Ruth: She likes using nonverbal cues when it comes to safe-words. Tapping knuckles on a surface or snapping fingers three times means stop, no questions asked. She personally likes this over an actual word because when she’s subbing she sometimes can get so lost in the sauce she struggles with words. And a lot of her partners do, too
Celene: She likes words that are a little bit longer, as they’re harder to mishear for something else. Her personal favorite is “starlight.”
Kassius: He is of the mind that you have to pick a word you’d never otherwise say in bed. He chose “grapefruit” because he can’t think of a single scenario that would come up while he’s getting railed
Talis: Didn’t understand why “stop” wasn’t a viable choice at first. They wanted to pick something that would be easy to remember, and so they went with “discontinue” or “desist” because they mean the same thing but you’d never say them unless you really meant it.
22. Favorite thing/part about sex
Ruth: The intimacy and fun-ness of it. Also why she chooses partners she’s at least friends with.
Celene: The teasing, flirting, chasing, all of the foreplay before you ever even make it to the bedroom.
Kassius: The actual sex itself. It’s all about that pleasure, babey.
Talis: Aftercare. They love the post-sex cuddling and pillow talk.
23. Least favorite thing/part about sex
Ruth: Set-up. She knows the importance of it, and knows how much fun the fruits of her labors is. But setting up makes her impatient and all she wants to do is get to the good stuff.
Celene: She knows it happens and that its normal, but she hates falling out of bed. She’ll laugh it off and move on with life, but she still just really wishes that it wouldn’t happen. Ever again.
Kassius: The cleanup. He’d just as well not do any cleanup if he could get away with it. Most partners of his are not of the same mindset, however, and he feels compelled to help.
Talis: They’re always really cold when naked. So unless their partner has a lot of body heat to share or there are a lot of blankets involved, they don’t like having clothes 100% off.
@enbymagicianweek Day 3, Transcendent Love: Apprentice Meeting their LI and falling in love
Not a first meeting or a confession of love, but a short story about Talis thinking about their feelings for Muriel from a conversation with Morga.
900 words, Muriel x Talis
Three travelers sat huddled around a fire in the dead of night. They had reached the northern border of the Scourgelands, and each night the air got more frigid and hard to stand. Two of the three companions were sitting as close to the fire as they could without fear of singing their clothes. The third watched them with something of a silent and reluctant amusement shining in her eyes.
“You two still look rather cold,” she mused from her own place across the fire.
“The fire’s too low,” Muriel’s voice rumbled in the darkness. “You didn’t gather enough wood to last the night.”
“I did, but for a fire built to my own standards.” Morga sighed, “I won’t be offended if you need to make it bigger. I know neither of you are accustomed to this weather as I am.”
“I’ll go,” Muriel grunted as he unfurled his frozen limbs, locked up from the cold.
“I can go help you look,” Talis, the third companion started to follow the larger man’s ascent.
“It’s fine. You should stay here and keep warm.” Muriel’s eyes softened at them for a moment before he turned from the fire and ventured out towards the line of trees in the distance. Talis watched him go until his form was swallowed up by the dark of night.
When they couldn’t see him anymore, Talis turned his attention back to Morga. “I’ve been meaning to ask,” they started, “what exactly will we found in the South? You never said what was so important there.”
Morga was silent for a long moment, the air growing thick around the two of them as Talis waited patiently for her answer. Her gaze flickered over to where Muriel had disappeared before she responded. “Will you take care of him when we get there?”
A little taken aback by her reply, it took a moment for Talis to find their voice. “I, well…yes? But what does that have to do with anything? Is there something in the South he needs to be worried about?”
“It’s just a hunch I have.” Morga shrugged, though her eyes help another kind of heaviness Talis couldn’t quite explain. “Nothing concrete, but I’ve learned to trust my gut for these kinds of things.”
“…I’ll take good care of him. Whatever we find down there.”
Morga’s eyes shifted to meet Talis’, softening as she saw the understanding in their deep blue ones.
“Good. He needs someone like you to watch out for him.”
“Muriel can take care of himself,” Talis started.
“I don’t mean physically,” Morga’s lips curled up into a small smirk, and Talis blushed in response.
“Pardon you for what?” Muriel reappeared at that moment, his arms full of fallen branches. Talis jumped at the sight and sound of him, hoping he didn’t hear much more of their conversation.
“It’s nothing,” Morga waved it off. “Just going to see myself to sleep.” She sighed as she stood, moving herself even farther from the campfire.
“Wait, where are you going?” Talis called after her.
“Don’t worry about me. And you two need to be able to take care of yourselves for one night anyway. Sometimes I wonder why I agreed to take you two south at all…” Morga’s voice trailed off as she wandered into the darkness. Talis was about to get up and go after her, but was stopped when Muriel sat down next to them.
“She’ll be fine.”
“I know she will,” Talis rested their head on Muriel’s arm. “She just said something strange to me before you came back.”
“Hm? What did she say?” Muriel shifted, pulling Talis closer arn wrapping his arm around their smaller frame.
Talis blushed at the proximity. Both of them were slow to start opening up more with each other physically, and so even though it was always welcome, Talis always found themselves at a loss when Muriel took the initiative.
“She said…” they thought back to her words, and the implication of those words. To take care of Muriel…of course they could. How could they not? Muriel had done nothing but take care of them since the very beginning. He deserved the same in return. He deserved someone who would be there with him, who wouldn’t let him live his life alone. Someone to hold his hands, to hold him in his sleep, to watch him while-
“Talis?” Muriel nudged them, breaking them out of their trail of mushy thoughts. “You’re getting that glazed look in your eyes again, are you alright?”
Talis looked up into Muriel’s green eyes, seeing nothing but softness and affection held inside. Staring up at him made their heart swell a little more than they would have liked, and they had to break their gaze away to stop themself from melting into a mess right then and there.
“Yeah, sorry. I, ah…actually forgot what she told me.”
“Ok…” Muriel obviously didn’t believe them. But he pulled them closer just the same.
Maybe Morga wasn’t too far off…maybe it wasn’t like that yet. But…as Talis rested his head against Muriel’s chest, pressing closer for warmth, they knew. Love was a strong word. Stronger than either Talis or Muriel would use in this situation. But if Talis were honest, they would say that yes...they were falling in the right direction. And they could only hope that Muriel would stick around to catch them when that time came.
Ruth’s a fall bitch she loves everything about it and I’m not sorry
Ruth loves doing haunted house/woods/corn maze tours! Not only does she love to walk through them, she also loves hosting them! Ruth, Asra, and Julian have turned the shop into a haunted house once or twice for the Spooky Season.
18. what would they do if they could turn invisible for a day?
Definitely use it to prank Julian and/or Portia lol. She’s a prankster at heart and whichever of the siblings she didn’t prank, she’d get their help making the other other miserable for the day.
22. which horror movie troupe are they most like? badass survivor, first to die, comic relief, or the killer?
4 OCs and 4 roles? And it just so happens they all fit a different one? 👀
Ruth would be the comic relief. Hands down, no question about it. Does that mean she probably dies along the way? Yes, but probably the next to last to die, if not the very last one before the badass escapes.
Celene
9. favorite autumn activity?
Hayrides! Specifically if she gets a mug of hot caramel apple cider to enjoy while taking the ride also curled up under a blanket with her partner? um yes please give us that cute shit
18. invisible for a day?
22. horror movie troupe?
For at least part of the day she’d follow Lucio around and make him “relieve his ghost days but from the other perspective” and tease him about how annoying he was as a ghost lol
She’d probably probably be nice and at some point use that time to do nice little things for other people without them knowing, like leaving cute notes or gifts for people to find later without it being able to be traced back to her.
No one saw her enter Nadia’s rooms, so it definitely couldn’t have been her who left a plate of her favorite lemon lavender cakes.
Celene would be the killer. She has a...not so great past that she’s trying to escape, but she still definitely fits this role 🔪
Kassius
9. favorite autumn activity?
18. invisible for a day?
Apple-bobbing. And he’s really good at it, too, so don’t challenge him to a contest if you don’t feel like getting embarrassed.
He also loves eating caramel apples, and making them isn’t too bad, either, in his book.
🌶🌶🌶He’d definitely try to find someone who wanted to get kinky with him, especially if he could convince them to do it in front of a mirror so he could watch but not see himself and just his partner🌶🌶🌶
22. horror movie troupe?
The badass who survives. Not from lack of trying, either. He’s definitely stupid enough to almost get himself killed multiple times and only survives from sheer dumb luck.
Talis
9. favorite autumn activity?
Pumpkin carving! Getting Pumpkin Spice everything! Going to a pumpkin patch and picking out your own pumpkin! Talis really loves pumpkins and anything to do with them. 🎃
18. invisible for a day?
Talis would probably snoop in on meetings they weren’t supposed to attend. They would, of course, let Nadia know and she would find it amusing. It would be their little secret that Valerius made a fool of himself by spilling wine all over his shirt in the middle of some important meeting.
22. horror movie troupe?
I’m sorry Talis, but they’d be the first to die. They’re too sweet, too much the voice of reason, and just like in the movies they would die first.
Since you didn’t say who I’m going to go with all of them ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
i have no self-control
14. If they send nudes are they tasteful or just quick pics?
Ruth: The only time she’s going to be doing a professional (or semi-professional) shoot is with a partner. She doesn’t feel like doing it by herself. If she’s going to send nudes you’re going to get a flash of tibby and you’re going to like it.
Celene: Actually keeps a stash of nudes on hand at all times. Waits until the perfect time of day to take her nudes (love that golden hour photo), does a whole photo-shoot with herself. She poses in different lingerie, nude, in different rooms. She usually doesn’t end up sending them.
She knows how to make a quick pic still look decent and good. When it comes down to it, she feels like an in-the-moment pic is more appropriate. What she does with her stash of tasteful nudes? Maybe the fandom isn’t ready to learn that yet ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Kassius: Surprisingly enough he tries to make it tasteful. Finds the best lighting in the room, poses, finds the best camera angle, etc. And then...it still comes out looking like unsolicited dick pic quality.
I’m sorry, Kass.
Talis: Tasteful. Elegant. Poses in lingerie. Is that food on their chin? Oh those are definitely crumbs in the bed-
I want my dark apprentice to have a sort of Venom-esque relationship with her familiar. Like, she can merge with him and become a viper demon at will. And this definitely isn’t because she took one look at the ghoast and thought “I want to sink my fangs into you and pump you so full of poison that the grass above your grave will die”
