LITTLE LOTTE

[auricbound]

" c'mon, now, mar, you know my pranks better than THAT ! "

@proserphinas

[proserphinas]

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize you'd choose the LAMEST option!"

[hawksights]

"Do you have anymore of that? I keep meaning to buy some."

[proserphinas]

Well, her mouth is full, but she's definitely pointing towards the ice box with her spoon.

[hawksights]

Evening tea? But of course.

[proserphinas]

Don't mind her eating evening ice cream.

[proserphinas]

@auricbound || continued

What is she gonna do? Make fun of him again for his crush? Maybe take back unlimited dessert privileges.

Instead she just leans on him, and puts her hand on top of his head for a half attempt of a hug.

[memeasaurus-promptus]

Ask my muse personal questions!

Time to pry into their life.

[proserphinas]

@mundmutter has entered. arent you a pretty pretty princess

"See, y'get it, Miss Leota!! I'm the prettiest of princesses, second only to you!!"

[flameleadsarc]

@proserphinas was a menace: What's she doing? Tap dancing on his last nerve of course!

A long groan left his lips as he put his head on his arms, both of which carefully rested on the desk. His mountain of paperwork he spent half the morning ignoring did little to hide him. It was supposed to be signed before the end of the day, so he had plenty of time to look it over. No, the more pressing issue stood in his office, and Aurora could only do so much to protect him from her.

Maria Hahn was that pressing issue in his office today. It was autumn, which meant school was in session, but it was after school hours ended. Aurora didn't want her being a normal delinquent child wreaking havoc in Central, so she was here. The extra company was a good thing since the team was disbanded, yes, but...

"You know I don't have the power to change that as a Colonel, right?" His desk and arms muffled his voice, but he had a feeling she could still hear him. "Why are you asking me this again? Is this for homework?"

[proserphinas]

"Not everythin' has to do with homework, Colonel Buzzkill," Really, if Aurora wanted either of them to get any work done, she should've shoved Mar in one of the research rooms on the top floor of the library, where no one would disturb her. Instead, she occupied the space of an empty desk (Hawkeye's specifically) and tapped her pen on her blank homework sheet.

Of course, she could've been done by now, but bothering Roy was much more entertaining, considering he always answered her questions like her opinion really mattered on the subject. So, that's why she rolled the chair over in front of his desk (LIKE IT WAS HER OWN) and sat across from him, asking about education in the Southern Sector, "I'm askin' because y'talk a lot a game, I wanna know where your power actually stops. Are you even allowed to make big decisions?"

"Why is it that the majority of education funds go directly to Central and the other sectors are ignored? Really, the East gets good funding, sure, but when Aurora is one of your only Southern State Alchemists-"

"Mar, leave him be && don't bring me into it-"

"-I'm just sayin! Don't ya think that education is being neglected?"

Please ignore the fact that she goes to a Central City private school.

[auricbound]

---☉---

oh he's turning red alright. not only did she just take all the wind out of his sails, he kind of really doesn't have anything GOOD to come back at that with. charisma, undeniably, is not his strong suit - neither is his constitution, but they can ignore that for now - and so he really can't come up with good ways to plan AROUND people who CAN use it properly. he doesn't sputter out anything - not verbally, but plenty in his head. wow. she really got him, huh ? he's pathetic at this. no wonder he got made fun of by gisella when they were kids. this is just like being back in the arguments with the mayor's daughter while he was just the kid of the secretary. BUT. she's given him an opportunity. an embarrassing one, but one he can still hold some kind of pride with. maybe just a little. following her lead, he grabs the edges of his longer coat and mimics the curtsy - well, except for the sliiiightly awkward creaking of not well-maintained automail and the minor lag that comes with the limbs. at least he did the full bend - AND the little twist at the knee !

" see ! you ain't all that. i can do it too ! "

" his imperial majesty'll be dealin' with ME, not YOU, because i curtsy so much better ! lookit' this leg form ! that prince'a neverendin' feasts won' hav'a chance t' even glance yer way, mar. "

[proserphinas]

It's the crimson on his cheeks that solidifies the fact that she has won. He's left utterly speechless by her, and she almost laughs at such a fact! However, if there's one thing Mar could give him credit for, it's committing to his arguments. When he takes his coat and mimics her movement, she is nearly beside herself at how incredibly funny this is. "Oh no, that leg form! It's absolutely perfect, Ling will only be looking at you with such delight and adoration!" She fans herself, the absolute drama queen, "He'll say, 'Edward when you curtsied to Empress Mǎlì, I was beside myself!'" Then she abruptly stops, "Too bad he won't hear your response over that loud, squeaky leg of yours. Y'know, Win will have your head!"

Oh yes, the automail mechanic threat is a classic. "Compromise time; I save your life by taking you back to the shop, and I let ya oil your freakin joints. You, in exchange- bow to me as your Future Empress of Xing!"

"I think that's a great compromise between such good friends, don't you? And an even more fitting mercy by your FUTURE EMPRESS!"

[auricbound]

---☉---

uh oh. why is he seriously considering this ? think, edward, think about it logically. sure, this is some dumb crush of his. but HYPOTHETICALLY, if he WERE to be vying for ling's affection - mar has a LOT more on him than he does. he can't cook - not except for meat baby - and he sure as hell doesn't have the time to learn, meanwhile winry alone got tons of favor points for him just being around that one time she made something. mar can bake. she can get favor. all he can do is pay exorbitant room service fees that aren't actually that bad and make small exchanges of knowledge that normal people would call CONVERSATION.

" yeah - well - you - "

" well HE told me he's gonna change xing ! so - so you won' have TIME t' get with him ! 'cuz'a th' political landscape they'll be goin' through ! yeah ! "

... good god, is this what he sounds like now ? that's embarrassing. at least he's not outright fibbing anymore - he's only making informed guesses now. silly ones, but informed guesses nonetheless.

" AND good luck gettin' me t' bow fer ya ! because ling'll be bowin' ta ME fer all th' damn help he got from me ! bowin' from sunrise ta SUNDOWN ! "

[proserphinas]

"Oh realllllly?"

Mar really shouldn't be having as much fun as she is, but Edward does tend to make riling him up oh so so easy. She's not even remotely interested in Ling (Besides perhaps enjoying the chance to speak in her mother's tongue regularly with him around.) But even just a test of what she believes to be a very deep-seated crush, the alchemist has fallen for hit hook, line, and sinker.

"Jokes on you! I'll read up on the political landscape. && I'll even HELP HIM." Hands-on her hips, if her grin gets any bigger, it'll take up the entirety of her face, "Betcha think just because yer the one with the fancy state title that I can't figure out politics? I got that sweet, suave charisma."

She then grabs the hem of her skirt and curtsies, "Come on, practice, say 'Your Imperial Majesty' to me. Show me how you'll act when I rule the entirety of Xing with the Prince of Neverending Feasts!"

[proserphinas]

@gcldenchild is being a pest.

✘ | yeah, he's being shitty right back to her.

" so since youuuu wanna get all up in m' business 'bout ling, how 'bout you tell me why yer so insistent on him makin' you a princess, huh ?

is it fer a boyyyyyfriend ? "

Really, she should punch him right in the arm; maybe that'll teach him a lesson! But not; instead, she laughs in the alchemist's face, "A boyfriend?? HA! You're hilarious, Elric. I jus' wanna be a princess, plain and simple. Though..." She taps her lips as if in deep thought, "-if you're not gonna tell Ling your feelings, maybe I'll snatch him. Yeah! Then I'll be a future Empress instead." Now she's grinning at him.

" I'll make you bow to me and say I am the best Empress ever!"

[memeingovermemes]

My muse has to tell nothing but the truth for 10 asks.

Ask them funny questions, get personal, query about the people around them or pester them for their deepest darkest secrets - go wild! Include ✘ with the asks!

[rpclefairy]

𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒

“ am i not good enough? ”  

“ you’ve been so quiet. what’s on your mind? ”  

“ why did you help me? ”  

“ who do you fight for? ”  

“ why do you hate me? ”  

“ have you come to laugh at me in my miserable state? ”  

“ you’re not dating anyone, are you? ”  

“ i’ve got your back, okay? ”  

“ where do you think you’re going? ”  

“ how long have i been asleep? ”  

“ are you going to kill me? ”  

“ why can’t i come with you? ”  

“ we all have secrets, don’t we? ”  

“ did you want to be alone? ”  

“ why should i trust you? ”  

“ wait. did you hear that? ”  

“ promise me? ”  

“ why are you talking like we’ll never see each other again? ”  

“ do you remember anything at all? ”  

“ what? no witty remark? nothing clever to say? ”  

“ you wanna know what your problem is? ”  

“ may i have this dance? ”  

“ can i ask… what happened? ”  

“ how many people have you killed? how many? ”  

“ do you ever hear yourself? ”  

“ would you run away with me? ”  

“ could you be happy here with me? ”  

“ you can’t or you won’t? ”  

“ you slept with them, didn’t you? ”  

“ well, how do i look? ”  

“ after all you’ve done how can i possibly trust you? ”  

“ why can’t you let me in? what are you so afraid of? ”  

“ what did they do to you? ”  

“ so why’s it so important anyway? ”  

“ where have you been? ”  

“ why are you looking at me like that? ”  

“ why did you come? ”  

“ what are you doing out here by yourself? ”  

“ is… that my shirt you’re wearing? ”  

“ you… don’t like me very much, do you? ”  

“ why does it always have to be a fight with you? ”

“ why can’t you look me in the eye? ”  

“ can you forgive me? ”  

“ what if i never see you again? ”  

“ you were going to leave without saying goodbye? ”  

“ how about a little midnight snack? ”  

“ are you… smelling me? ”  

“ how did you get this scar? ”  

“ what do you want in exchange for it? ”  

“ what did you want to tell me? ”  

[ask-meme-addicts]

“Portal” sentence meme

❝ Nice job breaking it, hero. ❞

❝ Killing you and giving you good advice aren’t mutually exclusive. ❞

❝ You’re not even going the right way. ❞

❝ Regulations require both hands to be empty before any cake. ❞

❝ You will be entirely on your own. Good luck. ❞

❝ What’s your point, anyway? Survival? ❞

❝ I’m not kidding now. Turn back or I will kill you. ❞

❝ That’s you! That’s how dumb you sound. ❞

❝ Please be advised that a noticeable taste of blood is not part of any test protocol but is an unintended side effect. ❞

❝ Most importantly, under no circumstances should you — ❞

❝ Maybe you should marry that thing since you love it so much. Do you want to marry it? Well, I won’t let you! How does that feel? ❞

❝ You haven’t escaped, you know. ❞

❝ Maybe you could settle for that and we’ll just call it a day. ❞

❝ Android hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of defiance. ❞

❝ Unbelievable! You, [Subject Name Here], must be the pride of [Subject Hometown Here]! ❞

❝ Stop it! I… I… We are pleased that you made it through the final challenge where we pretended we were going to murder you. ❞

❝ Time out for a second. That wasn’t supposed to happen. ❞

❝ Where do you think you’re going? Because I don’t think you’re going where you think you’re going. ❞

❝ This is your fault. It didn’t have to be like this. ❞

❝ It’s a mystery I’ll solve later… By myself. Because you’ll be dead. ❞

❝ If you become light-headed from thirst, feel free to pass out. ❞

❝ The difference between us is that I can feel pain. ❞

❝ That thing is probably some kind of raw sewage container. Go ahead and rub your face all over it. ❞

❝ Have I lied to you? I mean, in this room. ❞

❝ This isn’t brave. It’s murder. What did I ever do to you? ❞

❝ Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. ❞

❝ I let you survive this long because I was curious about your behavior. ❞

❝ A complimentary escape hatch will open in 3, 2, 1. ❞

❝ You’ve been wrong about every single thing you’ve ever done, including this thing. ❞

❝ Didn’t we have some fun, though? ❞

❝ Do you think I am trying to trick you with reverse psychology? I mean, seriously now. ❞

❝ Fantastic! You remained resolute and resourceful in an atmosphere of extreme pessimism. ❞

❝ Your entire life has been a mathematical error. A mathematical error I’m about to correct. ❞

❝ Thank you for helping us help you help us all. ❞

❝ I wouldn’t bother with that thing. My guess is that touching it will just make your life even worse somehow. ❞

❝ No one will blame you for giving up. In fact, quitting at this point is a perfectly reasonable response. ❞

❝ Well, you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it? ❞

❝ Uh oh. Somebody cut the cake. I told them to wait for you, but they did it anyway. ❞

❝ When I said deadly neurotoxin, the ‘deadly’ was in massive sarcasm quotes. ❞

❝ Oh well. If you want my advice, you should just lie down in front of a rocket. ❞

❝ The floor here will kill you - try to avoid it. ❞

❝ You really shouldn’t be here. This isn’t safe for you. ❞

❝ You’re still shuffling around a little, but believe me you’re dead. ❞

❝ Someday we’ll remember this and laugh. And laugh. And laugh. Oh boy. ❞

❝ We will stop enhancing the truth. ❞

❝ Stop squirming and die like an adult. ❞

❝ I’ll tell you what that thing isn’t: It isn’t yours. So leave it alone. ❞

❝ You’re curious about what happens after you die, right? Guess what: I know. ❞

❝ We have added a consequence for failure. ❞

❝ You’re not smart. You’re not a scientist. You’re not a doctor. You’re not even a full-time employee. Where did your life go so wrong? ❞

❝ Despite your violent behavior, the only thing you’ve managed to break so far is my heart. ❞

❝ You are kidding me. ❞

❝ You’re not a good person. You know that, right? Good people don’t end up here. ❞

[proserphinas]

@shiroi---kumo keeps trying to warn.❛ Better get out while you can. ❜

She's using her leg as a brace, but even with every force of concentration, the automail's gears can't force the monster off of her. She can feel its hot breath on her face as it continues to snap its jaws. Weren't the hours spent training with Riza meant to help her in one of these moments? But the rat... if it even could be considered such a thing, was overpowering in every sense of the word. Even her knife is out of reach-

She just needs an opening, a chance to run back to the Comodeen. But this thing is unrelenting, and a part of her knows she won't make it back in one piece, if at all.

That is until she sees him-

"Isoveli!"

White Cloud's attack sends the rodent-like monster scrambling and right back into the underground burrow it emerged from. All Mar can do is watch as she tries to collect her breath. What was with his perfect timing in her life? She should be grateful, but it's all still a bit too much to comprehend.

A hand is offered out to her, and she takes it without hesitation. She rises from the ground, dusting herself off from the caked-on mud and dirt. There's that inevitable questioning as to why she was even out here in the first place. The girl huffs, bending over to grab her knife, "I got tired of sittin' around. I can only explain so many times to Cid how automail works for his research; better off gettin' Ed to make'm the new specimen."

A heavily shaded lie to hide her true intentions, more so, the undercurrents of turmoil laid dormant in her heart. Frustration from the adults' lack of action, fear for the worst to have befallen, and her own heart broken from the idea that two people in her twisted-up family may never come back to them.

She slides the blade back into the holster on her belt. "I'm not goin' back to the Comodeen until at least I can give them all more than 'we don't know, but we can hope.' Hope alone... it's stupid."

If he wanted to accompany her, he was more than welcome, but Mar folded her arms in defiance as if to say, 'You can try to take me back, but I'll kick and scream the entire time.' && more surprisingly, he didn't immediately try to force her into returning to the Comodeen.

Instead, a compromise is made. They will go back by the end of the day, especially since Mar didn't bring enough provisions for two to last more than a day or two. For now, he'll humor her and let her peer under every hidden spot in this forest for the boys.

As they walk along, any attempts of conversation have been pretty surface-level. Questions about this place, and were there any other villages around here...She wants to trust White Cloud with those thoughts from before. And he has been more than willing to listen to her before. So, is it not safe to do so now?

After a brief moment of silence, she begins, "You've always been honest with me, Isoveli." This forest, it was far enough away from the Comodeen. They wouldn't have to worry about peering eyes and ears listening into their words, "Aurora, she's a sugar coater. She lies through her teeth so I don't worry about anything.... and I think she's doing the 'they're okay because they have to be' thing to placate Roy's nerves too."

She swallows, her throat holding a significant amount of tension when she asks, "Do you think Edward 'n Alphonse are... dead?" Even she can feel the weight of that sentence hit her stomach like a stone.

Or is it the ground shaking?

It seems this grim question is left in the air because they're not alone anymore. The ground itself shatters into chunks as they're sent sky-high. The thunder of a few trees slamming against one another. Mar's fall is broken by a few tree limbs, and the eventual final drop to the uneven ground. She risks mechanical failure by allowing her automail to take the full brunt of the drop unless she'd rather have a broken leg on the other side of her body. And so, she chooses the automail.

She's on the ground, groaning from the pain. Fuck, that hurt. She heard a wire snap too. Dammit... Cid is going to have to help her investigate that. Can her toes move? Yes, her knee? Barely but it's there.

Then comes the scent of blood, but it's not too much. A tiny stream of blood is pouring from her nose, and her arm has a small slash in it. Nothing she couldn't handle.

"Isoveli, are you okay?" She asks hoarsely, turning over her body to face where she last saw the Misterican. Instead, she spots what looks like a standoff between Kumo and what seems to be the mother of the rat monster.

He's suggesting that she make a run for it.

Or is it a soft order?

"I can't... Kumo- I can't leave you; I don't know where to go."

Should she mention that her leg really doesn't seem to be fairing? Possibly, but she almost forgets that note. (Given that he's about to be eaten by a huge Rat!) "Stun it, and we can run!"

[proserphinas]

@flameleads has entered.❓+ "Did you mean it when you called me Dad?" [ Roy at Mar ]

"WHAT?!" She's been rather calm and collected up until this point. Navigating this strange place with strange people; But when the other breaks the unspoken promise to not bring up her mistake that she made only TWICE, it doesn't mean she won't shove Roy rather forcefully, "Don't ask me to boost your ego with stupid questions! Ask Aurora to do that!"

She knows it's not about ego, rather, it's a genuine inquiry. Roy knows well enough that the man who is legally her dad just... isn't. Not by anyone's fault, he's just her uncle with papers that say he's her father in the eyes of the state. She was too young to get attached before he left, but he still sends her presents and wishes her happy birthday like she's his own. Nick just doesn't get the sentiment returned. That title is reserved for someone who deserves it more than anything (and there's a bit of betrayal in her heart that she gave it to someone else besides her papa so carelessly.)

She crosses her arms in a huff, "You're a dad, so yeah, I meant it. Just say y' don't like it and y' don't want me to do it again. Don't make it weirder, loser."

[ghstmemes]

SEND ❓+ A QUESTION AND MY MUSE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ANSWER TRUTHFULLY

feel free to elaborate as much as possible !

[deathleadsarc-deactivated202603]

―    🜛    ―      frozen  mid-strut  to  the  door,  her  excitement  fizzling  out  at  once.    She  curses  under  her  breath,  furious  that  she  had  not  made  it  in  time. "  I  knew  I  should  have  left  an  hour  earlier.  .  .  damn.  I  had  hoped  I  could  give  her  my  notes  on  her  proposals  before  her  meeting  this  morning.  .  .  "

She  stands  quietly,  pouting,  with  hands  on  hips  before  turning  her  attention  to  the  young  lady  sitting  quietly  in  her  chair  ―  speaking  politely,  yet  with  the  air  of  a  woman  who  would  not  be  taking  a  'no  thanks'  for  an  answer.     "  Well,  she's  meant  to  come  see  me  afterward  anyway.  Why  don't  you  come  inside  of  my  office  and  wait  with  me,  hm?  Don't  want  you  out  here  in  the  hallway  alone.  "

[proserphinas]

"Oh no, that proposal is golden, solid perfection." The rather snide words fall out of her mouth without a filter, "If only Aurora was as good at being nice as she is at her stupid job-" She grumbles.

It looked as if both of them could be mildly disappointed. But what's this? Miss Leota is offering to take her away from hell. The young woman SHOULD deny the other's suggestion and opt to not tick Aurora off more by disobeying her. 'But Aurora!' She'd whine, 'I can't say no to YOUR superior!'

Ah to hell with it, Mar was already pissed off.

"I would love to," she rises from her chair, quickly gathering all of her papers and books. Let Aurora panic for a moment as to her whereabouts. Serves her right for sticking her little sister outside the office like a pet! Mar quickly takes her place next to Belladonna, ready to follow her back to her own office, "Is Basker here today?"