#the freckled bard. (alya)

[anthologyoflucas]

@fvllnbcryl liked for a google translated lyric

“I like shapes!”

[afroggycollective]

Simpler character tag dump under the cut

The lab rat. (ilia)

The runaway. (Jackson)

The delinquent. (Emily)

The nephilim. (Talia)

The seer. (Iris)

The mutant. (Melody)

The goddess of healing. (Eir)

The frogman. (Liam)

The deckhand. (Samantha)

The phoenix. (Vale)

The freckled bard. (Alya)

The changeling. (Emilia)

The rainbow. (Neon)

The healer. (Asami)

The brawler. (Ikari)

The rose. (Thorn)

The nightmare. (Yume)

The illusionist. (Gensou)

The athlete. (Kiki)

The violet spider. (Viola)

The whale shark. (Ai)

The mute bard. (Vyn)

The beastkeeper. (Dawn)

The scout. (Cullen)

[afroggycollective]

"Of course," she agreed, "I think this one looks like their name should be Peepers." Alya replied, pointing to one of the chicks.

Alya hugged her back trying to soothe her, she could assume that Aqua was thinking about the fragility of life and was scared of the concept of death. She didn't know what to say to ease those concerns and that frustrated her. She tried to always know what to say to comfort Aqua but death was a complex subject to approach.

[anthologyoflucas]

@fvllnbcryl continued!

“You’ll love the view of the ocean! The sun reflecting off the waves, and you can see some fish and other marine life. Maybe we can make a sandcastle or something too. We just have to drop off some supplies at the market first then we can explore!”

[anthologyoflucas]

Where does your power lie?

The Heart

your power is steady and driving. your power is fickle, it skips and it races and it bleeds and it burns. your strength is in how much you care, about everything. your strength is cold and it is stone and it is soft and it is on your sleeve. and you love. my god, do you love.

Tagged by: @fcrgottn

Tagging: @abracaxfuckxyou @galaxyinfinitum and anyone else who wants to do it!

[anthologyoflucas]

Threw together a concept of Alya’s look before she met elwin

[anthologyoflucas]

When I talk about the clan and I mention kids, the clan takes in runaways and kids with no where else to go. Sometimes toddlers, usually teens but there are a lot of young adults. Elwin may be a trash can but he is protective of the younger kids and has rules with dire consequences about how they should be treated.

When Alya was in the clan, she was in charge of caring for the younger kids but now Thyme and Emilia do it in shifts.

Elwin won’t get violent with children. He might snap at them but he will apologize to them for it cause he’s “just stressed” once they’re teens they lose that protection from Elwin’s anger. He won’t directly harm them but he’s not as “nice”

He will hurt the teens if they try to escape the clan especially if they stole supplies. He’s more likely to yell and release them as long as they haven’t stolen from the clan but he might beat them before they go.

The kids fear him but try not to show it and trust Thyme and Emilia to keep them safe.

Thyme plays a motherly figure to them that Alya used to fill while Emilia has that sisterly vibe. She (and Alya) will take blame for something a kid did to keep Elwin from getting pissed off.

[anthologyoflucas]

Fun fact number 4

I’ve had Alya and Emilia’s character arcs planned since before the blog existed. They were characters I made when I was gonna try to play D&D but my attention span made it impossible for me to play so I sidelined them before deciding to write them instead.

Elwin and Thyme’s stories also have been fully planned since before the blog, the only difference being that Thyme was going to bea bit more of an asshole in the D&D campaign (still less than Elwin but they would be more or less okay with his violence) and I mellowed them out and gave them morals and their own plotline to struggle with.

[anthologyoflucas]

“These spirits, pure as light could bring. An endless flow of water, spring, back to places cursed with death and waste.”

[anthologyoflucas]

“I guess.. but Taako still earned a break.” Alya sighed softly. “We still have some distance to the town, maybe we can carry Taako until he’s all cleared up?”

anthologyoflucas​:

“He’s not squishy, you’ve been targeting him and he’s earned a break.”

“I wouldn’t try arguing with Mr. GM too much, or he’ll probably start targeting you,” Magnus said. He was suddenly feeling much better, the ichor finally gone. The fighter rolled his shoulder a bit and stretched. “Hey, I think I’m all good now~”

“Well lucky you,” Taako said with some annoyance.

[anthologyoflucas]

Elwin smirked to himself, twirling the dagger around his fingers as he stared Alya down. She was defensive, watching him cautiously and holding tightly to her flute. He’s too fast for her to fight head on.

“Do you know how long I’ve been waiting to get you alone? Away from any annoyances or possible distractions?” He asked with a fanged grin.

“We’re not alone. I know you have backup close by. You never fight without support, never had the confidence to.” She spat back, making him growl in anger. His twirling of the dagger stopped, getting a tight grip on the handle.

“I’m going to make you beg for death.”

[afroggycollective]

are there any nicknames your muse can’t stand?

for Alya and for Vale

Alya hates her nickname "lightbulb" her brother told her about how you can fit a lightbulb in your mouth but can't get it out without shattering it and he tiny kid brain went "challenge accepted" they had to call the healer and most of the town jokingly calls her lightbulb because of it.

Vale doesn't have any nicknames that he's aware of.

[afroggycollective]

🗣 Alya and Vale

"So you can do bardic magic?" Vale asked intrigued by the girl's instruments.

Alya smiled and nodded, "yeah, wanna see a spell?"

Vale tried not to look excited, in Revan, magic users were rare to come across, they avoided that area. He nodded in response.

Alya got her flute and played a soft melody as she created an illusion of herself that danced around a bit before fading away. It was just a small spell to distract people if she needed a quick getaway.

Vale clapped amazed as the illusion faded, having never seen such a display before. The only magic he had been exposed to were traps or his own fire.

[anthologyoflucas]

“I’m glad you could get out of yours. Its scary escaping something like that, and you’re really strong for trying and embracing a world you know nothing about to have your freedom.” Alya smiled softly at Aqua sincere in her compliment.

@anthologyoflucas continued from

The blue gem had the urge to ask who exactly Alya was running from, but she refrained from it, choosing instead to focus on the fact that the warp pad she had gotten here with had disappeared the moment she had stepped a foot on this place.

“The thing is I took a warp pad, and I was expecting it to bring me to one of Homeworld's colonies so I could hide from...her...for a while but this was the place I ended up in. And when I looked back, there was nothing behind me.There was no warp pad.”

[afroggycollective]

“You know, fruit and nuts do go hand-in-hand. I would know, I’m both.” ((Taako to Alya))

Alya laughed, almost dropping the foraging basket, "If you were gonna be corny like this, I would have turned down your help to forage." She teased as she picked some of the raspberries.

[afroggycollective]

“Look out!” Alya yelled as she ran after the large swine. She had been passing a farm when the huge tusked boar broke the fence and escaped. Being the farm kid she is, she knew this was up her alley and promised to bring it back safe and sound.

She took to the trees to keep an eye on it’s movements as she followed, pulling her arctic flute from her back. She jumped down from the tree to scare the swine away from the passerby, it made a sharp turn away from her and into the bushes. Alya offered a shy smile to the stranger, “sorry about that!” and with a few notes from her flute activated a speed spell.

She needed to put that piggy to bed. She burst forward following the path paved by the boar, leading it to a dead end. She stopped at the tree line as it ran at toward the large cliff blocking its way forward. The gem on her amulet began to glow as she played a soft song. She made slow careful steps forward as the boar was lulled out of it’s panic. Alya continued to play, happy to see the pig lay down finally calmed.

She placed her flute back on her back and approached, gently stroking the creature’s snout. “‘Atta boy. Come on, lets get you home so you can get some dinner..” She began to stand and looked back at the tree line seeing the stranger from before,

“oh, can I help you?” She asked as she got the pig back up and put a leash on to help guide him home since he was drowsy. She didn’t expect the other to still be around.