#treasures: kaelan

[izvmimi]

Deku watching your Luffy Spiral on tumblr dot com

leave me alone 😭

[seongnamkrp]

it’s time for the activity check! every friday at 9pm cst, we will clear out those who have been inactive and have not made an in character post for one week on their blogs. those who have been on hiatus also have a week after their hiatus ends before they’re cleared as well. please remember to stay active!

*  ›  DROPPED OUT    ––––––––––––––      (  DROPPED  ) :

lim changkyun ( i.m ; monsta x )

oh seungho   ›  nam joohyuk ( actor )   ›  the mellifluous role

choi soobin ( txt )   ›  the ingenious role

takata mashiho ( treasure )

*  ›  WITHDRAWN     ––––––––––––––      (  CLEARED  ) :

kim doyoung ( nct )

ong jangmi   ›  kim jiho ( oh my girl )

jung daeryong ( tasty )

jung soryong ( tasty )

choi jisu ( lia ; itzy )

ryu taejoon   ›  byun baekhyun ( exo )   ›  the tenacious role

seo duri   ›  kim chungha ( soloist )   ›  the unprosperous role

*  ›  LEAVE OF ABSENCE     ––––––––––––––      (  HIATUS  ) :

moon, kaelan   ›  until 14 / 05

kim youngkyun   ›  until 15 / 05

kim sarang   ›  until 15 / 05

cho seungyoun   ›  until 20 / 05

jung ara   ›  until 22 / 05

park chanyeol   ›  until 22 / 05

[raiswanson]

The Loving Seal shorts #5: Snared (Nyvina PoV)

(Aaahhh we’re nearing the end of the shorts! Lots of love to anyone who liked/reblogged previous posts, you’re all treasures  and I love how much you all seem to love Kaelan and Nyvina ❤️❤️❤️ )

This is short five of six that I wrote in march in preparation of The Loving Seal! This short takes place a little while after the last short...and about seven years before the book itself begins...

(This short is just about 2k long)

I slid onto shore without so much as a splash, skin dropping to my shoulders as I took a deep breath of air and wiggled my toes in the sand. It was a beautiful night. Warm, and quiet. Unusual for the world above the sea, but I wasn’t about to question such a lovely event. It would only make things more wonderful when Kae arrived so we could enjoy the night together.

Sighing, I stepped further onto the beach until I stood clear of the water and dropped my skin to dry safe from the waves. It was warm enough that I could go comfortably without it, and it wouldn’t hurt to have a dry place to enjoy Kae without coating ourselves in sand. He never minded scrubbing away all the gritty particles, but he wasn’t the one that wound up half buried in it.

I shook my head. There would be none of that. Not tonight. Tonight was going to be special. I’d been thinking for a while about Kae’s dreams of a pod of our own. Mulling over it. I wasn’t sure we were ready to split off on our own, but the idea had burrowed nice and snugly in my head by now. I wanted to at least discuss it with him again. After we’d had our fun in the moonlight. I’d been avoiding the foods Gran said prevented pups, and was feeling a familiar stirring lately. If tonight wound up being the night that started something...well, that would be fine, right?

Those thoughts were why I’d come to our meeting place early. Despite how sure I felt that it was what I wanted—and what Kae wanted—I was still nervous. It was a big step, and I’d never even seen a whelping, but I wanted it. Kae would be there for me. And the rest of the pod. Even if nothing came from tonight, I wanted to talk it over with him again.

A long sigh escaped me and I kicked my feet through the sand. Fretting over things was silly really. If pups came, then they came, and we would work from there. The idea of it tickled my belly, and I wrapped my arms around myself at the thought of it filling with little ones. Kae’s little ones.

Tingling all over with thoughts of the sweet-hearted fool bubbling in my mind, I gave myself a shake and trotted to the water to splash my face and collect myself. It wouldn’t do to be a giddy wreck when he finally arrived. He’d waste time asking about it and checking on me until I told him my plans before I wanted to.

I squatted with waves lapping my ankles, taking another long breath of night air.

Yes. A good night. No need to be stressed or anxious. Soon it would just be me and Kae, breathing together over the soft sound of the sea and the wind, no one else in the world except for—

A twig snapped in the woods behind me.

I turned, frowning. A deer perhaps? The island was uninhabited save for scarce wildlife, and I’d never seen anything here the times Kae and I had snuck away to meet on the shore. But it was far too late for any animals to be awake and stirring.

My blood turned to ice when I scanned the treeline and saw a figure standing at the edge of the sand, watching me.

Human.

I jumped to my feet with a hiss, ready to leap to the water, only to freeze as I remembered I’d left my skin behind.

It was in the human’s hand. The burly male held it tight in his fist, looking pleased with himself as he saw my eyes widen.

“Beautiful naked maiden on the shore, sealskin sitting nearby...sounds like something out of my grandfather’s tall tales,” he said, voice brimming with pleasure as he grinned at me. “But you’re no tall tale, are you? You’re the real deal. A selkie. I suppose that makes this yours?”

I hissed as he raised my skin to shake it at me, taking a step backward toward the water to keep away from him.

My skin. He has my skin. The panicky voice in my head didn’t help me as I tried to think of a way to get out of this. But there was nothing I could do! I couldn’t flee and leave my skin behind! That would sentence me to a life of misery. I couldn’t fight him—his arms were as nearly as wide around as my waist!

“This isn’t the haul I was expecting when I set off for this fishing trip but I won’t be the one to complain about it. Easiest skin I’ve ever come across by far,” the human preened, unconcerned with my dilemma. Still grinning, he shook my skin again. “Come on, I’m sure you know what this means. You’re mine now. Stop lurking by the water and get over here. We both know you can’t swim away now,” he jeered, frowning when I bared my measly human teeth at him and took another step back.

“Hey now, where do you think you’re—”

I threw myself into the tide without thinking, crying out in selkie for someone to come. The waves welcomed me at first, then turned angry, as if enraged that I’d dared return incomplete. They crashed over my head as my feet lost their footing, slamming me and sending me spinning, and I thrashed to put my head upright with my meager gasp of air already pounded out of me.

Hands grabbed at my hair, and I screamed in pain and rage as I surfaced to see the human hauling me back to land, hefting me as though I weighed no more than a seashell. He caught my hands as I flailed and tried to claw free, then grunted and threw me to the ground once the water was out of reach.

“Insane creature. Do you want to drown?!” he shouted, kicking sand in my face as I struggled to rise.

Coughing up a lungful of water, I threw my arms over my head and shuddered as he stood over me, more terrified than if I’d swam out and come face to face with an orca. No. No no no no. I couldn’t let a human capture me. Humans were why so many shores were off limits now! They kidnapped us! Kept us like pets! Trembling, I looked up to see a gleam in his eyes that told me he was everything we’d been warned about.

My heart plummeted. No way out. Not unless someone came to help me, and I doubted they’d be a match for a creature like this.

I stiffened, realizing. Kae. Kae was coming. No. No, he’d only be hurt too.

“Figures I’d find the outcast. Probably too mad to swim with the others,” the human grumbled as I lay panting and panicked in the sand. “Don’t suppose there’s any other selkies about I could switch you out for?” he drawled.

Lip curling, I spat at him.

He gazed down with an expression of distaste, then crouched and caught my hands before I could lash out at him, using one hand to turn my face this way and that. “At least you’re a looker. I imagine the madness can be trained out of you.”

I spat at him again.

Then the world spun as slammed me back into the sand with the force of a tidal wave. Wiping spittle from his cheek, he growled and grabbed me by the hair again, lifting me and forcing me to rise and walk or be dragged behind him. “Feisty. That’s to be expected of a wild animal. Alright. See how far that gets you, seal girl. Try my patience and see if that gets you your skin back.”

The words froze me in fear as it occurred to me that he could simply hide my skin away forever and I heard a pleased noise escape him. “Ah, now you’re starting to understand. Don’t know how much you actually hear but you know plenty enough about your skin. Let’s not do anything that’ll make me lose my temper, or this lovely pelt, shall we?” he said, lifting my head so I was forced to look at him.

I glared through my waves of black hair, wishing I had my claws to dig furrows across his broad, scar-riddled face. But I had nothing. Only a weak, human body and pitiful nails that had already proved useless.

“I can see you’ll be trouble, so let me propose a deal to you, seal girl. Seven children. Give me seven strong seal children that can grow to be members of my crew, and perhaps your skin will find its way back to you. If you earn it. Will that stop you from plunging yourself back into the sea to drown? I’d rather not have the only selkie in the land die before I get any use out of her,” the human said, making me thrash in his grip.

I wanted to fling myself into the nearest pool of water to drown myself out of spite, but his grip held firm and my resolve waned in seconds. No. I couldn’t drown myself. I wanted to live. I wanted to have my skin back. I wanted to swim. I wanted to be away from this beast that smelled of blood and sweat. I wanted to be home.

I wanted Kae.

Gulping down a sob, I glowered up at the man and gave a tiny nod, snarling when he grinned and shoved me forward by the hair so I had to stumble to keep upright. Bare feet treading across sharp pebbles and sticks, I staggered ahead and whirled back around to glare at him.

“I will not bow to you. You have my skin but I do not belong to you,” I said in selkie, feeling proud even if I knew he couldn’t understand.

As expected he frowned in confusion, but I allowed myself to feel just a bit stronger for speaking out. Until he raised my skin in his fist and shrugged, unimpressed.

“Whatever that means, it won’t get you this back any faster. So onward, seal girl. My ship is up ahead and I’d very much like to get you on it before I have to beat back wolves or the like to have my prize,” he grunted, making me snort. There were no wolves on this island. Only small, harmless creatures and one disgusting monster.

“Nyvina. Not ‘seal girl’,” I said sharply, standing tall and not moving ahead as instructed.

He scowled, then jerked a thumb to his chest. “Darrow. Now move your pretty ass before I get impatient and decide to use this skin to patch my sails.”

Heart hammering, I let my eyes rest on his clenched fist and tried not to crumple in defeat as it continued to sink in how snared I was. I could mouth off all I wanted, but it would not get me what I needed. Neither would refusing to cooperate at every step.

I needed to be careful. If I had any hope of getting my skin back, of getting home—Kae—back, I would need to cooperate and learn how to make this human yield to my wants. If I wanted to keep him from shredding my skin out of spite, I’d have to—

Disgusted, I turned on my heel and stormed forward, not because he’d commanded it but to have the satisfaction of walking away from him. His boots thumped heavy behind, and I clenched my fists at my sides and held my sobs locked tight in my chest.

He’d have no tears from me. Children? Perhaps. Obedience? When it served me.

But not weakness.

Never weakness.  

[lgbtqreads]

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Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price (m/m, paranormal)

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[adventurouswind]

Treasure chest opened! You received Kaelan's sword!

“W-Wait a sec, isn’t this Kaelan’s sword? I swear, I’ve seen this with him when I met him as he told me about the cave a monster lived in..but where did he go?..” Bartz pondered as he looked around while holding the tiny sword close, his brown eyes widen as he spoke out.

“Kaelan? Kaelan?! Are you here?! HEY!”

[mermaidvenom]

Nerissa’s backstory.

(so recently I finally put down on paper so to speak my arcana MC’s backstory though finally having it lay out in front of me I've decided that I'm not as taken with it as I thought and find the story to be cliché I guess I am now drafting ideas for a new backstory for her but I thought it would be fun to just share her old one on Tumblr for any arcana fans or even non arcana fans who would be interested in knowing more about her or one version of her anyway)

Long Before kaelan became the pirate king he was first mate to an infamous pirate captain called Finn who wanted to be elected as the first pirate king in 1,000 years. They set off on a mission to find the sword of kings that belonged to the very 1st pirate king. the only way a candidate could ascend to the throne was to be in possession of the sword, when a pirate king came to the end of his reign he would choose heir and pass the sword onto them.

Finn had been training up kaelan to take his place when the time came so they both sailed out to a patch of mysterious islands known as the forbidden isles. Docking at the centremost island Finn and kaelan enter an underground cave where the sword was said to be held and guarded by a mermaid.

They traverse the cave system until they arrive at the mermaids grotto she tells Finn and kaelen that she knows what they seek but if they wish to attain it they must first answer her riddle . The mermaid asks her riddle and Finn answers correctly just as the mermaid is about to offer up the sword of kings to Finn and proclaim him the new pirate king the mermaid is impaled and fatally wounded by an enemy pirate crew, Finn and kaelan fought off the pirates but Finn was killed by the enemy pirates captain.

As Kaelan was about to pick up the sword of kings and leave to gather the pirate council to see who should be the next king now that Finn was dead the mermaid grabbed Kaelan by the wrist and with her dying breath pointed to a treasure chest. Kaelan picked up the sword and approached the treasure chest to reveal a baby the mermaids baby. Kaelan takes the baby and the seashell necklace that the mermaid was wearing to give to the mermaid baby when she grows.

Kaelan returns to his crew with the baby and tells them all what happened and that they need to gather the council to settle the issue of who should take up the mantle of pirate king. Kaelan then goes below deck with the baby to find his son Cael he introduces the 6 year old Cael to his new baby sister Nerissa.

Not long after that the pirate council all agreed that  kaelan should be their king. Then when nerissa and cael where both of age kaelan told them both of nerissas true heritage also gifting her the necklace he took from her mother and informed them both that when the time came cael would take his place as the pirate king but until then they where both free to go off and shape their own paths.

Cael decided to put his own crew together sail the seas and go on adventures while he could.

Nerissa decided to travel to vesuvia to study the art of magic and the arcana under her aunt at her magic shop.

[izvmimi]

mimi did you divorce the wizard king on his birthday

stop 😭 i’m crying gncmfmfmfgmgmgm

NO

[izvmimi]

okay but like izuku trying to give you bad grades for fun sexy reasons when he also gets really upset when he has to actually fail someone. you catch him teary-eyed writing his report cards because they've all grown so much this year.

the idea of him having real report cards then the one for his girlfriend is fucking killing me

tbh tho in all seriousness i think he’d be so sad if someone was really struggling in his class i agree with you and we’d probably brainstorm how to best support them

also since in this au i probably still would run the quirk clinic if there were truly glaring issues he could refer them to the clinic (although i couldn’t see them personally cuz of self referral issues)

[izvmimi]

to hold your pussy

AM I A JOKE TO YOU I'M HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME

[izvmimi]

coming here to pitch underwear with a picture of a pot potato on the crotch for mr. the wizard king's enjoyment

me bringing the pop potatoes to the master bedroom

[izvmimi]

I'm here for soft family saturday!! Hitoshi and I have... Four Cats. 💀

omg i can just imagine you and shinsou having a competition for who can paint the most like Interesting (notice i didn't say like good or accurately particularly cuz i know you can do that) but like Odd and Impactful pic of your four cats, granted they stay in view for long enough, and making long critiques on each other's art.

you'd probably have a podcast on too so you're both discussing and murmuring back and forth while painting. just overall chill vibes. music playing. basking in the sunlight turning to dusk.

[izvmimi]

Mmm another data point to the mimitype: no condom tonight (+ the existing, heart of gold, big muscles, arm troubles)

i’m crying cuz tbh when kendall first said this like literally over a year ago it completely shifted my center of gravity

yes i want the person whose solution to perceived (read: imagined) emotional distance is RAW FUCKING (and babytrapping ofc)

[izvmimi]

what is it then? 🤔 self-hook-up-with-the-exing?

it's complicated....

[izvmimi]

What do you think makes a pop potato different from a regular potato? Would Asta have negative feelings about a regular potato?

apparently they’re supposed to be really dry at least according to the episode where klaus and mimosa and that one rich dude go there but i wonder how much of that is related to like seasoning and stuff to rich people vs the actual properties of the potato you know

i have a suspicion asta doesn’t have taste buds, he seems like a very ‘i eat to live’ not live to eat kind of person but his natural mirth and gratitude makes him very complimentary about food (remember that episode where rill gives him tea and he’s like this is so elite i can barely taste it)

anyway as with my other faves, i shall be introducing him to other staple crops such as the humble and quintessential plantain, the hardy yam (not that sweet potato mess the real one from the motherland), and who could forget, theeeeee lovely cassava.

[izvmimi]

okay, im aware that this is an unhinged reason to be a light mode user BUT. It's about typography. The same font appears lighter as black text on white than it does white text on black. And the increased visual weight of the type adds too much visual stress/noise and throws off my groove. I find the lighter font weights lead to less eye strain (anecdotally). Variable fonts are slowly fixing this but most software isn't there yeeeet.

HELP ykw just cuz you're smarter than me about this i'm yielding any teasing i had in store LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[izvmimi]

[scary ghost noises]

stop this is so cute wahhh ty for sharing