occasionally subtle
macklin celebrini has autism
sheepfilms
Product Placement
blake kathryn
Game Changer & Make Some Noise
Discoholic 🪩
Jimmy Eat World
The Bowery Presents
Jar Jar Binks Fan Club
ellievsbear
EXPECTATIONS
@theartofmadeline
Phantogram Three
if i look back, i am lost
Interview Vampire Daily
🪼
untitled
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
One Nice Bug Per Day
seen from Morocco
seen from Malaysia
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from Croatia
seen from Brazil
seen from TĂĽrkiye
seen from Italy
seen from Argentina
seen from South Africa
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from Côte d’Ivoire
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from Tunisia
seen from Netherlands
seen from TĂĽrkiye
seen from United States
seen from Switzerland
@avaenavalerian
                            &&  D  E  S  P  I  T  E                              all  of  my  struggles                             i’m  still  ( a  l  i  v  e )
đź’” who would be the worst couple of two of your muses together
Avaena Valerian and Leck Quasar, probably. They both literally want to kill each other and would find every aspect of the other person completely repulsive.Â
team valerian + aesthetics
for her; home was amongst the stars
born from starlight she would return | A.M (via lorelaiwritings)
running: rik + kira
Jax said the colors of House Tark were white and black and, having been to Karth, Rik could understand why. Well, the white anyway. It was the color of their entire planet. The ground was covered in a perpetual blanket of snow while the skies reflected the surface back. On and on and on it stretched. This wasn’t Rik’s first stint on the planet, nor would it be his last, but he wasn’t particularly happy to be there. Nevertheless, the lure of more potential ships had drawn him outside the warmth of the tavern. His scavenging had been brought to a sudden halt, however, when Owen sent an urgent message of an upcoming storm. He’d only had time to retrace his steps to a ship he’d pillaged the previous night before it hit.
Winds buffeted the pirate as he staggered against the door, ripping it open despite the winds pinning it in place - only to be greeted by the muzzle of Kira Zareen’s pistol. “Why do I even bother being surprised?” he drawled, resignedly, as he held up his hands. “I’m not armed, you know.” That wasn’t entirely true in the realest sense, but in Rik’s mind it was. At this point in his life, he didn’t expect a few knives to count as being armed. At least, not when he’d so blatantly walked into a gunfight.
A few tense moments of silence followed and he was about to tell her to just get it over with and shoot him already when her voice cut through the wind-rattled silence with a command. He didn’t question it, yanking the door back against to the wind, again, to a closed position, before producing from his clothing and sliding a long steel bar he’d scavenged earlier that day through the handles to bolt it shut.Â
“Cozy,” commented Rik, glancing over his shoulder towards the young woman. “I don’t want to make any sudden movements,” he added, eyeing her sheathed firearm. “You seem a little jumpy. But I think we’d both ultimately appreciate it if I built a fire, huh?” He didn’t wait for her to respond - if she was going to shoot him, she was going to shoot him - as he gathered a number of flammable objects - he clearly knew where to find them, already - and got down to it.
“So, what brings you ladies to Karth on such a pleasant day?” he added sarcastically as the wind moaned outside. It was on these moments that Rik most missed the Arvor of his childhood.
As the fire sparked to life, he settled into a sitting position, opposite her and gestured around. “You’re not going to find much here. I already stripped the place. But don’t worry,” he added with a wry grin. “You’ll get your hands on it next time you rob us blind.”Â
It was an odd kind of nod, perhaps, but Rik had respect for Azyriah and Kira. As someone who’d had to live off what he could take for most of his life, he couldn’t help appreciate efficiency. There was something so professional in the way they worked, it engendered respect. Of course, he’d generally spend the next few weeks cursing them as he eked out what he could from the engines to get to their next destination, but there was always enough - barely, but enough. The pair wasn’t out to screw the pirates; not completely. Rik had known many who would leave those from whom they’d stolen to die, but Kira and Azyriah had never been that.
Still, Rik wasn’t above jabbing her for it. He wasn’t above jabbing anyone. If he ever met a Quasar, he’d probably find something to mock him about. That was just Rik.
“So, Kira, huh?” he shrugged, holding up his hands once again in a gesture of peace. “What do you say to a truce for the night? It’s gonna be a long one and, I don’t know about you,” he added with a slow, wry smile, “But all I really want out of tonight is to not die on Karth.”
Avaena put away her gun, but Rik’s declarations that he was unarmed did little to soothe her fears that he was telling the truth, and she kept it within reach.Â
It was freezing: the shelter had shielded them from the wind and the snow, but not the cold. They’d need a fire if they were going to make it through the night. It made her uneasy as Rik made his way around the wreckage, with a confidence that showed that he knew the place better than she did. She didn’t offer to help; choosing instead to watch him from her vantage point.Â
He’d asked what had brought her to Karth. “Survival,” She answered, simply.Â
Her actions had always been motivated by her need to survive. They’d fled Reva with plans to stay on Byssya, but it had proved too dangerous to gain entry onto that planet when they’d received an encrypted message from Adria Tark, warning them that the Quasars would be there. So they’d turned around, but they’d only had enough fuel to make it to Karth. It hadn’t been ideal: winter was coming. They’d always tried to avoid Karthine winters, if they could, but that they hadn’t a choice. This wasn’t the first time they’d been stuck here during a winter storm and she doubted that it would be the last.Â
She should have known that the pirates were the ones who had gotten to it before them. There’d been nothing of value left and it had been torn apart carelessly. She and Aurra had always been methodical when they scavenged through wreckage, moving quickly and efficiently. The pirates had a much more destructive and absentminded approach. But that would always be a striking difference between them: she and Aurra survived, but they lived. She and Aurra carried the weight of the entire universe on their shoulders, and the pirates hardly had a care in the world.Â
“Maybe you should just hand it all over now,” She teased dryly, but did not smile, “It would save us both time.”Â
When he asked for a truce, she nodded. She didn’t want to have to hurt him if she didn’t have to. She could keep to it, if he could. But agreeing didn’t mean she trusted him. She took a seat on the other side of the fire he had built and pulled her pack off from her shoulders, but kept it close. She wanted to trust him: it would make the night easier. The truth was, she didn’t. She doubted that she ever would.Â
Trusting others wasn’t something she did lightly.Â
And the truth was, she couldn’t really blame him if he took everything she had and left her for dead. Velorum Nocate wasn’t always like this, but the Quasars had made the universe a place where every man was for himself. If you weren’t, you’d end up dead.
# rik + avaena (yknow in an au/if they have those sorts of things...)
haha omg she’s so dumb he’s probably in her phone like ~pirate #3~ or something like she keeps people at such an arm’s length that it probably took her a really long time to even add him in and then she was probs like “~sigh~ he did save my life i guess he deserves to be a contact smdh
she definitely does not have time to put in pictures for her contacts so he doesn’t have one at allÂ
same for ringtones tbhÂ
last text: “shut up” or “stop texting me” #facepalm
Rik Tharand & Kira Zareen: “hey, whoa, you alright there?”
“Hey, whoa, are you alright there?” Rik asked, brow furrowed as he gently grabbed her other arm, trying to stop her.
She quickly pulled away roughly from his touch, like an animal in a cage. “I’m fine.”
“You’re bleeding,” He said, gesturing to her arm. The blood had soaked through the sleeve. “A lot. I think you’ve been shot.”
“Yeah, I was,” She replied, “And I’m fine.”
He scoffed, “Yeah, of course you are,” He shook his head.
The six of them had run into each other on Reva. They’d been arguing after Rik and Jax had been caught trying to steal fuel back from Aveana and Aurra, when guards had found them and that’s when they all ran together. Rik and Avaena had been cut off from the others and they headed to Opilor’s. He was a bar owner who also had a cellar with a hidden entrance. He’d hide fugitives and stolen goods there … for a price.
“C’mon, we need to get that out,” Rik was saying, “We can’t go anyway until the soldiers clear out.”
Avaena barely heard him. She was already rummaging through her pack, pulling out water, a needle, bandaging and other supplies. In another moment, her jacket was off and she’d started to remove the bullet herself.
“Whoa, what are you doing?” Rik asked. “Hey, let me help you.”
This hadn’t been the first time she’d done this. She and Aurra had been patching each other up for the past decade and a half, but she knew how to do it herself. It was one of the first things Aurra had thought her. They both knew that it wasn’t likely that Aurra would see this to the end. ”I’ve got it.“
“You know, it wouldn’t kill you to let other people help you sometimes.”
Avaena stopped and, looking up, her eyes found his for the first time since they’d come down here. This hadn’t been the first time that they’d gotten stuck together and she doubted it’d be the last. But she didn’t trust him. She likely never would.
She trusted Aurra.She trusted herself. And that was it.
It had been trust that had killed her family; it had been trust that had thrown Velorum Nocate to the Quasars. Her parents had trusted their advisors with their lives; their secrets and all of Velorum Nocate had suffered for it. She wouldn’t make the same mistake.
“No. That’s exactly how you get yourself killed.”
I’ve lost so many people. Some I left on purpose and never looked back. Some were taken from me, and I never said goodbye.
Ann Aguirre, Grimspace (via simply-quotes)
The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol’s plans.                            The symbol of the rebellion.
OOC | Arantha & Avaena
aklsdjflkds kladsf dsj fjdskljf NOT IN A QUASAR WAY No, but I absolutely agree!!!! And yeah, I can def see them all getting together and playing through the imperial palace (s/o to ressa now) I def think they all looked forward to seeing each other and tbh Arantha was probs closest w Avaena’s sister bc I mean ~age~ but I think she liked them all and, if nothing else, probs liked hanging w other kids who weren’t intimidated that she was a princess etc And I can see their parents all gathered and watching them while they chat and sip tea and laughing together and lakjdklfj klJFDJ KFJ DKSAJ FK k IM EMOTIONAL AND AVAENA LOOKING UP TO ARANTHA ALL THE SKULL EMOJIS BURY ME HERE
LKJALFJALSFDJLj nOOOOO BUT ALLL OF THIS I’M GONNA THROW SOMETHING!!!!! Also, yeah I agree that she was probably closer w/ Avaena’s sister b/c ~age~ but I still think that Avaena hung w/ them sometimes. Anyway, I feel like it’ll be awhile b/f they can talk IC??? But OMG AVAENA LOVES ARANTHA SO MUCH and she’s totally her role model from afar, haha. lIKE they are kinda in similar situations in that they’ve both suddenly become queen/empress w/o any warning and not only that their empires/kingdoms/planets are a mess/in a very unstable position and basically Avaena has seen what Arantha has been able to do with Vaane despite her youth/inexperience/situation and yeah. That’s literally everything to Avaena and that fact that she’s been able to do so well dEsPITE the Quasars give Avaena hope that she’ll be able to do the same for all of VN once the Quasars are removed and yeah. Basically Avanea @ Arathan: you keep doing you ;D
Velorum Nocate Heraldry Series: House Valerian
words: fly high, fly far sigil: dragon - valiant defender of treasure, valour and protection colors: blue/azure & silver/argent
OOC | Arth & Avaena
Arth would def flirt with/at (depending on her hahaha) if he ever met Avaena and that awk moment when she’s his rightful ruler
okay so he doesn’t know who she is, but she def knows who he is, and I feel like she doesn’t like him at all??? like she knows what it’s like to be an heir to a throne and not want it at all, but at the end of the day it’s something that has fallen on her and could very easily fall on him too (w/ him it would only take the death of his uncle and that’s so much more likely than what happened w/ her) and okay so she does only know/know of him on a very superficial level, but from her (brief) time she spent on byssya/listening to the locals, etc. etc. she def thinks he spends most of his time doing whatever the hell he wants/getting into trouble and the rest doing everything he can to make sure he doesn’t become king instead of preparing for the day taht he might. and avaena knows better than anyone that you can try to prevent that from happening all you want and it still may happen. And she sees him as shrinking from his responsibilities and this is some serious stuff that’s happening and if something should happen to his uncle, his planet needs a leader (no, not you konstantine ;DD) and he needs to be ready for the challenge and he clearly isn’t. and this is hella frustrating to avaena who doesn’t want to be a queen/empress but is but she also can’t really do much good right now, and then there’s arth who could but isn’t and yeah. SO basically she will not be very responsive to any kind of flirting (I feel like she’s not very receptive to flirting on a good day from ppl she likes just b/c she’s got a lot on her mind/isn’t really in the mood haha) so that probably doesn’t go well at all lol
Karen O - I Shall Rise (From Rise of the Tomb Raider)
They’ll know my name After the storms are passing through They’ll know my name When they’ve forgotten all about you
Loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they, too, fade away. ― Milan Kundera, (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
OOC | Ren & Avaena
Duh duh DUNNNNN also that awk moment when Ren could’ve ended the Avaena threat if he’d just been more careful to watch his allies as well as his enemies #whoops
THANK YOU REN FOR NOT CHECKING SHIPS THAT LEAVE ARVOR <3333Â
Anyway, idk that these two will have much chance to interact (if Avaena/Aurra play their cards right anyway ;D) for a bit but oMG when they finally do shits about to get real :DDD
running: rik + kira
The dark snow clouds on the horizon threatened Karth with the first storm of winter. The warmer months on Karth were brutal enough, but the colder ones were rarely braved by anyone who wasn’t born here. It was said that the Karthians have fire burning in their veins to keep them warm. But Aurra and Avaena were Arvor born and while they had survived a Karthian winter storm before, it wasn’t something either of them were especially eager to face again, if they didn’t have to. They would return to Reva or risk sneaking onto Vaane rather than attempt to brave the harsh elements of Karth.Â
It was a rare thing that would separate them, but there wasn’t enough time to gather the supplies they needed and still outrun the storm if they didn’t split up. They were far from the capital of Karth, however, and there wasn’t much likelihood of running into trouble in this small town that they wouldn’t be able to handle on their own.Â
Avaena was exiting her final stop when she saw it: a small fleet of Quasar ships were in the sky and beginning their descent for the landing bay. Whether they were here because they were looking for someone or because they didn’t care to risk the storm on their way to Karth’s capital, Avaena didn’t know … but either way, they would cut her off from Aurra and their ship and she didn’t know if she could sneak around them and outrun the storm in the time she had.Â
She sent an encrypted message to Aurra with her intentions and the next moment, she bolted. There was an abandoned ship on the outskirts of town. It was old and beyond repair, but she and Aurra had come across it on their way into town and tried to salvage anything they could. There hadn’t been anything useful left (someone had gotten there before them), but the doors could be closed and it would provide her with shelter until the storm moved on.Â
When she reached it, the winds had already started to pick out and the snow had started to fall. She sent another message assuring Aurra that she had made it and that she was safe. Aurra herself had reached their ship, but it was too dangerous to take off in the storm. Avaena was looking around for something to bar the door (which no longer locked) when someone was at the door and in another instant it was open.Â
Instinctively Avaena reached for her gun and spun around. Even in the dim light she knew who it was. She and Aurra had had enough run ins with the pirates to know them anywhere. There was no time and she had to act now, but she didn’t know whether she could trust him or not. If she simply sent him away, he would die and she might as well pull the trigger. They’d stolen enough from each other over the years that trusting wasn’t exactly the first word that came to mind when she’d describe her relationship with him, but if the situation was reversed, would he leave her to die? Avaena never wanted to ever take a life when it wasn’t necessary, but then the entire fate of five worlds rested on her survival and was she willing to risk all of that for the life of a pirate?Â
But then needless killings and the constant fear of being betrayed were House Quasar traits and if she wanted others to trust her, she’d need to trust them now and again. Even if they were pirates. She dropped her gun and stepped back. “Get in.”Â
