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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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@noblemagicks
Hapless, but not HELPLESS. Naive, but not FOOLISH. Kind but not a PUSHOVER. She was who she was and she would not APOLOGIZE for it. And she would not be pulled down by her misfortunes. She was BLINDED, not BROKEN
Cicely Sharrow | Ravenclaw OC | Private | 18+ Only (temp)
꧂ || Stranger
“ if it’s all nonsense, then you’ve got nothing to worry about, have you? ” there was a note of irritability in his voice as he peered at her through the darkness. he’d preferred being alone – just a quick smoke in peace before heading back into the hospital. the not-so-ironically named graveyard shift. with a final drag on his cigarette, he tossed it aside. “ if you were looking for a smoke, i’m fresh out… ” but after a moment, he looked up at her again, taking her in properly for the first time. being approached by strangers in alleyways was hardly ever a good thing – even for a vampire. one brow lifted inquiringly. “ or maybe i’m the one who ought to be worried about what’s skulking after dark… ” he said, hint of an amused smirk at the corner of his mouth. “ there something i can do for you? ”
Her nose wrinkled at even the THOUGHT of smoking. Sure, people did it all the time, Liliana could recall when it had become such a phenomenon but herself? She didn’t fancy the idea of CHOKING on smoke. ❝ Not really a smoker. Those things’ll kill you, you know. Besides, shouldn’t someone working in a hospital advise AGAINST smoking or something? ❞ Not that it would kill her; nothing really could anymore. But there was some humourous irony to be found in someone wearing scrubs smoking. There was all sorts of such irony to be found in humans, Liliana found. Hypocrisy at its finest or maybe it was just a janitor or something. She couldn’t exactly tell and there was nothing about the man to truly pique her interest.
His next words did earn a small laugh from her. ❝ Yes, you should really be scared of TINY little me. Unless you have some irrational fear of petite women, I think you’re probably safe from me. ❞ LIAR, LIAR. But it wasn’t like she went out ever looking to cause a little trouble. Talking to the man was merely a way to appease her own boredom after attempting to visit the very hospital. Apparently a witch she had once taught some magic to was nearing her end, an old woman in contrast to the young one she had known EIGHTY years previous. ❝ Not unless you have any sort of pull here. I wanted to visit my gran but apparently there’s this thing called visiting hours. I just figured I’d have a walk around the area before heading home. I find late nights to be so——— RELAXING. Even if the Boogeyman does exist out there. ❞
𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 / 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.
❛ What happened? ❜
❛ How are your injuries? ❜
❛ Just promise me you’ll stay here. ❜
❛ You can’t blame yourself. ❜
❛ You know I’m here for you, right? ❜
❛ I’ve never seen you like this before. ❜
❛ When I wake up, you won’t be there. ❜
❛ Okay. You get to leave now. ❜
❛ No. I don’t believe you. ❜
❛ Just.. put down the very sharp knife… ❜
❛ It wasn’t your fault. It hurts. ❜
❛ This isn’t you. ❜
❛ Stop it. ❜
❛ You should be resting. ❜
❛ Are you okay? Did they hurt you? ❜
❛ How can you act like that? ❜
❛ Then why are you still here? ❜
❛ Are you okay? ❜
❛ You can’t live in the past. You gotta move on. Let it go. ❜
❛ And when were you planning on telling me? ❜
❛ What are you, trying to give me a heart attack? ❜
❛ What’s wrong? What happened? ❜
❛ I thought we agreed that secrets are bad! ❜
❛ Sorry. Didn’t want to push any sore spots. ❜
❛ Everything okay? ❜
❛ Do you even know where you’re headed? ❜
❛ I can’t help you unless you talk to me. ❜
❛ Promise me you’re not gonna over-react. ❜
❛ It’s okay, it’s gonna be okay. ❜
❛ Whoa, what are you doing? ❜
❛ Why do you run from me? ❜
❛ You’re changing the subject. ❜
❛ It’s four o'clock in the morning, what are you doing? ❜
❛ You’re bleeding. ❜
❛ You gotta be more careful. ❜
❛ I meant… How are you holding up? ❜
❛ You’re avoiding my question. ❜
❛ I think the worst of it’s over now. ❜
❛ Don’t let fear keep you quiet. You have a voice so use it. ❜
@magimath // sc.
❝ Oh, come on! It’s just a simple magic trick. Five bucks if I can pull your card again. If I can’t, I’ll give you ten. ❞ Of course it was MORE than that, it always was. Sure, Liliana had some tricks up her sleeve but so often she relied on TRUE magic than anything else. With her little table in between herself and the woman, she extended the deck of cards to her, an offering for her to take. So maybe it was a bit scummy but a woman had to find some way to survive when it was usually the fakers getting gigs.
@deservedeath // sc.
❝ Didn’t you ever learn anything from stories as a kid? Never really a good idea to go SKULKING around after dark. ❞ Though the same could be said about her, wandering round at such hours but after living for so long, darkness hardly ever FRIGHTENED her anymore. Tales of big bads waiting in the dark were often times no more than stories. Why such tales were told to children was truly beyond her. But Liliana managed a small laugh, attempting to show she was no threat. Just another late night traveler. Though who would consider her a threat with such a petite stature? ❝ I remember my mom telling me all sorts of things when I was a little kid. Like Boogeymen and all of that nonsense. ❞
@kaledvoul // sc.
❝ I feel there’s quite the darkness rising, ancient powers at play. ❞ The words were said so seriously, so softly, it may as well have been a deadly whisper on the wind. Dark eyes watched him carefully before a smile broke out upon her lips. Even she couldn’t resist a bit of PLAYFULNESS every now and then. ❝ I am merely teasing. I’m sure even if I was some sort of soothsayer, you’d never really believe me. ❞ But of course she wasn’t. Even Liliana didn’t believe in NONSENSE like psychics and visions of the future. But with so many often paranoid about anything other than their sense of normality, she couldn’t help but make a joke of it every so often. So many put so much STOCK into the supernatural despite putting those with such powers to the fire. Ridiculous people all around.
Here’s a starter call! I really just need more things with my baby, please.
Here’s a starter call! I really just need more things with my baby, please.
Here’s a starter call! I really just need more things with my baby, please.
( * & . A MILLION LITTLE THINGS / SENTENCE STARTERS .
‘ you might not have been able to save them , but you sure as hell saved me . ’
‘ you are not the best part of my life … you are my life . ’
‘ delicious , delicious . that man is delicious . ’
‘ he’s like a chocolate george clooney with a caramel gosling center . ’
‘ look at you being the bigger man . i mean , smaller bigger man . he’s taller . ’
‘ i know this sounds crazy , but that is not the worst thing that ever happened to me . ’
‘ i’m happier than i’ve ever been and i’m not playing by the rules anymore . ’
‘ it’s perfectly normal to change your shirt fifteen times before going to play video games . ’
‘ you say everything happens for a reason . i can’t find a reason for this . ’
‘ it absolutely kills me that i wasn’t there for you . ’
‘ that was one time . and i’m sober now . ’
‘ happy birthweek is not a thing . ’
‘ i truly believe everything happens for a reason . the challenge in life is to find that reason . ’
‘ it’s not that i don’t want to live . i just don’t want to live like this . ’
‘ i dare you to go steal her mic and sing ‘ ( insert song here ) ’ . your version , wrong lyrics and all . ’
‘ i have so many feelings that i can’t process because i’m too ashamed to admit that i have them . ’
‘ when i first met you , you said what you needed was a time machine . where would you go if you had one ? ’
‘ sometimes i get really sad for no reason . actually , a lot of times . ’
‘ i tried . i tried to be the man you taught me to be . i tried not to ask for help . ’
‘ you’re allowed to be angry . you’re allowed to feel whatever it is that you feel . ’
‘ i can’t do this . i can’t hurt you . ’
‘ if you’re in there , can you just knock three times please , so that i know that you’re still alive ? ’
‘ listen , i’m sorry . i tried . i can’t not care . ’
‘ not that you need my permission , but you deserve to be happy . ’
‘ you’re right , i don’t know what i’m talking about . ’
‘ i always thought the next apartment i would rent would be for us . ’
‘ i have seen porn flicks with more plot twists than your love life . ’
‘ maybe you should stop taking shots at me and get them back . or is it your plan to stand there and do nothing and lose them forever ? ’
‘ you’re always so fast to assume that it’s my fault , but guess what ? you don’t know ! ’
‘ you know what life is really about ? friendship . you and me . right here . yeah , us . that’s what it’s about . ’
‘ of course i’m scared . i thought you of all people could understand that . ’
‘ dare me to do anything and make it really hard . ’
‘ i was here , dammit , until i wasn’t . ’
‘ you can’t worry so much about tomorrow that you forget to live today . be here . ’
‘ it’s got to be the hardest thing i did in my life . ’
‘ sometimes you can’t do the fun thing – the thing that makes you happy . you have to do the right thing . ’
‘ whatever we did , whatever happened , we also created a life . ’
‘ how can something so small cause so much pain ?! ’
‘ the thing is i don’t have time to be angry because i have to use up all of my energy to make sure that he is okay . ’
‘ you’re not the boss of you anymore . ’
‘ slight problem . he found the pregnancy test . ’
‘ just because you’re scared , doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it . ’
‘ there’s nothing you can say to change the fact that i love you . ’
‘ this is your baby . it’s just , it’s too much . we hurt too many people . ’
‘ it’s bad enough you wrecked your marriage but don’t try to wreck mine . ’
‘ you may think you have a bulletproof relationship , but so did i . ’
‘ wow , i don’t want you to take this the wrong way , but i really wish you hadn’t met me . ’
‘ you don’t get it . i know you think i’m distant . i am just trying to survive . ’
‘ there’s a history of ‘ we don’t talk about that ’ in my family . ’
‘ as bad as it seems , there is good and you will find it . i promise . ’
who do you think you are? running ‘round leaving scars, collecting your jar of hearts, tearing love apart.
indie, sel, priv, multi-muse. penned by hail who loves them all. Ⓒ
꧂ || Grindelwald
Did she truly think he didn’t know this? That he hadn’t thought about it at all? He wanted to non-magical world to bow. To know their true place in a world with magic. Yet he couldn’t exactly say that to her. Afraid her gentler sentiments might push her away with such words. “Of course I know they will fight back. Just as many from the wizarding world will fight to keep us hidden. Change does not come without sacrifice. We have to lose the old ways to build the new. We do what we must.” Even if it meant wiping out those that wouldn’t last in the new world and dared to hold it back.
“When the time comes, just focus on protecting yourself and our people. Do not seek out the muggles, but if they seek out and attack you, you must do everything to protect yourself. Just as you would if any of our own were to attempt to do the same. The world is ours to remake, but we cannot do that if we do not live to see the future.”
She could feel her chest tighten in apprehension at the thought of what was to come, tendrils of FEAR binding around a tender heart like ivy. She could already picture the chaos in the streets when they made themselves known to the world. The Muggles would not go gently into a new world. They would go out kicking and screaming and probably bring down many others of the wizarding world with them, not even daring to consider them HUMAN just as they hadn’t in the old days. Even so, fighting, even with her own SKILLS, was something she often avoided. But the thought of defense, of protecting———
Liliana had always tried to do just that in one way or another.
❝ I can do that, sir. I know various shield charms and protection spells. ❞ The front lines, they were never for her, but standing back and using magic to protect those that went first? It did take a great weight off of her shoulders, even MOMENTARILY. ❝ I could also try and teach others that follow you the more——— VIOLENT spells I know. Older spells typically forgotten and ones I wouldn’t truly use. That way they don’t go to waste. ❞ Should someone have to resort to such measures, Liliana thought it best at least some had knowledge of them. If only so she herself wouldn’t have to put them to use.
my tears my blood my soul the sight kiss your love and say goodnight
CRACKSHIP gifs → Adelaide Kane x Kit Harington requested by x
@noblefamiliar
꧂ || Grindelwald
“You are scared of fighting”, Gellert concluded, “You are scared of murder.” He turned his head to properly look at her. The long scar, which went accross his neck, stretched a bit at the movement. It was already white from age, however its sheer size alone gave most newcomers a good idea of what precisely they were getting themselves into.
While some people would accuse Gellert Grindelwald of lieing when it came to how brutal the Aurors would be, this was one of the few things he was not sugarcoating. Travers and many other ministers of law enforcement wanted to contain his revolution, before it had the chance to fully take hold of their countries. Gellert Grindelwald just fought smarter.
“However”, he said, “We can always use healers for our warriors. And not everybody feels it is their destiny to fight on the battlefield.” Gellert’s eyes glittered. He had learned to reporpose anyone’s talent if he must. There was a reason his army was made out of more then just warriors.
“Have you ever been in the Hospital Wing?” Gellert asked. “For if you want to be a healer and contribute in that way, it might be good if you get to see what a healer actually does. They have to be one of the most versitale and hardened people of the army. After all they have to handle any kind of ailment we come accross. This can range from flesh wounds, to broken bones, to poison in our veins and sickness in our lungs. It is an important duty, Liliana. Are you sure you want to partake in this way?”
❝ I’m not SCARED! ❞ she was quick to retort. It wasn’t fear that stilled her wand but simply her own persona. She’d seen the worst in people, both witches and Muggles alike. Her own family in all their pureblood haughtiness would be quick to draw their own wands should they feel insulted. Being on the battlefield didn’t scare her and the thought was almost offensive. ❝ Not everyone who doesn’t want to kill or to FIGHT is afraid of it. Some just aren’t capable of it to begin with. If you have to call it anything, it’s EMPATHY for all sides. For your side, for the others that will fight you, even for the Muggles. I have just never liked death, no matter the reason. ❞
But it was also that empathy that had her learning more towards Grindelwald’s side than any other. Of everything she had read, discovered, it could twist her heart hearing how many horrors were inflicted upon their kind in the past, and how they had to FLEE so often. Not that she would blame the modern Muggles but all that strife, it hardly seemed fair to remain hidden away, to always have to look over their shoulder with every little action to ensure they were not SEEN. Though they had prevailed through time despite the Muggles’ attempts to kill them off, that fear still lingered, some countries even banning any sort of affiliation between Muggles and the magical community. None of it was fair, they shouldn’t have to continue to live in the SHADOWS after so long.
One breath, two breaths, Liliana regaining control of her temper. Even with delicate features and often soft words, it could lash out and get the better of her but now was hardly the time for even more FIGHTING. ❝ ———No. I haven’t ever been inside of a Hospital Wing. It isn’t exactly my profession, sir. But if you’re implying those things will make me uneasy, you’re wrong. And I’m not USELESS with it either. Herbology lends itself to potions which is what I’ve done on the side for a few years now. I haven’t dealt much with near FATAL injuries but poisoning, sickness, mending bones, I’m at least competent enough to find work when I need it in my travels. ❞ Far better than relying on family money after she had left them.
There was still some time to learn other areas. Not much but healing potions and herbs were her area, not SPELLS themselves that might be used for other injuries. Perhaps there was someone else who might show her that much. Liliana was hardly a fighter despite her knowledge and skills, rather playing the part of a defender and protector. It was far better than fighting something she still didn’t totally UNDERSTAND and better than just sitting on the sidelines as many would.
“I wish it could always be like this.”
“You’re always there for me.”
“The stars are the only thing that makes sense.”
“There’s more out there, you just have to be patient.”
“It doesn’t all have to be existential dread.”
“You’re so much different when we’re alone.”
“I like it when the worlds quiet.”
“There’s a place for us somewhere.”
“They’ll name constellations after you one day.”
“Your hearts beating so fast.”
“They don’t know what they want.”
“You don’t know what you want.”
“That’s what they’re supposed to say.”
“We really don’t know what we’re doing.”
“I miss the old you.”
“Nostalgias a trap.”
“Aliens are out there.”
“Did you hear that?”
“I really want pizza right now, think it’s open?”
“What time is it?”
“But why would they abduct cows?”
“We’ll all be dead soon enough anyways.”
“I wish we didn’t have to sleep.”
“What do you believe in?”
“What happens after we die?”
“Seems like a silly thing to say, don’t you think?”
“And what’s your excuse?”
“You’ll get it together soon.”
“Sometimes I feel like I’ll never have it together.”
“It’d be better if people weren’t so afraid of their feelings.”
“You keep quiet and we both lose.”
“I wish I could save this forever.”
“When did you realize you were in love with me?”
“The rooms spinning.”
“I loved you long before you knew.”
“I’m not afraid of death, I think it’ll be peaceful.”
“The Universe is too big for that.”
“Do you think we’ve met in other lives?”
“I’d come back to haunt you.”
“Would you come back to haunt me?”
“What’s alternate universe you doing right now?”
“Tell me a secret.”
“Why haven’t you told anyone?”
“I wish we knew each other sooner.”
“You’re a game changer.”
“I’m a game changer.”
“Don’t ignore fate.”
“Ignorance isn’t bliss.”
“What, is that a conspiracy theory?”
“It’s probably the Illuminati anyways.”
Okay, this is a starter call if we have not interacted yet. I’ve got several new mutuals and I want to love you all. This also goes for any long time mutuals I don’t have anything with yet!
꧂ || Grindelwald
Gellert took note of how her wand slipped into her hands. Normally a drawn wand was a sign of attack. But Liliana’s gripe was gentle and relaxed. She was not out to attack him. Hearing her reccount her wand’s core, he snickered. “Temperamental indeed. But then where do you think did it come from? Dragons are not known to be reasonable creatures. They are forces of nature, quick to anger and quick to violence. A core, made out of the fibre of their heart, should reflect that.”
Gellert gingerly shut the door of the library. As they walked through the corridors, Gellert listened to Lilliana’s words. He smiled at the corner of his lips. “A child’s magic is immature and wild. Like the child, it has to grow and learn to channel itself. I tended to trash glass with my magic when I was younger. It drove my father mad.”
He wisely left out how his own Sight had grown alongside of him. How it had caused more troubles for Gellert and a division between him and his father. As always, he shrouded his past in mystery. Letting a person know just enough to feel like Gellert understood their plight.
“It is a Tatzelwurm whisker”, Gellert lied, instinctively going with the powerful blend between a cat and a snake. As venomous as a Basilisk. Of course the Elder Wand had a far more powerful substance in it. Gellert’s knowledgable eyes had taken some time to identify it, but the weird blackish substance had to be the tail hair of a Thestral. A harbinger of death in wizard’s eyes.
He said: “We do use dragonheart strings as well and unicorn hair too. But what is for you phoenix feather, is for us Tatzelwurm whisker.” Yet again he was not telling the whole truth. For one, he was not revealing towards Lilliana how the Elder Wand was not even his first wand. Second, he had not even mentioned anything on his actual first wand. Which he still used sparingly.
They took a turn around a corner. Stopping before the door of one of the few living rooms, Gellert said: “Still, you did not answer my question. Most members of my army do not approach me for a mere chat. They usually want to tell me something or have a question. So what is it with you?”
Liliana couldn’t suppress the soft giggle from his explanation of her core. She was well aware of how FIERCE dragons could be and had been lucky enough to not cross one in her own travels. ❝ With your description, I’m apparently the OPPOSITE of my own wand’s core. Violence has never really interested me. Unless you’d rather compare me to a mother dragon, protecting her eggs while they’re vulnerable. ❞ It was said as more of a JOKE and yet held truth. She’d be quick to defend if others couldn’t but even in dark times such as these, she would much rather keep her wand stowed away.
Fascinating, though. How different regions favoured different cores. Not her little field of study but curious none the less. She had heard in America, they used Thunderbird tail feathers rather than that of a Phoenix, each region researching to fine the BEST of the cores and the most accessible to them. ❝ I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Tatzelwurm. Sorry, but I was sorted into Ravenclaw. I suppose I find most all forms of KNOWLEDGE so interesting. It’s really what started me on my own journeys. ❞
Now he was being more direct with questioning her on her motives. It caused the slight smile to drop from otherwise delicate features ever so slightly. How exactly was she supposed to just admit she perhaps didn’t have the STOMACH for what might come? To ask for some other venture while the rest brought the world of magic into the light? Liliana’s own feet had come to an abrupt stop a couple of meters away from the man. Once more, her dark gaze had dropped to the floor rather than him, honestly wishing to just look ANYWHERE else.
❝ I might be young, Mr. Grindlelwald, but I have studied quite a bit. Old magic, creating magic. I’ve always wanted something DIFFERENT than the common spells today. Some of it——— DARK magic, sir. But always just for the sake of knowing, of diving in deeper to things mostly forgotten. I might not be the best at simple charms but I do have my skills. I just merely don’t wish to use those skills against others. ❞ Was it a shame? A let down? Liliana had certainly heard such words enough for a lifetime and a reason she had left home so soon to travel.
❝ Perhaps I can take up healing if it’s necessary? I ca find some sort of healing charm or I can use my knowledge of herbology. It might not be as ADVANCED as my other skills but it is something. ❞
