INHALING SKY

aranea highwind. ff xv

[dragoonwind]

hunter .

❛   it’s hardly a situation that needs lightening.   ❜   as if words could shine a beacon to illuminate,   as if all it takes is a good quip to render daemons useless.   nay,   there is a reason jesters are no longer in existence   —   ravus only wished they also take his lance-wielding ally as well,   though mere talons and fangs cannot pierce thick dragon hide.   `tis unfortunate.

❛   i do not try   —   i succeed.   ❜   perhaps too much so,   for creatures are met with sharpened blades   &.   unrelenting will.   sympathy no longer exists within a body comprised less of a man   &.   more of a weapon   —   nay,   nothing exists aside from justice,   purification,   whatever self-serving drivel he tells himself to excuse manslaughter.   ❛   &.   it wasn’t by retaining my humanity.   i don’t think it feasible   —   not if you become a hunter.   ❜

aranea’s scoff is every bit as humorless as the look she throws ravus sideways, the curl of her lip almost feral in this light. when she speaks, her sarcasm as all there  ( venom tinged  &  all  )  but her eyes cut into ravus.  holds his gaze, studying him  ---  not hunter to hunter, but more hunter to pr  ---

“  so  what  ?  ”   

her weapon has always been a grotesque thing  &  never is it more obvious when she slams the handle into the ground, to rest it by her side  &  it makes a small shriek.  could be the sound of metal scraping against stone.  could be something else.

she motions at ravus with her chin.     “  you’re  saying  you  ENJOY  all  this  gloom  &  horror  ?    &   that  you’re  already  forgetting  what  being  HUMAN  is  ?   you  know  what  that  kind  of  talk  makes  you  sound  like.  ”    her eyes narrow.    “  don’t  you ?  ”

[amoureax]

                                               SIX INCH HEELS                                               she walked in the club                                               like nobody’s business

                                                    GODDAMN                                                   she murdered all                                                 & i was her witness

[dragoonwind]

peaches .

❛   by that logic,   you could take it as a compliment if i called you a child.   ❜

“  if  that’s  what  gets  you  off.  ”

[dragoonwind]

touchy .

“ what is a nif doing here? ”

sarcasm laced on every syllable :    “  ---  nice to  see  you,  too. ”

[dragoonwind]

“  now  THAT’S  not  a  pretty  look  on  our  future  queen.  ”      ! @fortunegraced

[dragoonwind]

kingly ass .

        grunts angrily and rolls over , swatting at her foot .                            “Mmmffuck off.”

she’s not had her fun, but keeps her feet graciously off him.  for now.    "  aww  pretty  boy,  but  you  make  it  so  easy  to  mess  with  you. ”

[dragoonwind]

definitely not a kid .

                    ❛   of what age do you believe i am   ?   ❜

“  that  could’ve  been  a  compliment.  don’t  be  so  hard  on  yourself,  sweetums.  ”

[dragoonwind]

o` hunter hunter .

                    ❛   no more than you enjoy targeting such,   i’m certain.   ❜   what bark   /   what bite   !   the huntress loves to bare her fangs to get some rise out of ravus   &.   he only graces her with dry remarks.   it hardly befits one of his stature,   respect commanded from his regalia   &.   strength.   yet ravus lacks formality around the dragoon.   o`shame,   for moons like him have fallen   &.   succumb to the scathing remarks of midnights like her.   slain daemons may be better company than she.   ❛   do you enjoy useless conversation amidst hunts   ?   ❜

blood drips from her lance as aranea sweeps it around, motioning to their surroundings.  all the decay, the bits of organs they have to scrape off their shoes.  all the blood  &  how their bellies grow warm at the smell of it.  beasts don’t talk.  most days it’s the only difference aranea can see between them.

“  what  else  are  we  to  lighten  the  mood  with,  peaches ?   i’m  the  only  one  trying  here.  ”      she sighs as if it’s such a great burden.       “  you  try  so  hard  to  be  the  perfect  hunter.  try  to  remember  what  makes  you  one.  gotta  be  human  sometimes.  ”

[dragoonwind]

the night is long  &  filled with so much blood.  sometimes, aranea likes filling it with levity.  she blends in nearly seamlessly to the dark of yharnam, silver hair caged by her helmet, but her smile glimmers from the moonlight.  hungry for blood, always   ---  from ravus, just a drop.   “  do  you  enjoy  making  yourself  an  easy  target,  looking  like  you  do ?  ”    ! @babemeta

[dragoonwind]

“  what ?  don’t  look  so  surprised  to  see  me,  kid.  ”      ! @babemeta

[dragoonwind]

kingly ass .

           he’s sprawled out on the floor , just waiting for death to take him .

nudges his shoulder with her heel.

[infonavi]

dear diary, no one will believe my lies

[dragoonwind]

aranea @ vera

[loonarium-deactivated20180201]

kim jungeun serving gf looks 

[his-shining-tears]

Woohoo!

[dragoonwind]

still full of shit kiddo .

“ a life of crime is not a fulfilling one as my absent, dead-beat father taught me. ” steps back, preparing to quickly abscond from any further interrogation, “ little ol’ me never had proper guidance now i sell some wild baggie drugs… that’s a story for another time! my mother is calling! ”

that’s a load of crap aranea doesn’t care to delve into, so she lets the girl go.  writes it off as just another interesting encounter among several.  until days later  &  they’re standing before each other again, aranea with her head cocked, mouth a sharp curl.    “  let  me  guess.  ”   she holds up a hand.      “  another  drug  trade  gone  wrong ?  ”

[dragoonwind]

cute pup .

                                      ‘ you, maybe — ’ ko wheezes, curved with her hands on her knees.  ‘ not the others. ’  droplets of sweat bounce off her hair as she turns to aranea. they’ve cleaned the area, it’s all safe to the first temple. here’s to hoping they’ll cool down in these three-centuries old makeshift tunnels, of all things to transpire from them.  ‘ anyway. keep an eye out while we’re in there, okay? ‘cause there might be traps. and they’re not the kind you can just start over if you miss. ’  

"  sure  you  can  handle  that ?  ”      tightening her ponytail, she gives ko a quick once over.  comes back up looking unimpressed.  after a skirmish like that  &  girl’s already looking worn out ?  thought treasure hunters are made of sterner stuff.

“  thanks  for  the  concern,  daisy.  i’ll  be  sure  to  keep  an  extra  eye  out  for  you.  ”      her wink is mocking at best but she means it.  she’s not joining ko on this expedition just to have her die before getting their money.     “  in  fact,  i’ll  even  give  you  the  honor  of  going  first.  ”

[dragoonwind]

kiddo full of shit .

“ oh, just a usual drug trade no big deal. sometimes you gotta go to strange and dangerous places for money. ”

“  uh  huh,  ”      areanea drawls. clicks her tongue.     “  well.   can’t  argue  there  about  going  to  strange  &  dangerous  places.  odd  place  for  a  drug  deal  though.  ”