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@just-aina
// Hi, I fell into a Fire Force shaped pit. It’s... simultaneously very fun & very frustrating, cause it’s like? So close to being really good, but the fanservice/lack of strongly written female characters is a real doozy.
I'm caught up with the manga, though, and I will say. The plot gets goddamn bonkers, and I’m living for it tbh. Anyway, I still RP on discord if mutuals wanna add me @ Bay#6020
flamesided:
He braced himself, rather casually, for her question and when it came he pressed his lips together tightly and could feel the tiniest pop of heat rush to his face. Meis wouldn’t consider it embarrassment but the way she asked brought a bit of subdued giddiness to the surface. “You can’t tell?” he asked, raising a brow as if he thought Aina was joking. “I guess we don’t make it too obvious, then. But you have a good eye.”
“Look! Short of witnessing you two making out, I try not to assume...” Anymore. Although her usual past assumptions were something of a slightly different category--orientation over relationship status--Aina thought she’d embarrassed herself enough for one lousy decade, thanks. Her pride couldn’t bear any more funny little mishaps. So, shrugging away her bashfulness, Aina tried not to dwell on it.
“--but it’s cute.” Was cute really the right word for either of them, she wondered. They were certainly something. Chaotic. Attractive, maybe, but that was neither here nor there. Well, she was sticking to her guns on this one.
It’s Sunday. What a fine, sunny day.
Birthday Starters: @kakuseitoinferno
Target sighted. Whether or not Lio wanted to be was another matter altogether, but she couldn’t not include him. Even if they weren’t super close or knew each other all that well... well. It was her birthday, so she made the rules this time. Sauntering over with paper plate, plastic fork, and piece of cake balanced in hand, Aina approached the lone acquaintance, offering the confection gently in his direction. Marble, white icing. Nothing particularly fancy, but it was good! As if she would serve anything less.
“This isn’t optional,” Aina asserted with a smile. Please take? Or else she’ll just have to hover there and make things weird. “Everyone gets one--or else I’ll have to bring the rest of it home, and then I’ll have like half a cake leftover... and as much as I like cake, I don’t think that’s good for anyone.”
// For the record, you’re always welcome to turn asks into threads! I’ve been RPing on Tumblr since 2012 & I really can’t be bothered to follow the new trend of making Fancy Text Posts for answering asks.
Birthday Starters: @pyrefcrged
“Okay, I know you didn’t forget..” Aina accused, glancing over her shoulder. It wouldn’t be like him. It wasn’t like him. Her birthday had been marked on the calendar since the beginning of the year; there was absolutely no way this big, blue goof could have missed it. Yet, the firehouse was oddly normal today. This morning. Too normal. Too quiet. Frankly, Aina didn’t trust any of them for a second, especially Galo. He, mm... no, she didn’t suppose he was much of a plotting sort of person, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t try.
“What have you done?” Again, gently accosting--as if Aina wasn’t totally bursting at the seams with anticipation. Good or bad, she wasn’t sure yet. Yet, even if outside circumstances made her feel somewhat anti-celebratory, Aina liked being remembered. Appreciated, maybe. Everyone did, right? So, she leaned against the back of the couch, waiting.
"Waah!! You should have let me know it was your birthday!! I would've made you a whole cake!"
Birthday Stuff @genesisoul
“Oh, sorry.. It’s really not a big deal.” Aina shakes her head. Birthdays happen every year, and this year... Aina didn’t plan anything for it. Too busy. She hasn’t really in a super celebratory mood, either, but she appreciates the thought, looking to Ani with an apologetic smile. It’s not Ani’s fault for that, though, so there’s no sense worrying her about it. “I’m just getting ooold.”
“Well, older. I’m not old-old yet.” Mid-Twenties isn’t quite over the hill by any means (although, sometimes it feels like it).
"Happy Birthday, Aina!!" He's as loud as he can be, practically shoving a massive stuffed teddy bear into her arms that practically engulfed her. "You gotta eat lots of cake today, okay? I'm buyin' you the biggest one they got!" //from @thymost
Birthday Stuff @thymost
“Wh--hey!” Galo, this is nearly as big as she is--maybe wider, definitely wider. Careful! She staggers, clutching the bear as if it’d offer her any support whatsoever if she fell backwards. Luckily for Aina, though, she just manages to right herself against a wall before that could happen. She balances there, peeking around the bear’s massive head in her teammates general direction. She loves it, though. It will get placed lovingly on her couch as soon as she gets home.
“Galo, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I don’t need a full sheet cake. You know those serve like fifty people, right?” She doesn’t have that many friends, Mr. Thymos... even IF some of them are huge and probably can eat enough for three people.
It's Aina's birthday.
Starter for @burnishking
Aina hadn’t gone home in a while. Days. Too many. It wasn’t that she didn’t go out on her days off--frankly, she had to sometimes--but she liked the noise. Her apartment was too quiet. Too empty. Music only helped so much to ease the void, so Aina stayed. She wasn’t working, technically, now or the day after. Yet, who there would question her? They had a room with beds, and they were there for a reason. Shifts were long and humans need rest.
She remembered when they used to pull twenty-four hour shifts. Why they changed it was a little beyond her, but--it wasn’t important. Idle thoughts. Aina sighed, rolling to one side and then slowly upright on the bunk. Well, as long as she was here, and the team was out..? There was a messy ready room downstairs with her name on it. No matter how many signs Aina put up, it was rarely neat or tidy. Clean, but only sometimes. It was the price she paid for working with so many boys, she mused, shuffling into her sneakers and out the door, down the hallway, stairs...
“Oh.” Aina blinked. She wasn’t as alone as she’d thought, mental arithmetic failing her. Galo was out working, right? Maybe? Leaning against the door-frame, Aina surveyed the scattered chairs, the couch, Lucia’s work station--peering further into the garage as if it’d answer her any better than Lio could. Huh.
“Hi.” A wave. She continued amiably, “Are you looking for or hiding from Galo? Because he’s not here... it’s just me.”
Make your Muse into a Terrarium!
// Stolen from @burnishking again bc... I can.
What is your primary feeling in longing?
melancholy
In longing, you are melancholy. You feel deeply and quietly, the feeling of yearning constant, like your own personal raincloud over your head that rains cold and collects in your heart, sometimes filling to overflow. The feeling follows you around and you push it away, but its always just a step behind; when it catches up to you, it turns your expression from a bright smile to a brief look down and your lips pulled into a kind of grimace. You bite your lip to break the look and hope no one notices. But secretly you hope someone did.
You know this feeling is a creation of your own mind but you just can't shake it, and in some ways, you don't even want to. You know in your head what you desire is doubtful, but in your heart you don't want to give it up. The feeling is close to sadness but it's deeper, more meaningful than that. It pulls at your gut in a way that could bring you close to tears with a mere thought of that which you seek. Be strong my love, your time will come.
Tagged by; @burnishking kind of
Tagging; /shrug
// Building off of something I posted... a while ago. I really think Aina has issues with internalizing her emotions and/or learned helplessness--particularly when it comes to being Upset or Angry about things that aren’t “safe” to be angry about. It’s “safe” to be irritated & chastise her rookie coworker for being an idiot. It’s “safe” to be upset with Mad Burnish for endangering folks by committing some pretty serious arson. No one’s going to bat an eye about those things. Those aren’t exactly controversial takes.
--even if, I think, she’d kind of like to say more. Even if she’s very sympathetic & a lot of things clearly upset her, it takes someone like Galo--for example, getting up in Vulcan’s face--for her to take a stand, herself. It’s not that she’s incapable, but she’s been so beholden to Being Good and Not Causing Problems--whether for her sister’s sake or whatever have you. Gotta follow the rules and respect those with more authority, whether she likes it or not.
(Which, when I think about all this, makes me think of some Japanese mentalities regarding politeness & consideration. Conformity. Meeting expectations. Needs of the many vs the needs of the few, n all that stuff. In media, it’s often portrayed as at the expense of the Individual’s well-being / self-expression. I could really get into it, but I think I’m getting slightly off-topic)
Anyway, TL;DR Aina has a lot of emotional baggage that she’s never properly learned how to cope with. Galo is a good influence on her, intentionally or not. Galo comes from a similar situation, and while he may be an “idiot” -- well? Sometimes that’s not a bad thing. Which is to say, with Aina struggling to express herself, I also think folks like Gueira or Meis could be a genuinely positive influence on her, too. Sure, they’re rowdy, but that’s... good.
Drag her out of her comfort zone! They sure know how to be angry, anyway. Towards the end of the movie, she was definitely growing and getting better, but one incident--even one as huge as Parnassus--won’t just suddenly change something that’s this baked in. She’s strong, but she needs help.
𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓 ♡ 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒
𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄
“ let’s go home. ” “ um, excuse me? ” “ you broke it. ” “ need a hand? ” “ please, help me. ” “ i missed you. ” “ i’m not sorry. ” “ tell the truth. ” “ what happened here? ” “ got a minute? ” “ life’s a bitch. ” “ you’ve done enough. ” “ i’m still learning. ” “ don’t touch me. ” “ was that you? ” “ there’s no god. ” “ you deserve better. ” “ you’re a saint. ” “ you are enough. ” “ maybe you’re right. ” “ this will pass. ” “ you complete me. ” “ you got this. ”
𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑
“ don’t be so dramatic. ” “ no guts, no glory. ” “ i’m calling for help. ” “ run away with me. ” “ it’s always been you. ” “ some things take time. ” “ you’re being awfully quiet. ” “ please don’t hurt me. ” “ snap out of it. ” “ did you miss me? ” “ how do i look? ” “ i wanna get better. ” “ whatever floats your boat. ” “ i’ll love you always. ” “ what are you waiting for? ” “ at least i tried. ” “ give me a kiss. ” “ what’s the fucking point? ” “ god, i love you. ” “ i’m doing my best. ” “ i waited for you. ” “ you woke me up. ” “ stay with me tonight. ”
𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄
“ you can’t keep doing this. ” “ i think i love you … ” “ you make me feel special. ” “ are you upset with me? ” “ you need to heal first. ” “ let me see the wound. ” “ is your brain even on? ” “ don’t give up on me. ” “ you are perfect to me. ” “ i can’t take this anymore. ” “ you are my favorite person. ” “ you had me at ‘ hello. ’ ” “ i wanted to see you. ” “ don’t give me that look. ” “ you’re a work of art. ” “ i’m not scared of you. ” “ i have … so many questions. ” “ do you think i’m stupid? ” “ just tell me what happened. ” “ i just want to help. ” “ we need to be careful. ” “ what did you just say? ” “ i miss talking to you. ”
burnishcd:
;;Hello!! Dafi’s here with a (no longer so) new baby blog! So uhm– if you’re interested in interacting with the new Fire Nation Prince-pretty boy Lio Fotia of Promare, please give this post a smol ♥ / REBLOG?? And I will make sure to check your blog out!
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“You’re fine,” Gueira assured her with a dismissive wave. “I ain’t about holding grudges.” Only partially true, but at least not over something so petty.
He continued with their banter, not really expecting a response until she informed him that she did, in fact, think he was, as she so eloquently put it, ‘pretty cute’.
Did that stroke his ego a bit? Perhaps. Perhaps more than a bit. Whether in jest or as a sworn oath, a compliment was a compliment, and he was proud to take it.
“You’re quite the looker yourself. From someone like you I’ll take that in high regard, Ms. Ardebit~” Still smirking, he quirked an eyebrow. “Though I gotta say, I’m curious about these ‘biases’ of yours.”
“Aina. Just... just Aina,” she corrected, as if that was the most important part of what he said. Still, it was the little things sometimes. Things she had to say, even if it didn’t really matter... that much. Aheh. Yet, far from dwelling on it, her voice was hushed and light, shrugging into a much wider gesture. Oh boy, story time. Sort of. A very concise story, but perhaps telling? Mm...
“--and it’s nothing, really. Just some of my friends--not naming names. They know who they are--won’t let me live down a crush I had when I was fourteen.” As if somehow she hadn’t changed at all since then! Aina had a few ideas why they were like this. So stupidly insistent about this one little thing. Well, for one... Aina kept reacting to it. That was probably a big one, huh? It didn’t help that Aina had no such luck falling for anyone since then.
“You share an aesthetic. It’s really stupid.” She shook her head, not to be defeated just yet. “Honestly, I think they just like antagonizing me. So, if I make fun of me... I’m hoping it’ll ruin their fun.”
It’s been ten years. Her name isn’t Sandy.
the lack of cuddling i am experiencing right now is upsetting
