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since leon’s hiatus ends tomorrow, i want to make a new rp ad! unfortunately, since it’s been so long, i’ll be dropping all of my old threads in an attempt to refresh my muse with new ones only. for now i’ll keep this uncapped, but if i feel too overwhelmed i probably won’t get to them all-- sorry! but i will be open to plotting in my askbox/ims if i don’t get to your starter. these will all be short/sentence starters, depending on my inspiration. 

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okay i’ve done all my replies that i owed at the moment, but please keep in mind that i haven’t forgotten my starter check! i still intend to get to the ones i haven’t completed yet eventually, but as i have to deal with my other accounts as well, i’m taking things one step at a time. that being said, i’m going to gradually do these posts, but if you ever decide i’m too late and you don’t want one, feel free to unlike the check before i get to it! thanks for being patient!

[kyudoji-blog]

     Takumi supposed it was only a matter of time before something, someone out here tried to kill him. 

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          The Nohr royal children are not a merciless sort. Leon had learned long ago that he never wanted to be like his father, sacrificing innocent citizens for the sake of needless violence, and had instead prided himself on learning how to become a skilled strategist, able to work around the terrible demands given to him and his siblings. Although he would much rather attribute his helpfulness toward a Hoshidan, of everyone, to not wanting to get an earful from Corrin later (not that he can’t handle it, okay? It’s just annoying), the undeniable fact that he’s not the type to sit back and watch someone get harmed still remains.

          He doesn’t allude to anything involving his personal feelings, though, instead settling with rolling his eyes at the accusation. “And your type can’t stop being stubborn enough to see that they’re obviously wrong with their assumptions.” While there are very many Nohrians who would easily put a Hoshidan out of their misery whether they were close to it or not, to judge a book by its cover is the most ignorant thing to do-- he doesn’t say that, though, not now, because avoiding a fight at the moment is a priority of his.

          “Would you have preferred that I left you here to deal with them alone?” Leon gestures to his own tome, in reference to Takumi’s lack of resources, and doesn’t let his formality falter, even though kind words are the last thing he wants to give Takumi. “I didn’t know you Hoshidans had been brought here as well. Is it only you?” It’d be stupid to give the enemy information about comrades, he knows, but they’re not in Nohr and Hoshido anymore, and there’s no reason for them to fight-- for now. “If it makes you feel less threatened-- since you Hoshidans seem to jump to fighting at the drop of a hat-- I will say that I’m not the only one here on my side.” 

[latrocinari]

Living in the sector right next to it, Zero had often found himself in the cultural sector to do some people watching to see if any of them caught his interest, even if wading through the crowds was unpleasant and annoying. Though, being at his lord’s side once more, he supposed he could deal with it for now. Leon’s question, however, caused Zero to stop for a moment to look at the residue. Right, that happened recently, didn’t it? The outlaw gave a chuckle and nodded his head to affirm his lord’s question.

     “Unfortunately, Master Leon. The citizens here really do like      their fires. This time, I believe it was a man trying to revolt      against some heiress from his world, because her family      caused harm to some non-humans. Not really surprising;      corrupt nobles will always be a thing no matter where you      go.”

He paused, giving Leon a chance to digest his words. He honestly didn’t care about whatever went on with that man or the heiress, but he couldn’t help but relate to it. If there was one thing that caused anger to boil inside of him, it was corrupt nobles and those who lived lavish lives and were ignorant of the people who were suffering. Of course, he wouldn’t have placed innocent people in danger, but he could understand the motive behind it. 

At Leon’s other question, Zero snorted in response. It wasn’t directed at him, but mostly the idea that the scientists could actually care for them.

     “Our captors don’t really care for us. They place us in this      city and silence themselves until they have an experiment      for us to participate in. If I want to be honest… our fellow      captives don’t really care either. They’ll watch in horror,      not do anything and then forget it happened by the next      day. That’s why crime is so bad - there’s response but a      lack of action.”

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            Corrupt nobles. Leon’s seen his fair share of those, even in ways closer than he’d like to admit, but he’s never once considered himself one. The thought of becoming like that, someone who abuses their power without any concern to the citizens below them, is something that would make up a nightmare, not his reality, even if often times he’s had to play the act of a bad guy. Even if it’s not for the same reason Zero has, Leon can’t help but to be repulsed at the idea of this corrupt noble, doing whatever they please. 

            He doesn’t say that, though, instead shaking his head with a soft sigh that wouldn’t even be noticeable if he wasn’t with Zero (he’s long since learned not to think he could hide anything from his first retainer when it’s right in front of him, after all). “A corrupt noble doesn’t mean you should bring even more harm to those around you.” Hurting innocent people doesn’t sit right with him, no matter the cause.

            It’s natural that Leon can’t agree with the way this place is run. He knows how Nohr ran because of its lack of resources and poor weather conditions, but this place doesn’t suffer from that in the same way. In fact, one could even say that this city supplies more than enough for its citizens if they work to earn it, so the idea that no one around wanted to protect its state of being isn’t something he can live with, and what he says next should have been expected.

            “If these supposed scientists can’t pay attention to this place, then someone has to.” Even if it’s not from a position of power, Leon can easily find a way to stop wrongdoers around him so long as he has some access to his magic (in this case, through his tome). “Am I wrong, Zero?” It’s obvious that even if Zero happens to think it’s not something they should worry themselves with that Leon will condone going through with it anyway. Once he sets his eyes on something flawed, he has to think of a way to fix it, even if it takes months of planning.

[usumidori-blog]

…The royalty, he can see as well as hear; the respect, however, is given more for the Minamoto clan’s sake than out of any true regard for whatever kingdom this stranger might hail from. 

“The Land of the Rising Sun, ruled once by the Minamoto Clan to which I belong. And you are?”

What peculiar dress, now that he pauses to look. Perhaps this is what the scientists meant by transporting things from one universe to another…?

[grander-blog]

        He’s never heard of a Minamoto Clan, although the name sounds vaguely Hoshidan. There’s no way this guy is from Hoshido, though-- the odds of it are so low that Leon doesn’t even consider it, instead simply trying to place an actual name to the location he claims to be from.

        Nope-- nothing. “Another world, then,” he says mostly to himself, even though he keeps his eyes on the man in front of him. So it’s true that there are people from other universes here, even if he can’t exactly place where here is. 

        “I'm positive by now that you won’t know it, but I am Leon from Nohr.” He thinks back briefly to the connection he made between Hoshido and this unknown land. “Is this ‘Land of the Rising sun’ different from here? Nohr is nothing like this place. I’ve never seen so much...” What’s the word for it? The electricity run city is an enigma to him. He simply decides to gesture to everything around them, continuing, “I’ve never seen so much of this.”

[nohright]

          As she had expected, Leon doesn’t seem particularly pleased at the fact that there’s no plan thought out for their stay in the city. It’s understandable, but how could they ever think to come up with a proper one when they’re not even sure how long they’ll be here in the first place? Corrin had been here for months, after all and yet they had remembered seeing her as if it were just yesterday. ❝ You shouldn’t stress yourself. ❞ He always had a bad habit of overthinking every situation. That’s just how Leon was and that’s how he always would be. 

          ❝ I understand the concern, but money shouldn’t be an issue. ❞ They would learn to live without, it didn’t seem too hard to do. Corrin had done it for months, after all. ❝ I’ll take care of everything. I usually do, do I not? ❞ As was the job of being the older sibling. There are no qualms in providing for those close to her, especially not Leon whom she would do anything to make sure he never had to go without. ❝ Though I know you’re more than capable, do not do anything you may regret, Leon. ❞ He was more than able to take care of himself and she knows that, but still…it’s being his older sister.

          ❝ Leon… ❞ For him to say that he’s glad that she’s here, to say that he wouldn’t like to be seperated from her for a long period of time. That’s enough to make her feel an overwhelming amount of adoration than she usually does for her younger sibling. Without any hesitation at all, arms are opened and she captures him in a tight embrace, head pushed right into her…assets as is what usually happens when he’s hugged by her. ❝ I love you so much. I am glad that I am able to be here for you as well. Everything will be fine, I promise. We will be fine just as we usually are. ❞

[grander-blog]

          Leon isn’t a child. He knows how to take care of himself without his older siblings’ intervention, even though he’d very much cherish their help without saying it. This should be a group effort, not something that Camilla has to pull strings to accomplish, and although he nods in agreement to her words-- he’s never doubted Camilla’s ability to take care of things, really-- he can’t let them go without a single argument. “You do. But so do I now, and I won’t let you find a way alone. We’ll work through this together.”

          The avoidance of doing regrettable things goes without saying; he is his father’s child, after all, as is Camilla, and Xander, and Elise, and Corrin. They’ll find their way together, even if it takes reworking the way they live entirely, and he’ll be just as reliable as Xander and Camilla, even if he is the younger brother who used to only look up to them, thinking of ways to stand on the same stage as them. He’s too old for only contemplating that now-- he’ll accomplish it.

        Being pulled so closely to her like this is embarrassing. He’s always wanted her acknowledgement in the same way that Corrin receives it, yes, but in the end, he’s not them, and he doesn’t know how they deal with it. Although Leon likes to think he isn’t the sort to have his feathers ruffled so easily, when it comes to his older sister, he can’t help but to feel shy at her affection. 

        Still, he doesn’t pull away immediately, giving his older sister the satisfaction of holding him close momentarily, but when he does detach himself from her grasp, he has to take a second to regain his nerve. “Are we.. done with that? I appreciate it, but..” He’s still Leon in the end, and hopefully letting her embarrass him speaks for itself about his mutual love toward her. “You’re right, though. We will be fine, like you say. There’s no other way-- after all, we are representing Nohr.”

[velduomundi-deactivated20180708]

🌸🌸🌸 It had been a long time since Corrin had last seen her siblings, and yet the arrival of her eldest sister had brought with it a new sense of hope for the middle princess. Would her other siblings arrive as well? She held out hope, but carried shame in wishing her family away from their home as well.

And she’d been blessed with her younger brother.

“B-Brother Leo, I’m glad to see you’re well!” She’d made her best attempt to not laugh as the second prince of Nohr took their reunion and made it sound like a business exchange, but her attempts were foiled. How very Leo of him. “I wish I knew. But I’ve been here for eight months now without a chance to return home.”

[grander-blog]

            Wait-- what?

            First of all, this wasn’t a laughing matter! Just like his other siblings, he’d been looking for her to no avail back home, and to hear her take his attempt at a serious conversation as a joke was beyond insulting. Well-- okay, it’s insulting, but so very like her in a way he can’t deny he missed, so he supposes he can let it go, even if he can’t immediately wash away the embarrassment he feels.

            “Right... Of course I’m well.” He’s not called one of the most powerful mages around for nothing; he knows how to take care of himself. Her, on the other hand... He can’t deny that he was worried. 

            ‘Eight months’... It certainly hadn’t been that long since he’d seen her! Arriving here must have made her confused. “Anyway...  The fact that you’ve apparently been here so much longer than us is weird-- like I always say, you really do have the devil’s own luck, Corrin-- but we can figure out a way to go home together now. Back to Nohr.”

[grander-blog]

          Well, that was.... unexpected, but it also gave him something to do. A natural disaster, leaving many people in need of help? Yeah, he’ll definitely be busy for a while.

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           There’s a part of Leon that tells him to simply step away, to let this all fold out without any intervention on his part. It’s a part of him he trusts, an instinct that’s never led him wrong before, but there’s another voice in the back of his mind, strangely similar to that of Corrin’s, telling him that even leaving the enemy alone in a dangerous situation is wrong.

          It’s a bad part of the city; it’s no surprise that there are shady people here, looking to bother anyone they can get their hands on. A useless wooden bow with toy arrows won’t stop them and, even though Leon could walk away now without being noticed, as he instead reaches for his tome, he tells himself that this isn’t for Takumi-- it’s because he doesn’t like the idea of wrongdoers getting away with anything they want.

          It takes only the smallest movement for the enemies approaching Takumi to be swept away into the air, sent off to a location Leon doesn’t care to investigate. He takes a step forward from his hiding place within the shadows, unafraid to present himself now.

          There’s an underlying smugness to his voice when he speaks up, looking the archer over as he does so. “Will you thank me, Hoshidan? Or is your pride too large to acknowledge the person who saved you?”

@kyudoji

[nohright]

          ❝ I’ve had to face the same situation upon coming here, yes. ❞ Not that she’s too worried about it, though she had quickly went from a very pampered lifestyle to a…common one, at least she had the presence of her family here or at least…two members of her family. ❝ I don’t think you’ll be able to come up with a plan, dear. This city is ever-changing or so it seems. ❞  

          ❝ It’d be best to live day by day. It’s what I plan to do. You and Corrin are here at least and I’m sure Elise and Xander will follow soon enough. ❞

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       “No plan?” There has to be a way to come up with a plan. Without a plan, they’ll run out of money after a few days so long as they aren’t receiving any income. He knows that Corrin’s been here a while, but... something about imposing on her rubs him the wrong way-- rather, it rubs his pride the wrong way. “No.. I’ll figure out something. Even if it means working for someone else.”

      But for now, living day by day seems to be their best line of action. “It’ll be better when Xander and Elise arrive... But it’s a good thing that Elise wasn’t already present.” As much as he trusts Corrin, the idea of his younger sister being alone here initially doesn’t sit well with him. 

      And on the note of who’s present...

      “I’m glad... that you’re here with me, Camilla.” Leon isn’t particularly shy about his admiration for his older siblings, but the chance of opening himself up to more coddling isn’t something he particularly cares for. “I don’t think I’d like being separated from you all for very long-- not that I couldn’t handle it, but this is definitely preferable.”

[grander-blog]

            A cultural sector. Leon isn’t unused to seeing things from foreign countries, especially from Hoshido and its respective cities, but some of the things here are other stories entirely. A lot of the objects littering the stands around him are straight up bizarre, but his attention is quickly drawn away from the attractions as he notices something uglier: residue of a burnt building.

            “Zero, do fires happen often here?” And now that he’s on the subject, he can’t help but wonder about the state of this city in general. “Is crime so bad that these supposed superiors can’t control it?” He can’t even begin to imagine how the less powerful innocents live with it.

@latrocinari

[grander-blog]

        “Camilla, they didn’t accept my money. They said it was foreign, but it’s all I have. What about you?” Going from royalty to.... this isn’t exactly something he had planned. He knows how to live without constant attention due to his status, but without money? That’s another story. “I assume you’re in the same situation. We’ll have to figure out a new plan.”

@nohright

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            “Corrin...” He hadn’t seen her since Father sent her off on her own special mission alone, only to be followed by him and the rest of his siblings. Considering that Xander was the one who sent her off, he hadn’t thought anything could go wrong, and yet... “So this is where you’ve been. Care to tell me exactly how this came to be?”

@velduomundi

[grander-blog]

Heard Leo have his collar inside out.

        “That was one time. I’ve fixed it already! It won’t happen again!” Damn you, Corrin... Why couldn’t you let his mistakes go unnoticed?

[grander-blog]

is it true that you're a smexy guy with smexy retainers

         “I don’t think I’ve ever heard the word ‘smexy,’ but it obviously feels like a mockery of the word... ‘sexy,’ am I correct? If that’s the case, I’ll leave this up to interpretation. I don’t particularly go out of my way to appear sexually attractive for the sake of it -- what kind of person would I be? As for my retainers..” As much as he sells himself out to be a guy who can’t be flustered easily, he doesn’t think he could live through answering this. “Anyway.”

[tailoredtokill-archived]

Leave a rumor you heard about my muse in my askbox!

[grander-blog]

         This guy is... definitely a soldier. Leon really has no doubt about that, but... he’s never heard of a country that makes their own soldiers dress so unfashionably. What’s with that weird knot? This isn’t a disco-- not that Leon knows what that is anyway, mind you.

        “You,” he speaks up suddenly, grasping every ounce of “I’m royalty, so respect me” he can and putting it into his tone. “Where are you from?”

@usumidori