#feathcrcd

[ethercvl]

closed starter for @feathcrcd ( celeste ) | @sparkledcrowns ( elias ) | @vivianvaldemar | dawn inner circle

silence   from   the   mother   wasn't   something   that   the   high   priestess   was   growing   used   to.   while   she   often   tried   to   not   show   that   it   wasn't   affecting   her   it   wasn't   the   easiest   to   do.   with   the   display   that   had   been   seen   from   the   transition   of   dusk   to   summer   it   was   even   more   unsettling.   they   were   all   just   pawns   in   whatever   this   game   was.   sitting   on   the   couch   in   the   common   room   of   the   dawn   quarters   she   was   thinking   to   herself   when   the   other   entered   the   common   space.   "don't   mind   me,"   she   started   before   schooling   her   expression   and   turning   to   face   the   other.   "how   are   you   faring   in   summer?   with   all   of   these   changes?"

[ofcourtfables]

eldar and celeste are here!

[slivertm]

CLOSED ; for @feathcrcd's CELESTE.

there was something enviable in the elegance of feathered wings, especially when contrasted with the leather set nor had been born with. it was a reckoning upon seeing the peregryns. unlike her sister, honoria had never dreamt of the other courts. it was hard to patch together an idea of them and wrap her head around the rumoured opulence or beauty of the other courts until she finally laid eyes on them.

their warriors were beautiful, the picture of divine retribution while illyrians such as herself looked like they'd clawed their way out of hell. to have been born so similar to them, and yet to be the horrible, ugly, demented version relegated into the horrors of the night. honoria had difficulty putting into words how she felt about the entire thing. face-to-face with this injustice, wrapping her tongue around the jealousy. ultimately, it feels unfair.

honoria tries to pocket the envy. she figured that she should test the ground with the dawn commander. although it was hardly nature of the night court to have allies, nor was curious where the other solar courts sat.

"deveraux," she offers in greeting. "off to the training yard as well?"

[shvdwscng]

closed ◟ @feathcrcd , @ethercvl , @n1ghtsongs , @slivertm

hearing  the  string  of  complaints  of  summer's  heat  would  have  amused  the  commander  of  night  had  he  not  been  tossed  yet  again  into  whims  of  the  deities.  by  the  cauldron,  was  this  what  their  existence  had  been  reduced  to?  being  tossed  form  one  court  to  another?  summer  was  not  ideal,  the  night  fae  craving  the  shadows  of  their  home,  the  coolness  of  the  night.  although  summer  and  the  heat  was  the  least  of  his,  and  night's  worries,  still. he  had  been  attempting  to  pick  up  tid  bits  as  he  slips  in  and  out  of  the  minds,  most  of  it  useless  as  questions  of  where  they  were  and  how  were  the  dominant  thoughts  of  most  fae  scrambling  about.  when  he  had  found  siara,  they  parted,  very  reluctantly,  once  more  to  find  the  others.  it  seemed  luck  was  on  his  side  when  he  catches  another  familiar  face  of  his  court.  kalore  is  quick  to  alert  them  of  his  presence,  "they're  preparing  the  night  quarters  for  us,  i  was  told  where  we  would  be  lodging.  though  i  do  not  plan,  nor  recommend  we  become  comfortable  here."

[wcngxue]

location: summer court, adriata. all's lounge rooms. time: night. with: @feathcrcd , eldar.

WANG XUE, much like her sentiment since the king got a power up, had been panicking. Not only did the Prythian find out she was a lightsinger, but now his majesty had taken a very permanent, very deadly turn for the worse. It was a turn for the worse, of course. He was a dragon! How - why - what? She had no words to express the terror which had coiled into her heart & squeezed it to the point of breaking.

her hair is going to turn white from fear, she just knew it.

She didn't want to be anywhere near the Gaean quarters, she didn't want to be anywhere near anyone, to be entirely fair, but she couldn't isolate herself in her assigned chambers. Someone will come seeking he rout with pitchforks held aloft sooner or later. Instead of staying in the common rooms of the Gaean suite, Xue had meandered down the vaguely familiar place - while she had never been to Adriata - or the Summer court - before, the layout of the royal palaces had all been pretty much the same to her.

Rounding a corridor, she opened a set of doors that led to a lounge room, where the various fae could safely mingle. While it wasn't full, it also wasn't entirely empty & seeing all the fea had made her panic again. But, then her dark gaze fell upon a familiar fae - & a safe one, though that probably had made him least so - & she found herself approaching.

"Do you mind if I join you? I feel like I'll go mad if I stay in Gaean suite." not to mention she felt like the fae will be out for blood & take it out on any Gaean they find in their way.

"&, uh, I don't think the rest of the courts will be friendly anymore."

[stxrfclls]

erilyn  knew  her  game  wouldn't  last  forever,  the  moment  she  connected  who  eldar  was  and  realized  that  his  lordship  granted  him  the  same  privilege  as  her.  they  knew  the  same  people,  were  expected  to  know  one  another  were  she  not  so  quiet  and  off  to  the  side  when  she  wasn't  in  this  persona.  the  name  is  still  weird  to  her,  even  if  she'd  picked  it.  sometimes  she  regrets  the  lie,  sometimes  she  remembers  it  was  the  only  way  she  could  live.  "  you  will  just  have  to  deal  with  me,  eldar,  they  are  my  friends  and  i  am  selfish.  "  she  teases  easily.  it's  a  lie  anyway,  as  much  as  she's  committed  to  it.  she  has  very  few  friends  and  certainly  none  who  see  her  in  this  light.  there  may  be  few  she  knows,  some  like  eldar  who  she  sees  often,  but  nothing  like  what  she  was  saying.  once  again  she  feels  guilty,  and  once  again  she  takes  a  large  sip  of  her  drink  to  wash  it  away.  "  bruising  your  ego  is  easy,  you  deserve  it  sometimes  too.  "  she  teases  further.  the  smile  atop  her  lips  is  genuine  and  rare,  she  lets  herself  relax  and  actually  enjoy  her  night.  pushing  aside  negative  emotions  is  easy  when  you're  drinking.  "  oh  you'll  always  need  to  be  cautious  around  me,  never  know  what  i'm  up  to.  "  teasing  eldar  just  seems  to  be  most  of  the  way  she  talks  to  him,  easily  letting  herself  enjoy  the  moment  and  let  out  her  actual  humor.  few  ever  saw  it,  even  less  would  believe  the  dawn  lady  capable.  "  well,  being  trapped  in  a  new  court  certainly  puts  a  damper  on  my  winter  solstice  plans.  "  she  points  out  dryly,  sarcastically.  his  words  weren't  expected,  and  erilyn  has  to  force  herself  to  shake  her  head  lightly  at  her  friend.  "  who  said  i  don't  like  myself  as  i  am  ?  "  she  didn't  –  she  liked  this  version  of  herself  best.  a  hum,  eri  sips  more  of  her  drink  and  finishes  it  completely.  "  it's  alright,  i  think  the  next  could  be  better  though.  "

it would be interesting to see if and how their dynamic would change when her true identity would be revealed to eldar, because how long it was possible to keep a lie like that up. they probably walked the same halls, talked to the same people in the same day with him, not knowing of it. the revelation will do great damage to his ego, but when it came to eldar, he was the rare case for whom it might actually do a service. " but, athena, you know how much i love attention. why do you think i don't deserve it ? " he spoke with something of a pout, his showing nothing but innocence in spite of having nothing but trouble on his mind. eldar was a sociable creature and even though he just liked meeting new people and trying to impress them, he was also a tad bit curious about the people who knew this female outside this night time scene. " you just want to bruise my ego for now reason, " he spoke with a shrug, as if giving it up, as if he knew he was right. " look at you, so clever, " eldar teased and chuckled. " i didn't even realize i had no choice, didn't know you were such a master manipulator. i'll have to be more cautious. " he actually still had no idea. she had given him the impression that she was this easy going girl, who had enough funds from somewhere and free time to not worry about the essentials, but the details were missing. " oh. something particular has killed your mood this evening ? " eldar had turned towards her with interest, as he took a large sip of his drink, his elbow rested on the bar. " prove your arguments for once, please, " he challenged her with a stare. " i accept you, you should also accept yourself. like yourself just the way you are. " it was supposed to be an over exaggerated pep talk, but the two might have not been drunk enough for them to come to that part of the night. because it definitely had a specific time, place and level of intoxication when it came to their nights out together. " ah, all that's left then is to do it. what's your vote on this place ? "

[vivianvaldemar]

location: summer court, adriata. dawn court suite. vivian's chambers. time: night. with: @feathcrcd , celeste.

SUMMER fucking court. Of all places their... dragon-king could take them to, it was this annoying place. Part of her had been gloating - she was right, after all. The Two Mothers had worked in unison - the Made & the Created, now as thick as thieves.

it takes a Made thing to understand.

Pulling her only true friend, the only one that had - minus Saint - known almost everything there was to know about her into her chambers, Vivian closed the doors behind them &, wordlessly, poured the two glasses of whiskey - to the very brim. Getting used to this new space had been as effortless as breathing, & she found herself navigating her way around as if she'd lived in the place since her Making. Setting down the brim-full glassed of hard liquor in the coffee table in her bedroom, Vivian sat on one of the sofas & nursed a glass between her palms.

"We've reached another stage of this hell." the spymaster spoke, a heavy sigh leaving her lips, glass drawn to take a comforting sip of the whiskey.

She'd preferred gin, but her room had lacked in variety. She should ask Xander to procure a bottle or three for her, when she sees him.

"Celeste, from the bottom of my black & rotting heart, I would like to say - what the fuck." Vivian leaned forward in her sofa, silver gaze fixed upon her closest friend. "We have to regroup. Closing our ranks won't be the smartest thing to do, but perhaps it'd be the safest for the time being - at least for a week, until we can figure out what fresh hell had befallen us & how in the Cauldron's name are we supposed to navigate having a dragon for a king." she'll have to talk to Saint, but Celeste had been someone she had trusted without blinking -

& that spoke volumes.

"What is your opinion on all of this?"

[alaradraven]

location: summer court, adriata. night court suite. time: night time, unspecified. with: @feathcrcd , eldar.

ALARA had not yet spoken with her cousins - particularly with her High lady cousin Nesrin, as she had seemingly missed her around by minutes - but, tracking Eldar down was not supposed to be a problem. & she could really use talking to him. Prior to... vanishing here, Eldar had promised to start training her in combat, & now that the fun had been brought to the funeral of all reason, it was high time for her to pick a blade up.

it was still early, she could probably find him in their court's common room.

& she was right. Hurrying down the steps of her bedroom suite, Alara had reached the shared rooms & spotted the dark, ruffled hair of her, arguably favourite, cousin. Flashing a brief smile as she approached him, the solemn expression once again took over her visage. This was simply horrible. The king had gone completely mad - to the extent it changed his form, they've all change courts - again - & had now found themselves in Adriata, Summer's capital. When will all this madness end? The Mothers - plural, yes - had seemed intent on never letting them all rest for long in one place & especially not allowing them all to return to their respectful courts.

"Eldar, how are you feeling?" she asked, concern flashing over her face for a moment, before ebbing away. "So, Summer. Another court, another deadly game to play. What do you think of all this mess that befell us?"

[arashway]

location: summer court, adriata. autumn court suite. time: afternoon. with: @feathcrcd , korain.

ARA HAD really liked adventure - especially the ones she had been a willing participant in, but this? She had not been a willing participant in this new bullshit. She was smart enough to know Kabir would go poof!, she just never figured it would be poof in a beast form. Do they even have a king anymore?

aish, her head was hurting.

The Summer court took notes from Dusk & hastily accommodated them all - & now there was yet another court that Autumn had been indebted to. Gaeul will have to crack open family secrets to pay them all back at this point. Though, is her... relations with Dusk court remain as close & cordial as they'd recently been, maybe Dusk will wipe out their debt. That only leaves this court to worry over - & a fucking Summer of all courts.

aish. she was pissed.

Spotting her cousin in the Autumn court suite's common room, Ara approached with a loud click of her tongue.

"Cousin, mark me down as pissed & annoyed. What's with all this court switching crap? If the Mothers keep this shit up, we'll owe money to the entire Prythian. & the fuck is with this new dragon form? Is the monarchy done? You'd figure Gaea & the rest of us would not be very excited about having a fucking dragon for a king. No offence to Dusk's beasts - unlike Kabir, they at least seem reasonable." Ara sighed.

"& Summer of all places. Why not Autumn, or Spring? My delicate constitution is not equipped to deal with this scorching hell." Ara whined.

[dcybreak]

status: closed starter for @feathcrcd location: the dusk court, mess hall

"Commander." Valentine ducked his head in a slight bow, as was customary when greeting a woman of Celeste Deveraux's rank. It would've been easy to forget his place, in the halls of the dusk court, a strange, equalizing quality to the chaos they had all been thrown into — but it would've been an affront to his training, to presume that some return to an equilibrium was outside the realm of possibility. Preparation for all contingencies had been a fundamental tenet of his education, even though making shit up as he went along had, in practice, proved more valuable. "How does it compare, wine at dawn and wine at dusk?"

[ethercvl]

closed starter for @feathcrcd ( korain )

gaeul   had   been   waiting   for   her   siblings   to   show   up   in   the   autumn   quarters.   kai   had   been   found   almost   immediately   after   they'd   arrived   in   the   summer   court,   but   given   that   the   magic   had   thrown   them   all   into   different   places   of   the   summer   court   she   hadn't   been   sure   of   where   to   look   for   the   other   two.   the   autumn   quarters   had   been   set   up   pretty   quickly   and   the   high   lady   had   figured   that   would   be   the   best   place   to   wait   for   them   to   show   up.   the   moment   she   checked   through   the   door   of   the   room   that   had   been   made   up   for   kor   she'd   spotted   him.   "thank   the   cauldron   you   are   here.   are   you   alright?"

[sparkledcrowns]

☆ﾟ*·ﾟSTICKING A SMALL spoon into the sauce, nik tasted it, huffing softly. he sprinkled a little more salt in and stirred before tasting it again, feeling satisfied. grabbing a bowl, he grabbed a pasta spoon and grabbed some of the homemade cavatappi pasta and dumped it into the sauce, ensuring he coated everything. this was one of his favorite combination of flavors, making this sauce absolutely delicious. for some reason, he hadn't made it for eldar and now, he needed his opinion. fluffing the pasta in the sauce, nik took a deep breath and inhaled the beautiful scent of the food. grabbing a plate for himself as well, he brought them to the kitchen table and placed it in front of eldar. "honestly, i'm surprised i haven't made this for you before. it's one of my favorite sauces, and a pretty popular one around here. opinions?"

@feathcrcd - for eldar

[stxrfclls]

he  wouldn't  make  the  joke  about  an  illyrian  being  lazy,  instead  he  just  smirks.  "  today  you  need  to  change  after  breakfast  before  you  go  about  the  rest  of  your  day.  "  he  says  pointedly  instead,  making  fun  of  his  wrinkled  attire  rather  than  the  obvious  joke.  but  he  wasn't  nagging,  aydin  just  enjoyed  teasing  where  he  was  able.  "  isn't  it  ?  "  he  says,  grin  on  his  lips  devious  and  everything  an  older  brother  would  give  his  younger  when  he  had  something  over  him.  it  wouldn't  last  for  long,  aydin  knew  he  had  plenty  for  eldar  to  find  and  poke  him  back  over.  it  was  just  a  matter  of  time.  as  they  slip  into  the  dining  room  aydin  wastes  no  time  in  picking  a  seat,  scooping  his  plate  full  with  the  healthy  appetite  he's  known  for.  a  snort,  he  had  meant  to  earn  that  face  at  eldar.  it  doesn't  ruin  his  hunger  either,  as  noted  by  the  small  growl  from  his  stomach.  the  idea  that  eldar  will  find  something  to  tease  aydin  over  resurfaces  once  more,  and  he  wonders  just  how  long  before  the  younger  draven  learns  just  how  different  aydin  acts  around  the  master  artist.  "  they  are  a  very  interesting  creature.  "  beautiful,  captivating…  he  could  go  on,  but  aydin  refrains.  he  can  only  give  eldar  so  much  ammo  against  him.  his  eyes  roll,  landing  on  his  brother  as  he  chews  his  food.  it  gives  him  pause  to  form  the  best  response.  "  they  wouldn't  alter  what  you  wish  to  appear  better  anyway.  best  to  find  someone  more  willing.  "

" alright, it's a deal. can't go back on it now, so guess i'll see you tomorrow morning. because today, well, today i just don't have it in me, " eldar said with a chuckle. quite honestly he was a little bit hungover from the night before, despite having slept like a baby and hydrated himself enough. his experience with minimizing the aftermath of the previous nights was quite large. " that's funny, " eldar said with very little amusement on his face and as they neared the dining hall, eldar opened the up the door to reveal a room in which breakfast was usually left for them. he gestured for his brother to go in first, and noticed that it seemed as though they were early enough that everything had just been brought out, fresh and warm. eldar made another face at aydin's confirmation, but the expression never left his face because of his assumption. " well... " he started with a laugh. aydin was right, it was hard for him to feel ashamed in the first place, but he being reminded that his brothers made the same mistakes that he did once in a while made him feel less alone in his while he was running away from responsibility as if it was plague. " imalda ? wow, consider me surprised, but i can see it, " eldar spoke as he glanced away, already imagining their wedding, his speech and the after party he would of course take full responsibility of. " shoot, i guess i'll need to cancel those nude portrait arrangements then, " he added with a chuckle as he was kidding, mostly. he did have a crazy idea to make an arrangement like that just for a laugh, but now he was not too keen to make someone aydin liked go through all of that.

[slivertm]

CLOSED ; for @feathcrcd's ELDAR.

she feels hot to the touch. anger roiling off of her in surging waves, matching the rhythm of her elevated heart beat. her head had barely even touched the pillow before she had bolted back upright, wings trembling in rage. despite the early hours, she couldn't shake the tension from her earlier interaction with the king. she itched to kill the boy.

prescriptive labels like morning and evening meant nothing when there was rarely any sunlight to mark this. as the sky was constantly overcast with a spill of stars in the night court, honoria had little regard for time. without a second thought, she moves out of her chambers in her bed clothes and launches down the hall to eldar's chambers.

sharply, honoria brings her fist to the door in three successive knocks, holding back her strength from breaking down the door. when it came to courtly etiquette and qualms, honoria found herself turning to eldar. although he'd been a piss poor teacher, the other illyrian had been an ally during nor's early days in the court. he'd refined her from raw.

"princeling!" they yell into dark laquered wood of the door, knocking again. she only offered the courtesy of warning because the door was locked, otherwise honoria was in the fashion barging in. "wake. up."

[shvdwscng]

closed ◟ @feathcrcd , @sparkledcrowns , @n1ghtsongs , @ethercvl

the  sunlight  of  summer  was  nearly  blinding,  eyes  squinting  each  moment  he  turned  to  look  outside  in  his  search  for  his  court,  his  family,  his  fae.  he  could  relax  just  a  moment  after  seeing  for  his  own  gaze  that  lux  was  here  and  unharmed.  the  few  guards  he  had  managed  to  find  of  dawn,  he  had  assigned  to  her  before  he  continued  his  search  for  the  rest.  needing,  daring  to  hope  that  rest  of  his  court  were  as  well.  the  more  he  saw  of  the  other  courts,  the  fae  that  trickled  in,  saint  held  hope  that  all  of  his  were  here  as  well.  it  seemed,  for  once,  the  fates  were  favoring  him  when  he  finally  found  one.  “tell  me  that  is,  in  fact,  you."  catching  the  familiar  face  as  his  legs  moved  swiftly  to  meet  them  halfway.

[astrclisms]

⋆。°✩ amara // closed starter. @feathcrcd

the day had been filled with countless to-dos and polite smiles and various civilities that quite frankly impressed the high fae that she had managed to pull it all off. time and time again she found it difficult to bite her tongue - and that was usually with the night court's inner circle alone. now the evening, where the dusk court looked its most remarkable with an array of burnt pinks, blues and gold, amara was in desperate need of some fun. she had successfully snagged an unattended bottle of faerie wine that was guarded close to her chest as she wandered the halls, the dark crimson liquid nearly blending into the silky fabric of her dress that whispered against the stone floor beneath her. she rounded a corner and slowed her pace as she spotted a quaint terrace sheltered from the rest of the court and overlooking the city below - and a familiar fae with night black hair. eldar. amara gently opened the balcony door and leaned against its frame, her hazel eyes lighting up as she shook the bottle of wine teasingly. "is this balcony taken?"