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Death Sentence
@sanguinariis
If he had known anything else other than the stinging heat of the sun and the dusty landscape, he probably would've never stayed where he was long enough to reap the rewards the Legion had given him. Even in the relentless beat of the sun on the exposed skin of his calves and the reflection of it shining up from the dusty ground, it was nothing more than business as usual and he actually quite enjoyed it at time. Sometimes it felt like the heat singed, drying up beads of sweat before they even had a chance to form, and with many miles to walk it was often a bothersome quirk of the dry Mojave heat. The work they did was sometimes very slow work, you would have to set all the pieces up right so that when you finally swooped in burning the homes of profligates they will stay in place when others are dragged away to be lashed up on that cross. He had gone in undercover earlier that month and sewn discontent among the people, there wasn’t much he could do with the small size of the town already pinning peers against each other, but the gossip was definitely one of a kind. The gossip was mainly why they had come back, first stop on their excursion into the wastes. Caesar was looking to expand his holds in the land, the NCR’s patrols were spotty and they were armed with weapons that were often worse than a death sentence. Ill made and even more horribly maintained. They would pick them off like flies if they were to come across any, the soldiers he brought with him were skilled. They alone would claim the area, one crucifixion after the other. There wasn’t any doubt he had about that. A few miles from their destination and he had turned to Aerius who looked to be getting antsy. They weren’t moving fast enough, he knew that much. They should be done by the time the sun sets, so the fire’s burn brighter under the moon in the night sky and nobody will be able to slip away with the help of the dark. With the sun out, the shadows weren’t good enough to harbor any refugees. Wtih the sun out, everything was on their side.
“The south side is unguarded. Extinction or lottery?”
He had given the other the choice in the soft yet deliberate voice he had, there was no actual strategic advantage of this place, the main reason they were here was that their foes could see that the Legion was advancing but only noticing it when it was too late . Sometimes, all you needed was a little bit of murder.
@beenpole
And with the way that the red wine in the long stemmed glass made his thoughts fuzzy and with how the music seemed to sing and intertwine with the atmosphere of the room. The string quartet in the expansive marbled living room of some socialite with far too much money and way too many hands in other people's pockets, actually for once had made him feel at peace. Music didn't speak to him normally, he would have only used it to increase his concentration and then be done with it, but now it was an ancient tongue that had been long lost and dead for centuries coming back to life in the form of poetry that brought a sense of longing to his chest. Perhaps it was the drowsiness and the wine mixing together to create a person he was only vaguely familiar of, it was still him after all, just a different version of him. His eyes glanced across the room, looking for the woman that had been on his arm earlier on in the night and catching her eye out of sheer luck and chance. Her face lit up seeing him, excusing herself to walk towards him through the crowd of expensive jewelry and high end cocktail dresses with a nearly empty champagne flute in her hand. He placed his glass on one of the tables by him as he walked to her, walking past people as he greeted them, a solemn hand on their back as he bid goodbye telling them through touch that their conversation would not last any longer and moved on. He had looked for her again and saw that she had been distracted by a flashy man who would’ve made him feel the slightest twinge of jealousy had he not been wearing last year’s Rolex on his wrist. Vulpes’ hands had reached around her waist, the silver thread embroidery with diamonds embellishing the fabric of her dress was rough against his palms, And he knew that she would think that they were both just playing the part they played at places like this, and maybe they were. At least for now. When he pressed his lips against hers, the taste of the priceless wine still heavy on his lips clashed with the light and airy one of the champagne still on her tongue. Slow and tender, her hands around his shoulders, the remainder of the bubbly liquid spilling onto the floor behind him as the glass tilted in her grip, both lost in the suddenness of the kiss. Their situation long forgotten-- he wasn’t her boss and she wasn’t his secretary they were just... them. She had teetered slightly on her heels and he held her closer, sinking deeper into her scent and the softness of her lips and the way her hair brushed against his face. They only parted when the song had ended and the musicians had retired for the night, the rest of the party in the early stages of dispersing. But he didn’t let go. He didn’t want to let go.
// is there anybody who wants to start a thread or pick up on an old one?
in finis [Vulpes || Arcade]
No reaction.
It was almost as if the legionary was made of stone, unfeeling and without emotion, and that factor was something else that prickled through the blond man’s irritation. He had nothing he could use, no fuel to keep on going with those words, so he too fell into a form of silence. The exhaustion flickered and flooded through his senses again but the man was one ultimately resolute - Vulpes had slipped before, he would slip again, and the former Follower just needed to properly bide his time for it to happen again.
"I’d say it was a concern of mine. It involves me after all." Maybe that was it - he had utterly no rights here in this place. Even worse: he had less rights than a human rightfully should have. A little spasm shook through the slave’s body, just a tiny flicker of movement, towards the voice but that was all he could give. The other man had a serpent’s tongue, coiling and sickening, and if anything it only reaffirmed that Arcade shouldn’t trust this man further than he could throw him. Less, rather… it caused the little hairs at the back of his neck to raise in alarm, such calm in face of his own bite.
It took the revolting contact to have the blond man recoiling away, blue eyes narrowed in what might almost even be hatred for this man, this tormentor. Almost… for it took much for him to hate with such bitterness. "Privilege… riiight. As if it could even be logically called that." But he didn’t attempt to move past - it would be easy, damn easy, to find his end here. It was almost tempting… but no, no. He would choose that time for himself without them taking it. There lingered enough sense to be wary - exceedingly so - of the looming threat of the ripper… silent but particularly notable. "What do you want from me?” His voice was rough, tired, trying to hold back the anger and pain and near desperate desolation that threaded through each word.
It was like watching a mongrel slowly be put back into place, learning it's position in the pack. Guiding it back to the bottom rung where he belonged and where he would stay until he breathed out his final dying breath. A subtle joy rippled through him, it wasn't going to be easy not when the dog was smart enough to know what was happening to it.
"You are no longer your own."
It was a simple way to put it, but no additional words could drive the point home anymore than what he had justsaid. Maybe the best way to rectify his attitude would be to submit him to three or more sleepless days and nights, the very thing that they used with captured NCR soldiers that may have valuable information about the movement of their troops or their opponents next major plan. However, sometimes, a soldier was just a soldier and the cross was where he truly belonged. Simple intimidation wouldn't work unless he was primed for it. If only he knew just how much work it would take to complete such a simple task. Or maybe, just maybe, it might be useful to treat him like a human. Only time could tell on that part.
"You're not here to point out what is and what isn't logical. At least not until I require you to do so. What was it that Caesar had you do for him?"
Possibly familiar tasks would help the transition be less rocky, Vulpes was in the prime of his health, there wasn't anything-- at least not yet, that he needed the healer to take care of for him.
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ive been gone for a long while so we’ll see how it goes
What would your opinion be of someone who had every opportunity, such as to join up with Caesar's Legion or NCR, or to even take control in independence-- but did none of these things and instead chose to throw everything into anarchy?
Such an odd but not unimaginable circumstance, he was aware that there were many who would leap at a chance like that, to see a New Vegas tumble to the ground like the palace of wretched sinit was. Even he would’ve liked to see something like that himself. But to not join the Legion when given the chance? To have an entire army of skilled men to fight by their side, where after winning they would be treated like a GOD among men, and not seize the chance?
“I would say he’s a foolish man.”
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Pumpkin [DECK THE HALLS WITH PROFLIGATE GUTS]
Pumpkin: Your character and mine doing some halloween decorating
Vulpes ordered some recruits to let down the ones close to death on the crosses and to skin the ones that have already perished while keeping their bones intact. As much as he despised any holiday, this one was the one he hated a little less than all the others. Propping up the dead enemies of the legion gave their soldiers a morale boost, making a show of skinning them and holding contests to determine who is the best with their machete was as festive as he could hope to get. There was a growing lack of disgust for Halloween when both him and Dead Sea realized the potential it had to lean towards the gory. A knack for which they both had.The Decanus had just given permission to a group of recuits to let down a man on the cross that was put up there yesterday while the children hunted him on the closed camp grounds. They were proficient in hand to hand combat at the age of ten, but with their rusty knives and melee weapons their skills were minimal. No better way to breed a savage warrior than to lather blood, dirt, and grime onto their skins and let it collect until they were no longer recognizable.“The holiday isn’t for a while now,” Vulpes sighed when Dead Sea came to stand by him and watch over the legionaries, “But they’re not aware of it.”They fostered a complete and total dependence of their troops unto their superiors, date and time no longer existed and after years you start to lose count. After years it no longer matters.You eat. You sleep. You train. You do it all over again.“When the children catch him, let the youngest cut his head off while the profligate is still alive.”The shrill shriek of a sliced trachea did enough to instill fear and dread into other’s hearts.It is after all, what happens when you betray the Legion.“We’ve a few months before battle begins.” He speaks without ever drawing his eyes from those who were hard at work, “Are your men readying the preparations?”
Last Night || CLOSED
She just stood there, with a flabbergasted look on her face. Right. The eggs - and everything else, their work. Her job. It took her a second to remove herself from against the tiled wall, to rinse the soap out of her hair, to leave the shower. This didn’t make any sense, but she went though the motions, getting fresh clothes from a dresser. It was weird, weirder than being naked, to get dressed in front of her boss. Not in a sexy manner, which is could have been, but the idea of him watching her get dressed killed any funny feelings the secretary had. She sat on the bed, pulling up a fresh pair of pantyhose on over her underwear, not putting a shirt on just yet - eggs were on their way, with her luck she’d get them all over her clothes. Actually, now she looked stupid, wearing underwear and pantyhose under the comfy robe provided by the room. Oh, this was great. Marcie couldn’t find her planner… the small notebook kept all her important dates, times, and phone numbers; she always kept it in her purse… “Mr. Inculta, have you seen my – ” There was a knock on the door. Eggs.
Vulpes shrugged his white button up shirt on after taking it off the hanger, the fabric mildly stiff from the starching done at the dry cleaners, smelling clean an fresh as if it were brand new. He looked into the mirror his short hair already dried from the shower, catching a glimpse of Marcie before the doorbell rang with their food. “It should be where you last left it.” He stated matter of factly, perhaps it was misplaced or her reaction was just and over reaction. Either way, once she ate something her nerves might settle and she’ll be able to find it without becoming frantic in the slightest way. A crisp hundred dollar bill as a tip placed in the chest jacket pocket of the hotel employee that had bought them their food before he was pushed out of the room with nothing but a blank stare from Inculta. Shark eyes, devoid of life making the other visibly uncomfortable. The way it was meant to be. “Leave it.” His voice was soft and gentle, like a whisper in your ear, and a shiver down your spine as if it were a cool breeze against her bare spine. Eyes filled with something that mimicked concern, eat your food he spoke without uttering another word. “You will look for your planner afterwards.”
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Scream: My character has caused yours to scream out for some reason. Headache: How my character will take care of yours when they have a headache Expecting: Our characters find out they are expecting a child together. Milkshake: Our characters will have to split a milkshake. Coffee: My character will be hyped up on coffee and pester yours. Mistletoe: Our characters will share a kiss under the mistletoe. Graveyard: My character will visit your characters grave. Spectre: My character will be visited by your character’s ghost or vice versa. Bleed: My character will injure your character. Dream: My character will have a dream about your character. Letters: Our characters will write letters to one another. Nightmare: One of our characters will have a nightmare. Holiday: Our characters will spend a holiday together. Apologize: My character will apologize to yours. Busted: Your character will catch mine doing something they shouldn’t.
Angst of Hell
O Romeo: I will write my character missing/looking for yours. O Juliet: I will write about my character’s feelings for yours. O Macbeth: I will write about how my character kills yours. O Hero: I will write about my character mourning yours. O Puck: I will write about my character pranking yours. O Titiana: I will write about our characters sharing a night in bed or sharing a kiss. Specify. O Oberon: I’ll write about my character getting angry at yours over something they did. Regrets: I’ll write a drabble about my character having regrets about yours. Heaven: I’ll write a drabble about our characters going to heaven. Hell: I’ll write a drabble about our characters going to hell. Purgatory: I’ll write a drabble about our characters going to purgatory. Time: I’ll write a drabble about our characters doing to a different time/dimension. specify.
Will you…?—
Amuse Me: I will write a funny drabble about my character trying to cheer yours up. Accept me: I will write a drabble about my character accepting yours or vice versa. /Or both to accept one another/ Break Me: I will write an angsty drabble about our characters. Befriend Me: I wil write a drabble about our characters meeting for the first time in an AU. Call Me: I will write a drabble about my character asking for yours [be it at the brink of death/in a battlefield/knocking on the front door wounded, feel free to specify.] Comfort Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character comforting yours- vise versa. Drink Me: I will write a drabble about my character taking shots with yours. Dominate Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character dominating yours. Or vise versa. Enamor Me: I will write a fluffy drabble about my character trying to woo yours [be it out of the blue/Valentines Day,feel free to specify.] Embarrass Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character saying or doing something embarrassing to himself or to your character. Fight Me: I will write a drabble out my character fighting with/or against yours. Forgive me: I will write a drabble about my character forgiving yours or vise versa. Get Me: I will write a drabble about my character saving yours. Humor Me: I’ll write a funny drabble about our characters. Hustle Me: I’ll write a drabble about our characters hustling. Humiliate Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character doing something humiliating to yours. Haunt Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character watching over yours [as a ghost, watching from a distance, or otherwise, feel free to specify.] Hunt with me: I’ll write a drabble about your character and mine on a hunt together. Invite Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character asking your character to Join Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character giving your character an offer [be it a proposal for an alliance, asking them to join them in an activity (you can get dirty if you want), feel free to specify.] Kill Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character killing yours. Love Me: I’ll write a fluffy drabble about our characters. Mourn Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character mourning your character’s death. Nurse Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character healing yours. Offer Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character giving yours a gift. Paint Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character drawing a picture of yours [like one of your french girls~ be it painting them or drawing them, maybe offering a picture of them as a gift, feel free to specify.] Quiet Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character trying to calm yours down [be it from crying, from lashing out, feel free to specify.] Remember Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character trying to get yours to remember them [be it from an accident, meeting them after years apart, feel free to specify.] Raise Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character resurrecting yours. Vise versa. Reunite Me: I’ll write a drabble of our characters reuniting together. Shag Me: I’ll write a dirty drabble about our characters. Surprise Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character surprising yours. Vise versa. Save Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character saving yours or vise versa. Shoot Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character shooting yours or vise versa. Tell Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character confessing something to yours [be it a love confession, a secret, feel free to specify.] Text me: I’ll write a drabble about my character texting yours or your character texting mine. Trick Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character tricking your character. Unbind Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character freeing mine, or the other way around, or something among the lines [be it freeing them from jail, from handcuffs, from a trap, from a curse, feel free to specify.] Value Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character telling yours how they feel about them. Wed Me: I’ll write a drabble about our character under the subject of wedlock [be it my character proposing to yours, or marrying yours, feel free to specify.] X Me: I will write whatever it is that you wish, [specify.] Yahoo Me: I’ll write a drabble about our characters celebrating something [feel free to specify.] Zip Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character dressing mine, or the other way around [this can also be used for shutting them up as well, but feel free to specify.]
NSFW-ish Drabbles.
Torture Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character torturing mine or vise versa. Take Me: my character will kidnap yours. Leave Me: my character will leave your character behind. Deny Me: my character will either deny your character’s advances or deny them a ’ happy ending’. Grope Me: my character will grope yours. Lick Me: my character will lick yours in any specified place or manner. Suck Me: my character will suck on any body part of your character. Tease Me: my character will tease yours, whether in a friendly or a sexual manner. Please Me: my character will do anything to please yours. Bite Me: my character will bite yours on any part of their body. Blindfold Me: my character will blindfold yours in order to have their fun. Meet Me: My character is meeting yours either for the first time or just causally. Greet Me: My character will greet yours, either at the door, at work, or somewhere else. Own me: My character owns your character. Slap me: my character will slap yours. In the sexual manner, or of anger. specify. Call Me: My character will call your character for whatever reason. Hug Me: My character will hug yours. Either by surprise or for a specific reason. Give Me: my character will give yours a gift. Tickle Me: my character will tickle yours ruthlessly.
Starts With a Single Word Drabbles.
Sleep: My character needs to stay at your character’s house for the night, or vise versa. Specify. (you can add any other special things that could happen!) Drink: My character will call, text, or show up at your character’s house drunk. Specify which of the three. Heal: My character will tend to your character’s wounds, or be at their side when they’re sick. Confess: My character will speak their true feelings about your character. (or about a topic. you may choose.) Death: My character’s reaction to your character dying. Time: My character is running late! They are supposed to meet your character at ___________ (fill in the blank) or vise versa. Specify. Protect: My character keeps yours safe from harm. Kiss: My character kisses yours, or vise versa. Specify. Dream: My character wakes up in the middle of the night because of a dream with your character in it. Run!: My character is chasing your character (or vise versa) OR both characters are being chased by ___________ (fill in the blank). Rivalry: I’ll write a drabble of our characters having a rivalry between each other. Revenge: My character will get revenge on yours. Jealousy: My character gets jealous over yours. Hallucinations: My character will have hallucinations about your character. Candle: Our characters spending time together by candle light. Obsession: I’ll write a drabble about my character having an obsession with yours. Vise versa. Thief: My/your character has stolen something from yours/mine and plans to escape with said item. (Be specific on who gets which role) Healer: My/your character helping your/my character when they are hurt/sick. (Be specific on who gets which role, and whether the pain is physical, emotional, or just having to catch a fever) Sky: Our characters are stargazing. Seer: An event with our characters in the past or future. Help: My character requests help from your character (be something silly or serious, you may decide.) Gift: My character gives your character something special. Or vise versa. Specify. I Do: I will write our characters as a married couple. Broken: I’ll write our characters breaking up or in an angsty scene. Spell: I’ll write my character putting a spell on yours. Or being under a spell/curse.
Random Drabbles.
Joke: My character pulling a prank on yours. School: How our characters live through a school day. Specify class if needed. Song: My charcter singing a song to yours, or vice versa. Gloves: How my charcter deals with news from yours, Specify news, etc. Snow flake: Our characters in the cold together.
Will you Mourn…?
Rain — I’ll write a fluffy drabble of our characters kissing in the rain. Kill — I’ll write a angst drabble of my character violently killing yours. Love — I’ll write a drabble of my character admitting they love yours. Lust — I’ll write a drabble of our characters making love together. Date — I’ll write a drabble of my character taking yours out on a date. Defend — I’ll write a drabble of my character protecting yours. Fight — I’ll write a drabble of my character fighting with/against yours. Death — I’ll write a drabble of my character with yours on their deathbed. Mourn — I’ll write a drabble of my character mourning yours. Pet — I’ll write a drabble of my character buying yours a pet. (specify what kind.) Wash — I’ll write a drabble of our characters showering/bathing together. Pool — I’ll write a drabble of our characters swimming together. Beach — I’ll write a drabble of out characters at the beach together. Sing — I’ll write a drabble of my character singing to yours. Snow — I’ll write a drabble of our characters building a snowman together. Game — I’ll write a drabble of my character playing videogames with yours. Movie — I’ll write a drabble of our characters watching a movie together. Shop — I’ll write a drabble of my character taking yours shopping. Cook — I’ll write a drabble of our characters cooking together. Sleep — I’ll write a drabble of my character snuggling in bed with yours.
Some More…
Traumatic: I’ll write my or your characters going through a traumatic experience. Murder: I’ll write my character killing yours or vice vesra. Home: I’ll write our characters living together. Scars: I’ll write your character touching my character’s scars or vice versa Sketching: I’ll write your character drawing mine or vice versa Warmth: I’ll write our characters getting warm. Solace: I’ll write my character comforting yours or vice versa Drink: I’ll write our characters drinking together Game: I’ll write our characters playing a game. Love: I’ll write our character’s falling in love. Death: I’ll write our character’s mourning over each other. Hate: I’ll write our character’s hating each other. Seduce: I’ll write my character trying to seduce yours or vice versa Old: I’ll write our characters growing old together Song: I’ll write our character’s singing or playing a musical instruments. Child: I’ll write our characters raising a child. Poem: I’ll write my character speaking a poem to yours or vice versa Insane: I’ll write my character is insane inside asylum and yours is the doctor, vice versa
Our Relationship is more than a…
Rivalry — I’ll write a drabble of our characters having a rivalry between each other. Obsession — I’ll write a drabble about my character having an obsession with yours. Vise versa. Proposal — My character proposes to your character. Vise versa. Celebration — Our characters celebrate together. Or have a party. Secret — My character tells your character a secret. Promise — My character makes a promise to your character.
Spending Holidays Together…
Pumpkin: Your character and mine doing some halloween decorating Trick: Your character and mine being sneaky together Treat: Your character and mine being sweet to one another Costume: Your character or mine, dressing up for the other Candy Corn: Your character or mine being cheesy to the other Treat Bag: My character sharing something with yours Leaves: Your character or mine clearing the air about something. Stars: Our characters under the stars together Snow: Our characters in the cold together Scarf: Your character or Mine borrowing/stealing clothes from the other Hot Cocoa: Our characters enjoying a hot moment together. Candles: Our characters enjoying a moment by candlelight Gift: Your character or mine, surprising the other with a present Bows: Your character or mine, dressing/undressing the other Peppermint: Your character or mine, sharing a sweet secret with the other.
Care to explain your legion tattoo headcannon?
Okay this is all just pure speculation, but I’m talking about these black bands the legionaries have on their arms:
These bands do appear to look a bit fabric-like and Geck does label them as arm bands, but I can’t think of any practical reason (even by Legion standards) for someone to wear random strips of cloth or leather around their arms. That shit is gonna chafe!
My headcannon is that the black bands are a sort of branding thing, especially since the number varies from rank to rank.
(Veteran Legionary)
(Recruit Legionary)
Since the Legion was originally made up of many conquered tribes, the simple and bold design could be a unification thing. They would also make it difficult for a legionary to escape since they’re big enough and they’re not tattooed onto a part of the body that’s easy to hide.
The problem is that in-game, if you take a legionary’s armor off, the “tattoos” come with it. But I would imagine that adding tattoos to hundreds of nameless legionary models could get tiresome. I don’t know. Just a headcannon.
bodyuponbody started following you
*Recruit hyperventilates*
tfw vulpes
same