#ttauriwanderer

[clxscdeyes]

@ttauriwanderer

He's chased her to an alleyway. Luna looks around for any means of escape from her persecutor, but there is none.

"Mister Steven. Please, just let me go." Luna's hands raised in surrender.

"I don't want to worry anybody else. Just let me go, please?"

People were worried though. The missing person's report was everywhere. "I'm not missing. I'm here. Just....I...I can't be around people."

[fangsanddaggers]

Memories Hurt Less Now You're Here ||@brokeassgoing @ttauriwanderer||

Astarion had been on edge, haunting the festival since he'd brokered Badou to find Steven. Chaos, insanity, pain, all plagued his mind, enough that even Jeremiah was writhing in discomfort.

Right. Jeremiah. He wonders if the distance from his homeworld is what kept the little guy from being so chaotic as he had been before. Must be all the Mind Flayers and cult shit or something.

Eyes draw him to a stall, he swore it was a Tiefling behind the counter but he wasn't sure anymore. He smiled from behind the pain, trauma instincts making him play the part of a handsome young man that eagerly flirts. Eyes drift over the wares as he chatters along, they were all from his world, old fabrics with familiar markings, tinctures, potions, spell scrolls. Oh how Gale would have loved to read the books on magic beside them.

What he doesn't expect, is to find a plushie of a Displacer Beast. Vicious things, so he's heard, but someone took the time to make it cute. Soft round muzzle, big pleading eyes, gentle smile around the paw stuffed in it's mouth like a kitten suckling for comfort.

Delicate fingers lift the toy, eyes softening as he looks into the large, rounded eyes, the soft glossiness to the orbs reflecting red back.

The world swiftly fell away, pain ripped into his left eye. It took everything he'd learnt not to scream in agony as one hand shot up to grip at his skull.

What was it now? Was someone trying to control Jer? Was he in danger? This felt like whenever he connected with the others. With a held breath of hope he closed his eyes, gripping the plush close and opened himself to the messages of the worm.

What he got shattered everything, his whole world ripped upside down, memories zipping by faster than he can process, blinding him to the world he stood in. A pained whimper left him, unable to hear the woman ask if he was okay as he staggered a step.

Darkness, wings, a tendril, rotten fleshy meat, a man so desperate for his family, immortal, Sharran trials, a forge, told to detonate for consideration of forgiveness, time's running out on the infernal bomb. More as he tilts his head; the dream visitor is a mind flayer, the idiot bard ate the fucking worm and veins blackened. The next fight he'd exploded into a Displacer to protect the people, the changelings, book shop, Mystra, prayers, a cat, a general pigeon?

"Ah, fuck. Stop, Jeremiah!" He snarls the words through the pain and the fear. It was too much, it was all his vision, his thoughts, his actions, his friends, and yet-

Baldur's Gate. They were home, they were-

"No!" He backs up into the tent without meaning to, hiding in the corner even as he moved forward in the memories.

The manor, his siblings, the kennels, Godey, deeper, deeper, the catacombs, the ritual, he finally understood, he knew what the scars were, only ever a body for someone to use and throw out when they were done. Enraged he stood over pale skin, glared down, old red met the scarlet inferno that was him. A choice to make, sacrifice or slaughter, power or vengeance, to have all that the bastard desired, or to be better than him.

To kill thousands, or just one.

"NO!" He screams the word in terror, reminded all over again of the horror of the moss as he's ripped back to the present by a scent. By warmth. Jeremiah had gone dormant again, taking the brunt of the trauma of the sudden rush, too tired to do more than murmur soft assurances.

Red snapped around and honed in hard on the source of that scent, meeting those familiar eyes, no longer filled with terror, no longer empty and void of life, right beside the man meant to bring him there, witnessing a panicked meltdown in a tent clutching the plush for dear life.

Never before has the color of honey looked so good.

"S... Steven?"

[epilvgue]

「𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔤!」- In all honesty, even in the few months he had been on the Isles, Vash had yet to get acquainted with all of its little twists and turns and quirks. Who knew if he ever would. At the moment he was perusing the shops and stalls of the Merchant Town area, particularly Trivium Square. He poked his head in here and there to have a quick look before continuing on.

He had also managed to make it there in time for the Vespertown Market.

Stands peddling a variety of farm-grown foods, hand-made wares, and snacks were all over, making the area crowded and almost claustrophobic. Apparently this sort of thing only happened on Monday's and he had managed to gather that the people came from another part of the islands all together to sell things to the city folk. There were all sorts of odd things for sale and plenty of good smells, especially where leftovers from the winter festival were concerned. - There were actually quite a few good deals when it came to nearly-out-of-date holiday treats and foods. Decades of barely having two coins to rub together had taught him to be on the lookout for deals (as well as free food and the chance to work for a meal, among other things).

Vash was also fast on his way to making friends with some of the merchants. He had also already found himself caught up in helping out a number of more elderly and less able-bodied vendors who couldn't quite lift the things they needed to.

However, as he was walking, something else caught the Plant's attention. - A young man, practically a kid, was bartering with a stall owner and not getting very far.

@ttauriwanderer || starter call

[windsofcourage]

❝  HAVE YOU SEEN A glowing rabbit ? ❞ it was asked ... perhaps a bit ABRUPTLY . the words were hastily spoken to the first person link could come across . BUT AS IT SO HAPPENED , this particular stranger had been looking in the general direction said "glowing rabbit" had sprung past , even if the little creature's body had been masked by the shadows of the canopy above their heads , & . the dense expanse of forest overgrowth . REALLY , LINK WASN'T expecting too much in the way of help . for whatever reason , the critter was an ELUSIVE ONE . so much so , it almost seemed like he was the only one who'd seen it at all . & . so , as the leaves rustled over head & . link took the spare moment to CATCH HIS BREATH ... maybe that was what he was looking for after all. SOME KIND OF CONFIRMATION that maybe - JUST MAYBE - the rabbit wasn't a figment of his own wild imagination .

@ttauriwanderer / amity festival !

[aevummarket]

Oh boy okay, I'd like to rank up my OC Steven to Ardent. My threads are at /tracker and my stats are at /stats. Today is 3/1.

Your experiences have led you to deeper ties in this world. Young Echo, may you cherish them well.

Congrats! Your muse, STEVEN, has ranked up to Ardent Rank! You now have the following benefits:

Access to Tier 2 of the marketplace

200 emblems per Activity Check

All other benefits are listed on the RANKS PAGE.

— Mod Leillis  🌸

[aevumisles]

Hello mods, I'd like to put both Captain Steven Gobair (OC) and Deidara of Naruto on hiatus, please. Today is 12/23.

Steven ( @ttauriwanderer ) and Deidara ( @chaoticclaybomber ) will be put on hiatus for you!

— Mod Leillis  🌸

[mischiefmodig]

Old Prompt \ / @ttauriwanderer \ / Not Accepting

🍈 - How do they calm down when they are upset? Would they act differently trying to calm down in a group setting versus all alone?

Calm down? There is no calming down when you can simply avenge your anger! :D

I'm kidding... mostly. Honestly, Loki is a little bit funny with this, because he genuinely is highly emotional and I don't mean that in a negative connotation. Which, essentially just means that when he is feeling a certain way he really does feel it in very big ways.

So when Loki is upset, 9 times out of 10 that energy has to go somewhere. When someone challenges his status/ego, he will lash out at the person with very venomous words. If he is frustrated by say a spell not working he will inevitably lash out in his surrounding area. If he's saddened by something he will weep in a very visible way... by himself.

He absolutely responds differently when he is in a group setting vs. being alone. Unfortunately, I think when Loki gets upset around people he would rather focus on keeping his composure ( depending on the person, I will come back to this ) so that energy gets directed at himself.

Loki for sure has a horrendous habit of internalizing everything that happens to him to fit whatever narrative he wants to to justify the emotions that he is having. He has a trend of using those to make himself more of the victim than he really ever was or creating scenarios in his head with things that are only partly based in reality or were exaggerated because of his emotions. That and Loki has some pretty crippling self-loathing so he absolutely will attack himself with whatever issues that he doesn't share with anyone.

In this vein of thought too, Loki ... is very petty. The opening line is a joke, however, he is a problem solver at heart. So if you cause any kind of problem for him ( emotional or otherwise ) he will fix it in whatever way he deems is appropriate for the error :)))))

Also, good luck getting him to cry in front of you, he would never ever do that. I also think it would be very common for Loki to simply disappear whenever he is feeling a lot of emotions that he knows he is losing control of.

... and the only exception to all of this is Thor LOL

Thor straight up is the only person he properly emotes in front of and expresses his anger, sadness, frustration etc. etc. Granted, he doesn't express fear anymore mostly because even he never wants to admit that he has that all. And he only does it with Thor because he trusts him to not take advantage of Loki's emotions/heart like Loki believes the rest of the world would ;;v;;

A really good way to know that you have Loki's trust is to actually see him when he is emotional.

[dragonhcrt]

@ttauriwanderer

"Oh, I've heard about you. You're part of the Adventurer's Guild...." Marcellus smiles with a welcoming glint in his eyes, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you. My name is Marcellus Ivoryscales." Funny name, he knows BUT it was a name given to him by the people who raised him.

"Care to have a drink with me?"

[magiccuco]

٠ ࣪⭑ It was never uncommon to find Cucumber in this place. At this point, it was practically his mission to read every single book in the biggest library he'd ever seen. For the past month, this had been his comfort place, as much as it had felt like a prison.

Even now he kept trying to shake off the memories of that fake life and stay grounded to the present. ( that helplessness followed him now. a shadowed reminder of his shortcomings. of everything that he wasn't, and couldn't be for his loved ones. )

Cucumber was suddenly startled by the voice that seemed to speak to him then. He was reaching for the books about the aether but then noticed the hand that reached out the same way.

" O-oh! I'm sorry mister- " Cucumber's entire demeanor changed from tired and focused to his usual worried selt. He was practically set to beg for forgiveness, though the man at least didn't seem to be too offended.

" I-it's okay um- y-you can have this if you want! " Cucumber reached the book out towards the stranger. " I've uh... I've read this one. "

He gulped, looking down at the ground. " I-I've been studying it for a while now, actually. B-but I'm double-checking my notes... s-sometimes things change. "

Since the event with their memories and false lives, Steven has taken to wearing his sword and shield and taking Bip around with him everywhere. They both feel better when they're close, though they both know it won't really do anything.

Whatever controls these strange happenings, these invasions into their lives, abilities, minds, and bodies, they're more powerful than the people living here. More powerful than Steven. It grates, and he hates it, hates the feeling of helplessness that comes with knowing that he can't do anything to stop it if it happens again.

What happens if it's permanent this time?

Bip makes a soft sound as they step into the Archives, Steven set on making yet another attempt to study the Aether and how it affects this world. Maybe this time he can find some sort of hint to help him prevent or mitigate the next disaster.

He's not paying as much attention as he should be when he browses for books, so when he reaches for one and finds it sliding away to someone else's hand, he blinks a little stupidly for a moment.

"Oh, sorry. I uh, didn't see you there." He flushes, ruffling his already windswept and disheveled hair. He's pretty sure he's seen the kid with the bunny ears around before, but never this close. Honestly, he gives Steven a violent yearning for home, so he hasn't really reached out before. But now he gives the kid a tired smile.

"Looking into this place and it's magic too, huh?"

@magiccuco

[cagcdlxve]

Spreading Positivity ⋆˙⟡ @ttauriwanderer

✨ It's so soft! You match your writing to each blog very well, and hers is so soft and gentle, and the wording is just -chefs kiss-! I love peeking in and reading your threads with other people, just to be nosy and appreciate the tone of your writing <3

AAAA I appreciate youuuuuu !!!! Lilith is so much fun to write for, had to wrangle her a bit in the beginning but OC be like

[clxscdeyes]

@ttauriwanderer

"That was me. But--," She feels like she shouldn't make an excuse but then, "I didn't mean to. I swear. It--It just happened." She felt it was much needed to make herself clear. She didn't want to get in trouble but would understand if what she did would cause her to be in one. She wouldn't make up any excuses then.

"I really.....want to get stronger but...everything is so strong I can't control it. it happened before too." The exact same thing with the buildings toppling over because she couldn't control her power.

"I'm sorry." Luna's head bows, eyes closed and she sits there shameful.

[fangsanddaggers]

Pacifism Meets Hunger ||@ttauriwanderer||

Once more he finds himself in the same forest, hunting the same creatures he'd devoured the last time he'd been there, this time remembering his Axe in hand. It would be far easier to pry back the tangled vines to reach his prize with the weapon meant for logging in hand.

But just as last time, he heard the sound of another, shouting something it seemed.

He'd just take a peak. He wasn't going to get involved unless the creatures were well distracted enough to become an easy meal. That's all he was doing as footsteps changed direction once more.

A lie he told himself constantly, alongside 'Karlach and Valas were rubbing off on him too much'.

He's met with a bizarre sight. A man up a tree looking down at the beasts howling and cackling at the base like a swathe of Gnolls. He knows the creatures could easily scale the tree and kill him, but it seemed they just wanted him busy or scared. Entirely consumed the four were with the man that it wasn't hard for Astarion to creep close.

Laughable, really.

The axe came down with frightening precision, driving deep into the brambles and into the meat of the beast's shoulder. The resulting shriek and turn was met with a snarl. He pounced, bringing the beast around right to the ground with a twist.

He wrenched the axe out, bringing it back down to break a few brambles off. In a flurry of movement, ignoring the teeth in his leg he lunged, sinking fangs into the bared flesh of the beast beneath.

Be it the foul dead blood the creature tasted on him or the sudden realization of who had joined the fray, the rest scattered, snarling and howling. Half drained, the spawn let the creature go, stumbling away from blood loss but making it to the tree line.

He twirled the axe, amused at the sight as he dragged a thumb over his lip to lick the last trace of blood. Red eyes then flash up at the other, axe resting heavily on his shoulder, the other raising to cover his eyes as if to look through the light to the other.

"Seems you're not favored by the locals much, are you?" The playful words roll from his lips, calling up into the leaves to the man clinging for dear life to the tree.

[epilvgue]

「𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔤!」- How had he ended up here? It was a question that Vash found himself asking all too often. More often than not he found himself thrust into situations rather than willingly entering them. He didn't even know who had entered his name into the track and field races, but… here he was. A large '07' was plastered over his chest and at the moment he was sitting, gasping for breath.

Sure, he wasn't the worst at running, he'd had plenty of practice at it and more of his life than not had been spent running from various sorts of people… but doing it for sport? That was a new one.

The gunman collapsed back onto the bench, chest heaving as he wheezed. He uncapped his water and drank it all swiftly, gasping afterwards. He'd have to run again soon and groaned at the idea.

@ttauriwanderer // Sunflower Festival (Aevum Olympics)

[aevummarket]

Hello there Mods, I'd like to purchase some unlocks for Steven, namely his Cloning and Remote Mental Control, please! Today is 4/14 and my Stats can be found here, App here, and Currency here! Thank you!

When you awaken, you feel rekindled. As though some small piece of you has assembled itself back together….

Your CLONING and REMOTE MENTAL CONTROL have been restored to you.

ABILITY UNLOCK 500 Emblems ALL Abilities and Items listed on a Muse’s application can be bought back at any time. Application unlocks are limited to two (2) abilities/items per Activity Check without exception.

ORIGINAL EMBLEM BALANCE: 2,500 TRANSACTION: 1,000 Emblems CURRENT EMBLEM BALANCE: 1,500

— 🏵️ Creo

[aevumisles]

Hey mods! I totally spaced on one of Steven's powers, his telepathy/empathic communication, and added it to his app, with a notation about waiting for approval. If you could take a peek and check it for me, I'd appreciate it!

The changes to your application have been accepted!

— Mod Leillis  🌸

[mischiefmodig]

answer & tag 10 people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with!

Favorite colour/shade: I like the range of peach to yellow! But I do like a good teal now and again

Last song listened to: I've been obsessed with Wander. Wonder by the Arcadian Wild, but high key i listen to a lot of songs all of the time so ( my current playlist addiction is for a muse I wanna bring to aevum soon )

Last film watched: err - Secret of the Wings, a Tinkerbell movie

Currently reading: Nothing <v< but want to get into reading tbh

Currently craving: Chinese/Sushi always

Currently watching: A bunch of youtube and shorts, i like watching Legundo and his Minecraft videos, but generally add go brr

Coffee or tea: Coffee! Tea is growing on me tho. I had a Honey and Hibiscus tea that I liked, and I looooove Boba Milk Tea

Tagged by: @magnusmodig

Tagging: @angelictragedy, @ttauriwanderer, @toshyagii, @medicaduceus, @chenshixianyou, @dancingxflames, @ anyone else who'd like to!! ^^