#mermaid/siren rook

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Ughhhh fine. I’ll stop being chicken and post stuff on Tumblr. I guess.

Lucanis Dellamorte x Mermaid/Siren de Riva Rook

Background Lore Headcannons Part 1

Almost nothing about Lucanis here but I’m posting what I want soooo…

This is kind of incomplete but…sorry.

The most common name for my Rook(besides Rook) is Thala. It’s tied to unwritten background. But her name is Thala.

-- So according to a codex in Inquisition, Ghilan’nain all variations of monsters and creatures land, air, and sea.

- Between the more monstrous creatures and the elegant creatures like the Halla were the sea/merfolk.

- She viewed them as an attempt to improve upon elven people. This would also mean that at some point there were creatures similar to Harpies from mythology.

- So in the beginning, the Elves and the sea/merfolk had a good relationship. As well, because they were an improvement not a replacement, merfolk frequently came to land with elves, to live and love.

- This actually leads to Solas clocking Rook the first time they meet in the fade. He would have had dealing with them, even before trying to coax them to help him in his rebellion. But we’ll get to that.

- Sea/Merfolk look basically the same as Elven people. But not exactly the same. They tend to be taller, needing the longer limbs to better propel themselves through the water(longer legs on land translate to longer tails in water) They’re also generally thicker in build. They are able to go down to deep depths in the oceans, thus naturally need more insulation. Their ears possess a similar shape although the sea/merfolk have short wider ears that come to a point unlike a lot of elves with longer thinner ears.

- While the transition between land and sea was not without some discomfort, with regularity and balance, it could be a sustainable way of living. However, too long outside of the sea(it has to be full submersion in a sizable body of water) could make the transition back extremely painful if not dangerous since their bodies would have to make more lasting adaptations.

- While many factors lead to the sea/merfolk turning reclusive and relegating themselves, the largest factor was Ghilan’nain began killing her creatures in order to ascend to godhood. In the codex, it mentions that over three days she killed all but the “monsters of air” she presented to Andruil as a gift, Halla, and deep sea creatures.(I believe I read somewhere she had a dislike/fear for deep depths? I’m gonna roll with it.)

- The sea/merfolk had already sensed discontent on land with the various conflicts and issues within Elvhenan, thus became scarcer on land already.

- However, when Ghilan’nain began her slaughter, quickly the sea/merfolk made a decision to flee far and into deeper depths for the sake of their people. While some who remained on land may have been killed, the folk remained after Ghilan’nain’s ascension.

- The sea/merfolk settled in further edges of the Amaranthine Ocean.

- From my headcannon standpoint, the folk are inspired by IRL Ancient Greek mythology along with their language being reminiscent of Greek similarly to how Antivan/Orlesian borrow from IRL languages.

- On the topic of communication, while the sea/merfolk have some hand signs they use to communicate, there is more to them than just fins and underwater living. Sea/merfolk do have siren like qualities. Don’t ask because I don’t know to biological science but the way they can speak/sing/ect. is changeable as well. When under the water, their voices somehow pierce through the water. They do have better hearing but it mostly their voices. They can utilize their “underwater voices” on land but it has to be more intentional versus it being natural/reflexive in water.

- Not all of them could be considered Sirens. Some can sing beautifully, and it would have an ethereal effect if heard by nonfolk, but not be considered a Siren. Like with Elves, Humans, and Qunari, the folk have potential for magic. Some have it some done. That’s how Thedas Sirens work. As with the magic on land, with the veil did limit them. Outside of Sirens, some can access very small reserves of magic to use in tiny bursts, most easily to calm instead of entice/ influence.

- That is where Rook falls into. She does not have more than a small spark of magic that can, on very rare occasions allow her to calm others. Typically she uses to get out of situations, essentially if she gets noticed she calms them until they don’t care.

- Speaking of Rook, let’s move onto her past.

- Her backstory does have shades of “The Little Mermaid”. She got into a disagreement with her widowed father(NOT a king but prt of a noble gentry and like I could go into social structure of Thedas mermaids underwater life but like we’re here for Lucanis/Rook and we’re like two miles from that exit as it is)

- She would have barely been 13 when her father would have started to put expectations and pressure on her. She bucked and fought against it until a very large blow up happened. Her father said things he shouldn’t have, and she fled.

- Because she was functionally a child, she did not think through her flight and just kept going. To the point where, when her anger settled a little and she slowed down, she was lost. Very very lost and far. While some of the folk did go to land from time to time, interacting with humans rarely, she would have been a sheltered child. And even if she were older, her father’s status would have kept her from it anyway.

- Eventually after wandering she got close to Rivian. She tried to come up to land, only knowing she could. However the pirate/raider culture immediately frightened her so she kept going. By the time she stumbled on Treviso. She was lost, tired, and confused. It would have taken a while to swim that far and essentially like surviving in the woods. She would have had little sleep, some food but not what she was used to/enough to sustain the activity.

- It was probably around 1amish when she would have washed up on land, probably if not in the actual drowned district, a very similar place where is fairly isolated from the bustle of the actual city.

- In part because of the toll on her body and in part because it was the first time she had ever been on land, the transition would have been extremely difficult and painful for Rook. She would have made noise and eventually lost consciousness.

- Fortunately for her, a young crow Viago de Riva(about 18yo)hears her struggle and comes upon her. She would have looked atrocious like she had escaped the worst.

- I believe(and maybe there is lore to contradict me but I clearly dont totally care) that Viago had this very caring kind center. So he find a girl who looks in a bad way, he’d try to help her. So he wraps her up in his cloak and carries her back to crow healers.

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"You aren't going to get anywhere from just starring at him from wayyyy back here" Nancy said randomly appearing behind Eddie in the water.

"Jesus warn someone next time or wear a bell" he said glancing at her for a second before looking at the merman that was laying on the rook a few waves away.

"Me warning you won't make you go talk to the merman you've been stalking" she snickers.

"I am not stalking him! He just keeps running into me" he said swimming down into the ocean so his eyes are only visible, "without knowing"

Nancy rolls her eyes, "just go talk to him" she says waving her hands in the man's direction, "he's sitting right over there"

"Did you forget merpeople don't really like sirens? Or do you need a reminder" Eddie spits at her.

It was true, sirens and merpeople aren't the friendliness to each other. But when there is only so much ocean that's liveable you make things work.

Still, sirens and merpeople don't really cross paths, and especially don't fall in love with each other.

That would cause so many problems.

"Its not my fault you fell in love with a mer-" she stops mid word watching another figure come out the water and start talking to the man they were watching, "maid. Wow"

Eddie rolls his eyes, "that's ovbisouly not a mermaid it's a- oh. Ohhh" he smirks, "seems like I'm not the only one who likes merpeople huh?"

They watch as the 2 mermaids interact.

"She's so beautiful" Nancy says, "we definitely should go talk to them"

"After you Wheeler" she doesn't move.

"Maybe we should just watch them for a little longer, not stalking, just admiring"

He rolls his eyes again, "and you call me weird"

He falls silent when she shushes him.

[snoopledrooplecheesedoodle]

i have some ideas for mer twst ..

ROOK HUNTSMAN, MALLEUS DRACONIA, THE TWEALS…? : A mermaid captures a human, wanting to experiment on their unique physiology.

KALIM AL-ASIM, IDIA SHROUD, ACE TRAPPOLA, DEUCE SPADE. : A mermaid and a human finding a common ground in their shared passions or interests / The mermaid and the human are both outcasts in their respective societies, but they find solace and comfort in eachother's presence.

KALIM AL-ASIM, MALLEUS DRACONIA, AZUL ASHENGROTTO, VIL SCHOENHEIT, RIDDLE ROSEHEARTS : A human explorer stumbles upon an underwater kingdom inhabited by mermaids and falls in love with a mermaid prince.

EPEL FELMIER, RUGGIE BUCCHI, NEIGE LEBLANCHE (hear me out..), SILVER : A human finds a wounded mermaid washed ashore and takes care of him.

TREY CLOVER, ORTHO SHROUD (platonic !), JAMIL VIPER ..? : A mermaid rescues a drowning human from a shipwreck.

VIL SCHOENHEIT, CATER DIAMOND, AZUL ASHENGROTTO ..? : A siren lures humans into the water with his captivating voice, and a romantic relationship blossoms between an unsuspecting human and a beautiful mermaid.

LILIA VANROUGE. : Two young lovers become separated in a stormy ocean, and the mermaid decides to search for his lost human beau.

THE TWEALS, LEONA KINGSCHOLAR, VIL SCHOENHEIT. : a human was sacrificed to the mermaid.

that’s all i can think of :p have fun!

Legitimately... MARRY ME! WTF you are a genius! I know you're anonymous but this

THISSSSS

Made my entire day I think I'll write quite a few of these so stay tuned in

Me @ you

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TWST: 🤔 What Would They Name Their Child?

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it's the infamous High School baby project

TWST does not care about verbs/nouns/gender when it comes to names, I'm only going to do 1 'gender neutral' name (in theory), in twst fashion. For instance, a boy has an equal chance of being named Sarah, Kart, or John and vice-versa for a girl. I'll be using a randomizer for the gender and number of children, you can decide on what gender the baby is (unless you comment which character(s) you'd like to know.)

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🌹Heartslabyul

🌹 Ace - Stariya nn: Ari

If Thorn's eyes just so happen to match the name (starry) that's between Ace and himself. I just made up the name ^ ace/star are like synonyms.

🌹Deuce - Dawner

Dylla, Deuce, might as well have another 'D' name. I tried to make dawn sound more unique. Dawn represents 'new beginnings' since Deuce would want to leave that rebel past behind and step up to father a bag of flour.

🌹 Trey - Blithe

Trey and Blithe are both word names where I feel they're both so in use they don't conjure up an image. Blithe means happy/joyful. When scrolling through baby name websites I did see 'Almond and 'Nachos' listed, I need you to know this.

🌹 Cater - Dice nn: Icy

When making this I realized the characters aren't exactly named after games, sorry Uno, Scrabble, and Yahtzee - but parts of it, so Dice.

🌹 Riddle - Bridge

The card game bridge, he so would, but also a reference of Um from Umbridge. 'Rule' was listed as a baby name I--

🐾Savanaclaw

🐾 Leona - Folasade nn: Sade

(Based off my fav singer Sade ♡) I think Leona would like the meaning 'honor earns a crown; rule with nobility'

🐾 Ruggie - Junior

Thorn and Ruggie could not agree on a name - no the baby isn't Thorn jr or Ruggie jr, they're just Junior. Ruggie's name is a joke about his rugged life right? If he was based on a carpet his child could be Matti.

🐾 Jack - Gabrielle nn: Brielle/Gibby

Jack is one of few characters that has a common/average name - the child will need this stability in a place like twst! He's also a serious guy so it would be impossible to get him to agree on any name trends like alternate spellings/locations/words etc. Thorn finds a loophole with nicknames.

🌊 Octavinelle

Azul - Seren and Perle

I changed the spelling of 'pearl' and I keep debating if I should have or not. Seren is pretty close to siren, these names sound mermaid-y.

Jade - Nori

From the character Nori in Barbie Mermaidia, I think it means seaweed. Jade was nice enough to let Thorn pick out the name, and Thorn went for the first fictional mermaid that came to mind.

Floyd - Nike

Names from sneaker brands you could use as baby names and no on would know: Nike, Chuck, Chelsea, Taylor, Jordan, Mary Jane, Croc, etc.

💜 Pomefiore

💜 Vil - Liesel, Eden, and Hansl

I don't think Vil would be one of those celebrities parents that have all their children have the same initial, unique spellings, or invent names, or maybe he would? You know what? Having a common name would be a celeb niche in twst, he did not beat those allegations.

💜 Rook - Giselle

Is Rook French? bc I feel like he just uses French bc its trendy - he'd still pick a French/French influenced name though. Giselle is from the ballet 'Gisele' its romantic/dramatic/dark (quite sad really.)

💜 Epel - Ruby, Opal, and Jona

Part 2 of names from apples you could use and nobody would know: Crispin, Jonathan, Gala, Ruby, Opal, Ambrosia, Autumn, Rose, Granny, etc. When I realized I could make all their names 4 letters I had to take that opportunity.

🦜 Scarabia

🦜 Kalim - Salim

Derived from the Arabic expression 'salima' which points to something 'safe' and 'sound' Salim means peaceful/safe.

🦜 Jamil - Rana

Rana has so many meanings from around the world, in Arabic it means 'eye-catching' or 'beautiful' and in Sanksrit it means 'king/nobility'

🦋 Ignihyde

Idia - Raiden, Kaeya, Haruhi

There's no way Idia isn't naming his kids, real or not, after his fav characters. I settled on these names bc I was tired of thinking 😭he's a gamer and otaku and I could not think of anything niche or any deep cuts, they're all from Genshin Impact or OHSHC, lets face it, Idia wouldn't like the mainstream anything. Thorn was just trying to save these kids from a 'Bakugou Johnson' situation.

🍵 Diasominia

Malleus - Maenight and Twillian

(I invented these names part 2) Maenight is meadow + midnight bc no child of Malleus is mid 😤 and Twillian is twilight + lillian. Both kids are named after their parents initial and hobby: nature/night walks

Lilia - Garnet and Dove

Lilia has interesting naming conventions (Silver), so I tried to apply that here. Let's say child one has his eyes, so garnet, and child two has a calm demeanor, so dove.

Sebek - Amoret and Evermore nn: Ami and Ever

Sebek and Thorn have a book club so they'd pick literary names. Amoret is a character from the epic poem 'The Faerie Queene' by Edmund Spenser, and I think Sebek would like it. Evermore is from 'The Raven' a narrative poem by Edgar Allen Poe (there's a raven character that repeats evermore/nevermore) BUT if thats too dark there's also the Taylor Swift song 'Evermore' (which I feel has inspiration from 'The Raven')

Silver - Aurelia

Aurelia means gold, but I was trying to have Thorn and Silver apply their own meanings, aurora + starlight = aurelia. (Named after how their parents' eye colors are described)

☁️ Misc.

Neige - Chanson nn: Channing

'Chason' is the French word for 'song'. And if there's one thing disney princesses do is sing (also how Neige and Thorn met.)

Che'nya - Artemis-Alchemis nn: Emi

Che'nya's name is either written as Alchemi Alchemivich Pinka or Artemi Artemiyevich Pinker - as a nod to this naming convention you get the best of both worlds!

Rollo - Genesis nn: Gene/Genie

(C'mon it was right there! Okay I'll stop-- but ya this name is like an upscale Hope/Faith/new beginngings)

Skully - Noa and Iona

The way this man probably would have done a 'Jack and Spare Jack'

Thorn convinces him to just use the letters from 'Jack Skellington.' You can get a lot of names out of that ^ : Stella, Jackie, Jace, Ione, Ellis, Cat, Jane, etc.

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(Should Ortho + side characters be included? Let me know in the comments if you'd like to see anyone else!)

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Pomefiore x Siren!Reader

Gender neutral reader.

TW: Hamilton references.

Vil Schoenheit

He let out an exasperated sigh when Azul called him in the midst of his busy day to inform him that you had been turned into a siren. Those rotten potatoes could never leave you alone, could they. And you always end up suffering because of it. He cut his photoshoot short just to be able to make sure that you were alright.

Once he did see you swimming about in one of the moonpools within the Octavinelle dormitory, he had to admit that you looked absolutely beautiful. He crouched down and waited for you to see him, and he smiled as he saw you gasp and try to hug him. But, he held up a hand to stop you as he stated that he didn’t have too long since he needed to go back to the photoshoot in a few moments and couldn’t have his clothes ruined. 

However, that didn’t mean your claws weren’t already in him. We all know of his determination and iron will, but your siren song spoke to him words that he had never heard before. Hamilton may have built Eliza palaces out of paragraphs, but you built cathedrals out of words. Mere sentences, promises uttered from you of kisses told to him only from stories that his father once read to him once he was younger, were enough to make his heart pound.

A few days had passed, and the poor movie star could not focus. Azul had warned him about the effects of a siren song, and his teachers had understood that he was under the influence of it, but… the show must go on. He kept himself busy in order to distract himself from you: he took on more modeling gigs, more rehearsals, diving deep into both schoolwork and being the Housewarden of Pomefiore.

But, all throughout, his mind kept wandering back to you. He could hear you singing, and it was breaking him down to nothing more than just a young man. He decided he was going to give you the kiss that you had been singing about. When he saw you again, he held your face gently as he pulled you into him. A kiss was shared between the two of you, and you pulled him into the water.

Fortunately, you were a bit past the mark of midnight, and your spell had started to wear off when the two of you embraced one another. Honestly, the scene reminded you of the Little Mermaid film, where Prince Eric helped Ariel walk once she had gotten her legs and gotten to shore. You temporarily had to relearn how to walk.

Rook Hunt

It was a miracle that he had not known prior to Monsieur Heart and Monsieur Spade informing him about your rather slippery situation. It seemed as though fate had many plans for you, each containing a tale (or tail, in this specific instance) hidden within. But his heart broke at seeing you suffer at the ends of the troublesome duo as well as Monsieur Fuzzball. 

Although, he had to admit that you were quite a trickster yourself as a siren. He was happy to always be five steps ahead of you at all times. He had some noise-canceling headphones hidden under his hat. Unfortunately, you had giggled and snatched the hat from his head and knocked the headphones into the water. His heart fluttered upon hearing your laugh and you wearing his beloved hat, he could have kissed you right then had it not been for the tweels, Monsieur Mastermind and Monsieur Malfeasant. 

The damage had been done, however. Your voice was now engraved into his mind, and now all he desired was to place a gentle kiss upon his lips and have you call him yours. Many different times, Leona had to ask if he was okay because he missed something that was said, and he also hasn’t been stalking anyone as of late. That is, anyone who wasn’t you. He had been visiting you in secret every single night. 

He knows that he shouldn’t be giving into temptation, but when his beloved, his one true love, was helpless he couldn’t help himself. He, however, was the helpless one. You were the predator, and he was the prey. And he was slowly falling into the warm, welcoming arms that belonged to you. You looked absolutely breathtaking, swimming about so gracefully that he couldn’t help but stare longingly.

It eventually got to be too much, and on the seventh secret visit, at midnight, he did call you over. You asked ‘innocently’ if he was going to grant your wish for a kiss, and he silently nodded his head. He didn’t care if this was wrong, it just felt so right. It was a good thing he wasn’t wearing his Pomefiore clothes but rather swimwear, as you had pulled him into the water with you and supplied him with air through your mouth. The kiss left him lightheaded, but he wanted more.

When the morning came, and you both were laying in your bed at Ramshackle, you started panicking for your beloved hunter. Vil would be angry if he wasn’t there, but he honestly didn’t care. He was finally reunited with his love, and he would suffer any consequences that his Housewarden would place upon him if it meant that he could spend just five more minutes in your arms. 

Epel Felmier

He was in the classroom where you had been accidentally turned into, and he was very angry that Jack was the one that had to carry you to the Octavinelle dorm. If only he had been both strong and manly enough, he could have carried you himself. You were his significant other, after all, and he so very much wanted to prove that he was your knight in shining armor. That day was just not today.

Because he was your boyfriend, he had received a warning from Jade and Floyd Leech. Sirens often called out to sailors, promising them their deepest desires, and made them crash into the rocks with their ships. He kept that in mind as he watched you resurface after swimming around for a few seconds. You reached out to him, and pleaded with him that he give you a kiss to comfort you, but he had to swallow the desire down and leave immediately without so much as a goodbye.

His Housewarden had to make sure that he was not outside of Pomefiore more than necessary. There were students who would take turns in making sure that he was not sneaking out. Both Vil and Rook could tell that Epel was under your siren’s spell, as he had grown quiet and compliant. The former had to tell Leona that the First Year would not be able to attend the Spelldrive practices during the week because of this incident. The lion did not really care, but oh well.

Your voice was calling out to the farmer boy. During the day, during the night, the apple carver could hear your song. It was a simple life that you were promising him, with you as his spouse and a farm as your home. An apple orchard, where your young ones would help you both pick the apples and he would teach them to carve them into intricate designs. He only needed to kiss you. It was a vision that haunted his dreams every single night he was away from you.

And on the seventh night, he was going to indulge you in your wish. He made sure that the two student guards were distracted as he threw an apple in a different direction and he quite easily snuck by. He ran as fast as he could, all the way to the moonpool where you were slowly swimming around. You looked so beautiful and peaceful… It's now that he noticed that the only peace you had gotten was when you were with a mer-person’s tail. He kissed you once you resurfaced, and you pulled him underwater.

When he woke up the next morning, he saw that he was in Ramshackle. He went red upon seeing that not only was he in your bed, but you were right next to him (understandably, considering it was your own bed). You were still asleep, so he settled back down and went back to cuddling you. The warm rays of the sun were splashing against his face in the most relaxing way, and he quickly fell back asleep.

[pomefioredove]

peter pan is another movie with tons of potential for an event. it would make a great Lost in the Book, fr. example, adeuce interrupting Trein's lesson to ask about a legend or tale, as a joke. Riddle is so John coded, lol. one day for doing stupid shit, Grimm opens a book he shouldn't have and WHAM. they're in Neverland. i imagine one half fell to Pan and the lost boys, while the other is in the Jolly Rogers. (kalim and jamil respectively, I don't fuck with anyone, lmao). one of the twins or Azul (or the whole mafia fish) on the reef with the mermaids. all som laughs until one messes with floyd gets bored and surprise, surprise! yes you guys are mermaids, we're sirens. malleus and lillia i don't think they're very comfortable with tinkerbell because fae vs pixie beef. rook and epel take on the personality of a lost child and if vil wasn't arguing with idia about how the clock rings in the crocodile's stomach, he'd have a heart attack.

everyone's been saying we need a peter pan event and a lost in the book one is EXACTLY how I'd want it... you're so smart anon (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

riddle and vil having heart attacks at the lost boys, the mermaids trying to drown floyd just for him to be like 🐟, jamil with the pirates,,, MALLEUS AND LILIA HAVING BEEF WITH NEVERLAND PIXIES?!!?

at the end of it I think epel would want to stay with the lost boys (no rules, you can eat whatever you want, act however you please, gender affirming), and the only one who convinces him to come back to school is vil, who reminds him that epel won't be able to get any taller/stronger in a place where you can't grow

also... twisted captain hook? anyone?

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Arthurian myth: Morgan the Fey (1)

Loosely translated from the French article "Morgane", written by Philippe Walter, for the Dictionary of Feminine Myths (Le Dictionnaire des Mythes Féminins)

MORGANE

Morgane means in Celtic language “born from the sea” (mori-genos). This character is as such, by her origins, part of the numerous sea-creatures of mythologies. A Britton word of the 9th century, “mormorain”, means “maiden of the sea/ sea-virgin”, et in old texts it is equated with the Latin “siren”. A passage of the life of saint Tugdual of Tréguiers (written in 1060) tells of ow a young man of great beauty named Guengal was taken away under the sea by “women of the sea”. The Celtic beliefs knew many various water-fairies with often deadly embraces – and Morgane was one among the many sirens, mermaids, mary morgand and “morverc’h” (sea girls/daughters of the sea).

Morgane, the fairy of Arthurian tales, is the descendant of the mythical figures of the Mother-Goddesses who, for the Celts, embodied on one side sovereignty, royalty and war, and on the other fecundity and maternity. In the Middle-Ages, they were renamed “fairies” – but through this word it tried to translate a permanent power of metamorphosis and an unbreakable link to the Otherworld, as well as a dreaded ability to influence human fate. The French word “fée” comes from the neutral plural “fata”, itself from the Latin word “fatum”, meaning “fate”.

There is not a figure more ambivalent in Celtic mythology – and especially in the Arthurian legends – than Morgane. She constantly hesitates between the character of a good fairy who offers helpful gifts to those she protects ; and a terrible, bloodthirsty goddess out for revenge, only sowing death and destruction everywhere she goes. Christianity played a key role in the demonization of this figure embodying an inescapable fate, thus contradicting the Christian view of mankind’s free will.

I/ The sovereign goddess of war

It is in the ancient mythological Irish texts that the goddess later known as Morgane appears. The adventures of the warrior Cuchulainn (the “Irish Achilles”) with the war-goddess Morrigan are a major theme of the epic cycle of Ireland. The Morrigan (a name which probably means “great queen”) is also called “Bodb Catha” (the rook of battles). It is under the shape of a rook (among many other metamorphosis) that she appears to Cuchulainn to pronounce the magical words that will cause the hero’s death.

The Irish goddesses of war were in reality three sisters: Bodb, Macha and Morrigan, but it is very likely that these three names all designated the same divinity, a triple goddess rather than three distinct characters. This maleficent goddess was known to cause an epileptic fury among the warriors she wanted to cause the death of. The name of Bodb, which ended up meaning “rook”, originally had the sense of “fury” and “violence”, and it designated a goddess represented by a rook. The Irish texts explain that her sisters, Macha and Morrigan, were also known to cause the doom of entire armies by taking the shape of birds. Every great battle and every great massacre were preceded by their sinister cries, which usually announced the death of a prominent figure.

The Celtic goddesses of war have as such a function similar to the one of the Norse Walkyries, who flew over the battlefield in the shape of swans, or the Greek Keres. The deadly nature of these goddesses resides in the fact that they doom some warriors to madness with their terrifying screams. One of the effects of this goddess-caused madness was a “mad lunacy”, the “geltacht”, which affected as much the body as the mind. During a battle in 1722 it was said that the goddess appeared above king Ferhal in the shape of a sharp-beaked, red-mouth bird, and as she croaked nine men fell prey to madness. The poem of “Cath Finntragha” also tells of the defeat of a king suffering from this illness. The place of his curse later became a place of pilgrimage for all the lunatics in hope of healing.

The link between the war-goddess and the “lunacy-madness” are found back within folklore, in which fairies, in the shape of birds, regularly attack children and inflict them nervous illnesses. These fairies could also appear as “sickness-demons”. Their appearance was sometimes tied to key dates within the Celtic calendar, such as Halloween, which corresponded to the Irish and pre-Christian celebration of Samain. Folktales also keep this particularly by placing the ritualistic appearances of witches and of fate-fairies during the Twelve Days, between Christmas and the Epiphany – another period similar to the Celtic Halloween. Morgane seems to belong to this category of “seasonal visitors”.

II) The Queen of Avalon

In Arthurian literature, Morgane rules over the island of Avalon, a name which means the Island of Apples (the apple is called “aval” in Briton, “afal” in Welsh and “Apfel” in German). Just like the golden apples of the Garden of the Hesperids, in Celtic beliefs this fruit symbolizes immortality and belongs to the Otherworld, a land of eternal youth. It is also associated with revelations, magic and science – all the attributes that Morgane has. Her kingdom of Avalon is one of the possible localizations of the Celtic paradise – it is the place that the Irish called “sid”, the “sedos” (seat) of the gods, their dwelling, but at the same time a place of peace beyond the sea. Avalon is also called the Fortunate Isle (L’Île Fortunée) because of the miraculous prosperity of its soil where everything grows at an abnormal rate. As such, agriculture does not exist there since nature produces by itself everything, without the intervention of mankind.

It is within this island that the fairy leads those she protects, especially her half-brother Arthur after the twilight of the Arthurian world. Morgane acts as such as the mediator between the world of the living and the fabulous Celtic Otherworld. Like all the fairies, she never stops going back and forth between the two worlds. Morgane is the ideal ferrywoman. The same way the Morrigan fed on corpses or the Valkyries favored warriors dead in battle, Morgane also welcomes the soul of the dead that she keeps by her side for all of eternity. Some texts gave her a home called “Montgibel”, which is confused with the Italian Etna. The Otherworld over which she rules doesn’t seem, as such, to be fully maritime.

The ”Life of Merlin” of the Welsh clerk Geoffroy of Monmouth teaches us that Morgan has eight sisters: Moronoe, Mazoe, Gliten, Glitonea, Gliton, Thiten, Tytonoe, and Thiton. Nine sisters in total which can be divided in three groups of three, connected by one shared first letter (M, G, T). In Adam de la Halle’s “Jeu de la feuillée”, she appears with two female companions (Arsile and Maglore), forming a female trinity. As such, she rebuilds the primitive triad of the sovereign-goddesses, these mother-goddesses that the inscriptions of Antiquity called the “Matres” or “Matronae”. In this triad, Morgane is the most prominent member. She is the effective ruler of Avalon, since it was said that she taught the art of divination to her sisters, an art she herself learned from Merlin of which she was the pupil. She knows the secret of medicinal herbs, and the art of healing, she knows how to shape-shift and how to fly in the air. Her healing abilities give her in some Arthurian works a benevolent function, for example within the various romans of Chrétien de Troyes. She usually appears right on time to heal a wounded knight: she is the one that gave a balm to Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, to heal his madness. In these works, Morgane does not embody a force of destruction, but on the contrary she protects the happy endings and good fortunes of the Round Table. She is the providential fée that saves the souls born in high society and raised in the “courtois” worship of the lady. However, her powers of healing can reverse into a nefarious power when the fée has her ego wounded.

III/ The fatal temptress

In the prose Arthurian romans of the 13th century, Morgane can be summarized by one place. After being neglected by her lover Guyomar, she creates “le Val sans retour”, the Vale of No-Return, a place which will define her as a “femme fatale”. This place transports without the “littérature courtoise” the idea of the Celtic Otherworld. Also called “Le Val des faux amants” (The Vale of False Lovers), “le Val sans retour” is a cursed place where the fée traps all those that were unfaithful to her, by using various illusions and spells. As such, she manifests both her insatiable cruelty and her extreme jealousy. Lancelot will become the prime victim of Morgane because, due to his love for Queen Guinevere, he will refuse her seduction. The feelings of Morgane towards Lancelot rely on the ambivalence of love and hate: since she cannot obtain the love of the knight by natural means, she will use all of her enchantments and magical brews to submit Lancelot’s will. In vain. Lancelot will escape from the influence of this wicked witch. In “La Mort le roi Artu”, still for revenge, Morgan will participate in her own way to the decline to the Arthurian world: she will reveal to her brother, king Arthur, the adulterous love of Guinevre and Lancelot. She will bring to him the irrefutable proof of this affair by showing her what Lancelot painted when he had been imprisoned by her. The terrible war that marks the end of the Arthurian world will be concluded by the battle between Arthur and Mordred, the incestuous son of Arthur and Morgan. As such, Morgan appears as the instigator of the disaster that will ruin the Arthurian world. She manipulates the various actors of the tragedy and pushes them towards a deadly end. It should be noted that any sexual or romantic relationship between Arthur and Morgane are absent from the French romans – they are especially present within the British compilation of Malory, La Mort d’Arthur.

Behind the possessive woman described by the Arthurian texts, hides a more complex figure, a leftover of the ancient Celtic goddess of destinies. Cruel and manipulative, Morgan is fuses with the fear-inducing figure of the witch. Despite being an enemy of men, she keeps seeking their love. All of her personal tragedy comes from the fact that she fails to be loved. Always heart-sick, she takes revenge for her romantic failure with an incredible savagery. Her brutality manifest itself through the ugliness that some text will end up giving her – the ultimate rejection by this Christian world of this “devilish and lustful temptress”. “La Suite du Roman de Merlin” will try to give its own explanation for this transformation of Morgane, from good to wicked fairy: “She was a beautiful maiden until the time she learned charms and enchantments ; but because the devil took part in these charms and because she was tormented by both lust and the devil, she completely lost her beauty and became so ugly that no one accepted to ever call her beautiful, unless they had been bewitched”. In this new roman, she is responsible for a series of murders and suicides – and as the rival of Guinevere, she tries to cause King Arthur’s doom by favorizing her own lover, Accalon. Another fée, Viviane, will oppose herself to her schemes.

The demonization of the goddess is however not complete. Morgan appears in several “chansons de gestes” of the beginning of the 13th century, and even within the Orlando Furioso of the Arisote, in the sixth canto, in which she is the sister of the sorceress Alcina. She is presented as the disciple of Merlin. Seer and wizardess, she owns (within Avalon or the land of Faerie) a land of pleasure, a little paradise in which mankind can escape its condition. At the same time the Arthurian texts discredit her, she joins a strange historico-pagan syncretism, by being presented as the wife of Julius Caesar, and as the mother of Aubéron, the little king of Féerie.

After the Middle-Ages, the fée Morgane only mostly appears within the Breton folklore (the French-Britton folklore, of the French region of Bretagne). There, old mythical themes which inspired medieval literature are maintained alive, and keep existing well after the Middles-Ages. Morgane is given several lairs, on earth or under the sea. In the Côtes-d’Armor, there is a Terte de la fée Morgan, while a hill near Ploujean is called “Tertre Morgan”. There is an entire branch of popular literature in Bretagne (such as Charles Le Bras’ 1850 “Morgân”) where the fée represents the last survivor of a legendary land and the reminder of a forgotten past. She expresses the nostalgia of a lost dream, of a fallen Golden Age. True Romantic allegory of the lands and seas of Bretagne, she most notably embodies the feeling of a Bretagne land that was in search of its own soul.

However, it is her role of “cursed lover” that stays the most dominant within the Breton folklore. The vicomte de La Villemarqué, great collector of folktales and popular legends, noted in his “Barzaz Breiz” (1839) that the “morgan”, a type of water spirits, took at the bottom of the sea or of ponds, in palaces of gold and crystal, young people that played too close to their “haunted waters”. The goal of these fairies was to kidnap them to regenerate their cursed species. This ties the link between these “morganes” (also called “mary morgand”) and the Antique “fairy of fate”. Similar names, a same love of water, and the presence of the “land below the waves”, of a malevolent seduction – these are the permanent traits of Morgane, who keeps confusing and uniting the romantic instinct for love, and the desire for death. More modern adaptations of the legend (such as Marion Zimmer Bradley’s novels) weave an entire feminist fantasy around the figure of this fairy, supposed to embody the Celtic matriarchy.

[ryuzakemo128]

Cod Prompt List

Credit for Dividers: @cafekitsune + @strangergraphics

This is a list of prompts for requests, if you have any, here are some prompts you are more than welcome to request.

Characters I will write for:

Simon 'Ghost' Riley

Johnathon Price

John 'Soap' MacTavish

Kyle 'Gaz' Garrick

König

Other (Message me if there is a specific one you want that isn't on this list.)

Genres to pick from:

Angst

Fluff

Smut

Dark Content

Unlisted option, aka if you have a specific one. Let me know.

Female Reader insert Versions to pick from

Career:

MMA fighter

Kick boxer

Gymnast

Artist

Onlyfans Creator

Porn Star

Black Ops Spy

Spec Ops Operator

Close Combat Specialist

Baker

Seamstress

Photographer

Professor

Physicist

other, aka your choice.

Hybrid Animals

Wolf

Coyote

Mountain Lion

Wolverine

Siberian Tiger

Siberian Lynx

Snowy White Owl

Black Cat

Fennec Fox

Pygmy Owl

Crow

Raven

Rook

Folklore Based:

Nogitsune

Oni

Inari - Light Kitsune, basically the opposite of the Nogitsune.

Fire Giant or Frost Giant aka Jötnar.

Siren

Harpy

Fae

Dark Fae

Demigod

Mermaid

Wyvern

Werewolf

Vampire

Succubus

Other aka unlisted

Nationality Based: (Listed by country)

France

Norway

England

Australia

America

Russia

Italy

Germany

Iceland

Austria

Greece

Other/ unlisted

Based on Code Name:

Boomer

Grim Reaper

The Iron Maiden

Gorgon

Rook

Crow

Pearl

Opal

Sapphire

Emerald

Ruby

Diamond

Whiskers

Jade

Onyx

Sentence Prompts

Like the sun's eclipse, nothing seemed to be terribly impossible or out of reach.

A rose of endless thorns amongst those who cannot hope to keep up with you.

Everything has a cure, except for death.

A lie to justify yourself into thinking you were doing the right thing.

You should have known better than to ask a question you weren't ready to hear the answer to.

What else were you supposed to do? Let him kill you?

You can't lie. You're too selfless to lie.

There is a sickness inside his soul. Just like there was a sickness inside yours.

Why would you care about his size? Sex is just that sex, kinks are just kinks, and trying to complicate the matter won't help anyone.

You don't care about the repercussions. You saved his life because you wanted to.

Don't bother. He won't notice you either way.

There is his truth, your truth and the all encompassing truth.

There is no such thing as failure.

Death and life come to us hand in hand.

No one wants a goth girl with all these blondes around.

To be a goth amongst the pastel colours.

If it bleeds. You can kill it.

Dialogue Prompts

"Push me, and you will find out the extent of my audacity."

"I would sooner die than be stuck with someone who will only 'tolerate' my existence. Move aside, or I will be forced to what I must to move you."

"You can't hope to do the things I need to do. Save your breath and go back to what you do best."

"Do not question my mental state, and I won't question yours. I will push past this with or without your approval."

"I have no intention of staying around people who don't want me."

"No means no. Not maybe, and it certainly doesn't give you permission to blackmail me with it either."

"I hope karma finds a way to fuck you over like you did to so many other women in your life."

"See? This is why I'm filing for divorce."

"You are never in the mood. Ever. It's like you would rather be a deadbeat father and a cheating whore."

"Men can and will always be called whores. Whore behaviour knows no gender."

"I bought a 30kg cheese wheel. I'm keeping it to myself. Everyone else can fuck off."

"Great job genius, you fucked it up."

"I have no intention of telling any of you anything."

"You and I are nothing alike."

Song Lyric Prompts

“Waiting for me to free him by coming home” – ‘Jimmy’ by Tool

“Opening me within a gesture” – ‘Jimmy’ by Tool

“You were the voice calling me back home” – ‘Jimmy’ by Tool

“I'm your nightmare while you're fast asleep” – ‘Bad Things’ by Summer Kennedy

“You won’t see it coming” – ‘Bad Things’ by Summer Kennedy

“My heart is painted black, I’m never going back.” – ‘Bad Things’ by Summer Kennedy

“I know that you like my style, I look like this on purpose” – ‘Bad Things’ by Summer Kennedy

“I'm carrying my heart but it's made of stone. I'm carrying my heart but my heart is made of stone.” – ‘Made of Stone’ by Matt Corby

“Run from me darlin’. Run my good wife. Run from me darlin’. You better run for your life. Run from me baby. Run my good wife.” – ‘Run from Me’ by Timber Timbre

“Its killing time” – ‘Let me live/ Let me die’ by Des Rocs

“Oh my, give me the night. Just give me the night and I’ll give you the truth” – ‘Give me the night’ by Des Rocs

“Are you so damn unforgettable, so damn impossible to leave?” – ‘Give me the night’ by Des Rocs

“I don't care if it hurts. I wanna have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. I want you to notice. When I'm not around. You're so fuckin' special. I wish I was special.” – ‘Creep’ by Radiohead

“Your beauty never scared me.” – ‘Mary on a cross’ by Ghost

“I hate you for what you did and I miss you like a little kid” – Motion sickness

“I’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror” – Anti-Hero

[starry-night-rose]

“What an interesting speciment we have here~”

Character Playlist / Character Inspirations

Full Name: Marina Lorelei Baleen

Nicknames: Mari (Sisters), Mademoiselle Sirène (Rook),

V/A: Kazumi Evans (EN), Miyuki Sawashiro (JP)

!Twisted from the Neverland Mermaids from Peter Pan!

Age: 18

Birthday: February 4th

Horoscope: Aquarius

Species: Merfolk (Siren variant)

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/her

Height: 172 cm (or 5’8)

Hair Color: Burgundy

Eye Color: Sea Green

★。／｜＼。���

Homeland: Coral Sea

Family: Unnamed Father (deceased), Unnamed Mother, Five Unnamed Older Sisters

Dominant Hand: Right

Dormitory: Octavinelle

School Year: Third Year

Class: 3-D (No.8)

Best Class(es): Potions, Animal Language

Worst Class(es): Flying

★。／｜＼。★

Favorite Food(s): Créme Brûlée, Lobster, Salmon

Least Favorite Food(s): Fried Foods

Hobbies: Hairstyling, Lounging, Trying on Jewelry

Dislike(s): Dry Weather, Bad Hair Days, Molly Primrose

Talent(s): Singing, Self Care, Manipulation

Sexuality: Bisexual

★。／｜＼。★

Personality: Marina is the epitome of a classic siren, alluring but vicious! On the surface, Marina seems to be a vain and lazy young lady but on the inside, there’s a cunning and calculated side she has locked away inside. Marina is also just a gal who wants to have a good time! On the inside however, Marina can be quite kind and lovely to those she likes, though immediately switching back to her vicious side if someone she doesn’t like barges in. Marina can be a flirt too but if the flirting is genuine or just an act is unknown…

★。／｜＼。★

Mild TW for reference of Parental Death

Backstory: Marina comes from a family of merfolk living in the Coral Sea. Her family runs a perfumery business under the sea that Marina and her older sister help out at. She was often babied by her sisters due to being the youngest. Marina was very close with her father and was terribly saddened at his passing. In her family, singing was seen as a very important life skill and as such, Marina cultivated her singing voice along with her siblings. Later on, Marina was accepted to NRC of which her sisters and father were alumni of. She traveled onto land and was sorted into Octavinelle.

★。／｜＼。★

Trivia!

Marina sometimes falls asleep in her classes but still has high grades

The pearl necklace and bracelets she wears were a gift from her father!

At First, Marina was a bit hostile to humans but has since then gotten used to them

To those she’s close with, Marina has a habit of doing their hair for them!

Marina’s merform is reminiscent of a classic mermaid but much more fishy

[darkwingphoenix]

@loominggaia Memes, Today's Special

Mix of AU and Spoilers and some Canon chucked in!

Also, thanks LG for saying you like the vids I put here!

Skylie As A Teenage Mermaid Divine (She's still aging, but hella slow, and wound up a mermaid because Rule of Cool)

Saraia When In The Wild/Her Main Shrine (Darshaan gives the last message)

House Of Humanity Rebels as Skylie Descends Onto Their Base on Rook (Also one HELL of a piece)

Skylie and Saraia As Damiscend/Ascendance Capital Needs Livestock (Saraia spawned a barn outta rocks and plants)

Skylie when someone says they're uncomfortable with her smutfics

(Canon) Jasenia, Mr. Ocean and Lukas on their way to kidnap Cyana from the Royal Gala in Evangeline (Jasenia's the middle golem/Regirock, Lukas has the below face in the back (Absol) and Mr. Ocean's just floppin his hands)(This is a Pokemon meme)

Cerulea and Rodrig when Skylie's fics form an entire knightly order a la the Knights Templar

Matuzu urban areas 99.9999% of the time (If Tolsa of Gawe exists, there's GOTTA be at least SOME sorta furry community somewhere. 99.9999% likely it's mostly in Matuzu)

Angeline After Leaving Evangeline (Her family was no Evangeline Royal Family, but it wasn't too good for her, a product of the culture for sure)(Also, Cyana and Skylie GROW their hair, but Angie, who had like 4 feet of hair, chopped it all down to mostly a side shave/mohawk)(That means her hair is buzzed down except for a strip down the middle she wears down, like in the short)

Skylie with young Amber, Citrine (Drau daughter of Cyana and Angeline), Alani (Human daughter) and Kitsu (Faun daughter) in the Uekoro Markets (Amber's like 12-16, Citrine's maybe 9-11, Alani's 6 max, and Kitsu's a babby at like 3-5)

Ginger with the Cyangeline Kiddos in Drifter's Hollow (Cinnamon's doin some random BS with the FGG)

Skylie (Left) Arguing With Cerulea (Right) Before Revealing Herself and having Marine, Cobalt, Saphirra, and their partners/kids find out the truth about Cyangeline and Skylie

Part of How Skylie Distributes Visions

Saraia, Darshaan, King, and Queen (Another Saraian like King and Rook Saraia made for Darshaan) on their way to Evangeline Capital

Skylie and Saraia after they meet up in Evangeline Palace (Is it a palace? Is it a castle? IDK, I use both)

Cyangeline, Fanakas, and Cyangeline Kiddos with a new pet Skylie gave them as a bard troupe is playing

Buncha koholasaur whelps walkin up a hill

Saraia and Skylie doin a color scheme swap (I wanted to use all of the vids I saved to an LG Meme playlist I have on my YouTube account as a resource stockpile for the memes)

Rodrig and Skylie Arguing in the Evangeline High Temple/House of Humanity (Skylie released Las Beez)(Lazuline never wants to hang out with you people)

Cyana and Angeline being led by Amber and Maui to where Citrine, Alani and Skylie are doing a ritual on Kitsu

Ellen Joan when Cyana and Angeline, two introverts, have an IVF/magic daughter (Alani) who's a hyper extrovert

Saraia and Darshaan trying to Trap Karenza via conventional means vs Skylie using Rule of Badass moves and trapping Karenza in one go

Amber, Citrine, and Alani doing this trend for Amber's BluTube account (It went viral 3 days later) (Kitsu was drinking orange juice on Maui's back offscreen while watching)

Skylie, Saraia, and Darshaan at the Royal Gala One Time

Marghan Tryna Tap Amber when she's 20 (AKA a sirene minor)(Her friends Metzwell and Tyria, Citrine and Alani, Skylie with a sniper rifle she nabbed from Zareen, and Maui did the oo-ing) (Tyger, Jelani, Rustafi, Clementino, Cyangeline and Azura are bouta beat his ass into a grease stain)

Cerulea after being killed by Skylie at Dawn (Skylie's feeling EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME AT ONCE)

Amber, Citrine, and Alani after Amber comes back from a World Athenaeum research trip where she almost died (Her eyes are orange tho, and Cyana and Angeline yelled A BUILDING WAT)

Angeline when Cyana is being a fucking bitch to all of her suitors (She had a huge crush on Cyana before they got together)

A clip from one of Amber's comedy gigs

A line from a play about Saphirra's ex-husbands Skylie wrote to drop on an unsuspecting Royal Gala (I headcanon a guy got his head lopped off by sword-to-the-neck-itis

Average benefits for the Ascendii Grande Armee (They all wear buckets because buckets

A Prep elfann teen and his mom looking at the publicized World Athenaeum Arcane College Entrance Exam Results (The prep got second place to Amber, who bounded in on Maui all awkwardly)

Lumine as a young transgirl in Evangeline to Skylie (Who gave her a handmade Vision with all 7 elements)(Skylie can do that, she invented those bitches)

Cyana when she's drunk/high (She's mistaking Azura for Angeline, thus Beidou(Eyepatch)/Azura and Kazuha(Leaf Guy)/Angie lookin like that)(I'm a Genshin fan, thus all of the Genshin)

Skylie and Amber (Citrine is Paimon, or the little flying fairy, confused about Skylie having a BF/GF)

Skylie scolding Saraia for eating Crab Legs

Skylie wanting to do Something Stupid (Saraia wants to be done by Skylie)(These two are SO will-they-won't-they to me as a romantic couple dynamic)

Marine, Cobalt's eldest daughter, after finding out she's a demi-divine with shapeshifting abilities after having identity issues exacerbated by Cerulea and Rodrig for her entire life (The audio, ignore the edit)

Amber doing karaoke (Kitsu did the wops)

Citrine finding Gilgamesh in a game Skylie helped design (The Civ VI franchise is a fictional game series lmao)

Skylie hosting Family Feud between Cyangeline, Amber and Citrine and Cobalt, Justinia, Sai and Lumine (Cyana said Sit On It)

Kitsu seeing Looming Gaia Grinch (Prolly some Zareenite thing tbh) for the first time, aged 3 months old

Skylie when talking about Saraia after they FINALLY become a couple (Audio)

Cyangeline Kids Vibin (Also Lumine vibing before Skylie Heys back)

Saraia Being a Contrarian Again

Skylie proving to her parents she ain't no demure, mindful, considerate Evangelite no more (I say her hair after it grew way out due to a power burst she experienced while Disgracing Mankind's Disgrace is between like that long it or halfway down her thighs)

Darshaan and Skylie doin karaoke (Skylie's Yoimiya/Left Blonde Girl and Darshaan's Childe/Right Ginger Guy)

Sai, Lumine, Justinia, Angeline, Cyana, Amber (Atop Maui), Darshaan, Skylie and Saraia doing this dance for no reason while Cerulea, Rodrig, Teal, Danus and Indiga are away (In order for each part, so Sai/Lumine/Justinia for the first three, Angie/Cyana/Amber for 2 and Darshaan/Skylie/Saraia for 3)

Alani when told to stay in one spot

Plot of a fic about Lumine and Skylie running around to find Lumine's twin brother (Identical twin since Lumine's a transgirl and thus a male at birth, and because identical twins are cool)(Skylie's the Rock (Bald), and Lumine is Ryan Reynolds, obvs the not bald man)(The bull is a koholasaur, which Skylie knows can see motion AOK (She made them), but everyone in Evangeline thinks they can't because they don't kill those who stood still and didn't feel like mercing them

Saraia being a Menace (Jane/Grey is Skylie, Catherine Aragon/Yellow is Cerulea asking about Cyana and Angeline, and Anne Boleyn/Cyana is Cyana)

Skylie once one of Cyangeline's kids starts taking a nap as a babby

Skylie unlocking her Divine Ultra Instinct (An ogre knight tried to fight her after she took out Cerulea)

Rodrig while Cyana and Angie are fucking in the House of Humanity/High Temple (They decided to try public sex one time before leaving Evangeline)

A part of Saphirra's ex-husband play (The part before the last one about this play)

Skylie, Saraia, Darshaan and Trip vibing while attacking Evangeline Capital (Trip got into the palace effortlessly and started overdosing guards on greenlite, which is not safe for non-mermaid commoners and in fact hella toxic)

Ginger after doing a little camp thing with Trip, Cyangeline Kiddos, Skylie, the Drifter's Hollow Kids and the Evangeline Royal Kids (It was a secret field trip for the Evangeline Royals)(It was Amber's phone they used to represent fire)(Amber also got herself buried, and Trip got rezzed)

Amber, Citrine and Alani missing the train to Matuzu Capital for Alani's first day at the Athenaeum

Cobalt using Clarity to steal Sai's cake from the icebox (Clarity was 2 days old when this heist happened)

Skylie, Saraia, Darshaan, and Trip at the Evangeline High Throne Room for no reason (Darshaan was wearing one of Skylie's miniskirts the whole time)

Cyana being an unknowing pro at poker (Her default face is an utter poker face, and she hardly shows emotions unless they're super strong)(Video unrelated)

Skylie with a Pleiadae she encountered after noclipping onto the moon after attempting to teleport

The Zareenites trying to kill Ascendance the first time

Kelvingyard Agents trying to kidnap Kitsu aged 4 (Cyana barreled over as an ogress to whup em, same with the rest of the family)

Darshaan after meeting Karenza for the first time in like 4 millennia (He's huge, but Karenza's even bigger)

Skylie vibing throughout Looming Gaia, giving Visions like they're banana pudding bowls

Amber, Citrine, and Skylie discussing Zareenite health (This is canonically true)

Saraia once

(Reposting this shit for my AU because it's cool as shit) Saraia, Amber/Citrine/Maui/Lumine/Paimon, Cerulea/Rodrig, Jaq Yerim-Mor, Iriana Liatt (To Qara), Teal/Danus (To Cobalt), Cobalt/Sai/Justinia (Cerulea doesn't know), Saraia/Darshaan/Thetos, Serafeen (As Skylie's accidental ghost leech), Morgause/Lumine (Both wanting Skylie), Citrine (With her Dendro Vision), and Trip/Mr. Kraken (Who are cousins by technicality!) as new singers!

(Canon) Balthazaar upon seeing Azadora's changeling

Lumine and Paimon trying to find Lumine's twin with Trip, Rustafi, Iriana, Citrine, and Saraia, respectively

Skylie doing a Stellar Sword attack

The amount of steps it takes Citrine to get into her preferred fashion style (Emo/goth/punk)

Sai, Justinia, Skylie, Angeline, Trip, Cyana, Lumine and Saraia doin a lil dance in the High Throne Room

Basically Amber's style of clothing (Hey, it's pretty normal in Matuzu, right?)(Also sorta Citrine's, except Citrine's clothes covers way more)

Skylie watching vs reading spicy stuff

Angie caring for her and Cyana's kids as little kids vs going out (With Skylie as babysitter, because she'd do it for free, but they force her to take money, even though Skylie's a divine and will outlive the money they give her)

Iriana tryna get food (Skylie/Saraia/Darshaan)

Skylie dancing to distract sexually repressed Evangelite guards

Maia (Cobalt's eldest daughter) as an adult in Ascendance (She got a higher power, personally crafted Anemo Vision from Skylie just like big cousin Lumine)

Saraia and Skylie Arguing Randomly

Maia, Kitsu, and Citrine trying lemons for the first time

Skylie trying on that dress (Saraia's got the horni)

More coming soon!

[kousaka-ayumu]

Stella Valerie

TW: this may contain r@pe in the trivia.

Nicknames: Stella(All), Pale Fish(Yuzu), Stella-chan(Sonomi), Dame Confiance(Rook), Valerie-san(Ortho), Valerie-shi(Idia)

Twisted from: KickinChicken(Poppy Playtime), Princess Cookie(Cookie Run), Hinata Hiramitsu(Healing Good PreCure), Tsukasa(Project Sekai).

Voice claim: Rie Takahashi

Age: 16

Height: 159cm

DOB: 5/17

Species: Mermaid

Homeland: Coral Sea

Family:

Audrey(Mother)

Caspian(Father)

Tsubasa(Younger brother)

Dorm: Octavinelle

Class: 1-C(No.7)

Club: Music Club, Swimming Club

Hobby: Practicing the piano, trolling the living daylights out of haters.

Likes: Pranking with Floyd, Bernice and Taiyou, hanging out with Mizuko, spending time in the pool.

Dislikes: Yuzu, what she trying to say is being interrupted.

Pet peeves: Being called a loser

Favorite food: Grilled chicken

Least favorite food: Sushi

Favorite drink: Chocolate Milk

"A first year of Octavinelle who is the pianist of the Music Club, she is a girl who is confident in what she's doing and took pride for it, even though she might get hurt or sent to the infirmary several times."

Appearance

Stella has with pale blonde hair that tied up in a side ponytail with a white ribbon, and soft red eyes.

Background

Stella is born in a family of the mafia in the Coral Sea, many mermans and mermaids thought they we're a scary family that you shouldn't be messing around with, but in reality they we're a humble family who loved each other no matter what.

How did she meet Azul? By scaring away the bullies with her presence alone, they immediately became friends after that and later met the Tweels and Mizuko.

Personality

Stella is an immature and overconfident girl who is the embodiment of :3, however she can be a very reckless girl that got into dangerous situations that injured her several times, but she always came out alive due to anyone's confusion especially Raymond but she would often dismiss those concerns by saying she's alright.

Unique Magic: Ylang Ribbon Reduce

It allows her to summon ribbons with a ylang-ylang scent to reduce stress and anxiety and enhance mood.

Trivia

It's ironic that KickinChicken the character she's twisted from, is a bird while Stella is a mermaid but it's also fitting that sirens are portrayed as birds in the classical Greek mythology.

Stella doesn't like any and all vampires, due to the Sakamaki's behavior towards Yui Komori however Samara and Yuri we're exceptions due to how kind those 2 we're.

She deeply wanted Yui to kill Yuzu, due to her finding out about how Yuzu r@pe Raymond, she can't do it herself since she knew Yuzu could revive herself.

Due to her coming from the mafia, it's natural for her to knew about weaponry

She shares the same VA as Ai Hoshino from Oshi no ko which is funny since her original first name is a play on Ai's last name Hoshino and Hoshiko

She would often carry Azul to his room to sleep due to him overworked himself.

What do you guys think about her?

@zexal-club @anxious-twisted-vampire @yukii0nna @marrondrawsalot

[dilatorywriting]

hello ~ hello ~

Hope you're feeling better! I, personally, have been a bit dead to the world since late April. This past May was kinda odd, honestly. I think everyone I know and know of just. died for the month. Collectively. At once.

I actually wanted to slide in here and pick your brain about your ongoing Monster Mayhem stuff, if you're up for it? Just like a general status overview question, since I feel kinda out of the loop 😭 And also because I know that I tend to like talking about my feelings on my current wips, so I figured maybe you might too? If not, dw!

I'll put these in bullet points since it's kinda easier for me to organize my thoughts that way

Jack: I remember you saying awhile back that you expect Part 2 to be the final part. Is that still holding up, or does it feel like it'll be longer?

Rook: From the pacing, I'm getting the vibe that this one might be another 4 part story? mayhaps? Or maybe Rook isn't like the other girls TM and gets something different.

Vil: I haven't read this one yet, but I'm excited to sit down with it soon! What's the overall length/number of parts you're planning for at the moment?

I'm pretty sure this was asked at some point before, but what's your stance on epilogues? There has been... discussion. about a Leona epilogue before, I recall, but are you considering epilogues for all of them, or only specific characters?

What's like. your vibe, rn? With each of the stories? Like in terms of "I'm really feeling this, so I'm working on it and it might be posted in the nearish future, assuming no disasters" to like "I plan to continue this, but not rn. I've got a different worm chewing on the brain lettuce atm". Ik you literally just answered an ask similar to this, and said Leona part 4 & Vil part 2 are the one's you're focused on, so I guess this is more so geared towards the Jack and Rook ones? Or other stuff you're secretly planning. I have a vague memory of a "forgot your birthday" scenario that was on a poll a few months back

I'm honestly just curious, really. Back from the dead and wanted to catch up

Also I. have a third Monster Mayhem Azul brainrot. It's not a fluffy one. If I can wrangle it into something more coherent, I may send it your way. Not dissimilar to the fashion of throwing a pebble at someone's window to get their attention, but accidentally putting a hole through the glass, and taking off running.

-Reaper

I'm gonna put this all under a little cut thing just because I feel like there's quite a lot! So here we go~

Jack -- It would still only be two parts I think! I only had short plans for that going forward, and it's currently at the bottom of my bucket list so to speak, not for any big reason just because Jack isn't one of my favorites so he falls behind on what I actually want to write.

Rook -- Was a bit more up in the air in terms of what I wanted to do. Had started writing a third part for it, but Rook's in particular felt very like, episodic? If that makes sense? Rather than an overarching cohesive arc. So I could write so much more little random side stories! But aside from a bit I had sort of planned regarding Riddle, there wasn't too much specific I had in mind.

Vil -- Probably one or two more parts to wrap up what I wanted with him; most likely one of the same length as the first. But that one of all of them may get a separate little piece because I am such a sucker for mermaids/sirens soooo that may get some special love

Epilogues -- bit of a mish mash. Really depends how I'm feeling tbh. If I want to write something, I'll word vomit like no one's business, but if I'm not overly invested then I probably won't bother writing one. But again

Vibe Check -- I’m absolutely wiped. Not with these stories, because I do genuinely love them. But like, back to back tough placements on top of illness is a trip. So I’m a bit more tired and less motivated than I normally am, just because most of my brain is chewing on actual school work and case reports and trying to not make myself look like an idiot every time I’m asked for a diagnosis list and go “uuuuhhhhhhhh.” But! I have some brain worms. Right now — big thing I’m working on is the second half of a very long commission. Which is loads of fun but also there’s so much to chew over there, so that takes a lot of my brain. On the side, I was really also writing my Vil Siren Part 2. Because that’s also a lot on the brain and it’s very different Vibe to the commission, so like it’s a good one to go back and forth between depending on what mood I’m in. Jamil is also very On My Brain right now oddly enough. I think because I read a short little Naga piece a while ago and it reminded me how much I love them. So that's on my brain a lot. As for the others, Jack has sorta fallen to the wayside admittedly. Mostly because I adore him as a Bro, but he’d just not usually a character my brain swoons over, so he’s sort of just… existing. I also wasn’t entirely sure where I wanted to go with that other than just “oh wow we fixed it together!” And that’s a factor too. As for other things, the birthday one comes back and forth depending on my mood, but idk if that’ll ever go up. I have lots of it written, but not enough to post or really toss together straight away. If that makes sense

[random-twst-and-oc-stuff]

Nicole Avalon

(Picrew used: Character maker. It's actually the same one Nathara was made in.)

PERSONAL INFO

Full name: Nicole Avalon

Age: 18

Birthday: January 8 (Capricorn)

Nicknames: Dame d'honnêteté(Rook)

Gender: Trans Female

Pronouns: She/her

Species: Nurse shark siren

Height: 170 cm

Likes: Hardworking & straightforward people, helping others improve

Dislikes: Lazy people, beating around the bush, being replaced

Pet peeves: Being interrupted, boundaries being crossed

Favorite food: Lobster

Least favorite food: Hotdogs

Homeland: Somewhere in the warm and shallow parts of the Coral Sea

Twisted from: Cala Maria - The Cuphead Show (I know Cala Maria isn't trans. Just let me have this, okay?)

ACADEMIC INFO

Dorm: Octavinelle

Year: Junior

Class: 3-C

Best subject: Music, Alchemy

Club: Pop Music Club (She's probably the only one who takes the club seriously💀)

SUMMARY

Nicole and her brother were given to an orphanage by teen parents who didn't know what to do when the twins were babies. When the two were 2 years old they were adopted by a lemon shark couple.

Fast forward a few years later when the twins are at school, two new angelfish and lionfish merfolk students by the names of Callista and Elijah arrived in their class. The four immediately became friends. The group even made their own little band, performing for merfolk, mostly for fun. Being part siren, Nicole was the lead singer with her brother being the backup singer.

As the group spent time together, Nicole found herself developing feelings for Callista. After the shark siren confessed her feelings, the two started dating. But that was short lived as Callista was caught cheating with Elijah. Feeling betrayed, Nicole ended both the romantic and platonic relationship with the two. But this wasn't over, not by a long shot. Nicole would have her revenge for being seen as a fool. And she did. Being friends with Elijah and Callista had its benefits, like the deep and dark secrets that were being shared. Of course Nicole wasn't foolish enough to share her own, not lying, but not saying the full thing either. She used those secrets to spread some nasty rumors about them and ruin their lives. It worked beautifully.

A few years later, the twins were accepted by Night Raven College, but had to attend a boot camp in order to get used to living on the surface. Despite being part siren, the two preferred staying in the water, especially her brother.

Naturally, the twins were chosen for Octavinelle by The Dark Mirror. She then transitioned(MtF) a few months later. Even though she respected the current housewarden, something with the way he looked after the dorm didn't make sense to her. But she didn't try fighting for the spot as it would be too much work. Come her second year, a trio of an octopus merman named Azul Ashengrotto and his twin eels Jade and Floyd Leech joined the school along with her dorm with Azul becoming housewarden into his sophomore year. Now that's what Nicole envisioned in an Octavinelle housewarden. She was hired by Azul to be the Mostro Lounge singer, luring clients by using her charming voice.

So far, Nicole was the only girl in school. Well, that was until someone named Bellona transferred to NRC. Naturally, the students were cautious around the new student, but Nicole decided to approach her and showed her around. As the two spent time together, Nicole once again started developing feelings, this time for Bellona. Unsure about what to do, with part of her wanting to deny these feelings, Nicole decided to go to Lilia for advice, telling him what happened before. He then told her to come clean to her crush, being sure that her love interest would understand. And the mermaid did as told, confessing her feelings, but also telling her how she wasn't quite ready for a relationship yet. And the human understood, saying she felt the same. The two started dating by the end of the year and Nicole felt happier with Bellona than she was with Callista. And their third year was quite hectic with some individuals from a different world arriving, along with some overblots.

[glowwormsmith]

I was tagged by @deputyash to do this meikar for ocs. Thank you for the tag, friend!

I'll tag @thefathersbride @meatcrimes @nightwingshero @river-ward @chazz-anova and anyone else who may want to do this cute meikar (I get the feeling most people have done this already). I also added little stories like you did, so I guess it's Mermaid AU time~

Top Row: Layla Rook (FC5; on the look-out for annoying peggies who are hunting mermaids) / Tess Rook-Shepherd-Seed (FC5; on the ship of a certain human man who she had been secretly seeing and who finally caught her-she doesn't know how to feel about it)

Middle Row: Kotone Starling (MHA; her powers are the same, but she's more good-natured than the other sirens or mermaids who sink ships with their voices) / Sayuri Shimori-Kishido (MHA; she's trying to be friendly, but being part of a race of man-eating mermaids doesn't make it easy to make friends)

Bottom Rom: Iris (FC5; she was rescued by the beautiful human Faith and now helps Eden's Gate bring in more mermaids. A freshwater mermaid who lurks in the rivers of Henbane) / Bell Pearl (OP; in this AU she is a mermaids living in Fishman Island, so no Devil Fruit. She's probably happier, but still has to be wary of those who want to capture mermaid and sell them as slaves, still joins the Strawhats but meets them in a different way)

[otomes-world]

Siren`s call

The last days I live with stories about mermaids. You might have noticed it already, haha.. I recently found an AU where Rook became a siren. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do! AU belongs to @smalltasteofhoney

You were born and raised in a small town by the sea. Humidity and the smell of salt had become an integral part of your childhood and conscious life. You could say that it concerned not only you, but also all the inhabitants, whose existence was built around the restless elements and its gifts. People went fishing in the mornings in boats, returning in the evenings with a catch and sometimes other treasures in the form of sea shells, unusual fish and long-sunken objects. Those were the moments you loved the most. The fishermen had long known about your hobby, so when they saw your silhouette from afar, they immediately waved their hands in a friendly manner. For them, lost items were not of great value, so almost every evening you returned home with a new piece of collection.

There were days when, due to bad weather or other circumstances, the fishermen did not go to sea. Then you wandered along the coast, enjoying the pleasant breeze and watching as the sun slowly was sinking beyond the horizon, burning in your memory how the sky gradually turned from pink to purple, and then deep blue, like the sea itself.

When you reached your favorite place where you watched the end of the day, you slowed down. Something was wrong. You couldn't tell what it was, but you vaguely thought someone was there. At first, you thought the neighborhood kids were following you and crouching for jumping out with loud laughter and trying to scare you, but this idea was quickly dismissed after you noticed deep furrows in the sand. Leaning down and touching one of these lines with your hand, you noticed with surprise that they were not like those that an animal could leave. At least the ones you were aware of. Also, the animals usually didn't get that close to the water, and the bird's claw marks looked completely different.

Looking up from the sand, you saw behind the stone on which you usually sat, a piece of fin. The fish washed ashore was your first thought, but the closer you came, the less it looked like the truth. Struggling with fear and curiosity at the same time, you carefully peered over the boulder and pressed your hand to your mouth so as not to make any sound.

On the sand lay a mermaid, or a merman, to be more precise. After all, in the fact that you saw a live merfolk, the main emphasis was on race, not gender. Unable to restrain yourself, you began to looking an unusual creature. The stranger lay on his stomach. He had a long blue-gray, scaly tail that ended in fins of the same shade and a forked tail. If you saw them from afar, you'd think they were tulle curtains because of how sheer they were. Short, shoulder-length, golden hair framed a face buried in the sand.

Then your eyes were drawn to the unnatural color of the sand under his chest. Looking closer, you realized that it was blood. Frowning a little and struggling between the desire to leave and help, you got to your feet and hurried home for bandages and a first aid kit. Maybe during this time the creature would wake up and return to the sea, but then you would know that you did everything you could.

You'd never run so fast in your life. Out of breath and hastily trying to catch your breath, you gently lowered yourself beside the stranger. He hasn't come to his senses yet. Careful not to make matters worse, you put him over onto his back, which proved to be more difficult than at first glance. Just as you thought, there was a deep gash in his chest that was still oozing blood. You winced, it looked very painful. You rolled up your sleeves and got to work.You washed the wound with clean water. You were afraid to use sea water, the salt of which could irritate the already torn flesh. Surely, because of this the merman crawled ashore. You didn't have any really good medicines, but you hoped the ones you brought with you would be enough to keep him from dying. You bandaged badly, and once again you was convinced of this, examining your the clumsy work.

However, it allowed you to breath out. Now you'd definitely done all you could. Now it was up to the stranger, who was still unconscious. Sky was starting to get dark, so you took out the shawl you brought with you and covered the merman. You doubted that he needed it, but he was injured, which means that the cold night air clearly would not do him any good. Once again glancing at him, you got up, shook off the adhering sand from your clothes and went home this time for sure.

The next day, you put some food in the basket, a clean bandage with ointment and went to the same place as yesterday. You did not expect to see a merman there, he must have already returned to the sea. You did it more for yourself, to make sure that he was alright. Along the way, you noticed that there was no trace of the furrows, during the night the waves washed away the evidence. Well, it was for the best. You didn't know how other people in your place would react. Obviously, they did not run as fast as they could to help the victim. You could say, the stranger was lucky that it was you who found him.

Approaching the stone, you again first noticed a piece of the tail, which this time looked a little different. It shone in the light. If the merman recovered, then for what reason did he return. You also noted that he tried to lie down as if he had never gone anywhere. It surprised you, but you decided not to show it. Carefully looking down, you saw that this time the expression on his face was much calmer, more peaceful. Since this time, the likelihood that he was just sleeping and was not unconscious, was more, you lightly touched his shoulder.

"I'm sorry," you struggled not to shake him too much, afraid the wound might reopen. "Can you hear me? Do you feel bad?"

At this phrase, the merman slowly opened his eyes - as you thought, he only pretended to be asleep - while you tried to give your face a benevolent expression. While the creature was unconscious, you did not feel fear, but when you met the deep green gaze, you felt uneasy. Suddenly, you thought about how much of an advantage he had even though he was wounded. You got so close to him that running away might have been a futile solution. You wouldn't even be able to get to your feet.

However, despite all your doubts, he beamed at you, lightly touching your hand with his. You smiled back at him, mentally hoping it didn't look forced.

"Thanks to you, I feel like my strenght is returning to me. What did I do to deserve such good luck in the form of your appearance at the most difficult moment in my life?"

His reaction was different from what you had time to come up with. He spoke strangely and long, but there was no threat in his words, so you allowed yourself to relax a little.

"I found you by accident, sir.." You hesitated, not knowing how to address him, but then decided to skip the point. "I'm not very good at first aid. Are you all right? I brought a clean bandage to replace the old one and brought a couple of sandwiches, but I'm not sure if you eat this. Also-.."

Without noticing, you began to speak freely and easily. Embarrassed by your behavior, you stopped and, looking up from the basket, noticed that the merman had been looking at you all this time and listening attentively. You looked back at him, not understanding what was going on. Perhaps he is also seeing a human for the first time?

The protracted staring contest began to unnerve you, and you tried to change your position. At that moment, you noticed that he was still holding your hand. Though you didn't want to seem impolite, you gently took it away and clasped both hands in the lock. This finally brought the stranger out of his thoughts, after which he smiled at you again and hurried to introduce himself.

"Yesterday you not only found, but also saved me, whose name is Rook," he spoke again in beautiful long formulations. "May I know the name of the one who, by the power of kindness, served as a guiding thread that again connected me with the world of the living?"

Deciding that you could say him your name, you also introduced yourself, "Name. Nice to meet you, Sir Rook. May I..." You hesitated, not wanting to be intrusive. "..change your bandage? It looks like you were going back into the water, so the wound might have reopened. But if you're uncomfortable, I can leave everything and you can do it yourself later-..!"

"Let me stay a little longer, basking in your care, Name," you did not have time to finish, the merman again touched your hands, attracting attention. "Also, please, call me just Rook as well."

Looking at him for a few seconds, you exhaled in defeat, reaching for the basket.

From that day on, you often visited Rook, who, in turn, even after his recovery, continued to sail to you in the evenings. Learning about your hobby, he began to bring you interesting beautiful things from the seabed, much better than those that you had in your collection. You thanked him every time and asked not to take risks once again. Intuition suggested that it was very problematic to raise these things to the surface, but Rook convinced you of the opposite every time.

He was a little strange, mysterious, but you did not feel any danger from him. He always had many stories to tell you while you - from that moment together - watched the sunset. Over time, you did find that you began to spend more time with him than with anyone. As well as stopped going to the pier to meet with the fishermen. You felt that for the first time you had found someone who fully understood you.

So it didn't occur to you that maybe just for a moment, Rook had other plans for you. He always started from afar. About how beautiful the sea was, and how he would like to show you these scenes. About how he could teach you to swim, how he would not let you drown even if the world would come to end. At times like this, you always laughed. You were grateful for his support, but you knew in your mind that you would never be able to see the sea the way Rook sees it. For you, it was talking about a future that won't come, at least not in this lifetime.

In response, he always smiled meaningfully, allowing you to draw your own conclusions.

You trusted him too much to be suspicious when your new friend innocently said that he was into singing and would like to sing to you if you let him. You had no reason to refuse him. Besides, you yourself really wanted to hear him sing, so you gladly agreed.

As you expected, Rook sang very well. You would even say too well. The melody he sang was unlike anything you'd heard before. It was both soothing and mesmerizing, like a fluffy blanket in which you wrap yourself in the cold. You felt your eyelids slowly droop.

You touched your sleepy eyes, trying to drive away the sudden fatigue, while the voice of the Rook was all you heard around you. There was no more the sound of waves crashing against the rocks, the cries of seagulls and the wind. As if the rest of the world suddenly ceased to exist. You felt how the merman, noticing your condition, carefully allowed you to lean on him. It wasn't like you, falling asleep in someone's presence like that, but you were grateful for his borrowed shoulder.

You would have completely immersed yourself in this state, if not for the loud noise that broke through the veil. Opening your eyes sharply, you saw the fishermen running towards you with fear, for you, looking at something or someone next to you. You felt Rook change position just as abruptly as you, grabbing you tighter by the waist and pulling you along. Your mind was still in disarray, so the thought of resisting didn't cross your mind. Just at some point you felt your clothes getting wet and getting heavy.

Blinking, you opened your eyes again and realized that you were lying in your bed, in your house. Your hands touched your throat. You still felt how cold water reached your chin, the taste of salt on your tongue. Suddenly, there was not enough air, from which you took several convulsive breaths. You never thought that someday oxygen would become a luxury.

"Oh, you're awake at last, child," came a voice from close by. You turned your head and saw one of the elderly neighbors sitting next to your bed. “We were scared for you then. It’s good that the fishermen noticed in time how that monster attacked you,” she looked at you with sympathy, and then added, seeing how your face was getting pale even more. "Everything is all right, dear, you're safe now. Would you like a drink?"

Wanting to be alone and gather your scattered thoughts into something whole, you nodded as you watched the old woman get up and walk towards the kitchen. Gradually, the events of that night began to flash in vivid pictures: how Rook offered to sing, how you began to fall asleep, how he tried to drag you away with him. Your eyes watered from the stress you had experienced as awareness finally hit you with all its weight. How you almost died at the hands of a friend.

Since then, you no longer approached the sea, as you stopped leaving the house a few hours before sunset. The fear you had experienced was still strong. You didn't want to take any more risks. Out of the corner of your ear you heard how the fishermen combed the area, but did not find any traces of the merman. Rook was never seen again.

Grabbing your forearms, you tried to convince yourself that it was for the best. Though, the unknown really scare you even more, but you knew one thing for sure. He couldn't reach you on land. This was evidenced by all the meetings that always took place near the water.

All week a neighbor spent the night with you in the house, but this time she had to leave on business. With a heavy heart, you drank warm tea, calming your nerves. It was only one night. Nothing should happen to you, right? However, just in case, you locked the door and double-checked that the windows were closed too. After making sure that you were completely protected, you exhaled and turned off the light, heading to the bedroom. You didn't plan to sleep tonight, preferring to spend time reading a book.

Sitting comfortably in your chair, you took a few more breaths. Nothing would happen, you repeated to yourself again. Opening the book to the first page, you immersed yourself in reading. The story captivated you so much that when you looked up at the clock, you realized that the time had long since passed midnight. It gave you a little confidence that you would survive this night without consequences. Allowing a smile of relief to appear on your face, you looked down at the text again.

It took you a while to notice something was wrong, until suddenly it dawned on you that you could hear Rook's singing again. His voice was much quieter than that night, as was the less effect he had on you. Dropping the book from your hands, which immediately hit the floor with a thud, you covered your ears to drown out the sound. Jumping to your feet, you went to the back room. Locking the door and sliding to the floor, you put your head to your knees. No matter how hard you tried, you continued to hear gentle tune. It was like you couldn't shut it out completely.

As if in mockery, even with the onset of morning, you continued to hear his singing. When you asked the woman, who found you, about it, she looked at you with surprise.

Elder didn't hear anything.

If before that you had difficulty falling asleep, then after what happened you stopped altogether. The newly awakened animal fear completely discouraged you from resting. A calm life became a living hell when you stopped orienting yourself in space and distinguishing the real from the illusion, when you really heard the singing of the Rook and when your tired mind played on your nerves.

You knew you wouldn't last long. That when you stop sleeping you doom yourself to defeat, but you couldn’t help yourself. Every time you closed your eyes, you remembered the freezing sea water, frightened faces, ready to say goodbye to you. Exhausted mentally and physically, you almost became a ghost, sadly eking out its existence.

So when you got to the point where you didn't care and you let sleep get you, you weren't surprised to feel the smell of the salt you'd forgotten grow stronger. You were not surprised to learn that giving up was much easier than it seemed at first glance, when you were just tired of fighting. When, through the veil, inspired by the voice of the Rook or fatigue - you could no longer distinguish practically anything - you felt a warm touch that once calmed you.

He really was lucky that it was you who found him that day. Unfortunately, it didn't work out the same way for you.

[darkwingphoenix]

Midnight Arrival of @loominggaia Memes, Comin' Right Up!

My two videos I always see when opening my meme archive to post (Gettin' Tips with Granny is the first, the other's just there and it's too awesome not to rewatch):

Skylie rapping as she terrorizes the Modernist army as she makes a new mermaid-esque affliction, the Khaenri'ah, who impulsively fight those who are extremely bigoted

Balthazaar, Skel and Glenvar as the only straight and cishet FGG

Citrine as a Toddler (She was a SWEETY PIE and affectionate ASF until Skylie showed her the art of pranks, and she never looked back on being an upstanding citizen)

Skylie, Saraia, Darshaan and Iriana being arrested by the Uekoran Guard as they were joyriding Rook way too fast for such a massive fucking unit (Darshaan fucking fell off)

Skylie at Cerulea's funeral (She killed her mom personally and just lied to clown on the woman, and Cobalt, Lazuline, Saphirra, and Cyana all caught on that bullshit)

Rook to Skylie (Breakfast is an entire cow carcass she caught 3 minutes ago with some berries and honey in the form of a shattered beehive, with pissed off bees still flying around)

Maia when she first encountered Skylie's monster pet for her, Ajaw (A tiny lil enantiornithine/pterosaur/sarcopterygian monster Skylie hand forged using Saraia's Chess Egg blueprint)

Cinnamon if Tomato proposed to Azadora (Saw the ask)

Hydriads to the newly spawned sirene and cecaelia (They're still comprehending the trauma of being spawned in like in WorldBox):

Saraia to Skylie after finding out she got torched by Cerulea and Rodrig and fed ash-smeared bread for a week

Zareen and Damijana polluting Western Evik to oblivion

Skylie posing dramatically to refuse a thing to over-obsessive fans

Skylie sometimes (She read this at the Athenaeum)(Angeline memeing on that shit like me rn)

The epic final charge of the Battle of Marduk Hill, led by Skylie, the Sons of Calydon, and every Reformist cavalry (Your Holiness, Free Bird was playing), seen through a leading Calydon Knight's helmet:

(4:25 is the best spot to jump to BTW)

Skylie obeying normal battle procedure, which SHE wrote herself, until the absolute last nanosecond, knowing it's good to prove an example to her soldiery, but immediately proving she solos and was just playing with kid gloves on, and took them off

Citrine normally vs. On her way to do a seance:

Blomi celebrating the new peace deal with Cobalt (She's about to fire the entire military in one go)

Skylie using literally everything in the books to make a monster zoo for Ascendance (She accidentally made West Evik's new ecosystem stable again and made a Wonder of the World)

A great way to describe boulderbacks: