still water.

𝑎ð 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑗𝑎 𝘩𝑜̈𝑓𝑢ð𝑖ð 𝑖́ 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑦𝑡𝑖.

[sunsetquotes]

You remind me of parts of myself that I will never have a chance to meet.

Mariah Gordon-Dyke (via sunsetquotes)

[spectrra]

powder

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[kaltvatn]

ocean-beat‌.

“I do say so.” She responds with a curt nod, and flashes him that signature smile of hers. 

Her tail flicks, catching light in her tail fins, and then shifts to point a finger at Liruum. 

“Besides, when have I ever been wrong?”

They blinked, and then their eyes narrowed in a grin.

        “ Oh, I don’t know... Maybe a few times. ”  Liruum sighed. “ Never when it matters, though. ”

[ocean-beat]

Pacific Ocean, dug so deep

Touched this up a bit with shading, some small details and lighting. Featuring @kaltvatn

[kaltvatn]

<3_<3

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

My heart suffers a burning sea.

Louise Labé, tr. by Annie Finch, from “Complete Poetry & Prose; A Bilingual Edition,”

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hellvocado‌:

im sorry but imagine your otp

@ocean-beat @kaltvatn

@siibilant bc this mental image is the cutest XD

[kaltvatn]

"i’ve just had a near death experience and i’m craving some lasagna." ~ Lyori

critical role sentence starters     > open!

     “ Somehow that’s the least surprising thing you’ve said all day. ”  They were only half joking. It was exactly the sort of thing she would say… Even though they hadn’t the slightest idea what lasagna was. Some sort of alien food, probably– which wasn’t new either.  “ What’s that, by the way? ”

[kaltvatn]

"i’ve been in a barrel for an hour. i fell asleep in there!" (from Iseu)

critical role sentence starters     > open!

     “ My gods, man, have at least some standards, ”  Liruum complained, eyeing the other Dreian as he remained… still in the same barrel, legs sticking out over the edge. They rolled their eyes, lifting a foot and resting it on the barrel before announcing;   “ What if I kick it over? ”

[kaltvatn]

      Liruum frowned at the hand that clasped over their own, chest twisting uncomfortably. Rare was it that Lyori ever seemed to take something seriously without an air of that lightheartedness or amusement they felt so refreshing, and thus they were inclined to stay silent as she spoke.

       “... ”   They wanted to protest. Even after all this time they couldn’t help but feel the weight of war and survivor’s guilt, not to mention the guilt that came with what had to be done just to stay alive. Their expression scrunched up, and then relaxed, and they sighed.   “ ..If y’say so, Lyori. ”

continued from x.

@ocean-beat

[agnesmusing]

starset // trials

[frostwill]

critical role sentence starters !!!

so… we’ll talk later.

why won’t you stay down and die with dignity?

no. no further.

this is not over. it can’t be.

try not to have too much fun without us.

i have this blink candle. it’s formed from various animals that blink.

it’s so rare that we’re actually given the opportunity to be honest about everything. we might as well try it once and see if we like it.

you know i’m in love with you, right?

you seem… like a person. and that’s great.

those are coins! you’re not making it rain, you’re making it hail!

i’m killing someone, hold please.

your secret is safe with my indifference.

my heart is someone else’s.

do not go far from me. if we are out of earshot, you are too far from me.

um, i don’t know if it’s the food you made or the fact that we’re going to die tomorrow, but i want to kiss you.

i was all kinds of fucked up a few weeks ago.

you’re all kinds of fucked up all the time. we all are. and that’s why we’re together.

i just want to let you know… i am possibly the worst person you’ve ever met.

i think i kind of hope… not necessarily to hurt you or harm you, but i hope that one day… that you can know just how awful i can be.

you can curse, it’s okay. you killed one of us.

i think i’ve always been in love with the idea of you.

i was only gone for thirty seconds!

i encourage violence.

i can give you the means to protect them.

i do not want to die who i am. i’d like to live long enough to be someone else.

you’re on your own, fuckface.

a volcano is - is nature’s candle!

sometimes people go and they don’t come back.

do you spice?

so we’re going to kill everyone that we see in the next ten seconds.

i don’t want to be here if you’re not.

i told you before. no one kills you but me.

he traded his life!

i don’t have very many things that i care about and i don’t have anything that cares about me.

i’m great! well, not really, but i’m just going to pretend i’m happy so everybody can be okay!

i’ve been in a barrel for an hour. i fell asleep in there!

yes. i heard. it was the only thing i heard.

don’t cry. i’m just a little cold.

i bury my shame.

i should have told you. it’s yours.

forgiveness - that’s the key, isn’t it? it’s the only way to really grow.

your hair’s a mess. sit still.

you are my heart. you are me. you are my other half. you are welcome with me always.

you don’t always have to put on a brave face, dear.

we’re friends, right? are we friends?

i know we don’t always agree and i know i can be unkind, but… you know you’re family, right?

i’ve had a terrible thought. and it is sort of my business to have terrible thoughts.

take me instead.

we walk towards glory.

that’s mine! that’s mine!

did it choose me because i was broken, or did it break me?

please bring him back to me.

you think you care about me?

this was always supposed to happen, wasn’t it?

i love you. if i can find you, i will. if not, stay alive.

if he’s gone i won’t be the same.

i’d watch your moral panic all day, it’s delightful.

in many ways you are my total opposite. but you are also my best friend.

i made a choice. this is my family.

i forgive you. but i cannot let you leave.

please. please. i love him as much as you do.

fix him. fix him!

i like this family. i’d like to keep it.

i want you to know that you are like a brother to me.

talk about my sister again.

it’s been a while since we’ve had one of our depressing chats!

i can’t have you gone. i need you here.

i think we’re very broken people. but i think together we’re much greater than the sum of our parts.

don’t ever fucking do that again.

you didn’t die. but you did! but you didn’t. but you did! and then you didn’t.

i don’t want any of this! i don’t want any of this.

i’ve just had a near death experience and i’m craving some lasagna. 

you know, you’re getting weirder.

you and i are very different.

i’ve killed two of those who’ve wronged me and nothing is better. nothing feels better. nothing is avenged.

call me “child” one more goddamn time!

if you’re lucky, you die last.

some people have no sense of fucking honor!

i’ll take my clothes off if it’ll inspire us.

thank you for believing in me.

you’ve never done anything for me! never! you’ve never risked anything, you don’t know me!

everyone else believes in you. why shouldn’t you?

how many fingers am i holding up?

what’s the first letter of the alphabet? this you know.

yay! teamwork!

you fucking died!

don’t touch me right now! i’m not - don’t touch me!

i’m going to go get a sandwich.

you had us all very worried.

your reckless impulses will get you killed!

i’m done with gods. they will not help me. perhaps you will. 

this is too fucking much.

come here, you shithead.

it has been an honor.

screw you! i want my final words with you to be indignant and irritated.

you’re the face i saw when murder entered my heart.

i’m undecided about you.

never forget you’re my favorite. and i’m so sorry.

i’m not leaving him.

you’re a better man than you believe.

feel like making a home here?

you’re an idiot and i’m very proud of you. don’t do that again.

sound off if you’re alive.

it’s not going to work.

[kaltvatn]

ocean-beat‌.

Showoff, she thought quietly to herself as Liruum dove underneath her, copying what she did. It didn’t last too long, though, as the sand was quickly rising as they got closer and closer to the shore. She watches as Liruum turns, running their fingers through the sand and giving Lyori a very appreciative view. 

She’s lucky that her snicker wouldn’t have been heard underwater. Righting herself, she follows suit a few seconds later, padding through the shallower water and onto the beach, her own scales glistening, but not quite as brightly as Liruum’s. The question earns a smirk, one hand being placed on her hip and the other reaching out, as though to accept the hinted item. 

“Just don’t get mad if I don’t give them back~” She teases, and when it’s done, she continues across the beach, clipping the item to her own ear. Once that’s done, she turns to look over her shoulder. 

“Wanna stop somewhere to eat on the way back?”

They placed the chip in her palm, slowly padding after her, tail swaying idly. Those shades look good on her.

   “ I have more than one pair, ”  Liruum quipped, catching up to her with longer strides with ease. 

   “ Sure. Got anywhere in mind? ”

[kaltvatn]

ocean-beat‌.

There’s no surprise to know that Liruum could catch up. Lyori learned that lesson when she attempted to race them and lost by a landslide. So she didn’t feel bad for heading toward the shore early, knowing they’d catch up. 

What she didn’t expect was to have her foot grabbed, and found herself underwater halfway through a high-pitched yelp. Green eyes blink several times in shock as she turns and looks up. Realizing what had happened, she kicks their hand off, rather gracefully spins, and moves so that she’s swimming underneath them, facing upward. 

From under the water, she makes a face at them, a sort of “Alright, I guess I deserved that.” kind of gesture before she kicks again, twisting around to swim faster (and maybe giving them a little flick with the end of her tail as she goes).

Liruum smiled, albeit a soft one, their expression scrunching up in return as Lyori swam underneath them. Just as she began to kick off again, they dove, this mimicking her and twisting underneath the water, facing her briefly before the shore began to catch up. They weren’t that far out to begin with when they started basking.

They turned, quickly feeling the sand underneath their hands as they reached out, sifting through their fingers. Liruum found their footing quickly, lifting themselves out of the water, white-blue scales glimmering from water and sunlight. They squinted against it, patting around their body-suit before pulling out a tiny clip, attaching it to their ear.

The holo shades slid across their face, shielding their eyes from the light. Liruum wasn’t sure if they were sensitive to the light because of their condition, or their close relation to their deep-sea dwelling cousins. No matter, they turned to Lyori, who had only just caught up. 

   “ --You want a pair? ”

[kaltvatn]

ocean-beat.

She can’t help but give a rather curious look at that last statement, wondering if there was a story behind that too, but Lyori knew better than to pry too much. With a light hum, she smiles, and moves to start swimming off in the direction of the shoreline. 

“What are we waiting for, then? The sooner we get started, the sooner we finish!”

Lyori was already taking off to the shoreline by the time Liruum stretched out and followed, tail and webbed feet paddling leisurely. It was easy to catch up with her, given their tail, but they lagged purposefully behind, face half underwater. 

With a sardonic smirk, they reached out.. And grabbed Lyori’s ankle, pulling her playfully underneath the surface.

[kaltvatn]

warm up for today

[glazecake]

jalilnajafov on ig

[thegoodvybe]