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independent sorey from tales of zestiria. written by mar

[armatiis]

imagine..... a world where i dont abandon my boy

[armatiis]

controversial opinion: sorey is more mature than mikleo

[zelotae-a]

"hey zelos, what kind of swimsuit is that supposed to be...? it doesn't look very comfortable."

“What-”Oh no. Oh no.

“IT’S NOT. IT’S THE WORST THING. I WAS YOUNG ONCE. I WAS STUPID. YOUNG AND STUPID. SO STUPID-”There he go, snatching it from Sorey.“IT’SNOTEVENMINEIT’SPROBABLYSOMEONEELSE’STHATTHEYLEFTHERE”

And out the window it goes. Goodbye speedo.You won’t be missed. Really. Never come back. Never remind him of his young and idiotic days (though you might say they never left).

[armatiis]

etrefurieuse replied to your post: if sorey could be a vessel for a malevolence...

velvet: angry eyes emoji

sorey squirts her with a spray bottle

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Just because your past has been damaged doesn’t mean your future has to be worthless.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[armatiis]

if sorey could be a vessel for a malevolence corrupted maotelus, the Strongest seraphim, there is nothing to say he couldn’t do the same for eizen

[armatiis]

chinoji‌:

    EDNA couldn’t help but wonder if her AVERSION towards humans was misplaced at times but at the same time, there were plenty of reasons to not approach them. After all, humans were the ones who created the very MALEVOLENCE that would ENDANGER not just themselves but the whole world around them. It was also the very same malevolence that led Eizen to the state he was now but even so, she supposed she could now see why her brother spent so much time around them. It was just as Sorey said, there was plenty of GOOD in the world and she’s witnessed it countless times in this journey. In the end, she couldn’t be as happy-go-lucky as the Shepherd was. They lived in two completely DIFFERENT worlds after all. 

    ❛ It really does take a special kind of idiot to even want to be the Shepherd but … I guess this journey really isn’t all that bad, even if is a PAIN in the neck to deal with sometimes though. ❜ It was really a wonder how he could keep so OPTIMISTIC all the time. The contrast between them was AGGRAVATING at times but she supposed it was better than having a Shepherd that was easily DISCOURAGED. To alone hear his SINCERE thanks was enough to stir her heart a bit but she said nothing to it and instead, returned her gaze to the starry sky above. She soon drew her umbrella over her face as she began to think back to Eizen. ❛ … Sorey, you’re still going to keep your PROMISE, right ? ❜ Although she TRUSTED the hope that Sorey presented her ( rather, she was clinging onto it ) , they’ve gotten this far and she still saw nothing that could truly SAVE her brother the way she hoped to. She couldn’t help but wonder if it was really FUTILE in the end. Perhaps she was just being IMPATIENT here but as she moved along in this journey, she began to realize that there there were so many things that stood against her WISH to be with her brother once more. 

Edna was far more reserved than Sorey himself and sometimes, sometimes he had difficulty understanding why people could be that way. Not speaking from the heart, open and honest, was like a foreign concept. To temper the tongue and quell the spirit --- he lacked every defense that she had. Wasn’t that the beauty of their journey, though? Such different people, both human and seraphim, who had lived such different lives coming together. Working together. 

It wasn’t the bridge, but it could be the foundation. 

“Hehe.” Idiot was, basically, a term of endearment coming from Edna. “It sure isn’t easy all the time, I’m with you there.” Sorey never expected it to be. Perhaps he hadn’t know the breadth of the burden when he first forged that pact with Lailah ( how long ago it seemed, now ), but not once did he regret it. The quiet, almost hesitating words caught him, the shepherd turning his attention towards her. He wished there was a way to convey Edna that she didn’t need to front of strength with her at all times. Emotions --- aches and pains --- were not something to hide away. Even he struggled with it, though. It was one thing to have other people burdening you, it was another to be a burden yourself. 

“Of course I am.” There was resolve in his tone, but even he would admit the problem was one that felt so far beyond him. “I meant every word that I first said to you, Edna, and I want to help Eizen. For you, for him,” he folded his arms over his chest and looked back towards the sky, “for everyone. Your brother may be a dragon, but there has to be a part of him still in there somewhere.” It’d been a pressing matter on his mind. A niggling little thought that came to him, sometimes, at night while he was trying to sleep. Reared it’s head in ill placed conversation, in a snide remark, little reminders all over the place. 

Sorey didn’t know if he’d ever be able to help, but that wouldn’t stop him from trying. “We’ll save Eizen together, I’m sure of it.”

[armatiis]

something i’d like to see: a take on edna post zestiria, post eizen’s death, where her appearance has changed to an older looking one as she has finally stepped away from being ‘eizens little sister’ and come to terms with what happened to him, maturing in her own way and having it reflect in how she looks. esp if her design has some homage to him, such as a similar coat or smthin

[armatiis]

together we can all move forward!

[armatiis]

is there an active tales of rp materlist if not im tempted to make one

[armatiis]

@zelotae​ is personally attacking me:  By the time he is found, it's past midnight. The streets are otherwise deserted and it's a miracle Sorey had stumbled upon him sitting down in the shadows. But it wasn't just him. There was another. Dead. Zelos was shaking, covered in their blood and weapon loosely in his grip. The sound of Sorey's footsteps startled him. "I... I..." He looks on the verge of tears but.. not because he took a life. "I had to... Me or him. S-Sorey..." Assassins never sleep. "H-help..." Help remove the blood.

“Zelos! There you... are...” It always makes his blood run cold --- cold as the corpse on the ground. An instinctive seizing of the nerves, a spasm on the inside twisting his stomach. Sorey does not like death, not the sight, the stench, the sorrow of it. He understands it’s place, it’s purpose, and he knows the resolve of someone like Zelos. His own resolve, when it’s absolute necessary. (deathcanbeasalvationdeathcanbeasalvationDEATHCANBEDEATH). 

Slowly, carefully, he approaches. Sorey doesn’t look at the body, he can’t. Instead he looks at Zelos and tethers himself to the chosen like an anchor. “It’s alright.” He unhooks his cloak and just thinks it’s a good thing he knows how to get bloodstains out of the white fabric as he drapes it across Zelos’ shoulders. Coaxes his weapon from him so he can wipe it off on his pant leg as best as possible before simply shoving it in his belt for the time being. 

He knows --- he knows that he can’t save everyone. That certain things were inevitable. Idealism was great, the simple nativity of longing for a world where such things didn’t have to happen, but even someone like him had to come to terms with certain things. Acceptance was not agreement. No amount of justification would ever, truly, make him feel better. His heart would still mourn the loss. Sorey helps Zelos up, keeping a soft, present grip on him. “Let’s get you back home, alright? It’s late.”

[armatiis]

osaviour replied to your post: rewatched all the mystic artes for funsies and...

[ This is Zaveid we are talking about. Do you really expect anything else lol ]

zaveid @ sorey: arent you tired of being NICE dont you just want to go APESHIT

[armatiis]

rewatched all the mystic artes for funsies and sorey and zaveids SYLPHISTA!!!!!! gets me everytime theyre so extra

[armatiis]

my dream.... that will never happen....... active blogs for all the seraphs and rose so i can make a pretty shepherds crew promo

[armatiis]

chinoji‌:

    PERHAPS there was a sort of COMFORT of being able to stand underneath the very same night sky through all these years but she’s stopped thinking about it so long ago. After all, her time here on this earth had been nothing but TIMELESS until now. Being able to walk on this JOURNEY she never would’ve imagined herself to tread upon all those years ago certainly changed a lot about how she saw things now. She supposed the sky did look more BEAUTIFUL than it used to. She couldn’t help but wonder if this was this how Eizen saw the world during his ADVENTURES.

    She turned towards him slightly as he went on to answer her question. It was a TYPICAL answer, one that she easily anticipated from the Shepherd but perhaps there was a part of her that hoped he would be able to spare some SELFISHNESS for himself. ❛ I figured you’d say something like that. ❜ She reverted her gaze ahead as she thought about his words. ❛ … Sometimes, I don’t understand how you can exert so much CARE for people you hardly know. People are SELFISH and they always do things for their own benefit … I’d be pretty TIRED of it by now if I was in your position but … it’s not like I don’t understand. ❜ After all, she saw that there were plenty of people that had just as good as a heart as Sorey’s but his nature to go out of his way to help nearly anyone was almost EXHAUSTING to watch sometimes. Although, she supposed it was good that someone like him was the Shepherd and not some kind of jerk who was too afraid to RELY on others. It took some time but Sorey’s certainly grown, huh ? ❛ … You really don’t know when to give it up though so you should be more GRATEFUL that we’re here to baby you, even if it is a PAIN to deal with you sometimes. If it weren’t for us, you’d probably be a GONER by now. ❜   

It’s not like this was his first time hearing something along those lines --- especially not from Edna. Jaded as they came, he couldn’t help but wonder just what it was that made her so averted to humans. But then, he’d never truly be able to understand, would he? The breadth of their experiences so vast in difference, almost incomprehensible. Edna had lived far longer than he, and for all of Sorey’s resonance he was still a human. There would always be some level to the seraphim and their experiences he could not relate to, just as the same went for them and himself. 

“Well, maybe it’s a good thing you’re not in my position then. Everyone handles things different. Besides, there’s plenty of good in the world. I mean, if you’re only looking for the bad stuff then the bad stuff is all you’re going to find.” A grin tugged across his features, bright as the stars above. Edna was an enigma at the best of times, hiding behind a stony defense, but Sorey had always been good at climbing rock walls. Subtly in her words, ‘we wouldn’t be doing this for you if we didn’t care’, or something along those lines. “I am grateful for you guys, I wouldn’t have been able to come this far all on my own.” Humble as they came, but he was just being honest. “And --- I’m really glad. I can’t imagine being on this journey with anyone else, or doing it all on my own.”

[armatiis]

u know what? fuck berseria for denying me funny banter in an enemy book like what zesty gave us, that’s the biggest crime. 

[armatiis]

i can understand not liking zesty mechanic wise, and admittedly some of the overarching plot leaves some stuff to be desired, but i really don’t understand how people can play through all of it and consider any of the characters boring. for me thats where the game shines the most, the character interactions are all so genuine and fun. all the skits are great, the dynamic between every character both as a ground and individually is excellent. it feels very real, from the silly jabs they make at each other to the more heartfelt moments. 

personally for me one of the best things is the lack of animosity between the characters. it’s not a group of people who don’t really like each other being forced to work together. sure, some of them are cagier, and edna is a huge troll, but it never feels malicious in the way other games (coughBERSERIAcough) can. and to the people who call sorey a boring protagonist like? excuse me? sorry he isnt an edge lord mcgee and is nice and that u have no tastes.