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an assassin … must learn to forget about sentiment . it is dangerous. you take your pleasures where you can , when life is good . to expect anything more would be reckless . / zevran arainai from dragon age origins written by jasper
@eldriytch + ASKED FOR SOMETHING FROM SIA.
breathe in, breathe out, sometimes elysia forgets to breathe, lungs still, body a mockery. all they are is magic, anyway, given form in the way they want. but familiarities stay, a fondness an itch you can’t reach; the red hair will always stay for them, red, red, red, like poppies, like flame, like a voice that no longer calls their name.
do they know? elysia pokes and prods at bones, as if ephemera’s ribs might murmur an answer, gaze upturned to watch their paramour. like a cast not fully formed, the clay cracks and spills and elysia has to remind themselves that as much ephemera was, is, and continues to be more than the world should have still had the power to grant, she is not death in fullness. so close, painfully close, enough to breathe in but not enough to grasp in their hold.
ephemera looks down on them, and elysia reminds themselves that it does not matter -- ephemera is their sweetling, young and now painfully old, reaching to them equally as possessively as they are gently. most of all, it is nice to be wanted; most of all, the differences are boons, surprise enough to make elysia’s heart flutter. nuzzling into ephemera’s belly, elysia smiles. ❝ SWEETLING, I LOVE THE LOVE YOU HOLD FOR ME. I LOVE LOVING YOU. ❞ elysia peeks up at ephemera again, devilish in their lopsided grin, red curls haphazardly splayed over ephemera’s thighs.
remember, presently -- this is the incarnation who loves you. that promises to always love you. ❝ IT MAKES ME HAPPY. ❞ eternal as chaos has become, as boring and faded things had become, cyclic and on repeat, there is always something new to be learned in ephemera’s love. does elysia say that? probably not, but -- ❝ YOU MAKE ME HAPPY. ❞ they sigh, something pleased in their breath as they take ephemera into their hold. yeah, yeah, yeah, this could be their forever.
@ancichor : ⎈ from mom :)
a thank you letter
dear ch mother ,
the first letters of her name are smudged out but still legible . he could have still used a new piece of paper but didn’t
i hope this letter finds you well . life has been treating me quite well , if you were wondering . it started to turn brighter after i moved into my own home . of course , not because i moved away from you and the others , but because i finally have my own place , my own bed , my own home . the business has been slow , but the people have started bringing in their winter coats ever since the weather turned .
i am not writing you to tell you about my new life , though . this letter has a whole different intention . i am not clever with words and neither do i excell at conveying my emotions - hence this letter and not a visit .
you have done so much for me ever since i arrived here , no matter if i wanted you to or not . in the end , it helped me a lot . i grew from your care even as a young adult . for all this , and for a lack of better words , i wanted to thank you . i want to thank you for not giving up on me , for pushing me to my betterment , for allowing me to prosper after everything was said and done .
until then , gerome
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FERAL SELF - PRESERVATION ARRIVES AT THE BEHEST OF ‘ I WANT TO LIVE ’ … and even the most dishonest man would be able to speak it as a truth. sylas prides himself on being able to warp truth like one can swirl oil into water, murking the surface with shimmering black while the honesty below disappears, suffocates and chokes.
he acts like a dog and smells like a dog and barks, bites, and eats like a dog; lycanthropy does not run through his blood and yet, when one has been treated as little more than a wolf prowling before a shut door, one hardly needs to wonder where such an animalistic penchant for sharp teeth and flitting eyes would come from.
his stomach clenches at her offer, reminding him of how empty it really is. he has done a marvelous job at ignoring swaying dizzy spells and the hunger pains associated with walking days upon days without a proper bite of edible feed. arms clutch tighter around gleaming chains, much too pristine for someone as him. they catch on the skin of his chest, pinching the flesh. sylas doesn’t bat an eye but rather narrows them.
“ … and what’s the catch ? ” he speaks and almost regrets it, his previous words having already taken all that his throat can bear. the horrible scratching associated with a lack of proper drink to nourish it is intense. a single breath enter lungs sharply. sylas slowly lowers himself and the chains to the ground, careful not to drop them ( again ) when single knee touches moss covered floor, and stays still as so. he flashes a grin, more akin to smile than a wolf - ish thing, and perhaps, behind the dirt and sweat and matted hair, one can catch a glimpse of a proper man. “ oh, don’t worry, the hospitality is most generous— ”
and it is, even if he takes it warily. he cranes his head to look beyond her and to the plume of rising smoke. more people are settled there, he sees, and has to begrudgingly admit that in his current composition he would make a stand against one or two of the blue clad men, but a third would easily overwhelm.
“ —but i just have to wonder why. ”
why indeed. sylas is hardly deserving but he knows when to only take a glimpse at a gift horse’s teeth.
“ … i think, ” sylas wheezes at last when he hauls himself up, hands held in tight fists despite the good grace it seems he has wandered in on, “ that for now i will stay with the horses. ”
another cautionary look directed behind the fiery haired woman’s figure. he offers a half - hearted shrug, shoulders crying out from the exertion, and lets them fall with a grunt, quickly followed by a masking chuckle ( and a joke in poor taste ).
“ otherwise i might be inclined to sneak in a bite. ”
sypha is everything in a smile; the curve of lips sits there, like an invitation, path built inside the silver willow branches of a forest where a beast of a different kind withers at kindness. he is fidgety and untrusting, the chains clinking cruelly between them, heavy and shiny and sharp against his dirtied, tired skin. she wonders how long it has been since he has been a man; wonders, through the lens of kindness, if the teasing should be traded for a softer hand.
when he speaks, though, her mind shudders, thoughts scattered — and realizes, through pain, through the way lack of care grates at the men’s throat, he is strangely eloquent. his features are all animalistic, frank and honest with an edge to them, but he speaks with ease, catching what she says and pulling and twisting it in his mouth, in the sliver between his teeth, and the thing that rises up in sypha is not apprehension, nor fear — it is respect for someone who is not completely broken.
❝ WE ARE SPEAKERS, ❞ she says, ❝ TRAVELING SCHOLARS, ❞ she adds in explanation, ❝ AND NONE OF US WILL BE A THREAT TO YOU. ❞ bending her knees so that she is closer to eye level with him, she pulls the water flask from her side and instead of offering, places it in the space between them. ❝ IT IS OF OUR BELIEF THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING DESERVES KINDNESS. ALL WE HAVE IS YOURS, IF YOU ASK. ❞
retracting her hand, she stands again, smoothing out her robes but still holding the uncertainty of his gaze with a returning smile. ❝ YES, EVEN YOU, SITTING OUT HERE THREATENING TO BITE OUR HORSES. THOUGH I CAN’T GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY IF ONE KICKS YOU. ❞
she crosses her arms and gestures simply with her hand, humming with thought, ❝ I REALIZE THIS ALL MAY BE HARD TO BELIEVE, SO YOUR CATCH IS SIMPLY NOT TO BE RUDE, AND I’LL BE BACK WITH BREAD. IS THAT ENOUGH? ❞ he is emphasizing his savagery, as if goading her own to treat him beneath her, but resolutely she treats him as she would any non-threatening stranger that would stumble into camp.
he has not harmed — he has not come in with a weapon, with fire on his tongue, and pulled and pricked and shouted, running them out, or worse, causing injury. instead, he sits, spittle in his mouth and shoulders sagging, and he is more deserving of compassion than most, by her standards, no matter how covered in grime and sneery.
❛ you may come to find your ideals will be sorely tested, alongside your magic. ❜
@ancichor .
❝ TESTED BUT NOT BROKEN, ❞ sypha says, fear slick in warning in the back of her throat, but if fear were a thing that stopped her, she’d already be dead. ❝ I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY. ❞
steazori:
𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 same . the ash that clogs in his lungs as blood trickles down his throat , too tired , too weak , to fight it as he’s hoisted up under his arms by THE CHURCH to watch . TO WATCH HIS HOUSE BURN . to watch them burn , faces distorted , their screams of agony haunting him still as BLACKENED , SKELETAL FINGERS reach out towards him—
𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐏𝐋𝐘 , his scream tangling , garbling within his throat , as he reacts through instinct , almost about to attack if it weren’t for those familiar , BRIGHT BLUE EYES gazing back in concern . he blinks , then sighs , falling back down to lie atop his cloak with a groan as the realisation of what happens settles , a forearm covering his eyes . shit .
𝐀 𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐑 shifts , but doesn’t wake , at the sudden commotion . TREVOR wiggles his nose at the strand of blond hair that manages to somehow lie across his face . his answer to her question is soft , tired . ❝ thanks … but it may be best just to talk . don’t want to wake up SLEEPING BEAUTY . ❞
sypha comes to realize quickly that waking trevor, suddenly, in the throngs of a nightmare may not have been the brightest idea -- but the mixture of shock and concern, pulling her away from sleep enough to wrestle him out of any nightmare that had its hold on him, was a decent enough trade off, even if she would be hurt. he would not agree, she knows, and the guilt would eat away with him in silence, so maybe it is a blessing for them both that all he does is lay an arm over his face.
tentatively, she places the pads of her fingertips on his arm with a soft apology, before smiling and pulling the blond hair from his skin, opting to lay beside him with the curve of her lips friendly but her eyes betraying still lingering worry. ❝ HE SEEMS BLESSED ENOUGH TO SLEEP BETTER THAN EITHER OF US, ❞ she says, then relents, quieter, ❝ BUT THAT SOUNDS BEST. ❞
she searches in their silence, in his still calming breaths, for his other hand, which she loosely grabs hold of; a question in their lacing fingers, a whisper in the can i, and is it okay? before she turns her gaze upwards, letting him, for once, decide on the answer. ❝ WE DON’T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE CAN TALK OF OTHER THINGS. LIKE, ❞ she fumbles with random knowledge she can pull, her tired mind struggling with thoughts splintered, ❝ DID YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE JUST SEEING THE AFTERIMAGES OF STARS? ❞ right now, they are only looking at the wagon ceiling, but, ❝ SOME OF THEM MAY BE GONE, BUT THEIR DIMMING LIGHT IS STILL TAKING TIME TO TRAVEL TO US. THE SKY WE SEE IS A SKY OF THE PAST. ❞
@ancichor said :blinded, for seiros & catherine hehe .
daunted divine dotes on seraph sent from earthen remains . ( an anchor to the living , the mortal and robbed of deities grace . ) devoted , donning shimmering armor – wielding thunderous blade . if essence , limbs and mind were to wither with the kiss of eternity at least she’d have this . bare digits find the curve of chiseled jaw ; pressing deliberately while blanket of darkness kept them veiled from peering eyes . was it a secret ? mm .. to the unobservant perhaps . left moves to loop loosely around armor-bare shoulder , wanting to be the protection while plate was set to settle at the wayside . the very same digits move to tangle in in flaxen mane , soft hum soothing melodically from plus petals eager to worship every affection withheld in their time apart .
if one asked how seiros loved catherine they would be answered with this : tenderly , overwhelmingly and all at once . there isn’t a moment she would give to let go , to find a very human process to endure alongside beloved . like a winter’s thaw into spring : a flourish of colour in the drab coated apathy of the world’s unending mend . sacrifice meant knowing when to stop , when you went too far — & the title of archbishop held nothing but falsehoods . ( one could not bring light upon a pyre of lies . ) ❛ you’re my goddess , lady rhea . ❜ how those words irked her in the moment they were uttered . the blaspheme of being compared to purity itself. as if it pressed further into divine dermis shamed lineage .
maddening and horrifying were the succession of memories lacking knight . not all coated in ichor , but the path was wroth with ruination . fear and paranoia prompting brash expenditure of power . ash left a corrosive coating , diminishing passion – until battle calloused palms taught her there was something else to live for .
how long had she been lonely for ?
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such a terrible and tantalizing secret, this -- being held by divinity and being worshipped by her hands, a servant to desire. catherine could feel love sweep up inside her lungs, feel it choke the way she breathed, for there was no air except spared in the gift of rhea’s lips.
split in desperation, in plea, catherine could barely hold onto the paler and paler warning of sins she’d take on by bringing goddess onto earth, of holding onto her as if she were hers and not theirs, of craving the fixated, prioritized love that should have been shared, not owned. not offered. but the warning lessens when left to breathe, when nails burn but do not pain and catherine wishes nothing more than to not be in the dark.
& 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄, 𝐈 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄 . hi! violet here! do you like tragic backstories and healers that could absolutely kill you if they wanted to? well, you’re in the right place! if you’d be interested in writing with a fire emblem: three houses based original character ( with other verses outside of the fandom, of course! ), please go ahead and give this post a ♡ or a ↺ so i know you’re cool with it! definitely appreciate your time & your help in spreading this around!
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❛ aw , thanks babe ! i tried real hard just for you - could you tell ? ❜
❝ IF IT WAS FOR ME TO NOTICE BABE, YOU’LL HAVE TO TRY HARDER. ❞
❛ toxic masculinity is dead ! I DANCE NOW ❜
❝ YOU SINGLEHANDEDLY KILLED IT, RAKAN. I’D EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM YOU. ❞
some misc sypha headcanons.
- sypha does not remember her parents well, her father even less. she was told he wasn't a speaker -- which was a little rare. her mother, she remembers in parts: lullabies, learning to talk to spirits, and warm hands. she's forgotten much of her mother's voice, but the speakers have always filled the holes in for her, and tell her stories of who her mother was. it got more dangerous for speakers after they were accused falsely by the church ... and the speakers' sad faces often tell her more than sypha needs to know about her mother's fate.
- the elder/her grandfather stepped in as a parental figure quickly, and the speakers were her family. she quickly learned of the histories and the prophecies, including the one about her. first, she saw it exciting, then, she saw it as a responsibility. luckily, she was a quick learner, and she loved to learn. she fit into the role as if it had been molded out for her. prophecies really work out that way, she supposes.
- was raised like a boy. it was safer to travel as one, and to be treated like one. when she was still learning control of magic and had less opportunities for self-defense, she would introduce herself with he/him pronouns. old enough now to be considered a woman, less child more adult, it's harder to pass off but less important to do so. still, some habits do no harm to keep. she keeps her hair short and wears her robes that hide her form, and has no preference for pronouns, but answers mostly now to she.
- sometimes the speakers would arrive and would receive more spite than aid. speakers were always living the day to day poor and relying on each other or human kindness. sypha did not know full meals for a long time, and grew up sometimes malnourished. this does not mean speakers were not resourceful -- sypha can make a meal out of anything, can identify edible plant species as well as poisonous ones, and can hunt with fair ease. but when you got food you were to feed all not just for you. (this is why it makes her uncomfortable not to share. all food was shared, it didn't matter how much each individual provided.)
- note on faith: speakers believe in god, but worship jesus’ ideals more than god’s. they see as god as wrathful and petulant, a man who would save no one. but jesus was loving and giving, and they travel passing on his values of altruistic help, unconditional love, etc.
hello! good morning ... i’ve reshuffled my muses around a bit. i’ve taken off kindred and swapped them with xayah, finally put up headhunter, and i’ve added on eris from sinbad ... this has been ur mini jasper psa
❛ MHM , ALL I HAVE COME to understand is that you have a knack for inflaming the natives , ❜ says the self - proclaimed observer with no shortage of amusement . He will admit to finding Speakers quite the interesting people , if not outright compelling in their use of ancient arts ——– to say nothing of her particular choice of words . Poignant and basic all at the same time . It’s nothing if not entertaining to watch . ❛ That and a penchant for finding trouble . Remarkable that you’ve yet to have got yourself killed . ❜ | ◜ @ancichor liked for ( what didn’t turn out to be ) a one - liner , for SYPHA ! ◞
❝ WH -- YOU CAN’T JUST -- ❞ pinching her nose, sypha sighs long; an agonizing, frustrated sound pushing past her lips like a groan as she tries to reign in her frustration around failure and being critiqued by an irritating and haughty presence. ❝ FIRSTLY, IT IS NOT A KNACK. I USUALLY AM QUITE GOOD AT THIS, ❞ she says, stepping over a collapsed native with care, looking at the newly found obstacle course beneath her feet before walking forward hurriedly, ❝ AND SECONDLY, I DO NOT GO OUT FINDING TROUBLE. TROUBLE FINDS ME. ❞ it would be great if everything worked out all the time! if things were seamless, no hiccups, no mistakes -- but then there wouldn’t be anything to learn, would there?
she stops, suddenly, and then whirls on him, hands placed on her hips. ❝ I HAVE NOT GOTTEN MYSELF KILLED ... BECAUSE I AM SMART. ❞ she huffs, smoothing out her blue robes. ❝ I CANNOT HELP THAT YOU ARE SO PERFECT AS TO ALWAYS KNOW THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO. ❞ there’s a defensiveness that begins to build, there, before it is overwhelmed by curiosity, a pout shifting to interest in a few passing seconds. softly, as if discussing a secret, she asks, ❝ ACTUALLY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I MUST KNOW AS A SCHOLAR. I WAS SURE I HAD TRANSLATED IT CORRECTLY ... ❞
starter for @eldriytch ‘s adrian from sypha
❝ I’M GLAD YOU FIGURED OUT A WAY YOU COULD TRAVEL WITH US, ❞ sypha says, her gaze upturned towards adrian, soft albeit teasing, affection tied tightly with joy. taking one of his hands into hers, his skin colder than her already cold palms, she adds, ❝ I WOULD’VE FELT TERRIBLE LEAVING YOU THERE ALL ALONE. ❞ she looks down at their hands and the smile falters, quiet in the pale of her face before she moves on, clasping his hand tightly. to her, it is better to focus on better things, on what would happen instead of what could’ve happened. he is here, with her, with trevor, and he is not being left behind. ❝ OUR ADVENTURE HAS ONLY JUST STARTED. WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF FUN, I’M SURE OF IT! ❞
starter for @accrsed from ferdie
❝ I CANNOT HELP BUT NOTICE, ❞ ferdinand broaches the subject with hesitance, a quiver in the usual, confident tedium, ❝ THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PRAYING MORE LATELY. ❞ he turns to her, and the nervousness dies down in the firm way he clasps his hands, in the way he smiles, pinched at the edges. ❝ WHILE I UNDERSTAND DEDICATION TO THE GODDESS IS PARAMOUNT ... I DO, HOWEVER, AM PRONE TO WORRY. ARE YOU FARING ALRIGHT, MARIANNE? ❞
HOW TERRIBLE OF A THING THE NIGHT IS, AS IT SWALLOWS ALL THAT IS HELD DEAR … there are parts of the land that still burns despite the howls of nightly creatures. fire is a formidable thing to hold the dark at bay; warm and light and treasured as the legacy of man, but how quickly it turns against those who use it so frivolously. move wrong and a city will burn, and burn the wrong person and hell will be unleashed on earth.
love rears a man but hatred and fear births the devil.
sylas is a man on the run. wallachia is a country that feeds on prejudice and the obscenity of the church, and magic is the craft of satan and punishable by death ( to burn and smolder and turn to ash ).
he crosses the path of a cross, a frail wooden thing bound together with twine and rope. he harks up as much saliva as he can muster and then spits on it. the sun is still high in the sky, and night is hours away. if he is lucky, he thinks, and gives the cross a good kick ( what a mistake; he feels a splinter enter the sole of his foot ) before gathering heavy chains in both of his arms and moving on, he will be able to find a nice place to sleep.
sylas entertains the thought of perhaps a barn with hay until he stops, sniffs the air much akin to a hungry dog, and wanders away from the path and into shrubbery of the forest to his right. there is a caravan, he sees, with horses grazing. it smells like food, and he is both thirsty and starving and so very clumsy in his hunger, for when he moves he drops one of the heavy chains. it falls to the ground and one of the horses neighs in surprise, quickly calmed down by hushed whispers of an aged man clad in blue.
turning tail would be wise, sylas knows that, but when he catches the man’s eye he stills, sneers, like a lone wolf with intruders in its territory. a sense of exhilaration bathes over sylas’ entire frame as it looks like the man is about to run from the fear of his teeth.
it turns out to be a wrong assumption. the man waves a hand and sylas thinks it to be a form of mocking greeting before he realizes that no, it’s not for him, but rather for someone to come over to the man. perhaps an ally of his.
“ shit, ” he hisses over the roaring blood he can hear in his ears and tries to gather the chains in his arms again to move on, but halts at the ‘ wait ! ’.
really screwed up, he thinks and looks up at the woman with hair like dying fire, and he wonders if perhaps he should spit on her, too. really screwed up there, sylas, he thinks again, and wonders if she’ll get an infection if he bites her hand as she steps closer. god knows how long it has been since he cleaned up.
“ you know, ” he says, “ they do say that it is rather dumb to approach a cornered beast. ”
@ancichor, for sypha / starter call.
the speakers don’t refuse aid to anyone -- begging on their knees or stumbling, barely surviving or in abundance, they were sanctuary for the outsiders. so when her grandfather calls her over, sypha looks the stranger up and down: this man, hunched over with a dark shine to his eyes, weighed down by his chains -- how much had he endured? all broken down and unhinged, starving but unable to eat, had he been forsaken by god, too?
at first she had seen him bandit -- about to pull out his weapon, greed palpable in his grin, and having to be fended off -- but this stranger is not a bandit, and he is not greedy as much as he is in need.
so it is with compassion sypha steps forward, even though she hears something caught on her grandfather’s tongue -- wait, -- she says, to the man who must have had to survive on his own -- wait, is in the blues of her eyes as she stands just outside of him, not out of fear, or contempt, or disgust, but kindness. she respects this stranger’s space, cornered and wary as he is, for a man to not recognize kindness is a man who has not known it for a long time.
❝ THEN IT IS GOOD YOU ARE LESS CORNERED BEAST THAN ... A VERY DIRTY MAN, ❞ she says, unfazed by his threat. he stopped when she called out to him: desperation or not, there was human there under the veneer of anger, of feral self-preservation. ❝ YOU CAN STAY HERE WITH THE HORSES IF THAT MAKES YOU COMFORTABLE, ❞ she adds, a half-smile, contemplative on her lips, beginning to take form, ❝ AND I CAN BRING FOOD TO YOU. FEEL FREE TO BE ... BEASTLY IN YOUR CORNER AS LONG AS YOU DON’T EAT ANY OF OUR HORSES. ❞ she raises her eyebrows, almost expecting him to take the bait, before moving past it.
❝ WE CAN’T PROVIDE YOU WITH A FEAST ... ❞ she says, ❝ BUT WE DO HAVE SOME BREAD. ❞
her grandfather has already left, and she is stuck here with this man who might not take kindly to her teasing and actually lunge forward and bite her, not unlike a stray dog who no longer knew human love. she had faith in this stray man, however. (naive or not, to be warned of danger instead of acting on it, was its own kindness).
@ancichor said : ’ goddess, i know we aren’t … well, the closest of friends, but! ’ ferdinand carefully hands over a meticulously cared for weapon, expensive not for looks, but for handling. ’ i might have … quite loudly heard from sylvain that it is your birthday, so i have prepared a gift! ’ he holds up his hand. ’ no need for any heartfelt thanks, i understand that isn’t your erm, nature. but happy birthday, felix. ’ he smiles warmly.
𝙵𝙴𝙻𝙸𝚇’𝚂 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝚃𝙷𝙳𝙰𝚈 . / no longer accepting !
𝙵𝙴𝙻𝙸𝚇 𝚂𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚂 , 𝙶𝚁𝙾𝙰𝙽𝚂 . ❝ why am i not surprised … ❞ wherever SYLVAIN goes with his loud mouth , word spreads . in this case , his birthday . of course the whole of GARREG MACH would know by now .
𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙻𝙻 , 𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙺𝚂 a couple of times when he finds himself holding an expensive and impressive work of art before him . ❝ oh . you know your steel . ❞ FELIX compliments , plesantly surprised , admiring the work and quality of the blade . his grip and hold firm , he takes it from the BLACK EAGLE , testing its weight in his hand , how its hilt feels and fits in his hold . already , it’s proving itself to be promising . yes . this will do quite nicely .
𝙵𝙴𝙻𝙸𝚇’𝚂 𝙻𝙸𝙿𝚂 𝚀𝚄𝙸𝚁𝙺 upwards , now wielding his new sword . ❝ how about A DUEL to test it ? see how it truly fairs in a fight . ❞
❝ I AM GLAD IT IS OF YOUR TASTE! ADMITTEDLY, I AM NOT MUCH OF A SWORDS PERSON. IT IS A COMFORT AND A RELIEF TO KNOW THAT ALL OF THAT RESEARCH WAS WORTH IT. ❞ ferdinand would never go into the effort he had made to find such a piece of work -- or even a good piece of weaponry. his fascination and talent was in lances, and although he had set out thinking lances and swords could be treated the same, he had realized no, really, he could not. a bunch of frustrating conversations with collectors, haggling with merchants, book-reading and asking any reputable blacksmith he knew later, he found himself beaming from ear to ear, pleased his efforts were fruitful. after all, it was not easy to make felix shift from his tight-lipped stare.
never say a von aegir couldn’t give a good gift!
so wrapped up in his cheer, he didn’t quite realize what felix meant until he paled, laughter choked up in his throat. ❝ I ... DEARLY HOPE YOU DON’T MEAN A SWORD FIGHT. IT WOULDN’T BE MUCH OF A FIGHT. ❞ he said, aware of felix’s superiority in this case -- if it were a lance, undoubtedly he would be of the advantage! but standing there, seeing felix’s makeshift smile, ferdinand sighed with a weary exasperation.
❝ BUT ... ❞ he conceded, ❝ IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY! SURELY I CAN SUFFER ONE LOSS TO TRY OUT YOUR NEW SWORD, IT IS ONLY FAIR. I TOO, AM CURIOUS TO SEE HOW IT FARES! ❞