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[sundies-a]

ASTER'S MULTI ; friends only , please ! this is a sideblog .

general rules can be found here ! will not be using icons .

follows back from @opyre or @royalarms .

ROSTER :

all muses are equally open for grabs !

original :

arkith hail ( about ) , lilli hail ( info tba ) , y'iki fhey ( about ) .

video games :

bg3 : astarion ancunin . final fantasy : estinien varlineau (xiv) , gav (xvi) , g'raha tia (xiv) , oerba dia vanille (xiii) , sephiroth (vii) . fire emblem : edelgard von hresvelg (3 houses) , owain/odin (awakening/fates) . nier : a2

animated :

edward elric ( fma ) , gaara ( naruto ) , uchiha sasuke ( naruto ) , vax'ildan ( vox machina ) .

[sundies-a]

OKAY BLOG UPDATE !! i'm now over at @sundies

[sundies-a]

i am going to move this to a main blog (instead of side blog) and add some more muses ! i'm also going to open up to be mutuals only instead of friends only :) i will follow y'all shortly <3

[sundies-a]

oh lord. i'm putting ark on his own blog again (he's taking over this one 💀) @hailcurse

[starshcwer]

a break to catch her breath. barret had insisted & she'd finally given in, but she wasn't sure how she was meant to find any sense of relief amidst all the destruction when the scent of smoke & dust in the air was a constant reminder that this was not the first time her home had been taken from her. hearing her name made her jump, & for the first time she realized how she had been pressing her nails into the skin of her thigh. she shook it off, looking up as her new companion joined her.

❛ ark! ❜ despite her exhaustion, there was relief in her tone, even as she sought to correct him. ❛ we were. ❜ her head turned so she could stare in the direction of the pillar ( nothing more than debris & dust now ). ❛ we tried to stop it, but... ❜ her breath shuddered, her hands trembling, & she pushed herself to focus on ark's words. ❛ that's–––– that's good. ❜ because, even with lilli unaccounted for, tifa had to believe that she was okay. she couldn't stomach the alternative.

holding up? no. no she wasn't. not quite. not yet. but, she wasn't the only one hurting, & she wouldn't put that on him. she nodded, responding with a simple, ❛ yeah. ❜ her head turned back to him, tilting slightly to the side. ❛ how about you? ❜

[sundies-a]

❛ liar . ❜ he spits , half offended that she has the gall to say she's holding up okay , and half concerned for her wellbeing . he stands before her with his fingers gripping into his pockets , wearing a grimace on his face . he looks irritated , but worried . still , he pushes her shoulder a little bit so she knows he's not being hostile , just being his usual curt self . ❛ don't have to keep up a facade with me . you know that , right ? you're obviously not fine . ❜ because he notices how she stares , how she shakes , how she focuses . he notices everything .

his hand lingers at her touch for a moment , recalling the warmth of his sister , and when she asks such a loaded question in return , he , himself , begins to shake , his fingertips still ghosting contact . he hates lying , but he wants to be fine . he wants to say he's fine and move on with it , but that'd make him more than a hypocrite . it'd make him an asshole ( which he knows he is , but now's not really the situation for that ) . and a liar .

❛ dunno . ❜ but he does . ❛ 'm worried . glad you're alive . wish i could say the same for lilli . just - ❜ he clenches his jaw . ❛ just wish i fuckin' knew anything . ❜ he looks above to the dusty sky , fists clenched , and sighs , ❛ dammit all . seriously . ❜ he pauses to recollect himself , ❛ so , what's next ? i can help . whatever it is . ❜

[edenmemes]

baldur's gate 3 starters (part 1)

part 1 / ? .

❝ a less trusting person might think this all sounds very suspicious. ❞ ❝ you say all the right words, but i’m not sure you mean the right things. ❞ ❝ i know somewhere quiet. somewhere intimate. somewhere we can…indulge in each other. ❞ ❝ eugh, don’t be nice to me. it makes me want to be nice back. ❞ ❝ we needn’t be enemies. there’s plenty of those to go around already. ❞ ❝ there’s a steeliness to you, an unwavering tenacity in the face of, to be frank, quite dire odds. ❞ ❝ even the waves of fate can break upon the shores of will. ❞ ❝ i appreciate anyone that opens a conversation with threats of bodily harm. ❞ ❝ oh, you know me - ever the optimist. i’m trying to focus on the positives. ❞ ❝ i’m not easily impressed by people, but you’re stronger than i gave you credit for. ❞ ❝ there’s an air about you. something alien. ❞ ❝ loosen the grip on your pride for one blasted moment, won’t you? ❞ ❝ it’s been a long time since someone stuck their neck out for me like that. ❞ ❝ there’s something odd about this village. people skulk around like they’ve something to hide. ❞ ❝ you know, if you want to spend time with me, you only have to say so. ❞ ❝ i want to know what the world sees when it looks at me. what you see. ❞ ❝ what’s better than a devil you don’t know? a devil you do. ❞ ❝ you must know that you’re…that you’re very special to me. ❞ ❝ the gods are nothing if not vindictive in their vengeance. ❞ ❝ stay with me a while, will you? day will come all too soon. ❞ ❝ here’s my little treat with their cheeks all flushed. ❞ ❝ i am terrified. i will not claim otherwise. ❞ ❝ my apologies. i’m not quite myself yet. i had the strangest dream last night. ❞ ❝ we didn’t die today. tomorrow, perhaps. but not today. ❞ ❝ leader’s need to make tough decisions. we do what we must. ❞ ❝ i think that unknowable powers come with unknowable consequences. ❞ ❝ i’ve had a lifetime’s fill of watching little men puff themselves up with grand titles. ❞ ❝ in these times, all we can trust are the blades in our hands. ❞ ❝ it’s not easy to turn away from one you once loved. ❞ ❝ much has been promised to you, hasn’t it? but what has been taken from you? ❞ ❝ damn it all. i can do nothing right - not a damn thing. ❞ ❝ every instinct i have tells me that nothing’s changed. that i’m still just a means to an end. ❞ ❝ do not speak of a story you only know the half of. ❞ ❝ i dreamt every night that you’d come back to me. that somehow it was all a nightmare dawn would undo. ❞ ❝ when the time comes to strike, you must take it. for there may be only one chance. ❞ ❝ your eyes. there is pain, endless and deep. but also devotion - blazing like the sun. ❞ ❝ you’re adorable even when you’re teasing me. ❞ ❝ i don’t need your help, and i don’t need your pity. ❞ ❝ i’m more than what i was. and i’m not afraid of anything any more. ❞ ❝ i said exactly what i meant: i love you. you should never, never doubt that. ❞ ❝ this is all like some sort of terrible dream. but it’s real, isn’t it? ❞ ❝ there is no redemption. can’t you see? it is too late. ❞ ❝ i don’t know that it was brave. i just know that it was right. ❞ ❝ you took those bastards down like it was nothing. it…was amazing. ❞ ❝ they underestimated me. so they paid the price. ❞ ❝ we fight, we die, and we just hope that when our time comes, there is someone else to take our place. ❞ ❝ unfortunately for me, you’re my friend. rescuing you from mortal peril is my right. ❞ ❝ what did you think i was going to say? 'oh, come here, i'll kiss you better'? ❞ ❝ flowers are so overrated. they're bright, gaudy, and almost never make good poisons. ❞ ❝ i’ve been lied to, my whole life. and i was gullible enough to just believe it. ❞ ❝ you know, i never pictured myself as a hero. never thought i'd be the one they toast for saving so many lives. and now that i'm here…i hate it. ❞ ❝ you know, i feel a connection between us. like we're two souls walking the same path. ❞ ❝ the forgiving sort, are you? you should be careful. plenty would take advantage of that. ❞

❝ it’s as if god made you just to ruin me. ❞ ❝ perish the thought. every word i said was nothing less than true. ❞ ❝ you have a manner of irresistible desperation about you. i like it. ❞ ❝ i got my eye on you. you got the look of a troublemaker. ❞ ❝ i’m starting to think you’re my guardian angel. ❞ ❝ it seems you know me better than i know myself. ❞ ❝ you…you have no idea what you’ve done. ❞ ❝ they say madness and genius are separated by but a hair’s breadth. perhaps the same is true of madness and stupidity. ❞ ❝ oh, it’s you. don’t you get tired of telling people how to live their lives? ❞ ❝ good morning! thank you for not killing me the other night. ❞ ❝ when the time comes to strike, you must take it. for there may be only one chance. ❞ ❝ it is good to savour the moment of victory - but pace bg3 syourself. our fight is just beginning. ❞ ❝ i was too hasty to judge you. i thought you were witless, gutless, unimpressivably bland… ❞ ❝ yours is the first happy face i’ve seen in a good while. ❞ ❝ when hope has been whittled down to the very marrow of despair – that’s when you’ll come knocking on my door. ❞ ❝ thank you, my friend. maybe we’ll meet again, in another life. ❞ ❝ you’ll regret sticking your nose in my business. ❞

[sundies-a]

been thinking abt my little ratboy (ark) and what i wanna implement into his canon ... :)c

[petaltexturedskies]

My soul has become aquatic and lunar; it is all coolness and brightness, and I live as if my soul were moon and water put under glass.

Georges Rodenbach, from "Aquarium Mental V" written c. june 1882

[sundies-a]

❝ what the fuck is that? are you on a journey of self-discovery? ❞

from : @huntsmark . to : vax'ildan .

a haphazard shrug pulls at his shoulders and slumps into his back . some tinge of embarrassment touches him as he's called out for his previous displays of grandiosity , and he'd like to wave them off as if they were nothing . but of course vex would notice . and of course she'd say something about it . avoidance of further bravado is all that steers his words when he speaks . " if you'd like to call it that . " a journey of self discovery ; sure . his new garb and his new skillset have proven useful enough , and with it , the plague on his mind .

he picks a bread roll from a nearby basket ( kept warm by the camp's fire ) and places it in her hands . " you should eat something . " it's his way of showing he cares . . . and also of changing the subject .

[sundies-a]

❝ i warned you not to take me lightly. ❞

from : @otlaw . to : astarion ancunin .

" well , do riddle me surprised . " for when this gruff stranger with a blade comes hurling toward him , why , of course , he'd flinch , evacuating from his path without a moment's hesitation . luckily for him , he'd worked only to slay the beasts that lie ever in the shadows , much to astarion's approval . though , he would not offer his trust , or anything else , to the common passerby . instead , he holds a dagger in the hand behind his back , and thinks that he might turn this situation over to further his advantage .

" i don't ! " take him lightly , that is . and as his sentence finishes , he reveals the knife , glinting in the sunlight that he is yet blessed to stand beneath , and places it firmly at his throat , " thank you for the help , dear , really . but , it would be remiss of me not to infringe on your heroism this day . from where do you come from ... cid , is it ? "

he always knows more than he lets on .

[sundies-a]

multimuse ?? more like. ark blog

[saved-onegil]

       PLEASED  TO  SEE  A  FAMILIAR  FACE,  the  cetra  rises  from  the  center  of  the  church,  stood  within  the  bed  of  lilies.  &  from  memory,  the  brunette  emerges  from  the  flora,  leaving  each  floret  unharmed  from  the  treads  of  her  footwear.   ❛  back  so  soon  ?   you  might  have  to  start  calling  this  home  too,  hm  ?  ❜   adopting  a  teasing  tone,  the  florist  can't  help  but  chuckle  aloud,  giddily  striding  toward  the  white-tressed  male.

       THE  OUTSTRETCHED  HAND  DROPS  GIL  INTO  HER  PALM,  attentive  to  his  plans  of  preserving  these  blooms  in  a  frame.   ❛  oh  —  –  they're  so  beautiful  displayed  in  a  room  !   i've  done  the  same  in  my  house  !   ❜   a  single  digit  is  held  upward,  an  indication  to  pause  and  not  take  a  step  further  to  the  flowers  he's  previously  purchased.  this  was  for  his  sister  after  all  —  a  now-known  patron  whom  admired  her  green  thumb.   ❛  i  think  i  have  just  the  ones.  something  pretty  —  –  maybe  some  speckled  petals  for  texture  ?  ❜   thus,  does  aerith  bring  ark's  attention  to  the  broken  flower  wagon,  containing  various  coloured  florets.   ❛  ...  &  you're  right.  everything  is  slum  grown  —  from  marigolds  to  roses.  and  of  course,  the  lilies  everyone  likes  so  much.  right  here,  from  inside  the  church.  ❜

[sundies-a]

home , too , she says . as if he has another one in the first place . a dingy apartment shared with his sister is nothing akin to a home , rather , is she . home is no vacant room with a mattress on the floor , it is the heart that beats beneath a loved one's ribcage ; this he knows more than anything . he offers an awkward smile that he can't stop from crawling to his lips , but stifles it away like a laugh that never made it past his throat . he doesn't deserve the simple joys , so he'll push them away always .

" yeah . think she likes 'em more because of the effort it takes to put 'em up . she likes the feel of 'em , too . but she's quiet about it . " she's quiet about most everything ; opposite of him , who will announce his opinions with complete disregard for his surroundings or the people in them . so similar , yet certainly different , they are . " speckled petals sound great , aerith . " he gives her a brief nod . " you must work real hard . think it pays off , or is this more of a hobby than anything ? seems like a struggle to me . but i appreciate the work either way . i'm benefiting , after all . "

[sundies-a]

" tifa . " he approaches her with determination burning fires beneath the melting ice of his irises . he sits down on a pile of rubble , and his lower back aches when he does ; he stretches , wincing , to ease it off . " you weren't here , were you ? " his eyes cast to the debris - filled ground beneath their feet , and his fist clenches . " i wasn't . neither was lilli . she wasn't supposed to be , anyways . haven't seen her since . " he stops , looking up to her with an expression however heartbroken . he knows they're all suffering . " holdin' up ? "

. . . @starshcwer .

[sundies-a]

" back . " he speaks casually , almost as if annoyed yet simultaneously pleased to be here . he returns with what little gil he owns in his hands , and offers them to her . " i'll take two this time . got a frame i'm gonna press one in . it'll probably last longer . " sentimentality gets the better of his expression , and he offers a rare smile born of sincerity . " my sister loves your flowers . you grow 'em yourself , yeah ? "

. . . @onegil .

[sundies-a]

irritation floods him as he sits in the hideaway , tap - tap - tapping his feet to a non rhythmic beat , and he sighs with disgruntled dramatics . he's frustrated . he's been looking everywhere for her , reading , searching , picking up odd - job after odd - job in hopes that he might find his sister again , but she ever eludes him . ( if she still breathes at all ) . he battles with himself with every breath he breathes to keep hope alive ; joshua returned after so many years . couldn't lilli ? it's only been one , but that one year has felt like an eternity .

he scoots himself nearer to clive , tapping against his shoulder to garner his attention while announcing his presence , " any of the three of you heard anything ? "

he might sound nagging , but this anxiety is suffocating .

. . . @otlaw .

[sundies-a]

and while he's not happy about it , he knows a like - minded individual when he sees one . whether they agree with his passions or not , it's easy to identify mercilessness through honesty and a lack of feelings spared . so he sits in seventh heaven after reporting to barret ( who he oft agrees with , despite their similarly hard - headed natures ) , across the bar from cloud . he kicks a leg up on the stool closest to him and leans forward , striking up a conversation to ease his boredom . he never can keep his mouth shut . " so , what's with you ? you act like yer all about the gil , but i think there's more to it than that . "

. . . @kolepsar .

[sundies-a]

would anyone like a starter from mr ark