A Stolen Library

A sign hangs on the door of an information broker from Ravnica, "Not all questions have answers." Agent of the Living Guildpact and Planeswalker. (In relationship with askthalia. Semi-selective)

[askstealerofsecrets]

Failure

Heavy, so heavy. More tired than she had even been, Alessa sank into the relative safety of the bed beneath her. Familiar smells clung to the sheets and air, trying to coax her into a well deserved sleep, but every time she closed her eyes she was met with chaos.

Fire. Screams. The overwhelming realization that for all she knew and had done, she was still useless. She would always be a lurker, not a fighter, and that battleground had been no place for her.

Chest heavy. Breaths ragged. She opened her eyes again, turning her tear-filled gaze to the ceiling and counting the tiles to keep her mind focused on something other than the panic.

She wasn’t ready, she had known she wasn’t, and yet she still tried to be there. 

Only to feel like death had greeted her with open arms. So instead of standing her ground as she had sworn, instead of living up to the duty she believed her powers to have granted her, Alessa panicked and in space between somewhere within her frazzled mind- she reached out to a familiar feeling and ran.

[phoenixenix]

Reblog if you are legitimately shocked by the number of followers you have.

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[askstealerofsecrets]

((I heard mention of a planeswalking elder dragon being present))

[askstealerofsecrets]

((It’s just as I feared.  You all are suffering from a lack of vitamin me. I fear it’s fatal unless you get a dose STAT.))

[askthalia-blog]

How to take care of: Make sure weapons are in order, the troops morale is being taken care of. At the end of a long day, a small amount of wine is appreciated, but not to the point to intoxicate. Find a way to get either Finn or Nataza to comfort if in a poor mood.

((Sounds about right.

Or Alessa cause, yanno, girlfriend and all))

[askstealerofsecrets]

((YOU HEARD IT HERE FOLKS, OFFICIALLY GIRLFRIEND STATUS))

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//Suddenly that selfie I posted of me in my Jace hoodie is popular again. Why?

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She coughed, gagged, on the colorful shapes that swirled around her. Hands to her throat, heart in her ears. Pressing, it was a prison now. Her vision blurred, her body trembled. No please, please not here. This was freedom. This was-

Fire licked at her skin though she couldn’t see it. Heat flooded through her. Gasping, only to choke. Tears poured down her cheeks, fingers clawed at her throat.

Please no. Please no. Help. This isn’t supposed to happen. This-

She started, eyes flying open with a gasp. Frost clung to the window frame, the cold seeping through the cracked wood and licking the places fire once had tasted. Hands desperate to claw out the very thing that started this, Alessa shook her head and forced her fingers to slow. Red clung to her nails, stained the cuticles a grisly pink. Fingertips flushed and worked raw.

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She heard the door open, and silently slipped out of bed. There was a dagger on the bedside table, something that had taken up residence since Alessa left her bed and Vraska started to show her ugly face again. She stalked out quietly, gripping the knife.

She saw Alessa in the illumination of the moonlight, and the knife slipped from her fingers to clatter on the ground. “Less..” she whispered, moving forwards quickly to crumple against the stealers chest. “I’ve missed you…” she whispered, burying her face in the others neck. She was still angry, wasn’t sure if she would ever stop being angry, but she adored Alessa and couldn’t stand not being with her. 

[askstealerofsecrets]

Her fingers trembled, struggling to find purchase as she buried her face in Thalia's silver hair. Fighting back a muffled sob, she tugged Thalia closer, clutching the other woman to her as though she thought her lover could ward off the nightmares.

“I'm here,” she breathed, voice thick, and Alessa was sure she said to reassure herself and not her lover. She shivered, tucking her cloak around them. She swallowed back the lump in her throat, trying to will her heart to slow. “I'm sorry,” she cried, fingers pressing tighter against Thalia's skin. “I'm sorry,” she repeated over and over again in broken sobs, fighting back the phantom sensation of flames at her skin.

[askstealerofsecrets]

She coughed, gagged, on the colorful shapes that swirled around her. Hands to her throat, heart in her ears. Pressing, it was a prison now. Her vision blurred, her body trembled. No please, please not here. This was freedom. This was-

Fire licked at her skin though she couldn't see it. Heat flooded through her. Gasping, only to choke. Tears poured down her cheeks, fingers clawed at her throat.

Please no. Please no. Help. This isn't supposed to happen. This-

She started, eyes flying open with a gasp. Frost clung to the window frame, the cold seeping through the cracked wood and licking the places fire once had tasted. Hands desperate to claw out the very thing that started this, Alessa shook her head and forced her fingers to slow. Red clung to her nails, stained the cuticles a grisly pink. Fingertips flushed and worked raw.

The floorboards creaked when her bare toes touched them for only a moment before burying themselves in the supple leather of her worn boots. Fabric tugged at her features when she pulled her shirt over her head, hair heavy with knots. Gathering her cloak around her, the fabric lay sloppily in heavy folds and wrinkles.

She didn't bother to do the clasp, her still trembling fingers would ward off the cold well enough.

Eyes watched her as she passed, the empty street bathed in silver light. Leather sunk into the dirt road, stuck when she tried to pick her foot up. Alessa shook her head. Of course this wasn't going to be easy. But neither was tonight if she stayed away. She needed the warmth of her lover. Needed her whispers to chase away the screaming.

Never had her Spark become a nightmare. But never had it caused her such heartbreak.

Her fingers paused on the cool doorknob, tested it. Then bit her lip as she turned it all the way and stepped beyond the threshold.

[rpmememaker]

It's Sexual Sunday so...

send my muse inappropriate questions

flirt with them anonymously or not

try to make them blush

kiss them at random 

send me terrible pickup lines 

get my muse hot and bothered 

Pretty much this is your excuse to do what you want to my muse and see if you can get away with it. So go wild! 

[bonbxon-deactivated20171027]

REBLOG IF YOU DON'T MIND BLOODY ROLEPLAYS OR VIOLENT ROLEPLAYS

[askstealerofsecrets]

In Case You Missed It, Part 3

//Alessa’s first planeswalk was to Innistrad, getting stuck in the mud of the Drownyards. Taken in by villagers, she was approached by Sorin, who had come to investigate rumors of her sudden appearance. (Played by askthelordofinnistrad) Offering his help to train her in how to control her new Spark in return for a favor, Alessa did several tasks for the vampire lord in several locations in various locations or gradually increasing questionable morality. Eventually the two reached an unspoken level of subdued respect for each other, and Sorin fulfilled his promise to help her return to Ravnica. Returning in time for the Maze Run, Alessa was now even more restless than before. Feeling out of place among the spires of home, she quickly tried to teach herself how to control her new abilities. She then went to Kamigawa, seeking out an old friend whom she only vaguely remembered. First, though, she had a journey with a man who explained many things about the way Kamigawa was after a sloppy entrance put her in his caravan’s path. ( askthedescendant) Seeking out Shuichi ( askthesakurashaman), she returned home and found herself approached by none other than the Living Guildpact. (I based this off her card being in his duel deck) Taken in once again as a hire, he also trained her when he could spare the time. Sending her into the sewers to investigate something, she was later deposited on the doorstep of the Guildpact halls with a broken arm- curtosey of Vraska. ( askvraska) Weeks of nursing the arm later, she found her master in the Underground had been working with Vraska- often giving away information Alessa had gathered for the colony regarding Jace and the guild leaders. (Much of the back and forth between Vraska and Jace is played by askvraska and my Jace blog, askbeleren) Killing him, she assumed the position as the colony leader and continued to work for Jace, using the Underworld connections to keep him informed on Vraska’s actions. ..and you’re pretty much caught up at this point. Save for some smaller plot points.

[askstealerofsecrets]

//are these back story posts interesting enough for me to write a third explaining her first walk and how she came to fear Vraska?

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In Case You Missed It, Prt 2

//Fleeing back to her flat, Alessa is haunted for months simultaneously by the night mares of dragonfire and the eerie glow of blue eyes. (This arc was titled “Infested With Fire”). Some parts of Ravnica are more familiar with others even though she swears she had never been there before. Her fingers linger on certain keystones. Certain alleys felt as though she walked them too many times to count.

Finding her way back to one of the entrances of the Consortium, tucked away in alleyway, she pressed her hand to the otherwise nondescript brick and called loudly as she could in her mind for Jace. After replaying the memories of her time with Izzet and much back and forth, both Tamiyo and Jace decided it was best that Alessa forget for good. The memories of her first employment for the mages destroyed, she went back to managing the operations of her Underground colony and returned mostly to the life she had prior.

Several lovers and sleepless nights following, she grew restless. Alessa risked more, took more dangerous jobs that usually even would have passed by. Escaping by narrowing margins, she grew sloppy with her escapes. Something, everything, felt wrong and she couldn't quite tell why.

In the midst of an escape, she finally made what should have been her last mistake.

Chased across several districts and forced to make a stand on a bridge as one of the many channels rushed on below, she dove off the edge. Tangled in her cloak and panicked, Alessa let herself gasp in water and accepted her end.

Only to ascend.

[askstealerofsecrets]

In case you missed it, part 1

//Hi to new rpers wanting to starting arcs with Alessa.

Here’s what you missed: Alessa originally was pretty close to what we know on the card. A rogue who would take risky jobs to obtain anything from shiny bobbles to rare books sealed with magic. The harder the task, the better. Growing up in a colony in the Underground, she was taken in by the “master” of the colony and further developed her skills as a mage.

For awhile, this is how things happened. She lived in a flat in the upper districts of Ravnica, gathering an ever growing collection of artifacts and books simply for the challenge. Sensing her potential and needing her to be eyes in places he couldn’t go, Jace (this was done with askthearchitectofthought Jace, now inactive) hired her.

After being kidnapped by the Dimir and tortured in attempt to get her to divulge information about the mind mage, she was rescued by Tamiyo, who had been working with Jace in the Ravnica cell of the Infinite Consortium. Seeing her as a security risk, Alessa was given the task of finding her way back to the Consortium in order to prove her worth. She agreed, and her memories of the events leading up to her capture were sealed. (It was played out as if Jace kept the Consortium post Agents of Artifice instead of just letting it dissolve as we are lead to believe happened).

Mentally pushed back almost a year, Alessa had some inkling of what happened, more a whim than anything. Finding small clues of a past she tried to force herself to remember, she went to the Izzet. Apprenticing herself to a guildmage, she often found herself at ends with her new guildmaster. After several small disputes, she eventually refuses to serve the dragon any longer and is met with fire. Her then master protects her from the blast, dying in the process so that she could escape. (This arc is “Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire (Mind)”)

To be continued in part 2.

[brontozaurus]

[grave-star]

FUCK

[askstealerofsecrets]

//Got my mat today!! I love it!! Thank you to my brother, darkr3x, for waiting in line for me to get it signed. I would have loved to meet steveargyle myself, but alas. Next time for sure.

[askstealerofsecrets]

Alessa- Vraska attacked me after coming back from telling Thalia. Upset that I went with you I am guessing. Don't know if she'll do anything to you, but stay safe and keep an eye out for something. I have a bad feeling about this. All the best- Finn

Trying not to sound full of myself, but I'm certain I can handle myself should something arise. It's Thalia I worry about more than myself.