Nicolai grimaced as he pressed the wrong button yet again, holding back an aggrieved sigh. Given how the trial had started, being given outdated technology seemed a rather tame challenge in comparison. Perhaps it was more the implication - that they were cut off from the outside world, from his sisters.
( or perhaps it was that foreboding, insidious feeling that whispered how every carefully crafted message could very well be his last. )
[ Outgoing message to Vittoria Arlay-Sinclair_ ]
Vita, it's Nico. Just lost my phone. Got this temporary number in the meantime.
Left some documents that need signing on your desk at home.
Might be busy the next couple of weeks with exams. Sorry if I don't reply as quickly, but call me if you need anything.
Love you.
[ Outgoing message to Amelie Arlay-Sinclair_ ]
Amie, it's Nico. Just lost my phone. Got this temporary number in the meantime.
Yes, loved the gown you showed me. You're going to kill at the gala.
Sorry I can't make it. Might be busy the next couple of weeks with exams, but call me if you need anything.
Love you.
[ Outgoing message to Unregistered Contact_ ]
It's Nico. Changed numbers again. Might not be able to reply. Call if its urgent.
Take care of yourself.
The theory is that a lot can be said about a person by how their home looks. Messy or clean; bright colors or neutral, maybe even monochrome; whether they let their animals on the sofa or not. With this task, we want to gain a better understanding of your muse. Show us what their home looks like, let us see how messy or clean they are, whether they hoard trinkets or live a minimalist lifestyle.
This task can be completed however you would like, whether it's more a moodboard of various imagery, or a full home tour. It is completely optional, and does not need to be completed for all muses, if you wanted to pick and choose. If you do participate, please tag your posts with bloodnglory.task002!
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline.
O mundo bruxo entende os fantasmas como espíritos de pessoas que tiveram medo da morte ou que criaram uma conexão profunda com o lugares que assombram, ficando presas nessa janela entre a vida e a morte pelo resto de sua existência. Acredita-se que trouxas não podem virar fantasmas, mas alguns possuem o dom de visualizá-los, embora de maneira não tão nítida quanto os bruxos: ora como vultos, ora como espectros de luz.
Mas a verdade é que, mesmo no mundo mágico, ninguém sabe exatamente o que acontece depois da morte. Mesmo para a comunidade bruxa, a morte é uma incógnita que perpetua assombrando gerações sem encontrar respostas. Embora seja evidente que aqueles dotados de magia possam possuir um certo grau a mais de conhecimento a respeito desse fenômeno em comparação aos trouxas, o que se sabe é realmente muito pouco diante da dimensão universal daquilo que se entende como submundo.
O que não é novidade para os bruxos, no entanto, é que algumas pessoas que ficaram famosas no mundo trouxa eram, na verdade, parte da comunidade mágica. Uma delas foi Elvis Presley, o famoso bruxo nascido-trouxa que conquistou milhares de pessoas ao redor do planeta… sem sequer sair dos Estados Unidos.
Havia um boato - apenas um boato, até então - de que, após sua morte, em 1977, Elvis teria começado a assombrar palcos de lugares aos quais não tinha conseguido ir quando vivo: América do Sul, Europa, Ásia, África, Oceania…
Até então, tudo isso não passava de boatos alimentados por aparições de procedência questionável e tabloides sensacionalistas; afinal de contas, como se poderia assombrar um lugar em que nunca se esteve? Essa foi uma pergunta que permaneceu sem resposta até aquela noite de outono em Hogsmeade, no ano de 1978.
Em homenagem ao aniversário de um ano de morte de Elvis, os membros da banda Foo Flyers, a última banda a se apresentar no encerramento do festival de três dias, pediram para que o público cantasse junto a eles um trecho de uma das mais famosas músicas de Presley para que pudessem encerrar o show. A escolha da música não foi aleatória e combinava perfeitamente com os anseios e esperanças do público diante da instabilidade política que vinha vagarosamente se instaurando.
“There must be lights burning brighter somewhere | Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue | If I can dream of a better land | Where all my brothers walk hand in hand”
O sorriso no rosto do vocalista, Dave Growl, ia de orelha a orelha no momento em que o instrumental entrou. Pequenas fadinhas se organizavam lado a lado, soprando através de seus instrumentos uma música de uma potência inacreditável. A música começou e a multidão, anestesiada com adrenalina, vibrou.
Foi quando algo mágico, mágico o bastante para surpreender até mesmo uma plateia habituada a feitiçaria, aconteceu. Um espectro que oscilava aos poucos no ar foi surgindo no palco e finalmente tomou forma na figura de Elvis Presley.
“Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true?”
A plateia vibrou, encantada, quase no limite da loucura. O êxtase e a sensação de euforia foram tão grandes que as pessoas mal perceberam quando algumas varinhas se ergueram no céu, fazendo um desenho nebuloso surgir meio ao breu do céu estrelado. O clima de esperança, paz e amor era tamanho que ninguém chegou a cogitar que a imagem que se formava no céu não fazia parte do espetáculo. Impactadas pela imagem de Elvis, foram poucas as pessoas que ousaram olhar para cima para ver o desenho que se formava ali, rastejando até formar um símbolo inconfundível no céu que então provocou um clarão quase capaz de cegar.
Foi quando a música se interrompeu abruptamente e a plateia caiu sob a mais pura escuridão, onde tudo que se podia ver era o desenho de uma enorme caveira envolvida por uma cobra brilhando no céu acima. Antes do festival se acender em chamas e Hogsmeade cair em puro caos, a única coisa que se pôde ouvir foi um longo e agudo grito de pavor.
He's lame, for one thing, and he won't let anyone expend effort on him beyond what's absolutely necessary to keep him alive.
He's a coward, too. Terrified of everyone else's grief, of the echoes he'll hear. Keep her safe out there. Watch her back.
Lastly, he's exhausted. His dead father keeps him up. Recites one particular lecture every night, just as he dips into the deepest, most necessary part of his sleep cycle.
"You do these things, Solomon, without thinking. And I wonder to myself, 'how did I raise such a boy?' How did I fail you, that you would act so carelessly? Where am I deficient? My brother, he tells me that this is the way boys are sometimes. But not my boys. Your brother never behaved like this, fighting, baited so easily by teasing. It's unacceptable that you should be so affected by the actions of others. You must be better if you wish to be a member of this family. You must think before you do things because if you keep on like this, you'll do something you can't come back from. You are coming of an age, Solomon, where it is no longer rehearsal. This is the show and you are fast becoming the villain."
S U P P O R T I N G - C A S T \\
>> Ronald Smith the 2nd, age 23(?), recent graduate(?)
>> Only one who doesn't make a flat white taste like shit at her local Nero. (It's fast, and the Costa muffins are too dense).
>> Believes that his name is Ronald Smith the 2nd, when in actuality, his name is Blake Sellars and has told her this numerous times when she says, "thanks Ron," while exiting the coffee shop.
>> He's afraid of her because she doesn't smile.
>> He makes her wary because he smiles too much.
>> The only person who's allowed to make her coffee at this point and time.
>> Tips him quite generously, which is incredible given how cheap Nana is.
>> Has told him numerous times he better not quit and now he’s too afraid to do so.
- Rory is never allowed to be on aux because every other song is ABBA and the songs that aren’t ABBA swing WILDLY from girly pop radio top 20s to the wallflowers to shit that came out before any of them were born and it gives everyone musical motion sickness
- Her mom loved ABBA. They used to listen to it together, and whenever they come on she grins way too big and has to sing along.
-There are literally 30+ songs here bc i kept seeing Rory so happy dancing at parties and singing them jumping on her bed so I COULDN’T GET RID OF ANY lmao they’re all below the cut
“There She Goes” - The La’s (1990)
“Dancing in the Moonlight” - King Harvest (1972)
“… Baby One More Time” - Britney Spears (1998)
“The Best of My Love” - The Eagles (1974)
“Dancing Queen”- ABBA (1976)
“Iris” - The Goo Goo Dolls (1998)
“Love Shack” - The B-52’s (1989)
“Super Trouper” - ABBA (1980)
“What A Girl Wants” - Christina Aguilera (2002 stfu)
“Mamma Mia” - ABBA (1975)
“You Shook Me All Night Long” - AC/DC (1980)
“Gimme Gimme Gimme” - ABBA (1977)
“Hand in my Pocket” - Alanis Morrissette (1995)
“This Kiss” - Faith Hill (1998)
“SOS” - ABBA (1975)
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” - Cyndi Lauper (1983)
“Free Fallin’” - Tom Petty (1990)
“Honey Honey” - ABBA (1974)
“Like a Prayer” - Madonna (1989)
“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” - Frankie Valli (1967)
“Lay All Your Love on Me” - ABBA (1980)
“My Heart Will Go On” - Celine Dion (1997)
“One Headlight” - The Wallflowers (1996)
“The Long and Winding Road” - The Beatles (1970)
“Happy New Year” - ABBA (1980)
“Man! I Feel Like a Woman” - Shania Twain (1997)
“Waterloo” - ABBA (1974)
“I Want it That Way” - Backstreet Boys (1999)
“All You Need Is Love” - The Beatles (1967)
“Kiss Me” - Sixpence None the Richer (1998)
“Take a Chance on Me” - ABBA (1977)
“Africa” - Toto (1982)
“If It Wasn’t For The Nights” - ABBA (1979)
“I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You” - Elvis Presley (1961)
jo has never been afraid to be bold in her fashion choices. she’s always gone for bright colors and funky patterns that she feels represent who she is - even if other people might say they “hurt their eyes” and “look horrible together”. beyond brightly colored tops, pants, and dresses, she loves to accessorize, with colorful heels and boots and chunky jewelry. ever since she became a teacher, she’s started dressing in themes that match whatever topic she’s currently teaching.
Benji was born at Cedars Sinai Hospital on August 1st, 1987.
Were they the first born, middle or youngest? Are they an only child? Adopted?
Benji is the first born of two children to Colin Hastings and Candace Mabry.
Does your muse have a favorite memory with their family?
Benji was fairly young when his father left their family and returned to Australia, but his fondest memories would always be their days spent on the beach. Colin taught Benji to surf, igniting a passion that would endure to present day.
Does your muse get along with their family? What is the family dynamic?
Benji gets on incredibly well with his mother. Candace is a hero in Benji’s eyes — the woman who sacrificed her dreams to support her family and keep a roof over their heads. He adores her completely. Colin, however, is a separate story. Benji was once close with Colin when his surfing career took off, but when Benji tore his ACL and chose not to return to professional surfing, Colin returned to Australia, permanently severing their relationship in Benji’s eyes. As for his younger sister Florence, they have their ups and downs (though it seems to be more downs lately).
Does your muse have a favorite family member? Why?
Despite a sometimes rocky relationship, Florence is Benji’s favorite family member outside of Connor. When they had very little in terms of property or income, they had one another. And that would always be enough.
Best family vacation? The worst?
Growing up, there wasn’t any money to go on vacations. As adults, however, Benji has made a point to treat his mother and sister to vacations around the holidays. The best thus far would be their Christmas gift trip to Fiji.
What are the names of your muse’s parents? Siblings?
Benji’s father is Colin Dashiell Hastings, his mother is Candace Joy Mabry, and his sister is Florence Eloise Hastings.
Who does your muse take after more? Any habits?
Whether Benji likes it or not, he takes after his father in most regards. They have the same mannerisms and tastes, the same drive and passion.
Favorite and/or least favorite family traditions?
Benji enjoys hosting Thanksgiving every year, which he’s done since Connor was born. He loves having people at his house, and despite having no sense in the kitchen makes for a solid tofurkey cutter.
Is there a family game night? What was the board game of choice? How did it go over?
With Connor in the mix, there’s a lot of Candy Land, which is typically very light-hearted.
Who has the weakest bladder on road trips?
Benji has to pull over every 30 minutes on the road or his bladder will burst (allegedly).