Hi hii! I'm your friendly ghostly writer, Laurel F. :D (tho I mainly go by various nicknames on here hihi) I currently have one wip that has pretty much taken over my life, although sometimes I'll cheat and think about something else ;P You can always tag me in tag games and stuff, but just know that I may be a little slow to respond :)
It was storming the day Davina died. Death saw her fall off a tall building, to her end. Or to her beginning. You see, Davina had a pure soul, so she was reborn as an Angel. After Death brought her back to the home of the Angels, his counterpart, Life, fell in love with her sweet doe eyes and decided that they would raise her together.
Davina grew up under the care of her family on their little world at the center of the universe. Her uncle Aditya raised the sun every day, and her aunt Tsuki raised the moon every night. Her big brother Rhodes tended to the flowers in the garden, and her aunt Nefeli liked to play drums on the clouds. When Nefeli’s thunderstorms reminded of the day her past self died, her three-headed wolf shooed her fears away. Davina was so loved and loved so much: even if she was afraid of heights, she encouraged her dragon to learn how to fly; and she wasn’t afraid to take the most feared predator in the universe, a fangmare, under her wing. Life and Death believed she would have been so wonderful a Guardian Angel. So wonderful…
There was just one thing that held her back from becoming a Guardian, and it wasn’t even her fear of heights. Poor Davina lost her faith in humanity after she got hurt by the humans she was supposed to guard.
But then she met the kind-hearted boy Lykos, and there seemed to be hope yet. Perhaps he could teach her that not all humans are bad. Perhaps… he could teach her how to fly.
Feather Light & Black Feather
Genres: angelic fantasy*, dark fantasy & romance(yuck, I know!🤪💞)
Feather Light
On the Night of the Dead, little Nova finds himself lost in the woods and chased by ghosts that are surely trying to eat him. But luck is on his side when he stumbles upon the abandoned temple of an angel he’s never heard of before: one who is dressed in robes black as the dead of night. Yet despite her scary demeanor, she is the kindest, most beautiful soul he’s ever met. And he promises he will remember her forever.
Nerezza, Angel of the Dead, and the black sheep of Heaven, has been long forgotten by humanity. She’s better off alone, though; that way she can’t get hurt by anyone anymore. But Nova, the boy with the smile bright and warm as the sun, refuses to leave her side; he wants to repay her for saving his life. So she lets him work for her at the clinic she set up to perform her Heavenly duties after everyone stopped praying to her. She takes him with her on cases, like the time she had to save an inn from bankruptcy after the guests get brutally murdered in their sleep. Or Nova becomes a case himself, when he accidentally buys a house haunted by evil spirits. But he also helps her when a mysterious creature traps her in a dream. And through it all, she realizes she had been rather lonely all those centuries before. She never wants to be without him again, for life has turned bright and colorful.
But tragedy strikes when an old acquaintance of Nerezza’s threatens to separate the two. Nerezza must do anything within her power to protect the kindest, most beautiful soul she’s ever met. And Nova? How much will he pay to prove his love?
Black Feather
A mortal and an immortal… it was never a good idea. Their time together was bliss while it lasted, but the empty void he left behind in her chest may never be filled up again.
Three centuries after Nova’s death, Nerezza still visits the slumbering forest that is his eternal resting place, carrying a basket full of grief – and salmon for the little white fox that so often provides her with company on her lonely days. Without the sound of her beloved’s laughter blessing her ears, her world has become so utterly quiet. However, someone is trying to disturb the silence; the most powerful of demons, feared by even Heaven itself, wants something from Nerezza’s forest. She sets up a leakproof guard, killing the demon’s every pawn that dares set foot past the trees. But one day, a single droplet slips inside: a girl running from someone trying to sacrifice her to a demon. She sticks to her savior like a wet autumn leaf to a shoe, meeting Nerezza always with a smile so warm it could even melt the icecaps of a frozen heart.
And history… might just repeat itself.
More Feather content:
Character intros: Nerezza, Nova, Ozul, Kaan, Aranea, Nebula, Hedwig, Lysandra, Raiden (Aranea is no longer in the story :') but I'm too attached to her intro to kick it out lol)
I enjoy little animations even if it has no sound. For anyone curious this character is Jonh Doe, who will be featured in the upcoming Ghost Siblings pilot chapter. You can read what I have available on Patreon, but I plan to start posting it on public socials in the near future once all the editing is done.
Currently Reading: Lecture slides about working with laboratory animals. Ahem, I actually finished Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao yesterday!
Last Song: Mercy by Adrián Berenguer
Last Film: Spring Garden, a Korean horror movie that I wasn't super wowed by unfortunately :/
Last Game: I tested a game someone developed for their graduation project
Last Series: Just finished The Imperfects. It was fun to put on on the background while I was embroidering, and the science talk wasn't even the worst I've heard! The lab settings, however... Cells can NOT be stored at room temp!
Tagging... uhm... @oh-no-another-idea @enchanted-lightning-aes @talesofsorrowandofruin aaand anyone who sees this!
Thank you very much for this one, @thegreatobsesso! I'm so glad to have another chance to overshare ;)
Awake:
“Are you awake?” [Quintus] whispers needlessly. Behind him, the dying fire crackles, hopefully disguising his small sounds.
“I am now,” Nikolaos replies, still wearing nothing but his shorts and the large cloak.
Alive:
Nikolaos lays on his back and clutches a handful of dirt in his right hand. He is alive, dammit, and morning has arrived yet again, and the world is made up of a million sensations.
He’s not sure when Quintus notices him; the smell of cooking food drifts over pleasantly and Nikolaos still does not rise, but when the sun has risen up almost to the top of the sky, Quintus appears, his loose white shirt hanging open at the collar, his angular face tempered with sleep-softened affection. It is a strange look on a harbinger of death.
Alone:
For better or for worse – worse, definitely worse – Nikolaos is drenched, freezing, and alone in the dark woods. He would scream in frustration, only he doesn’t much relish the idea of being devoured by wolves on top of everything else.
Aware:
They retrace Quintus’s earlier steps, back up into the center of the fort, stepping over the carnage still resting in the halls. At one point, Quintus is aware of Nikolaos’s eyes on him, but when he next looks up after fording a large puddle of sticky blood on the stones, Nikolaos has already turned away.
Your God watches you all the time. Does he not turn away from all the death you bring about?
Quintus can nearly hear Nikolaos’s answer, it’s so clear to him what it would be. I have done far too much to be forgiven. He is still my God. And He forgives.
It doesn’t matter much one way or another to Quintus, but he hopes now, painfully, that Nikolaos can find something worthy of forgiveness in Quintus.
🥳I'll tag @writingrosesonneptune @memento-morri-writes @reneesbooks @sunset-a-story @artdecosupernova-writing @i-can-even-burn-salad @drippingmoon @charlesjosephwrites @sleepyowlwrites @sleepy-night-child and anyone else who sees this -- your words are submerge, search, surface, and steel!
Wish I could use Dutch here more often. 'Act normal' does NOT have the same energy as 'doe normaal' and there's not a single translation that does have the right energy. But often I do think Doe Normaal Gast when I'm scrolling Tumblr.
Thanks for the tag @minamaybe!!! This is a terrific game, for who doesn't love tbr lists?
No pressure tags for @reneesbooks @eccaiia @sleepyowlwrites @sleepy-night-child @memento-morri-writes @writernopal @talesofsorrowandofruin and anyone else who'd like to talk books!📚
Because @memento-morri-writes also did this for Rook I'm considering myself tagged to do this again (mostly because I want to and there are no rules)
So here's my anxious disaster child Thea, who you can read all about in my book Beyond the Darkness, which is available for FREE on Hoopla or through most retailers
Who is Thea? What's she like?
@emelkae
#Nix you can put that girl in a bubble and she's just gonna pop it
#Thea is like a sparkler #Burns bright but really also burns really fast
#Thea has such a good arc
#and Thea is like 😱
@jacqueswriteblrlibrary
#so many things have happened to her...but that makes her life so interesting
@diphthongsfordays
#Thea is also a whole mood
What does she get up to?
@memento-morri-writes
#and not noticing the sky changing colors...uh oh. Someone's preoccupied #and the one about losing control...OUCH #you can really feel her desperation here!!!!!
@diphthongsfordays
#love how 'she definitely wouldn't want to go here' is immediately followed by 'she has to go here'
@eccaia
#cries with her
@tabswrites
#ooo I relate to Thea the kitchen can be a very healing place
@emelkae
#ohhh i wanna know what thea did to catch Ryu's attention
#you can tell something went terribly in chapter 15 omg
#the one with Thea crying made me actually laugh out loud
#yelling yelling yelling yelling
#oh girl go Thea #yeah she would've never in that first part lol but seems like something really must have pushed her
@oh-no-another-idea
#the worst (best) kind of nightmare
@jacqueswriteblrlibrary
#dangerous medical experiments
What do we want for her?
@diphthongsfordays
#Thea deserves a hug or a hot beverage of choice
@thatndginger
#i wanna hug Thea
@asher-writes
#someone please give Ryu and Thea A Hug these poor souls :( !!
@emelkae
#love watching her grow
#I'm excited to watch Thea develop a little later down the line #It'll be cool to see her blossom eventually
Of course I couldn't pass up doing this for my sad little guy after I saw @reneesbooks do it for Keelan.
I spent entirely too much time on this and had so much fun going through old tags.
If I've tagged you in this consider yourself tagged to do it too!
Behold my pathetic, chaotic gremlin of a man who thinks he's an edgelord but is actually just a dumbass.
And remember you can read all about him in my book Beyond the Darkness - FREE on Hoopla or available through most retailers.
who is Nix? what's he like?
@thatndginger
#and probably worthy of a punch in the face too
@emelkae
#ough
#ARRGHHGHGGHG BARK BARK
#aw Nix #You can be caring and reliable #Likeable and friendly...well...hmmm...
#Gram while holding the terrible drowned kitten of a man that is Nix: #Yeah he sucks. I love him though. But you don't have to
#Yes Nix you are such a monster~ #Very cuel very bad~~ #(He is not)
#yes nix but what if I think your worst self is lovely and fascinating? what then??
#he really is a dumbass lol
#he is...so small??
@eccaiia
#love me the snarky little assholes
@sleepyowlwrites
#nix my beloved
#:( my baby
@sleepy-night-child
#they will murder their way through any situation just to get a sandwich and that's such a big mood
what does he get up to?
@oh-no-another-idea
#nix and his sword!!!
#telepathy or just plain angst? either way. woooo
#nix i feel like...i feel like you're not getting what gram wants you to #i feel like a mistake is about to be made
#nix is so done lmaoo
@emelkae
#I mean they all get their butts kicked at some point
#ah look at him trying to be intimidating
#nix can't catch a break
#he's gonna hurt himself #he can't be unsupervised!!
#i am choosing to have someone beat me up with zero shame lmao
#......avra is nix okay. AVRA IS NIX OKAY
@sleepy-night-child
#oh noo why can't Nix fall asleep?
#poor Nix! he wants to change but it seems he's still quite the same
@cwritesfiction
#ooooh nooooo someone has made a capital M Mistake
#GET IN THE CAR
#Gram: You know you could try actually talking to her? #Nix: Unrealistic. Blocked.
@diphthongsfordays
#The Stabbing is horrifying and also very good
@thatndginger
#omfg nix and gram are killing me
@jacqueswriteblrlibrary
#gurl what!!! that is DIFFERENT than how u act
what do we want for him?
@memento-morri-writes
#the mortifying ordeal of being known and treated like a human being
@emelkae
#GROWTH
#nix. buddy. therapy maybe? a little?
#these have been almost entirely just beating up nix and I'm here for it
#this mannnn #I am holding him gently in my teeth like a large dog holds a toy
#the stabbing!!
@eccaiia
#I am approaching with a silent intent and a pillow. this man will Rest
#This is pure pain and I'm here for it
@oh-no-another-idea
#bleed like hell and burn like fire woooooo
#poor nix *mwahahahah*
@sleepyowlwrites
#im giving him kisses on his head #it's okay baby
#I wanted to give nix proper gushing tags but that's never gonna happen #so we're settling for nix being adopted into the oc protection squad gang
@jacqueswriteblrlibrary
#stabbings are JUICY
@diphthongsfordays
#okay these are extremely good reasons for stabbing carry on
Thank you to @asher-writes and @artdecosupernova-writing for these tags!
🌹Rules: Post the first line you started working on, and the last line.
First line:
Despite [Nikolaos's] words of reassurance, there’s a scabbed scrape on his cheekbone, a bruise under his left eye. Quintus resists the urge to touch – there is always such a need to mend, to fix, to make whole in him, a curse he carries around as penance for his gifts, and it’s so much worse where it comes to Nikolaos. Because he has been Quintus’s patient more than anyone else? Who can tell.
Last line:
Eyes shutting in disquiet, Nikolaos sighs, low and long. It’s his apology, a needless one, and Quintus gently brushes a hand over Nikolaos’s forehead as one in return.
I'll tag @sleepy-night-child @drippingmoon @rachaellawrites @akindofmagictoo @magic-is-something-we-create and anyone else that'd like to join!
