RHYTHMORTIS.

midnight  creeps  so  slowly  into  hearts  of  men‎  who‎  need  more  than  they  get

[bransles]

BRANSLES.   independent  &  selective  OCTAVO  from  CADENCE  OF  HYRULE.   loved  by  aries (he/him).   heavily  headcanon - based.   crossover  and  oc  reliant.  sporadic  /  low  activity. 

NAVIGATION:   carrd.   promo. BLOGROLL:   @oocca​  @thresholds​  @collude​ 

[rakiloslov]

Oh hey man. Good to see you. I thought you died. Didn't you die? I was sure you died? Why are you alive? Weren't you meant to die a long time ago?

[bransles]

@pri-rp ( vaati ) // ♥

octavo couldn’t say he was a fan of how it felt like he was staring into some distorted mirror.  the darker hues and the garnet gaze cutting across the space between them to meet his own topaz stare were differences that only served to unsettle him further rather than offer any comfort of distinction.  he ought to have been better prepared,  he’d survived enough existential oddities in recent memory to have built up some tolerance for the uncanny,  but in point of fact,  he had thought of the mage as something that existed only in myth,  and myth typically felt very safely removed from reality until it was standing directly in front of you. 

he rarely bothered to resist the lure of the idle habit generally speaking,  but his hand rising to his pendant this time felt more like something pulling at him from the inside,  turning the little charm in his hand and tracing his fingers over the patterns.  the subtle inscription and the elegant gold filigree blurred into a vague impression of opulence rather than anything legible.  though whatever function it served before had long been obsolete,  and it offered nothing more now than protection. 

“ i don’t know,  i don’t really see it, ”    he said,  letting his voice settle into something haughty  —  a futile attempt,  perhaps,  at smothering his discomfort,  but it was the only one available to him.     “ i don’t think we look all that alike. ”   he shrugged and hummed.     “ i’ve met men who shared a face with a total stranger before.  it means nothing.  the world is not so large as we imagine. ” 

[peachdoxie]

I love characters who are extremely hypercompetent and simultaneously massive losers

[bransles]

starter call. you will like this

[thiefandlyre]

"Indeed, they'd all be quite doomed if we didn't have such noble intentions. They ought to be thanking us, really. Perhaps treating us to a parade, or at least a nice bottle of wine. But there's no bless you for trying to help us, Octavo. It's always, why did you betray me, and seize that treasonous sorcerer! It gets so very tiresome after a while..."

[bransles]

“ oh,  doesn’t it? ”    dramatic sigh.  hand pressed beleagueredly to the chest.  the whole theatric ordeal.    “ i would say it’s a thankless job being a hero,  but when some blond bumpkin with hideous clothes does it,  it’s all,  oh,  the hero as prophesied has saved us!  thank you hero!  once again evil is thwarted!  let us erect a statue in your honor! ”    he’s not even asking for a statue!  though some wine would be nice as the other octavo s  —  wait.  why is there another him?  is he from past or future?  oh well.  at least he can complain.    “ all i got for thwarting evil was a trial over whether or not i’d be thrown into the dungeons.  honestly,  some days you just want to be evil out of spite! ”  

[bransles]

“ everyone should really be a lot more appreciative of the fact that i'm not evil. ”    take it from him,  who got to see a world where he was evil.    “ i mean,  nobody else can so efficiently take over hyrule.  imagine if i was evil. i just think nobody appreciates that enough. ”  

[nightprompts]

&. 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

(  dialogue prompts taken from the silent hill 2 remake, developed by bloober team. trigger warning for dark themes. feel free to change as you seem fit. )

❛ in my restless dreams, i see that town. ❜

❛ hey, it's okay. i didn't mean to scare you. ❜

❛ i'm kind of lost. ❜

❛ i guess i don't really care if it's dangerous or not. i'm going either way. ❜

❛ what happened to this town? ❜

❛ whatever it is, it's not human. ❜

❛ i didn't do anything! he was like that when i got here. ❜

❛ you wanna come with? maybe together we can find a way out of this town. ❜

❛ sorry, but i can't leave. not yet. ❜

❛ are you afraid? ❜

❛ did you find the person that you were looking for? ❜

❛ don't worry, i'm not crazy. least, i don't think so. ❜

❛ should i go with you? this town really is dangerous. ❜

❛ what's a big dumb-dumb like you doing here anyway? ❜

❛ hey, that's not very nice. didn't your parents teach you any manners? ❜

❛ do i look like your girlfriend? ❜

❛ i can't believe it. your face, your voice... you could be— ❜

❛ i don't look like a ghost, do i? see? warm. ❜

❛ i can show you if you want. unless you have somewhere else to be? something else to do? ❜

❛ hey, easy there. i'm just messing with you. ❜

❛ you're coming with me? can't you just tell me where it is? ❜

❛ what, you were just gonna leave me here? alone? with all these monsters around? ❜

❛ is it because i remind you of... her? ❜

❛ this place we're going to, what is it, exactly? ❜

❛ you ever stay in a place like this? the walls are so thin you can hear everything. love, hate, jealousy... ❜

❛ i think you just saved my life back there. ❜

❛ hey. you think i'd look good in this one? ❜

❛ this room... there's something wrong with it. i think we should leave. ❜

❛ oh, loosen up. it sure beats running around with those monsters out there. ❜

❛ what will you tell her if... when you find her? ❜

❛ oh, c'mon. don't give me that look. i was just kidding. ❜

❛ can we stay? just for a little while? ❜

❛ this place, this whole thing, it's like a nightmare. i just wanted to get away from it, even for a second. ❜

❛ here. something to take the edge off. ❜

❛ we should probably get going. ❜

❛ we could come back later, if you want. you know, in case we need a break. ❜

❛ i wanted to ask you... what if you can't find [ name ]? what will you do? ❜

❛ thanks for checking up on me. it's very sweet of you. ❜

❛ how do you know my name? ❜

❛ i'm sorry, but i can't let you just run around this place. you might get hurt. ❜

❛ please open the door. there's something in here. ❜

❛ i was almost killed back there! i've never been so scared in my whole life! ❜

❛ all you care about is that dead wife of yours. ❜

❛ you couldn't care less about me, could you? ❜

❛ stay with me. don't leave me alone again. you're supposed to take care of me. ❜

❛ i don't know, for some reason i feel like it's up to me to protect her. ❜

❛ well, whaddaya know... a stroll in the rain. how romantic. ❜

❛ i'm trying to keep things light. just humor me, okay? ❜

❛ you think you could give me a hand? ❜

❛ you're supposed to be the big man around here. how's a little girl like me supposed to help? ❜

❛ what's wrong? i thought you wanted to get out of here. ❜

❛ this place is different from what i remember. i guess... things never really stay the same, do they? ❜

❛ you... still don't want me to go with you? if we stick together, we just might make it out of here. ❜

❛ ain't no big deal. just put the gun to their head and... pow! ❜

❛ you can't just kill someone 'cause of the way they looked at you. ❜

❛ please. i'll be good. i promise. ❜

❛ it's always the same with you. you're only after one thing. ❜

❛ i don't know who you think i am, but i don't want to hurt you. ❜

❛ i thought that thing killed you...! are you hurt? ❜

❛ but that thing... it stabbed you. there was blood everywhere. ❜

❛ stabbed me? what do you mean? ❜

❛ honey... did something happen to you? ❜

❛ are you confusing me with someone else? ❜

❛ you said you took everything. but you forgot the videotape we made. ❜

❛ it doesn't matter who i am. i'm here for you. ❜

❛ see? i'm real. ❜

❛ don't you want to touch me? ❜

❛ i'll come back, i promise. ❜

❛ how many times do i have to kill you? ❜

❛ it doesn't matter if you're smart, dumb, ugly, pretty... it's all the same once you're dead! ❜

❛ you wanna talk down to me some more? tell me to relax? ❜

❛ you know i'll find you! ❜

❛ guess i deserved it, huh? the fartface that i am. ❜

❛ you got any other things planned? i think i saw a dark room back there you could lock me up in. ❜

❛ where are you? i'm waiting for you. please, come to me. ❜

❛ i think you were right. what we're looking for... it's not here. ❜

❛ thank you for helping me earlier... but i wish you hadn't. ❜

❛ i know what you are. i know why i needed you. but it's all over now. i don't need you anymore. ❜

❛ it'd be easier if they just killed me. ❜

❛ why are you still here? i told you to go. ❜

❛ wait! please don't go. don't leave me alone. i didn't mean what i said. ❜

❛ please... tell me i'll be okay. ❜

❛ i'm here for you. so what if i'm not her? ❜

❛ i can give you what she never could. i can be better than her. ❜

❛ what else do you want me to be? ❜

❛ i won't let you do this to me. i won't let you go. ❜

❛ the truth is, i hated you. ❜

❛ i wanted my life back. ❜

❛ i tried. i really did. but... i just... can't go on without you. ❜

❛ i can't forgive myself for what i've done. ❜

❛ i want you to go on. i want you to live. for yourself and for others. ❜

❛ you made me happy. ❜

[bransles]

(( just wanted to reach out and say I really enjoy your Octavo and I'm glad to see he's back! Octavogang 😈

#OCTAVOGANG

[bransles]

                      THE  MIRROR  STARES  YOU  IN  THE  FACE  —

independent  octavo  from  cadence  of  hyrule. loved  by  aries.

[bransles]

some general life updates while i do some housekeeping on this blog — i moved out from my mom's this past april! 😎 my longtime friends who may or may not be active on here anymore (lol) might know that it was a very uhh hostile living situation. but moved in with my bf :] which means i feel so so free to pursue creative endeavors.......as much as working a full time job will allow lmfao. but i hope to get more into rp again! for a while now i've been primarily focused on a couple of private 1x1s lol also just not really focused on loz (tbh i'm still in resident evil mode) but man i miss octavo.....my boy octavo

[bransles]

oh wait i totally forgot it's mother's day. posting about how i moved away from my mom on mother's day and not even realizing.....#thematic

[bransles]

some general life updates while i do some housekeeping on this blog — i moved out from my mom's this past april! 😎 my longtime friends who may or may not be active on here anymore (lol) might know that it was a very uhh hostile living situation. but moved in with my bf :] which means i feel so so free to pursue creative endeavors.......as much as working a full time job will allow lmfao. but i hope to get more into rp again! for a while now i've been primarily focused on a couple of private 1x1s lol also just not really focused on loz (tbh i'm still in resident evil mode) but man i miss octavo.....my boy octavo

[bransles]

missing octavo like a motherfucker

[larkstonguesinaspicpart1]

[bombcollar]

[decrepify-deactivated20250528]

Yup returning to necromancy, I’m so back. And you’re so back, and you’re so back, and you’re so back, and you’re

[bransles]

@wolfvirago // sc.

shattering glass never sounds like one expects it to. there was a certain pop, and a sharpness at the edges of the noise, but somehow it was never as shrill and tinkly in the actual moment of destruction as it was in memory and imagination. it was that surprising sound that had octavo staring dumbfounded, mouth agape, at the pile of shattered glass that now rested by his feet. his mother had ran a potion shop — he grew up around her mixing and the constant medication - bitter smell. she had given him some lessons, too. so why?

why when he tried to emulate it, did the resulting mixture end up volatile enough to bust glass? what had even broke the bottle — perhaps too much gases released and too much pressure had built up? that seemed like the most reasonable answer. less reasonable was that the concoction had been so awful it became sentient and craved freedom ( he did use chuchu jelly . . . how exactly did sentience work in those awful creatures? ).

"well. better the bottle than someone's stomach, i suppose," he moped, "i just do not understand what could have gone wrong this time."

unfortunately for him, and robin, this failure had now made it a matter of pride. he made a small, frustrated sound before kicking the glass away and turning, hands determinedly resting on his hips.

"come — we must find more of those horrible little blobby things."