#ever-winter

[roleplay-abiogenesis2]

“This is one of my favorites, do you know what it does? Why, I’ll demonstrate.” - Dottore / Cyno

It was difficult to breathe in this place; difficult to even think with clarity. Though, where the latter was concerned, Cyno had no doubt much of the responsibility lay on whatever substance had to be running through his veins at that moment, sedating his mind, blocking out all the adrenaline his brain desperately craved, trying to kick in his fight or flight instincts.

The place was probably not that chaotic, but to Cyno, at that moment, it felt as though every little sound and light that surrounded him was amplified and deafening. From the low buzzing of fluorescent lights, to the beeping of machines he'd never seen before. The harbinger's words and footsteps overlapped with that noise like a rustling ladle in boiling water.

Bound at the wrists, the ankles, and probably other places he couldn't fully register, he'd become aware of the cold metal of his cuffs only when it had started to sink and hurt his skin. He knew he should feel panic, he recognized that sickening tug in his stomach and chest; he felt his own lungs contract and expand quickly for more air, but it was all so... dull.

And just what was this man about to do? Squinting through the burning white of the lights pointed straight down on him from above, Cyno couldn't even fully find his figure. Only a vague sense of the direction il Dottore's voice had come from, to his right.

Was he about to do something to him? To something else in the room? Or bluffing?

At that moment, Cyno felt his resolve waver. He'd put on a brave face so far; been stubborn and defiant. But it only seemed to get worse, and worse. If some divine providence was on the way, it was becoming apparent now that it needed far longer than the General had hoped.

He needed time.

"Stop... Make it stop...!" He managed to speak, and that alone took effort like lifting a giant boulder. "I'll do what you ask... I yield."

Words had never tasted more bitter.

[charlotte-liddel]

@ever-winter asked:

"You never quite know what could be lurking in the shadows" - Dottore

"And you never can quite see the shadows that hide in the light without risking going blind." Charlotte was treating him with a clear measure of caution. She was well aware enough who he was, and the events in Sumeru he had a hand in.

"So, can I help you?" Her tone was less than enthused, as she checked over the satchel holding herbs and flowers she had just recently harvested. She was really wanting to get these processed for drying sooner rather than later.

[frozcnlight]

@ever-winter asked: 036, a masquerade ball. - Dottore set the scene - always accepting

A grand masquerade in honor of the Tsaritsa. Miran stood since hours close to the drinks, rather than mingling with the people who ever had came here. Had she not wished to visit it after all. However, she could not leave her older sister alone - at least if she heeded the words of their father. Her gaze searched for the other, slightly taller woman. However, she had already lost sight of her as soon as they had entered the grand ballroom, running off to some people she disclaimed she knew. However, with how little they went outside, Miran liked to question such a thing in her mind.

Were they after all only here, so the older one could perhaps somebody who’d catch her eye. A suitor, that would one day ask for her hand. The blonde grimaced at such thought. Though in age herself and therefore knowing that she would one day have to face the same fate, she did not wish to do so. Marrying, bearing somebody’s children one day? No. It did not appeal to her at all.

The blonde took a sip of the glass she had taken from the table that now stood behind her, after taking a step forward. She watched silently, until there was movement beside her. Nothing unusual, as many came here - mostly with friends, their partner or whoever. Men and women alike sometimes also were alone, sent to bring drinks to the group they stood at and talked with. However, something caught her attention there.

“Am I standing in the way?”, she asked, her tone a tad too impolite for her own taste, when it had been her who should be sneered at after all. She was the one blocking some of the glasses after all. However, the fact that she had to look up so high to see the man’s face - he was way too tall - was upsetting to her. Why couldn’t she have grown as tall as her sister?

“Pardon, I make way if you wish so, sir.”.

[squidsavior-m]

@ever-winter ( Arlecchino ) wanted a starter.

“Okay, with that many hair colors that’s a bit too much.”

Her routine was simple enough of being the babysitter for Teucer, as this wasn’t the first time she had done this before. Without wanting to say much she had the feeling that Teucer would be the one that would have the rebellion phase… he has been quite a troublemaker at times.

“I’ll make sure he only has one. Two at most. Kids need… some form of self-expression, right? But it shouldn’t get too out of hand.”

[dinomites]

@ever-winter | "It's either you or them, take your pick." - Dottore to Collei

"...why did you have to bring them into this?" Talk about a foul move. He dares bring up the Forest Rangers into this?

"Leave them alone, Doctor."

[crownshattered-arch]

Continued from here with @ever-winter~

The follow-up question seemed particularly random, but Xiao could put two and two together to figure out what Seiko was really asking. Could Xiao get sick from eating snow off of the ground like this? Could he get sick at all?? Seiko wasn't human, much like Xiao, but he didn't seem to be organic either. Xiao still needed to eat to survive, but it was less important than a human's need to eat. Seiko, however, didn't need to eat at all.

"Not exactly," he answered as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I can't catch diseases like humans do, and human illnesses have no effect on me. Much like how a dog most likely won't catch the illness its owner has." Different bodies had different capabilities, and pathogens had no use for an Adeptus' body. There was no nourishment for them to derive.

"However, I suppose we Adepti have our own manner of 'illness'... I can't catch anything like a human, but my body can be 'under the weather'." Like from his karmic debt... "So no, eating snow from the ground wouldn't get me sick." A pause. "...can you?"

[crownshattered-moved]

@ever-winter​ replied:

dottore vc - This is simply hell

“YOU CAN’T STOP US MAKING ORTHOS IF WE OUTNUMBER YOU!!!”

[terraeferaearchive]

@ever-winter​ asked: “I want to know what you do.” - Scara / Raven

“I do a large number of things. You’ll have to be more specific than that.”

As he said that, Raven’s blue eyes seemed to flicker, a hint of amusement entering them as he finished talking. He simply continued to watch the other for a moment, before an eyebrow quirked upwards ever so slightly. He had no doubt that there was some reason that the stranger was asking... But he also wasn’t about to give away any more information than he needed to.

Information was power, after all. And even if he didn’t make it well known just how much information he had... He still had a fair bit of power overall. He simply knew well enough not to flaunt it.

“What exactly is it that you want to know about me, and what I do? I hardly want to bore you with details that you don’t care about.”

[hopeful-hugz]

“Well, it’s good to know some things never change. At least he seems to be having a good time.” Don’t mind Hope playing onlooker while she cleans her equipment.

[roleplay-abiogenesis2]

"...I suppose I forgot all about you hmm?" - Dottore/Cyno (in reality the muns just super slow getting to her threads xDD sorry!!)

"Wouldn't that be nice..." Cyno's words were rhetorical to the point of losing any questioning inflection. He didn't doubt for a second the Fatui's memory worked well enough to remember him. Nor did he believe Dottore genuinely hoped to convince him otherwise.

This was mere teasing, like a bored cat playing with prey.

"Found something more interesting to entertain yourself with?" He asked from the other side of the cage. "Or were you simply frustrated that you weren't getting your expected results from keeping me in here? I didn't take you for a quitter."

[hcttrick]

🌀 - have a concerned father

Lyney was trying his best to hide the deep gash across his back that wrapped halfway around his lower abdomen as he had some bandages on it but the crimson red was still threating to flow out, he managed to tighten that part and keep it hidden under his cape and inner shirt but it was still causing him great pain but he would have to tolerate it as he soon heard Father's voice.

He slowly turns around before speaking, trying to look at the one who took him and Lynette into the House of the Hearth.

"Hello Father, how is everything faring for you? Any new missions for me, Lynette and Freminet that you need taken care of?"

[frozcnlight]

@ever-winter: 006, a swing set in an empty playground at night. - Childe

set the scene - always accepted

Night had engulfed Mondstadt into it’s usual darkness. Strolling through the empty streets for, knew the archons how long, Miran had found what seemed like an abandoned play ground. It was far outside of the walls. Further, than she usually went. Sitting on a piece of flat wooden, which both short ends were attached to thick ropes. Which too, were bound to wood - it was hard to explain actually. However, after she had sat down it seemed easy to swing forth and back. Startled at first, she had stomped her feet stubbornly on the soil of the grass underneath her. Holding her hands tightly at the ropes, as if fearing to fall off otherwise. However, after getting adjusted to the feeling, she just sat there comfortable now. 

There were two of those things and for a moment she thought about, how creepy it would be if it’d just started moving.

Her eyes soon were set on night sky above her, ingulfing her mind in the silence.

Not even the sounds from monsters was to be heard, which was worrisome. But at the same time, put her at ease. It was, like this was a whole other world. One, where fear of easily dying wasn’t as prominent as here. However, even she knew how silly it was to think of it. One wrong step or not being cautious enough, could mean farewell to all of this.

All was peaceful - until Miran heard steps coming close. Causing the woman to almost fall off the swinging thing, as she turned around to the cause of the noise. Only until she saw familiar, ginger hair, she noticed that she had held her breath in fear.

“Childe…“, she breathed out his name in relief. A smile, that didn't quite reach her eyes, appearing on her lips. Concealing the feelings she just had felt seconds ago - the sadness, in which she had looked at the sky. However, she knew that she had to smile whenever somebody saw her. That's was, how interactions worked after all, “...I didn’t… why are you here?”.

[squidsavior-m]

@ever-winter | ‘ღ’ - dottore :D lmfao

Romantic attraction: no | very low | low | medium | high | very high | extreme Sexual attraction: Would rather be on the floor than share a bed | very low | low | medium | high | very high | extreme Aesthetic attraction: none | very low | low | medium | high | very high | extreme Sensual attraction: none | very low | low | medium | high | very high | extreme

[dinomites]

@ever-winter | "What happened to you?" - Childe & Aether

At first, there was tension coursing through his body. Hearing Childe’s voice after… well so long since he left Liyue. It felt so strange to hear him. But he seems like a friendly person overall, despite… well.

Being attacked by whales, for a gnosis he did not have. “Just got into a bad time with some axe-wielding Hilichurls. Not a huge deal.” Was his pride ruined? No. He was more concerned about people worrying about him too much. As he is indeed in fact, a traveler.

[charlotlie]

bitches be like “this is the best piece of literature i have ever read” and it’s either a book that took them six weeks to finish or a fanfic they read at 3 AM

[crownshattered-moved]

@ever-winter​​​​​​​​ inquired: “If you ever feel stupid or weak or powerless, just remember that I, am not.“ - Masami / Dottore

Tumblr Text Posts—No Longer Accepting

“Understood, Master!” What was the meaning behind such a warning? What was the Doctor trying to say? In all honesty, it seemed like it was possibly a threat. Yes, they could feel stupid or useless, but don’t you dare act in such a way and fail any mission of his, or else he will use his own power to punish you. Or perhaps he was saying this because, even if they felt powerless, he wasn’t and he could make them powerful. 

Two very different meanings. It was rather amusing, actually. Their master, always keeping them on their toes--they loved it, to be honest.

The green-eyed experiment’s smile seemed to widen ever so slightly as they mindlessly tugged at the stitches on the corner of their lips. “I know I’m not weak, since you were the one to put me together like this. Thinking that I am powerless would be an insult to your excellent intelligence~”