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* INDEPENDENT, PRIVATE, SELECTIVE RP BLOG FOR MARION LAVORRE OF CRITICAL ROLE. sideblog to @chaoshe. iconless. low effort. only here to be the best mother ever.
c. widogast
Once again it takes a moment for her WORDS to register, and suddenly Caleb feels incredibly stupid. Of course Jester isn’t here. She’s out having fun, and he’s not going to bother her. He feels the pain in his chest trying to push him out of the safe place he’s found himself in, like shards slashing through the cotton that wraps him up securely. “That’s…Jester…” He mutters, his own voice sounding foreign to him. Caleb glances down at his hand, and a flame appears startling him until it flickers out, his fingers shaking. She’s TOO far away for him to reach. He presses his hands to his eyes almost painfully, when it suddenly hits him. “Frumpkin…” He mutters, and with a wave of his shaky fingers, the cat appears on the table. “Find Jester…” He whispers, voice shaky too, knowing full well that it’s probably useless, because Nicodranas is big, but Frumpkin wanders off anyway while Caleb tries his best to remember how to breathe.
MARION HAS KNOWN FROM THE very beginning that her little sapphire is special ———— her little ray of sunshine, a reminder that as broken as this world is, there is still good to be found between the cracks. and yet, watching her now as she charms her friends, she knows that statement to be more true than ever. ❝ i am not going anywhere, yes ?? but you need something to drink. ❞ while they wait for his little companion to return, she walks to the small table to brew tea ; a blend left for her by mister clay, something fruity and fragrant and calming. caleb, however, doesn’t have to wait long for an answer, before his head fills with jester’s worried voice. ❝ cay-leb !! i found some reaaaally cool books for you, is everything okay ?! frumpkin is acting a little strange. ohhhhh, i get it, do you miss ———— ❞
c. widogast.
It takes Caleb A LONG TIME to even register the words she’s speaking. Everything is hazy and a little too quiet and even though he knows that it’s a dangerous place, it’s safe. He’s managed to stay away from it for so long, and he’s beginning to realize why. Marion’s hands register against his cheeks and he tries to focus on her, blinks once and then twice until her words form in his head. It takes twice as long as usual for him to assemble the words in his head, to get them to make sense, but even then it’s only one word that makes sense. One word, one name. The first thing that comes to mind. “J-Jester…”
SHE IS NO STRANGER TO all ills that come with the wounds that cannot be seen ; panic attacks are familiar, as is the disruption of self and other such mechanisms meant to protect the psyche from breaking entirely. her thumb runs soothingly across the underside of his eye, free hand going to take his own, hold firm and careful. ❝ jester is out with your friends in the city, remember ?? you are in nicodranas, within the lavish chateau and nothing is chasing after you at the moment. ❞ a pause, head titling to the side. ❝ but i am certain that if you reach out for her with your magic, the way you two do, she will come. ❞
c. widogast.
Caleb carries this PAIN with him at all times, but usually he’s better at containing it. Now, with all the truth Marion is speaking, and the fact that he still thinks of himself as a monster deep down, it feels like everything he’s ever pushed down is clawing its way now now, tearing his apart from the inside. He only vaguely registers her words in his vein attempt to get some kind of control back, to calm himself down. It doesn’t work. At least not for a while. He isn’t sure how long he cries, how long his body shakes within her arms, but he eventually finds himself slipping back into that place that’s so familiar to him, the place where everything feels like it’s wrapped in cotton, where he doesn’t have to think for once. It’s a dangerous place, because he’s been trapped there for so long before, but it’s easier than to bear this pain any longer, at least for now.
THERE IS NO RUSH, NO PLACE she has to be except for here, holding him while he shakes apart with the remnants of a trauma left unresolved, that will mayhap remain unresolved until he learns he has the strength to look at it head on and banish it into the dark. and as she holds him while he sobs, she wonders at the cruelty of those who had seen fit to take a child so bright and curious and make him into a scared, broken young man, and something in her roils with anger. if his friends knew, surely they would burn the whole world to find him peace of mind, though maybe that is precisely why they do not. when he calms at last, she pulls back to wipe at his cheeks, smile gentle and sad. ❝ caleb, look at me. what do you need, sweetheart ?? ❞
I was in a mood for a sensual and sexy lady and it turned into a fanart :D The Ruby of the sea with her natural elegant grace :) I know that her clothes doesn’t make any sense :D but I like how they flow around her 😆
c. widogast.
He doesn’t expect the HUG to come. In fact he expects an awkward silence maybe, but then Marion has always known what to say, even if it hurts. Caleb feels himself being pulled close and it’s enough to break the carefully built walls that he’s been trying to hard to hold on to, because when’s the last time he’s been hugged by his mother? It’s been SO LONG and he doesn’t think he deserves it, but he buries his face against her chest anyway, the book sliding from his hands and falling to the floor, but he doesn’t pay it any mind. Instead he shuts his eyes tightly and tries to escape the pain that feels like it’s clawing at him from the insides. “I’m sorry…” He mutters eventually, “I’m sorry I didn’t…”
HE SHATTERS AND HER HEART shatters along with him, and though she has many years on him, and has seen some of the worst this world has to offer, she cannot even begin to imagine the magnitude of his pain. but what she can offer is a place of refuge, of respite. when has he last allowed himself this kind of vulnerability ?? ❝ hush now, caleb. there is no need. ❞ she only holds him tighter, rocking him gently from side to side, as much as rocking a grown man in such a tight space allows for. can do nothing more, but maybe it is enough to lead him towards healing. to allow him to mourn for the things only he knows. ❝ there, let it go. you are safe here. you keep everyone else safe, you can rest from that for a little while. ❞
c. widogast.
Caleb thinks about an answer, something he could SAY to contradict her, but he knows there’s nothing there, because she’s right. Deep down he knows as much, but the truth is: there’s still that voice inside his head, that sounds like Trent, who tells him that he’s not worthy. That he’s committed horrible crimes, and he has, and that nobody could ever love a monster like him. He’s been better, too, sometimes he almost thinks he can get away from the pain that claws at him so fiercely, but when it’s brought to the forefront of his attention like this? Then Caleb is seventeen again, and being DRAGGED away from the burning house he used to love so much. He stays silent, because he doesn’t trust his voice, and instead drops his gaze to the book in his lap, trying to focus on anything but the fact that he wants to cry.
❝ OH, YOU POOR, DARLING BOY ———— ❞ it’s easy enough to gather him in her arms, overwhelmed almost by the urge to protect. here they are all, this mismatched group of wounded, hurting individuals that her daughter has collected like strays, and by definition that means they are hers as well. for so long, others have seen her as only an object of desire, but with them, she can be a mother, allows herself to nurture. hold firm but gentle, she hums the song that would always calm jester down as a babe when she woke from the thrall of a bad dream, fingers rubbing circles into his back. ❝ everything will be well, i promise. it takes time, but everything will be well. ❞
c. widogast.
Caleb FLINCHES when her hand comes to rest on his forearm, but he doesn’t pull away. Deep down he knows she does not mean him any harm, and he hates himself a little for not quite being in control of his actions and the way he reacts to touch still. Marion is kind, and honest, and Caleb knows that she’s right. Still, he drops his gaze and shakes his head, still fiddling with the edges of the book he’d been reading. “She…” He begins and shakes his head. She deserves better. He wants to say, but Caleb isn’t stupid, far from it really, and it’s a curse. He knows exactly what Marion is going to say in response, and she will, once again he right. “She is easy to love, you’re right.” He finally nods, looking up but avoiding her eyes. “But…I am not.”
HE IS SO SKITTISH, as if anyone that comes near him might mean him harm and not comfort, except ———— she has seen him around his friends. and maybe for now that is enough to stave off the bleeding, at least until he finds the time and will to stitch it shut. marion sighs, gaze shifting to the large windows overlooking the ocean, allowing him privacy with his emotions, then shakes her head. ❝ i do not think whether you are easy to love or worthy of it is something you get to decide. ❞ she has been, after all, the recipient of many a heart she had not wanted, not when the one she did was beyond her grasp. ❝ these people, they have chosen to love you. it is well within their right to do so. anyone who has told you the contrary knows very little to do with love ; it is not something you earn through trial of fire. it is given. ❞
———— so who wants a starter.
c. widogast
Caleb wants to RUN so badly, but he stays, and doesn’t even shift in his seat, because he knows how to keep quiet, knows how to keep still. It’s a mechanism seared into his brain and he blinks, tries to get himself out of that headspace. They’re talking about Jester. Jester. Nothing else. He reaches to rub his forearms and then thinks better of it, and instead begins to fiddle with the book in his hands. “With all due respect,” He finally replies, clearing his throat. “I…don’t think I can make that decision for your daughter, and neither can you.” Of course he knows he can make his own decisions, but Caleb’s decided a long time ago that he’s not going to bother her with his feelings. He’s barely able to deal with them himself really, it would be unfair to put them on Jester, especially when Fjord seems to slowly be coming around. And Jester? Well she deserves to have the life she wants, the man she wants.
HE IS SAD BEYOND HIS YEARS, this boy. burdened by weights that ought not be his to carry. yet carry them he does, stubbornness or folly or perchance something else, something marion is not privy to, and maybe never will be. she looks at him and sees another man, back when he was a boy himself, so ready to leave himself last if it meant greater things. she very much doubts that the half-orc captain will set aside his goals to make her daughter happy. caleb might. ❝ excuse my frankness, caleb. ❞ she touches her fingers to his forearm, gentle and warm. something to tether him, if he needs it. ❝ but is she making a decision if she does not know all the facts ?? are you not making the choice for her simply by the virtue of not telling her ?? jester is many things, and they all bring me great pride, but she is not like you or i. she takes everything at face value, the good and the bad. ❞ a sigh, hands returning to her lap to clasp each other. ❝ all i mean is that you are dear to her, and all of you are dear to me. i do not want to see mistakes repeated. ❞
c. widogast.
Caleb always feel strangely AT HOME in Nicodranas. Maybe it’s because it’s so far away, and so different, from the place he grew up in, the place he doesn’t enjoy thinking about anymore, because all of his memories are tainted now. He tries his best not to think about it though, instead says goodbye to his friends as they go off to do their various things while he curls up with a book. He doesn’t notice Marion until she’s seated next to him, and it’s weird, how he feels both comforted and on display all of a sudden. “Did she, ja?” He manages, closing the book and staring at it for a moment before looking up at her. He KNOWS she can see right through him, and Caleb feels like he needs to recoil, needs to get up and leave, run as far as possible, but he knows he can’t. “She is…very lovable, yes.” He finally replies, a slight smile tugging on the corners of his lips. “She’s…kind, and sweet, but also strong and ferocious. Everyone we meet is very enamoured by her.”
HER OWN MOTHER HAS TAUGHT HER that sometimes you need to rub at a bruise to make it heal, and marion has made sure that jester learns that too. delayed gratification has never been a concept her daughter embraced, but she has seen her prod at bruises many a time ; sometimes it hurts to heal. sometimes, the whole process needs a little encouraging. she smiles, tilting her head to look at caleb with a raised eyebrow. ❝ and yet i have not asked what everyone she meets thinks about her. ❞ a little unfair, perhaps, to say such things to him when she knows he cannot escape. but she had been young once, and in love, and maybe history is not doomed to be a closed circle. ❝ mister widogast, if i may ... i do not presume to know what is in your heart. truly, i do not know what is in my own daughter’s, as nobody but you and she can, respectively. i just think it would be unfortunate to lose one’s chance at happiness because of fear. ❞
me: my brain: i’ve been around a very long time. i’ve seen a lot of good people and a lot of bad. it’s very easy for the good people to be mislead that they are at fault for what the bad people do to victimize them. it's how they stay in power. if they convince us that we're responsible for every terrible thing that comes upon us then they are absolved. blame is a tricky thing. good people blame themselves for everything and bad people never see their own fault. for a long time, i was told that i was responsible for every bad thing that happened in my life. that is not true.
Doodling during the stream again—this time I finally had a go at Marion!
THIS PAST YEAR THEY HAVE BEEN acquainted, she has watched caleb watch jester. it is not a hard thing to do, not when he is not nearly as subtle as he thinks he is. he always softens when her little sapphire casts the thrall of her entire attention on him, oblivious though she is, and, well. marion has long learned the tells of a man in love who thinks himself unworthy. the lot of them have stopped in nicodranas for the week, and she revels in the chaos they bring with them : jester has made it her mission to buy as many pastries as she can carry, which is quite plenty, and has enlisted the help of beauregard, veth, and her little one. the rest, she has not seen since breakfast, perhaps gone to the beach or to the various shops the port offers. caleb, she finds with a book in his lap. ❝ you know, ❞ always start gentle with people like him, like approaching a scared wounded animal. ❝ jester used to hide away with her books too, when she was very little. ❞ a pause, long skirt rustling as she takes a seat next to him. ❝ she is very easy to love, yes ?? ❞ / @aschcregen
MEN, SHE HAS LEARNED OVER THE YEARS, have the queer proclivity of not realising when they wear their hearts on their sleeves. the less they think they show, the more they reveal in truth. marion has built a career over watching people ; learning what they like, what they try to hide, unearthing desire and fear both. she keeps her demeanour pleasant, pours wine for them both, although from the balcony where they are currently sat, her gaze does drift to where her little sapphire is in the process of terrorizing various merchants. ❝ she has pulled you into her orbit already, yes ?? she has a habit of collecting friends, and you make her quite happy, mister valkorvyn. i do hope the same can be said for her. ❞ / @aucrow
An unfinished piece that helped me define Marion's design :) I love how her face looks here. Beautiful but also wise.
———— so who wants a starter.