#ask milenko

[vampiresuns]

D for Anatole, Amparo, and Milenko, A and I for Valeriy <3 and R for JC!!

They say it's better late than never because this took me forever to ask. I blame Valentine's being on a damn Monday and my job being after my mental sanity. Anyway, thank you for your patience Dani, ily

Anatole, Amparo and Milenko

D   :   DATE.   what is your muse’s ideal date? where / who with / etc?

Anatole

A restaurant, maybe a play, or just dinner are his go-to dates. The dinner option might turn into a picnic, which will probably include coffee.

Likes bookshop dates and ice-skating dates too.

He is, however, rather open to something you might want to suggest, although he prefers museum dates to not be the first date.

Arcanaverse, he'd prefer you didn't take him somewhere with the sole purpose of showing him off. He will notice, he will leave.

With who you ask? If you're good at conversation, taller than him, high intelligence low wisdom/book smart with a degree and not an ounce of common sense in your body, and a bottom or a vers congratulations! You might be eligible for a date with Nana.

Amparo

Do not ever take her to the theatre if you're the one asking her out and it's your first to fifth date. That's where she works, and she is passionate about her job but that's not the only thing she does.

Taking her dancing is a very good choice however, she also enjoys coffee dates, but the café has to have some quirkiness to it or she'll 'meh' about it.

Escape rooms or gothic-esque experiences? Please do! She'd love if you take her to a treasure hunt.

If she spends the night, she'd like the coffee date to happen as a breakfast for two thing.

With who? She likes spirited people who are both willing to live the adventure and the lowlife, someone who will support her (and maybe spoil her just a little) and has a deeper outlook about life.

Milenko

This man will literally do anything, and I do mean anything.

He, however, is likely to take you to dinner to a hole in the wall little place he knows well, and who is most definitely underrated because it's the best dinner you'll ever have in your life.

Fairs, markets and festivals are his second go-to.

He probably won't ask you to dinner at his place until later on, but if you're lucky that he's cooking for you at your place, then god bless your soul you won the jackpot.

He's very curious and chitchatty and enjoys people who like a good, well meaning debate.

He likes people whose egos are not so big that they smother the whole room, kind people who are open minded and have some consideration for an art or science (which are really the same thing) and who is willing to listen to him as he will also be willing to listen to them.

Valeriy Radošević-Cassano aka 'Valerius'

A   :   AFFECTION. how does your muse show affection?

Through complaining, quality time, and most importantly: if Valeriy doesn't want you in his life, you will not exist in his life. The tricky part is, however, that he's very good at pretending he has consideration for you, when he actually doesn't.

If he lets you decide things to do with him, that's also a good sign. Nor that nor this will sound like big things for other people, but they are for him: if he's asking for your opinion and actually goes through with your opinion for private matters, he might as well consider you the most important person on earth.

I    :   I LOVE YOU.   does your muse find ‘i love you’ easy or hard to say?

It is the hardest thing he's ever had to say. He's the kind of person who, even in private, has a hard time saying it and often leaves the sentence unfinished. You have to trust his charged silence and the little things he insists on doing (again in private).

A. Julianus Sanlaurento

R : ROMANCE. is your muse a romantic or a cynic?

This is a matter where JC would rather risk silliness and ridicule than tough it out, because cynicism might as well be their mortal enemy. In the I want you out of this world, not in the homoerotic way.

Aside from me thinking this might be the ultimate feeling I try to evoke with the "arcana" julesverse, this bit from Prometheus Unbound by Percy Shelley does sum up how JC sees things:

To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy power which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed -but it returneth.

[vampiresuns]

You sent me a list, I send you a list - I and J for Artemisia; C, N, and W for Milenko; B, R, and S for Nana; and Z for Amparo? Thank you in advance for your worms

it is,,, worm time

A–Z of Character Mannerisms/Behaviours asks (accepting!)

Artemisia

I. Impression: What do other characters first think of your character, based on their body language and way of speaking? Is this first impression usually accurate?

It depends on the context.

Artemisia is a trained public orator and while she can be friendly, she likes to keep the workplace appearances if she's in work or academic environments. Good posture if a little closed off. When she isn't, however she tends to retreat into herself and it's very easy to tell the difference.

Artemisia inherited the Cassano stance, as well as Cassiopeia's cross arms when she's annoyed and it probably the most likely to tap your foot at you if she is. Most usual first impression is that she's a put together person who might be different levels of tight-up. Even when she's dealing with people there's this aura of put-togetherness and slight never letting go. She says she doesn't exude Cassano vibes but literally anyone who's been in contact with any Cassano ever can tell she's one by just looking at her.

J. Judge: Is your character quick to judge other characters on their mannerisms, or do they prefer to get to know someone before judging?

She tries not to. Even if she focuses on more meaningful actions, because that's the fair thing to do, she might still dislike someone out of the impression she has of them. How she treats people doesn't rely on this exclusively though, she does like to be fair.

Milan

C. Confidence: What mannerisms does your character have when they’re confident?

Swing to his walk, loose, confident smile, he crosses his arms similar to Anatole (one in front of him that he uses as a shoulder rest for the other) with very lose mannerism or straight up talking with his hands. He's letting the moment carry him, and he's in it and one with it.

N. Necklace: Does your character have mannerisms based on the things they wear, such as pushing up their glasses or checking their watch?

He tugs at his necklaces by the charm part and clicks the heels of his boots when he's about to stand up. He doesn't pick at his clothes too much, but he does pull his sleeves up if he's trying to concentrate and make sure his clothes are in place before he's about to change the activity he was doing or when he has to attend any sort of religious service because he wants to look presentable.

Speaking of that, whenever he has the habit of pressing his headwear (either his kippah or his taqiyah) against his head because he thinks he looks weird with headwear. According to him he doesn't have a "hat head".

W. Wiggle: How often does your character fidget? In what ways do they fidget?

Milenko will fidget if he's idle, bored, or talking to someone if he's nervous (case in which it often involves moving things around him in a seemingly uninterested manner. He'll pick them and move them without really thinking about it). If he's thinking while working with others he tends to shake his pen against his hand, or steeple his fingers, expand them and bend them, while he rests his forehead against the space between his index and his thumb. Also pulls his own hair. If he can swing his feet while sitting, he will.

If he stops moving all together, either he's going into fight or flight response, or the water magic kicked in.

Anatole

B. Bold: Does your character mock other people nonverbally? Have they ever gotten in trouble for making a sarcastic facial expression?

God, yes. Specially when he was younger, as he was a particularly argumentative teenager. He wasn't mean just expressive and argumentative, and he has the most mobile eyebrows known to man. He scrunches his nose and raises his upper lip in a snarl, his eye roll is Fear-of-God inducing, and if you've really done it, he does a sort of snort-snore while he rolls his eyes like he's a slot machine.

Don't give him your opinion if he has not asked and he doesn't know you, don't be harmfully and blatantly incompetent, do not speak over him, and he hates when people get in his personal space and do not back off when he asks. Bares repeating that purposeful incompetence and apathy make his blood boil, and if he's in Consul mode and you've tried him one to many times, you'll know he's not happy.

Otherwise, he waits until he's out of sight or people turn away. King of 'dropping the ruse' moments. I'll talk about that in S.

R. Relax: What mannerisms does your character have when they’re relaxed?

If engaging with someone: Weight on one side, slightly bending that knee, arm crossed over his front and using it as an elbow rest for his other hand. Chronic hand talker, signature slightly raised left eyebrow and a soft, cat-and-cream smile. Starts "dancing" in place like a videogame character and puts his hands on the back of his waist and pulls himself forward some. If he's sitting, he'll lean closer to the person he's talking with, even lean against them if they're physically close enough and emotionally close too.

If he's just on his own, he'll just. stop minding his posture so much, goes into idle raccoon considering his environment mode, or lies down with a leg bent and the other spread. Sit's like a 1920s gay in a soirée with other unspeakables.

S. Secret: Is your character good at communicating using nonverbal mannerisms? Do they have any “secret gestures” with other characters? If so, what?

He DOES. He's a man of languages and always ends up crafting inside cues with people he's really close. One of my favourites is how he'll run his fingers on the inner forearm of his partner until he can lace their fingers together when he wants attention.

Speaking of communicating nonverbally, when observing the Nana in the wild, you must know that when he doesn't want to give you information or he can tell you're trying to get a reaction out of him, he'll become an unreadable bastard. When he mentalises himself not to give an inch of a reaction to anyone he doesn't. This is a transferable skill, he uses it in a lot of scenarios.

Amparo

Z. Zest: How much does your character use movement to express their feelings? Do they jump up and down with excitement, or do they keep it to a slight smile?

Amparo's a case in this regard, because while she's expressive she also defaults to introversion because she is an introvert. Her smile if wide and contagious, and if she's excited and with someone, or excited with someone, she'll hug you if it's fine by you or grab you by your upper arms. Victory fists are also a feature as is grabbing her own face and squealing at times. Her anger is expressive, though her sadness is numb and reclusive. She's an actress and a dancer and movement is her main tool of work. You cannot impersonate or live without movement.

Yet, sometimes, specially when she's alone, her expression is mostly blank, unless she's talking to herself. If she's lost in her own head or her own feelings she has this far away posture as if her own head is her own world. She'll blink and realise 4 hours passed and she didn't even notice.

Sometimes, she plays at keeping things to herself just because she can. She's used to being on stage and when she's on stage her energy is being poured into something else, into this iteration of her being and her emotionality is another tool in her repertoire. So she likes to do the opposite and hold things that matter to her to herself, not because she can't open up but because she can choose not to.

Her window is always open so she can leave the room, if she so pleases.

[vampiresuns]

A and/or K for your full set from the nsfw alphabet asks? I am taking notes, my pen is ready

You got it, under the cut for 🍋

A - Alone time (how do they get off when they’re all by themselves? do they watch porn, is it all in their imagination, do they jerk off, do they use toys?)

First thing I gotta say is none of them are porn watchers. Porn readers, maybe, I’ll see what they tell me.

✴︎ Anatole

Most likely to masturbate because he can’t sleep and he knows it’ll take him out. Masturbates around of 3 to 5 times per week if he’s not sharing a bedroom with his partner full-time. In that case, he’d just ask to have sex.

While he’s not opposed to erotica (art or written, as long as it’s well written) he mostly uses his imagination if he is imagining anything in the first place. His fantasies when he masturbates tend to be pretty nondescript and he focuses more on sensations.

Sees masturbation as taking care of a need, or at most to explore his own sensuality/sexuality.

Toy positive in general (he kind of has to be, the dick did not come included and he likes using that), so he obviously incorporates them into masturbation. What he incorporates depends on his mood, but vibrators are his main go-to are vibrators. His favourites would be the Tracy’s Dog Clitoral Sucking Vibrator (yes, the one with That One Review) and the Lelo Sona Cruise. If the reviews are good and he thinks they’ll adapt to what he likes, he doesn’t go cheap in toys.

His second go-to are adding a butt plug, for fun. While he likes penetration, keeping the pace with a dildo is not his favourite thing to do, but if he’s in the mood, he’ll go for it.

❥ Amparo

The mood here is ‘Sex With Me’ by Rihanna because while she can masturbate just because she’s horny or to scratch an itch, this is a ritual for her.

She likes to set ambience. Candles, adequate light levels, maybe music if she’s in the mood for it. Most likely to read some good erotica while she takes a bath, moisturise while she feels herself and masturbate afterwards.

It’s part of her night time routine from 2 to 4 times per week.

Likes to imagine specific fantasies as she feels herself. She also likes to do it in front of a mirror and watch her own expressions and movements.

Toy friendly always, because they’re fun, but when it’s for herself she likes a plug, vibrating or not she doesn’t care, and her own hand around herself the best. Prefers sex-safe glass plugs the best.

Always thinks her tits look the best when she’s masturbating. If modern au, would stop sometimes at the middle of it to take a tasteful nude, or as tasteful as can be.

She likes thick lubes over runnier ones.

Wouldn’t touch herself on lingerie unless she took a detour from undressing for the night, but would definitely do it in a robe. Like I said, she likes ambience, she deserves it, she demands it from herself even.

Also most likely to edge herself.

☽ Milenko

Does one need a reason to do it? Milenko thinks not. He just does it when the mood strikes, given he is at home and not distracted. He is the most likely to masturbate because he’s bored, or to take breaks. Was he writing and the horny manifested? Well, he’ll finish this paragraph or stanza and come back to it later.

Has the most vivid imagination out of all of them, and will set up a whole scene in his head, like a script. He wants to imagine a Lover of determined characteristics depending on what he’s in the mood for that day and let it flow. 

He’s very likely to fantasise about giving head.

Doesn’t have a predetermined preference for incorporating toys, but likes anything that vibrates around his dick —a ring, a sleeve, it doesn’t matter— a lot. That’s where he usually ends up going for if he has the time.

Sometimes he’ll spice it up but working on the angle so he can fuck himself with a plug, his fingers or a dildo (whatever feels more comfortable for that day) ass up, chest down.

Never does it in the shower or in the bath. Yes, it’s always water with him but he has to concentrate too much on not zoning out and that makes it harder (pun not intended) for him to get it going.

⟡ Artemisia

Also a ‘masturbates because I can’t sleep’ type, but most likely to do it explicitly because she’s horny.

Sometimes the yearning gets very, very horny for her and listen, if she can’t take good care of herself then who will?! It’s about standards you know. Besides, half the reason why she has such good sheets is because of this. She’s very sensorial for it, and she likes thing that feel nice to the touch.

Most likely to have an app that narrates stuff for her as she goes for it. She’d like the feeling of closing her eyes and letting the sound and the touch envelope her (as an aside, if you’re dating her, please talk into her ear she’s gonna go a little wild).

If he can’t find any audible, or whatever that gets her going, she has a playlist specifically for this.

Also very keen on vibrators she can control externally while she lies in her very soft sheets and plush blankets, and her many throw pillows.

Doesn’t like using her own hands too much because she doesn’t love getting them dirty just for the sake of masturbation, but she will if she needs a little extra getting there.

If she fantasises, she’ll go for having oral done.

K - Kissing (what parts of their body do they like having kissed? what parts of their partner do they enjoy kissing? do they like leaving marks / having marks left on them?)

✴︎ Anatole

First of all, this man likes to get body worshipped and to eat his partners up so jot that down.

Personally, aside from lips, his favourite are ears, neck, collarbones, ribs, just bellow his navel for that extra Hmph, inner thighs and calves. He loves ankle grabs, and ankle kisses too, but his calves???? Hooo Boy, HOOO BOy.

He’s a a neck, collarbone, chest (he’s a tiddies man) and hipbones kisser the most, but whenever that feels more pleasurable for his partner, he’ll go for it. Inner thighs are best for biting.

He loves markings. Getting them and inflicting them, but please do it in non-visible places when you do them for him. He, however, will leave them anywhere unless you’re opposed to something. Invest in turtlenecks, just in case.

❥ Amparo

Put her titties in your mouth, just do it. She’ll reciprocate too. Sideboob lovebites are a yes.

So her favourites are Titties, between her chest, stomach kisses, inner thighs. Wrists too.

Will mark you if you ask her. Specially when giving head, inner thighs are perfect for leaving contraband love-bites.

As for being marked, it depends on whether she currently is on a theatre production with dancing, or a ballet production at the time. If the answer is yes, she’d rather you didn’t because she will be grabbed by dancing partners and she’d prefer not to have bruising marks squished.

Otherwise, feel welcome to, but don’t overdo it.

☽ Milenko

He’s a surprise stew, and the true chaotic vers-switch, so while he does have his preferences, the first rule of Milenko is unless it’s one of his hard Nos, if it turns you on it turns him on.

So if you’re into being marked he will deliver. He’s also a big body worshipper so he’ll leave them wherever he finds softer or juicier for him, unless you have specific preferences.

Most mindful of not leaving them in visible places unless you ask.

As for him? If you’re going to do it, you might as well dom him while you’re at it and completely obliterate him. Mark him all you want he’s your canvas, baybeeey.

Zero regard for visible hickeys/lovebites on himself. If you are, he’s sorry you don’t have a sex life as exciting as his :/

⟡ Artemisia

While she does like some roughplay in sex, she doesn’t like any sort of bruising marks, because she doesn’t like bruising. So it doesn’t matter if you do it softly, or the lovebite is the most tender thing ever delivered. She just doesn’t like bruising.

You’re welcome to kiss her everywhere though. As long as you leave her feet out, she likes it, it makes her soft.

However she is very likely bite a buttcheek or a hip while you’re at it. If she’s eating her partner’s ass, she will definitely kiss your thighs and bite your butt. 

She’ll leave marks with her mouth if you ask, she prefers to leave the steady mark of a good grip on her partner’s ribs when she’s riding them.

[vampiresuns]

No surprise here, but I would definitely jump on Milenko’s route! Kip would get her shot too in another playthrough, but I crave poetry and theater and inky fingers so… me first!

I’d save Ozy for Nana and tell him to bring a notepad bc I personally want to know more about the ins and outs of the Vesuvian court

I could see Sascha being interested in getting to know Amparo more. I know for a fact that she would want a first row seat to any of her Moth performances.

Milenko is blushing at the attention, he didn’t think he’d merit it, yet he insists he won’t disappoint. He’s honestly a sweetheart and a 10/10 choice.

Nana is more than available for a Court 101 or a crash course if you want one, not that he’d turn Ozy down about it if he asked him himself. He’d be thrilled to tell him how it works and the history of it. We know this already but he’s perpetually surprised Oz’mandias likes him (if you ask for my opinion, though Nana’s trying to shut me up about this, he thinks Ozy’s out of his league which is hilarious because this is Aelius Radošević we’re talking about, he is the league)

You have given Amparo attention and she would be delighted to reciprocate, Sascha is very invited to the backstage after one of her performances and a drink afterwards if she’d like to. She might even get a perfumed letter with an invitation!

[vampiresuns]

11, 23, and 38 for the four!

11. When texting - multiple messages, one long message, or somewhere in between?

✴︎ Anatole: Depends exclusively on the topic and context. Can be both a very monosyllabic texter and a ‘holds an entire conversation like it was face to face via text’. Branches out through all of these.

⟡ Amparo: Depends on the context, just don’t Audio message her unless you want her to listen to something that’s not you talking. If you’re gonna talk, just call her.

❥ Artemisia: Voice messages, Amparo hates this.

☽ Milenko: Depends on context, but multiple texter, all of varied lengths, once again, depending on context.

23. Thoughts on being barefoot?

✴︎ Anatole: Good and right. He will climb trees without shoes on if he already took them off.

⟡ Amparo: Prefers to be with shoes, though she has house slippers.

❥ Artemisia: Socks, no shoes

☽ Milenko: Socks no shoes when its cold, otherwise barefoot.

38. How do they take their toast?

✴︎ Anatole: Medium toast, but will bread almost however it comes. Eggs and avocado, avocado and cottage cheese, and pb + banana are the to goes.

⟡ Amparo: She likes it toast, but still soft in the middle. More toasted than Nana, less toasted than Milenko. Prefers toast with cheese, but will have toast topped with almost anything — like squash and peanut butter.

❥ Artemisia: Prefers oven warmed bread.

☽ Milenko: Lives for the crunch, will have bread with anything.

[vampiresuns]

oh you know i gotta hear about the gang's MBTI types

Having in account I only use these to see how they think/organise their thoughts, Julianus and Anatole are INTJs, Amparo is an INFJ.

I’m not entire sure about Milenko and Artemisia, but I’d say Art is likely to be an ISTJ and Milan an ENFP.

I do build more with astrology than MBTI, but as an extra, I can tell you Nana’s parents are probably INTP or ENTJ (Vlad, I’m not sure) and ISFP (Louisa), Atanasie, Milenko’s uncle, is probably an ESFJ, and Valerian is without a doubt an ENTJ.

[vampiresuns]

Happy birthday to Milenko! I must know - what does he usually do on his birthday/how does he celebrate?

Astoria’s cheesy ass also sends him a birthday kiss

Milenko wraps his arms around Astoria’s waist from behind, leaving kisses along both their temples as he speaks. “I generally have dinner with my mothers the night before?”

He gives Astoria a kiss. “But sometimes I have early dinner with my family, and then usually Lele, Nana and I go cause mayhem somewhere.”

He blows a raspberry to Astoria’s neck, laughing a little as he speaks. “I always stop at the Palazzo at some point, and I have to stop by the Sphinx, usually Octavia will have something prepared for me whether I want to or not, but hey, you don’t turn whatever age you turn each year every year.”

“Maybe this year I’ll turn in a little earlier, you know?” He kisses the top of Astoria’s head this time, unable to hold a smile. “A little private celebration, beloved?”

[vampiresuns]

For your trio - 3, 25, 30?

3. How many pillows do they sleep with?

✴︎ Anatole: The best pillow is the chest of your partner.

Though, if he’s sleeping alone, only one for his head, but he has 2 or 3 in his bed (in total) when he sleeps).

⟡ Amparo: 5, they deserve it

☽ Milenko: The fuck’s a pillow (his bed has two, but he sleeps with one or none, sometimes the one gets yeeted in the middle of the night)

25. Do they brush their teeth before or after they shower? Or, god forbid, during?

✴︎ Anatole: After he wakes up, after he eats. Never in the shower.

⟡ Amparo: After she wakes up, after she eats. Never in the shower.

☽ Milenko: Same as above, but he will brush his teeth in the shower if he’s running late.

30. Your OC is handed the aux cord on a road trip: what do they play to annoy others in the car?

✴︎ Anatole: Beethoven’s 9th — the chorale specifically because it’s fucking awful and it’s bound to make the other two yell. Dw, Nana hates it too, but the sweet, sweet chaos

⟡ Amparo: Caramelldansen, it’s always caramelldansen with Amparo, she’s obsessed with it. She’d also say the Vengaboys, but if you don’t like the Vengaboys you deserve to be kicked off the car.

☽ Milenko: He’d change the song every 20 seconds to a minute, because it doesn’t matter what you put that’s bound to annoy people.