#venna talks

[sturnsdoll]

IM TWEAKINNNNN I NEED ITTT 😩😩

[billblok]

The Prospect: Pt. 02-19-- Bird Extraction

For the entire archive, please click here! --> https://prospect.thecomicseries.com/   Yeah, the poor kid... It's really hard having a regular work-shift, isn't it? NAAAAH, he could use being put back in the system again; it'll be good for him!   God Bless!

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[cloveroctobers]

OCTOBER PROMPTS 🦇— 7. Carmy

A/N: This was a little quick write! Reader is given a name since I didn’t want to write in second POV and I’m all here for writing characters that do just a little too much but have a big heart and good intentions 😬 + looks like I’ll be continuing these through November as well before I take a break!

PROMPT can be found here and I’m using: “should I be worried that you know how to replicate fake blood well? I probably should be, right?”

WARNINGS: Language!!! some spooky eatery/themes, Syd being the main one with a weak stomach this time around + toxic workplace & a core four being formed?

*GIF BELONGS TO: @emziess

<- please read my slept on previous anthology october prompt here.

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“Jeff, finally you’re here!” Tina rushes up to Carmy as he enters the bear for the first time today.

Carmy dips his head, “Hey Chef, Tina. Good to see you.” He replies back, slowly walking with her as he glances at a few workers who are wiping down the furniture for the upcoming customers.

“‘ppreciate you, Jeff. But you probably won’t be saying the same thing to the rest when we get to the back.” Tina informs, which makes Carmy furrow his brows a bit, stopping at the back doors.

“Something happen?”

“Well…” Tina rocks on her toes, “it all depends really but don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

Which doesn’t settle the feeling in Carmy’s stomach as he pushes the doors forward. Far as he can tell everything looks normal as he continues through the kitchen, the chef’s are all in the right place prepping for opening time. That’s until he spots Sydney first, twisting her bottom lip as she faces Marcus�� station.

“Okay…and exactly what do you think the appeal is…” carmy hears Sydney speaking and it’s a solid chance that she’s talking to Marcus but the closer he gets, he sees a very familiar face covered in Carmy doesn’t even know what.

She’s standing there in all her 5’9 glory sporting her own vegetable printed apron, hands resting comfortably down on the table as she’s talking but Carmy’s just trying to wrap his head around what she’s even doing here. His eyes scan over her head, which is now completely buzzed and this look? she wears well with the fresh cut showing better angles of her high cheekbones.

He steps up closer to Sydney yet he feels his foot slide against some sort of red liquid? He’s scrambling latching onto a near by table while Sydney tries to hold a hand out to a flailing carmy who manages to catch himself all on his own.

“Yo you good, Carmy?” Marcus calls out while Carmy just exhales, looking down at the floor and now he damp sneaker.

He gives a forced thumbs up and exhales, knowing he hears certain snickers from behind him, further adding to the embarrassment. Finding a way to brush it off, he straightens the back bag on his shoulder and stands up straight to peer at the awaiting faces.

“Just the guy I was waiting for!” The buzzed woman claps her hands together.

“Why is there blood in the walkthrough? Someone’s gonna break their neck like I just almost did.” His eyes shifts from Sydney and Marcus while Tina silently throws her hands up and carefully tiptoes back and away but not far enough to miss out on the drama.

Sydney sighs, “you can thank Venna for that. Sugar let her in earlier to let Venna’s inspiration flow.”

Carmy blinks, “okay…? Wha—what exactly does that mean?”

“It means that I’m gonna bring in more customers for you during this fall season, you’re welcome!” Venna speaks but Carmy was still confused, “why don’t you step on up to the show, carmen? You won’t want to miss it.”

Carmy’s eyes flick to Sydney’s but she just holds her hands out for Carmy to do as Venna asks. He can’t read exactly what Sydney was saying but he could tell that he wasn’t sure why Venna needed to let her inspiration release here a couple hours before opening time?

“Watch your step though,” Marcus warns Carmy and he does, making his way carefully over.

His bright eyes are scanning over the…peculiar dishes that cover Marcus’s station. Carmy picks up the closest thing to him and holds up the shot glass that appears to be as if something is floating in the liquid with blood swirling right at the bottom.

“What is this?” Carmy can’t help but to feel his nose scrunch up because it doesn’t look appetizing at all.

Venna beams, “that there my dear chef is what you’ll serve from the bar up front. A shot of brain hemorrhage basically and you can call it: Richie’s brain.”

Sydney snickers at that, now standing beside Carmy, “that’s good, totally love the name but it looks gross.”

“That’s the point! It’s supposed to mimic the medical condition of brain damage. It’s simple work that your bartenders can whip up in no time: apple schnapps, Irish cream, and finish off with Grenadine which imitates blood while the Irish cream is Richie’s brain matter.” Venna explains to Carmy who grasps what she was getting at.

Carmy nods his head, “Ah okay so all of this is for Halloween?”

“Yes! Limited edition items, I mean you’re going to be open this whole season and Halloween lovers are definitely going to want to try these new dishes so…why not send some ideas your way?” Venna says.

Marcus adds, “I have to say it’s kinda a cool concept. Nothing wrong with a little switch up right?”

Carmy looks at Sydney who holds his stare, the both of them trying to get a read on each other. Carmy was usually more open to change whereas Sydney liked to discuss it first then analyze all the ways it can go wrong then right. At least she could blame Sugar for not sending a text their way first but Venna was here—without culinary experience—coming up with ideas they weren’t even thinking about two weeks into October.

“I know presentation is a thing or whatever when it comes to dishes but with Halloween, it can pass as disturbing no?” Venna questions while Carmy shrugs.

He tosses his head back and swallows the shot, popping his tongue afterwards while Sydney tries her hardest not to gag. The drink was fruity yet distinctive which paired well with the balance of caramel and whiskey along with the tart yet sweetness of the syrup. It was a mixture of this and that flavor wise but it worked. “That’s solid Ven but i wish you would have picked a better time to dump this on us.”

“There is no better time than the present! And you don’t even answer your texts so why bother?” Venna says earning double nods from both Sydney and Marcus as she continued, “I’m here now and I know time management is big so I’ve got two more things I want to show you and Syd if you let me?”

Carmy shares another look with Sydney who peeks at the clock on the wall behind them and then nods. Venna grins at them and waves them further into Marcus’ section.

“Aren’t you uh supposed to still be in London?” Carmy wonders while he and Syd pack in with Ven and Marcus.

Ven lifts her shoulders, “I got fired! So anyways the next one that could be a good option is—

“Huh?” Marcus interjected.

Sydney rapidly blinked, “wait what? What do you mean you got fired? Everything was going so well the last time we spoke to you?”

Venna was a talented SFX artist that gained a huge position for a horror major motion picture that was filming in London. She left six months ago and from what they all heard was it was the biggest joy she could add to her resume.

What changed?

“Hmm how do I narrow this shit down? Uh creative differences? Microagressions and sexual harassment. Okay! Moving on chefs.”

“No, hold up? That’s not something you can just slide pass.” Marcus is frowning, eyes briefly meeting Sydney and Carmy’s who were also not pleased hearing this.

Sydney adds, “yeah, I mean that sounds like a whole lot Ven.”

“It was! Which is why I’m back here in Chicago’s atmosphere trying to manipulate my brain to not be depressed…it could work if you guys just let me tell you what else I’ve got up my sleeve.”

Marcus and Sydney both stare at Carmy who’s rubbing at his face in frustration. It’s not like anyone here in the kitchen was open to talking about their feelings like that—well maybe except for Sugar and Fak but Venna was still part of this family regardless if she had a degree or background experience in culinary.

“Ven, can I talk to you for a second?”

Venna’s shoulders almost arch up at Carmy’s assertion, “I thought you and Syd said you were pressed for time since this is prep or whatever.”

“This’ll just take a second, promise.” Carmy peers over his shoulder at the buzzed hair woman, arm held out in the air to wave her through.

Venna let’s out a deep exhale and forces out a smile before she glances at Sydney and Marcus, “don’t you two dare sample my shit while I’m not here to witness it.”

“Wouldn’t dream of it,” Syd’s response is sarcastic while Marcus just chuckles, ready to poke at a questionable dish—again.

Venna leads the way to the freezer, where Carmy leans his shoulder against it, lightly holding onto the strap of his bag to look at Venna who is looking everywhere around the kitchen but at the messy haired chef beside her.

“Hey,” he starts, “I’m not gonna be in your business unless you show me that I have to be but…we’re cool right?”

“What do you mean, Carm?” Venna blinks, turning to face him.

Carmy says, “what I’m getting at is…you kept this from us, why? How long have you been back?”

“Um…a week? Or Three? I really lost track after my fourth chi dog but time is illusion isn’t it?” She snorts, lightly punching the blue eyed man in the shoulder.

Carmy rubs at his brow, “sure, whatever. But that shit you just mentioned isn’t something I want to take lightly so if you’re really feeling a way—

“Oh, I get what’s happening.” Venna taps her forehead, “You just want to check in and I love you for that but we don’t have to do this right now. Maybe later? Maybe never. The situation was not what I expected and it sucked…really sucked but I’m not gonna trauma dump on anybody. I just want to celebrate Halloween with you guys, that’s all dude, I promise.” She waves her fingers around as if she’s conjuring up a spell.

And carmy took the time to really study Venna. The last time he saw her, she looked lighter as if her aura or something was sunset orange as she was full of excitement to take on this big opportunity. Fuck, Carmy was starting to sound like Nat! Carmy was happy for Venna because he knew she had a gift to share and cared about art in a way that was deemed as, “weird,” by the turds in school, however Carmy never minded sitting beside or near in all those art classes.

“Okay,” Carmy started interlocking her raised hands with his to give Venna’s a squeeze while he held her stare, “just know I’m always around.”

“Yeah yeah, so am I, babe.” Venna winks.

Richie walks by the pair then, smelling of smoke, “are you two fucks gonna play ring around the rosy all day or are you’s gonna get to work? Nice of you to show up by the way, Carmy.”

“Eat a dick, Richard.”

“Shut the fuck up, cousin!”

Richie snorts at the expected reply from the two, just waiting to see the embarrassment on Carmy’s face more than anything. He carries on, squeezing Tina’s shoulders who swats him away with a smile, while then whispering something to Sydney who looks away from Marcus to peek at the two, eyebrow raised while tapping on her wrist.

Carmy dips his head and turns back to Venna, eyes scanning over her much shorter hair briefly before meeting her eyes, “ready to show me what you got?”

“Hey now, hey now. This is what dreams are made of,” Venna sings to Carmy who immediately rolls his eyes as she claps in his face, “hey, hey!”

Carmy latches onto the side of Venna’s buzzed head to place a quick peck to her forehead, “can’t believe I walked right into that one, don’t ever change on me, okay?”

“Never! I’m more sweet than asshole, despite my new look that almost gave my dad a heart attack.” Venna sasses as she shakes Carmy by the shoulders.

Carmy snorts, “oh I definitely want to hear how that went down later,” as they begin walking back to Marcus’ station.

Venna’s father was a pilot, which was inspiring considering all the trouble he got into before growing into the man he is today. He was a single father who raised Venna all on his own after his wife went missing in her native land of Hawaii back when Venna was fourteen. She unfortunately became known in the city because of that tragedy which made high school more of a living hell than it already was. Nonetheless her father did the best that he could (with the help of his own mom from time to time) and Venna often joked that it was hard work raising the man.

The tatted woman certainly didn’t make it easy for him, getting into her own share of trouble but her paternal grandmother? Told him he was getting it all back from his own teenage bad ass years. Which is true, sometimes it’s inevitable the way the circle goes round.

Venna was always getting into something and she had no issue going at it with her dad to stand her ground. Carmy and her were alike in that kind of way, when you share aspirations or ideas and get dismissed or a lack of response? They’re gonna try their damn hardest to show that they’re capable regardless if there were opinions or there lack of.

“Did I hear you singing Lizzie McGuire?” Sydney questions while Venna smirks at her, squeezing in between her and Marcus once more.

“Uh huh, Carmy Carm had a thing for Hilary Duff back in the day.” Venna rests her hands back on the table, glancing at the remaining dishes.

“No way,” Marcus grinned, “I was more of a Miranda guy.”

Carmy dipped his head, “I can see that.”

“No shame in my game,” Marcus laughed while Sydney rolled her eyes peeking at Carmy.

Carmy blinked and held his head back staring at the ceiling, “what’s up, Syd?”

“Nothing.” Sydney bit back a smile.

“Well I don’t believe that.” Carmy rests his hands flat on the table.

Sydney holds her hands out beside her, “that’s okay, believe whatever makes you feel better.”

“Why does this feel like you’re judging me?”

“Uh oh, see what you started?” Marcus whispers to Venna who shushes the beanie wearing twenty-nine year old.

“Let mom and dad hash it out.”

“Shit stirrer,” Marcus coughs while Venna playfully elbows him.

Sydney says, “just never saw you going for blondes. Guess I also don’t really know your type but—

“What are you talking about? She was a fictional character, Syd.”

“I mean celeb crushes still have some sort of relation into what you look for in a person, no?” Sydney is frowning a bit as she’s looking off to the side in thought.

Carmy huffs, “who’s your celeb crush?”

“I uh don’t know?” Sydney is fidgeting on her feet now.

“I remember, didn’t you say Steve Harvey that one time when we were drinking over that card game at Venna’s?” Marcus asks, making Syd choke on her saliva.

“What the hell?! I never said that.”

“Now why am I in it?” Venna mutters while Carmy sends her a raised eyebrow for clarification.

“You fucking started this!” Carmy points.

Venna places her ring covered fingers against her chest, “all I did was sing a damn song?”

“Steve Harvey? Ew!” Sydney shudders, “he’s older than my dad…why would you ever think I said that?”

“I don’t know…I could have sworn it was you? Or was it Chester? Shit, don’t take my word for it then.” Marcus scratches at the back of his head, suddenly second guessing himself, while Sydney looks as if she’s ready to wrap her hands around the man’s throat.

Venna sighs, “don’t knock it until you try it…can’t say the oldest I’ve dated was in his 60’s but the last one I was with was truly a standup guy. Maybe I should have picked up his last call.”

When the area suddenly gets quiet, Venna widens her eyes as all the pair’s of eyes settle in on her.

“Did I say that out loud?

“Yeah you did!” Marcus exclaims, “let us find out you’re living a secret life we don’t know about.”

“Is there something you want to share with the rest of the class?” Sydney has her hands digging into her hips now, surprise written all over her face.

Carmy is pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance. “Clearly we have a lot to catch up on.”

“There’s time for that later,” Venna fans her hand, “let’s get into this beauty right here! I call it, ‘The smashed Spider!’” She models the interesting pasta dish.

It’s off putting for sure but looks can be deceiving just like, “Richie’s brain hemorrhage,” or whatever Venna named the dish. When she places it back to the center of the table, she plucks up three forks to hand to the chef’s.

She stands up straight and folds her hands behind her back, “I’ve always wanted to say this: Chef’s what I prepared for you today is a creamy Pumpkin Cauliflower Alfredo, garnished on top of the sauce is my most hated vegetable: peas! Please enjoy.”

Marcus doesn’t hesitate as he twirls the black rice pasta noddles up onto the fork while Carmy and Syd use spoons to assist the fork. Venna notices Syd giving a silent prayer while holding her stomach before placing the utensil into her mouth.

“I don’t know how you came up with this,” Marcus swallowed the food, “but call me impressed and I mess heavily with cauliflower.”

“Thank you, chef.”

“You’re welcome, Makeup Chef.” Marcus winks at Venna who smiles sweetly at him.

When she turns back to get Carmy and Sydney’s intake, they’re doing the thing where they’re peering into each other’s eyes and communicating telepathically, Venna guesses.

“So…” Venna pressed.

“How long did this take you?” Carmy asks going in for another bite while Sydney is still chewing, savoring.

Venna replies, “Prep is about thirty minutes and cooking is about another round. So not long.”

Sydney glances over at Venna, “I’m proud of you for making this actually taste better than it appears.”

“Thanks for your faith in me.”

“Anytime.” Sydney laughs, “I think we can do something with this. We can use activated charcoal or stick with the squid ink.”

“And we can offer two different options: with pumpkin cream or regular depending on the fall loving person’s perspective. This is fresh and a brilliant idea, Venny.” Carmy compliments Venna who waves her hand about before bowing.

“Thank you, thank you! I’ll be here all season.”

Sydney is scribbling down in her mini journal now, nodding her head along with a small smile on her face, suddenly excited with this idea and how they can tweak it and transform it at some point. She’ll ask Venna more questions at a later date but Sydney knew they were still pressed for time.

Which Venna wasn’t the best at, really.

“That’s two out of three stars for me!” Venna poses before nodding over at the last option, “now hold onto your knives, chefs! I’m about to really scalp you with these final idea!”

Which made a smile twitch onto the corner of Carmy’s lips as he watched Venna get further animated.

[1 week before Halloween…]

“C’mon Carmy Carm, please!” Venna followed carmy around his apartment.

He knew he shouldn’t have let her in the front door. Now he was stuck in this mess, with her pleading with him as he attempted to clean up his place a little. Sydney and Marcus were also coming over to meet up before they had a night on the town together. It was shocking to them both that Carmy even considered going out with them but Venna managed to bribe or bully him with news of fall themed snacks at this festival uptown.

“Quit your whining already, I’m not getting dressed up and even if I wanted to—which I don’t, I have no costume!” Carmy hissed as he snatched up a pair of jeans to fold and place right back into the stove.

Venna tisked, “and you say I have bad timing? It’s no big deal, that’s what you have me for right? A very skilled individual. Just let me touch your face.”

Carmy grips the roots of his greasy hair, “only if talk to me nice.”

“I’ve been doing that since I walked through the door.”

“You called me a beautiful bastard.”

“I did say I love you after that right?”

“That’s because you want to touch my face! And I don’t want to be sitting here for hours when we have someplace to be.” Carmy exasperates.

Venna pokes her hips out in her black cargo jeans, “don’t underestimate me, baby. I’ll have you ready in less than thirty minutes because you have the best canvas for me to work on and if you say no two more times…I may act out my best version of being a scream queen. I’ve been practicing you know?”

Carmy seethes, “fine.”

“I get your approval?”

“I said fine didn’t I?!”

“Oh Candy Carm, I promise you you’ll find a way to love it.” Venna grips Carmy’s face as her brown eyes study every detail of his face, from the small scars on his skin, the moles, the slope of his straight but pointed nose, his hooded but bulging undereye glacier blue eyes, “but first…we’re gonna wash this hair right quick.”

Carmy scowls, “I just said I didn’t want to be here any longer?”

“Patience is a…”

“Virtue,” Carmy finishes with a groan as he gently moves to rest his forehead against Venna’s shoulder.

Sooner than later, Venna is working on Carmy’s face just as her phone plays the theme song of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy?

“should I be worried that you know how to replicate fake blood well? I probably should be, right?” Carmy asks as Venna continues working on his face.

She carried her “special ingredients,” on her but the minute she tried to incorporate onion to replicate scabs, Carmy was not having that.

“Sorry but I actually want to smell good tonight.”

“For whom may I ask?”

“No you may not, so shut your trap.”

Venna smirked but kept at it, “no need to be worried about my craft when I’m never worried being a taste taster with your new dishes. We trust the process and each other don’t we?”

Before carmy can respond, she reaches back to put her phone on speaker without breaking eye contact from the blue eyed man’s skin, “Venna speaking.”

“Hey! We’re making our way up to Carmy’s place now. He’s not answering his phone.” Sydney informs.

“Cool,” Venna replied, “he’s busy being tortured by me right now so sorry about that.”

“…I don’t even know how to respond to that.”

“You’ll see. Tata!” Venna bids her farewell, hanging up the phone and does a few last minute touches to the gash traveling from the corner of Carmy’s lips and upwards along his cheek.

Venna sniffs and wipes away a faux tear, “damn I’m so talented.”

“Let me see.”

Then there’s a knock at the door that gets Carmy to stop scrambling for the camera on Venna’s phone. She shoves him away and dips her head, silently saying for him to get that while she gets ready to record.

“Whoa! What did you do?!” Marcus hollers in the hallway while Carmy glances back at Venna who’s all smiles behind the camera.

It’s Sydney and Marcus’ turn to analyze Carmy who isn’t feeling this attention so he rapidly waves them in before shoving the door closed.

“You guys aren’t really dressed…up?” Carmy pauses as he eyes the brown bald cap that’s covering Sydney’s head and the crooked mustache above her lips, “I’m so glad I didn’t let Venna talk me into it.”

Marcus tips his cowboy hat as he attempts to put on a western accent, “dressed up enough though, partner. I just hope you let us actually dress up for the dang holiday.”

“That’s still up for debate.” Carmy slowly says while Sydney presses her fingertips to her lips, “you okay, Syd?”

Sydney swallows the lump in her throat, “no yeah, I’m chilling! It’s just that blood looks so real.”

Carmy looks at Venna as she steps on up to the group, lightly shaking his head at her for causing this reaction from Sydney. She nods her head signaling, “go on, have at it and try not to out scream me.”

“Wait he hasn’t even see it yet?” Sydney wiggles her nose, “also who are you supposed to be?”

Venna holds up a finger as she back steps and goes over to the item next to her bag to place the green eye shades over her eyes, “I couldn’t get my starfire green contacts in earlier so this’ll do. I’m buttercup but resurrected.”

“Ohhhh,” Sydney nods, “I was a blossom girl all the way. I would have never guessed.”

“That’s because y’all lack to see the vision sometimes,” Marcus comments, “But did you really have to kill buttercup, Ven?”

“Duh it’s my vibe. Always in my heart though.” Venna pounds her chest and throws up a peace sign towards the sky while Marcus blows on his makeshift gun.

Sydney widens her eyes at this and let’s out a laugh at this whole childish ordeal but she’s glad she gets to call these two her friends.

When Carmy returns back through the walkway, Venna’s phone is away now as she lifts her head to witness his reaction.

“This uh looks fucking insane but I’m more amazed by your work every time.” Carmy strongly claims making Venna claps her hands together and bring them up underneath her chin.

“Yay! You like it?”

“You legit made me look like I got sliced.”

“By richie?” Marcus teased.

“Nope that’s Syd’s job,” Venna pointed making Sydney playfully shield her face.

“I’m amazed by you.” Carmy says first looking at Venna who looks as if she’s about to get emotional before he drifts his stare to Sydney and Marcus, “All of you and I know I don’t say it enough because I’m a shitty little bitch sometimes but really…you guys put in the effort and I’m honored see all that you do.”

Marcus pats his chest showing that it was all love before nudging Sydney who seems as if she’s at a lost for words. Seeing carmy being vulnerable in this way was new.

“Well thanks, Carmy. You’re not so bad too, half of the time anyways.” Sydney awkwardly voices as she lets out a laugh followed by the rest.

Venna pressed her knuckle into the corner of her eye and waves them all forward after shoving her bag onto her shoulder, “bring the love in you whores.”

“Ah,” Carmy jumps back, “I don’t want you ruining the work you just did.”

The three meet each other’s eyes.

“Were you taking selfies in the bathroom or something because it’s alright if you were,” Marcus is grinning as he grips Carmy’s shoulder who scoffs while Venna and Sydney share a side squeeze.

“Let’s go!” Sydney announces to the men as Venna opens the door still holding onto her.

Carmy waves Marcus towards the door, patting himself to make sure he had his keys before he followed him out.

“C’mon man, was it a mirror selfie or a regular one? And who received the fire pics? I know they had to be. Instagram? Twitter? Facebook? I know you got a Facebook,” Marcus chats while Carmy feels a smile breaking onto his lips as he keeps this mystery to himself.

He guesses this is what it feels like to have friends, something he never thought he needed.

Maybe he was wrong after all.

˚₊‧꒰ა ⛥ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ˚₊‧꒰ა ⛥ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ˚₊‧꒰ა ⛥ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ˚₊‧꒰ა ⛥ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

Continue along with my October anthology prompts here.

[triflingshadows]

height difference..

nia (tall) left the psijic order and then got trapped in apocrypha for an unknown length of time due to wizard hubris until she got knocked out of it and showed up half dead on venna's door. venna (not yet a magister of house telvanni, living on an island way the fuck off vvard north coast because she doesnt want to talk to anyone ever) hates having people in her house but reluctantly nurses her back to health and they bond over shared interest in profane magics

[toddstits]

✎ღINTROღ✐

⤥a little about me⤦ my name is venna (clearly), i'm 19, and i'm bi!! this is my new account so i can freely post dc content without getting flamed :)

⤥writing⤦ requests are open i will write: smut, fluff, angst, series, one shots, pretty much anything. get weird, idc. except, i will not write: incest, batcest, bodily fluids, or age play.

⤥who i'll write about⤦ ⤿jason todd ⤿terra/tara markov ⤿dick grayson ⤿roy harper ⤿stephanie brown ⤿damian wayne (platonically.) (you are more than welcome to request anyone else from dc as well. comics, animation, live action, all of it.) ⤥lastly⤦ i'm here to write ofc but if anyone ever wants/needs to talk wether it be serious personal struggles or something fun to yap about, i'm here to talk to <3 - love, venna ❦

[bakawitch]

So, is there any chance we can hear about the personalities of the twinflame kwamis that have been released?

Of course!

Seel - High energy, very positive, doesn't like authority and gets really easily emotionally attached to things he likes.

Uuse - Restless, very malicious but not very good at it. Likes annoying people and being a general nuisance.

Merri - Talks in rhymes and riddles, kind of bossy, and expects to be treated with the utmost respect despite being rather mean.

Shuuri - Kind of quiet and gets embarrassed easily. A bit of an outlier in the seelie tree, but is getting better confidence-wise.

Tanuu - Brings a bad name to the seelie tree, huge hooligan, and klepto. Always hungry and surprisingly high maintenance.

Ligeiia - Mischievous, very giggly, nearly impossible for them to keep a straight face. Loves secrets and gossip.

Venna - Weird smug demeaning teacher energy. Very cruel and vain, likes seeing others make fools of themselves. Respects her fellow ice queens.

Lupiin - Kind of quiet, uses very few words with poorly structured sentences to communicate. Howls at the moon uncontrollably or when he hears someone else howling.

Slyy - Surprisingly chill and level-headed, practically a master of calming others down. Enjoys an occasional misdemeanour.

Acce - Completely mute, communicates through very aggressive miming. A bit of a worry wart but has no backbone.

[sturnsdoll]

i'm glad they hang out w out filming 24/7 and whatever but WE NEED A YT VID W ALL OF THEM NEOWWWW

the gangggg‼️‼️‼️

[arcadekitten]

What happened to the corpses in Crowscare? 🤔 We see some bodies hanging from the windows but it takes ABOUT a week to eat a human body if they are a child and maybe a couple if they are an adult… unless Venna is going Pac-Man-

Are they just? Vanished? Since we see Ryo’s house just being red and grey, but no blood except for Hayley and the town is not covered in blood except for Luciana’s statue. I may be reading too into this but I may not…

Also why is Dr. D light’s head so round?- I’m so sorry if that sounds so bad or accusatory 😭😭 Because everyone else we saw is this “humanoid” , or that N species you made- … is Dr.D Light not one of those N species?

one last question… 🫣… Is the reason why Nova chose their name is because of the species?

Ah! So many different directions!!

I assume you're talking about the first bad end in Crowscare? It's not only going to be just Venna and Ryo there! Venna herself said she's invited "friends" over. ===

It's just a stylization thing! Dr. D. Light is still "humanoid" he's just wrapped up in a hood and mask! (like so)

3. I guess you could say that? Kinda? It's taken from Casanova!

[sturnsdoll]

i'm so indecisive on what to write bc i'm very self-critical on my own ideas. so send in more reqs so something will hopefully give me motivation LMAO

[thetrashbagswasteland]

WIP ask game, what's up with A Lot Like Devotion?

Aha! The one I've possibly talked about least!! A Lot Like Devotion is theoretically my submission for March's surprise challenge (Time Marches On) - five vignettes of my two OCs, Kuris Rix and Venna M'yava throughout their lives together. They're a complicated pair - friends, then business partners, then co-parents of a baby and only really lovers an awful long time later because they both not only suck at communicating but are also utter fucking cowards about putting themselves out there in case they get hurt (again). Anyhow here's an extended snippet from the 2nd vignette:

“Pol? Nah.” He snorted, acquiescing to the knee and settling on the floor instead, eyes focused on the now-blank datapad he’d grabbed before it could wind up hitting the tiled floor alongside him. “He has some ulterior motive- always does. That’s how he was raised.” With the intensity of his focus, it might as well have held the answer to life’s most existential questions. Harsh words - harsher than she was used to hearing from him - and here Kuris had always struck her as the forgiving sort, willing to do anything for anyone who just so much as asked. She’d presumed it was naïveté, or perhaps optimism but… maybe not. Once again, there had to be a reason he’d run away to Omega, even if it was something he’d never been inclined to share with her. “Be that as it may- this means you’re an uncle, doesn’t it? Maybe that ulterior motive is just having you know your nephew.” Clearly not, given his ensuing grimace.  Maybe, truth be told, the fact that she’d no contact with whatever family she had left was a blessing sometimes; hers definitely had no desire to reconnect, not after how she’d left them last, and that spared her from this shit, didn’t it? Spared her from whatever it was that’d driven Kuris all the way out here and which, unless she was much mistaken, would have sent him further if only there was a further to attain.  How smooth his plates were always took her by surprise but nowhere more than his crest - smooth as the metal that made up part of their composition and yet warm and flexible all the same. Her fingers found a familiar path, tracing the cracks between the blades that made it up with one fingernail. Up and down. Up and down- he rumbled lowly, relaxed just a little with his face hidden in the fabric of the sofa side. When she’d learned that it was just that easy to settle him, Venna wasn’t sure but damn if it wasn’t useful at times like this.  “Motives aside, do you want to reconnect with your brother?” She asked when, after minutes had passed and his mandibles had relaxed away from his jaw, it finally felt safe to carry on.  Maybe she’d been too hasty- with a solid clack they hit his bottom jaw once more. But at least the question was pondered, his head tilting to the side. More room for her to scratch the fingernail of her thumb against the leathery hide of his neck, finding the edge of where plate attached to it- and he took a deep, shuddering breath. “I guess… well, shit if I know.” And yet this wasn’t something anyone else could answer but him. His eyes slipped closed under her touch. “Pol and me? It’s… complicated. I owe him more than I can explain but I sure as hell don’t trust him either.” That, Venna suspected, was the sort of conflict that only made sense to close siblings. Or at least, closer siblings than she had. “It doesn’t have to go further than messages.” She pointed out, for what it’d be worth to him. “You throw yourself headfirst at everything, I know, but you can be cautious too- it’s easier to cut contact again than build it twice over.”  Shit if it didn’t sound like decent advice, no matter how little she truly believed in it. But, that’s what the dumb bird got for trying to go to her for advice and support about the other dumb birds he had the misfortune of being related to. If he wanted better, well, he’d have to find that elsewhere - preferably with his own species.  All her sage advice earned her in response was a grunt. A grunt- goddess was he an infuriatingly hard-headed creature. Just like the rest of his kind.

[aegislash-logs]

I uh.. appreciate the sentiment about not mentioning said event?? Yeah, the mental scar is there but.. thanks?? Also can you hold off whatever you're plotting, I wanna go to the Regi Ruins with my brother.

Hey uh... considering your background image and your pinned description..

How exactly did you guys get your hands on a Darkrai?

Out of luck and chance! We certainly didn't take one that trusts the league, no sir!

We are aware of their extreme rarity, and thus we never intended on having one at all. But looks like luck found us that day! They have a.. very peculiar fighting style.

-Admin Venna

[flamboyant-king]

Which TBoI characters would your OCs befriend? (a question about playable characters, but if you want, you can also count bosses and/or monsters)

Thanks for asking!

Based on my Isaac AU, I'd say Banjo would befriend my Eve, just two boss bitches surrounded by idiots. They can just drink and be like "you would not believe the BS these idiot boys did today."

Heck, Venna and my Bethany would hang too. Talk about their brothers, do each other's hair, Venna would try to get Bethany to try new things and be adventurous.

Cammy and Baby Plum would flutter around and be cute together. Cammy playing the Plum Flute, that would be so nice.

I already drew Isaac playing with the lings. Nothing like cute little creatures keeping you company through a scary dungeon. It's like carrying your plushie with you to a new place, just a comfort critter. Lewling would find the weaknesses in all the monsters and defeat them with his tiny self. He's scarier.

[sweetpyxels]

Royal Save - Venna - Marquis of Venna

Marchioness Hanna meets someone and they have a little talk and things. Also it turns out Hanna is not the only one with a side relationship.

(if you have not read the previous posts: The young man Keoki is kissing is Elliott, Baron Ernest Roses son, the same Baron Ernest Hanna is seeing. Totally happened randomly in my game and i let it)

Hanna and Keoki by @schrullesworld

[senshi-9]

Tag Game

Thank you for tagging me, @touchoffleece! This was a pleasant surprise!

Three Ships:

-Sulemio (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury) - Gosh, this was one of those that took me by surprise. I was already interested about the 'new mainline Gundam series with its first female protagonist!'. The whole 'Witch from Mercury' title also sounded so cool. And after watching the prologue which left me in tears, I was already sold. Come first episode, I was absolutely not expecting the Utena inspirations, and my jaw dropped at that end with Miorine calling Suletta her groom. Seeing how their relationship changed from beginning to end was wonderful, and I love how much they complement each other. -Kumirei (Sound! Euphonium) - This one I know is a bit prickly nowadays, but I was keeping up with the anime as it aired, and it was something I wasn't expecting at all out of Eupho. The trailers and promo images had me going, "Okay, so KyoAni's doing K-On but with concert band. This'll be a cute slice of life to keep up with!" Wrong. I found Kumiko to be such a relatable protagonist with the whole being kind of scarred from pursuing something she enjoyed and growing to come off as nonchalant about it (playing the euphonium and then with what happened in middle school, wanting to distance herself from it), and then when given that spark (in the form of Reina), she grows to find the drive to genuinely want to stick with her craft and improve. That scene where Kumiko runs to the bridge repeating "umaku naritai" was so powerful, I felt. I loved the dynamic between her and Reina, and while I understand a lot of frustrations people felt with season 2, I do enjoy re-watching the series seeing how they grow and influence one another. Special shout-out to the other Eupho ships, AsuKao and NozoMizo (have you SEEN Liz to Aoi Tori??? One of my all-time favorite movies) -Widowtracer (Overwatch) - This gets a mention because while I was always a fan of things, I never really participated in fandom until getting into this niche part of the Overwatch fandom. While my excitement for OW2 died after all that had happened, I'm happy to have made some close friends during what I felt was the height of all the OW excitement, and it was through there that I got a similar drive to Kumiko (mentioned in the above ship) in that I got back into drawing and wanted to seriously improve.

First Ship Ever: oh gosh, I think it was back in high school? Haruhi and Mori from Ouran High School Host Club.

Last Song: Black Classical Music ft. Venna & Charlie Stacey by Yussef Dayes. From Yussef's latest album. If you're into jazz, definitely give this album a listen.

Last Movie: Joyland.

Currently Reading: Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places. It's a collection of talks, essays, and more from my favorite author, Ursula K. LeGuin. I always enjoy her talks and essays, and while not my favorite collection, it's still a good read (highly recommend The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination - that would be my favorite collection of her talks and essays)

Currently Playing: Baldur's Gate 3

Currently Watching: For the currently-airing season of anime, Sousou no Frieren (been reading the manga, so this was my most-hyped for the fall season of anime!) and Overtake!. Also waiting on Apothecary Diaries to start airing. Had recently wrapped up Undead Girl Murder Farce from last season, and that was such a fun series.

Currently Consuming: trying out this mango mead from B. Nektar

Currently Craving: a burger from my hometown

People I want to know better but don't have to participate: I'm a bit shy to tag some people, so I will refrain

[milk-crafting]

😇 for Venna, after learning about what really happened at Heaven's Edge and what he's been keeping secret

😇 "It hurt," she starts, hesitantly. "I understand it more now, but at the time I was mad at him, like it was his fault that this thing was following him, that it was his fault that those heads were appearing in our gear, I didn't talk to him for days except when I had to. More than anything it was hard not letting him know that I knew. I wanted to help him, eventually, but I didn't trust him for so long after that."

[thatmysticaltuxedocat-rp]

omg so happy ur back!! tell us all about the kittens!!

In short... They are getting far too big too quickly!

They have all moved out now, yes all!

Tim seems to exist in different dimentions depending on his mood. We can go for a while without seeing him but he is handling his powers well. They are not exactly like mine.

Fassy is doing very well at his protector training. It seems he will be at least the same size as Tugger.

Victor has warmed up to Tugger a bit more, at least they understand and trust each other more than ever. He loves learning with Cori and Mile, and yes he too has powers. Unfortunately they are very limited to rain. He can tell you exactly when and where it will rain and how much. I do not think he can conjure any himself.

Mackenzie has already destroyed three dens. He is still heartbroken Ath left.

Alazne is very much on her way to being the new Tugger. I have mixed feelings about this.

Fee is the most adventerous, exploring mamy places beyond the yard. I think she is missing Skimble and visiting the trains.

Tia... We thought she was not going to move out at all. We were preparing for her to stay forever but she surprised us and moved to her own nearby place! She has spent a long time perfecting her powers. It is possible she could be the next magician around here.

Jellibean is so sweet and I'm proud at how quickly she is willing to help around the yard! She too has powers and can disappear at will and is incredibly good at it. Much to Munks annoyance.

The youngest three... None of them gained any magical ability. And Tugger is just as brilliant with them as with the others.

Leo is well on his way to easily be the tallest. Deapite how intimidating he appears he is the gentlest soul. Venna has him wrapped around her paw.

Gemini is very sneaky. A master manipulator yet he uses this ability to help others in weird ways. But if he does want something he knows he shouldn't, he goes straight to Tugger and within seconds has him doing exactly what he wants in seconds.

Venna is still selective mute although the list of those she will talk to has grown. Because Tugger is so big and loud he did scare her for a while and this broke Tuggers heart but with some work, she trusts him now and has had her fair share of naps in his mane. We have discovered she can have a very uhh... Fiery streak. If you upset her boy do you know about it. Quite the temper on her sometimes. She spent some time jealois of Tia and Beanie but they have grown quite close now.

I think this is everything

@acurious-cat can you think of anything else?