grisha.

sideblog for ocs erin & talia. follows back from crowshoots.

[kettergrish]

#KETTERGRISH  — a low - activity sideblog of @crowshoots​​ that focuses on two grishaverse original characters, erin subri and talia volkovo. erin’s bio can be seen here, and talia’s bio can be seen here, but for a brief descriptor, look below. this is a sideblog just meant for funsies, so i’ll be very chill and low - effort!  ♡

erin subri - 20 - she/they

living amplifier from the wandering isles, where they witnessed the boy they were seeing be killed after accidentally magnifying his powers 

moved to ketterdam to find work, particularly in gambling dens where amplifiers are used to identify grishas to make sure they don’t influence the game or the people

was employed underneath the dime lions, works briefly as a double agent for the dregs then officially after the events of crooked kingdom

typically tends to fade into the background during the job, as she is there just to be a bouncer, but gets to be more talkative near friends and quite adventurous 

talia volkovo - 26 - they/them

a tattoo artist who isn’t necessarily affiliated with any gang, but rather the one that does many of the gang tattoos when people officially become members

they run a risky business due to the fact that they’re grisha and technically a tailor, although they don’t resonate with that label. they use their small science to manipulate ink for tattoo application as well as tattoo removal

had originally been apart of the second army, but had been a fabrikator who specialized in inks, paints, and paste, which... hadn’t exactly been helpful for the civil war

very deadpan, matter - of - fact. a bit prickly at first glance, but a) that’s typically just how they speak and their face and b) usually they need to do work. 

[kettergrish]

erin and talia are being moved to @astravaris! <3

[wretchedhearted]

⤏ send me “plots please”

… and I’ll respond with  3  (or more)  interesting  plots / relationships / connections  I can think of for our muses!   There is  no pressure  for us to write any of them,   but it’s a great starting point for you to get a sense of how I think our muses might interact and what sorts of plots I’m most interested in happening between them  -  so don’t be shy!

for multimuse blogs make sure to specify who you’re looking to plot with

[kettergrish]

im just saying. u should come to me for plotting bc erin has numerous plots between her being a previous dime lion/current dreg AND also taila has numerous plots between them being from the little palace and having no particular affiliation in ketterdam :)

[charmymemes]

𝐎𝐂 𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐉𝐈 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐒!

feel free to tweak questions + all emojis r listed in text form bc i can't see some of them aAAaaAA! sorry if any of these questions are too similar i tried to avoid that but .. there's a lot lol! categorized by emoji type.

i wanted to make one because i could not find one on tumblr already that had a ton of questions. this was created by combining ones under the #oc ask game tag + my own contributions. hi charmymemes nation i'm back.

people

👁️ EYE - what colour are their eyes? do people notice their eyes? is there anything special about them (shows emotion easily, literally magical...)?

🤥 LYING - are they good liars? do they have tells to show they're lying?

👻 GHOST - do they believe in ghosts? what are their "ghostly experiences", if any?

💥 COLLISON - what emotions do they have trouble dealing with?

😭 CRYING - what makes them cry? do they cry easily?

👊 PUNCH - are they quick to violence?

💢 ANGER - what are some habits they have that will take some getting used to?

👪 FAMILY - what is their family like? what is your ocs relationship to them? does your oc have any siblings?

😨 FEARFUL - when scared, do they go into "flight" or "fight"?

💤 SLEEPING - do they fall asleep easily? what helps them sleep?

food & drinks

🥞 PANCAKE - what is their comfort breakfast?

🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE - when is their birthday? do they like celebrating it?

🍩 DONUT - favourite sweet treat?

🍟 FRIES - do they order food often? or they prefer to cook their own food?

☕️ HOT BEVERAGE - do they prefer hot or cold drinks? what is their favourite drink?

🍓 STRAWBERRY - do they eat their fruit & veg? what is their favourite fruit or vegetable?

🍰 CAKE SLICE - favourite cake flavour? are they specific about types of cakes?

🍧 SHAVED ICE - do they still have any objects from their childhood? what significance does it have to them? what would their reaction be if they lost it?

plants & nature

💐 BOUQUET - create a bouqet for them! what do those flowers mean? are any of the flowers their particular favourite?

🌙 MOON - what is your oc's greatest wish? how far are they willing to go for it?

🌋 VOLCANO - how bad is their temper? is it a slow boil, or a instant explosion?

🌺 HIBISCUS - do they have any allergies?

🍁 MAPLE LEAF - what is their favourite season? why?

🍃 FALLING LEAF - do they enjoy being in nature? what is their favourite outdoor activity?

☀️ SUN - are they a morning person? what is the first thing they do in the morning?

🕷️ SPIDER - what is their biggest fear? do they have any irrational / mundane fears?

🌹 ROSE - do they like valentines day? have they been confessed to before? have they confessed to anyone before?

🙈 SEE-NO-EVIL - whats a side of your oc that they don't want to show other people?

🙊 SPEAK-NO-EVIL - what is something your oc will refuse to stay quiet about?

🙉 HEAR-NO-EVIL - what is the worse thing your oc could hear from someone?

🌱 SEEDLING - what is their most vivid memory from childhood?

🍀 CLOVER - do they believe in luck? are they lucky?

🌏 EARTH - will they give up the world for someone they love? is this decision easy for them?

🌌 MILKY WAY - what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?

activity

⚾ BASEBALL - can they play sports? what is their best position if they play a team sport? what's their strong suit (speed, power etc.)?

🏊 SWIMMING - can they swim? or are they afraid of water? how well do they swim? how do they feel about swimming in the ocean?

objects

📣 MEGAPHONE - how loud are they? what do they speak like? got a voice claim?

📖 OPEN BOOK - do they like reading? what's their favourite genre?

🪤 MOUSE TRAP - what will always lure them into certain danger? a loved one in danger? a promise of something they are always searching for?

📸 CAMERA - do they enjoy having their picture taken? what's their go-to pose? do they like taking photos? what do they take photos of?

🎭 MASKS - do they act differently around certain people? what's different between the way they act around friends, family, strangers, etc.?

✂️ SCISSORS - what is the "last straw" for them to cut someone out of their life? how easily do they let go of people?

💡 LIGHTBULB - is your oc a planner? do they write down every small detail or just wing it?

💎 DIAMOND - how rich are they? can they live the lifestyle they want to?

🎁 PRESENT - what types of presents would they be most happy to receive? are they good at gift giving?

🍼 BABY BOTTLE - what are their thoughts on children?

🔪 KNIFE - how do they react to injury / misfortune befalling their loved ones (significant other, family, friends)? do they put themselves at blame?

👑 CROWN - what does your oc want to be remembered as? why?

✏️ PENCIL - is there a particular quote / lyric that you associate with them?

🎵 MUSIC NOTE - what is their playlist like? their favourite artists? do you associate a particular song with them?

🎤 MICROPHONE - are they good at singing? what is their go-to karaoke song?

🎷 SAXOPHONE - do they play any instruments? are they any good at it?

📚 BOOKS - how were they at school? what is their best subject? what is their worst subject? do they have a favourite subject?

👖 JEANS - what is their go-to outfit?

🎨 PALETTE - can they draw? what do they like to draw?

🎡 FERRIS WHEEL - are they someone who wants to kiss at the top of the ferris wheel?

⏳ HOURGLASS - are they usually late or on-time?

🔫 PISTOL - do they trust people easily? how easily will they turn their back to someone? have they been backstabbed before? will they betray someone if given an ultimatum?

🎀 RIBBON - how would they fit into other worlds / aus? what aus would you like to try out? what fictional world would they fit / not fit into?

📎 PAPERCLIP - a random fact.

📦 PACKAGE - what are some "most likely to..." that can apply to them?

🖍️ CRAYON - what advice would you give to them?

⚙️ GEAR - what are your ocs thoughts on science & art? which do they give more importance to? how much value do they place on each?

🔧 WRENCH - are they good at fixing relationships? or do they tend to avoid doing so?

❇️ SPARKLE - what is their most prized possession? what do they value?

📏 RULER - is your oc well educated? where did they get their learning from?

transport

🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem?

🚲 BICYCLE - can they ride a bike? what do they remember from learning to ride a bicycle?

weather

🌩️ LIGHTNING - are they scared of lightning?

💧 DROPLET - random angst headcanon

❄️ SNOWFLAKE - do people consider them cold? if so, what made them this way?

🌪️ TORNADO - what is the biggest change you've ever made to them? how have they changed from their original version?

🌈 RAINBOW - what advice would they give to their younger self?

🔥 FIRE - do they have any self destructive tendencies? what habits do they have that hinder them from becoming their best self?

☁️ CLOUD - a soft headcanon

🌟 GLOWING STAR - what do they think about when they look at the night sky? is there someone they want to star gaze with?

🌠 SHOOTING STAR - if they could make any wish with no repercussions, what wish would they make?

☄️ COMET - what do people assume about them? are they right?

hearts

💓 BEATING HEART - what gets their heart racing?

💘 HEART W/ ARROW - what traits do they look for in a relationship? do they believe in love at first sight?

💗 GROWING HEART - if they have a crush, is it noticable? what changes when they're in love?

❤️ RED HEART - their love language(s)?

💙 BLUE HEART - do they miss their s/o easily? how do they act when their s/o isn't around?

💚 GREEN HEART - what things make your oc feel comforted? hugs, kisses, food?

💖 SPARKLING HEART - are they a subtle or a showy lover?

💌 LOVE LETTER - do they like love letters? what kind of messages do they leave for their partner?

💔 BROKEN HEART - what could their partner do that would absolutely break their heart?

[kettergrish]

   @crowgreeds said — “ i’m serious. i want to know what you think. ”

    kaz guards his secrets and his thoughts well. taila knows that they are one of the few people privy to it, for kaz keeps to himself despite being encouraged to mingle with the other from their order. taila doesn’t criticize them for it. now, they make the ink ebb away from the paper, making what taila had been working on - an igniter, with a slot in the base for hiding of acetone - disappear. they brush their fingers over blank paper, then fix dark eyes on the alkemi across them.

   “ do you want me to tell you not to go to ketterdam? ” they ask now in fragmented kerch. “ if that vengeful shadow is going to rule over your head, then do it. take revenge on the man that placed you here. ”

[notmorbid]

bitter, pt. 1.

dialogue prompts from bitter by akwaekae emezi.

i’m as free as i’ve ever been.

i’ve learned the hard way you can’t trust first impressions.

none of this is real enough to matter.

you have a bad habit of sneaking up on people.

everything and everyone is dangerous.

a date? don’t you think that’s a little old school?

you don’t have to decide right now, you know.

you will always be safe here.

relax. take a deep breath and tell me about it.

i’m so tired of feeling this alone.

i’m serious. i want to know what you think.

if you’re born lucky, then you live lucky.

you can’t imagine a better world?

hope is what we need, what keeps us going.

i want it to stop. i want it all to stop.

if i felt, it i’d break into so many pieces, you’d never find enough to put me back together.

unless all of us are safe, none of us are safe.

hey. can i give you a hug? please?

i know how impossible it feels. i know how it hurts.

you don’t have to feel any of this alone.

hope is not a waste of time. hope is a discipline.

is it okay if i kiss you?

you are allowed to feel safe.

i just want peace and quiet.

what was the worst thing you ever did?

laugh at my pain, it’s fine.

for someone so sweet, you can be sneaky.

you’re very annoying with your peacemaker business.

it was easier to let you hate me.

there are versions of myself i don’t want you to meet.

who are you? the armor, or the person underneath?

what does all that tenderness do to you?

you’re important just as you are. you matter.

you’re not as spiky as you used to be.

we still have to live, even when we’re fighting.

it was fun hating you, don’t get me wrong, but i think i’d like us better as friends.

things don’t always have to stay broken.

i never thought i’d live to see you settle down.

i would kidnap a small child for that pie.

not everything is about money. some things are about blood.

how is this supposed to be a life?

there are no words to start explaining it.

[kettergrish]

crowgreeds​:

     “None of your business.”

Their retort comes quickly and without hesitation, like the snapping of a whip in the air. Yet, despite the snappiness of their reply Kaz seems to remain relaxed in their seat. He knew of Talia and their special ability that allows them to create and give tattoos in the quarter the amount of time it normally took and it made sense that they might be able to sense other inks already present upon the body. Such as the simple, curved black ‘R’ that resides upon their bicep, an acknowledgement of the name and family he had left behind. But that was private and a piece of their past that they hadn’t shared with anyone — not even those closest to him such as Inej or Jesper.

He studies Talia carefully, the dark brown of his reflective like glass or coffee that had gone bitter in the brewing, as if trying to root out why they were asking such a thing based off sight alone. “You can sense it can’t you? If you can do that then you can guess the shape without wasting your breath asking what it is.”

   others might’ve been a bit put off by the curt, short response, but taila hardly seems bothered at all. kaz doesn’t seem to be bothered by the question, either; in fact, his eyes are perfectly calm as they regard taila, the bright lights of the barrel leaving yellow and green reflections. now, taila avoids eye - contact, instead focusing on the papers underneath their hands for their business. they could do that, if they so wished, the same way they could feel the ink formed into the crisp, crisp kerch letters on the papers. 

    “ the question had opened grounds for a story, if you so wanted to tell it, ” they say, although they know that kaz brekker does not tell any stories and lets others do it for them. “it is in a spot hidden away from prying eyes. i am curious about what it is, and who had managed to tattoo it on you. as it surely wasn’t me. ”

[in-herbones]

Today’s armor 🖤

[kettergrish]

      @pistolslinger liked for a starter!

    they have little idea if they are allowed to speak to a dreg, not when the dime lions and the dregs stand where they are, and so soon after the little… mishap that had occurred earlier, right on the edges of dime lions territory where it meets dregs territory. erin has never done well with fights, despite their role as a gang member, and she could only send her thanks to the particular dregs member who had been able to soothe over the members of his gang that had been prepared for a fight.

    erin knows his name. she would know it even if she hadn’t worked in a gambling hall, for the dime lions murmur as many warnings about his as they do about dirtyhands, amicable nature and all.

    “ i didn’t think they would… be that fight - hungry. it tends to happen, especially near the gambling hall, but - ”

[kettergrish]

    @atlaentian liked for a starter!

    “ i’ve always thought fjerda as far too cold, ” she says, tapping her fingers thoughtfully against the tattoo on her forearm, hand resting over it as if to hide it from sight. after all, it’s better for her to keep their hands to themself, and even better if people don’t know their gang afflitations. although she might be a familiar face to any of those who gambled, grisha or no. “ the weather even here is too cold for me; i don’t want to imagine how fast i’d freeze to death over there. have you ever been out west? it’s a lot warmer. ”

[kettergrish]

YOU DEMAND SOMETHING FROM IT     —   FROM KETTERDAM.

sideblog for two independent grishaverse original characters. follows back from @crowshoots.

[closure]

via imgur

[kettergrish]

in regards to taila’s name:

if ravkan primarily follows after russian and other slavic languages, that means that the language is most likely gendered in masculine, feminine, and neuter. this applies for names as well. this also has some weight when it comes to taila and their gender. 

taila’s name is not their birth name, as they chose it themselves. it cannot receive majority of ravkan diminutives due to its nature. they do have a patronymic that they don’t introduce themselves with in ketterdam, but that is gendered as well so they tend not to use it. they share their last name with their father. however, due to the gendered systems of the ravkan language, taila went forward and dropped the -a tacked onto their last name (volkov) and instead replaced it with an -o as a nod to their gender identity. 

as a result, taila’s full name is technically taila volkovo.

[kettergrish]

    @crowgreeds liked for a starter!

    talia can feel the ink underneath the thinnest layer of his skin. it’s not the dregs tattoo; they know the placement of that one. every dreg member gets it on their forearm, and kaz brekker is hardly any different, even if he dresses like he’s from the zelver district as opposed to all of the dregs member dressing as if they popped out of a crudely - colored childrens’ book. the crow and cup is on their forearm, but there is something else further up, something that taila couldn’t see.

    they cock their head. they have to roll over the ravkan in their head, then translate it to kerch for it to come out properly. “ what is that other tattoo you have? ”

[kettergrish]

     @crowgreeds liked for a starter!

   she’s heard things about them - about dirtyhands, about the bastard of the barrel. pekka talks about brekker with such a scathing tone whenever he notices that business for the emerald palace is lower, as there’s steerers from the crow club every once in a while. erin doesn’t raise a hand against them; it’s not her business. what is her business is how pekka treats grisha.

    she’s one, by all definition. maybe not in the same way, and perhaps easier to hide, but she is one, in her own way. they settle a hand over the dime lions tattoo on their forearm, staring at the floor instead of those ancient, scathing eyes. the design of everything here is darker compared to the palace. 

    “ do you want information from his ledgers? i could get them, for a starting job. ”

[kettergrish]

now i am not rattling my mug of tea at you to try and get u to plot with me.... but erin and talia have a lot of pre - established relationships possible with people in ketterdam. doesn’t even have to be a dreg :] erin used to work underneath pekka for a bit at the emerald palace until she started feeding information to kaz brekker, so dregs can know her + anyone who was at that gambling hall probably knows her since they check everyone who comes in. also if your muse has tattoos taila can be the one to do them. pspspsps plot w me