WHAT IS DESIRE FULFILLED?

a) satisfaction b) rot

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𝐉𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐈𝐑 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐊𝐄. twenty-seven. trainee emt. human.

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𝐅𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐒. thirty. hunter & thief / hacker. vampire.

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𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄. twenty-eight. apothecarist / voodoo practitioner. human posing as witch.

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as penned by lia + 28 + she/they + pst

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fabian de vos & kozan de vos ( @deadhymn )

THOUGH THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN SPECIES COMPLICATED THE KINSHIP BOND, FABIAN STILL REMAINED KOZAN'S ELDEST BROTHER. The duty it insisted upon wasn't lost on him. But neither were the differences. Fabian must reckon with his becoming what they once mutually grew to loath.

Persisting through the situation as if nothing changed becomes his default approach. It's a way of being that got him this far... got him that far in life. The inner turmoil festering within needed to remain just that— an inward affliction, threatening to spill over.

And so, he'd continue to care for Kozan in the way he knew best. His care evident in the gestures and rituals they'd formed over the years. “We're out of salt,” Fabian informs him upon greeting, carefully sharpening and resharpening a stake. His gestures carry a tone of casualness that's almost jarring. So intimate is he with the agents of his own demise— a stone faced expression revealing little of what this means to him. “How're you... holding up?” He wants to say more, something meaningful, but it's all he presently has to offer.

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          ✞          「    the hands of fate being set against you, enshrouding yourself in herbs and rituals to make you feel less fraudulent, a silver tongue utilized primarily to get you out of trouble.    」          demi-woman.   she/they.   ╱   now   nobody   in   lafleur   is   saying   NASHEA LOVE   is   trouble,   but   nobody's   exactly   rushin'   to   defend   them   either.   folks   have   been   talkin'   about   the   twenty-eight   year   old   apothecarist / voodoo practitioner   since   the   day   they   rolled   into   town.   seems   there's   always   some   new   story   about   how   they're   allegedly   a  human   and   have   been   here   for   the majority of their life.   i   don't   put   much   stock   in   every   rumor   that   floats   through   this   shithole,   but   with   a   conniving,   sycophantic   &   resourceful  reputation   like   theirs,   something   tells   me   we   only   scratched   the   surface   of   the   MYHA'LA   wannabe's   story.    ╲   

i. stats.

full name … nashea imani love

species … human pretending to be a witch

age … twenty-eight

date of birth … may 29th

place of birth … lafleur, louisiana

gender / pronouns … demi-woman & she/they

orientation … pansexual

family ... mother (alive), father (alive), unnamed older sister (alive), unnamed older sister (alive), unnamed younger brother (alive)

ii. personality.

zodiac sign … gemini

negative traits … conniving, sycophantic, envious, abrasive, demanding, nihilistic, vindictive

neutral traits ... ambitious, dominating, enigmatic, unpredictable

positive traits …  resourceful, persistent, tenacious, adventurous, observant, captivating, witty

temperament ... choleric

mbti / enneagram ... enfp (the campaigner)

character inspirations ... mirabel madrigal (encanto), audrey horne (twin peaks), mia wallace (pulp fiction), jenny humphrey (gossip girl)

pinterest.

iv. about.

THE LOVE WITCHES' LEGACY IN LAFLEUR HAS PERSISTED ACROSS SEVERAL GENERATIONS. Their famed apothecarist and voodoo practices makes them sought out by biy locals and tourists alike.

Every generation of Love witches possesses a chosen one— an accursed child (as Nashea would explain it in during their solemn musings), one born without a lick of magical abilities.

NASHEA LOVE is this child, resisting her chosen fate at every step of the way. She takes every measure possible to awaken any dormant magical abilities, but to no avail. All they can do stand by while their siblings flourish in their respective magical disciplines.

Resentment and envy become her oldest friends. Her family does not ostracize her for what she lacks, but what she lacks inevitably colors the way others see her, and how they regard her in their familial spaces. Nashea throws themself into their apothecarist studies, learning everything there would be to know from their now deceased grandmother, even managing to become her favorite with her steadfast dedication to the family business.

But running Love Apothecary would never be enough on Nashea, always fixated on what she didn't presently have. She starts offering practitioner services, and much to the dismay of many, has begun professing ties to the famed practitioner's daughter, Marie Laveau II.

She's more recently decided to raise the stakes and scale of her fraudulent little venture. Perhaps there could be... more unconventional sources for her to draw in magical energy. They did enough preliminary research to be convinced that binding themself to a magical entity, say a demon of sorts, may enable them to source some of their powers...

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the other love witches!! nashea has two sisters and a brother

people buying into the scam

people suspicious of the scam

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  ✞          「    a brotherly devotion transcending blood ties, becoming what you were ingrained to loath, the momentary chill during a hot, humid summer night    」          cis-man  he/him.   ╱   now   nobody   in   lafleur   is   saying   FABIAN  DE VOS  is   trouble,   but   nobody's   exactly   rushin'   to   defend   them   either.   folks   have   been   talkin'   about   the   THIRTY   year   old   hunter, thief / hacker   since   the   day   they   rolled   into   town.   seems   there's   always   some   new   story   about   how   they're   allegedly   a   vampire   and   have   been   here   for   his entire life, on and off.   i   don't   put   much   stock   in   every   rumor   that   floats   through   this   shithole,   but   with   a   protective,   self-loathing   &   methodical   reputation   like   theirs,   something   tells   me   we   only   scratched   the   surface   of   the   JORDI WEBBER   wannabe's   story.      ╲   

i. stats.

full name … fabian de vos

species … human vampire

age … forever thirty

date of birth … november 11th

place of birth … lafleur, louisiana

gender / pronouns … cis-man he/him

orientation … bisexual

family ... kozan de vos (younger brother), unnamed mother (deceased), unnamed father (deceased)

ii. personality.

zodiac sign … scorpio

negative traits … self-loathing, abrasive, vindictive, paranoid, cold

neutral traits ... confidential, intense, restrained

positive traits …  protective, methodical, adaptable, steadfast, self-reliant, stern

temperament ... melancholic-choleric

mbti / enneagram ... istj (the logician)

character inspirations ... jason bourne (bourne identity), sun bak (sense8)

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iv. about.

To be a De Vos is to commit to a lifetime of being wayward. Home is not located within a particular city or place. Home is where your clan is, this one consisting of a mother, father, and two sons. Fabian fulfills the duties of the eldest son, which always held the expectation of looking out for his younger brother. Even long after his parents are gone and no longer there to instill it within him. His wellbeing meant nothing without Kozan's existing in tandem.

Their upbringing is unconventional for many reasons— always moving place to place, while being trained in a skill set foreign to most: with Fabian becoming adept in hacking and thieving. When the time arrives for his parents cross the wrong person, Fabian and Kozan realize this is far more than a business deal gone wrong. Their parents were murdered by vampires— in only a moment, their family is halved. Kozan is all Fabian has left, and protecting him becomes his life's one sole purpose.

The hatred for vampires come easily. It ensures Fabian would always have someone to hate— someone to blame. Becoming a hunter fashions this hatred into something of purpose. It's not until a job goes wrong— one that requires him to put everything on the line, even your life. Fabian would not leave with his life.

And now, Fabian must reckon with becoming what he'd conditioned himself to hate.

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✞          「    the sound of worn sneakers hitting the pavement,   a kilowatt smile with an air of mischief, a collection of scars outlining stories of your life.    」         cis/man.  he/him.   ╱   now  nobody   in   lafleur   is   saying   JAHMIR BURKE  is   trouble,   but   nobody's   exactly   rushin'   to   defend   them   either.   folks   have   been   talkin'   about   the   twenty-seven year   old   emt trainee   since   the   day   they   rolled   into   town.   seems   there's   always   some   new   story   about   how   they're   allegedly   a   human  and   have   been   here   for   twenty-seven years.   i   don't   put   much   stock   in   every   rumor   that   floats   through   this   shithole,   but   with   a   charming, scatterbrained   &   freewheeling   reputation   like   theirs,   something   tells   me   we   only   scratched   the   surface   of   the   TYRIQ WITHERS   wannabe's   story.    ╲   

i. stats.

full name … jahmir malachi burke

species … human

age … twenty-seven

date of birth … october 13th

place of birth … lafleur, louisiana

gender / pronouns … cis-man he/him

orientation … pansexual

family ... ivan burke (older brother), grace burke (older sister)

ii. personality.

zodiac sign … libra

negative traits … complacent, fickle, destructive, impulsive, irresponsible, pugnacious, foolish

neutral traits ... absentminded, boyish, casual, chummy, freewheeling, noncomittal, unambitious

positive traits …  confident, charismatic, adventurous, compassionate, idealistic, resourceful, sociable, fair

temperament ... sanguine

mbti / enneagram ... esfp (the entertainer) / type 7 (the enthusiast)

character inspirations ... john b (outer banks), troy bolton (high school musical), marty mcfly (back to the future), christopher turk (scrubs)

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iv. about.

Like an unwanted shadow beneath the late Louisiana afternoon sun, trouble trails behind Jahmir's every step. It's easy to do so with his mom away most of the day at work, taking on multiple jobs to care for her three children. His eldest brother, who's 7 or 8 years older than him on any given day, likens himself to a parental figure of sorts by a certain age, but it's difficult for him to view his brother as an authority figure— even if he'd been right and well intentioned. While his brother and sister throw themselves into their studies, Jahmir spends his time roaming the streets of Lousiana He cuts class, falls in with the wrong crowd— and is slated for a purposeless future.

Where they were from, you either excelled in sports or academics, or you didn't excel at all. Jahmir winds up decent in football, but his inability to stay out of trouble prevents him from pursuing it past a high school level. There'd be no college with grades like his, and Jahmir feels some sense of relief in no longer having to pretend to be concerned with academics. Two successful Burkes would have to be enough. Three kids with good heads on their shoulders from any upbringing were practically unheard of.

When his sister is turned because of him, Jahmir blames himself more than anyone ever could. For she would never have been out if not for following him. He wished his brother didn't blame him as much as he did— that he would fully recognize how the guilt gnaws away at him each and every day. But how could he, when he'd been rightfully unable to escape the very reputation he crafted for himself? This is what finally propels Jahmir into change. And so, he finds himself a trainee emt job, eventually saving up for a place of his own. It made it easier for him to fulfill his side of the bargain regarding Ivan's plans. Jahmir also blames himself for shifting the course of his brother's life. He could've led a normal life as a doctor, but his sister being turned into a vampire results in his descent into mad science.

And so, Jahmir puts his tall stature (6'5) and kilowatt smile to use, luring as many potential vampires as he can to Ivan's lab. This is the extent of his knowledge on his studies, for his brother wanted him as far away from the operations as possible. Jahmir had little interest in the science behind it all (though he takes offense to his brother's insistence). He only needs to prove to his family now that change was on the horizon.