#this is my first time playing and I didn't know there's already another Ria lol

[sweetcreatortimetravel]

my khajiit Dragonborn, her name is Ria.

random notes about her under the cut:

Her fur color is black spotted torbie (I know khajiit in this game look more lynx-like but I with warpaint I still managed to make her a torbie lol)

I love that they canonically have ocelli on their ears!

Drawing the red patches and the rufousing was really fun!

Also in the game she has "human" hair too but I forgor ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm mostly leveling up two-handed (axe) but recently started (sporadically) using spells too. (Except shouts. I love shouts.)

Her hobbies are picking flowers and going to the Jarl's houses to Fus Ro Dah their dinner plates across the room.

She has an elytra nymph called Dog and a horse that's always going somewhere

Favourite followers thus fare are Kharjo, Lydia and J'zargo (and Karlach if we're including mod characters)

She lives in Whiterun

She collects tankards and wooden bowls (I have the steed stone active so I can carry even more shit)

has never used a shield in her life ever

absolutely shit at archery and orientation, no idea where she's going

[maia-and-ria]

Absolute Trouble

Characters: Hoshigumi (Taiga Hoshibami & Jyuria Hoshizumi)

Summary: First friend; first real family. A story of a troublemaker and his only follower from back when they were kids – The Tiger and The Snake.

Word count: 2,3k

A/N: Yes as the summary says it's a story of two brats. it contains profanities and a bit of angst and a mention of blood and a shitty father. They're both 10 year old in this story and I know their hair probably didn't look like the art back then but I couldn't decide whether their hair was all white or not since Taiga's current hairstyle could be dyed. Anyways-- pardon my grammar mistakes, this is not my first language. In fact don't point it out or else I'd cry. Also it's been a long time since I went to a carnival so my bad if I got the shooting game part wrong lol.

Ria only had one thing in mind when she stepped into Sinostra, that’s none other than to wash her hands and face in cold water and let go of all the germs sticking to her skin. None of her minions were there to welcome her as the working hour hadn't started yet, and her surroundings were dead quiet too, no ghouls or humans lurking nearby—not a single heartbeat in her ears.

Without a care, she pushed the door open with barely any strength, only to find out somebody had broken in before her, and that person was standing still in front of her minibar, staring at a peculiar object sitting on the bar counter—in which Ria forgot to take back to its usual confinement.

“What the fuck are you doing here?!” Ria shouted at him.

There are only two people that can come into her office without permission. Maia is one of them, but despite that she never visits when Ria isn’t there–let alone without letting her know.

The other one is Taiga.

One reason was because he’s the boss of the house, and the other was because he’s one of the people she couldn’t detect through heartbeats, so she might as well give him a free pass to her private office rather than let people come up with strange theories. She even gave him the security number–not that he would remember it anyway. But it seemed like he just proved her otherwise.

Even before she took another step towards him, she already knew what he’d been staring at. Yet a part of her wished she was wrong, at least for this one time.

“Hey, Riri…” His eyes never left that small–fluffy thing, seemingly trying so hard to remember what it was. Where he had seen it before, when he had seen it before. “What’s this thing…?”

♦♥

“I want the kitten one!” The little girl pointed at the kitten plush being hung in the middle, with its colorful fur among the other eye-catching prizes.

“That’s small fry to me! I can get you something much better and cooler, like the tiger one over there! Watch!”

Normally the little girl would cower in fear by now. It’s not their first time sneaking out but usually when they did they’d hide around the house– just enough to be away from adults’ watchful gaze. Yet there they are now, at a bustling carnival where they could lose each other at any time. But Taiga said it’s where so many fun games are and that it doesn’t occur often in their area, and not being able to go out often made her agree to most of his invitations no matter how dangerous they could be. So who’s to blame now?

“I wanna play!” Taiga said to the booth attendant. He reached into his pocket to retrieve some crumpled money that he stole from her house.

The attendant looked down on them, that crooked smile hidden behind his ugly moustache. He didn’t even bother to take their money. “You can’t win, kid. Get your guardian and come back here.”

Something about the way he said it made Ria feel uneasy. He reminded her of her father’s guards – they reek of smoke and talk like pirates. Those people never failed to make her skin crawl. She moved closer to Taiga and whispered, “...Can we just go, Bami?”

“No way! Didn’t you say you want the prize?” Taiga stole the rifle from the person beside him. “Give me that. Watch how a winner does it, loser.”

The attendant got up from his seat and almost shouted a warning, but Taiga shut him up by shooting all three clowns at the top row without even a second break. The kid Taiga stole from couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

“That's so cool! Bami is so cool!” Ria hopped excitedly as she clung to his arm.

“Heh. Never underestimate me!” With a proud grin on his face he pointed at the booth attendant. “You, give me the prize! The white tiger in the corner.”

He scowled and took the money Taiga put earlier. “Don’t come again.”

Taiga handed the plushie to Ria, looking dead straight at the guy. “Don't worry. I'll aim at your head next time.” If there's one thing everyone should fear him for, it's how good his aim is. All from watching guards shooting with a real gun before. “Thought you could scam me…”

Ria noticed the change in his tone. A warning that things are about to get ugly. She tugged at his sleeve. “Bami… let's lea– AAA!”

“There you are, lil’ princess! Your daddy's been looking for ya!” 

Someone picked her up all of the sudden from behind. It's none other than Ria's assigned guard – one of her father’s men whose job was to “protect” her from harm. Not knowing that it's either his foul cigarette breath or dirty hands from touching God-knows-what that would kill Ria first. Probably both. And this time he brought his other ugly friend to catch the two kids.

“BAMI!!” She screamed out his name. The stuffed toy slipped out of her grip and fell.

Taiga aimed the rifle at the man and managed to land a pellet on his eye. He yelped in pain and fell onto the ground – must’ve hurt being shot from close distance – Thanks to that Ria could be free from his hold. But when Taiga was about to target the other man he realized he had no pellet left, so he used the weapon like a bat and hit him where it'd hurt the most – between his legs.

“RUN RIRI!!” Taiga shouted as he continued to beat the adults with all his strength. She held back a sob as she hurriedly got up from the muddy ground, putting one foot in front of the other as fast as she could against the crowd of people.

“Ughh– get up you fucker! Yer gonna let a 10 year old beat your ass?!” Ria heard her guard scream.

Where am I going?

“S-sorry! I'm sorry!” Bumping too many people as she ran, she couldn't even get a glimpse of those faces she apologized to. The neon lights that she found pretty now made her dizzy. Her lungs felt like exploding and her feet might just snap anytime soon. How far are they? How much longer must I run?

Then she remembered Taiga whom she left behind. She let out a sob— the guilt washed over her like a bitter medicine stuck in her throat. I left Bami all alone. He's my family and I left him alone.

It was as if nature agreed that she's a bad kid—the sudden gust of wind made her trip on her own two feet. But she can't expose herself out in the open like this, she must hide. So with all the strength left in her, she hobbled her way to the nearest alleyway. She sat beside the nearest bin, hugging herself as her teeth couldn't stop clattering and her tears couldn't stop from falling.

“Bami…” she cried.

Ria wondered what would happen to him. Is he safe? Ria could only hope he also ran away somewhere. Away from her father's men. Because her father is never one to hold back from giving severe punishment to anyone he disliked.

Doesn't matter if it's his own daughter, let alone Taiga.

For someone who never looked at her daughter, he sure meddled in a lot of Ria's business. She couldn't go out of the house as she pleased, she couldn't make friends with anyone, and she's not allowed to talk with those coming in and out of the house – those strange women who seemed to always cling to her father for some reason. Ria wondered why she couldn't receive the same amount of attention they're getting from him, making her question what the true meaning of family was.

That's until she was introduced to her distant relative – Taiga. A mischievous boy who screamed chaos when he entered the room. The first information she heard about him was that he often transferred school for being a troublemaker. But to her, he's her first friend, her childhood hero.

Her first real family.

Everyone said that Taiga should mind his manners, he should be more polite, he should be this and that, but Ria wished he would stay this way forever. She didn't care that he's a bad influence, or that she would turn into a troublemaker like him, because when she sees that silly smile or playful glint in his eyes, the world doesn't seem so… empty. When she screams, she wouldn't be greeted back by those sad echoes, but by Taiga's mocking laugh calling her crazy.

She simply wished she was strong enough to protect his laugh… for the rest of her life.

“I hate you…” she mumbled under her breath. “I hate you, daddy.”

“I thought we agreed to not mention your papa when we're playing.”

She could tell who that cheeky voice belonged to. She could tell anywhere. Without thinking twice Ria got up from her spot and jumped at him. “Bami!”

“Yuck, you're crying again. Always the crybaby Riri.” Yet despite his words, he hugged her back anyway.

“Meanie…” she sniffled.

“Yeah, yeah, stop crying now. Here, you left your doll there. You can cry with this thing now.” He showed her the tiger – it's a little dirty on some spots. Hopefully they're not blood.

Taiga spoke in a different voice, “Gao! I beat those guys real hard to protect Princess Riri! Now you have to reward me with some fresh meat! Gao!” He playfully attacked Ria's face with it, making her giggle. He would never say it to her face but her laugh can be contagious sometimes.

“Then I shall prepare Mr Tiger with the best fresh meat I can find in the empire!” Ria said with a laugh. Her heart ached knowing that she wouldn't be this happy tomorrow. “I wish I could laugh like this everyday…”

“Am I your stupid jester now, Riri?” he faked a sigh. “You should know that I'll always be the king!”

“Well… you're right…” she mumbled. “Maybe that's why we can't see each other often. Bami is the mighty king, after all.”

Taiga went quiet. It's just some stupid title, why so serious…

“Even peasants can go see the king, y'know. As long as they bring him enough gold.” He grinned. “Hey, Riri, you recognize this hairpin?”

There's a gold snake hairpin clipped to his hair. It's a bit funny to see a boy wearing such a thing, especially Taiga. Not to mention he didn’t clip it correctly. “That's mine! It must’ve fallen earlier.”

“And I found it there, so it's mine now~”

“Well, I was planning to gift you something anyway…”

“Really?! You were planning to give me a hairclip? It's way too girly!”

“Dummy… you didn't even refuse earlier.” She carefully adjusted the hairpin. ��You can’t return it now. It’s yours! So don't lose it.”

“Or what? You'll cry again?” Now that she stopped crying, he wasted no time teasing her again.

“You like my tears so much, Bami? Well I can get angry too!”

“Yikes. I think you should leave the angry part to me. What will you do with that anyway? Hit your big bro?”

“Pfttt– Hahaha!” It’s so ticklish hearing Taiga call himself that. It's warm but Ria would probably take some time to get used to it. Who would've thought about adopting someone like Taiga as their brother? Anyone would have to be crazy to do that.

“Laughing now? You got what you're praying for so don't regret it in the future! I don't accept returns.”

“If you don't start acting maturely as you grow, you'll become the little brother instead, Bami.”

“Never~ Because Riri is always the crybaby!”

♦♥

“Fuck I'm hungry,” he whined for the thousandth times. “Feed me, Riri. Take responsibility for your big bro.”

“How many times do I need to remind you that we're not siblings?!”

“Being all angry doesn't suit you, y'know that?” Taiga poked the tiger plushie, Ria could see the corners of his mouth turned up – and for the first time in a very long time, he looked like someone she was familiar with. The version of Taiga she used to admire when they were kids. Suddenly he shot her with, “I know that look.”

No, he doesn't. “No, you don't.”

“C'mon now, Riri, you never wear a mask around me.”

She hates that it's true. In a way. “People change.”

“I don't. I'm still your family.”

“Oh yeah? Where's that hairpin I gave you, then?!”

“Jeez, so you are getting pissy over that,” he grimaced. “I'll look for it later. It's probably somewhere in my room.”

“I regularly take care of this plushie and that's how you treat my gift?”

“Quit nagging, will ya? I'll wear it everywhere I go once I find it. Happy now, princess?”

“Ew, don't call me that.”

“Right. Because that's how the dudes in this place are calling you. Now I should come up with another unique nickname even tho I call you that first.”

“You're going to act jealous over that?!” Ria put the last glass she just cleaned to its place. Surprisingly, she found it alright to do something productive while he’s around. “You know what? I think you’re way too hungry to even use your brain, Boss.”

“That’s what I've been sayin’ since earlier!”

She giggled. “So what do you want to do? Raid Jabberwock?”

“Took you long enough to come up with a good solution. You can use your pretty face to distract Harry while I take his mouse.”

“You do realize Romeo is going to strangle you for this, right? You're basically picking a fight with another house.”

“Nah, he can deal with it.” He got down from his seat. “Life should be exciting when you're surrounded by your family. You should know that well by now.”

Two wicked pairs of green eyes filled with mischief staring at one another. Grinning from ear to ear, Taiga extended his hand to her. Like devil's invitation to chaos.

Jabberwock has no idea what's coming. 

“Our new adventure awaits, Riri.”