Adelaide Gloryflower

Adelaide Gloryflower || 24 || Shadowhunter || Happy sunflower

[adelaidecucumber]

fearlessarcher:

“Your first time sending what?” Alec asked incredulously. He moved his head around until he’d caught the girl’s gaze. “That was your first time sending a fire message?” The Shadowhunter repeated. “Did you just Ascend or something? Were you raised by rabbits?”

“What?” Addy giggled softly and shook her head a little. “No! I was raised by my parents back in Idris. I just... never really had the need to send one,” she shrugged lightly. “I’m Adelaide, by the way. Nice to meet you,” she beamed. 

[adelaidecucumber]

judexdolohov:

“A Shadowhunter who doesn’t like fighting, now that is a first. I thought that was the first thing they taught you, how to fight? How to be a soldier to the Clave?” At the mention of not liking confrontation Jude’s brow furrowed further. “And you’re sure you’re Nephilim?”

“Don’t thank me, we made a deal and I do tend to be a man of my word. Don’t want rumours spreading that I go back on deals, I won’t get any business if that happens.” Because he relied on people trusting him enough to come to him when they wanted something only a warlock could provide, it’s how he got paid. “Not far. Thank God.”

“Yes, I’m sure!” Addy sighed softly, still smiling. “What’s wrong with me not liking confrontation, or not being good at fighting? It’s not like life is all about that. Right?”

She nodded and kept walking. “What kind of deals do you usually make with people? I mean, you did mention you have a business... what do you do?” She asked curiously.

[fearlessarcher]

“Jeez, watch your fire messages, yeah?” Alec caught it midair. “And why even send one. We’re literally three feet apart.” He rolled his eyes and began to read it. 

[adelaidecucumber]

“I’m sorrry!” Addy called out, rushing to him. “It’s my first time sending one... I... I was just practicing,” she mumbled, smiling apologetically.

[aworldinvertedrpg]

NAME; Adelaide Penpine AGE; 24 SPECIES; Nephilim FACE CLAIM; Zoey Deutch

✗ Born to the Penpine family, Adelaide was adopted by the Gloryflowers after her biological family was brutally killed by her father. She was just a baby at the time, and because the Gloryflowers didn’t want to affiliate themselves with the Penpines - a cast-aside, unimportant family that murdered Downworlders in an empty attempt to gain fame and respect -, they never told her or anyone else about her true origins.

✗ Addy hates confrontation. She is not a fighter and would rather sacrifice her own needs and/or wishes to avoid any sort of less than peaceful situation.

✗ The only reason why she got her runes and became a Shadowhunter was because of the Gloryflowers’ status in the Clave, and their need to maintain appearances that they were a powerful family of strong and vicious fighters.

✗ Adelaide moved to New York City to try and find out more about her past.

✗ Besties with Elisa.

Woah, is that [ZOEY DEUTCH]? Oh wait, it’s [ADELAIDE PENPINE (GLORYFLOWER)]. She is a [24] year old Shadowhunter and is [HAPPY] and [DETERMINED] as well as [NON-VIOLENT] and [STUBBORN]. Their weapon of choice is [LOVE (N/A)] and their go to rune is [JOYOUS]. 

[adelaidecucumber]

elisa-rxsewxne:

She missed the sun. Oh how she missed the heat kissing her skin, warming her down to her bones. Elisa missed the rhythmic thumping of her heart after a long run, reminding her just how alive she was. She missed feeling satisfied after a delicious meal. God, she missed chewing. 

Seated on the park bench at night, alone and runeless, she closed her eyes. Elisa had read about Vampires. She’s studied them. She’d even staked a few. But become one? Never in her wildest nightmares. Yet here she was, ageless. Immortal. Forever frozen. Trapped.

Adelaide was heading back to the Institute after spending most of the day at the New York Public Library. She hadn’t meant to go home when it was already dark, but the Shadowhunter had lost track of time and ended up getting a little lost on her way back.

Everything in her life was a huge mess. She missed her home, missed her family, missed Idris... but she also wanted to learn more about herself, wanted to find out what exactly that box meant. So far she hadn’t discovered much. 

Addy had also noticed that she hadn’t seen Elisa, who had become a close friends of hers, in a good while, and with Beau also missing, Adelaide was pretty much spending her days alone.

She walked fast, as fast as she could without actually running, crossing the park and hoping that she was headed the right way to the Institute.

[adelaidecucumber]

judexdolohov:

“Without rules people would be a lot more fun and you Shadowhunters would be a lot less uptight and I wouldn’t have to worry about being taken in by the Clave every time I did something that they didn’t exactly agree. What’s life without a little chaos after all.” Because to him he liked the idea of chaos, but then he liked to think he was in a position of power and if everyone else seemingly lost control he would still have it, sitting near the top of the heirachy tower. “See, you don’t even know yourself why you need structure, why conform to it when you can’t even put an explanation to it.”

“That or they didn’t think you were capable of looking after yourself, might of thought that the second they let Bambi out of their sights she would be killed.” Because it seemed like the other was rather incapable of looking after herself, she had been coddled up until this point and now that she was on her own she was helpless.

Jude was hoping that she was going to give in, to let him open the box and if there was anything of value inside- well then he would know and try to take it from her, he didn’t think it would be too hard either given she didn’t want to upset people. “I told you I would take you if you gave me something valuable, the knowledge you gave me was worth nothing and held no interest.” He pointed out, looking at her and her face, the fear that was there. Mumbling to himself he let out a sigh, “Fine. But you owe me a favour and I will collect it at some point in the foreseeable future.”

Adelaide wasn’t exactly comfortable with the subject they were debating. She had always followed the rules, but here she was, breaking them. Instead of talking about it more, she simply shrugged and smiled, eager to divert the focus of their conversation to something else. 

Chuckling, she shook her head a little. “No, I don’t think that’s it. I think they just knew I never really liked fighting, so they didn’t want to put me in situations that might involve confrontations,” Addy said. And she hoped that was true. It had to be.

Starting to feel like this had been the biggest mistake in her life, Adelaide gulped, hoping Jude would have a change of heart and agree to take her to the Institute. “It was valuable to me,” she mumbled, praying to the angel Raziel that she would make it through the night safely. A genuine sigh of relief left her lips as she nodded, agreeing to his terms. “Thank you. Thank you so much!” She said, running a hand through her hair and then holding onto the straps of her backpack tightly, her knuckles turning white. She was relieved that he was showing her the way, but scared that they wouldn’t get there before night fell. “Is it far from here?” Addy asked, waiting for him to lead the way.

[tobiasalwell]

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[adelaidecucumber]

tobiasalwell:

“Woah, specific there.” He commented sarcastically, though there was a smirk on his lips. “You look that unsure about everything and uncomfortable that if one was the type to take advantage, I am pretty certain they could. Why don’t you sit down and try to… relax a little. Get a drink or at least attempt to look a little more like you belong here. Right now you are sticking out like a sore thumb.”

Adelaide just blinked at him. She didn’t understand what was the problem behind being specific when answering a question. She had never had to worry about secrets or anything like that before running away to New York. Shrugging, the woman took a seat. “Alright,” she said, offering him a smile. “I’m Adelaide, by the way.”

[adelaidecucumber]

judexdolohov:

“Your promise means nothing to me until you prove it, so until then I’m always going to be dubious of your intentions. But that may have something to do with the fact that I have a lot of trust issues, don’t take it too personally. Or do- I don’t really care.” He commented and there was that smile again, so unsettling to him that he wished he could spell her to have a permanent frown on her face to get rid of it. “Why? The rules you Shadowhunters follow are the worst, but I guess you have to stick by your motto-… what is it again-” He paused, casting his memory back to the many times he had Shadowhunters chant the Clave’s motto at him as though it meant something, “Sed lex dura lex. The Law is hard, but it is the Law.” He spoke before scoffing, “So dull.” Jude narrowed his eyes at her before tilting his head ever so slightly, “Because sometimes you gain nothing from it.”

“So… a babysitter. They never let you out alone, do you not think there is a reason for that?” He asked, because that did seem a little odd, unless she had a super paranoid family who didn’t want to let her out of their sight because to them she was the angels greatest gift, or some other bullshit like that. “So you’re not a great fighter and they still let you get your angelic rune- the Clave really must be desperate.”

“Have you got it with you? There might have been magic involved to lock it shut, I could potentially undo it.” For a cost. “Somewhere important-… that’s not vague at all.” Jude chuckled and shook his head, “Sorry Sweet-cheeks, but I don’t have to do anything for you and honestly all I got from you was that you have some old trinket that won’t open- I don’t think that was very valuable to me now, was it.”

She just blinked as he spoke, smiling at him. This man surely had a lot to say. Adelaide found it endearing in some ways. Maybe he just needed someone to talk to. She nodded lightly and shrugged. “Well, what would we be without rules? Everything would be a mess, don’t you think? We need structure to...” she seemed to be at a loss of words, trying to dig up from her memory the speech her mother would occasionally give her. Occasionally because she had never been a big issue, never a fan of breaking the rules. Her siblings, on the other hand, probably had that whole speech memorized. “To... uh... live as a functioning society? No, that’s not it...” Adelaide sighed. “We need structure to...” Shaking her head softly, she pursed her lips and then let out another sigh. “Never mind. We need structure and that’s it,” she grinned. “And sometimes you gain a lot from it. It’s worth the risk,” she answered.

Raising a brow, Addy chuckled softly. “Well, I know the reason, silly!” She beamed. “They didn’t want me to get hurt,” Adelaide said, but as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she felt an unsettling feeling in her stomach. Was that really the truth? Was it odd that she was never alone? And if they were protecting her, then shouldn’t she be freaking out more now that she was alone? She was so deep in thought that she missed his comment about her getting her rune. 

Adelaide held onto the straps of her backpack a little tighter. She chewed on her bottom lip quietly for a moment, looking down at his feet and then focusing on his face again. “I do. But... I don’t want you to open. Not right now,” she said. The truth was that Addy wasn’t ready to open the box. She was scared that it would reveal some secret too big for her to keep, or even worse... nothing at all. Which would only show her that running away from home had been a mistake, and she would have to go back and face her parents. She wasn’t ready for that. Not even close. Frowning a little at his words, she crossed her arms in front of her chest, feeling a wave of courage hit her momentarily. “Hey, we had a deal! You said you would take me to the Institute if I told you what brought me to New York, and I did! Now you have to take me there... please! I don’t... I don’t want to get attacked by the vampires,” she begged, unable to keep thinking of his words when he warned her about the blood sucking creatures that came out at night. 

[adelaidecucumber]

beau-rxvenscxr:

He could tell she’d been aiming to attack him while his back was turned. He wouldn’t have been mad if she did but she’d have had to be fast to land a hit on him like that anyways. He smirked at her pathetic attempt to stop him, her attempt doing nothing more than making his staff stutter in speed for a brief moment. “Come on. At least try.” He was being mean and he knew it but this woman was practically his age and a danger to herself and everyone around her. He needed her to see this. To realize what was at stake if she kept on this way.

Her next move surprised him but he batted away the lobed sword easily enough. At least she had spunk. Beau could work with spunk. He ceased spinning and bent over to retrieve the sword, holding it out handle first to her again. “Take it. Your grip is wrong. He  put his staff on the ground and grabed Adelaide’s hand with a gentle sort of firmness, showing her where and how to grip the handle with gentle fingers. “Never let your wrist break. You must always keep it locked, like this.” He moved it so it was straight and rigid. “This is for attacking. Be sure and firm. Never break. It will weakn not only your attack but you. twenty-five percent of fighting is bluffing that you’re better than you actually are.” He moved his fingers again, making her adjust her grip and wrist again. “This is for blocking. You don’t want to lock your wrist to take a blow our you’ll break it. So you have to hold the blade stronger so it doesn’t get knocked out of your hands.” He backed away. “Show me the attack grip.”

She let out a huff and grabbed the sword again, frowning at the fact that it hadn’t even brushed against his leg, arm, or anywhere on his body. Adelaide sulked as he tried to teach her how to hold the sword, but did as she was told. She could follow orders. Even though she didn’t want to fight, she would much rather have some guidance than to just be told to figure out how to attack him again. “It feels weird,” she mumbled, her shoulders tense, as was her whole body. 

When he moved on to show her the defensive way to hold the sword, she sighed, chewing on her lips as he adjusted her hand. Adelaide found herself nodding lightly at his instructions and gulped. Watching him as he stepped back, she took in a deep breath and tried to replicate what he had taught her. “There,” Addy looked up at him.

[adelaidecucumber]

beau-rxvenscxr:

Beau let out a scoffed and easily flipped the face bade so the handle faced her. Of course she’d forgotten to bring the sword. Of course she’d cower and take the blow full force. It had only just begun and Beau’s patience with this woman had already worn dangerously thin. He glared at her. “Take it. I was going to be nice and face you with a similar weapon but I’m not about to let you escape to your room to get your blade. He walked away from her and grabbed his staff, easily flicking it to full length with a hard flick of his wrist.  The snick of it coming together s balm on his frayed patience.

“I guess you’ll be facing me with my weapon of choice. I hope you’re ready to face the consequences of that.” He twirled the staff in front of him, gradually picking up speed until it was just a blur of movement. Come at me. Clearly you don’t know how to defend yourself. Let’s see if you at least know how to attack.” He didn’t have high hopes but you couldn’t say he wasn’t trying.

Addy hesitantly held her hand out and took the wooden sword. She gulped as the pain shot through her shoulder, but at least it wasn’t her dominant arm. The woman stood up straighter and watched as he walked away. Maybe she could surprise him? Attack him while he walked away? By the time Adelaide had made her decision and taken three steps, he was already turning to face her. She sighed, dropping her arms to her sides and tilting her head to the side as he showed off with his stupid stick. She wasn’t usually that bitter, but Addy was mad. She was sleep deprived, scared, angry, and this guy reminded her a bit too much of one of the other Shadowhunters she had met while training in Idris. 

Sighing, Addy held up the sword again. “This is useless,” she mumbled before stepping closer to him and trying to use the sword to stop the staff from spinning, pressing her eyes shut as she did so. The staff hit the sword and sent a strong tug to her arm, making her stumble lightly. Groaning in frustration, Adelaide just threw the wooden sword at him, hoping to hit any part of his body.

[adelaidecucumber]

beau-rxvenscxr:

Adelaide had made her entrance to the room less than subtle and Beau couldn’t find it in him to care much about it either. He didn’t open his eyes, opting instead to slide into the next pose. “It’s about time. I was beginning to think you’d decided to sleep though the day as a whole and that,” Beau opened his eyes, moving to the final pose. “Is not how a respectable shadowhunter would act.” It’s not like the got up before dawn but anyone laying in bed all day rather than working was not, in Beau’s books, a good Nephilim.

He pulled his legs together and sighed, feeling centered and at peace with himself, even though he knew the feeling would only be fleeting. He wasted no time in starting his lessons. Today was about learning where she was on the skill tree and Beau’s hopes were not high. Without looking back at her he opened the weapon’s panel and pulled out a practice sword of his own. He wanted to train her, not maim her.

“Prepare yourself.” He shut the panel and turned to face her, brushing sweat damp hair out of his eyes. “I will come at you with everything I’ve got. Do try not to get knocked out would you?” He smirked at her, waited exactly thirty more seconds and then launched himself at her, swinging his sword down towards her shoulder. If it hit it would hurt but she’d get over it soon enough if she wanted to get out of here not covered in bruises. Nothing hard enough to hurt her badly but hard enough to get his message across. “Show me what little you’re made of, Adelaide.”

She blinked a few times, still out of breath as she watched him for a moment. “What... are you doing?” Addy mumbled breathlessly. She stumbled further into the room and waited for him to stand up straight and start talking. Tightening her hair in her ponytail, she tried her best to keep her chest from rising and falling so fast, ashamed of displaying such weakness in front of him. “I... I didn’t bring my sword...” Adelaide mumbled, eyes wide as he picked one for himself. “I... I forgot it! Left it in my room!” The woman spoke a little louder, taking a few step backwards towards the door as he faced her. 

Gulping, Adelaide found herself unable to more, just trying to anticipate what he would do. And then, before she knew it, Beau was coming towards her. Addy’s first instinct was to run. But there was no time, and he was clearly faster than her. She let out a scream and tried to brace herself for the impending impact... which hurt like a bitch! “Ouch!” She cried out, stumbling back and bringing a hand to her shoulder, a pained expression on her face. “That hurts!” Adelaide stated the obvious, holding back the urge to just drop to her knees and go full armadillo. “How am I supposed to fight you?!”

[adelaidecucumber]

beau-rxvenscxr:

@adelaidecucumber

Beau hadn’t slept well that night. Not that he ever slept well but the few scraps of sleep he had managed left him feeling more tired than rested. It was only four when Beau had given up and taken to his usual midnight activities. And before he quite knew what he was doing Beau found himself in the training room. It was peaceful in here. In here he almost felt like he could maybe fall into some semblance of sleep. Nut he refrained. After all, it would do him no good if Adelaide appeared while he was sleeping on the floor.

Taking his shirt off and leaving it in a heap on a bench Beau wasted no time in sinking into comfortable and familiar stance of one of his most complicated patterns. Maybe, perhaps, a small part of him wanted to be showing off when Adelaide entered. But he also wanted to exhaust himself so completely that he could no longer feel just how bone deep tired he was. Closing his eyes Beau lost himself to the movements, each one fluid and well practiced as the next. In a matter of minutes Beau had tunes out the world around him almost completely. It was, in a word, liberating.

Adelaide had had a rough night. She had never spent the night away from home, and was feeling quite anxious about her morning with Beau. Falling asleep had proved to be harder than she thought, and she found herself stuck in a loop of crying, feeling guilty, feeling angry, feeling scared, feeling guilty again, and dozing off for ten to twenty minutes. Eventually, after the sun had risen, she gave into exhaustion and managed to sleep for two and a half hours.

Addy’s eyes shot open at 9:17am. She was panting, having just woken up from a nightmare, and looked around in fear at the fact that she had absolutely no clue where she was. It took her a few moments to calm herself and remember everything that had happened the day before. “Great,” Addy mumbled to herself, wiping away her tears. “First night and I’m already crying.”

After a couple more minutes of calming herself down and repeating the mantra that she was going to be okay, Addy realized that she probably wouldn’t. She grabbed the clock on her nightstand and groaned. Beau was going to kill her! Jumping off the bed and running around her room, she quickly slipped into the bathroom and took a shower to wash away her sleep. 15 minutes later and she was ready to go. Well, she hadn’t had breakfast, but hopefully she could grab something on the way to the training room.

She couldn’t. Adelaide spent a few minutes trying to find the kitchen but ended up lost. She had to resort to asking someone how to get to the training room because it was already 10:04 and she really wanted to survive. Running into the room, she panted. “I’m here! I’m here!”

[adelaidecucumber]

beau-rxvenscxr:

“I am up with the sun. Be here before the sun gets high in the sky. I’ll let you decide when that is.” He smirked at her over his shoulder. He’d be in there doing his tai chi until she decided to show up. Like he was almost every morning. And he would not be overtly kind if she forgot and showed up late. “See you in the morning.”

Adelaide pursed his lips and watched him as he left. “Well, the sun gets high in the sky at noon...” she mumbled to herself. “And he did say morning... so... before noon...?” Addy blinked a few times before walking out of the room herself. This was going to be hard... how was she supposed to figure out what time to show up? She sighed, looking for another Shadowhunter to help her find her way around the Institute, since Beau didn’t seem too keen on giving her a tour.

[tobiasalwell]

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[adelaidecucumber]

tobiasalwell:

“I don’t particularly mind staring depending on the reason.” The vampire answered, turning a little on his seat so he could get a better look at the woman. “You’re rather jumpy aren’t you.” Though perhaps that wasn’t quite the right word. “And just who did you think you saw? Maybe I can help.” Or maybe he was just asking out of nosiness in reality.

“My friend,” Adelaide explained with a little chuckle, resting her hands on the empty stool next to the one he was sitting on. “I thought I saw her coming in, and she is always the one to tell me not to be alone at night, so I figured I should find her,” she smiled, quickly looking around the room to check if Elisa wasn’t around. “But I think I must have gotten confused or something...” Addy chewed on her lips and let out a little sigh before looking down at her hands. 

[adelaidecucumber]

beau-rxvenscxr:

“I hadn’t figured that out. Too bad your job in life is to fight, huh?” It took all of his will power not to roll his eyes at her again. Her naivety knew now bounds. Beau found it both endearing and embarrassing. “That’s fair. I supposed giving you some time to settle in wouldn’t hurt. I’ll make the room as taken. It’s up to you if you utilize it. And between you and me I highly recommend it.” He started at her hard and then walked away towards the door. “Remember. Bright and early or back to Idris you go.”

She tried to smile at him, but ended up rolling her eyes, immediately blushing at the fact that he had probably noticed that. Nodding, Adelaide hesitantly looked up at him with a small nod. “Thanks,” she said, starting to wonder if coming to New York had been a good idea after all. Addy flinched lightly at his last words. If the idea of going back to Idris made her stomach hurt, then yes, New York was the right place for her to be. “What time again?” She called out at him as he stepped through the door, hoping that he would hear her.

[adelaidecucumber]

judexdolohov:

“No, I don’t trust Shadowhunters and the fact that one is being nice to me just makes me all that more suspicious.” He responded to her honestly, because it’s not like he did anything towards them to warrant that reaction, if anything he was a burden to most Nephilim and the fact he hadn’t been reported to the Clave yet was a miracle. “So you’re a pushover? Someone says jump and you’ll jump just so it pleases them? You’re a person, not a puppy.” The fact the other told him that she didn’t go out alone intrigued her, she didn’t seem like the psychotic type, but then again he wasn’t really one to judge who was and wasn’t. “So you had a permanent babysitter, makes me wonder if there is a reason for that. Someone out to get you?” He asked, knowing he probably wasn’t going to get an answer given she didn’t seem to know much.

Jude couldn’t stop the smirk that appeared on his face when the other told him to wait, he knew she would give in, she was dumb to try and fend for herself out here alone, especially in a place she wasn’t familiar with and she would buy into what he wanted in return for some form of help. “A box? With New York on it? Nothing else? Nothing inside of it? Because to me it just sounds like a trinket someone picked up because they happened to be a fan of this place.”

Adelaide raised her hands up in front of her chest to show him that she was not there to trick him. “I promise I have no second intentions,” she grinned. A little frown settled on her face at his choice of word to describe her, and she chewed on her lips for a moment. “It’s... not like that. I just follow rules, okay?” Well, she used to. Now she was almost like a rebel who escaped from home. Right? “I know I’m not a puppy,” Addy smiled again. “But if I can make someone’s life easier, why wouldn’t I?” 

Chuckling at his assumptions, Adelaide shook her head a little. “I never said I had a babysitter!” She grinned. “I didn’t get out of the house much, and when I did, my parents were with me, or they sent one of my siblings. It was mostly to run errands,” she explained with a little shrug, finding her upbringing completely normal. “They were just worried about me. I’m not... as good of a fighter as my siblings,” Addy added. 

Shaking her head, she took a little step towards him. “It’s not a simple box. I can’t open it. I think it’s stuck,” she paused momentarily. “And I found it somewhere important,” Adelaide stopped herself, realizing she was revealing more than he had asked for. Blinking a few times, she grinned. “Well, I told you! Now you have to take me to the Institute.”

[adelaidecucumber]

elisa-rxsewxne:

“Younger and older. I’m sort of sandwiched in.” She smiled. Talking to Addy was easy and calming. She didn’t feel like she had to be on her toes at all time or on the defensive which was nice. 

“Exactly. I personally find it foolish to go into any situation thinking you’re fully prepared. That’s when life takes the opportunity to swipe you off your feet and prove you wrong.” She shrugged. “You can use an iratze but if it’s bad enough then you just try to staunch the bleeding and keep fighting. That’s why it’s best to fight in pairs. Then your partner can abandon the mission and take you away or keep fighting as you heal yourself.” She explained softly, picking up on the other girl’s underlying tones of fear. “My sister came to the rescue.” Her smile was a sad. “She was younger than me so that was embarrassing but Seraphina was always above her age group in skill.”

“Ah, that must have been nice,” she chuckled. “I’m the oldest in my family. I guess that’s why my parents have always expected me to be responsible and do as I’m told,” she paused, smiling at the other. “I have to set an example, right?” Her smile faltered at that thought. She wasn’t exactly being a good daughter at the moment. 

Nodding as the other spoke, she felt herself relax a little. “I can draw an Iratze,” she mumbled more to herself than anyone else. “Patrolling sounds very... complex,” Addy smiled again, but it completely faded at Elisa’s words. “W-was?” She asked gently. “I... I’m sorry.”