#odyssey of the liberator

[hel-phoenyx]

Bad day

Kaizarz, Skuld and Valentina belongs to @corneille-but-not-the-author, Domhildr to @soupedepates, Oli to @me-thal and Meili to @azeler

It's one of those bad days again.

The kind of days when I don't want to get out of bed at all. When rain come hitting on my window and I wonder if I am responsible for it or not. Days when the voices get snarkier and sometimes I can hear the mockery like they were next to me, but they're not. They're not.

Days I wonder why I even bother trying.

But I have to try, don't I ? This is what I want. I need to be there when Oli is feeling down. I need to be there for Meili to lean on when he's tired to be strong. I need to be there when Domhildr gets wary and her smile falters. I need to be there when Skuld needs safety. I need to be there so I can prove to Kaizarz I am never going to abandon him again.

I promised. I promised to myself I would at least try. I promised I would be a better friend.

I can't show them my usual sad face and expect them to smile at me. I have to be their pillar in the storm.

Maybe some time at the helm would help me distract myself. I need to relay Kaizarz, anyway.

When I get out of my room, I hear some noises coming from Domhildr's cabin. Valentina, probably. She's not here for more than a couple of days, but I guess she's already getting a bit better. That's good. That's good. That's a good thing.

I was so pissed when I saw Domhildr those days ago telling me she managed to convinced Kaizarz to free her. Not because I wanted her down there in irons, I was, actually, about to renegociate her punishment. But it was too soon, too festering of a wound, for Kaizarz, and my bad feeling was confirmed when I saw him at the helm afterwards. Looking absolutely destroyed.

I hate not being able to do anything for him and at the same time I need to focus on me, too.

I will need to talk to Domhildr, at some point. Figure stuff out, relationship-wise. This conversation is waiting since Paxaikon. We didn't have any time to talk afterwards, ambrosia, investigation and all, and I was still thinking, still wondering what I wanted.

I still do. I just think it is better we figure this out together. I owe her that, at the very least.

Rain is still there when I get on deck. Soft, warm, a tropical rain, yet enough to block my vision field. Oli is there, wringing her clothes under a weak shelter, probably back from a flying sssion. They smile at me when I get up, wave with a gloved hand and unreadable eyes. I give her back her wave with a smile I hope is believable.

I don't think they noticed I have seen their looks, so full of love towards Domhildr, so full of a guilty connivence when it's Meili, so full of worry when it's the helm. I am sure I got a few of those looks, too, even if I don't know which ones. I don't wanna know which ones. And Oli wouldn't tell me.

Oli never tells us anything. We just have to see.

Am I one to talk, now, me who never told them the torment I was under before it exploded at Kaizarz's very face ?

I walk a few steps and there he is, training even under the rain, Meili himself. Even with his field of vision, even worse with one eye out and the rain blocking the other, he trains with the same concentration he always did. Some things never change.

When the sun is out, sometimes, I would go to defy him. A few times I'd win, others I'd lose, often it ends in a draw. Our friends encourage us and Skuld sometimes gives pointers to Mei Xia, to teach her to avoid great weapon fighters. I am glad she does. I would like to train with her, too, I have some things to teach her about how to counter foes that know knife-users like the back of their hands.

But on those days the rusted dagger in my pocket is too heavy and in her tiny, fragile human face I see another one, more elven, with a brash smile and a provocation dripping from her lips.

He doesn't even notice me when I walk towards the helm, just lifts his head and pesters against the rain. I am smart enough to not make any commentary. I don't need to get angry. I don't want to get angry. I am just tired.

I, too, want this rain to stop.

Why can't it stop ?

Why can't it just

Shine like the sun I have always believed in

But I suppose I have always been the clouds to your judgement.

There we are. At the helm. He's still there, still steering the ship, eyes focused on horizon. He just sees me coming and a sigh escapes his throat.

"Coming to replace me again, eh ?"

"Well, how long since the last time you slept ?"

"A lot."

"Figured. Let me take over, I had a full night sleep."

He's still grumpy, of course he is. Last week has been gruelling for him. Between Carnage, the unwavering sun shining on his armor he refuses to let go of and the whole bullshit with Valentina, he took hit after hit. We didn't have time to talk a lot, and I am pretty sure there is many things he doesn't know about, between Oli and Domhildr's longing looks, Skuld and I simply being true to our feelings, or simply the bite mark I noticed on Domi's shoulder after she got back from Valentina's cell, a few days ago.

I would try to talk to him about living our life but I still remember him sobbing in my arms.

So I suppose I will have to figure it out myself and just smile to him when he needs to see it.

His eyes narrow when I step next to him.

"It's raining. In the middle of July."

"Hm. Yeah. Not uncommon, I think. Especially at the sea."

A frown.

"You're the specialist."

I can here the double sense in this sentence, and I don't like it.

"I'm fine."

"You're not lying to me again, right, Tyr ?"

Am I ? Am I not fine ? No. No. Can't be. Those days can't just broke everything I tried to rebuild, can they ? It's just a few stupid shit, some bad thoughts, I cannot be not fine. I have grown so much since our departure from Alfjsland. I promise I would be there fully. I have no time to be "not fine".

I can't lie to him again.

"It's just a bad day. Nothing worth worrying about."

I get no answer from him.

He just nods

Puts his hand on my shoulder

And my smile falters.

It's just a bad day, I tell myself. I can't weaken, I order myself.

I just

Why are you still the only one that could see me truly break ?

[noa-de-cajou]

Various mentioned characters here belonging to @corneille-but-not-the-author , @soupedepates , @thal-ent , @hel-phoenyx and @azeler

The following text contains domestic abuse and references to suicide.

It started with a storm. Yet when I lowered the spyglass, the sun was shining high in the sky, irritating my eyes and skin. It still does as I rest my arms over the boat guardrail.

“Are you sulking, Leo?”

I glare at Kalerich. His little remarks are really starting to piss me off.

“I'm taking a break. And I'd appreciate if you didn't pollute it with unwarranted comments.”

“Well someone sure is in a bad mood.”

Maybe I wouldn’t be if this hadn't turned out to be such a disappointing turn of events. The duel started off great, Brynja got the advantage surprisingly quick, despite the storm raging on louder and louder.

Then he unleashed the Carnage. Fascinating magic, really. But that's when I knew Brynja wouldn’t make it. Even I wouldn't be able to fight this off, so how could she?

It would have been handy if she had killed Kaizarz, but it was unlikely from the start. If I could at least see the monster he really hid, what really lurks inside… If I could see with my own eyes that this oh-so benevolent monarch isn’t so benevolent after all…

But then they stepped in. The other four, those little pests, barging into a fight that wasn’t theirs to win. Domhildr and Tyrfing’s first intervention was nearly useless, but of course even Oli and Meili had to get involved.

A hug, a few words I couldn’t hear, and it was over. Just like that.

Why? Why were you so intent on bringing him back?

He threw your friend on the floor and knocked her out. He crushed Brynja’s throat. He damaged your boat. He would have killed you. He broke the hand you weakened just so he could.

You saw it.

Yet you pulled him back into his mask. Into some fake, meek version of himself. Why?

Why does he get to be pulled back into himself, why does he get forgiveness after everything he did, even though he has nothing to give?

Why does he get all of this, and I didn’t? Who stopped me when I needed it?

No one. There was no one to fight off the monster. There's no one to stay if they don’t have anything to gain or if there is no fear to keep them in place, no one.

Because I made it so no one cared.

…

Jealous, Leonova?

No. Not at all.

It's only a brief respite. The monster is bound to come back anyway.

Not everyone is like you.

Shut up. Shut up.

What infuriates me too is how they still healed Brynja after she hurt their king, after she stabbed him in the back, after she almost doomed them all. And how they didn't let me get her. I could have healed her. I could have healed her throat. But she didn’t looked like she wanted it.

… That, I can understand. I've seen what the sirens do. Even I wouldn't stoop that low.

But what’s the point of being free if it's to end up like this? Voiceless? Powerless?

I already know that she won’t come back to me. Not even for protection. She’ll go back to the Kraken Coast and I'll be left with nothing gained from this.

All those years on my ship, and I didn't even get to say goodbye.

That doesn’t matter. She was a tool. An asset. You would have gotten rid of her, eventually.

Right.

You won’t miss her, will you?

No. That’s fine. No one stays, anyway.

It didn't mean anything.

Rescuing Brynja didn't mean anything.

Losing against Tyrfing didn’t mean anything.

Sleeping with Domhildr didn’t mean anything.

Dancing with Oli didn't mean anything.

None of it matters, none of it.

Ungrateful. All of them.

My eyes hurt.

“I’m going back to my cabin.”

I start to walk away, Kalerich grabs my wrist. Gods, what now?

“I can see you're sad, Leo, don’t just walk away. There's no point in trying to hide it from me.”

Stop. Stop it. I’m not sad. I am not. I’m angry, and pissed, and frustrated, I'm certainly not sad.

“Let go of me, Kal.”

“Leo-”

Stop. Stop pretending you care. You wouldn't even stay with me if I didn't force you to. And you never stopped me from doing what I do. You have no right to look at me this way.

I tear myself away from his grip and start walking down to the inside of the ship. I hear his footsteps behind me.

Why won’t you give up

He grabs me by the sleeve.

Why aren’t you

“Leo, please, could you just-”

Gone

“I said let go of me!!”

My hand flies.

I blink and there’s four scratches across his cheek. Blood trickles down his face. His eyes have widened a little.

Who hurt him? Who dared?

I did.

No. No. No. He’s my brother. He’s all I have left. I can’t… I shouldn't… I would never…

I can feel his blood under my nails.

“Kal… Kal, I’m…”

Are you happy now?

There's no way he’ll stay after this.

No, no, this isn’t what I want, it isn’t-

I try to wipe the blood away. He grimaces. He’s in pain. I hurt him.

You hurt him.

Again.

“I’m… I'm sorry. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I'm sorry- ”

You keep messing up.

You’re not careful enough. You weren’t careful with Misha either.

Kalerich wouldn't leave me. Not like that.

You didn't think she'd do it either, did you? How many times have you checked his room for a rope under the bed?

If you keep this up, the noose will tighten around his neck too.

And you'll be truly alone.

There's tears on my face.

“I’m sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry-”

“Leonova.”

He gently takes my hand and pulls me towards him, wraps his arms around me.

“It's fine. I’m all good. It’s nothing. You’re just upset. You didn't do it on purpose.”

… He’s right. I didn’t mean it.

“Don’t cry. I’m not going anywhere.”

I hug him back. Right. He's not leaving. Because we're siblings and siblings stick around for each other.

Which is why you need to bring her back and fix your mistake.

Kalerich holds me wordlessly for several minutes before letting me go.

“When do you want to leave, Leo?”

“... Tomorrow. I’m sick of this place.”

“Okay. You go rest. I’ll go tell the crew.”

“... Kal?”

“Yes?”

“You're not going to leave me. Right?”

“No. Never.”

He smiles at me.

Isn’t that smile a bit cramped?

Must be my imagination.

“Until death do us part, right?”

Yes. Until death do us part. Only then will we be free of each other.

The mere idea terrifies me.

He lets me go.

“Go lay down. I'll be right back.”

He walks back out, and I get to bed. It’s fine. I'm just tired. Maybe I've overexerted myself. It's not worth getting worked up about a bunch of strangers, is it?

History may sing their names, but I won't. They're not worth remembering.

The only names you need to remember are theirs. Your mother. Your sister. Your family.

I think about Domhildr. About the customs so dear to her. I remember the nursery rhyme some of the fairy sailors would sing. To remember the dead. Always remember the dead.

But I don't want to remember.

I want them back.

Screw those nursery rhymes. Screw their stupid passiveness.

I’ll overcome that death you’re so afraid of.

In the meantime, I need to forget you. All of you. And your stupid faces.

...

I hope I can.

[hel-phoenyx]

OLI ILY I AM SORRY

Tyr, that was probably very young the first time he threw Oli in the water and didn't expect to awaken some trauma (he will now keep to splashing them until she's comfortable with water again) :

Tyr belongs to @hel-phoenyx

It's awful, the feeling of water seeping into her wings, her mouth, her nose, her lungs. She can only watch her body like it is not her own, as she did so many times before. She stopped kicking, she always ends up back to the surface after they're done with her, when they had enough.

Their own feathers get heavier too, when she's in the water, after all.

But this time, there's a hand that grabs her limp body, drags her back to the air. He makes her cough, makes her breath much faster than she ever did when she was smaller. He looks worried, his brows scrunched up as he keeps her above the water. She thinks she sees the others, behind him, maybe they're worried like him, she wonders.

He ask why she didn't swim. She has no words for him. People never throw her in water to see her swim, only to see her sink. So she smiles, the tatoos on her face stretching as she just shrugs.

He sighs and keeps her in his arms. She closes her eyes, thinking about what she'll say, when he asks again. Probably that she doesn't know how to swim, it wouldn't be false. She doesn't want to lie to him. She doesn't want him to worry too much, he does it enough as it is.

[cippicat]

AC characters Modern AU

What kind of jobs would do the assassin's creed characters in the modern days?

Desmond would continue his bartendering.

Layla Hassan would be an architect. She wants to be like Indiana Jones.

Altair would be an historic. He would wrote books about historical facts that people doesn't know.

Malik woulb be a cartographer. He would fly around the world to create accurate maps for his app (let's be real Google Maps sucks).

Maria would be a self defense teacher. She would teach women how to defend themselves.

Ezio, and his brother Federico would work in the family company. Ezio would take care of the franchise around Italy, China and Turkey. His associates (his protèges) abroad are Yusuf Tazim and Shao Jun.

Petruccio would be a vet specialised in birds care.

Claudia would open a fashion agency.

Both Giovanni and Maria Auditore would be retired in Montereggioni (with Uncle Mario).

Edward Kenway would be retired, but when he was young he owned a bar, The Jackdaw, in the heart of London with his best friend Edward Tatch. With his wife, Tessa Kenway (a stay at home mum), they would work as volunteers at the dog rescue center. Edward's ex wife Caroline Scott would live abroad, and work in human resources.

Jennifer Scott would work with Claudia Auditore in the fashion agency. She would open a franchise of Claudia's company in London, and another franchise in New York (much to her brother annoyance).

Haytham Kenway would be an economics teacher at the New York University. His wife Ziio would be a lawyer for the Native American rights. Their son Connor Kenway would be a forest ranger. His parents are starting to ask him for grandchildren.

Aveline de Grandpré and Elise de la Serre would be fashion stylists. Elise had a relationship with Arno but broke up because it didn't work.

Shay Cormac and Liam O'brien would work as seafarers. They would co-operate with Greenpeace. Shay is married with a son he had when he was very young. He named his son after his two godfathers Liam and George Monroe (much to Liam's displeasure). Shay doesn't know yet but he is going to be a grandfather before 50.

Hope Jensen would work as a flying attendant.

Arno Dorian would open a café littéraire near Montmartre. He has a son, Léon. His father Charles Dorian, and his godfather Pierre Bellec would be in politics. They would co-operate with François de la Serre against Germain, and Chevalier (everyone hates Chevalier).

Jacob Frye would open his own pub, The Rooks, with his brother in law. Like Arno he is a single father. Jacob and Arno have friends with benefits friendship. Evie Frye would work at the university library . Their father, Ethan Frye would work as a literature teacher at the Cambridge University. Since he is close to retirement he often spends time playing with his grandson Emmett.

Bayek and his wife Aya would work at the Cairo's museum as curators.

Kassandra, and her brother Alexios would work in their mom's tourism agency in Athens.

Eivor Varinsdottir would work as a freelance photographer around the world, and will publish her photos in some publications in England. Sometimes she will ask Shay a ride on the Morrigan to photograph the whales.

Juno and Minerva would be software engineers. Persephone and her husband Hades would open a funeral parolours. Poseidon would open a swimming school. Jupiter would be retired with Loki and Havi.

[scentedtrashwitch]

The Afiini arriving on terra.

[satoshi-mochida]

Some games that are currently stuck on older consoles that I hope get rereleased in some way, Part 5:

Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

Pandora's Tower

The Last Story

Unchained Blades

Deadpool(putting this here as a technicality since it got removed from digital platforms for licensing reasons)

Liberation Maiden

Jeanne d'Arc

Drakengard series

Shadow of Destiny(Shadow of Memories)

Ray Gigant

Michigan: Report from Hell

The older Deception Series games

Disaster Report Series before 4

Breath of Fire Series

Xblaze 1 and 2

Blinx 1 and 2

Pokemon Conquest

Higurashi Daybreak(hopefully a newer version would preferably based on Higurashi Daybreak Portable Mega Edition, maybe add even more characters to it)

Whiplash

Godhand

Under the Skin

Scaler

Dragon Quest IX

Namco x Capcom

Project X Zone 1 and 2

Time and Eternity(I know it's kind of divisive, but I liked it's style. Battles in Ray Gigant have a similar look, though not the same feel.)

Mega Man X Command Mission

Yakuza: Dead Souls

Yakuza: Kenzan

Albert Odyssey

Twilight Syndrome series/Moonlight Syndrome

[avidabsurdist]

Hey folks, My family is trying to relate to each other more and we're all going to start doing things the other people like to try and get closer.

I want to watch a Dimension 20 season with them and I don't know which to pick

(we have 3 adults, 2 are early 50s, one 20 y/o that's me, and a 17 y/o shithead I love dearly)

[joliackermann]

Showed my mom some AC characters The results are... interesting...

-She thinks that everybody but Eivor is ugly (Shay looks okay)

-Liam looks russian

-Jacob looks french

-Louis-Joseph Gaultier looks like a villain

-Adéwalé looks like Morgan Freeman

-Aveline has a potato nose

-Jack Weeks has nice clothes

-Alexios looks too Greek

-Connor looks like a girl, but he could be a model

-Edward looks like a descendant of monkeys

Also, the bond between my mother and @cnmnqirl is now broken because my mom thinks that Ezio and Jacob are not good looking

[reawaken]

having played dragon's dogma as catharsis for my rant from earlier, i think i'm gonna Actually dedicate this week to finishing ambrosius's carrd. stay tuned

[hel-phoenyx]

Domhildr belongs to @soupedepates, Kaizarz, Skuld (mentioned) and Valentina (mentioned) to @corneille-but-not-the-author, Oli to @thal-ent and Meili to @azeler

___

This is the last time I go swim with other people.

Not that I don't like having some company, hovering over the depths of my powers' source. It's nice, sometimes, to hear laughs instead of screams once in a while. Even when it's to mock me. Not like I'm not used to it.

But "swimming with other people" means "swimmi,g with Domhildr" since she's the one that likes the ocean the most. And mostly enjoys getting naked. And climbing on me. Or both.

So yeah. That's me. You're wondering why I ended up in this situation. Well, I went in the sea while an absence of wind forced Valentina to throw the anchor, the whole crew minus Skuld decided to follow me, and now I have to deal with a little winged demon stepping all over my stomach while I try very hard to maintain both of us to the surface, aided by my powers over the sea currents.

And she doesn't plan on stepping out anytime soon if I judge by the tremendously gleeful laughter.

I am gonna put this on the ambrosia. Again.

I sigh. Heavily.

"Domi, would you mind not stomping on my chest, please ? I am trying to rest."

She erupts in laugther.

"The lord of the sea does not take orders !"

I roll my eyes.

"Yeah, and you're stepping on him, you little shit. You'd do well to remember it's my powers that maintain you in this position."

Especially with your wings soaked in saltwater, making flying way more difficult.

I hear Kaizarz snorting a bit further away. Poor him is shielding his eyes since Domi climbed on me. Of course. She's still as bare as the day she was born and I am myself trying very hard not to acnowledge that fact.

Of course, it's only making Domhildr gloat further.

"You dare laugh at the lord of the sea ?!"

"Still here, Domi..."

Of course, she completely ignores me.

"Well I take on the challenge ! Come at me, fools !"

Oh god please no I am gonna get splashed at in guise of collateral damage. No need for Skuld to confirm this prediction, there it goes, Oli using their wings to move a tremendous amount of water coming right at my general direction.

Luckily I have enough concentration to stop most of the damage and keep floating. Most, but not all. A large amount of seawater goes right at us and she screeches while I have to cover my nose to block water from entering my airways.

"OH COM'ON THAT'S NOT FAIR !"

Oli has a slight smile.

"Says the one perched on Tyr's chest."

"Well he doesn't do much to help me ! Com'on, Tyr, retaliate, I need revenge !"

Again, I roll my eyes.

"I am not going to participate in that whatsoever, Domi, I wanted to rest, not fight."

Kaizarz has a laugh.

"Looks like the self appointed sea lord is backing down from a challenge..."

"And the Kraken King is a fool to believe provocation will work on me today, my friend."

Neither that, or Domhildr's begging puppy eyes. The puppy eyes being a little more efficient to convince me than provocation, I must admit, but it's only because I have to look at her face so I don't see her body.

She's still looking at me with supplications in her eyes. Oh no she's cute. I really gotta need to steel myself.

"Come oooooon, Tyyyyyyyr.... Pretty please ?"

Gods, not the begging, I am not gonna hold my grounds for long- Wait, I see something moving from the corner of my eye. Is Meili fucking joining the fray with a damn wind gust-

Yes he is. And the water and air mobilized make Domhildr lose her balance, and she starts to move on my stomach to try and hold her grounds, and- OW !

Should have expected that.

That foot went in the wrong place. And, of course, since I am not THAT much of a masochist, the pain makes me lose concentration. the plank I was holding breaks and I sink in a few seconds, bringing Domhildr with me.

I don't even have time to hold my breath before I get submerged.

My only satisfaction is that Domhildr both gets the consequences of her actions, and looks very apologetic when we both break through the surface under the laughs of the rest of our squad. I hope you're sorry, you demon, this is my private parts you stepped on without care.

"Are you fucking kidding me...."

"You're good, Tyr ?" Asks Kaizarz still half laughing. At least he has the good sense to sound concerned.

I roll my eyes before regaining my previous position.

"As much as I can when someone stomps her foot on very sensitive organs, I suppose."

"Sorry, answers Domhildr with a laugh. Next time, I'll treat them better, promise."

"Oh I'm sure to not let you neat them anytime soon, that's certain."

"Aw."

Disappointed ? Good.

It doesn't take long, though, before she swims towards me and try to regain her position on my chest again. Do you ever learn ?

"What are you doing."

"Not stepping on you, promise ! But you're the best life preserver I know, so, accept the climbing~"

No choice is left to me, is there. Well, at least, this time, she only lays down on me before stuffing her head between my chest muscles.

Still naked.

For the love of Ocean-

"Domi....."

"What ? I am enjoying a very comfortable pillow !"

There is no getting her out, is there. Alright. Time to lay down the weapons, I suppose. At least this time she lets me rest.

Slowly, I put my hand in her hair, starts stroking her head while she snuggles to me like a big, cuddly cat. Well. Let's enjoy this while it lasts.

She's soft.

[noa-de-cajou]

Kaizarz belongs to @corneille-but-not-the-author

Oli (mentioned) belongs to @thal-ent

______

“Begone. Return to your kind, slaver.”

I was expecting Kaizarz Laangfisk to be cross with me. After all, I roped in his little friends into a high-stakes bet and one of them spent the night with me, and it'd be surprising if he didn't know my activities apply to a much broader scope than mere piracy.

Nonetheless, being grabbed by the neck and thrown on the ground sure was a surprise. My lip is bleeding. My throat aches. How long has it been since someone landed a hit on me, let alone made me bleed?

Ha. No matter how impressive, it’s still a childish reaction. Act rashly when someone touches your weakness the first time and they’ll know exactly where to aim the next. Someone in power should always know that, but we’re talking about a bunch of rowdy teenagers here, and he’s the worst of them all. Kings, Tyrants, Heroes, Emperors, they may look different but none of them are as hard to understand as they think.

No, the rash part isn't so surprising. The look in his eyes when he grabbed me, however…

Those were one of the coldest pair of eyes I’d ever seen.

And I've seen a lot of those.

At least his eyes looked at you. Father never cared enough to.

That doesn’t matter. It’s exactly as I thought. This boy has something boiling inside him. Something rotten. His friends didn't notice because it wasn’t turned towards them, because using it against me isn’t so bad, who needs humanity when it's a monster you’re against, but I'm curious of how they'll react when he'll face off against Brynja. Gods, I wish I could be there to see it.

I get up, slowly, wiping the blood from my face as an uncontrollable smile forms on my lips.

“Well, you won’t need me much, anyway. After all, you'll be the conductor of your own downfall.”

Something changes in his face.

A shiver runs down my spine. Twice in two days. Impressive.

Something liquid and viscous wraps slowly itself up my leg. I don’t need to look to know it’s his blood.

One wrong word. One wrong word, and my head will roll, or so his eyes seem to say. But he can’t do that. Not while they're still stuck in this port, not while they still need my money to get out.

Because they want to get out. They want to run away. What are you sailing away from, Kaizarz Laangfisk ? It's a shame I can’t see that journey come to completion, really. But he won't kill me.

Won't he?

…

I’m not stupid enough to provoke him again, so I simply stand there and wait for him to retract his spell, which he does. The warning has been received, no point in dawdling now. So I simply wave them goodbye with a smile before turning away.

You’re going to run? Just like that? Like you lost?

Of course not.

I relinquish control. Oh, not for long, just a split second for them to understand how nice I've actually been all this time and what I could have released on them.

Then I seal it up again and glance back.

The only one who hasn’t paled is Oli. The others look like they've seen a ghost. Or a glimpse of a nightmare, perhaps.

I’m not afraid to send a message either, Kaizarz.

Little shows of strenght like these are hardly worth caring about.

Even if my throat still aches.

There's a few things you ought to remember.

Your little fairy friend is only alive because I allowed her to. And as surprising as it sounds, you’ll meet people way less scrupulous than I.

But well. You don’t need to worry.

For if anyone is more ruthless than I am, it’s you, isn’t it?

[jedidajo]

Whit never deserved Margaret Faye

[cippicat]

Codextober - Family

“The memories we make with our family is everything.”

Altair Ibn-La'Ahad with his wife Maria Thorpe, and their son Darim Ibn-La'Ahad

Ezio Auditore with his sister Claudia Auditore, and their mother Maria Auditore.

Ezio with his uncle Mario Auditore.

Ezio with his wife Sofia Sartor

Ratonhnhaké:ton/ Connor Kenway with his beloved mother Kaniehtí:io.

Ratonhnhaké:ton/ Connor Kenway with his 2nd daughter Io:nhiòte

Aveline de Grandpré with her father Philippe de Grandpré

Edward Kenway with his children Jennifer Scott Kenway and Haytham Kenway

Shay Patric Cormac with the Finnegans

Arno Victor Dorian with his father Charles Dorian. Arno with his adoptive father François de la Serre. Arno with Léon

Jacob and Evie Frye

Bayek of Siwa with his wife Aya and their son Kemu

Kassandra of Sparta with her mother Mirinne, her step-father Nicolao, her brother Alexios, and her adoptive brother Stentor. Kassandra with Phoibe. Kassandra with her husband (??) Nataka and their son Elpidios, and her father in law Darius.

Eivor Wolfkissed with her brother Sigurd and his wife Randvi.

[pananni]

Assassin's Creed Bracket Part 2

So last year around valentine's day I created the Assassin's Creed play-off bracket which lead to the infamous Ezio/Leo divorce of 2023

IT IS BACK

I have created a new spreadsheet with 2 new characters (Roshan & Nehal from AC: Mirage) and kicked out 2 of the previous characters (Sorry Liam O'Brien & Robert de Sable)

Also, yes, Leo and Ezio are on opposite sides of the bracket this year as well (the duels are completely random) so the divorce might happen again this year

Voting starts on Feb 15 at 12 pm CET

the hashtag for this year's poll is "#assassin bracket 24"

[drunk-on-starlight]

It is a little bleak to realize that Hexe will be the only mainline title with an exclusively female lead across almost 20 years.