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[arcticdoctor]

?? / ♣

?? for a strange/vague text.

[ text to: rose 🌹🌹🌹]: I have a bit of a favor to ask. 👀 [ text to: rose 🌹🌹🌹]: Well, less a favor and more a gig offer? (I certainly recognize I cannot pay you what you deserve, hence the favor part of this request.) [ text to: rose 🌹🌹🌹]: Anyways! ✨✨  [ text to: rose 🌹🌹🌹]: Would you consider doing a wedding? 

♣ for a drunk text. 

[ text to: rose 🌹🌹🌹]: Rose you are literalyl literally so beautiful adn taleknted... You dsereve so much and also Rose rose is hte best name i nc a think of (one of them) Did you know that the world’s oldrest rose is thoguht to be 1000 years old?  [ text to: rose 🌹🌹🌹]: Thehre are so many species of  rose but yuo arer the best one!! 😭😭 [ text to: rose 🌹🌹🌹]: Would yo ub e interested in ansewring my call?? I just amde a n itemized  list of rose f acts and hou NEED to hear it please 

[aveaugvstus]

JULY 4TH 1845, 9:47PM. THE THEATRE. closed for @swvnsong​

carnivale is a night none of them will soon forget; the commander has made sure of it. even without the masquerade of costumes and the abundance of entertainment, godhavn itself is a sight to behold. a memory to keep them warm in the coldest nights of the arctic. perhaps it’s the third stein of liquor stoking embers in the pit of his stomach, but he feels strangely sentimental. it isn’t halfway over yet and already he can envision the events of the evening playing out in his mind: the earthy taste of roasted caribou and the burn of danish moonshine, the caterwhauling of tone-deaf seamen that could be heard across the baltic sea, the laughter and amusement of the games, the maze, the contest to be crowned sovereign. 

tonight, they are not navy or royal guard or passenger. they are simply fantastical guests invited to this splendid evening of carousing and revelry. amidst guests dressed as creatures of fairytale and myth, there's one that enchants with a spotlight entirely of her own making. a smile dawns swift on his face before he has even begun to make his way towards her. 

a vision in crimson, lit up like a flame ablaze in the dark. miss rosalind swan, once the beloved darling of the royal opera and every stage in europe; how she must feel having her most preeminent of operas butchered with such disregard for the audience’s sanity, he can only imagine. playful smile already waiting in the wings, he leans in slightly as if to whisper an aside.  “even if there was a shred of genuine talent to be found amongst these brave souls, no one could ever be half as dazzling as you were.”

august is a tried and true hand at indulging egos but he speaks plainly now with the guilelessness of honesty. “speaking of performances, i have a small surprise. for old time’s sake.”  clasped behind his back, his hands are shielding something slight and secret from her view.  “but you must close your eyes.”

[edwardboyne]

8 / 9 / 10

describe their closet.

very formal, considering his line of work, though it doesn’t change all that much outside of it. He’s almost always wearing a dress shirt, he just loses the tie and untucks it when he’s not working. Simple suits to work, a dress shirt and a pair of jeans anywhere else. Sometimes he’ll trade the shirt for a nice sweater. 

(this is a pretty good reference as far as Edward’s casual wear goes)

he also tends to buy clothes and wear them for as long as he can. Shopping for new clothes doesn’t really interest him, he probably has, like, four pairs of shoes in total and he thinks that’s a lot already. Definitely a quality over quantity type of person, where it comes to clothes, though he doesn’t even like buying expensive shit. 

how do they like to travel in the 21st century—both day to day life, and possible international travel?

public transport most of the time. He has a license, has a car but drives it maybe once a week to go get groceries. Always flies economy on business trips.

what are things they are more or less open about now compared to their original world?

screams in gay rights. London Pride is his number one event of the year and he always makes a whole weekend out of it. 

[sergeantfcx]

☺ / ♣ / ↕

☺ [ SENT TO --> little bird 🕊️ ]

i just wanted to say thanks, for staying up with me last night. 

i know it’s cliche but honestly, i don’t know what i’d do without you.

i’m just--so used to being the solid thing that everyone else can lean against, the unflinching wall for all the brilliant people in my life. 

i’ve never felt like i had to be that with you, and i’m just--so grateful rose. 

anyway, come over for dinner. jon’s gonna be out of the country for a few more days and i want to see you 😘

♣ [ SENT TO --> little bird 🕊️ ]

babes where hdid you gho

if yoqu don't cotme bacvk i'm gonna sing carly trae without yovu

eveln though everyone in this room will ufall in love withh mwe

↕ [ SENT TO --> little bird 🕊️ ] 

rose i’m BEGGING you to pick up the damn phone

you don’t have to talk about anything you don’t want to, i just want to know you’re okay. 

just--tell me what to do, anything. 

anything at all that will make you feel better. 

jon and i have an agreement where he’ll bail me out of jail one time, no questions asked--nothing is off the table. 

[paintedsins]

I always felt I deserved more.

“perhaps it is the reverse, darling: the world was undeserving. the fates rob us for sport as the gods watch, silent. i only hope time is kinder to you. i believe you are owed that much after everything.” 

send a line from the terror !

[wilccard]

CHAPLAIN & SHADOW

THE SHADOW — what would you never forgive in a soul?

“ Cowardice, I’ll hazard. Though maybe...  maybe there’s kinds and kinds of it, like blade styles or touches spared between people. Different meanings and cuts to each. I wouldn’t forgive the purposefulness in fear - the willful turn of your head away. ”

[devotedrowning]

4 / 6 / 8

what do they ( plan to ) do for a living, and where do they aspire to go with it?

currently at university for marine biology, they plan on going into the field for further study and research, with a focus on sustainable and ecologically sound research. they’re not after anything in particular, just a greater understanding of the creatures in the ocean, and potentially helping spread awareness.

how technologically savvy are they? for example, do they know the parts of a computer, do they have a smartwatch, do they know what a browser is?

he knows as much as he needs to know - which means he’s a pretty typical 24 year old. he gets frustrated at his lecturers accidentally leaving youtube videos to ‘play next’, but couldn’t hack anything. he does have a smartwatch, but it’s specially designed for deep-sea diving, and not for getting texts.

describe their closet.

answered here

[arcticdoctor]

THE ENIGMA — what lights your soul on fire?

character memes. / also asked by @swvnsong + @aveaugvstus

the first time jonathan came near to death, he was a boy still --- the second youngest of the bhavsar children, taken too soon by a sickness that would not go away. and for all the tears the family shed and for all the grief that crept into the house, for all the times his mother clung to the kitchen table and did not think she could go on, the family did not have a funeral. they sprinkled the girl’s ashes and they laughed together, they held each other, they spoke of times most dear. 

it was a philosophy that followed jonathan into adulthood. when patients believed themselves close to death, some would grow frightened and others would beg him for more time. ( it was always more time, more life, more, more, more. ) jonathan learned to hold their hands, to speak gently with them. to remind them they were alive still. to remind them that their lives, however fragile they may feel, have changed the very world around them. to remind them to use their moments left to laugh and to feel it all, the beauty and terror both. and, in reminding them, the doctor reminded himself. 

“living,” jonathan said. how simple the truth could sometimes be! “do you know all it takes for your body to survive, moment to moment? even the act of taking oxygen into your lungs is near enough to a miracle that we should all be in awe of it. when i think about it, all we go through without realizing it and all we might go through still, how could my soul feel any less than caught in flame?” 

[swvnsong-blog]

I made a google hangout account so hmu @ swvnsong if you want.

[sergeantfcx]

show us what their last ‘sent’ text message is from five different text convos.

[ SENT TO --> vlad the impaler 🌚 / @wilccard ] 

jon is staying late in his lab so I'm coming over--i s2g if you buzz me up while your dicks are out, like last time, i'm going to divorce both of you. 

[ SENT TO --> 100% that bitch 🌝 / @aveaugvstus ]

don’t say a word DON’T EVEN THINK ANYTHING UNTIL I TELL U TO.... BUT...... which of these rings do you think jon would like the most? 

[ SENT TO --> sharkboy 🦈 / @devotedrowning ] 

tell tamati we’re getting married so that ur mom will fully accept me into the family  bc that meal....made me wanna be ur stepdad...but I'll settle for brother in law.  jon will understand get started on step-stool construction!! 

[ SENT TO --> rosey posey 🌸 / @swvnsong] 

hopefully the flowers made it to you backstage--jon and i are coming this weekend to see a performance 💕 you’re gonna be amazing!! 

[ SENT TO --> babe 💘 / @arcticdoctor] 

did you know they give haunted tours of london?  lets go tomorrow night, I'll kiss you right in front of the homophobic ghost of richard the third.  also i love you, and i hope your day is going well 💛  call me when you get a chance, and don’t worry about dinner, I'll handle it!! 

[paintedsins]

♘ ☆ ☂

♘ - who’s children would you most like to have?

“i despise children.” 

☆ - who would you most like to punch in the face? 

“and why would i want to do that? truly, the person you take me for... i have no desire to stoop to such lows, but i am quite certain our dear captain and his quartermaster would both like their turn at me. i know that my abel would like to do the same to me if he didn’t like my face as much as he does.”  [ @captdowling​ @riversoaked​ @kojoxasante​ ] 

☂ - who would you most like to get stuck in the rain with?

“that quite depends. if i am looking for an umbrella, then dear jonathan would be my first pick. if i am looking for a memory, then my songbird would be the only option. for my own curiosity, or perhaps just to feel the rain  —  i would like to see what my captain would do. or perhaps that enoch. do you think they would leave me to drown?” [ @arcticdoctor​ @swvnsong @captdowling @paenumbra ] 

make my muse uncomfortable

[wilccard]

                                         EVENT TRACKER — 🏹

part one —

hall of games : @sergeantfcx​ ; @arcticdoctor​

maze of wonders: @hattiechllds​ ; @captdowling​ ; @resurgentisjaya​ ; @edwardboyne​

outside : @littlepretender​; @kojoxasante​

the main tent : @themcrked​ ; @paenumbra​ ; @paintedsins​ ; @amirxli​ ;

tarot tent: @swvnsong​ ; @helenc​

the beach: @aveaugvstus

part two —

midnight : maze of wonders - projector chamber - @emmanuel-hurley​

1am — 2 am — carnival : tbd.

past 2 am — medical tent : tbd.

two days later — main area : @devotedrowning

three days later — officer’s mess-room : @aurulentum

in the following week — exploring : tbd.

[paintedsins]

☺☼ for rose / ??► for sybil

send me ☺ for a loving/affectionate text

TO: ROSE ( 3:31AM )  —  do you believe in coincidence? 

TO: ROSE ( 3:32AM )  —  i don’t think god or the universe gives enough of a fuck towards things like me to map out the stars just for one good thing to happen

TO: ROSE ( 3:54AM )  —  but if they did, it would be you. 

TO: ROSE ( 3:56AM )  —  maybe it’s less coincidence and more two disasters who just said “hey” one day

TO: ROSE ( 3:59AM )  —  hey. i hope you know you’re my coincidence and my trainwreck and i wouldn’t change a thing about you.  

send me ☼ for a morning text

TO: ROSE ( 7:09AM )  —  going out to grab some coffee. make yourself at home, as always  

TO: ROSE ( 7:10AM )  —  oh! try the new scrub i got, it’s on the bathroom counter. smells like how velvet feels. i think you’d like it.

TO: ROSE ( 7:11AM )  —  remind me to bring it to your place for our next sleepover     

send me ?? for a strange/vague text

TO: SYBIL ( 1:11AM )  —  my mother used to tell me i had a face made for missing posters

TO: SYBIL ( 1:16AM )  —  she said “i take one look at you and know you’re something that won’t ever be found even when they bring the body back to their parents” 

TO: SYBIL ( 1:17AM )  —  i don’t think they even bothered looking.  

send me ► for a text not meant for you

TO: SYBIL ( 2:32PM )  —  if i was going to kill man i obviously wouldn’t do it like that, you know what i mean? that’s so amateur. if you’re going to do it, you have to bring some creativity to it, honestly. no one does it properly nowadays anymore.

TO: SYBIL ( 3:10PM )  —  oh. sorry dear, that wasn’t for you. 

TO: SYBIL ( 3:11PM )  —  i promise i’m not a serial killer. it’s for school. i swear.        

send a symbol for a text

[devotedrowning]

CHAPLAIN & PURSER

THE CHAPLAIN — what do you hold most sacred?

connections, people, loyalty, love, that which binds and twists and connects.

no, they stand on shaky ground, broken and bruised.

blood, perhaps, family, born or chosen, promises and protection.

no, they break, fealty sworn but demands sacrifice instead of presence. you cannot swear on a person and a country.

the ocean, therefore. changeability in definition, that demands respect and will never coddle and will never leave.

THE PURSER — which cause would you stand and fall for?

people, innocence, family, friends, promises etched into the silent spaces of their heart, of doing the best that they can to help the best that they can. to not let a child run off half-starving, or let a brother in all but name drown alone.