#oc - ironquill

[druidx]

Starbound Fanfics Masterpost - Featuring Mio

➼ Original Characters

Mio, the Last Protector - Intro Post Tags: #oc mio (dru-plays-starbound); #oc mio (druidx)

Xictli, Head Mechanic - Intro Post Tags: #oc xictli (dru-plays-starbound)

Elaine, Associate Technician - Intro Post Tags: #oc Elaine (dru-plays-starbound)

➼ Find the others at #mio's crew (dru-plays-starbound) or #mio's crew (druidx)

Ironquill ⭑

Asua ⭑

Suri ⭑

➼ Fic List

While the Sun Shines Words: 850 First person. Mio enjoys a picnic with some of her residents; but trouble stirs when they discus who has brought them together. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

The Temple of the Fading Light Words: 592 Mio, the Last Protector, investigates an ancient temple and learns the dark secrets behind it. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

The 'Shroom Witch Words: 785 Mio, the Last Protector, visits an agaran witch for help destroying the Ruin. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

Aurorabee Words: 406 Mio goes clothes shopping with her mother. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

Look Back, by Looking Forwards Words: 1,653 Mio helps one of her crew celebrate a religious event Read on AO3 or Tumblr

Crasberry Saviour Words: 761 During a trip to buy ship parts, Yuudai reveals how she lost her leg. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

Home That Our Feet May Leave, But Not Our Hearts Words: 3,212 Mio, the Last Protector, attends her graduation. The only problem? Earth no longer exists. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

You Never Forget Your First Words: 712 In the dead of night, Kata finds her Captain alone on the bridge, singing a mournful tune… Read on AO3 or Tumblr

An Ancient Vault Words: 400 Mio falls down a hole and discovers an Ancient vault. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

Time to Pull Leather Words: 400 Ogan finds Mio to talk about Nox and the Dantalion. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

Test not the Wrath of a Good Man (Coming soon!) Words: 600 Mio and her crew take down a group of Pirates. Read on AO3 or Tumblr

(Last updated: 27 Jul 2024)

[kattenkvvaad]

Draw Everything June - 5

This one is for my bufferfish: Cassandra Ironquill (she/her)

[dru-plays-starbound]

Universe: Starbound CW: None Words: 850 Context: For the 2022 Starbound Spring Prompt "Picnic".

"Enticing. Have another diodia and coralcreep scone." Ironquill hands me a slice of savoury scone, slathered with feathercrown jam. "Why thank you," I say, accepting the slice and licking my fins as the sticky-sweet jam dribbles onto them.

The sun is glorious today, warm and luxuriant. A zephyr brings the heady scent of flowers and the burble of water from the fountain behind us. We've come up to the tropical garden on Level Five – Ironquill the Baker, with a packed basket of baked treats; Asua with her tea service; Suri the traveller with some very unique blends of tea and a tale (or five); and me, Mio, who arrived half an hour late and without the quiche I was supposed to bring. Ironquill, Suri and I are sitting in the shade of the red boba tree, a gingham cloth between us, while Asua is supine in the sunshine ("Floran don't burn", she said when I questioned if she ought be under the shade). "Another cup of apple and jungle-bush tea, dear?" Suri asks, tucking a stray skein of slate-blue hair behind an ear. Her hair's been freed today from its usual practical bun and hangs in a wave down her back – though, I note, she hasn't quite been able to forgo her standard practical shirt and chinos. "Please," I say. The scone is delicious but claggy, and another cup would wash it down nicely. "Asua?" Suri asks as she fills my cup. The grass around the floran undulates, and a burgundy and green head pops up. "Yes," she says, drawing out the sibilants. Suri raises an eyebrow. Asua rolls her eyes. "Please." Suri flashes a grin at me. "We'll tame the savages yet," she jokes, filling Asura's cup. Asua and I exchange a glance; I shake my head, she shrugs and reaches for her tea. "Content. This was a fine plan, Mio," Ironquill says, as he relaxes back against the tree, a strip of toxi-bolt candy – marshmallow boltbulb and candied toxitop – in his hand. I glance up from my tea, tilting my head. "This isn't my party." I nictate, waving at Suri. "I was off-world, arranging a trade deal with a novakid settlement I ran across, when I got a message from Suri demanding I come home, I'd been gone too long and needed a break." Suri puts down the teapot. "While that's not incorrect, I didn't send that message." Ironquill sits forward, the three of us staring at each other.

The vigorous rustling of leaves has us turning to where Asua shakes with mirth. She spots us watching, and her face cracks open, dewdrops creased in the corners of her eyes as she howls with laughter. "Asua got you good," she cackles. "Gots you very good." I press a fin to my nasal ridge. Suri looks incensed. Ironquill… Well, it's tough to know what a glitch is thinking. "That is not funny," Suri snaps. "You can't impersonate people like that!" "Unimpressed," says Ironquill. "Your intent may have been noble, but your execution was flawed. Asua's laughter dies off, as she looks between us. Her leaves wilt. "Asua's joke… not funny?" she asks in a small voice. "Oh sprout," I say, and open my arms. "Come here." Floran mature so fast, it's all too easy to forget that a fully-fledged adult doesn't necessarily have the benefit of experience or a wise Greenfinger to guide them. For a long moment, Asua fiddles with her wrists, eyeing the others warily, before scuttling over to cuddle into me. "Asua did bad?" I hawed. "Asua did mixed." I settled her in closer to me. "Sprout, we're gonna have a long chat about why impersonating people is bad later. But… I… may have needed a break-" Suri snorts. Ironquill grumbles. "-and you did get me to haul off that planet to do so. Thing is, Sprout," I lift Asua's chin so she's looking at me, "I would've done that even if the message was from you, and not Suri." Asua blinks and extracts herself from my arms. "Really?" "Really really." "Just…" She picks at her wrists again. "You're very important now. Lots of people depend on you." I tap her on the chest. "And I depend on you. I depend on all my friends. I'm not so important that I'm going to stop listening to you." I boop her nose. "Someone has to tell me when to stop." Asua smiles at me again and I relax back against the tree. "Wait," says Suri, "aren't you going to-" "Not now," I cut her off. "Let's enjoy the rest of the afternoon. I'll speak to Greenfinger Zelai about this later. Ironquill, are there any more of those spiced boneboo tartlets?" Asua returns to sunning herself. Ironquill, blinking, hands me a tartlet. Suri sighs. "This does remind me, a little, of a time I was investigating the ruins of a junk planet. This was many years ago, of course…" Above us, a zephyr jostles our tree, the leaves sighing along as Suri settles back into telling her tale. Birds twitter, the warm sun shines, and I feel I can finally breathe.

[lewisscapaldi]

Tony Stark & Peter Quill / Space Husbands

I reach out trying to love but I feel nothing Yeah, my heart is numb but with you, I feel again

[incorrecttonyxeveryonequotes]

Tony: You’re so cheesy, Quill. Quill: I’m sweeping you off your feet. Tony: The sad part is, you kind of are.

[dru-plays-starbound]

I started writing a fic yesterday, based on the Spring prompt "picnic", but my brain died halfway through due to illness. So, instead, I decided to make the characters that feature in that fic in Heroforge.

Suri the Traveler

Suri is a human explorer who decided to settle on Altais Precipice after getting her fill of experience, excitement, and adventure.

Being a human, she was the easiest of the three to build.

Ironquill the Baker

Ironquill is a purveyor of pastries and tarts, with more unusually paired ingredients.

Robots are surprisingly easy to make in Heroforge. However, the chef's whites aren't exactly right. C'est la vie.

Asua

Asua is a gothic anatomy student with an avid interest in tea.

Turns out, it is really hard to make floran in Heroforge. I'm still not completely happy with how she turned out, but it's the best of the options I had.

Hopefully, I can get this fic done before summer 😅