#mortecula

[enthusiastiics]

dimitri's life was, pretty much, the definition of weird. navy lieutenant turned pirate captain. he was getting used to weird, for the most part. but finding a woman floating around in open space was new. He'd had Aries look her over, doing his best to keep any of the rougher parts of his crew out of the infirmary, and told Aries to notify him when she woke up. So here he was, standing awkwardly at the foot of a strangers bed trying not to scare her. "I, um, well. I brought food?"

the first time the pilot had woken up, she had been disoriented. the last thing she had remembered had been malicious laughter, followed by bone-numbing cold. then, the realisation that she was alive, that she had somehow survived had sunken in and she had fallen asleep, not long after. it had been dreamless sleep, the kind that was the result of exhaustion that exceeded all scales. the second time the fog of exhaustion had lifted, theresia had woken with a curse on her lips. she had known that henry was spineless creature, but she had never expected him to toss her out into space. then, maybe she should have. someone who was the head of the galaxy's biggest drug ring  probably  had not gotten there by being outstandingly nice.

she had tried to get up, then, to find out where she was, how she had  survived,  but the quiet medic had caught her before she could make it out of the infirmary before hurrying away to tell the captain that theresia had woken. a captain who, as far as the pilot could tell, was now standing at the foot of her bed. he was of the handsome variant, there was no denying. maybe a little rough around the edges with the dark jacket and the somewhat messy hair, but it did not take away from his appearance, added to it, really. though the situation she was in was too grave for her to contemplate the aesthetic value of her saviour.

“ thank you, ” she said, her voice rougher than usually as she tried to suppress the worry she felt as for now, as long as she was recovering from what had been meant to kill her, she could not do anything useful. she was worried, desperately so, about her older sister. there was no denying that henry was planning something that would hurt their family and their reputation, but eleanor was the one who was closest to the fire --- and she did not even know it because the despicable man was too good at hiding his traces. theresia would never have found out if she had not gone looking for  something  that would justify the bad feeling she had about the man. and what she had found had exceeded her worst fears. that her family's fleet was used to smuggle forbidden merchandise was one thing, but that they were used by the man who had kept all authorities busy for years ... that was bad news. very bad news.

briefly, she looked away from the captain and down at her hands. they were bandaged and despite the mist of painkillers in her system, she felt the ache as she moved her fingers, though this was --- calming, if anything. she  could  still move them and she still had feeling in them, meaning that she had taken no permanent damage. this was good, as long as her hands and her eyes were alright, she had not lost what made her a pilot of great renown. she would fly again. she would fly again. everything else would be fine, too.

dark eyes lingered on the window next to her, showing nothing but the infinite darkness of space. the silver knight, the flagship of her family's fleet, was long gone. henry would never have stuck around after throwing her into space; he had to fear that there were still crew members loyal to her on the ship, crew members who would be suspicious of her sudden  departure.  still, she would have liked to pursue the knight into the depths of space, if only to show the spineless man that while he had outmaneuvered in the cargo bay, she was still the best pilot of her home planet. but without a fast enough ship, there was no chance for her to catch up to the man.

clearing her throat, she reached for the water bottle on the tray, taking slow sips and then a deep breath before she leaned back against the pillows. “ i don't think i  can  eat, right now, ” she said quietly, restless hands clinging to the sheets over her legs. “ but ... it's very kind of you to bring me food. and, pardon my manners --- i'm theresia severin, from rehtea. forgive me the question, but ... where am i? ”

[aegnite]

‘ man, repressing your feelings is great. ’ // dimitri. in any verse honestly lmao.

AV // MEME: THE GOOD PLACE ❛ ACCEPTING

@mortecula

suppressing emotions — what a  nice yet completely pointless concept this was for auburn. she had tried, more than once, and the result had been decidedly  not great.  maybe this was a key difference between dimitri and her; that he could bottle emotions up and she could not, that he could get away with it and that she would always look at shattered glass. maybe this was because at the end of the day, her heart was a wound  ( centuries old yet still raw and deep, never bandaged, never healed )  and this was the chink in her armour, the place where  weakness  always took root.

( it was not that she thought emotions a weakness, per se, but she could not say that it was  good  for her to have a direct line between the outside world and the very essence of her being. )

( that was to say: she had cried too often in the past centuries, and she wanted it to stop. )

❛ i never felt that way, ❜ she said, the admittance leaving her lips with ease because she was talking to dimitri and for centuries now, she had typically had an easy time speaking the truth when she was talking to him. ❛ i try to bottle it up, to lock it away … but it never seems to work in my favour. ❜

because she had never  been good at holding her tongue, at staying quiet and compliant when there was something she did not agree with. and gods, this had gotten her into trouble a million times. with her parents, a long time ago, with everyone else, afterwards.

she threw back her  head and ran a hand through her wind-swept red hair before she leaned against his side, throwing her arm around his shoulders. ❛ if it works, if it  truly  works for you, that’s … fine, ❜ she said, absentmindedly looking at her own hand, at moon pale fingers clasping his shoulder. auburn had never been good at suppressing emotion, but it made her better at processing it — and in spotting it in others. too good, she thought for a split second, if one considered that she had been way ahead of reality at least once. whatever. the point was, she was nearly sure that dimitri had tsunami-like emotions, lurking right beneath the surface, emotions that were  not  just anger.

she would be disappointed  if it was anger that was swirling within her friend, mostly because anger was easy, for people like them, for people who had lived with the taste of blood in their mouth for literal ages. it was nothing new, was something even she had learned to suppress properly. plus, she believed that both of them should have outgrown red hot anger at this point.

❛ but if you wanna talk about anything, i’ve been told that i’m an excellent listener. ❜

[coeurspire]

mortecula replied to your post: is this the first page?

// fan girl screaming. god i love sherry.

it is what she deserves™

[roseheired]

“Will we know better?” ~ marcus. gossip girl.

@marsblooded

asce briefly contemplated his  cousin's question before he sighed deeply. he knew that he had been lucky, compared to marcus. while his mother was downright horrible, he had a father who cared, who had stepped in when things had gone out of hand. he had been protected from the worst and in turn, he had tried to shield the younger ones from the raging storm as well, sometimes, it had worked. other times ... he sighed again, this time thinking of the bruises and the scratches.

»i think we already do,« he said after a moment of praying that this was the truth, that he was not kidding himself into a false sense of security. he knew that under no circumstances he could ever allow himself to treat others the way his mother had treated him. he would not continue the circle, he would put a stop to it. »unless you think that's an appropriate reaction to throw a book after your child for  daring  to ask  a simple question.«

another sigh, this time  longer and deeper than the ones that had come before. »god, i  hate  my mother,« he breathed.

[ofmsfortune]

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEME IS TO GIVE A LITTLE INFO ON YOUR MUSES WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY ON OTHERS TO FILL YOUR ASK WITH MEME QUESTIONS. I KNOW HOW DISAPPOINTING IT CAN BE TO COME BACK TO AN EMPTY ASK SO I WANTED TO CREATE A MEME THAT ANYONE AND EVERYONE CAN DO (MUN AND MUSE). THE RULES ARE SIMPLE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE TAGGED TO FILL OUT THE QUESTIONS, BUT ONCE YOU HAVE YOU MUST RE-POST AND tag 10 of your followers TO SPREAD THE LOVE. YOU CAN FILL IT OUT AS MANY TIMES AS YOUR HEART DESIRES (WE ALL KNOW MUSES CAN CHANGE WITH THEIR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.)

TAGGED BY: @deceitfulheart

TEN  QUESTIONS

✕   WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE WORD? “checkmate.”

✕   WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE WORD? “let’s say ... there’s a large portion of scientific talk that makes my skin crawl?”

✕   WHAT TURNS YOU ON? “oh, intelligence is quite nice.”

✕   WHAT TURNS YOU OFF? “a lack of flexibility. we live in an ever-changing world, going with the flow is a necessity.”

✕   WHAT SOUND DO YOU LOVE? “waves. and yes, i have an app on my phone that plays wave sounds when i can’t sleep.”

✕   WHAT SOUND DO YOU HATE? “have you ever heard a badly tuned instrument? that’s  torture.”

✕   WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CURSE WORD? “what kind of lady curses, really?”

✕   WHAT PROFESSION OTHER THAN YOURS WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTEMPT? “it’s more picking something up again but ... i quite enjoyed the time as a cellist.”

✕   WHAT PROFESSION WOULD YOU NOT LIKE TO DO? “...responsibility does not suit me well, we’ve all seen that, no?”

✕   IF HEAVEN EXISTS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR GOD(S) SAY WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PEARLY GATES? “we all know that i’m headed to hell.”

BONUS  QUESTIONS

✕   SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU? “i think the list of things people do know would be easier to make.”

✕   SEXUAL PREFERENCE? “you do realise that i am older than most of these modern labels? good. because i’m not answering that.”

✕   WHAT POSITION DO YOU SLEEP IN? “on my side.”

✕   WHAT IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU…YOU HAD TO LOSE, JUST THIS ONE TIME? “i am, as many can confirm, someone who’s awful at losing. is something at risk that can’t sacrifice? because if there’s not, watch me burn.”

✕   GREATEST FEAR? “becoming my mother.”

✕   IF YOU COULD LEAVE ONE THING TO BE REMEMBERED BY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? “honestly? i’d much prefer for the world to just forget me. if i had to pick one thing, perhaps my skill as a cellist?”

✕   WHAT’S YOUR MIDDLE NAME? “currently madeleine, formerly robine.”

NOW TO TAG 10 PEOPLE !! : time to pick ppl to suffer with me~~~ @aestanium, @rottenxleaves, @borealiis, @mizukabehana, @mortecula, @yulanjie, @ofdionysia

[elyridis]

Which Major Arcana Are You? ( Quiz )

the hierophant as the hierophant, you are someone who believes progression is a very important part of life and that you should always try to improve yourself. if you are lacking in a career or relationships, you will put all of your energy into getting better at it. you will be very good at being an mentor and will often give very good, practical advice to those around you. intelligent and entrepreneurial, you might end up running your own business, managing many different people in a very happy environment that is hard working yet fun at the same time.

Tagged by: @reinfouru Tagging: @nightchased / @yistrevin / @diessolis / @jadedxsparks, @aestanium / @mortecula and @youngforevr / @ofdionysia / @wisestfool + everyone else who wants to do it

[rosebladed]

"I just read that, not only are you & I engaged in a torrid affair. but you're /also/ having an affair with auburn. neither of us know we're cheating on each other with the same person. how could you? i feel so betrayed." // dimitri, olympic au.

( * @mortecula )

»merde,  dimitri, i had hoped you’d never find out about that,« déodat said, his voice painfully flat as his left hand came up to cover his heart — far more dramatically than necessary. claude might be right to call déodat a drama queen, but it was not like the tallest brother was currently around. 

( no, he was off row-row-row-your-boat-gently-down-the-stream-ing. )

which left déodat alone  with his alleged boyfriend / love rival. really, the press were outdoing themselves when it came to the newest gossip about them all and déodat was loving every single second of it. who would have thought that a friendship that had started with their mothers pushing together and a childish bet with another fencer would lead to this? to a constant source of genuine amusement?

»what can i say? her flawless technique has bewitched me. i was hoping she and i could elope next summer. but i never meant for this to hurt you. i hope we can still be friends.«

[hiemaliis]

mortecula if you're still doing the url stuff, or really any one of mine tbh.

MEME: BLOG RATE ❛ SELECTIVELY ACCEPTING

My Opinion on;

Character in general: oh god, i have so many feelings™ in regards to dimitri tbh????? i could laugh forever at the Coffee Thing because it is the embodiment of his dedication to his aesthetic. at the same time, i could also fight his mother 24/7 because that woman is a horrid person and i hate her so so so so much. dimitri is a truly interesting character and i am always interested in what is gonna happen next in his life.How they play them: no one could write him better and that's not just because he is your ocThe Mun: i cannot believe that it has been nearly a year since we've started talking? wow, time seriously flies sometimes. anyway, you are a Joy to talk to and to rant with and to plot new aus with.

Do I:

RP with them: yap~Want to RP with them:  definitely~ though fay winces at the idea of having to talk to dimitri tbh

What is my;

Overall Opinion: fay may think that dimitri's existence in town is a reason to flee to iceland and to start a farm there, but i think it is a joy and i live for his inner monologues? he is also an amazing friend for auburn, and theresia is immensely grateful for his existence in her life so yea. dimitri gets a jana stamp of approval~

**Note: Mun’s answer are all to be completely honest. Don’t send url if you don’t want brutal honesty

[jadedxsparks]

HOGWARTS  HOUSE  PERCENTAGE  BREAKDOWN!     take  the  quiz  here.

You Are 40% Ravenclaw, 28% Gryffindor, 16% Hufflepuff, and 16% Slytherin!

You believe above all in the importance of wisdom, which is why you undoubtedly belong in Ravenclaw, but your sense of adventure means you may also have an affinity for Gryffindor house. You are a thrill-seeker – you love to travel and there’s nothing more exciting to you than new experiences – and believe that adventure is essential in the pursuit of knowledge. You are brave, but would never intentionally put yourself in danger, placing you firmly in Ravenclaw. Your slight compatibility with Hufflepuff house suggests a deep love and appreciation for those close to you, which you may keep hidden for fear of being hurt.

tagged by. @enthusiastiics

tagging.  @mortecula / @navivida / whoever else wants to do it!!

[diessolis-blog1]

Which Major Arcana Are You? ( Quiz )

The Hermit

As The Hermit, you are someone who is very independent and likes their own space. You might be someone who prefers to live alone and hide in their own little bubble of solitude. This is a good thing because you will be less likely to become emotionally dependant on others, meaning you can achieve goals on your own. On the other hand, you will need to be careful about pushing people away, especially if they want to become closer to you. Hermits can be happily single and turn away relationships that might be very rewarding therefore next time someone approaches, you try it out. You might need to set some ground rules but other than that, you could find other people's company very positive.

Tagged by: @carnationhearted Tagging:  @yistrevin /  @aestanium /@mortecula and @youngforevr / @ofdionysia / @wisestfool + everyone else who wants to do it

[nightchased]

Which Major Arcana Are You? ( Quiz )

The Sun

As The Sun, you are a very positive person indeed. As a naturally happy person, you like to tackle challenges with a smile on your face, knowing that you are able to succeed at anything if you try hard enough. You are a very playful person which keeps the people around you very cheerful. Friends really love you because you remind them to let loose and have fun whenever they can. Extremely adventurous, you might find visiting new countries very mentally fulfilling for your life. You may have been someone who struggled at the beginning of your life yet learnt to grow afterwards, like a glorious flower does after a huge rainstorm. Remember this in the future and don't allow problems to dim your sunny attitude.

Tagged by: @carnationhearted Tagging:  @yistrevin / @diessolis / @jadedxsparks, @aestanium /@mortecula and @youngforevr / @ofdionysia / @wisestfool + everyone else who wants to do it

[enthusiastiics]

❝ My mating dance is mostly seizures. ❞ // dimitri, vf

@mortecula

theresia was sure that if not for the fact that someone was always home, the house she lived in would be the location where dares regularly took place. the house was old — as old as the town itself — and while other families had modernised their homes, the severin family had not followed suit. thus, they lived in a dark victorian building that seemed to loom omniously above the town. the perfect scenery for a cheap horror movie.

within the house, things were better — less gloomy, a little brighter. but as her grandfather and her father alike had refused to let anyone  from the outside  do any major remodelling, it still did not keep up with the light-filled home theresia’s cousin lived in. however, the reason why the severins did not want a stranger to see the building plans was easy: there were countless hidden rooms and secret passages, secrets the family had carefully kept for a long time.

secret passages theresia had been using recently to sneak dimitri in and out of her home. while she doubted that her father would mind her having a guest over, troubling him while her mother was in hospital seemed wrong — and this way, he would not have to lie, should dimitri’s mother ever catch on and accost her father to interrogate him.

lounging on the windowsill while she balanced her sketchbook on her knees, theresia had been doodling the dress she wanted to sew for the next dance at school — she would need her father’s help for this, but she would not bring it up until she had a clear idea of what she wanted. talking about the dance was both safe and awkward; it was safe because it had nothing to do with his cousin, six feet under, it was awkward because she could not remember dimitri ever having been at one of the dances in the past.

“ that’s nothing some dance lessons couldn’t fix, ” she said as she put aside her sketchbook and stood, flinging her bag onto her bed and stretched her arms before she circled dimitri who was sitting on the carpet, math homework forgotten. inside the safety of her home, theresia was not just kind and lively, she was bold. this was a place where she felt wholly like herself, no masks, no hidden facets. in any other place, she would have made another suggestion, would have reminded him that his cousin was an excellent dancer and had the patience of a saint when it came to teaching. but here, in this room the suggestion was another.

she grinned — wide and with all her teeth — as she held out her hand. “ i am a good dancer, i can teach you, ” she said, her offered hand a dare.

[aegnite]

@mortecula!!

❛ ---dimitri, hello. ❜ auburn had  waited  for him, perched on a fire escape and staring down at the bustling crowd below her. once he had come into her line of sight, she had descended a little, though she still  PREFERRED  to stay out of his  immediate  reach --- just in case he did not recognise her instantly since she was  TECHNICALLY TRESPASSING  on his lands. ❛ i gotta say, i love the coat. it looks positively  spooky. ❜  

[roseheired]

“It’s getting harder and harder to bear.” // harry potter

asce sighed as he  quietly rose from where he had been sitting, crossed the room and retrieved his healer kit from his suitcase. he hated this, hated that most of his pre-training experience with healing spells and potions had come from having to patch up his relatives after  something  had happened. the gash on dimitri's forehead was hardly the worst injury he had ever healed, but it was just as  unnecessary  as all the other ones.

»i know,« he said plainly, adding no frills, nothing to make it sound better than it was. because there was no way to make it sound less like a horror story. his aunt had managed to set her sons against one another and injuries like this were the result of that. only that dimitri had the advantage of asce actually  liking  him while marcus ... well, asce had been the one to push for the quidditch ban that was still keeping marcus off the pit to this day.

going through the various  potions he had brought with him, the healer-in-training sighed deeply. »i suppose you'll move out as fast as you can, then?« he continued with a shrug before he shook his head. given the way dimitri's mother and his brother had been acting lately, it would surely be for the best. marcus seemed more volatile than usually, lately, and this was somewhat unsettling because usually, marcus was smart enough not to pick a fight with someone significantly older than him, but he  had  tried to hex basil the other day. a bad decision if asce had ever seen one.

»i'd offer that you could come stay at the mansion, but ... our mother is a real treasure as well. still, my apartment in london is always open to you. you know that, right?« he stopped for a moment, looking at dimitri to make sure that it sunk into his cousin's head that asce  meant  it, that he was not just saying it because it was a nice thing to say. »anyway, hold still --- i'll fix your forehead before your mother complains about the scarring.«

in some ways, dimitri  had it worse than asce's siblings. he did not have the protection of a father who showed that he cared or the protection of an older brother who took an angry mother's anger and shielded the younger ones from it. dimitri was on his own, all the time, and asce did not think that it should be like this. he should be surrounded by people who cared about him, who wanted to see him thrive.

[ofmsfortune]

"I need you to distract me." dimitri said as way of greeting, running up beside his cousin. "if left to my own devices, i'm one 'accidental' jinx away from duelling another gryffindor." // hogwarts

@mortecula ▌ ♛ ❝ RAVEN COUSIN

»and that jinx would be  extraordinarily  accidental, i’m aware, and surely not been aimed at --- marcus,« freya said, raising an eyebrow and indicating towards one of the lesser used hallways. she had had a stressful week, but she knew that it would not do for her cousin to get into another duel — though she was not sure if this knowledge came from something that  had  happened or from something that  would  happen. or if it was just common sense. the possibilities were near endless when it came to things like this as far as she was concerned.

sometimes, freya found it  extremely unfair that she had been given five brothers who loved her while her cousin had not been as fortunate. marcus had been a --- problem child for as long as the blonde could remember, but he had never truly been  her  problem as she had managed to avoid direct confrontations most of the time. he had always been dimitri's problem, however, and this was the part that hurt, sometimes. that there had never been something she could have done to put an end to this.

shifting her heavy bag  from one side to the other, she looked up to meet her cousin’s eyes and smiled warmly — something that might surprise a few of their fellow students, though that should hardly be the case; the resident ice queen was freya’s roommate, not freya herself. »however, today is your lucky day, dimitri,« she continued as she reached into the pocket of her cloak and pulled out a somewhat crumbled letter. »i was about to send this to asce, but after that? i’m free until dinner. oh — which reminds me: could we  maybe  compare notes on defense against the dark arts? i was, um, not paying too much attention during the last class.«

[enthusiastiics]

@mortecula​

contact: dimitri

[txt] i’m back in new haven /and/ slept off my jet lag [txt] sorry for the sudden departure; i’ll explain what happened the next time i see you [txt] how has the city been treating you in my absence?