#kalen.

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muse - kalen cheatham , recently graduated pre-med student / twitch streamer , he / they . CLOSED

plot - kalen's ex shows up to one of his streams unexpectedly and without warning .

open to - exes , 21+

silence loomed into the room once kalen noticed the figure standing at their door in the midst of his stream . he gulped before announcing to their few viewers , " um , guys -- i'm gonna go take a water break . " before abruptly ending the stream only to quickly spin around in their chair . " what are you doing here ? ... "

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"and who are these people you're mentioning?" he asked genuinely with a raised brow. as much as he wanted hazal to trust him, hearing that people were scrutinizing him and twisting his actions was a bit concerning. "hazal, i wish you would just trust me. and i want to keep proving to you that i don't want to hurt you. it was a busy bar and hardly any of us had any room to move, so maybe they were a bit too close for comfort." / @malboraslihan

swallows dry but holds his gaze captive anyway, brows knitted together as she remains silent for a beat or two. "it didn't look like that" not that she had seen it, though. had only heard enough from her friends. "people said you two looked pretty cozy for two people who just met"

[kenneduck]

His name is Kalen! (75 years old... or the equivalent of a 15 year old Hylian!) (Also a bluegill!) Made a diplomat for @werewolfsister 's call for diplomatic zoras!

Kalen is from a small domain within a freshwater lake! His grammie used to represent his township, but due to age, he's taken on the duties of representing his domain!

Which... is very small!

When Kalen isn't out for diplomatic meetings to trade the farm goods from his domain for other supplies, he's at home helping his ma and pappy with farming!

He's the youngest diplomat he knows! And well... he doesn't know much outside of that!

You WILL catch him staring at bubbles... humming and picking at the algae on his outfit... and about anything else besides paying attention to diplomatic meetings! He's quite young.. and still learning how to be professional! But don't worry, he's great at trade! His grammie's algae recipes are considered quite luxurious delicacies to many domains! There's no denying such impeccable food!! (Even if the delegate has no idea what he is doing. And wants to pet your pet goldfish)

[whenweallvote]

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[anistarrose]

after Story and Song, the non-Magnus members of the IPRE plus Carey and Killian start packing bags for their big group adventure of Killing Governor Kalen As Dead As Possible, and some of the people who aren't as desensitized as Merle and Taako are to Angus being at murder scenes express some apprehension about the eleven year old coming along for this one. Merle and Taako instead claim they don't want Angus to come because they think he'll snitch (Taako is exaggerating slightly to get a rise out of Angus, but no one can quite tell if Merle means it).

Angus assures them that of course he agrees this is a morally justified murder, and therefore not one to snitch about, but he really wants to come because even in all his years as a homicide detective, he almost never gets to watch murders be committed with his own two eyes! just think of the learning opportunity, sirs! it's not every day I get such an ethically defensible chance to study murdering techniques so up close and personal!

eventually Lucretia sits him down. she gently points out that due to the number of people involved, and those people's particular skillsets, Kalen is going to be murdered in a fashion that not one single person on Faerun has ever been murdered in before or ever will be murdered in again.

and sure enough, when Kalen is stabbed with eighteen knives, immolated in fire, shot full of enough crossbow bolts that they look like turkey feathers, suffocated in an impenetrable magical bubble, impaled by the divine spear of Della Reese, bitten in half by Dupree the Tyrannosaurus Rex, and run over by a literal spaceship all before being resurrected as a zombie to do it all over again... Angus has to agree. she had a point.

however, he does sit his assorted parents down afterwards, and gently asks if they've ever heard of an "alibi" or "reasonable doubt" in their lives. why were you so concerned about me snitching, sir? how was bringing the planar system's only spaceship not snitching on yourself?!

[lillyli-74]

May all the beauty that has died in you come back to life.

~Kalen Dion

[chaylattes-art]

✨️THE CHAYNEMATIC GALA 2024✨️

PART II: AIR

this past month i've been imagining what various OCs of mine-- some from a DECADE ago, some of which i've never talked about publicly-- would look like in MET gala style outfits! the theme was THE FOUR ELEMENTS and characters were sorted into whichever element i felt suited them best.

water | air | earth | fire

director's commentary below the cut!

Valyan Lacroye (Andromeda Rogue). i don't really have much to say about them lol. they're just a cute little cloud bard <3

Amina Khadir (Girls With White Teeth). while looking for inspiration i came across this instagram account and she always does these incredible themed outfits. one was this sunset cloudy dress and i immediately was like. i NEED Amina in something like this. my version is frillier and sparklier, though.

Kalen & Illiana Dyonas (The Gemini Heist). there was a moment where i was tempted to make them the Jenner sisters of this gala and have them show up in underwhelming outfits... but i knew in my heart of hearts the space twins would never. for Kalen i wanted something heavenly (bc she has this saintlike, religious role) and also doves as a symbol of peace (which is ironic. considering her family's history. but i digress). for Illiana i wanted something to complement Kalen but also oppose her, so i have her a crow-themed look. (there could also maybe be something to say about her being in a heist team... and me being inspired by Six of Crows to write a heist... but that wasn't my original intention lmao)

Nicole Skye (Girls With White Teeth). i actually put Nicole in air because she was an aspiring tennis player. (this made sense in my head somehow.) peacocks have this rep of being proud but i think they can also be viewed as confident, and i think that's how Nicole would see it too. confident.

Regan Takada (Strangewayes Library of the Arcane). Regan is the new assistant librarian in a magical library who always tries to use magic to fix things and ends up making bigger messes. her outfit is space-themed but more specifically, the Aquarius constellation, an air sign. take a wild guess what Regan's sign is.

Scarlette Vaughn (Aurora Hearts: Mirage). Scarlette is a super old OC that i repurposed for a friend's universe. the thing with that group of OCs is that they each perfectly fit in one of the four elements lol, and Scar has air and wind powers. are butterflies a transgender symbol or am i making things up? either way it just felt fitting for her.

Azami Black-Mizuhara (Andromeda Rogue). deep sigh. oh, Azami. she was in fire at first bc it fit her personality, but i was NOT getting any good ideas (also couldn't think of putting her in any other colour but pink, and what am i supposed to do with that? pink flames??) so i ended up switching her to air, and the idea of a big poufy cloud dress just came naturally. but then the dress was... too big. so big she needed a two page spread in the magazine for it to fit. what else would one expect from Azami?

[cryptvokeeper]

my take on the suffering Game graphic novel is that they did the Suffering Game dirty but they did that Lunar Interlude REAL good

[thepringlesofblood]

me, starting to read the suffering game graphic novel: i wonder how much of the next lunar interlude they're going to include?

*the boys escape wonderland and we're only halfway through the book*

me: heh. i'm in danger.

[chayscribbles]

✨THE GEMINI HEIST: DND AU✨

because i have no self-control when it comes to making AUs and i love to procrastinate writing <3

gemini heist wip intro | art tag | instagram

character sheets with stats below the cut 👀

(also please note that i still haven't actually played dnd myself, just watched a shitton of d20, so that's where most of my knowledge comes from 🥲)

taglists:

art taglist

@nicola-writes @dgwriteblr @the-orangeauthor @onomatopiya @quilloftheclouds @nora-theteawriter @ashen-crest @writeblrfantasy @celestepens @stardustspiral @pepperdee @extra-magichours @lefttigerobservation @avi-why

gemini heist taglist

@florraisons @akindofmagictoo @cream-and-tea @nicola-writes @memento-morri-writes @antique-symbolism @rose-bookblood @afoolandathief @pepperdee @avi-why @zonnemaagd @chazzawrites @analogued @enchanted-lightning-aes @innocentlymacabre @kahvilahuhut @celestepens @cilly-the-writer @extra-magichours @onomatopiya @outpost51 @planets-and-prose

[taletreader]

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"hey, is this asshole bothering you?" / @recklcssblues

[inprogress-predicament]

Favorite Relationship Dynamic

Character A: *stone wall. no emotion.* Hm.

Character B: *vibrating to the point phasing out of reality* COME GET SOME MOTHERFUCKERS

[whenweallvote]

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[anistarrose]

a monster might begin to worry

As soon as Kalen reenters his penthouse apartment, he casts off his hood to uncover his face — highly priced on wanted posters, and even more punchable. His silent observer almost springs the ambush right there, but holds back the urge — he’d rather kill this bastard right the first time than have to necromance up a second opportunity, and risk detection.

“Lights!” Kalen demands, and when the room stays dark, he snaps his fingers for emphasis. “Hello?! I said lights, James!”

Behind him, the door’s three deadbolts click into place, each without a physical touch to guide them. The sound is deafening, compared to the quiet that suffocates the rest of the sixty-fifth floor — and Kalen flinches, his hand falling uselessly to the purely ornamental dagger at his waist.

“What is the meaning of —”

He stops short at sight of the belated lights. They flicker on one by one, starting at the far end of the room, but all glow blood red — a fitting color in which to bathe the bodyguards lying still on the floor, so close that Kalen could’ve tripped over them.

And above them, looming above the corpses, a nondescript figure — a mere ghost of a crimson silhouette — appears closer in each flash of the crimson light.

“I have been waiting,” the assassin rasps, with unbridled fury, “for you, Governor.”

Kalen has already turned to run, but the second he lays a hand on a deadbolt, a shock from a pre-placed spell courses through him, hurtling him backwards. It’s enough to catapult him through the spectral robe, across the whole penthouse — crashing into the grand west window, toppling onto the balcony, bathed in a shower of broken glass —

But the collision is still utterly silent, suffocated in sheer magical fury, and before Kalen can even scramble to his feet, something tightens around his chest — something that feels like it’s gripping him directly by his heart — and yanks him back through the window, back inside.

“You can’t run from me.” The lich makes a fist, twisting the red threads coiled around his fingers, and Kalen jerks to his feet like a suspended marionette. “Cowardly sack of shit.”

(keep reading on ao3!)

[geekcavepodcast]

Meet Me Next Christmas Trailer

Layla needs to get a ticket to the sold-out Pentatonix Christmas Concert to fulfill her fairytale romance dreams with a guy that she met last year. She's helped along by a ticket concierge.

Meet Me Next Christmas stars Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, Kofi Siriboe, and Kalen Allen. The film is directed by Rusty Cundieff.

Meet Me Next Christmas hits Netflix on November 6, 2024.