the antennae of an adult."

Saelhen manages to nail the pronunciation pretty quickly, and adds Mothfolk to her list of languages.

The conversation turns to Elvish (Looseleaf is shocked to learn that Oyobi has been being rude this entire time!), and Saelhen's upbringing in Kanzentokai.

Looseleaf is shocked by Saelhen's quick mastery of the language- and of Tabaxi, and Halfling, which are apparently languages she speaks.

Eventually, Looseleaf decides to make a wager with Saelhen. The stakes: if Looseleaf can fool Saelhen with a card trick of her own, Saelhen has to teach her Thieves' Cant. If she loses, she'll have to tell Saelhen how she did the trick- a standard "is this your card" situation.

Saelhen gets a 21, and Looseleaf then has to explain that she was able to track the card via... spirit-linking. Which she then has to explain she's been doing to the bracer.

Looseleaf: "I'm trying to use this as a, uh, lighthearted segue, to confess to the fact that I've soooorta actually had a tracking magic thing set on you, like, since we met." "I'm hoping that's not, un- discomforting for you, since you said, you liked the whole suspicion thing I had?" "But, yeah, uh, I was totally suspicious of you the whole time, and my first response to seeing someone I pegged as a conwoman trying to con the university out of a magic item was, to, put a tracker on the magic item." "Which is that bracer. I know the position of that bracer, at all times, as long as it's within ten miles of me; further than that, and I know the direction it is relative to me." "I'm coming clean because- well, I guess, we're friends now actually, and you should know about the fact that I'm technically tracking your movements. And also because I want to give you the option to tell me to fuck off with that shit, if you want to." "I think that keeping the tracker's still a good idea, on a practical level, though, because of the, uh, use-case, where, a scary badguy chops your arm off to take the bracer, like that way we could still get your arm back and get the bracer back and I'm also rambling because I'm nervous that this is the end of our friendship aha." Saelhen du Fishercrown: Saelhen has gone very still. Like the hackles-up bristling from earlier, except... a lot less movement. "......" Looseleaf: "Look, if you want me to turn it off I'll turn it off!" Saelhen du Fishercrown: And then she very deliberately settles back into motion, with barely even a little bit of shaking hands! Deep deep breath. "...you make a good point. "About the, bracer tracking." "I am..." "Fine, with it." Looseleaf: "Iiii am not convinced you are fine. You seem like you are in fact very emotionally distraught about it," Looseleaf says with caution. "I could... put a tracker on something that's not the bracer, for you to hold, of your own volition?" "Really, at this point, I'm less scared of you running off with the bracer, and more scared of something happening to you because of the bracer." Saelhen du Fishercrown: "...with a condition." "Which is that you do not tell anyone that you can track things, or, if you have to reveal your hand, that you don't tell anyone that you can find me." Looseleaf: "...You don't want to be found, by... something or someone that wants to find you?" Saelhen du Fishercrown: "In general, no." "...I'll tie something around the bracer. Or place a coin between my skin and its surface, or something. You can track that." Looseleaf: "Okay. I'll try my best to not tell anybody about my ability to find you. Except unless I have very good reason to believe that, I dunno, a dragon has abducted you and if I don't find help for you then you're dead, or something like that. Is that fine?" Saelhen du Fishercrown: "That would be fine, thank you. And I forgive you for... the initial... situation."

It seems... Saelhen really doesn't want to be found, by someone. I wonder who?

Still, the two of them manage to talk the issue over like adults, and grow closer as friends- so that means everything is probably fine, there's no secrets anymore, and absolutely nothing else is going to go wrong in the town of Barley.

NEXT TIME: END OF DAYS!!! HOMICIDAL INTENT!!! THE SINISTER MACHINATIONS OF THE SHADOW-MAYOR OF WHEAT!!!

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hey lola can i ask for 8, 10 and 12 for the fic writer ask? love n' sparklesss💗✨

Hi Ginny! 💕

Thank you for your ask ^^

8. if you had to write a sequel to a fic, you’d write one for…

This would be LPoL considering that I have solid ideas for the next parts.

As for PH… it was planned to be one fic and I would hate it to get bad if I pressured a sequel. There is a Zobra fic option in that same universe… but that’s very much up to the future consideration.

10. what is the longest amount of time you’ve let a draft rest before you finished it?

The AoO one… I started writing it in June..? A little earlier? Literally last night I finished the first chapter and yesterday I finished the cover. I'm hoping to post it soon, but we'll see I want my friend to read it first. The form is... special?

12. a trope you’re really into right now

Is siblings bonds a trope? I admit after watching Vox Machina, writing my Drazel siblings one shot and slowly working on AoO it would be my favourite one right now.

[kalolasfantasyworld]

Paper Hearts anniversary

Today passes exactly a year since I published the first chapter of PH and at the same time joined the BC fandom.

I want to thank everyone who supported me through this amazing journey. Tumblr is annoying and is not letting me tag people so I will make few posts with some special thanks yous 🥺 Treat this post as the main one of sorts.

There will be few of these and I'm sorry I probably won't get to everyone. If you're not there please don't take it as if I don't appreciate you, because I really do. I also won't talk too much, because we would be sitting here all day, but I really wanted to thank few people directly. Also it's a PH anniversary, so that's what I'm focusing on with these.

Have a little art of my blorbos. These characters gave me so much and I didn't expect to love them as much as I did. I had PH plot obviously planned beforehand, but while writing I fully connected to the Silvas and in a way discovered Helena.

If you're curious about the story how PH came to be here's an explanation post.

PH gave me so much this year. I talked to my friends about it when I was very emotional, that this fic in fact will come to an end at some point. It was then when I summarised some of the amazing things PH gave me.

This story is the reason I engaged in the fandom in the first place I wouldn't have posted my art if not for PH Posting the fic kind of started everything But it also brought so much change to my rl

It got me through a serious break up. I learned how to have fun by myself, made new friends, saw who were the fake ones, laughed a lot, cried as well, stayed up many nights, learned how to draw, had an escape when uni was hard, learned how to be true to myself and brave. but I suppose most of all PH brought back my inner child I lost it four years ago, when my life hit me hard and it took me 3 years to get it back to start dreaming and coming up with stories again to go back to my fantasy world

now you know the story behind my username 💕

Thank you BC fandom for accepting me here and giving me this little corner to call my "internet home".

[kalolasart]

Happy halloween!

Halloween Silvas arts: 1 2 3 4 5

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Yours for eternity

(it escalated into more blorbos version...)

I just had to draw the PH universe Silva couples like this 🥺

Rosette belongs to @vilandel

[kalolasart]

It's been a while since I made some Drazel Sibs Vex and Vax edits.

It's @artificialpillow's fault, so this is very spontaneous.

Helena: Hola mi amor :* Gabriel: Ewww stop that.

Vex: Hello darling :* Vax: Ewww stop that.

[kalolasfantasyworld]

I saw @vilandel 💕 share a cute Nozessa picrew, so I though that I could share the ones I made here as well, not just on twitter.

@loosesodamarble @lyranova @thoughtfullyrainynightmare I'm calling you to share yours as well 😁

Made with picrew here

[kalolasfantasyworld]

Vanessa x Gabriel Drazel 🩷❤️

The pot calling the kettle back Helena!

Seeing her close friend and her brother making out... Nebra is the one who has to deal with you!

In the poll you chose for me to share this little comic with you and I was very excited to do so. This situation will not happen in a while, but I can't wait to get to this ship (and all the others that are in the tags...)

I love Vanessa so much, she's gorgeous, funny, caring and overall one of my favorite BC characters. She deserves all the love and adoration. While Gabriel as my OC also has a special place in my heart. ❤️

[kalolasfantasyworld]

Paper Hearts and how it came to be

Hi everyone this a post nobody asked for, but I really wanted to make. I admit that I was inspired to make this after reading the afterword of the Embers of Sun and Flame by @thoughtfullyrainynightmare.

Paper Hearts spoilers - not plot specific, but overall concepts. I wanted to reveal a bit of how it actually happened that I came up with it and I can tell you it was a journey.

3 main points below and then I will expand:

Noelle and Nozel are my favorite characters, while Noelle finds herself and becomes happy. Nozel... we don't really know much about, but we know that he's been not great.

SILVA REDEMPTION - it was supposed to be a redemption story since the beginning. I wanted to give all the Silvas a more "human" outlook. A chance to make mistakes and change for the better. A chance to become a family.

The story did not start with Helena. She was "created" for the Silvas, to help them grow and learn. I couldn't do this with an already existing character without changing canon. Helena sees the whole BC (literally 5-170 episodes, plus a bit of manga until the Spade Raid) story from her perspective, a new perspective and gives an outlook on what the Silvas did then. However she developed as a whole well rounded character with her strengths, quirks and flaws. 💕

Nozel x OC

Nozel was in the dark for a long time. A cave filled with perfectionism, guilt, self loathing and unhealthy ambition. A very cold place. (a tiny reference to Allegory of the Cave by Plato, obviously this is a slightly different case)

I know he would not so easily get out of his cave towards the light

He needed to be "forcefully pulled out of it" and that's where a nosy, cheerful, talkative, very stubborn and at times annoying OC comes in

She helps him see the light in the outside world, by teaching him how to simply have fun, but also notice the good inside himself.

She pulls him out to that "shining light" and that's how her name came to be -> Helena meaning sun ray, torch, shining light

Nozel is by no means weak in this story, on the contrary I want to show him as a strong character who found some ways to cope with his past even though they were certainly not the best ones. However he is able to grow and learn (such as admitting, that he was wrong, or being vulnerable with time).

Silva redemption

We've seen moments, literal snippets of Nebra and Solid acting not like the last pieces of trash (when Nebra checks up on Solid, when he's hurt, Nebra realising that she is an obstacle after she's hurt, or when Solid tells Noelle to go to the shadow palace, little more besides that) and I think that to each other they were never that awful. I wanted to expand on that.

So let's introduce Helena, but hey they will treat her awful if she's below them in social hierarchy -> let's make her a princess with a lot of mana

A princess? which house? She's supposed to have a "fresh view" -> she has to be a foreginer

Foreigner?! Are you kidding?! they will eat her alive (I mean they did xd) -> There has to be some familiarity and how better to achieve that then through Acier, thus Luciana (Helena's mom) and Acier were best friends and Helena is actually half clover half diamond

She has to warm up the atmosphere -> once again the little light. Helena becomes friends with Nebra (Nebra learns how to treat a friend well), and she cares for Solid like a little brother (somebody will bite back and he will learn respect), Nozel... you know the story and with Noelle you will see how it goes.

However there will be more to their growth then just Helena and sometimes she will simply witness the changes

They are assholes to lower class people -> Helena is not, but why? even though she is a princess -> backstory time ;)

Nozel, Nebra and Solid are STILL very much ASSHOLES in Paper Hearts!!! I just give them an additional face and a chance to grow over time, to be more than that.

Character growth

people make mistakes, and these characters will make them in Paper Hearts, but they will learn and grow because of them

This story will be long, because it will not rush through changes. They happen over time and a year and a half is a lot. I want these to be natural.

Helena

her character was explained a bit earlier, she has to counter the cold of the Silvas and be full of life

She comes from a big, warm family so she can show the Silvas how does a healthy family life look like

She has FLAWS, quite a few actually, because people are not perfect and that's what makes them special and beautiful. She's supposed to be relatable.

Helena is not traumatised, depressed or broken. She has her past and it affected her, but she's learnt a lesson instead of letting it control her.

Another reason for why she is a princess -> I've always had a hard time picturing Nozel being long term with someone outside of nobility. Not because of arrogance, but simply responsibilities. Helena knows how to take care of a house, knows Royal customs and will be a good lady of the house, someone Nozel can lean on in his duties, who understands how important it is to carry the name. So they have some similar values and backgrounds helping them understand one another. Especially at the beginning of the story, when he would simply not talk to anyone below his status and that's when Helena was introduced. (also based on the assorted questions brigade that's his type)

Helena's hispanic -> I simply love hispanic characters, spanglish is a fun addition to the story (my friend pointed out to me, that I may have been subconsciously inspired by Lance from Voltron)

Helena's looks -> I wanted her to have that sun kissed, hispanic look

Her eyes are dark brown, almost black -> I wanted a silver haired baby with super dark eyes 😍 (that's Natalia and literally the only reason for Helena's eye color)

She wears red -> the red blue dynamics, although they kind of flipped, because usually the blue are funny and silly, while the red grumpy, but you know what I mean

There's a four years difference between her and Nozel, I wanted her to be a bit younger so that she would have an easier time connecting with the younger Silvas (there's 1 year between her and Nebra) and overall Helena is filled with that "youthful vigor"

her perspective is new and fresh, she's a foreigner and we learn about Clover with her

Paper magic... that's a lot to unpack especially since you don't know (she doesn't either) how her spells develop yet -> let's say I wanted her to be "weak" at the beginning and paper seems pretty timid and the "blank page" metaphor (song unwritten fits her so well). You have to trust me that Paper Magic was very carefully and deliberately thought through.

Helena has not and never will become a magic knight. She's supposed to be different than Nozel and have her own thing, which is healing. This also is relevant towards her not changing canon, but being able to interact with it.

Why Diamond out of all the suit kingdoms? -> You'll see xd (forever in the future though 🥲), but it came with the development of the story. As I said Paper Hearts started with the Silvas then branched out. However I do have some Diamond Kingdom lore.

CANON

this story is written in a way that it could happen in the show

meaning Helena is watching something but not interacting where the "BC camera rolls"

I need to rewatch quite a bit while writing, but I'm not complaining (okay the festival chapters were hard and there were times when I wrote a scene only to be like "No! This character can't be here!" and I had to delete it 😭 "bye bye funny scene")

I wanted for you to see what the Silvas are doing, while BB are on their adventures

So it can be the reader's favorite game -> I wonder what is Helena doing in this part of the series?

assorted questions brigade is my literal guidebook (Nozel is a lightweight, socks on during sex 😁)

Actually writing

I haven't written anything in YEARS

I've never finished a fic

I was self conscious about my stories and how I wrote characters (terrified that people will say "oh they would not act this way at all!")

writing is still one of the most personal things I have (it lies closer to my heart even than my art)

Miraculously I opened up and told my not BC friend the main plot of Paper hearts story -> she said "it's good write it" -> that same evening I had the first chapter drafted

That's why I explain literally everything in Paper Hearts (you're getting specific descriptions of how each character looks like). I want her to be able to read it without her needing to watch the show. So it's written that non BC people will understand it and people who are just watching won't get spoilers, because I give spoiler warnings.

Those who know BC see the foreshadowing, little hints and easter eggs, so it's just as fun.

Humor

I love humor

I laugh so much while writing this story and I do my best to make it really funny

Helena is hilarious

And the sunshine x grumpy relationships are my favorite

so Helena and Nozel deliver me so much content

Besides there are Finral and Vanessa

Finral and Vanessa

I love them

They are an amazing trio with Helena, so funny too

I wanted to let the readers know what's happening in BC and keep them in a loop where we are with the BC storyline, so they tell Helena about their adventures

Obviously there is much more to them than being a source of information

Platonic relationships

This story will have a lot of them, such as relationships between Helena and each one of the younger Silva siblings, or mentioned above Finral and Vanessa

It is a romance, but also much more

There are quite a few chapters in which Nozel is just not present and they're still fun, but focus on different things

Hard topics

there are and will be some tougher, more angsty chapters and sadder ones as well

BC story has its ups and downs in terms of characters well being. It can't be happy all the time.

Once again PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES

I want them to learn from them

Action

I actually found out writing fight scenes is not awful

so I describe them (wait for the elf reincarnation arc chapters...😁)

Romance

This is obviously a romance, spicy, funny, thoughtful, lovable and at some points relatable, but it also has its downsides

IMPERFECTIONS!!!

Pink tinted glasses

Helena and Nozel don't miraculously fall in love, they learn it and it happens over time, they become "friends before lovers" it's natural.

Yhm sexual tension -> a lot, this story is rated mature for a reason!

Support

building relationships takes time

MISTAKES!!!

misunderstandings

It is soft, touching, but painful at times

There's a song in my first language saying (this is my translation):

Love is no teddy bear, no flowers

It is also not a horned devil

Nor it is love, when one is crying

And other is jumping on them.

Because love is not a film at any cinema.

Neither roses, nor kisses - little, big ones..

But love... is when one is falling down

And the other is pulling them up

that's the Nozelena I'm going for ❤️💙

Song additions (as you can see above😉)

i love music and I love incorporating it in this story

so song guessing like in chapter 21 was so much fun

I even created a full playlist for one of the latter chapters (i listened to it while writing, now it sometimes plays when I drive a car xd)

And there are some songs, which just fit the characters and I will link them

I'm really just goofing around with this, but it makes me so happy

Other ships

i know they're not there yet

but they will be in the right time of BC storyline

Helena is too nosy to not butt into other relationships and not be a matchmaker or something...

I just wanted to give some love to the characters I like and won't really gallop of canon, but they will have some cute scenes (not all the ships I like though, that would be too much, so I chose those fitting the plot, very sadly no Greyche, no MagLuck 😭, maybe mentions of them though)

Canon is the reason why I'm doing mostly "canonic" ships

Other characters that appear

This story ends up being not Helena x Nozel, not Helena x Silvas, but Helena x BC characters overall

it's funny and interesting how they interact

And I want to show some love to other still amazing characters, who just did not find their place in my top of the top, or did not really fit the plot of this fic as mains

Development

writing this story is a process

and I have it plotted out, so everything really does happen for a reason. I'm not changing the plot whatsoever since I came up with it and it was before setting up Ao3 or this tumblr account.

but then there are some little things, which I don't see coming and an additional chapter appears (I'm loosing control over the length of this story)

The "story tells you what it wants" and I follow it, so the chapter details are not set in stone

I also realised I can't write short chapters any more, so it prolongs the story too and sometimes I need to split them in two (for example the festival chapter was supposed to be in 1 mayeeebe 2 -> it's in three, elf reincarnation was supposed to be one -> it's in three)

But I think that what's in there is necessary, interesting and just fun so i won't make this story shorter on purpose, that's not the point

Illustrations

They happened. There's nothing to explain here. I just like to draw. I've read two fics with illustrations and I found them fun. I wasn't planning on illustrating every Paper Hearts chapter, but it may happen.

I'm truly exploring what I can do with my art in those illustrations so they are made in multiple styles, at different points in time and they differ greatly.

The title/s

You will understand why Paper Hearts, when I finally will get to a chapter titled this way

It's obviously connected to Helena's paper magic

Each chapter title matters -> I spend a lot of time on thinking them through and they greatly foreshadow what will happen, a lot of times in metaphorical ways

They are made in a specific style "The ...." -> I just thought it would be fun to stay consistent

Damn, this was a loooong post!

I hope you guys enjoyed this little (not really 😂) explanation and are enjoying my passion project called Paper Hearts.

For those who are reading Paper Hearts I hope you like how it came to be and continue with me on this journey through BC. I'm forever grateful for your support.

For those who haven't read it I strongly recommend it to you. The first few chapters are a bit icky, because I was just learning how to write and setting up the scene, but it's a good story. This statement I've actually never doubted. 💕

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Thank you post #3

I think the tag limit is 5... so that's how many people I will tag.

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all of these mentions are PH related

@vilandel

I'm honestly not sure if I told you this or not, but it was such a big moment I will repeat myself. When I got my first review from you I was studying for a big test, which I had the next day (Yes a test on Saturday... uni sucks). I got so emotional I told my colleague we need to take a break, because I'm too happy to think 😂. All of your reviews are so detailed and you go in depth with your analysis. You also have amazing theories about what may happen and I always need to stop myself to not confirm when you're right. Truly when I started getting your reviews it really felt like I was doing something right with the fic.

I'm so happy you asked me about tumblr in your comments and that you joined us here as well. It's been lovely getting to know you and now we also share the Vox Machina brainrot 😂.

@yellowgreendinno

I honestly don't even remember how we started interacting but we just did and it clicked. We laugh we joke and it makes me so proud that you adore my silly hispanic siblings. That video you made of BC characters, Styx and the siblings singing is still one of my favorite, such as your arts. You also leave comments under my illustrations or reblog them. I always love hearing your opinions on them 🥺 Be it fan girling about Helena or crying about whatever Nozel did. I'm also always honored when you include the Drazels in your quotes.

@hybridanafrost

We also talked quite early on and you were always so nice and sweet to me, supporting me in the OC environment in which I didn't feel confident. I remember when I asked you how would use affectionately call a mischievous child in Spanish and you said monita. That's how Helena calls her youngest sister Cecilia now.

Thanks for that 💕

@marune2

Marune you always support my art, PH and my little one shots here. You're so sweet and always have something nice to say. I can see how passionate you are about your stories here.

@artistic-endchamber

I want to talk here about that comment you left under PH and how meaningful it was to me. You said that I managed to show the cold, negative patterns that Nozel canonically displays and it was the biggest compliment I could get, because this was my point. To analyse his character, his behavior and make sense of it, explain the changes happening behind the scenes of BC.

And simply you saying that you love their story means so much 🥺

that's off PH, but I always love your posts, how excited and passionate you are 💕

[kalolasfantasyworld]

I'm very happy to announce that Paper Hearts has over 2000 hits on Ao3 🏆

So once again I'm back with some next-gen Silvas (I think it's going to be a thing 💜)

Below a little bit more about Natalia (I based the set up of her character profile on the amazing ones that @lyranova makes, just changed some things up).

Basic Information:

Name: Natalia Silva

Age: 17 (in the picture, she's 6 years younger than her brothers)

Birthday: December 24th

Blood type: B

Birthplace: Clover Kingdom

Current Location: Clover Kingdom

Affinity: Story magic (derived from paper magic, so she has some spells similar to Helena)

Appearance:

Height: 164cm 5'4

Build: Slim

Eye Color: Dark brown

Hair Color: Silver, loose waves tied by a lilac Silva Cross Flory Fitchy pin

Clothing: Maxi lilac empire style dress with a Silva styled loong, puffly sleeved top and a low neckline. It is tied above the waist with a golden belt with a Lilac Silva emblem. Below two pieces of fabric resembling wings wrap her sides.

This dress is a cross between traditional Drazel and Silva outfits.

Some personality and details:

• The youngest child and the only daughter

• With her big puppy eyes she can get almost anything

• Is the most peaceful from the siblings

• Used to be sickish, when young, so everyone is protective of her

• She's a bit shy, but gets braver and cockier once she opens up

• Just the sweetest girl alive

DADDY'S GIRL (so much)

plays piano

has pollen allergies

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Thank you post #2

I think the tag limit is 5... so that's how many people I will tag.

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all of these mentions are PH related

@funky-sea-cryptid

Tam 🥺 You DMed me out of nowhere saying something along the lines "I know I haven't read PH yet, but I can already tell it's great, because I can see how much passion you put into your illustrations and in this project". I was simply stunned 😂 You're also so easyand great to talk to that this obviously escalated and I'm so happy I did. With you after all I tied up the Drazel familia backstory details and you're still the only one who knows it 😁. Thank you for sharing your amazing stories and inspiring me, but also being a good friend. I turned to you when I had writer's block and you were there to support me.

@t-f-t

The story of how we started talking will never stop being funny and I can proudly say, you helped me write that first smut 😂 You also really support my writing and drawings. I'm ashamed to admit how many times I ran crying to you "ALEX please help me with my draaaawing" and thanks to you I improved so much with drawing fabric and PH illustrations have you to thank for the quality.

Also our Zobra conversations really helped me pinpoint the details that I want to touch with them in PH. I'm really happy with how they're looking now.

@f-oighear

Can you become friends through making fun of Nozel in Ao3 comments? We are a proof you can.

PH wise you left a comment under each and every one chapter and they're all so funny, brilliant and you bring up many important points. I love that you have your theories, what I don't love is holding myself back from revealing them and not sending you illustrations ahead. 😂 You're already getting too much Zobra and Gabriessa snips.

PH and not PH wise I'm so happy to have met you and become your friend. We bond over the bird siblings, hamilton and other stuff and we will continue on building up the birb Ao3 tag. I don't think I can put in one post how much I appreciate you.

@purpled-royalty

I think you're the only one in this group who i met on twitter and let me tell you how happy I am. We talked about OCs and it just clicked. PH wise I'm so happy that you're interested in this story and started reading 🥺 and have discussions with me about it, also you help me so much with my art. The amount of WIPs I'm sending you is impressive, especially with illustrations. Thank you for becoming my friend.

@the-black-bulls

I actually reached out to you, because of LPoL not PH, but as topics tend to shift when the conversation is fun it turned to this as well. I was so pleasantly surprised to find out that you adored the Bird siblings as much as I do and loved discussing about them, different headcanons and everything. I felt that you were genuinely interested in what PH has to offer with them and I know you read some chapters. It makes me really happy. Also now I got to share more about Gabriel with you, which I appreciate so much as well. Thank you for everything.