Hey, Hey... Have you heard of the gentle sound of glass, clinking softly against the wind? A song, a lullaby so sweet that it leaves youâ... Ah, well.
That era of Windchime is gone and dead (lying).
-â-â-â-â-â-â\\đ
[ > Where do we even start... Where to start...? ]
[ > Why not the beginning? Hmm? Hmm? Sounds fuuun, right? Everything starts at the... start! ]
[ > AH?! You..! Why are you here?! ]
[ > Silly silly chime chime. I'm a part of you! Hehe, hehe... ]
[ > The smell of rotting fish... Hahahehe... I'll follow you everywhere <3! ]
-â-â-â-â-â-â\\đ
> The Beginning was that. A beginning. A god was born, at least that's what he remembers. Then they were split, and then there were two. A song and its echo. A stranger's compliment and your lingering doubts. Childish wishes, and the knowledge that it won't ever come true.
> You went down first, and I merely followed. To be apart from is madness. I merely followed.
> A sound encompasses an entire room, but I could never remember the melody. It was you who sung it to me, simple as a windchime. Yet sleeping soundly was just as easy whenever I heard you.
> Or was it me? Who are we? Am I the song, and you the echo? The jingling bells by to the cold winter air? The ashes to the flames of a burnt down home?
[ > Stop making this more complicated than it has to be. ]
[ > Oh, but youuu searched for me. Found me in the strangest of ways. It's charming! So sweet. So lovely. To change yourself, pretend to be entirely new. Admit it! Hehe, you missed me! ]
[ > Windchime. Rain. Egg. Whoever you want to be... I'll merely follow. ]
-â-â-â-â-â-â\\đ
WINDCHIME // CORPSEFISH
Name: Rain "Windchime" // Corpsefish
Age: 12th Life // Old, older...
Pronouns: They/Them // He/Him
This is mainly for Windchime, but Corpsefish has to follow. It's canon that he's incorporeal, and to those that may see himâ Well, they simply go insane.
CF has been searching for the song of to lingering echo. Windchime, or Rain... was that half! Becoming human, like the fool they were. Making CF search... hmph!
The whole Windchime getup is a costume.
-â-â-â-â-â-â\\đ
I got a little carried away whoops,,, i hope its okay!! I DONT RLLY HAVE A DESIGN YET BUT... Like Listen. I draw Windchime differently everytime anyway its okie. It's fine. They can just interact but not be an actual resident. Call them a renter because CF pays in blood baby lesgo /j I'm kidding.
I just wanted to interact... sob sob,,,
tagging:/// @boiling-potato !!
bonus: old windchime doodles <3 aaaand corpsefish.
Hey, Hey... Have you heard of the gentle sound of glass, clinking softly against the wind? A song, a lullaby so sweet that it leaves youâ... Ah, well.
That era of Windchime is gone and dead (lying).
-â-â-â-â-â-â\\đ
[ > Where do we even start... Where to start...? ]
[ > Why not the beginning? Hmm? Hmm? Sounds fuuun, right? Everything starts at the... start! ]
[ > AH?! You..! Why are you here?! ]
[ > Silly silly chime chime. I'm a part of you! Hehe, hehe... ]
[ > The smell of rotting fish... Hahahehe... I'll follow you everywhere <3! ]
-â-â-â-â-â-â\\đ
> The Beginning was that. A beginning. A god was born, at least that's what he remembers. Then they were split, and then there were two. A song and its echo. A stranger's compliment and your lingering doubts. Childish wishes, and the knowledge that it won't ever come true.
> You went down first, and I merely followed. To be apart from is madness. I merely followed.
> A sound encompasses an entire room, but I could never remember the melody. It was you who sung it to me, simple as a windchime. Yet sleeping soundly was just as easy whenever I heard you.
> Or was it me? Who are we? Am I the song, and you the echo? The jingling bells by to the cold winter air? The ashes to the flames of a burnt down home?
[ > Stop making this more complicated than it has to be. ]
[ > Oh, but youuu searched for me. Found me in the strangest of ways. It's charming! So sweet. So lovely. To change yourself, pretend to be entirely new. Admit it! Hehe, you missed me! ]
[ > Windchime. Rain. Egg. Whoever you want to be... I'll merely follow. ]
-â-â-â-â-â-â\\đ
WINDCHIME // CORPSEFISH
Name: Rain "Windchime" // Corpsefish
Age: 12th Life // Old, older...
Pronouns: They/Them // He/Him
This is mainly for Windchime, but Corpsefish has to follow. It's canon that he's incorporeal, and to those that may see himâ Well, they simply go insane.
CF has been searching for the song of to lingering echo. Windchime, or Rain... was that half! Becoming human, like the fool they were. Making CF search... hmph!
The whole Windchime getup is a costume.
-â-â-â-â-â-â\\đ
I got a little carried away whoops,,, i hope its okay!! I DONT RLLY HAVE A DESIGN YET BUT... Like Listen. I draw Windchime differently everytime anyway its okie. It's fine. They can just interact but not be an actual resident. Call them a renter because CF pays in blood baby lesgo /j I'm kidding.
I just wanted to interact... sob sob,,,
tagging:/// @boiling-potato !!
bonus: old windchime doodles <3 aaaand corpsefish.
If i'm still relevant within my tumblr social circles... They're an offering. Do what you will with my Creature Cursed with Reincarnation.
List is...
Utterly Fixated on the stars: Not only are the stars a map way home, but they've been their only company for a long. long. time. Which is also why they're nocturnal!
Personality-wise? A little aloof, a little strange. Forming connections are a hassle, they'd be dead within a blink of an eye anyway... Still, List has a trail of red behind them. They'd rather look up than down, though.
Ever changing! List's body changes with every return. Right now, they're in a woman's body... But Charting the stars never required a specific orientation, so it doesn't matter at all.
Warnings: Yandere themes, unhealthy relationships, power imbalances, some co-dependency and emotional manipulation.
Word count: 2.2k.
Anaxagoras is a polarizing figure.Â
Itâs to be expected, considering his lack of propriety. He cares little for respecting age-old traditions, observing social customs, or sugar coating his words. This has earned him no shortage of detractors. While they might label him a heretic or lob other accusations, even his most ardent opponents canât deny that heâs brilliant.Â
Youâre no stranger to his eccentricity. His teaching style fluctuated between the routine and the sublime, you never knew what to expect. Nonetheless, youâve always felt he takes his studentsâ edification seriously, hence his extreme tactics. Upon reflection, you concluded that this distinct pedagogy molded your mind into its current shape. Curiosity, drive, and a will to question the supposedly infallible have become your core tenets, courtesy of your professor.Â
Who wouldâve thought the very skepticism he instilled in you would one day be directed towards him?Â
Ever since your most damning accusation left your lips, silence has reigned in his office. You projected a semblance of confidence for most of your exchange, but that façade has long since dissipated. Youâre fidgeting, nervous energy building inside like a dam ready to burst. You regret doing this in his office, but the conversation necessitated privacy. The room has always left a strange impression on you. One glance at the notes strewn about his desk confirms the immeasurable gap in your intellect, how heâs discovering answers to questions youâd never think to ask. Itâs both awe-inspiring and demoralizing.Â
You can feel how heâs observing you, mentally breaking you down to your base components. There are only so many ways one can respond to the charges youâve presented. Denial is by far the likeliest, followed up by indignation or disbelief. Youâd run through this scenario hundreds of times in your head. Each time, heâd said something by now, constructing a meticulous defense. This silence denies you the catharsis rage would allow. Instead, youâre made to sit in a limbo of your own creation, replaying each element of this confrontation.Â
Was your evidence lacking? Did your emotions seep through too much, discrediting your logic? Or are you not right in the head, having imagined everything in some paranoia-fuelled haze?Â
Gathering your courage, you look up, steeling yourself for whatever stares back.
Anaxaâs composure is striking. Heâs smiling, a sentiment akin to fondness softening the lines around his eye. If that wasnât disconcerting enough, he chuckles, quietly at first, but ending in a hearty diapason. You drop all pretense and openly gawk at him. This goes beyond a few character quirks, this is madness. Righteous fury sends your blood boiling. You stand up, ready to storm out, when he raises his hand, a motion that keeps you in place.Â
âPlease, sit,â he supplicates. No vestige of his former derangement remains; regardless, it isnât so easily erased from your memory. Sensing your apprehension, he continues, âHavenât I taught you to always finish what youâve started?âÂ
You part your lips, ready to insist that this is different, but the argument dies on your tongue. He has a way of making you doubt yourself without doing anything. Even now, youâre plagued by an impulse not to disappoint him. Feeling defeated, you return to your seat.
He leans back, crosses his legs, and rests his folded hands on his knee. âHow long have you held these suspicions?âÂ
âI donât know.âÂ
âUntrue. Try again.âÂ
â... Since the Month of Gate.âÂ
âThat long, hm?â Anaxa muses. He leans closer, his gracile form hunched forward, like when heâs on the precipice of a great revelation. âWeâre in the Six Month now; why wait as long as you did?âÂ
âBecause I couldnât believe it!âÂ
He clicks his tongue. âWillful ignorance, then? Thatâs unbecoming of you.âÂ
Your heart plummets at his reprimand. Memories of your first few one-on-one oral tests come flooding back, pelting your psyche. He accepted nothing less than your absolute best. You used to think he purposefully set you up for failure, demanding the impossible, but the results proved otherwise. He saw potential in areas you were too frightened to spare a glance. He encouraged â no, demanded â that you face them head-on. Consequently, you discovered yourself capable of feats previously unthinkable.Â
That habit of his must extend beyond the lectern.Â
âYou come to me presenting vague, disconnected data, without the resolve to say what it is I stand accused of.âÂ
Something in you snaps. âHow about falsifying my grades, coercion, bribery, and stalking, to name a few?âÂ
âAn excellent start!â he asserts, slightly breathless from exhilaration. âFinally, weâre getting to the heart of the matter. Your reasoning is solid, if lacking in scope. Expand on your argument.âÂ
âThisâ this isnât a learning exercise. If you donât take me seriously, IâllâŚâÂ
You trail off, fully aware you lack the means to substantiate a threat. Scowling, you internally berate yourself. Heâs successfully stirred up your temper. Who could blame you, though? His disregard is baffling! You know him to be insensitive, sure, but never purposefully cruel. A lump forms in the back of your throat. You fight it with all your might, not wanting to add to your humiliation. He hadnât made you cry in ages. The last time wouldâve been his scathing critique of your first assignment, many years ago. You swore never to endure that again.Â
âDonât look at me like that, my dear,â Anaxa sighs. âI am taking you seriously. Forgive my excitement; Iâve been awaiting this conversation. Now, I know youâre thinking, âheâs lost it,â or something to that effect. Let me reassure you â Iâm perfectly sane. How else could I have accomplished what youâve accused me of?âÂ
You eye him warily. âSo youâre admitting to it?âÂ
âNot everything. I never tampered with your grades.âÂ
Heâs focusing on the least egregious charge? Wouldnât anyone else refute stalking or coercion first? You almost left out the dubious grades, it paled so greatly compared to the other accusations.Â
âYou never told me I failed after an oral test.âÂ
âI never said you passed, either.âÂ
âBut you looked pleased!â
âDoes that translate to a high grade?âÂ
âItâs disingenuous!âÂ
âDisingenuous, yes, but falsification? Hardly.âÂ
âWhy is that what youâre caught up on?â you demand, your voice rising in pitch. âThe point is, youâre keeping me from graduating. Thatâs the issue here.âÂ
âIs it not up to the professor whether their student should graduate or not?âÂ
Anaxaâs acting facetious to get under your skin and itâs working. You take a moment to gather your thoughts, recalling his lessons about the advantages of preying on your opponentâs emotions in a debate. Is that what this is? Had that been the case, youâd expect a more subtle approach. All this ambiguity is doing you a disservice. He claimed you âlacked scope,â so you opt for a shift in tactics.Â
âWhy donât you want me to graduate?âÂ
âAn improvement over your earlier questions,â he notes, nodding in approval. âStill, you should know I dislike giving answers youâve arrived at yourself.âÂ
âI havenâtââÂ
He interrupts you by speaking your name, his tone low and chill-inducing. Shudders travel along your body. His disappointment reaches into your chest cavity and steals your oxygen. It shouldnât sting, but it does. This ever-present desire to make him proud has twisted your priorities. Despite yourself, his earlier praise, meager as it was, sent your heart soaring. The acknowledgment of a genius is titillating.Â
⌠Maybe youâre not right in the head either.Â
âYouâre attracted to me.âÂ
âA shallow description, albeit accurate.âÂ
âYou donât want me to leave The Grove.âÂ
âAnd why is that?âÂ
âSome warped sense of attachment, if I had to guess.âÂ
âHmph. I wouldnât call it warped,â Anaxa replies. âThe ethics, perhaps, but my intentions arenât so nefarious. Your talent would be wasted in Okhema. Should you stay, Iâd have you as my assistant, a position youâd find challenging and rewarding. Is that not a tempting offer?âÂ
Your mouth goes dry.Â
Tempting? Life-altering would be a better description. The role of assistant to a Sage is enviable for its benefits, monetarily, but more vital, academically. Other scholars are more willing to collaborate, you have access to any materials you research necessitates, and youâre welcomed into previously inaccessible circles. Itâs a chance your younger self wouldâve killed for.Â
HoweverâŚÂ
âMy intention has always been to return home and apply what Iâve learned. Okhemaâs one of the last standing city-states, I want to contribute what I can.â
Anaxa pinches the bridge of his nose. âYouâre still clinging to those fantasies? Leave that city to the Goldweaver. She has her shortcomings, but when it comes to ruling, she maintains order.âÂ
âWe canât rely solely on Aglaea. Common people should do their part,â you insist. âI want to see my home prosper, not limp from crisis to crisis.âÂ
âSuch are the times we live in.âÂ
âSo I should just give up, then?âÂ
âIf you have any sense.âÂ
âWhatever happened to âfinish what you start?ââÂ
âWe arenât finished yet,â Anaxa responds, unusually harsh. âFocus on that. Everything else is secondary, a distraction.âÂ
Your eye twitches.Â
âWhat about what I want?âÂ
âYou want to stay. Itâs a misguided civil duty fooling you into believing otherwise.âÂ
Anaxaâs speaking like heâs objectively correct, as if any claims to the contrary are insipient, a waste of his time. Itâs equal parts fascinating and infuriating. Youâre reminded of the countless hours spent in this room, passionately defending your rationale against his methodical deconstructions. Except now, it isnât a theory or method youâre debating, itâs your future. Ultimately, no one aside from you has the final say. His claim that youâre deluded by sentimentality is projection. Heâs acting absurd here, not you.Â
âIâve always had great respect for you, professor,â you admit, ignoring a terrible ache in your chest. âYouâve never been afraid to question the status quo, even if it meant challenging the gods. Thatâs why⌠thatâs why I struggled to believe youâd sabotage me. Call it âwillful ignorance,â or whatever, but was it so wrong of me to have faith in my mentor?âÂ
Anaxaâs eyelashes flutter shut and he smiles. âAn appeal to pathos, is it?âÂ
âItâs called being human, Anaxa.âÂ
That gets under his skin. His eye is hooded when it reopens, belying irritation.Â
âAnaxagoras,â he dryly corrects.Â
âYour priorities are a mess.âÂ
âInsolence should never be tolerated,â he asserts. âI commend your rhetoric. Need I remind you, however, that Iâm not to blame for the image youâve formed of me?âÂ
You exhale sharply through your nose. So thatâs the angle heâs deciding to take? Heâs willing to desecrate a shrine you dedicated to him, built with precious memories and experiences?
While studying his physiognomy, you note how stoic heâs become. Heâs toned down his usual theatrics. Thereâs a solemn nature to his gaze, his eyebrow slightly upturned and jaw set firmly. Through his outerwear, you can make out the alchemical symbols inked into his arm. When it comes to pursuing his ambitions, heâs like a man possessed. Nothing is too sacred, not even his own flesh.Â
What chance do you have against such determination?Â
âYou must be lonely, professor.âÂ
He runs a hand through his hair. âResorting to insults now, are we?â
âItâs just an observation,â you say. Then, a prolonged pause. âOne that you arenât denying.âÂ
Anaxa reclines in his seat and clears his throat. âYour company⌠isnât unwelcome.âÂ
It could be your imagination, but you swear thereâs a light dusting of pink over his cheeks. He fiddles with the cuffs of his outer garment. Out of all the dubious comments heâs made, thatâs what made him self-conscious? The absurdity takes you a few moments to recover from. Anaxa leverages the opportunity, bringing your hands into his. You try pulling away out of instinct, only for him to exert surprising strength.Â
Effectively trapped, you cease your futile struggle.Â
âStay,â his voice is so soft, it almost fails to reach your ears. âIâm not above begging, if thatâs what it requires.âÂ
He lowers his head, seeking to propitiate you, as if golden ichor didnât flow through his veins, denoting his supernal status. He who scorns the divine has taken on the posture of an acolyte. An act befitting a lifelong blasphemer, you suppose.Â
Anaxa speaks your full name, each syllable rolling off his tongue like honey.Â
âShould you leave, Iâll hasten the eschaton of this world by aiding the black tide.âÂ
â... And you claim you havenât âlost it?ââÂ
âNot yet,â he murmurs against your inner wrist. âYouâre still here.âÂ
âWhat you said could warrant execution.âÂ
âI prefer to die having had you for myself than to live apart.âÂ
âYouâre mad.âÂ
âAs the progenitor, can a malady fault its symptoms for existing?âÂ
âCasuistry at its finest.âÂ
Anaxa finally relinquishes his hold, but not without kissing your racing pulse.Â
âBe critical of me all your days, Iâll delight in the offense.âÂ
You bring your hands to your chest, the skin he lavished in affection tingling. Your head is spinning, like he shifted the world on its axis. His eye scalds you, his magenta pupil burning hot with unrestrained fervor. There's no room for compromise. He will see his designs made manifest or immolate this dying world to punish your rejection.
"What will it be?" he asks.
You close your eyes, unable to withstand his smoldering gaze any longer.
Guys, I have a confession... I do have a favorite child, and it's Salem đđđđ JUST CAUSE!! he has the most coherent backstory I've made lol and yes, I hate Casimir and Farris, (not just their design) I hate them so much that I'm thinking of shipping them both
Also this inspired me to draw Cyrus again cause I really really love his design!! Thank uu, Thank uuuu so much again @thestarivaeclipse for letting me use thisss!!
rb this to get a love letter, a question abt ur f/o / selfships, or positivity in your inbox!
after seeing some negative stuff in the tags today, i think everyone deserves a reminder about how much they're loved by their f/os! everyone deserves interaction, no matter if it's 'obligated' or not, so please remember to practice reblog karma and make someone smile!
thinkin abt it and this guy. this bastard man. he's the reason why i yume with so many deranged individuals. two-faced manipulative guys w sad backstories,,, like. i could list them all.
number one would be vector, obviously,,
1. Vector
2. I think The Second one is Kokichi Ouma ?
3. Goro Akechi (he DID lie.)
4. Shadow Milk Cookie
5. and a whole lot more but i can't br asked to name them all rn its 3am >:(