princess.

she blindly wades through the water, hoping to find a hand, someone that can save her. but she is only met with her own loneliness and desperation.

[avxvidalis]

about . family . musing . paras . tasks . 

[avxvidalis]

aellateresi·:

Aella stares at the witch impatiently, until she reemerges with the new holders for the flowers. The dryad picks up the ones she had spoken to, bringing them over to the counter, pleased that the young witch had moved so quickly. “They don’t like being cooped up inside,” her words are a light scolding, like a parent speaking to a child. The flowers of this shop must be properly taken care of, not simply put on display as decoration. Only then will they grow strong and happy, with beautiful blooms. “They want to stand in sunlight, and feel a breeze rush by.”

“Who does?” She was still smiling at the other, her words playful and nothing more than that. She was gentle as she began the switch from one pot into another, eyes flickering up at the other every few seconds. Out of all of their customers, this person look at the plants with such care and understanding, she saw more than simply decorations or social media trend. It was nice. “Then would you like to take them home with you? So that they can stand in the sun and feel a breeze.” 

[avxvidalis]

LOCATION && WITH WHOM : : IDK ANYWHERE W / @mirividalis​

“You know,” she began. “If you were gonna talk to Nikandros, you could’ve called me so I could’ve been there for you.” For the riddle part. 

[avxvidalis]

LOCATION && WITH WHOM : : ANYWHERE W / @waeteeth​

“Jamie!” she called out his name, smile wide on her face. “I haven’t seen you in so long! How... How are you?” 

[avxvidalis]

xrowansmithx·:

It seemed as if the coughs resided slightly but the sickness would not shake itself free from Ava’s bones, whatever it was, it was stubborn and had taken deep root. It definitely wasn’t anything human as it shouldn’t have been able to oppose phoenix healing magic, she wiped away the tears that had fallen but she couldn’t erase the worry. “She did.” Rowan is adult enough to admit that, it was a rare connection, one that felt like home. She just regretted never communicating her feelings with Demet. “Thank you.” She tucks her head into the crook of Ava’s neck, literally leaning on her shoulder. “How have you been? So much has been coming at you, I’m not sure how you’re still standing. I mean you’re brave, strong and tough but fuck Ava.”

“I’ve been terrible.” There was no point in lying, there was no such thing as lying when it came to your best friend. “Ro, it just feels like... It feels like there’s always something happening.” And to her specifically. If Ava really thought about this past year, she had to deal with a shit ton of stuff. From being kidnapped, their coven’s ritual getting fucked up, her magic wrecking her, the nightmares-- it was too much. “Maybe I’m cursed because what the, and pardon my language, f*ck!” 

[avxvidalis]

nikandrosxnothos·:

“I wanted to.” Nik said, it was also guilt sip because he’d used his powers on Ava’s sister. Miri had gotten the riddle right but if she’d gotten it wrong then this would probably have been a very different conversation. “Miri came to see me when I was there studying tonight, you and your siblings… You’re all really sick.” The sphinx said quietly, he managed to look Ava in the eyes - full and empathetic. “There’s a rift here in the city, Narcissus. He can heal you, if you don’t-” Nik went quiet, “if you don’t this thing is going to kill you.” 

She tensed up. “She... she did?” Worry flooded her senses as she listened to him. Nikandros, while an absolute sweetheart, was still a sphinx. And going to a sphinx for information was a risky move. Because all you had to do was answer their riddles incorrect... and you were screwed. Thank the Gods Miri was fine but still, it was risky. “That’s... great.” The fact someone could heal them, not the dying part. “I’m assuming that Miri is off to find this rift.” Hopefully so if her sister reached out to a sphinx for answers. “I’m sorry. For not telling you about this.” 

[avxvidalis]

LOCATION && WIITH WHOM : : HER MOM’S APARTMENT W / @sydneytatebelcourt​

“Thank you so much, I really needed this.” She held the sheet of papers close to her body, the readings for one of their shared classes. “I tried to email our professor but she told me to ask a classmate to give me the reading.” Ava rolled her eyes. “As if she couldn’t just send me the PDF, like come on. Save the trees, am I right?”

[avxvidalis]

nikandrosxnothos​:

Miri had made him realize already that there wasn’t anything that he could do to help Ava, his powers of healing weren’t strong enough to fix what was wrong with her. But Miri’s question had given him the answer too. The look on Ava’s face was almost pitiful, it wasn’t that he was mad or anything even remotely of the sort… He was just worried. “Something to keep your strength up.” Nik said as he offered her the takeout bowl and complimentary throwaway spoon. “I didn’t really know what kind you liked, hope you’re good with chicken noodle. It’s from Kiki’s.”  

She took the bowl and spoon, the gesture itself making her teary eyed. Always so emotional, it was no surprise that tears were prickling in the corner of her eyes. “I like anything from Kiki’s.” Because she was Kiera’s biggest stan so she would always love and appreciate whatever her friend made. “And you can never go wrong with chicken noodle soup.” It wasn’t Ava’s go to soup when sick but because it came from Nikandros, it was suddenly her favorite thing to eat. “Thank you for this, really. You didn’t have to do this or bring this to me.” 

[avxvidalis]

aellateresi·:

To see so many flowers cut away from their stems brings a sadness to Aella. They are undeserving of such a fate, but the human world cares little about the things they wish to possess for their own. Anything pretty was bound to be stolen away by greedy hands. The entirety of the shop is not covered in death, however. A few still sit in planted pots, growing in spite of the adversity of captivity. “You, little witch!” Aella calls out, to the young woman behind the counter, demanding her attention. “These flowers are sad. They would like to be placed in more direct sunlight.” They had told her as much. ( @avxvidalis· )

“Hm?” She looked up from the register, Ava clearly helping another customer check out. She grimaced at the other calling her little witch because 1) she hated that name and 2) the other customer was obviously human. “Oh, yes, I’ll get a new pot for them. Please hold on.” She did her best to smile and assure the customer that it was just a silly nickname, ‘ last year I dressed up as a witch and my friend over there just went with it! ‘. A minute later, the other customer was walking out the door and Ava was placing new pots onto the counter. “Could you please bring them over here?”

[avxvidalis]

anastasiavidalis·:

“Do you think that little restaurant we like is open? Maybe we can order some moussaka for takeout and have it delivered, it’s not as good as mine but I don’t feel like cooking.” Maybe this weekend Persephone thought, it would be good to have all these brats under one roof for a night. She grinned, but not at anything that she’d said. Manticores, a jailbreak beneath her realm had obviously not gone unnoticed, but the goddess was unbothered. “The Erinyes locked them away long ago,” she momentarily gifted herself the ability of memory projection as displayed for Ava the fearsome monsters from history. “this was passed down to me from the previous leader. And a few others.” She winked. The memory was not Anastasia’s but Ava did not need to know that. Persephone searched the young witch’s face, “Scary, right?”

“They should be open! Let me pull up their website and we can order from my phone.” She closed the fridge once she pulled out what she wanted, now hands working on pulling up the restaurant's website. “Literally nothing beats your cooking! Well, hm, maybe my maman’s but that’s like a tie.” Ava loved both of her mothers equally, this included their cooking. She looked up momentarily, just in time to see the memory projection float above them. The new creatures were lost on her, both in name and image. She spent years in their family libraries learning about every being out there, learning about various Gods and Goddesses, different tale-- and yet manticores were lost on her. A failure on her end. A small smile followed by a shrug. “I guess they’re scary if you’re easily frightened like Dio or Miri--” A joke. “-- I don’t find them scary. I find them... interesting in a way. The same way I find anything interesting.” She was curious. “How come you never told us about them before?” 

[lucifer-chloe]

[avxvidalis]

@nikandrosxnothos

[slayerbuffy]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | S4E02: Living Conditions.

[avxvidalis]

nikandrosxnothos·:

@avxvidalis·

Nikandros hadn’t seen Ava since… Well not since her mom had woken up, he figured she was spending quality time with her family. Were he in her position that’s what he would have done, what he didn’t know was that Hektor was living under the same roof as her or that her and all of her siblings were sick. Really sick. “Ava-” Nik was too nice to say she looked awful, instead he just lingered in the doorway, takeout soup from Kiki’s between his hands. “you never said anything.”

No matter what medicine she took or how much rest she would get, Ava wasn’t getting any better. Her health was shittier than before and it was becoming more difficult to move around. Even when it came to Nikandros, she couldn’t bring herself to hang out with him, much less message him. So it was a surprise to see him again now. “Sorry,” Ava said, a weak smile on her face. “I’ve been... distracted.” A beat as she looked down at the soup. “Is that for me?” 

[avxvidalis]

nikandrosxnothos​:

Nikandros set his own catastrophe aside and tried to keep his eyes from sparkling too much. Because he wanted that, very much he wanted that. Well, he wanted to eat the whole thing himself but sharing was the next best thing, particularly because it was sharing with Ava. “Yes, definitely.”

End.

[dailyflicks]

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne blake in SCOOBY-DOO (2002), dir. Raja Gosnell

[avxvidalis]

nikandrosxnothos·:

Nikandros leaned forward and closed his mouth around the spoon as he pulled the frozen yogurt off with the bits of smore she’d picked out for him. “Oh my Gods.” Nik mumbled through a mouthful of dessert, it was easily a thousand times better than his own mixture, clearly he had a lot to learn. “That’s amazing.” He said definitively, “Like, really really good.” After he swallowed at last. “Any chance you want to trade?”

She realized that she was the only one freaking out about this, Nikandros still calm like before. “I told you that it’s amazing!” And better than his own. “There’s no way that I’m trading this but... we can share it. If you’re okay with that.” 

[avxvidalis]

giovannixamboise·:

The witch seemed… Unwell. A trademark of their kind, especially the Delphi always seemed to be that they were healthy. Maybe they were just usually better at hiding their weakness. “It’s about your house guest.” Giovanni explained, he was hesitant to so much as speak the man’s name as if he might accidentally conjure the devil in question. Gio studied the witch a bit closer, “But if this is a bad time I can always come back?”

Of course it was, she should’ve known. Smile was tight as she answered him. “No, it’s fine, we can... we can talk.” Ava didn’t want to talk but she was curious as to what the other had to say. “Do you need our house guest for something?”