#aurabless

[soulbvrden]

“I’m just… going to sit down for a little while…” / from amber !

Oscar stumbled in the snow, then he looked over to Amber before shaking his head. He shuffled over to the older girl and wrapped an arm around her. “We... We gotta k-k-keep going.” He said within chattering teeth, the cold seeping into his bones.

[canefought-a]

just pulls him into a tight hug. ♡ / u know its time to cry over the pine sibs in this chillis tonight

oscar embraces her tightly, squeezing her torso as he rests his cheek on her shoulder. it’s been too long, it’s been too damn long, since they had a moment like this. it’s been too long since he felt the comfort and unconditional love only a sibling can give. right now, he doesn’t feel swept up by ozpin’s burdened. right now, he can just be oscar pine and she can just be amber pine.

“ i love you, sis. “  he never said it enough. he took her presence for granted until it was ripped away from him and he could only assume she was dead. oscar won’t squander this second chance. never again will he let her fight alone.  “ i hope you know that. “

[hoardofheroes-blog]

“When the next murder happens, I need an alibi to prove it could not have been me.” jade to ghira / she's joking ,,, probably,,,

scream queens : accepting.

    ❛     jade!     ❜     ghira scolded, eyes flying wide in shock.   under different circumstances, he might have cracked a smile -- but given the current climate, it felt distasteful to make that kind of joke.    ( or at least, what he hoped was a joke... )     and it was his duty as her father to reprimand her.      ❛     you don’t need an alibi if we prevent these murders from happening.   and watch who you say that around, alright?     ❜

[canefought-a]

@aurabless | continued.

oscar squeezes his own hand as he sits on the couch and refuses to look at amber. he’s ready for her to reject him and keep the trauma she endured close to her chest. but he is a fool to think his sister is anything like ozpin, even if they share the same man’s magic within their bodies.

hazel eyes raise when she speaks, soaking up everything told into wide irises. cinder. he remembers her well and the same animosity the beacon students felt toward her rises in his chest. back then, oscar didn’t understand the power of the maidens enough to put two and two together, to realize it was cinder who took away his sister  ( what happened to their happy family? ).

but it doesn’t matter anymore. oscar has his big sister back. they are together again. they can fight together.

his face falls and oscar shakes his head.  “ i... i can’t promise that. “  he looks up at amber with a confidence cultivated from spending time with the huntsmen and huntresses.  “ i can fight too. i have to fight. i have-- “  oscar looks down and he squeezes amber’s hand. he doesn’t want to say it because then it would make it true. it’s been a realization hanging over him since learning ozpin’s past and discovering his true task as another one of ozpin’s lives.

“ i’m going to have to face salem. “

[solumcorvus-blog]

“I’ve had worse.” / from amber !

Qrow can feel the blood on his hands even as he presses harder against the wound. “Are you sure about that?” He doesn’t mean for the words to come out so angry, but he can’t help it. He’s angry at the whole situation. The attack. The injured woman who he’s trying to save. Everything that’s lead to this. 

“Look just-just tell me where it hurts.” Should he really be the one helping her? When his semblance is what it is? Would he get her killed?

[solumcorvus-blog]

“They got a lucky shot…” / from summer !

“I think I know luck. This isn’t it.” Qrow grunts, hefting her into his arms. This was bad. This was so bad. What was he going to tell Tai? What was going to tell the girls? Was one of his few friends going to die in his arms?

No. Shake it off Qrow. Shake it off. “We just need to get you some help. That’s all.” Somehow he managed to keep the fear from his voice but he couldn’t keep his hands from shaking.

[plcyersandpieces]

“Don’t die… Don’t die on me. Please…” / from jade ! ; ^ ;

Of all the constants in Blake's life, Jade had, perhaps, been the most consistent. She'd kept watch over her little sister, and Blake had come to rely on that. But the one time Jade had been pulled away, couldn't be there in time...

Blake coughed and curled closer against her sister. "'M sorry, Jade," she whimpered a little, her ears pressed tight against her head. "T-they just came s-so fast. Too... too many. I couldn't..."

A fresh spasm made her cry out and curl up tighter, burying her face into her older sister's shoulder. "T-take care of Mom and Dad," she continued. "They'll n-need it. And m-my team." She paused, trying to catch her breath, and trembled through another spasm. "...l-love you, Jade..."

Then one last seizure made her freeze up, and her heart gave out. She went limp in Jade's arms, her eyes glassy and unseeing.

[nightmarebcrn-archives]

“I like it when the worlds quiet.” from neo!

lost the meme

As it turns out, guarding the docks isn’t near as bad a gig as Mercury expected. The distinct odor of questionable fish prevents any sort of enjoyment of the cool seabreeze, but the waves themselves create a pleasant ambiance against the hulls of slumbering ships. Light pollution can’t strangle the starlight entirely here; over the tranquil waters he can see the bravest of them shining against a velvety sky. Hours into the shift he shares with Neo even the seabirds have settled down for the night. If he really breathes and allows himself to relax the near-silence can almost drown out the noise in his head.

Standing at the edge of the dock with her, Mercury turns her words over in his head before he answers. “Yeah, me too. No one trying to be bigger than they are--no one making noise for fear of silence.”

He glances at her and adds, “It’s part of why I like you. Not because you’re quiet--anyone who pays attention knows you aren’t unless you want to be. But because you don’t try to cover up the quiet.”