#i'm screaming but i'm having fun

[lunastarhawk]

Tides of Memories part 28, Chapter 3 - The Privateer: On the Tides of Fate

These chapter names are getting ridiculous.

WiP Wednesday has turned out to be a freshly posted entire chapter, hurrah!

It's silly, and too long, I know it is. I've lost control. It's Julian and Altheia's story and they are out of control. But I'm having fun, and that's the point really.

Summary

Julian continues to regain memories of the beginning of his and Altheia's time together from her days as a privateer, reliving the intense spark of attraction and intimacy, the thrill of life aboard her ship, and a close encounter with pirates.

Excerpt

“Are they pirates?” “Not the aggressive kind, but yes. Her captain and I have something of a history,” she said tersely. “He’s a nuisance.” “The Vesuvian smugglers you were talking about?” “Either that, or he’ll know about them.” “He’s tacking towards us, Cap’n,” Maurice called. “I see that, thank you. Keep steady, the wind’s in our favour.” She grinned suddenly. “This’ll be fun. I do love when he puts up a fight. I wonder if he’s got himself a magician yet.” Julian felt the thrill of adrenaline rush through him, but he was conflicted. He’d had enough of standing on the sidelines of a battle for one lifetime. And he certainly didn’t relish the prospect of watching Altheia get hurt - though he couldn’t deny finding the sudden fierceness of her incredibly attractive. And then he felt guilty for doubting she could handle herself - he was very sure that she could - and guilty for having such inappropriate feelings at such an inappropriate time. Altheia turned her head to look properly at him for a moment, and her expression softened. She sighed, glanced up at the sails and, apparently judging that there was enough wind that they didn’t need any of her magic, gestured to him to follow her. “Come with me. We’ve got a few minutes.” She hopped down the steps and onto the main deck, and then through the door to her cabin. Julian followed her, but as soon as the door closed behind him she swept him into her arms and pulled him down into a passionate kiss. He was so surprised that he didn’t respond immediately, but when she pressed her thigh between his legs he melted into her. Between kisses, he managed to murmur, “I have… absolutely no idea… what’s going on.” Altheia couldn’t help but laugh against his mouth, but she entwined one hand into the curls of his hair while the other wrapped around the small of his back, pulling him closer. After a moment they broke apart for air, and Altheia gave a breathless chuckle as she rested her forehead on his collarbone, her hands on his shoulders. His hands came to rest in the curves of her waist and he looked into the bright sea-green of her eyes as she reached up to tug affectionately at a curl of hair that had escaped the tie at the back of his head. “Julian, I…” She paused, bit her lip, looked down. “I don’t want you to get hurt.” Julian blinked down at her, struggling to form a thought, never mind words. “I don’t want you to get hurt,” he said eventually. She lay her palm on his cheek. “Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine. But you should go below decks, I think. Maybe with Kiri.” Julian, still very aware of Altheia’s lean thigh between his legs, her hand on his cheek and the other on his hip, her waist beneath his hands, grappled with what she was suggesting. He shook his head, and gave a rueful burst of a laugh. “I can’t… quite find words,” he told her. “Or thoughts, actually. But I… I don’t want to hide away. I want to be by your side.”

The rest is on AO3!

[lazylittledragon]

y'know every time i feel guilty about bothering someone by singing along when i'm listening to music, i just remember that i have to tolerate my dirtbag brother screaming at his ps5 for hours every day so listening to muffled off-key fall out boy is probably preferable

[eyes-of-nine]

draws P instead of actually playing the game bc I suck at combat so badly

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[meerphanim]

Cogito Ergo Sum.

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[galactichoneybee92]

Not to sound like a boomer on main, because I love my phone- I do. But I really miss the day when I could hang out in public without having to hear everyone else's phones. I don't care if there are babies crying (because babies cry sometimes) or if other people are having conversations (because that's what people come to cafes and such to do) but hearing tinny little phone sounds blasting out loud out of their speakers drives me insane. I'm only in my 30's, why are you making me complain about how things were "back in my day" like I'm 80? Public phone noise is prematurely aging me. Send help.

[ruby-static]

Anyways. Arcade's dork-ass 'heh'.

[glitchinginthegarden]

"Y'ready to go, V?"

[vaguely-concerned]

seeing people claim that lucanis is 'bad representation' is hilarious to me because in so many ways he's really the closest anything has ever gotten to capturing my own personal experience. sorry for being bad real life queer and mental health/neurodiversity representation folks 😔 I'll take time to reflect and do some work on myself and try to do better in the future

[eyvahbae]

I feel like if the twins had a youtube channel it would all be SPENDING 24 HOURS IN A HAUNTED WALMART baby slop content with them pogging in every thumbnail

Meanwhile Snotlouts channel would consist of rant videos where he complains about his life and shits on media he dislikes and overall it'd just be him being a bitter little hater

[vynnyal]

Of all games why this one

[peachblossomdrama]

Brokenhearted Tae x the Art Department Bonus:

[lunastarhawk]

The Fondest of Farewells

Tides of Memories part 28, chapter 6

Through their ritual, Julian relives his lost memories of his and Altheia's first goodbye.

Excerpt

“It’s what I do.” She was almost talking to herself. “When I’m at port. I like to spend a night with a man. And I always say, just like I did to you, it’s just a night.” She gave a wry smile as she glanced at Julian. “Or in your case, a day and then perhaps a night. Sometimes they say they’ll see me next time I return, and sometimes that’s true. But I never… But with you I felt… and that was the risk.” She sighed, as if frustrated with herself - both for saying too much, and for not being able to say what she wanted to. Julian squeezed her hand. “It’s okay. I understand.” “Do you?” “I… think so.” He gently tilted her chin up, and her sea-green eyes met his, tendrils of dark hair blowing across her sun-kissed ivory cheek in the brisk breeze. He held her gaze. “I want to see you again. I do. I have to.” “I like you, Julian,” Altheia said in a hurry. “A lot, actually. But I belong at sea.” “I know that. But you’ll come back to Vesuvia sometimes, won’t you?” “No more than once a year. This journey will take me several months, and then I’ll likely need to stop at Port Tremaire for a while and deal with… ugh.” She gave a dismissive wave of her hand. “Doesn’t matter.” “I’m not going anywhere. I’ll settle in Vesuvia, I’ll set up a clinic. I’ll go to this tavern you mentioned, the ‘something Raven’, and one day I’ll hear tales about how the dread Privateer Altheia drove out another band of smugglers.” She snorted a laugh. “Will you?” He dared to kiss her smile with his. “Yes. And if I’m very lucky, I’ll find you at the something Raven, and you’ll out-cheat me at cards…” He laughed when she poked him in the side with her elbow. “...and you’ll bring me aboard to entertain you for a day and perhaps a night.” She gave a small, sad smile. “What if I have a man in every port?” “Then I’ll be your man in Vesuvia.” “Even if it’s only for a day and perhaps a night once a year?” “Even then.”

The rest is up on AO3 :)

[nuclearanomaly]

R O O K

These fantastic rooks are:

Tirena Mercar (my rook!) | Mori Ingellvar @frenchy-and-the-sea | Johari Laidir @urdnotgrunt | Doe Ingellvar @bioelectriccell | Cecília Ingellvar @blackestnight | Firanni Laidir @pocket-cat | Rhodes Ingellvar @aethernoise

[secriden]

Finally, a full video with subtitles of that time Fort accepted and failed the challenge to not touch Peat for a day.

God, I adore everything about this. The agony in Fort's face every time he has to hold back. The diabolical glee in Peat's as he unabashedly baits Fort (with, well, himself). The way Fort cannot stay stoic in the face of Peat's teasing. The baby voice Peat uses that makes Fort melt, with that bashful (badly hidden) smile. The way Fort tries to get around the whole challenge by feeding Peat with his mouth, so they're technically not touching (and the knowing, smug grin Peat has on). The tiniest point of contact with just the elbow (and how apt that Peat's wearing the red shirt when Sky does the same thing to Prapai). The way Fort unleashes the most violently affectionate hug at the end when it finally passes midnight.

[luckyartdrawer]

(Warning: Body horror, Dead bugs, Blorbo in bad shape, Sap that looks like blood)

Putting the art below since I think a good chunk of people may not wanna see their blorbo be stuck in a tree covered in bugs. :)

(Apologies for the 10 seconds of dead air, Tumblr won't upload music without it!)

I am the honeybee

Drink the blood of the tree

I can't breathe, I can't see

Evil wind comforts me

Buried deep inside of me

Acarine

Buried deep inside of me

Acarine

vvv Alts and Yapping below! vvv

(Wish we could do more than one break rip)

No Bees, No Post Processing

Goofy ahh starting sketch

HEHEHE BE SUBJECTED TO THE MIND OF A CYCLE PATH

But actually you are being subjected to my music tastes, literally this whole idea comes from my interpretation of lyrics from the hit band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. ✨✨✨

Like imagine this: You wake up one day after years of being offline, only to find that you've been abandoned for so long that a full on tree grew through you. (Like how some do with stop signs or other posts.) The sap is all mucked up in your gears and all over your body, and then you notice all the little bees eating the sap. But oh- they aren't moving. With a quick scroll through the ceaseless database in your mind, the answer finds itself. You, the tree, and these bees are infested with Acarine.

Hope y'all enjoyed the art and the little snippet of the song I added in! :3

It just didn't feel right to not add the song I mean C'MON THE MOOD OF THIS MAN- THE SONG IS SO MOODY

AND ITS ONLY A TRANSITION SONG UAGHHH- I love this band <3

Anyways, combining both of my hyperfixations has proven to have done magic for me, so follow your heart lovelies. lololol

(Definitely not the last time Imma do that either oop-)

I have multiple art projects I already started but I cranked this one out in 5 hours because I needed it out of my head. I also thought it would be an amazing lighting practice and a good excuse to try new brushes and techniques. :333

It seems like with how busy I was in both October and November, I didn't get all the spookiness out of me yet. I've been thinking of horror stuff so much lately. o3o Hopefully this lets me embrace the holly jolly now lol

Man I'm so glad fall semester is over, I needed this-

I also need to go to bed 2:30 already uagh-

[sysig]

Can I request a pokemon drawing? Was thinking mewtwo but idk whoever whatever!

Day 11 - Quiet pls