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WELL THEN
you know what’s not a good sign? straight up forgetting a blog existed for a long time
i meant to say this earlier but i think coming back was a mistake. i adore satsuki, and the friends i’ve made roleplaying her, but i just don’t have consistent muse anymore. if you wanna keep in touch i’ll be on @coerulus. you can IM me there if you want my discord
I will say I am willing to roleplay satsuki on discord but I’m so bad at keeping multiple blogs going
‘FRAGMENT OF CHAOS: THOUGHTS AND HOPES FROM LOST PLACES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN’ POETRY SENTENCE STARTERS // poetry collection by lux irvine available for purchase on amazon: here
“ i’ve had countless ideas ”
“ help me face the monsters under my bed ”
“ i’ve got stories to write ”
“ maybe it’s finally time ”
“ your story is worth telling ”
“ it’s like you put the stars in the sky ”
“ i don’t mean to make a cliche ”
“ lately everything i seem to say sounds like an apology ”
“ i wasn’t strong enough to pick up the broken pieces ”
“ i want to sleep with you ”
“ i won’t let them get to you ”
“ from within your pain, comes glory ”
“ how many nights did we spend wishing for things that never came true?”
“ what does that make me? ”
“ how much does one sacrifice for others before they lose themselves? ”
“ i needed you to break me so i could find myself ”
“ don’t ask me what i’m doing because i don’t always know ”
“ your body is convenient ”
“ i’m sorry that it had to come to this ”
“ it takes all of my efforts just to not drown ”
“ you were underestimating my strength ”
“ what does it mean to be okay? ”
“ you can buy sex but you can’t buy love ”
“ there is a symphony in me waiting to be sung ”
“ perhaps there was part of me that still needed you ”
“ you’ve mastered the ways of breaking your own heart ”
“ i have always been quick to love and quick to break ”
“ i wanted to plant flowers in the empty spaces of my body so maybe i could find something beautiful to appreciate ”
“ i am sorry i am never there when you need me ”
“ i gave you my body and my heart and now i want them back ”
“ i woke up wanting to love you only to realize that you were no longer mine to love ”
“ you told me that you loved me ”
“ you are new flowers blooming after a spring rain ”
“ i guess i forgot what it was like to burn ”
“ ask me what it’s like to lose yourself ”
“ everyday is halloween for me ”
“ please tell me why missing you feels like pushing a mountain ”
“ there are cobwebs in the corners of my room ”
“ our hearts break in different ways ”
“ i should have been loving myself before loving you ”
“ you deserved better than what i had given you ”
au where satsuki loses control of junketsu like ryuko did? yes please
only it wouldn’t be bc her emotions got out of hand it’d be idk because something happened that broke her concentration long enough for junketsu to decide it was party time
and then either ryuko has to fight some sense into her or her elites can help remind her of her mission to kill ragyo and all that
idk hit me up ppl
way-of-flowers:
There’s a silence, followed by another lower bow.
“My mistake. Forgive my impudence.” The Florist quietly apologizes, before slowly, eventually, coming to standing.
Hanami felt foolish. Left too vulnerable from her reuniting family. She shouldn’t be lowering her guard in front of Lady Satsuki! Now was not the time to show weakness, to reveal that damnable heart on her sleeve. Prying into where she shouldn’t. It wasn’t her business. Truthfully, she had no idea what Ragyo Kiryuin had done. Only that she was stolen away, that her Student Council had been relentlessly searching for month, and that she had been rescued. But given her own secretive past, her encounter with that woman nearly leaving her for dead…well, she had merely assumed the worse. But only from her single experience…
It wasn’t an excuse. The 2-Star had crossed a line. Hard to say with Satsuki’s voice always being so stoic whether her forwardness had displeased or even angered her. But she should’ve known better. She didn’t know her that well, and she shouldn’t be asking prying questions or bothering her with her personal worries as if she did.
Subtly, she breathes in. Calms herself. Then faintly breathes out…
“I am immensely relieved my family is and will be safe…and admittedly my feelings today have made my tenacity waver.” Hanami speaks calmly, “But please allow me to assure you they will not be lingering hesitations, My Lady. I will not be shaken for long.”
Her words, careful and precise, make her shoulders straighten, as does her overall stature. Trying to show she did hold resolve. Hoping to ease any doubts that her temporary flustered feelings were a crutch to any future fights with her comrades.
It felt oddly good to act and appear poised again—almost normal. Odd because it didn’t feel as forced. Fighting with her family in mind always made her stronger. Nothing had truly changed. (…Well, save the parasitic alien invasion. That was new.) She just needed to keep her guard up, maintain her integrity, and protect all that she held precious. The only true difference was now, with their higher stakes, Hanami truly couldn’t afford to fail. No one could.
She had scarcely had a childhood, no longer than she’d had a proper family. Since the age of five, Satsuki had forced herself into a position and a maturity far beyond her years. Most of the time she did not mind or even notice, but just then she felt very old indeed, and weary. Strange, she thought to herself with a certain dry humor. Most did not feel the urge to retire at the age of eighteen. Satsuki nodded.
“You need not apologize.” Now she must convince her students that she was changed from the Kiryuin Satsuki they knew. Convincing herself had been easier; faith in herself had never been the issue. “Take this time to reunite with your family. Surround yourself with their caring, but be ready to do battle when you are called upon. To win this war we’ll need the full strength of Honnouji Academy.” Hanami had always been an accomplished student, intelligent and composed. She deserved the time to recover from the past month’s chaos. It would be more comforting now, with those she loved.
Being asked personal questions was a new experience for Satsuki. Most everyone knew better than to pry. Even her Elite Four kept some distance. Only Soroi and Iori had been allowed to see the exhaustion Junketsu brought on her. However, Hanami’s intentions had not been untoward. Was the damage visible, she wondered, despite her best efforts? Since returning she’d not had the chance to examine her reflection.
With a soft inhale Satsuki looked out over the ocean. After the dingy cage, the sunlight shimmering on the water was especially brilliant. “I understand your concern, but know this: I am alive. As long as I draw breath I will fight. It is pointless fussing over wounds that aren’t yet open. After this is over we may turn our minds to such matters. Not before.”
way-of-flowers:
“Y—Yes! Yes, she’s fine, Thank God, I…”
There’s a small hesitation in Mio’s realizing protests, trying to gather herself, to gain control of those deponent feelings.
“I suppose I’m just…in a state of shaken disbelief.” She eventually concluded, arms crossed to herself subconsciously, “I…I honestly don’t know how I managed…. Perhaps it was purely luck or–“
The Florist’s words stop. ‘Your dedication to your family knows no bounds.’ An unassuming sentence, and yet it left a profound feeling within Mio. Better than mere ‘praise’. It was a statement—a spoken truth. From Lady Satsuki, who never dares to say anything she didn’t mean. It was the greatest acknowledgement anyone could’ve payed her.
“…I…th…thank you, Lady Satsuki.” She softly responded, genuinely touched, swallowing a little to keep composed. Giving a nod followed with an instinctive, warm smile, “Mm. She’s with our parents right now. We actually all reunited earlier today… No doubt she’ll be staying by their sides 24/7 now, considering all that’s happened. …It’s been…hard on her…on all of them. But…I know we’ll be alright now…”
Suki was a tough child with great maturity. But this a hellish situation will take a toll on anyone. Especially a ten-year-old who witnessed her own Mother forcibly absorbed into a parasitic monster. A month of nightmares, waking up screaming, and crying into Mio’s arms till she finally slept again. Even her rescued Mother, prideful and controlled, seemed…different. Acting quieter, secretly shaken. And her Father? Well, Mio couldn’t say… He always acted warm and optimistic, a trait of strength Mio always admired, especially now when it was needed most. But the daughter feared him bottling up his own pain….
‘Enough about myself.’ She thought. As Hanami gaze drifted, quietly taking in the President of their lost academy. Though she carried herself well, standing there solid and unwavering, her exhaustion made her appear almost…older. Worn and somehow different. Reminding Hanami, once again, how much that woman—her own Mother—had done to her. To poor Matoi as well. Using her as a puppet… Anger boiled hotly in Hanami gut, fingers subtly clenching. How funny, she would grow to truly admire and care for the daughter of she who she loathed more than anyone. But Lady Satsuki was stronger than that demon, resilient to a fault. And yet…
“…What about you?” Mio dared to ask, her softening tone growing informal, gentle. Her features melting into genuine concern, “How are you feeling, my Lady?”
“You are still shaken?” There was a subtle note of disapproval in Satsuki’s voice. In war there would not be a month to recover, and if Hanami couldn’t maintain her composure she could get herself killed. “You will need to rely on more than luck.” Honnouji Academy did not retain any student long if they weren’t skilled. As capable as they were, however, most of them had been swallowed up by the COVERS. Her Three-Stars were the only ones she knew she could count on to get away. They had searched for her among the rubble of the demolished stadium, Nonon had told her, only giving up because they knew she would want them to look after the other survivors. Still, their faith in her had not wavered, and neither had her faith in them. As Satsuki was being dragged to her underground prison, they were already in action. As she bided her time like a lioness at rest, she left everything to her Elites.
Satsuki raised her eyebrows. “I state the truth, nothing more.” Hanami Mio’s concern for her family was noble, as long as it did not go unchecked. “You must be relieved to see them safe. They’ll be sheltered here, away from the fighting.” Their elder daughter was expected to fight, of course, but Satsuki didn’t feel the need to say that. Let the girl spend a few more hours with her family. She imagined that they must be proud of her.
Few things escaped her notice, and her student’s clenched fists were no exception. Satsuki could feel Hanami looking her over, but she didn’t understand the reason for her hatred. The full extent of Ragyo’s abuse could not be known to anyone outside of her closest allies. All of them would die before they’d give up that information. Few of them even had proof, just assumptions that happened to be correct. As soon as she knew they were watching her, she had prepared her escape. They could see the blood running down her face and the way her mother’s fists had beaten her into the dirt, but the worst of the damage would never be visible.
Satsuki thought over her answer thoroughly, her face as stoic as ever. She was as a marble statue, unmoved and cold to the touch. When she at last spoke, her voice held no emotion but was kept very carefully flat.
“What a strange question.”
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way-of-flowers:
Lost in her thoughts Mio was immediately drawn back to reality by the unmistakable voice of Satsuki Kiryuin. Loosen curls bouncing aimlessly along the breeze as she pivoted around.
“My Lady.” She murmured softly, stunned to be graced by her presence. Showing visible relief to see her alright considering this nightmarish day—-month—-she has been forced to endure.
It felt…almost odd to call her that—’Her Lady?’ Her uniform was gone, as was all former ranking officers and students’ from their overtaken academy. But unspoken authority remained among them. Not by Stars but by trust and respect. Bonds formed by becoming comrades in arms fighting in pursuit of preserving life on Earth itself. The discovery of Honnouji’s true, ultimate purpose, the maddening genius behind it all, all to stop Ragyo Kiryuin. This was the reason why, despite the missing uniforms and fallen ranks, Mio Hanami found herself instinctively bowing nonetheless. Only this one was in genuine admiration. As well as relief in Satsuki’s safety.
“…I…” Almost, did she say it was luck. But that was a lie. Luck didn’t earn her the Presidency of her own Club or a Two-Star uniform. Everything she did was, and had always been, for one purpose: Her family.
“…Because I couldn’t afford to fail. My sister she…she was in danger…and my Mother…” She hesitates, an aching pain flashing in her eyes as they drift to the vast ocean in avoidance, “…sacrificed herself to save our lives. So for her sake, and especially Suki’s, Honestly, it all happened to so fast. I don’t know how I managed to escape by the skin of my teeth.”
A queen was measured not by an immaculate appearance, but by her bearing. Ragyo would have her daughter- both of her daughters- believe otherwise, but Satsuki had known from childhood what garbage that was. Her mother was a hedonist and a despot, who ruled through fear. In that respect, they had not been so different until recently, but now Satsuki no longer had to play the dictator. Her time as Ragyo’s prisoner had changed her in ways that were subtle but not invisible at a close range. There were dark circles under her eyes, and a scar where Ragyo’s fist had split her skin. Satsuki had always been slender, but beneath her coat she was noticeably thinner. There was also a persistent ache between her shoulder blades and the muscles in her legs had atrophied. That did not show from the way she held herself.
There was no question that her students were still loyal to her. Even as they were delivered from the COVERS it did not occur to Satsuki to doubt them. If any of them still had a problem, they could confront her directly. If they were too cowardly to do so, they would be useless in battle anyway. Now that her true purpose was revealed they would follow her because of the nobility of that goal.
“I see.” Everyone had someone to protect; why should Hanami be one of only a handful to escape? Satsuki was grateful that she had, however. None of her students were meant to be absorbed into the COVERS. Her eyes narrowed as she thought. “Sacrificed herself to the COVERS, you mean. Not gave her life.” She was done with others dying for Honnouji Academy. The only one among their allies who she would allow to die in the war was herself. If she survived, though... she may have her own sister waiting for her. Satsuki had been unable to stop Ragyo from taking control, but they had Ryuko back now. She’d never let their vile mother lay a hand on Ryuko again.
“Your dedication to your family knows no bounds. Your sister. Is she here?”
@way-of-flowers
With Ryuko free of Junketsu’s control and Harime Nui incapacitated they had earned themselves a brief reprieve. By summoning COVERS, Nui had made a foolish mistake and allowed them to rescue their allies while thinning their enemies’ ranks. Satsuki watched her Elite Four at work, displaying the efficiency that was no less than what she’d come to expect from them. As much as they bickered, they were a good team.
The majority of Honnouji Academy’s students were unconscious on the deck of the Naked Sol, being tended to by the Mankanshokus, but a few had appeared to have not been in need of extraction. Satsuki approached Hanami Mio and raised her eyebrows.
“You’re looking well.” Besides that she made no introduction. “Were you not taken by COVERS? How is it that you escaped?”
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beautiful sight melons
nice face balls
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“Sold”
Written by the lovely: Patricia McCormick
Muse Character Fears
Bold any fears which apply to your muse.
Italicize what makes them uncomfortable.
the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting ⋆ being forgotten
tagged by: my own self @coerulus
tagging: @makolujah, @inutechy, @way-of-flowers, @discguise, @fusebled
皐月 | hexa [pixiv]
“ don’t ask me what i’m doing because i don’t always know ”
Not always?
“I would never think to question your motives.” She was a strange one, that Mankanshoku, but it was her unique brand of nonsense that had come through more than once. She was far from the brightest or most cautious girl, but she did have something else that was perhaps more important. She was brave and loyal and caring enough to pull Ryuko back to her senses when she’d lost control. Watching the Mankanshokus happily eating together... that was a thing of true value, to say nothing of when they’d been gracious enough to invite Satsuki to join them without a second thought.
“You do like to improvise. Once I believed only an utter fool would be so reckless, but it does work for you.”
‘FRAGMENT OF CHAOS: THOUGHTS AND HOPES FROM LOST PLACES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN’ POETRY SENTENCE STARTERS // poetry collection by lux irvine available for purchase on amazon: here
“ i’ve had countless ideas ”
“ help me face the monsters under my bed ”
“ i’ve got stories to write ”
“ maybe it’s finally time ”
“ your story is worth telling ”
“ it’s like you put the stars in the sky ”
“ i don’t mean to make a cliche ”
“ lately everything i seem to say sounds like an apology ”
“ i wasn’t strong enough to pick up the broken pieces ”
“ i want to sleep with you ”
“ i won’t let them get to you ”
“ from within your pain, comes glory ”
“ how many nights did we spend wishing for things that never came true?”
“ what does that make me? ”
“ how much does one sacrifice for others before they lose themselves? ”
“ i needed you to break me so i could find myself ”
“ don’t ask me what i’m doing because i don’t always know ”
“ your body is convenient ”
“ i’m sorry that it had to come to this ”
“ it takes all of my efforts just to not drown ”
“ you were underestimating my strength ”
“ what does it mean to be okay? ”
“ you can buy sex but you can’t buy love ”
“ there is a symphony in me waiting to be sung ”
“ perhaps there was part of me that still needed you ”
“ you’ve mastered the ways of breaking your own heart ”
“ i have always been quick to love and quick to break ”
“ i wanted to plant flowers in the empty spaces of my body so maybe i could find something beautiful to appreciate ”
“ i am sorry i am never there when you need me ”
“ i gave you my body and my heart and now i want them back ”
“ i woke up wanting to love you only to realize that you were no longer mine to love ”
“ you told me that you loved me ”
“ you are new flowers blooming after a spring rain ”
“ i guess i forgot what it was like to burn ”
“ ask me what it’s like to lose yourself ”
“ everyday is halloween for me ”
“ please tell me why missing you feels like pushing a mountain ”
“ there are cobwebs in the corners of my room ”
“ our hearts break in different ways ”
“ i should have been loving myself before loving you ”
“ you deserved better than what i had given you ”
hey mutuals like this for me to IM you to plot after i walk my dog
Honnouji Academy backgrounds, hand-painted by KlK background artist and art director Yuji Kaneko, featured in his Artwork Collection.
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