#esben is laughing at them from heaven

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

girl i feel like Artham and the wingfeather kids would absolutely love boops

okay this conjured a series of hilarious images in my mind, but by far the best was Maraly throwing boops like knives. She expected hers to be black but nah they're white ghosty ones because of how she flits in and out of the night like a ghost when she's on Shadowblade shenanigans with Gammon. xD

Kal has black paws for obvious reasons. Leeli's are white. Janner and Sara's are both orange and they match <3

Kal and Janner finally have a worthy use for their Durgan training oh boy

Artham won't stop appearing randomly, booping one of them 153 times and then vanishing. His are probably also white for that reason xD

and then Arundelle gets involved and it just becomes her and Artham chasing each other around the castle and popping out of increasingly unlikely places to smack each other with giant cat paws

No one thinks Nia is playing until she darts out of a shadow, smacks someone in the face with a black cat paw and disappears again (never forget she married Esben, prankster of Anniera)

[diueliz]

thanks to @brionbroadway for tagging ❤

rules: write the first 10 songs that come up on shuffle (no skipping) and quote your favourite lyrics from each song, then tag 10 people.

1. blisters - serpentwithfeet

As your lips curl at the smell of sweetness in this room (Keep tying your shoes) You should know the world outside my door has tightened its womb for you

2. Some velvet morning - Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood

Flowers are the things we know, secrets are the things we grow Learn from us very much, look at us but do not touch Phaedra is my name

3. Babalù - Mannarino

Lo volevano ammazzar Tutti gli abitanti della città Però adesso che non c'è più Non fanno che parlare bene di Babalù

Babalù sta nel dolore Babalù sta sopra il letto Babalù sta al distributore Babalù ha preso un etto Babalù non torna più In un fascio di luce sta arrivando in paradiso Babalù, Babalù, Babalù Dimmi che il mostro non ritorna più

(rough translation:

everyone in town wanted to kill him, but now that he’s gone they can’t but say good things about Babalù. Babalù is in the pain, Babalù is on the bed, Babalù is at the gas station, Babalù has bought a hectogram, Babalù is not coming back, in a beam of light he’s arriving in heaven, Babalù, Babalù, Babalù, tell me the monster is not coming back)

4. L’ultima luna - Lucio Dalla

La quarta luna era una fila di prigionieri che camminando seguivano le rotaie del treno avevano i piedi insanguinati e le mani senza guanti ma non preoccupatevi il cielo è sereno oggi non ce ne sono più tanti

(rough translation:

the fourth moon was a line of prisoners who followed the train tracks, walking. they had bloody feet and gloveless hands; but don’t worry, it’s a clear day, there’s not many of them nowadays)

5. No dog - Esben and The Witch

And is your steel true? Have you an iron will? Have you mastered the laws that nature has built?

6. L’ultima festa - Cosmo

Via, ci stanno cacciando via Mi sa che chiudono il locale Eppure mi sento da Dio

E se c'è un limite lo voglio spostare Più in là, più in là, più in là, più giù Bevo la notte, grido più forte, rido Di te E quando mi dici che non esisto tu Sparisci con me Bevo la notte, sfido la morte rido Perché Il cuore mi scoppia, picchia e mi porta su

(rough translation:

out, they’re kicking us out, i think they’re closing up, but i feel amazing. and if there’s a limit i want to move it further away, further down. i drink at night, i scream louder, i laugh about you, and when you tell me i don’t exist you disappear with me. i drink at night, i defy death, i laugh because my heart is bursting, beating hard and it takes me high)

7. If you go away - Neil Diamond

But if you stay I’ll make you a day Like no day has been or will be again We’ll sail on the sun, we’ll ride on the rain We’ll talk to the trees and worship the wind Then if you go I’ll understand Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand If you go away, If you go away, If you go away

8. Delilah - Florence + The Machine

Too fast for freedom Sometimes it all falls down These chains never leave me I keep dragging them around

9. Face - BROCKHAMPTON

I say this all out of respect Sometimes I want nothing with you Wearing your love like medallions

10. Formidable - Stromae

Et qu’est-ce que vous avez tous à me regarder comme un singe, vous Ah oui vous êtes saint vous Bande de macaques!

(i’m trusting a translation i found online cause i don’t know french:

And what’s wrong with you all, looking at me like a monkey. Ah right you’re all saints. Bunch of monkeys!)

aaaalrighties this was it, i tag: @sunflowervilde, @thelibraryiscool , @kahtastrophe , @bethxchilds , @aterminalcase , @snapbackdragon , @evenskindness , @ravenreayes , @deepinskam , @isakyake , @vildenooras , @solo-silenzio aaand this is more than 10 people but!!

[iokeihiko]

Inyoni

With unknown, possibly ancient origins, it is impossible to tell what the true motives are behind this secretive group. Generally considered to be a ‘club’ for those pursuing the perfect murder, they also provide services to those with supernatural or paranatural abilities. They are ruled by a strict internal government which dictates every small aspect of the society, even to what actions can be taken during murder. The highest leaders are the Abal, who govern the more local ‘Alphas’ around the world. Only recently have the Alphas of Swans begun friendly relationships with the Egland Family, as demonstrated by the current Alpha of Lath Billie Jean passing several members over the Egland Anodyne Houses. The Society of Swans also maintain their own ‘safe houses’, large homes (often isolated) that are run by hosts. Usually, these ‘Hosts’ are older members from the society that have proved their loyalty and are no longer in active practice of murder. Their responsibilities lie in communicating local concerns to the area Alpha, as well as dictating where members in need of safe houses will go. Most notably Lemon stayed with the host Cesare Esben at Amanu House, located in Upper Lath. Below the hosts in rank are the Masters, those who have become the best in their respective schools and taken on roles like teachers. They help to dictate the others in their schools, enforce rules, and work directly with hosts to maintain members in trouble.

Contents

‘Swans’ is not the true name of this club. Members use the word ‘Swans’ to describe their personal police force, and thus became the vague designation given to the entire social order.

Rank Structure

              Alpha – the head of the organization who has final judgement call on any and all club operations. Usually only known by regional alphas and sometimes betas, the individual is called ‘Inyoni’ by others.

              Regional Alpha – highest ranking member in a specific geographical area. Areas are determined by a per-capita basis, not by land mass. For the most part they govern themselves and are simply known as Alpha.

              Beta – a high ranking member with a more secretarial role than active role. The ‘left hand’ of the regional alpha.

              Masters – members who have achieved accolades in their chosen fields in the pursuit of the ultimate goal.

              Swans – the police force of the society in charge of ensuring rules are being enforced and seeking out (and occasionally punishing) whitelist criminals. The ‘right hand’ of the regional alpha. Because they can openly wound whitelist members, Swans have more public reputation than any other club member. The name ‘Swans’, said with contempt, respect, or fear, became the moniker for the entire society.

              Hosts – Generally retired Alphas, Swans, or Masters. They oversee new blood or hot water members in safe houses.

              Apprentice – usually refers to the favorite disciples of an alpha, though it may also refer to those in the process of becoming masters.

              Student – one who has committed themselves to the study of the ‘ultimate goal’ whether or not they reside within a particular school.

              Member – one who is a socially active member of the society, though takes no steps toward the ‘ultimate goal’.

              Participant – one who is born into the club or informally recognized as a friend or confidant. No authority and subject to all rules and regulations.

              Whitelist – those who have multiple infractions against the club. They are hunted down and punished. There is only one level of ‘wrong do-er’, and whitelisted criminals are captured and punished by a team of their peers along with a regional alpha.

Community and Sociality

   If you were to ask a member of the society what their ultimate goal is and they trusted you, they might respond with ‘to reach Inyoni’. This vague response is likely meant to reveal nothing to an outsider, making it easy for Swans to immediately recognize on of their own. Speculation on who or what Inyoni could be is varied; some claim it is a faith-based statement regarding a sort of nirvana or heaven, others believe it to be a traditional caste system of power. Regardless, all members of the society except whitelist members enjoy some level of community benefits.

     Intimacy is practiced freely and in many forms. While the group looks down on sexually-driven violence as a weakness unfit for their society, there is a hierarchy that informs inter-club relationships. Rank within the society determines who any member can propose; only the current rank and below is open to intimate relationships with that particular member. Relationships with whitelisted members are seen as treacherous, and Beta members are unlikely to form any relationship. Alphas enjoy the ability to choose whomever they wish with one notable exception. Pair Bonds occur when members of the same rank become closely linked through society related turbulence. Spending time incarcerated as pawns together or running the same failed project are the two most common ways of pair bonding. Some strong bonds are also created simply through working well together. While the relationship is not always a sexual one, a pair bonded couple is off-limits to propositions from other members.

Schools

Blood-Letting School – consuming parts of your victims, body or blood     Converts – a small off-shoot of the bloodletting school. Started by Murray Wang, members of this elite school seem to gain prolonged life through consuming humans. Notable members; Murray Wang, Cesare Esben

Stalker School – systematically destroying a single person’s life by killing their family and friends before cat-and-mousing them until they are caught and killed

Mega School – destroying as much as possible, not just people but structures and land too     Horde – a large and welcoming group where newer members often go to hone their talents. Working in large groups, members use the same methods and disguises to take out large populations, destroying the area in the process.

Visual School – kills using extreme techniques to achieve graphic surrealism, often a slow process      Splatter – a small, new school dedicated the extreme violence and gore. It involves rendering your victims into the blood and meat they are.      Pitch – an elite group within the visual school, those who are invited to join have shown mastery over a slow, systematic stalking and killing. Often, they are so concentrated on small items they have only one victim, but they consider themselves to be the closest to ‘perfect murder’, and many others respect them.

Zealot School – kills in the name of a theory or dogma that guides the killer to each victim and dictates the proper course of action

Primeval School – kills in an animalistic way and for animalistic reasons; protecting self, young, territory, for resources or mates, or because of insanity/bloodlust

Die-Laughing School – kills in comical ways, or attempts to make light of their victims while they murder them     Trash – Often older members or legacies, those in the Trash school are more interesting in laughter and terror than murder, and sometimes (though not often) do not even kill their victims. Generally, they have ‘leftovers’ that need to be cleaned up, and many disrespect them.

Pristine School – a lesser-known school that attempts to kill with minimal bloodshed, preferring psychological torture, etc., to physical violence.