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[kusunokihimea]

     [ Apologies for delays, BUT! Asks are finally out! If any are missing, please let me know, and I will resend! ]

@hushedsunflower @twojackalsandahedgie @quietasadeer @willsoffire @silverfaxg @kyuuzuchiha @ascxndinggg

[yukaikokoro]

@ascxndinggg

Consciousness was fleeting as she teetered between awareness and darkness. Her head felt like a lead weight upon her shoulders trying to drag her body down into the ground below her feet. Sapphires swam beneath their lids for a moment before the kunoichi attempted to open her eyes that had been glued shut with rheum. How long had she been out? Everything felt like a dizzying haze in her mind. Finally managing the break the film that had held her eyes close she was greeted by nothing by shadows. Sight blurred, it was hard to distinguish shapes within her confines, but it only took a moment to notice her restrains.

Wrist bound painfully tight above her head, Kumiko dangled like a human pendulum suspended from the ceiling. Manifesting the chakra within her the only power she sensed was less than that of a trickling faucet. Whoever had captured her was smart; they had sealed her chakra.

A groan rose from her throat as she found the strength to lift her head. Peering through the darkness she nearly missed the silhouette of an individual... watching her. Squinting through distorted sight her parched lips parted as Kumiko rasped.

“Who are… you…?”

[kusunokihime-a]

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[ For every ♡ I receive, I’ll dish out a compliment ][ Anon ][ No Longer Accepting ]

     All right, first up for this post is gonna be @cinderspewed. I adore this blog. Actually I adore all of Verona’s blogs because her characterization is AMAZING and her writing is BEAUTIFUL and she’s just…a real cool bean. She’s so funny, and I just…always enjoy talking to her, as infrequent as that might be at times (because she is a busy bee holy smokes). Please check her out if you haven’t!

     Nnnext, how about my son, my darling, my light, @ascxndinggg, aka Prince of Angst. One of the first people to put up with Ryū and my shenanigans almost two years ago now, and still doing so for…some reason. WONDERFUL muses. He’s so creative. Always memeing it up and making me laugh, and honestly just…making all of my days a little bit brighter ;w;

     And to wrap this one up, we’re gonna go with @kyuuzuchiha. Just…! Where to begin. Such amazing muses, of which I’ve had the joy of interacting with. The mun is a grade-A bean - so intuitive in their writing, and letting me pesting their boys with my marshmallow. Boo is honestly a treasure on the dash, and every reply I get from them is just…top notch sTUFF. I adore.

[kusunokihime-a]

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[ For every 🍂 I get, I’ll reveal important people in my muse’s life ][ Anon ][ Accepting ]

     *rubs hands together* All righty let’s see…gonna just go with muses across any verse, and at random!

     First we’ll do the Sasuke of @teamseven-united. Ryū has a bit of an orphan-collecting hobby, and this wee Sauce is no exception x3 As an orphan herself, she wasn’t about to let him face the world alone if she had anything to say about it. This Sasuke is a little darling, and she quickly took him under her wing (whether he wanted it at first or not x3), and they’re practically family now.

     Next we’ll do Shieru from @ascxndinggg - one of my son’s muses x3 We’ve plotted so many AUs and AUs of AUs that I’ve honestly lost track, but Shieru - despite their rough beginnings - has become one of Ryū’s dearest people and lovers in several versions of verses lol

     Now we’ll talk about @frogprinceus. Not all canon muses are…comfortable with bonds to OC muses, and though the idea was something I’d had a while before meeting Mitsuki, she jumped on the idea when I tentatively asked, and Ryū got herself a dad! xD While she usually doesn’t know that by default, the verse where she DOES means Jiraiya means the world to her - a piece of family she never thought she would have. She certainly doesn’t take that for granted!

     Then we’ve got @masterofwar‘s Madara. The ship that was never meant to be, but I’m so glad it is xD What started off as a random thread quickly devolved into Ryū getting in way over her head, in more than one verse, with none other than Madara. Default is still in that awkward what-is-this-feeling stage, but in modern there’s certainly sparks, and Warring States has many feels. She adores this Mads, and that’s not about to change anytime soon.

     And last we’ll throw on Nart from @kyuuzuchiha. What a little ball of sunshine wrapped around a sad, somber core. Ryū really appreciates Naruto and his ability to put his best foot forward, even when he doesn’t feel like it. It’s a feeling she knows well. Given their similarities, she’s eager to get to know him better, and try to help bring everyone’s sunshine a little light of his own.

     Thanks for the ask! <3

[kusunokihime-a]

[ @ofascxnsionss ] [ x ]

『 ♟ ~ Criminals who have yet to make their intentions clear are a threat to everyone. There is no reason whatsoever in leaving anyone and everyone in the hands of chance herself. So nations that, under typical circumstances, wouldn’t dare to call themselves allies, assemble a joint team to eradicate that threat; to themselves take control of the game. And it only takes one meticulously planned maneuver to reduce Teikoku to ashes.

That is, in fact, the weakness of gathering the entire organization in one place. Although they are united, it only takes one move at the right moment to catch them with their guard lowered.

All left are two executives, two subordinates, and someone who looks far too young to be involved with criminals of this magnitude. The ex-Kiri arsonist and ex-Kusa nin are left to Kaminari no Kuni, while Hi no Kuni claims the ex-Shimo executive and ex-Iwa swordsman.

Long debate leaves the youngest in Hi no Kuni’s possession as well. Mainly, because it’s unknown what kind of information, if any at all, he could possibly bring to the table.

Ryōta awakens to find himself bound to a hospital bed, and his first instinct is to struggle. It’s obvious he’s a prisoner of some kind, and that’s not even considering the ANBU at the door. The uniform tells him the guard placed to watch him is from Konoha, and it’s rather obvious he won’t escape if this ANBU has any sense. But the restraints - they’re so TIGHT!

He has many questions, but the most pressing one… did someone else from Teikoku survive? He doesn’t recall anything from right before he lost consciousness other than his own pain; the blood seeping out of the wounds to his torso, shoulders, and thighs, most of which caused by contact with debris rather the strike itself. It was so sudden that it knocked all memory of the events before out of him. 』

     Ryū can’t quite place how she feels.

     In the end, she knows Teikoku was a threat. She herself was a cog in the machine of the intentions, goals still unclear even as they’d used and abused her abilities.

     ...and yet, she knows that not all were without heart. And even those she doubts, she knows were still human. 

     So the news of the group’s decimation - half of them dead, half of them captured - brings a strange mix of relief...and despair. Both Reishun and Shieru are somewhere within Konoha, beyond her reach. But Ryōta ends up in her care.

     Moving past the ANBU with hardy a glance, she pauses at the sight of him bound to his bed. Glancing to the officers, she sees their gazes fixated on the door. She knows such an action would be considered treasonous, but with their attention elsewhere, she gives Ryōta a silent look before loosening his ties ever so slightly.

     Something tells her he’ll be angry. Furious, and rightfully so. Perhaps even with her, as a Konoha citizen. But she hopes the gesture proves that she still cares for him. It’s not much...but for the moment, it’s all she can do under the duality of her circumstances.

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[ Send me a ‘🎨’ for an aesthetic or mood collage for our muses ][ @ofascxnsionss ][ No Longer Accepting ]

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[ @ofascxnsionss ] [ X ]

『 ♜ ~ Shieru’s expression is one of irritation when her prisoner, on several occasions, attempts to make conversation or guilt her out of her obligation. It is not long before her patience starts to thin, every word from her pulling at the woman’s nerves.

And soon enough, she snaps. Grabbing the belt her nuisance wears from underneath, she sharply pulls it towards herself. The mildly loose chains around her captive’s torso impact with her middle. She feels the impact through her hand, how it cushioned by the skin and organs, and how it manages to reach the false ribs.

Everything.

“ I’m not your chat buddy. I am your captor. You are my prisoner. You, the prisoner do not speak to me unless I ask you.” 』

     Ryū stares at the woman, eyes clouded with exhaustion, but not without their own edge sparking in slit-shaped pupils. “Are you to take away my every freedom? I never said you have to respond - any conversation, even one-sided, helps with thinking and prevents madness.” She knows her biting words will only be met with punishment, but she’s more than used to it by now. If she’s to be stuck here, she’ll do so on at least some of her own terms.      Besides, pain is hardly a factor anymore.      And she could use something to do.      Stuck, as always, in her forced sage state, she bares lengthened teeth in a defiant snarl, a growl in her throat. The constant exposure to nature chakra doesn’t help her temper...nor her judgment. “Would you rather I sing you a song? Recite the alphabet? If I’m to be stuck here, I’m going to give myself some kind of mental stimulation before I lose my mind. If it bothers you so much, why don’t you use some of your own medical know-how and disable your ears for a little while? You’re stuck in here with me just as much as I’m stuck in here with you...!”

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