KITCHEN BOY.

“don't tell me you watched your whole village go out like a light just to lose to a guy with serious mommy issues.” —————— just a cook's kid in way too far in over his head. read the rules + about before interacting. private, selective, prone to laziness. tracking: spoonbxy.

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"—— one, two-three. one, two-three…”

the first fumble brought forth a nervous little noise. the second, a huff. the third, a curse. "—- and the butterfly daintily lands on the edge, swish, turn—-“ the fourth, an ankle roll and landing flat on her backside (followed by the biggest temper tantrum you’ve ever seen).

[spoonbxy]

he was only supposed to take a quick trip to pick up  cooking utensils from the palace—  in, out, gone, back to work, thank you very much. and okay, maybe he’d taken a slight detour… but don’t blame him, he had time to kill.

of course, he hadn’t exactly been expecting to find  a flat-on-her-butt, upset princess when he poked his head  around one of the almost infinite palace doorways when he set out (he hadn’t expected anybody that small  to hold that many curses, either, though).

“hey, you okay—? didn't look like a fun fall.” the words are out before he can think about them, boxes shifting from one arm to the other  as he extended a hand to help cis up;  and maybe he was a little preoccupied  at the funny twist of her ankle, but he wouldn't make a deal out of that unless he had to.

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Leaves from the vine Falling so slow Like fragile tiny shells Drifting in the foam Little soldier boy Come marching home Brave soldier boy Comes marching home Those leaves did grow From branches overgrown Drifting slowly down Resting on the loam Little soldier boy Taken from home Forced to fight a war That’s not his own Leaves from the vine Falling so slow Like fragile tiny shells Drifting in the foam Little soldier boy says  "Carry me home" Sleeping soldier boy Is carried home

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(all) things bad about my muse

[spoonbxy]

Absent-minded - Preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one’s immediate surroundings. Abstracted, daydreaming, inattentive, oblivious, forgetful.

Abusive - Characterized by improper infliction of physical or psychological maltreatment towards another.

Addict - One who is addicted to a compulsive activity. Examples: gambling, drugs, sex.

Aimless - Devoid of direction or purpose.

Alcoholic - A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess.

Anxious - Full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous.

Arrogant - Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance. Inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. Snobbish.

Audacious - Recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; braze, disobedient.

Bad Habit - A revolting personal habit. Examples: picks nose, spits tobacco, drools, bad body odour.

Bigmouth - A loud-mouthed or gossipy person. 

Bigot - One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.

Blunt - Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. Frank, callous, insensitive, brusque.

Bold - In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent. Abrupt, brazen, cheeky, brassy, audacious.

Callous - They are hardened to emotions, rarely showing any form of it in expression. Unfeeling. Cold.

Childish - Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile.

Complex - An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear.

Cruel - Mean to anyone or anything, without care or regard to consequences and feelings.

Cursed - A person who has befallen a prayer for evil or misfortune, placed under a spell, or borne into an evil circumstance, and suffers for it. Damned.

Dependent - Unable to exist, sustain oneself, or act appropriately or normally without the assistance or direction of another.

Deranged - Mentally decayed. Insane. Crazy. Mad. Psychotic. 

Dishonest – Given to or using fraud, cheating; deceitful, deceptive, crooked, underhanded.

Disloyal - Lacking loyalty. Unfaithful, perfidious, traitorous, treasonable

Disorder - An ailment that affects the function of mind or body. (List the disorders name if they have one.)

Disturbed - Showing some or a few signs or symptoms of mental or emotional illness. Confused, disordered, neurotic, troubled.

Dubious - Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. Undecided, doubtful, unsure.

Dyslexic - Affected by dyslexia, a learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.

Egotistical - Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. Boastful, pompous.

Envious - Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages; covetous, jealous.

Erratic - Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric: erratic behaviour. Eccentric, bizarre, outlandish, strange.

Fanatical - Fanatic outlook or behaviour especially as exhibited by excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions on some subject.

Fickle – Erratic, changeable, unstable - especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.

Fierce - Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.

Finicky - Excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy. Too much concerned with detail. Meticulous, fastidious, choosy, critical, picky, prissy, pernickety.

Fixated - In psychoanalytic theory, a strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behaviour that persists throughout life. Fetish, quirk, obsession, infatuation.

Flirt -To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures; behaviour intended to arouse sexual interest. Minx. Tease. 

Gluttonous - Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink. Voracious, ravenous, wolfish, piggish, insatiable.

Gruff - Brusque or stern in manner or appearance. Crusty, rough, surly.

Gullible - Will believe any information given, regardless of how valid or truthful it is, easily deceived or duped.

Hard - A person who is difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand. Hard emotions, hard hearted.

Hedonistic - Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses. 

Hoity-toity - Given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous. Prone to giddy behaviour, flighty.

Humourless - The inability to find humour in things, and most certainly in themselves.

Hypocritical - One who is always contradicting their own beliefs, actions or sayings. A person who professes beliefs and opinions for others that he does not hold. Being a hypocrite.

Idealist - One whose conduct is influenced by ideals that often conflict with practical considerations. One who is unrealistic and impractical, guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.

Idiotic - Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless.

Ignorant - Lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge. 

Illiterate - Unable to read and write.

Immature - Emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.

Impatient - Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless. Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant.

Impious - Lacking piety and reverence for a god/gods and their followers.

Impish - Naughtily or annoyingly playful. 

Incompetent - Unable to execute tasks, no matter how the size or difficulty.

Indecisive - Characterized by lack of decision and firmness, especially under pressure.

Indifferent - The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally, remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern. Having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless.

Infamy - Having an extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act that affects how others view them.

Intolerant - Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion and narrow-minded about cherished opinions.

Judgmental - Inclined to make and form judgements, especially moral or personal ones, based on one’s own opinions or impressions towards others/practices/groups/religions based on appearance, reputation, occupation, etc. 

Klutz - Clumsy. Blunderer. 

Lazy - Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness.

Lewd - Inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious. Obscene or indecent, as language or songs; salacious.

Liar - Compulsively and purposefully tells false truths more often than not. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly. 

Lustful - Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires.

Masochist - The deriving of sexual gratification, or the tendency to derive sexual gratification, from being physically or emotionally abused. A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences

Meddlesome - Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner, given to meddling; interfering.

Meek - Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.

Megalomaniac - A psycho pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.

Naïve - Lacking worldly experience and understanding, simple and guileless; showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgement.

Nervous - Easily agitated or distressed; high-strung or jumpy.

Non-violent - Abstaining from the use of violence. 

Nosey - Given to prying into the affairs of others; snoopy. Offensively curious or inquisitive.

Obsessive - An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone.

Oppressor - A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures, to keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority.

Overambitious - Having a strong excessive desire for success or achievement.

Overconfident - Excessively confident; presumptuous.

Overemotional - Excessively or abnormally emotional. Sensitive about themselves and others, more so than the average person.

Overprotective - To protect too much; coddle. 

Overzealous - Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.

Pacifist - Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes. (Can double as a merit in certain cases)

Paranoid - Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others.

Peevish - Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction. Cantankerous, cross, ill-tempered, testy, captious, discontented, crotchety, cranky, ornery.

Perfectionist - A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

Pessimist - A tendency to stress the negative or unfavourable or to take the gloomiest possible view.

Pest - One that pesters or annoys, with or without realizing it. Nuisance. Annoying. Nag.

Phobic – They have a severe form of fear when it comes to this one thing.

Practical - Level-headed, efficient, and unspeculative. No-nonsense.

Predictable - Easily seen through and assessable, where almost anyone can predict reactions and actions of said person by having met or known them even for a short time.

Proud - Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem and will often shirk help from others for the sake of pride.

Rebellious - Defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel. 

Reckless - Heedless. Headstrong. Foolhardy. Unthinking boldness, wild carelessness and disregard for consequences.

Remorseless - Without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.

Rigorous - Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.

Sadist - The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. Deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.

Sadomasochist - Both sadist and masochist combined.

Sarcastic - A subtle form of mockery in which an intended meaning is conveyed obliquely.

Skeptic - One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions.

Seducer - To lead others astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt. To attempt to lead or draw someone away, as from principles, faith, or allegiance.

Selfish - Concerned chiefly or only with oneself.

Self-Martyr - One who purposely makes a great show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy from others, as a form of manipulation, and always for a selfish cause or reason.

Self-righteous - Piously sure of one’s own righteousness; moralistic. Exhibiting pious self-assurance. Holier-than-thou, sanctimonious.

Senile - Showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, esp. short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.

Shallow - Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.

Smart Ass - Thinks they know it all, and in some ways they may, but they can be greatly annoying and difficult to deal with at times, especially in arguments.

Soft-hearted - Having softness or tenderness of heart that can lead them into trouble; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection. They cannot resist helping someone they see in trouble, suffering or in need, and often don’t think of the repercussions or situation before doing so.

Solemn - Deeply earnest, serious, and sober.

Spineless - Lacking courage. Cowardly, wimp, lily-livered, gutless.

Spiteful - Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; vindictive person who will look for occasions for resentment. Vengeful. 

Spoiled - Treated with excessive indulgence and pampering from earliest childhood, and has no notion of hard work, self-care or money management; coddled, pampered. Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or over-solicitous attention.

Squeamish - Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.

Stubborn - Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bull-headed. Firmly resolved or determined; resolute.

Superstitious - An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear from an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.

Tactless - Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.

Temperamental - Moody, irritable, or sensitive. Excitable, volatile, emotional.

Theatrical - Having a flair for over dramatizing situations, doing things in a ‘big way’ and love to be ‘centre stage’.

Timid -Tends to be shy and/or quiet, shrinking away from offering opinions or from strangers and newcomers, fearing confrontations and violence. 

Tongue-tied - Speechless or confused in expression, as from shyness, embarrassment, or astonishment.

Troublemaker - Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble, intentionally or unintentionally.

Unlucky - Marked by or causing misfortune; ill-fated. Destined for misfortune; doomed. Parker Luck.

Unpredictable - Difficult to foretell or foresee, their actions are so chaotic it’s impossible to know what they are going to do next.

Untrustworthy - Not worthy of trust or belief. Backstabber.

Vain - Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of their physical appearance. Lovers of themselves. Conceited, egotistic, narcissistic.

Weak-willed - Lacking willpower, strength of will to carry out one’s decisions, wishes, or plans. Easily swayed.

Withdrawn - Not friendly or Sociable. Aloof.

Zealous - A fanatic.

[spoonbxy]

the abels are a large family. distant cousins and aunts and uncles who might not even be related to them are common, as are those slightly awkward family reunion moments where you have to ask where exactly you last saw a certain person. most of the extended abels, however, reside in the countryside of the candle kingdom, primarily as farmers. pax's father is a rarity— he moved to the more populated center of the lantern village, met his wife there, settled down and rarely goes back. still, the family will pack up and go out to see the relatives occasionally— if only as family tradition and a slight change of scenery.

pax himself is the oldest, and only boy, of the group. his four sisters— dahlia, daphne, delilah, and daisy— are the driving force of the house, and provide his family with more than a handful. still, pax isn't accustomed to the shunned feeling he might have developed as the only brother; in fact, he's very close to all his sisters, and takes to being the protective figure pretty well. (sure, he may poke fun at dahlia or the twins from time to time, but he is the only one who is allowed to.)

[lanternsmuse]

Thoroughly caught off-guard, she hadn’t expected to win so easily (although she noted how difficult he was being and a mild deadpan came to her features), though knew enough to not dawdle too long, lest he change his mind. She was smug when she went running to him, jumping up and into his arms with her cheek pressing against his shoulder. She knew she’d push her luck. A grin spared toward him and a small, ”was that so hard?" told her so.

[spoonbxy]

He might have been surprised at the sudden jump and filling of space against his chest with a warm ball of a girl where there hadn’t been one before... if she hadn’t already tried that move a million times.

As it was, he only rolled his eyes slightly, but his arms still came around to hold the princess, almost protectively-- if he was going to lug around a royal all afternoon, he at least should do it well.

“Awful, actually. I’m a royal wagon and I don’t even get to claim the job title. Practically a slave.”

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The fire dimmed and she grew solemn (if not a little pouty),

daring to turn her nose up at him with an indignant cross of her arms and a stubborn edge to her voice, “I …. don’t know where she is right now, that’s why.” She’d been more than a little lonely and two stones shy of pathetic without the wolf, in all honesty (and would be damned and damned again if she let him know it).       “—— Carry me,” she repeated, like the incessant nagging  of a raven in the mornings before the village was dipped in gold  from the sun.       Pax Abels lived for this, she was incredibly certain.

[spoonbxy]

So maybe there was a little twinge of guilt at her expression. Pouting princesses didn't make for heartwarming sights. And as much as he liked frustrating her, he didn't like upsetting her, no matter how much it seemed like it.

His sigh was more resignation than irritation, though he made sure to slump his shoulders like it was the hardest thing in the world to lift his arms up and out, a clear invitation.

“Come on, then, if you're gonna be demanding about it.”

She was always demanding about it. (He didn't mind too much.)

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"You were in the darkness, too, so I stayed in the darkness with you."

[lanternsmuse]

Oh —- what an infuriating son of a cattle-herding ———-

She bit the curses rising on her tongue, (a princess conducted herself in manners   not like those that rivaled a savage) ( but they sure could finish a fight ) and let her hair dance and  thrash around wildly. "For your sake, I certainly hope such a fate  does not befall you.” And edging still,        ”Then I’ll have Pasha.”

[spoonbxy]

Today's making-Cis's-hair-flare-up tally: three and a half, if he counted the annoyed sparks from waking her up early. Not too shabby so far, he had to say.

(But though he enjoyed prodding her sometimes, he knew the full consequences of playing with fire.

He found he could live with his chances.)

“So why doesn't Pasha just carry you now instead of me?”

He was lucky the wolf wasn't around at that moment; he knew he'd get an irritable growl for that, and he had a lot more reservations on pissing her off than Cis.

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“I said  carry me, and I won’t ask again.” He could be so frustrating! Her round cheeks found themselves puffing out in a huff yet again,  her fingers curled in and made tiny, irritable fists.   ” ————— I know you heard me.”

[spoonbxy]

As always, he found the princess's frustration endlessly funny.

“Sure, you won't ask again.. until tomorrow, or the next day. One day I'll fall or break my back or something— then who'll be around as your personal human carriage?”