[murrrays]

private && selective poppet and widget murray from the night circus.  written by noji.

[theaterism]

“i didn’t steal any of these, actually.” a pocket-watch, a bracelet, and various other shiny trinkets, all piled on the floor after his bag had ripped. “i found them,” he insisted, very seriously. “on the ground.”

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“of course,”  unwavering agreement, his face just as stern.   “an awful mess, isn’t it?   what kind of person do you think they belong to?   they all have such a shiny attribute to them.”

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“we can’t have a moment of leisure, can we?” 

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pspsps like this for an inbox thing! 🤍  specify muse, otherwise i’ll default to poppet!

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adds them to my collection of gay artists, 

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midnight poppet doodle!!

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midnight poppet doodle!!

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pspsps like this for an inbox thing! 🤍  specify muse, otherwise i’ll default to poppet!

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stranger.

jamie, who’s focus had zoned in purely on tracking down some out of control beast, stops in his tracks. he narrows his eyes at the other, both agitated and confused at why anyone else would be out here at this time. 

“who are you? park ranger or something?" nothing about her screams law enforcement…

"trust me, you should be the one walking the other way.”

a park ranger.  poppet wanted to sigh at this lost opportunity.  she couldn’t exactly whip out a ranger outfit out of nowhere, though, much less imagine what that sort of thing looked like, so her options lay in focusing on the now.  until ‘the now’ spoke, and a spark of annoyance flashed across her freckled face.

“unless you’re resistant to fire, sir, i doubt that very much.”  she insisted.  ah, but that tone wouldn’t work.  she cleared her throat and clasped her hands before her, regaining her composure.  

“i’m sorry, it’s been an awfully long night.  but it is dangerous.  i’m afraid i can’t let you pass.”

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“i feel like if i can wander around, look at art, and read a good book, i could be satisfied for life.  isn’t that what we live for, after all?  art?”

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pspsps like this for an inbox thing! 🤍  specify muse, otherwise i’ll default to poppet!

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thinks about poppet intensely.  how is she supposed to see the deaths of two (2) people as early as a toddler and then be normal abt her powers.

[murrrays]

@theaterism​ asked:    ⚠ : How does your muse react to possibly dangerous situations? Do they face them head-on, or do they plan out their actions first? (for poppet!); ツ : Does your muse prefer lots of friends, or just a few close ones? (for widget!); ♞ : What is your muse’s favorite animal? and ⍤ : What does your muse’s voice sound like? Is it light? High pitched? Scratchy? Deep? (for both!!) (u totally don’t have to answer all of these; just whichever ones u want to! <3)

                            RANDOM HEADCANON MEME   /   ACCEPTING !

⚠ : How does your muse react to possibly dangerous situations? Do they face them head-on, or do they plan out their actions first?

poppet faces dangerous situations head-on for certain.  most of the time, it’s because she foresaw the dangerous thing in the stars or a dream, and she feels a certain amount of obligation to prevent it from happening.   this belief partly stems from multiple terrible visions having come to fruition over the course of her life.  she considers this a personal failure, despite the fact that she couldn’t have done much in the first place. 

while she makes attempts to decipher her visions, it barely counts as planning anything through.   oftentimes, poppet will act without a concrete understanding of the danger to come.   timing is the trickiest to guess, so she believes the sooner she acts, the better.

this applies to any issues she may be facing outside of her visions as well.   she despises leaving things unresolved and opts for fixing them as soon as possible.   this leads her to overlooking several details, however.

ツ : Does your muse prefer lots of friends, or just a few close ones?

widget definitely prefers surroundings himself with limited but trusted company.   he’s an introvert at heart, preferring his stories and books to excessive socialising, despite his adoration for boisterous performances.   

at the same time, widget does not know what it’s like to have many friends.   being born on the same night as the circus also means being the youngest of the performers, so the chances of socialising with other children regularly was close to zero.   when the circus was not travelling, the twins’ closest friends were their father’s big and regular-sized cats.   essentially,  the twins’ best and only friends were each other up until they met bailey, and they’ve only now began to realize the absurdity of this.   bailey would reason that quantity does not equal quality when it comes to friendships.

♞ : What is your muse’s favorite animal?

both twins adore cats!   they grew up around them, and they even know how to train them thanks to their parents.   individually, though, i believe widget would be fond of monkeys, while poppet would have a soft spot for mice or guinea pigs. 

⍤ : What does your muse’s voice sound like? Is it light? High pitched? Scratchy? Deep?

i imagine poppet’s voice somewhere between medium to high-pitched, with a hint of scratchiness thanks to the long hours spent reading the future for her customers.   

widget’s voice is medium-pitched and smooth, certainly used less than his sister’s but not at all neglected.   he will easily imitate voices to enhance immersion in his stories. 

the twins have an accent that is ‘hard to place’.  it is reminicent of estuary english to anyone that is not british.   people usually ask them where they’re from, to which they struggle to give an appeasing answer.

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Random Headcanon Meme!

⍤ : What does your muse’s voice sound like? Is it light? High pitched? Scratchy? Deep?

✍ : What is your muse’s handwriting like? Is it neat? Sloppy? Fancy?

☕ : Does your muse prefer coffee or tea?

⌚ : Is your muse good with keeping on schedule for meetings, appointments, or events, or are they always late? Or, are they always a bit early?

♿ : Has your muse had any injuries in the past?

☺ : What is your muse’s smile like? Do they smile often?

⚡ : How does your muse feel about storms? Are they afraid of them, or do they calm them?

⚠ : How does your muse react to possibly dangerous situations? Do they face them head-on, or do they plan out their actions first?

☃  : What is your muse’s favorite season? What about their least favorite season, if they have one?

☂  : Does your muse like rain?

☼ : Does your muse like daytime or nighttime more?

🏨  : How well does your muse sleep?

❤ : What are your muse’s thoughts on love? If they are not in a relationship, do they believe that they will ever find a perfect someone for them?

☘ : Does your muse believe in luck? How about fate?

⚯ : Does your muse have good eyesight? If not, what is it like? Are they nearsighted or farsighted? Or both? Do they use glasses? Or do they prefer contacts?

👓 : If your muse wears glasses, what are their glasses frames like?

♨ : Does your muse have good table manners? How do they feel about bad table manners?

❀ : What is your muse’s opinion about flower crowns?

♬ : Does your muse sing well? Regardless of whether they sing well or not, do they enjoy singing?

📐 : Is your muse good at math? Do they like it, or do they hate it?

♞ : What is your muse’s favorite animal?

εїз : How does your muse feel about bugs and insects?

📱 : Does your muse prefer calling or texting?

☆ : Of the sun, stars, and the moon, which is your muse’s favorite?

ツ : Does your muse prefer lots of friends, or just a few close ones?

✝ : Is your muse religious?

[murrrays]

stagehand.

bewilderment shone in charlie’s expression as the other went on. her gaze flicked toward the lights the woman indicated. they’re going to fall. a frightening claim, given the damage such an accident would cause — both to the stage and to any unfortunate actors below. to charlie, however, the lights looked secure. surely the woman couldn’t have crept around backstage long enough to closely inspect the lights or rigging. worry swirled in charlie’s stomach at the utter conviction in the other’s demeanor, though.

still, at the moment, charlie was less worried about the lights and more worried about the woman’s obvious distress. she took a breath and raised her hands before her chest in a gentle pacifying gesture, voice kept calm. “okay, okay. alright. i believe you.” she wasn’t sure whether she believed her yet, actually, but this felt like the right thing to say.

“here, um… i’ll…” charlie’s brow furrowed as she struggled to determine the best course of action. she could handle this on her own… probably. “i’ll check the rigging,” she decided at last. a nearby rack of costumes sparked an idea in her mind. she rifled through them a moment before withdrawing a deep purple cloak, befitting an actor who belonged in such a spot. “here—” she offered it to the other with a reassuring smile. “you’ll stand out a bit less with this. d’you want to come along or wait here?”

poppet had a vague suspicion that she was being hushed like a distressed toddler, and although it was no unreasonable a reaction, she couldn’t help biting her lip in frustration.  what was she to do?  explain her visions?  even within her tent, those claims were hardly believable. 

still, the girl seemed to at least consider her warning.  hope fluttered in her chest.  however, the girl proceeded to withdraw a cloak from a rack of costumes, and poppet’s brows raised, startled.  poppet opened her mouth, producing only a soft “ah---” that likely did her no favors at all.  she’d been fully expecting to be dismissed or exposed, not supplied with a disguise.  she also hadn’t considered the possibility of coming along.

“can i come?” tentative, she accepted the cloak.  it reached down to her knees and coated her hair perfectly.  eyes travelling upwards again---less inspecting the lights than searching for stars---poppet gave a short, decisive hum.  “might be easier to spot the faulty mechanism if i’m there.”  plus, if something were to go wrong, she’d be there to stop it.  “if it isn’t too much trouble, i’d like to join you.”

[poohsources]

🐝  *  ―  𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘  𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄  𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒.   (  all  of  these  are  taken  from  the  movie  ‘legally blonde’  released  in  2001.  feel  free  to  adjust  to  better  fit  your  muses.  )

❛  i can’t believe you’re getting engaged!  ❜ ❛  why don’t you tell her about the time you guys went golfing naked?  ❜ ❛  well, i don’t want to look like i know what’s coming …  ❜ ❛  there’s nothing i love more than a dumb blonde with daddy’s plastic.  ❜ ❛  the reason i wanted to come here tonight was to discuss our future.  ❜ ❛  but the thing is, if i’m gonna be a senator by the time i’m thirty - i can’t keep dicking around.  ❜ ❛  you’re breaking up with me? i thought you were proposing.  ❜ ❛  so when you said you’d always love me, you were just ‘dicking around’?  ❜ ❛  [name], believe me, i never expected to be doing this, but i think it’s the right thing to do.  ❜ ❛  how can it be the right thing if we’re not together?  ❜ ❛  so you’re breaking up with me because you’re afraid your family won’t like me?  ❜ ❛  i’m seriously in love with you … isn’t that enough?  ❜ ❛  you have to leave this room - it’s been a week.  ❜ ❛  i mean, i know you’re upset and all, but can’t you just take a sedative?  ❜ ❛  don’t you understand this is important to me?  ❜ ❛  would you be willing to stake your life on it?  ❜ ❛  i’m not pretty - i’m genetically blessed.  ❜ ❛  i’m not afraid of a challenge.  ❜ ❛  i feel like we’ve barely spent any time together since we got here.  ❜ ❛  i just don’t want to see you get your hopes up.  ❜ ❛  i’ll never be good enough for you, will i?  ❜ ❛  you just thought you’d come over and show me what i’m definitely not missing?  ❜ ❛  how many times you gonna show up here, begging me to take you back?  ❜ ❛  trust me. you’ve got the equipment, you just need to read the manual.  ❜ ❛  so, because she’s beautiful and has a good body, she’s easy?  ❜ ❛  who could better understand than me?  ❜ ❛  i rather be in jail than lose my reputation!  ❜ ❛  you’re kind of being a butt-head right now.  ❜ ❛  people aren’t always what they seem to be and you refuse to see that.  ❜ ❛  i can’t believe you called me a butt-head. no one’s called me a butt-head since ninth grade.  ❜ ❛  that’s not really a topic that keeps me up at night - but maybe it should.  ❜ ❛  you’re an attractive man but you need to take better care of yourself.  ❜ ❛  if you look good, you feel good and if you feel good, you project joy into the world.  ❜ ❛  i was thinking maybe we could go out sometime.  ❜ ❛  girls like me don’t go out with losers like you.  ❜ ❛  we spend a beautiful night together and then i never hear from you again?  ❜ ❛  forget it. i’ve already spent too many hours crying over you.  ❜ ❛  you must be better in bed than you look.  ❜ ❛  if i’m just your friend, why have we been doing the slippy-slap every night for the past six months?  ❜ ❛  that means so much to me to hear you say that.  ❜ ❛  what if you’re trying to be something you are?  ❜ ❛  thanks for not treating me the way everyone else here does.  ❜ ❛  all people see when they look at me is blonde hair and big boobs.  ❜ ❛  it turns out, i’m a joke.  ❜ ❛  i want to be with you, [name]. forever.  ❜ ❛  are you asking me on a date?  ❜

[aesthetic-monochrome]

beauty.