— JEWEL THIEF

sapphire of the thieves guild written by sal

[sapphis]

i really do have to go to bed now so this is just a reminder to myself to talk about Sapphire & religion tomorrow

bc Sapphire doesnt really.. believe? in the Divines? like, she believes they exist, she just doesnt believe theyre worthy of worship. she doesnt go around badmouthing them & as far as she’s concerned Talos is definitely a god but … none of them saved her. she prayed and she prayed and she prayed and nobody answered. fourteen years old & she had to save herself, the Divines never did shit. so why should she do anything for them?

likewise, she isnt really into Daedra worship - but could probably be persuaded if a Daedric Prince actually spoke to her personally? more than anything she wants to be recognised, she wants an exchange. she wants to be seen as an equal

[sapphis]

itd actually be really easy for a Daedric Prince to manipulate Sapphire, you just need to pretend like you respect her and then offer the power to crush all before her

Sapphire would do anything, make any deal, to ensure she’s never weak or vulnerable again. she doesnt know if she d be able to survive a second time

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

I feel it’s my anger that has helped keep me alive,

Audre Lorde, from a letter to Pat Parker featured in Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde & Pat Parker, (via yivohn)

[kleeboy]

i love the thieves guild. they're the epitome of Filthy. you ever actually stopped in the cistern for a second? those little terrors will just sit down and dip their feet in the sewer water like it's a wading pool. i could name my dragonborn Rat Piss and have them exclusively eat insects and they'd fit right in. post-questline everyone's talking about guild master Rat Piss and someone who isn't up to date on Events just thinks everyone's mad at mercer frey this month cause that's the sort of place the flagon is.

[sapphis]

Sapphire is born under the sign of the Steed

"Those born under the sign of the Steed are impatient and always hurrying from one place to another."

but she hates that her birthsign is a fuckin horse so if you ask she’ll say she’s born under the Serpent

[sapphis]

college has been suspended for the foreseeable future so.

 lil starter call. lengths will vary

[sapphis]

@firsnotfurs​

      “  mallory. either tell me where the fuck vex is or get out of my fuckin’ way. ”  sapphire hefts the burlap sack slung over her shoulder, the jangle of its contents an underscore to her words. she refuses to even look at him. if she does she thinks she might start screaming. or worse.

but she’s not supposed to attack her fellow guild members. so she averts her gaze.

[sapphis]

college has been suspended for the foreseeable future so.

 lil starter call. lengths will vary

[icecollectivebouquet-deactivate]

[sapphis]

after you give Glover’s Letter to Sapphire, i don’t think she tells anyone. she doesnt do anything about it, she definitely doesnt go to Solstheim to confront Glover. she thanks you for letting her know then simply tucks the letter away in a pocket and never does anything

but her anger grows and boils and simmers and she snaps at everyone more often, not that anyone takes notice - they just think its Sapphire being Sapphire, her moods are always capricious at best. 

the letter says “Whatever you do, don’t blame Delvin for any of this. He didn’t know.” but she does, because there’s no one else to blame, and her comments become more cruel than simply snarky and she glares whenever she sees him and she pointedly takes all jobs from Vex instead of him

[sapphis]

i really do have to go to bed now so this is just a reminder to myself to talk about Sapphire & religion tomorrow

bc Sapphire doesnt really.. believe? in the Divines? like, she believes they exist, she just doesnt believe theyre worthy of worship. she doesnt go around badmouthing them & as far as she’s concerned Talos is definitely a god but ... none of them saved her. she prayed and she prayed and she prayed and nobody answered. fourteen years old & she had to save herself, the Divines never did shit. so why should she do anything for them?

likewise, she isnt really into Daedra worship - but could probably be persuaded if a Daedric Prince actually spoke to her personally? more than anything she wants to be recognised, she wants an exchange. she wants to be seen as an equal

[yivohn]

“ come on, sapphire. you don’t need to be so hard on him. ”   valvossa murmured, sidling up to the woman’s side during a moment of privacy, ever the mediator. she was by no means anything but mischevious herself, but even so–-   “ be ambitious but affordable. there’s no way he’s going to pay all that back even if he wanted to. ”

@sapphis​ ♥’d !

[sapphis]

          she gives shadr one last sneer for good measure before turning to meet her fellow guildmember’s gaze. she can’t help but feel a certain smug satisfaction in the few inches she has on valvossa - but she only allows herself the briefest of moments to savour it  

      “  that’s not the point  ” it’s a harsh whisper, and sapphire barely resists the urge to check behind her, certain the redguard must be trying to listen it    “ you know he should have prepared for the possibility of accidents.            “  if anything he should be thanking me — i’m giving him an education  ” 

[soulsofnirn]

“if that creep looks at me one more time when i’m bathing, i’m going to gouge his eyes out.”

@sapphis​ liked for a lyric starter

[sapphis]

       “  won’t be hearing any argument from me. in fact you can borrow my dagger — s’got a paralyze enchantment, might help things out  ”

[harveyxspecter]

[soulsofnirn]

“Oh dear Sapphire, you seem so sad. A killing will brighten your spirits!”

@sapphis​​ liked for a lyric starter

[sapphis]

      “ i’m not— ” not sad, she wants to say, but babette is far too perceptive to even halfway fall for it and sapphire was never much good at lying anyway   “ ... maybe. but nazir said he had nothing for me, so it hardly matters - unless you’re inviting me along with you ? ”

[nightingaletrash]

any time that the Skeleton Key appears in a TES game but the Nightingales don’t, there is a trio of arseholes running around Tamriel, bickering over whose fault it is that the Key went missing again while Nocturnal sits back and watches the shitshow unfurl

[nightingaletrash]

the true purpose of the Nightingales is to provide Nocturnal with soap opera-esque entertainment while they run around trying to find the Key and bring it back to the Ebonmere

[sapphis]

Vipir: So, Sapphire. Can I do anything for you, or more to the point... to you?

Sapphire: Vipir "the Fleet." The only man who's foolish enough to name himself after his bedroom prowess

Vipir: You stupid cow. You don't know what you're missing

Sapphire: No, but I know that you're going to turn up missing if you keep up this kind of talk

[filmgifs]

Charlie’s Angels (2000) dir. McG