#rook noa

[crownedinmarigolds]

Man I don't know just had an idea for a scene between them and had to feverishly draw it before bed (it's four am). Lucanis and Noa share some coffee and there is a strange revelation of the status of their relationship! (AKA, when your stoic and watchful leader turns out actually likes having you around) Write up below the cut! (Also in ALT)

Warden Noa "Rook" Espinoza and Lucanis Dellamorte are having some coffee together, making light talk as they're both quiet people. We catch them mid-conversation. Lucanis: Ah, so we are close in age. It's strange to think we may have lived so close to the other. Lucanis: smiling nervously I find myself wondering if we would've liked each other, had we met. Noa: looks into her coffee No, probably not. Lucanis: A little hurt how easily she turns down the thought, he tries to smile through as if it didn't phase him Oh! Haha, maybe not. Noa: She turns to look at him, face remaining stoic I was different then, afraid and naive. Without my experiences, I could not be as I am now. It's the same for you. Noa: off-panel, continues I do not like imagining the road not traveled. Who you are now is enough for me. Why would I want anything different? Lucanis: is a bit unsure how to take her words, though he does understand them as kind Lucanis: He's silent a bit, overwhelmed by such a strong statement after such light conversations during their journey together thus far, but he accepts that this is just her way of thinking. Straight forward, strong, unrelenting. Clearly why she's survived as both a Grey Warden and a Mage. Thank you, Rook. I don't know if I'm a better man after all I've done, but I'm happy you will take me as I am. Noa: simply goes to sip her coffee I do. Lucanis: sighs a bit as he tries to figure out what their relationship actually is

[crownedinmarigolds]

OH! I'll reblog with Noa Espinoza Rook! Thank you for even entertaining requests you are SO talented.

Ok now that my ranting is out of the way, I’ll start taking Rook requests for my daily warmups.

Reblog with an image of your Rook and I might draw yours, similar to what I did with Tavs! No promises on how many I do, we’ll see what I can get to with the free time I have.

[commander-yinello]

My Rook! Her name is Noa Ingellvar, a Mourn Watch Dwarf Rogue. Two facts I learned since playing:

Mourn Watch is just so cool. I am so glad I chose it.

Emmrich was not on my list of romance at all but since I met him, he's speedrunning his way to the top and might actually take over Davrin o_o

[skeeeeeeeelons]

Time to plan my Rook heh heh heh

This guy is gonna try so hard to be good and be a hero and his anxiety is going to go through the ROOF with the pressure on him to make decisions. Noa will be an unrepentant ray of sunshine who is also completely terrified of everything going on around him that is *technically* all his fault. Solas' protégé who refuses to think and act like him and tries to desperately appeal to him to Just Do The Right Thing and not kill everyone by bringing the Veil down.

[millenniumdueled]

Over on their tower, the Yugis have been quiet as they've watched this sick battle play out before them. Now, the gentler Yugi braces himself on one of the tower's parapets, his violet-red eyes wide, a look of pained concern on his face as he looks in Seto's direction. Begging him. Pleading with him to find a way to end this peacefully.

The Other Yugi stands beside him, only inches apart, his back straight and his arms crossed. Though his expression usually leans toward tension, there's something sympathetic in his own red-violet eyes. He nods respectfully to Seto Kaiba. This is a Duel that he can find no joy in, no honor, no Justice. But he's proud of his rival, and he trusts in him too.*

Mokuba deciding to end his turn without a direct attack results in the worst possible outcome. As the great and terrifying dragon of light materializes on the field, the youngest Kaiba can't help but take half a step backwards in awe. His eyes go wide, his grip tightening on the cards in his hand.

He can't breathe.

His stormy eyes meet sapphire as they watch the mascot of their company come to life before him--

Wait.

No.

Mokuba stomps a foot in frustration as he snaps himself out of whatever had overcome him, just in time to hear the Imposter-- the fake-- the Man Who Stole Their Company-- his brother-- order an attack. He expects it to be Archfiend, a guaranteed hit. Then he expects that face down card to turn over and reveal something like Metalmorph, something to turn this Duel against him

Instead, he watches as the two great dragons, evenly matched, go head to head. as they destroy each other and themselves, both falling to their own graves on opposite sides of the rooftop.

He feels himself shake.

------

On his own tower, Noa Kaiba swells with arrogance, his once gentle mask long since fallen away. No, he wears an openly wicked smirk, one hand on his slender hips as he watches the show before him. He's been quiet, but what does he need to say? Mokuba is already doing such a good job speaking for him.

As he watches the great white Dragon finally take the stage, a wicked idea comes to mind. He'd already left the other parties to their own devices when this battle began, allowing their monstrous opponents to run on autopilot in the background. But with a flick of his wrist and a few electrical pulses, that all changes in an instant.

Two more towers rise up from the ground below, forming corners around the rooftop. The sky above each turns briefly to shimmering cyan honeycombs that fall away, creating holes in the sky itself. And from those holes tumble the heroes deemeed uninteresting to this world's diety, now cast as spectators to this awful game.

On one tower land Madison Rook, Levant and Téa, on the other, Joey, Duke, and a strange robotic monkey named Tristan.

"Welcome, my esteemed guests, to the downfall of Seto Kaiba!!! Huh. I'm surprised to see that you've all made it," Noa purrs. But he doesn't give the newcomers more than a second to collect themselves.

"Look!! You're just in time!!"

As the two dragons destroy each other, he can't hold back his gleeful laughter any longer.

Noa claps in applause

[ishgard]

Tagged by: @sundered-souls - thank you so much!! what a lovely surprise

Favorite OC: I could never pick a favorite child (and it changes like the seasons), but Mana and Crow are currently on my mind the most right now. Then, there’s no denying Ahru is my go-to WoL for a reason. Also there’s almost always a gentle thrumming love for Arshadaya. He’s solely an XIV OC but even when my heart is away from Etheirys I often find myself going “augh this is so arsh” about this or that. X’D

Oldest OC: That’s really hard to remember for sure, but if we’re going way back, probably the furthest I can remember is Kayoray, a DBZ OC. In XIV, it’s Ahru!

Newest OC: Crow and Rook. Technically not XIV OC’s (Punishing Gray Raven Commandant and Construct) but never doubt my propensity for inserting beloved OCs everywhere. Oh wait! Ayami is a few days newer X’D

Meanest OC: Overall... Calysta is a chart-topper. From XIV specifically... probably Khasar or Aria. Noa has a mean streak, but she’s mostly just tsundere.

Softest OC: Def keeping this to XIV only, Ayami is the chart-topper here. Very very softe. (Khairyn and Ajri come close though, and Mana also.)

Most Aloof/Standoffish OC: Sevyn. Also V’saja. (Also Crow.)  Khaliun to an extent, but he’s mostly just baby and awkward.

Dumbest (Affectionate) OC: Valtelierre. listen he’s trying (not xiv: Alkaid, my trailblazer.)

Dumbest (Derogatory) OC: Valtelierre. but he’s still a fucking dumbass

Smartest OC: Rann. Solely XIV though, Arshadaya is an almost unfair choice given that he’s, yanno, immortal and had time to accumulate considerable knowledge. After him though, probably Aelia, but she is not very uh, socially smart. Ahru is also a lot smarter than most give her credit for, in a fairly jack-of-all-trades sort of way.

Horniest OC: Mana, Mana, Mana, Mana, Mana, Mana-

OC You’d Bang: ...oh, it’s a lot. Like, it’d be easier to list the ones I wouldn’t. (But I won’t, cuz it’d still be a hefty amount.)

OC You’d Be Best Friends With IRL: Mana!!! I’d probably also gain a lot of weight eating all of her delicious food, but worth it. X’D

Tagging: YOU! Yanno, if you want to. <3<3<3

[waiting-on-a-dream]

𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐰𝐬𝐭 (𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞)

Author's notes

I'm pretty sure these two are a special product that can only be made by their original picrew because no other picrew I've found so far can replicate them. I was dying while trying to recreate Noa on the SD picrew. Why doesn't it have yellow highlights? Why doesn't it have light pink as a main eye colour? 😭

Rin ♡

Homeland: Rose Kingdom

Dorm: Enaskota

Family:

Unnamed father

Unnamed mother

Unnamed older sisters

Appearance

Eye colour: Asparagus green

Hair colour: Mauve with one dark violet streak

Race: Human

Uniform: He follows the dress code, with appropriate black sneakers and a white hairclip to pin back his bangs.

School information

School year: First

Best subject: Animal languages

Club: Animal Care Club

Fun Facts

Dominant hand: Right

Likes: Feminine stuff, squirrels, old video games

Dislikes: Being scolded, being teased, most people

Favorite Food: Dango

Least Favorite Food: Steamed vegetables

Hobby: Playing the diabolo

Talents: Solving rubik cubes

Unique Magic: Pinky promise - Anyone who makes a promise with him must fulfill it. Its like a contract, sealed when their pinkies link together. What happens if said someone can't fulfill it? Even Rin himself doesn't know yet. Can he force someone to make a promise to him? That's a mystery to everyone as well.

Trivia

His hair looks so goofy I-

A cute yandere like him deserves a dangerous UM, haha. All the more reason for him to stand out in a school like RSA.

If Xenon knew about him, he’d be called Temperance.

If Slyvan knew about him, he’d be called Rhodonite.

He has a huge soft spot for the squirrels running around on RSA grounds. He feeds them nuts often.

He's discovered that he's quite good at dancing and sword fighting in RSA. Good, he's starting to feel like a real "prince".

Noa ♡

Other names:

Clownfish (Floyd)

Mademoiselle Coffee (Rook)

Azurite (Slyvan)

World (Xenon)

Homeland: Isle of Lamentation

Dorm: Ignihyde

Family:

Unnamed father

Unnamed mother

Unnamed younger brothers

Appearance

Eye colour: Bisque pink

Hair colour: Coffee brown with flax yellow highlights

Race: Human

Uniform: She doesn't wear her blazer because she doesn't like it, but she keeps the blue vest so others will know which dorm she's from. Her shirt is buttoned up fully, with her tie tightened nicely. She also wears a black skirt, tights, and loafers.

School information

School year: Third

Class: 3B (Student no. 9)

Best subject: Practical magic

Club: Gargoyle Research Club

Fun Facts

Dominant hand: Right

Likes: The sea, collecting seashells, reading social commentaries

Dislikes: Feeling like a burden, society, PE classes

Favorite Food: Tiramisu

Least Favorite Food: Tempura

Hobby: Watching drama movies

Talents: Guessing the plot twists of dramas

Unique Magic: Healing potion - As the name suggests, she can conjure up magic healing potions as long as she understands what problems her target is facing. It has been demonstrated to work on bad moods too, emulating the high of a drug, only faintly.

Trivia

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa the picture is not it but it is what it is.

Rook calls her Mademoiselle Coffee because she's always drinking coffee whenever he sees her. (Ah, the good old days before she turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism.)

Being in the same class as her dorm leader Idia, she finds herself relating to what he says a lot. Not the superiority complex part, but everything else.

She joined the Gargoyle Research Club because all of its members seemed lonely... Maybe she'd be able to befriend them?

[passportapproved]

1.21.24

LISTEN TO THIS WEEK'S SHOW! MYLES SMITH – “Solo” (Propeller Recordings, U.K.) TRIBE FRIDAY – “Andy” (ICEA, Sweden)  SEA GIRLS – “Young Strangers” (Alt Records/Believe, UK) GIANT ROOKS  – “Cold Wars” (Universal Music, Germany) EVERYONE YOU KNOW – “Coming With You” (RCA Records, UK) BETTER JOY – “Hard To Love” (Fader Amp, UK) MATTHEW MOLE – “Always By My Side” (Universal Music, S. Africa) HEARTS HEARTS – “Stop Being Poor” (Parramatta, Austria) ONLY THE POETS – “Looking At You” (EMI, UK) TEENAGE DADS – “Tale of A Man” (Chugg Music, Australia) KYTES – “Friend Of A Friend” (Frisbee Records, Germany) RUM JUNGLE  – “Electric Snowman” (Sureshaker, Australia) DARK TROPICS – “Carnival” (Unsigned, Ireland) RHETT REPKO – “Until We Meet Again” (Unsigned, N. America) BECCA SWAN – “Two Tears and No More” (Unsigned, Canada) IAMJJ  – "On My Way" (Unsigned, Denmark) KAMRAD – “I Hope You End Up Alone (With Me)” (Sony, Germany) FLAWES – “Love For Granted” (Red Bull Records, UK) DOTAN – “Diamonds In My Chest” (7 Layers Music, Holland) NIEVE ELLA – “Car Park” (AWAL Recordings, U.K.) NOTHING BUT THIEVES – “Overcome” (AWAL, UK) TALISCO – “Reign” (Roy Music, France) JERUB – “There Til The End” (Elevate Music, U.K.) CATHOLIC GUILT  – “Can You See Me” (Unsigned, Australia) JAMIE HANNAH – “Dragonfly” (Unsigned, UK) THE PALE WHITE – “Taste The Sun” (Unsigned, UK) LUKE NOA – “Flight of Birds” (Bread, Butter & Champagne, Germany) BANNERS – “The Best View In Liverpool” (Island Records, UK) SAHARA BECK – “Compromise” (Unsigned, Australia) BLOSSOMS – “To Do List (After The Breakup) feat. Findlay (ODD SK Recordings, UK) TRISHA – “Somewhere Else” (Universal Music India, India) MASI MASI – “Comfort Me” (Unsigned, UK)   HOLYOAK – “Hold Too Tight” (Unsigned, UK)

[toyhenoctus]

A Wayhaven sketch dump turned draw pile

It started out as just some sketches of Noa and Maggie’s parents and then it turned into a whole thing. I ended up sketching Bobby, Douglas, Tina and Verda and tried my hardest to match how they were described in the story and then I ended up drawing some of their dynamics with my detectives

Bobby and Noa are exes and even though Noa doesn’t trust her anymore, she still cares about her. Enough to grab her by the shoulders and show genuine concern after the Maal-Assad attack

Noa and Verda are best (human) friends; they bonded over science since Noa has a tech background. He also knows why she almost went to prison over it too

Maggie and Tina are best (human) friends and are menaces to society together. She also ended up saving Douglas in the thrall attack so now she’s got a nineteen year old making eyes at her

Literally every time I draw Tina and Bobby, they’re gonna look completely different...

[findasongblog]

(Too) Many good acts: MAZ, Antiheld, Luke Noa, Bartleby Delicate, Giant Rooks and Josh Island at Fête de la Musique, Dudelange, 16.06.2018

Honestly, Mel and me agreed we’d like to be consulted next year about the timetalbe so we won’t have to make any difficult decisions 😜

While we had a list of acts we definitely wanted to see, we were ready to check out others in our „free time“. One that really impressed us was MAZ, which was quite a surprise as neither of us is into rap. It will probably never become a music style I listen to at home, but I really enjoyed his live performance. NOT a surprise that he was last year’s Screaming Fields song contest winner (Screaming Fields is a contest/festival for young Luxembourgish musicians). I didn’t really get into the swing of taking videos this time around (not many photos either, sorry 😳) , so here’s the official video for Future And Me off MAZ’ debut album Immortalisation.

The next act on the main stage was more Mel’s choice, but I liked them well enough to already agree to see them again. I’m talking about Antiheld, a young 5-piece from Stuttgart who describe their style as „street cur pop“. A wee bit self-depreciating, this description already hints at their sense of humour / sacarcsm which is also present in their lyrics. They sure know how to get the crowd going and I expect their gig at the Kleiner Klub in Saarbrücken next January to be a sweaty affair... Not sure if other people in the audience knew their music better than me, but I definitely wasn’t prepared for Sonnenkind and the story behind it (singer Luca wrote it for a childhood friend’s funeral last year). A moving song which proves that Antiheld have more in store than „just“ feel-good music.

The first decision to make was between Port Cities and Luke Noa. My plan had been to attend Port Cities’ performance on the main stage while Mel had already announced she’d rather go and watch Luke Noa on the folk & blues stage. As you can see, I followed her at some point. I don’t know what went wrong during soundcheck, but the bass for Port Cities was downright awful and I couldn’t stand it for longer than three songs 😞 Luke played with a band (The Basement Beats?), so here’s a video I found of them (?) on Youtube

All right, I know it was my own fault: when writing the review of Koll an Aktioun, I complained about Josh Island and Tuys playling two different stages at the same time at FdlM and hoped it wouldn’t be the same for Bartleby Delicate and Giant Rooks – guess what happened!! 😭 Well, we could listen to Georges for half an hour at least. Tough to leave, but while we’re sure to see him a few more times this year, the same isn’t true for Giant Rooks, so...

We were compensated with a front row spot and a tremendous performance by one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen (thought about it and really, they’re second only to Editors in my personal best-of-list). High quality songwriting (always catchy, but never boring or sounding one like the other) combined with such energetic live presence – so ready for an album and an extensive headline tour! First time I’ve seen a band being allowed to play an encore at a festival, and rightfully so. Let me share once more my video of Thunder that I took when they supported Mighty Oaks in Strasbourg (btw the video with almost the most views on my channel, only beaten by Bastille’s performance of Grip at Rock-A-Field 2015 😉)

Yes, that’s right, we opted for Josh Island afterwards. Dudelange is Tuys’ hometown and we guessed their crowd would be big enough without us, suspicion proved right by the photos posted later on Facebook and elsewhere. Alas, we missed Tuys being joined on stage by Georges and Edsun, but you can’t have it all. Josh’s set was actually the perfect ending to the day, and he also had a surprise guest on stage. Couldn’t find out how to embed a video from Facebook, so here’s the link:

https://www.facebook.com/BeyondMeMusic/videos/1160363167439561/

Yeah, some more rap, go sue me ✌️😇😂

[crownedinmarigolds]

39 for Rook Noa

You always ask me things when I post these and I love you.

39. What is Rook's room at the Lighthouse like?

Warden Noa Espinoza shares a room with her best friend Warden Nythanel... at least to start! When relationships begin to form they may split the rooms up to allow for some privacy for the couples.

But at the start, it is their room! They shared a room at the Antivan Circle, they share a room when staying at Grey Warden keeps, and of course share a tent while traveling. Always together! Their room I imagine is a massive space, perhaps once serving as a greenhouse? Its walls a strange and colorful glass with maybe a few clear windows to look out into the Fade. They may eventually put in a curtain divider between their halves but they're not too worried about invading the others' space.

Noa's side of the room when she slowly moves her things in has a large canopy bed with gauzy and billowing curtains, something from her permanent room at the Warden Keep she hardly has gotten to enjoy. She has a dark wood armoire filled with the few outfits she has saved her money for and barely worn, and along the wall are some memorabilia from her time serving the Grey Wardens. There's a little chest hidden under the bed with a few special treasures inside, like the one letter she's received from her brother in the past couple of decades, and other various trinkets from her past. There are pots of flowers Nyth has pushed into her half from his, but she doesn't mind. She has the few books she's managed to keep over the years, and it's dawning on her how her life of constant motion - especially since the tearing of the Veil - has not left her with much material possession. Perhaps the Lighthouse will let her pretend she has a stable place to call home for a while. 💕

Thank you! Sorry if the formatting is weird, I'm answering from my phone! 😱

[klonoadreams]

hey noa i just remember how there was an asking spree for yuu (ewe) once the poly becomes adults and now with chapter 6 ended, is there anyone else getting added to the poly now among the named cast?

so like one of the things I ONLY mcfucking realized recently, especially after chapter 6, is that Ortho is actually supposed like...16. And not like 11 or some shit like I had thought SO FUCKING WHOOPS.

I'll just share pogchamps discord shenanigans here...

So that's a thing now, given everything that's been revealed, and with the end of chapter 6. :V

Nothing but shenanigans. And tbh, between the two brothers, it's Idia who ultimately ends up with Yuu (ewe). He gets dragged into catching feels, kicking and screaming.

While Ortho is just happy to experience the feelings and learn about them on his own. He cares more about his brother's happiness anyways.

Anyways Polycule remains as is (FOR NOW). Chapter 7 is finally gonna drop, and with the Masquerade event, we shall see what else happens.

Because recent happenings has me yeeting Epel in with Floof, Lilia, and Vil in the Enby Squad.

In the same way that Floof is anything but a boy, Epel is anything but a girl. And he has Floof to thank for opening his eyes in a better way than what Vil was trying to tell him when dealing with some of his backwards comments.

(side note, as a result of this, Epel may or may not enter the flock, depending on how things develop, so it's a wait and see. Rook is DEFINITELY part of it tho :V)

[hoodie-prince-kid-archived]

Theme 1: Ash, Basil, Florian, Reed, Aloe, Cosmos, Crisanto, Elm, Cedar, Fox, Wolf, Hunter, Badger, Robin, Lark, Jay, Piper, Falcon, Phoenix, Rook

Theme 2: Hermes, Apollo, Neptune, Jasper, Julian, Lucien, Percy, Avery, Adam, Benjamin, Cameron/Carmelo, Caspian, Nolan, Arthur, Adrian, Beau, Ezra, Noa/Noah, Valentine

Do any of these work! I can keep searching if you like! Names are fun.

If you wanna match me you could be Benvolio or Mercutio /hj

Im a guy but like. In a "fuck society, stay in bed all day and eat bread as the rays of sun wash over you in all of your homemade beauty" kind of way. I keep finding more interesting ways to explain this.

Boy: Hermit Edition /j

[capucapo]

Brothers' Battle part 3/4

(( rp log continued from here !!! directly copied from Discord w minor editing for typos and formatting. Less card games this installment, I promise.

Seto Kaiba @blueeyesking , me as Noa, Mokuba, and the Yugis. Wyatt @seashaper , Hika @nameless-brand , and Pyre @redeyesandchilifries ))

Joey

Joey panics as his group falls, seemingly from one world into another. His cry is cut short, at least, as he lands right on his backside. A brief second later, he's hit in the face with the full metal weight of Tristan's metal monkey body.

"AAARGH!!" he shouts, yanking the robot by the tail. "You little traitor! I knew tha-"

"Is that Kaiba!?" Tristan's tinny voice calls out, distracting Joey. "And Mokuba! And… who's that?"

"Did… Did I hear what green head said right? 'Kill him?' 'Baby brother?' What is goin' ON?"

yugi!

Yugi pulls himself away from watching the battle below as their other friends join the audience upon their own, new towers. "joey!!!" he calls, spotting the particular blond.

The Other Yugi doesn't speak, but he does make eye contact with his friend from across the divide.

"this noa guy brainwashed mokuba into believing that he's his real brother somehow…!!" Yugi tries to explain, but shouting from their tower makes it difficult to say too much. "whoever wins this takes kaiba corporation. and whoever loses…." He trails off, a sorrowful expression crossing his face as his gaze falls back to the Duel below.

Rook

Madison Rook catches themselves gracefully in a crouch, their sword in hand before the sorcerer is even done scanning the scene. The Yugis catch their eye and they begin to release a relieved breath that's stopped in its tracks when they see Mokuba, and his opponent. No..this is deeply wrong. As their pulse quickens, their gaze darts to Noa, and Rook growls deep in their throat, human-appearing but still fiendish in nature.

"You! I'm going to tear you to pieces," they snarl loudly in the 'god's' direction, "Let my apprentice go now and I might let you die beforehand!"

mokuba

He almost can't believe it as both monsters disappear. Surely that face down card will turn over, will somehow raise the White Dragon once again. This is Seto Kaiba, the greatest Duelist in the world after all--

But it doesnt.

Seto's turn ends before Mokuba can remember to activate Return of the Red Eyes. He just draws for his turn instead. Black Metal Dragon.

Right.

Okay.

His eyes flicker to that face down card again, then back up at Seto. Into those deep blue eyes that no one else can seem to read. And for some reason, he can feel it in his gut.

He's going to win.

So why does it make him feel sick?

Mokuba activates Return of the Red Eyes and brings back his Black Dragon. Rising again, unlike its blue-eyed brother. It lost the battle, but not the war. It'll come back, because it's not a loser.

my brother is NOT a loser

That face down card. Fine. He activates Black Metal Dragon's effect, equipping it to his Black Dragon and raising its attack by 600. Now if that card is Mirror Force, at least he can put a Red Eyes in his hand with its second ability.

He just needs to attack.

He just needs to attack.

Mokuba is shaken from his intense stare by the sudden and unceremonious arrival of the other unfortunate inmates trapped in this virtual prison.

Apprentice?

Mokuba's never seen that person before in his life. He thinks maybe he's seen a tiefling that resembled them once, somewhere far, far away. Maybe in a video game, or a fantasy book…

He doesn't read fantasy books.

His head pulses and Mokuba quickly looks to Noa, standing on his own tower. Clapping with delight, but his cold eyes send a chill down the little brother's spine. Mokuba's never found himself on the receiving end of that bloodthirsty glare before.

[ "What are you waiting for, my Baby Brother?" Noa asks, his gentle voice chipped with malice. "Kill him already!" ]

Levant

The teleportation naturally disorients Levant as most instantly-displacing things do. On an ice floe one moment and stuck in freefall the next. Instinct keeps her from landing on her neck as she brings her knees in to right herself and sticks the landing with a roll onto the ground and a brandish of her bat.

Nothing came though, mostly cause the asshole with the omnipresent voice wanted witnesses rather than bringing everyone to a more appropriate battlefield. She witnesses two dragons, one light and the other dark, wipe each other in a climactic clash - and in the wisps of the destruction could she see the two duelists fighting against each other. One of them she knows from Tunglr - Mokuba - and the other… well, Captain Asshole announced his name. It doesn't take a genius to realize that this was Mokuba's very precious brother.

And that something must be very wrong for the two brothers to be playing Cursed Card Game while being precariously close to the edges of their tower.

She doesn't understand this game. She's avoided it like the plague because it's clearly reality-warping in some way - but now, avoiding it was to her detriment, given the looks on other people's faces frozen in understanding what she doesn't. The pang of annoyance goes through her as she realized that all she did with this card game was "cover her ears and hope it didn't come to her world" - instead of understanding it like she should've done.

Her thoughts are interrupted by Madison Rook's moment of rage and the sudden hesitation in Mokuba as he turned back towards the one who was in charge of this world.

She calculates what she wants to say. It's clear Mokuba is not in his right mind, but there's something there. And it looked like Rook had hit that something with their words - Mokuba's starting to doubt, which means the more time they give that doubt to fester, the better things should become. She's never met Mokuba in person - and they certainly weren't close enough as an "apprenticeship", but if there was something they did share, it was probably…

Being very bad friends to each other.

"Hey, capucapo!" Levant said her palms fanned around her mouth like a megaphone.

"Who's 'annoying blue and demanding' over there?," Lev rudely points at Captain Asshole, "Did you finally get a replacement for your older brother?"

"You should really consider a refund. I mean, unless megalomaniacs are your thing," she adds with a skeptical gaze.

"But even then, you could totally do better!" Lev continued, "The whole brotherly love "murder the hypotenuse" and getting you to do it is honestly like the 2nd out of the top 3 most pathetic things I've seen in two lives."

She turns to Captain Asshole to address him directly, "The 1st is gathering everyone around to watch your grand triumph against someone you couldn't take on yourself. How pathetic are you? I mean seriously, what's next, some grand sob story you wanna unveil?"

Ahh…ran out of things to say to stall. Okay. Just channel her inner Sato.

"Is it because your nose looks like it directly leaks snot into your mouth while you're sleeping?"

Whatever.

Joey

"Yugi!!" Joey responds before he even turns to look, and when he does? "WHOA, YUGI TOO?" The corner of his mouth pulls up - that's exciting! But Duke slaps him back to reality.

"They're gonna kill each other!?"

"Kaiba couldn't! Not after he fought so hard to save him at Duelist Kingdom, there's just no way!" Tristan says.

But Joey can't think about Duelist Kingdom. All he can think about is a voice in his mind urging him, controlling him, and then waking up on the pier in the middle of a duel to the death he didn't want. Of seeing Yugi battered and exhausted face down on the dock. Funny, then, that Mokuba seems to be fighting this off better than he had. Or maybe this green haired kid wasn't as good at puppeting him, not having the Millennium Rod.

Speaking of that green haired guy.

"SHUT THE HELL UP, DON'T TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT!! YOU CALL YOURSELF A BIG BROTHER!?" he roars. "Mokuba!! Remember Battle City! Remember how Espa Roba and his brothers treated each other! Remember what happened wit' me an' Yugi! And remember who was all there with you!"

Mokuba

Mokuba grits his teeth as he tries again to focus. Narrows his eyes at his opponent across the rooftop. Tries to block out the sound of everyone on the towers and their shouting. The sound of his noisy, conflicting thoughts.

But that girl is too much to ignore. His eyes flicker up to her, beside Rook and Téa Mazaki. Who is that, anyway? The face doesn't ring any bells, but those incessant insults make it hard to concentrate. He raises a hand to his aching head with a quiet growl.

"stay out of this, Lev…. you don't--!! you don't know what you're talking about!!" He doesn't know how he knows that name. But he knows that there's no one else who verbally abuses him so affectionately… Well maybe Lark, but--

Mokuba's head pulses again.

NOA

[ Noa turns his violent stare in Lev's direction, glaring daggers from his own Tower with a look that hardly screams amusement. Then his expression breaks, a wicked smile crossing his pale lips as he laughs

"No, no. You see, you couldn't be more wrong, Levant Este. I didn't put Mokuba up to anything! In fact, this battle was entirely his idea. Isn't that right, my Baby Brother?"

Mokuba doesn't respond.

Noa frowns again.

"Such petulant and childish insults. My Baby Brother doesn't need to associate with such poorly behaved, foul-mouthed children. When this Duel is through, I'll deal with you next. For now. Why don't you just sit down and shut up."

Noa gives a flick of his wrist and an elegant white dining chair appears behind Levant. It scoots itself forward, hitting her right in the back of the knees. ]

Seto Kaiba

Seto calmly looks over the gathered onlookers- Mokuba and Yugi's friends- as they try to figure out the situation, stalling his demise. Some man, and a girl he doesn't recognize, though the name Lev strikes recognition from somewhere online (minecraft?). He doesn't know why the man calls Mokuba his 'apprentice', as if that wasn't more than mutual fantasy roleplaying, online, but it does seem to strike a chord in his little brother, as do the girl's jeers. It dampens the acceptance of the end that had settled in Seto's chest.

"Unfortunately for you, Noa, Mokuba is a poorly-behaved, foul-mouthed child. He loves Capumon, dragons, and magic; you can't force him to deny his true self forever. Mokuba's freedom of expression and impudence toward most authority could never stay contained in the polite little blue box you've tucked them into."

He crosses his arms, now the one smirking.

"Meh heh. If you were truly Mokuba's older brother, you would know that you can't tame his passion for what, and who, he loves. Bringing his friends here was a fatal mistake."

Hika

It's official. They are the worst group of friends and siblings a person could ask for. From reasonably murderous angry Madison Rook, to her and her bad friend tendencies, to Seto Kaiba and his backhanded compliments. She still couldn't help but grin, even as the chair bonked her in the back of the knees and forced her to sit.

Note to self. This whole "screw reality" thing doesn't actually ping her danger perception - either that or it was simply a gesture to entirely humiliate. If the former is true, it is going to be very annoying for her when this asshole's house of cards comes crashing down.

She doesn't bother replying to Noa, instead dismissively standing up off the chair and brushing off her skirt and jeans.

There's not really much she can say that will be more effective than the words of Mokuba's actual beloved brother anyway.

Rook

Their rage face is intensifying, with passion, rather than frustration as Lev lays down the burn. Rook's about to build off her assessment of how pathetic Noa is when the chair appears and they look over to see their tower buddy rudely demeaned. They glare back at Noa with a wrinkled expression of judging disgust.

They have so many dark threats, clever insults, but they have to pick 1. "You're in no place to call anyone else childish, you pretentious brat. And no, you won't. First thing after this you're dealing with me."

The spellsword brandishes their weapon, the jagged crystal tip glowing with power that holds weight even here. But the brat's too far away, and Mokuba might lash out at Rook if they attack too early.

"Fuck you, and fuck your pathetic attempts at playing god."

Adjusting their stance as Lev stands, Rook turns to the chair, braces their leg on the side, and kicks it hard off the tower, sending it spiraling into the void. They don't watch it fall, maintaining eye contact with Noa the whole time.

Mokuba

Mokuba's head hurts so bad he can hardly stand it. His stomach aches.

He can't think. His head swims with contradicting thoughts, feelings.

Levant is his friend.

Rook is his friend.

Joey is his friend… Isn't he? And Téa, and Tristan too.

But Yugi… Yugi hurt him… He remembers the darkness inside that Capsule….

Yugi saved him, too.

As Seto calls him a poorly-behaved and foul-mouthed child, he wants to argue back. He wants to laugh.

Why does he want to laugh?

Nervously, he reaches for his favorite fidget toy. But nothing hangs around his neck, his fingers finding only his sweater vest.

He can't breathe. He feels like he'll be sick if he does.

[ "Attack him already!!!" Noa's voice comes through clear over the tempest of thoughts and emotions that cloud Mokuba's judgement. ]

He stares at his opponent across the rooftop. At the face down card in his spell/trap zone. Up at Noa. Over at the tower where Lev and Rook stand. At the Black Dragon at his own command.

He doesn't even like this fucking game--

"I…." After what feels like an eternity, Mokuba finally finds his voice.

"I end my turn without attacking."

[deadlanddisciple]

♛♜♖♗♞♘♟♙

Trying to figure out an hierarchy/ranking system for the Bone Castle, since it operates on a ranking system that permeates all aspects of castle culture.

Because my art skills are godawful, I’m using chess pieces as signatures of ranking (haha creativity? I don’t know her). I would have used plague icons, with each successive circle=next rank, but that requires tampering with an art program.

Black Queen ♛ - The rank of the castle queen. - Has the power to override all decisions made by the rooks. As it is, she prefers to watch them make mistakes and try to fix them. - Holders: Decay

Black Rook ♜ - Big names who participate in discussions and make big decisions. - The rook started out as a single rank, but was divided into those who actively use their privilege to attend council meetings. - Holders: Famine, Cynbel, Kasimira, Kast, Jove, Alpha, Zhurma, Nike

White Rook ♖ - Big names who don’t regularly attend meetings. - Consistent attendance for several years is a prerequisite to promotion to black rook. - Holders: Trelawney, Celesdue, Vigdis, Purgare, Shahbanu

White Bishop ♗ - Don’t really put in the effort to hit rook level, but are still well-respected. - Often have niche specialties. - Holders: Celesdue, Vigdis, Feray, Omega, Delta, Ievna

Black Knight ♞ - Wish they were big shots, but aren’t. - An intermediate rank between knight and bishop, similar to the two rook rankings. Awaiting further evaluation. - Holders: Iscariot, Bani, Murmur, Noa, Cordelia, Grimoire

White Knight ♘ - Not an exaltee, but not that notable either--yet. - Asterisk indicates high likelihood of moving up. - Holders: Calvicus, Penance, Sayen, Zhelyazko, Zeved, Cairnstone, Ligeia, Lutz, Mergo, Nurse, Lucina*, Refrain*, Demon, Soleil, Oleander*, Lichen, Xenon*, Vow, Bedwyn, Eve*, Hakan*, Ginkgo*

Black Pawn ♟ - Exaltees/trainees who are slightly higher ranking.

White Pawn ♙ - Regular exaltees/trainees.

Luminance [?] - Luminance. - Holders: Luminance

[wingdingsandbrokenstrings]

The RP Reaping

Here we have it, folks! The first RP Hunger Games (for us at least, I’m sure this isn’t an original idea). Here are our contesters:

Dr. Egon Spengler as written by @physicsandfungi   

Rook as written by @theotherrookie 

Dr. Peter Venkman and Martin Heiss as written by @worldoftheskeptic

Kylie Griffin and Eduardo Rivera as written by yours truly, @manicpanicaddict

Walter Peck and Jack Hardemeyer as written by @manfromtheepa

Ron Alexander and Madeline Rook as written by @chicagobranchreport

Rind as written by @randomeevee

Dr. Jonathan Willaway, Dr. Noa Kean, and Domino all written by @xdahliawallacex (renegadexscientist, firstdxnxharm, dxntcallmepatches)

Dr. Ray Stantz and Paulo Ravinski as written by @heartoftheteam (oughtabeinpxctures)

Dr. Egon Spengler as written by @doctoregonspengler

Peter Vincent as written by @thegreatvampirekiller

And I am absolutely honoured, thrilled, and pleased to present you two very special guests:

Teles and Himerope as written by @alluringvoices (doctoregonspengler)