#beyondshadow

[cirocchio]

Okay but for Ciri's interpreter verse: What do you consider your greatest achievement? What do you believe makes a successful life? What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

‘Hm-- maybe it’s not much, but, ah, I’m happy I got my degree. I, er, wasn’t a very good student, actually, ha.’ Mostly the academics part that bothered her. She’s fine with translations, but doing her own research and writing a whole paper from scratch? That was exhausting. ‘...I think, eh, it made my life easier. I could get a job that suited me, one that I like to do.

What do you believe makes a successful life?

‘Mmh... isn’t it enough to be happy?' Success is often tied with ambition, and she has so little of that. Happiness, on the other hand, is something she has -- while the people she meets often are still looking for that. It’s not bad to want more than that, though.  ‘...Actually, I don’t think, I’m someone who can decide that, ha. But for me, my day is successful, if I have managed to help s-someone who needs it. It doesn’t matter, whether it has any further effect on my life -- my mind is, ha, not made for long-term planning.’

What goal do you most want to accomplish in your lifetime?

‘...Hm.’ That’s more difficult. She’s quite content. Has a parent who adores her, and even the awkward relationship with Silvan isn’t so painful. Her half-sisters are quite nice -- not really sisters, but friends. And in spite of her mediocre talents, she is in a position where she can help others.

‘...there’s no real goal I have. Not -- a fixed, concrete one, at least. I’m working with, groups of people who have it hard, because they don’t speak the languages of the people in their surroundings. It’d be nice if... they got treated better in the long term. Found a home. A place to settle. Meet their family again, or build a new one. But it’s not something one person can do. So I just want that the little things help -- eh, well, I already told you, that my mind has a hard time making plans in the long term.’

‘--It’s a little naive, perhaps. Because it often seems that reality is different -- but the idea is that if, eh, everyone does a small kindness every day, that that is how the world is changed, eventually. That’s it, that’s my goal, I suppose. Do you like it?’

[go-forth-and-live]

太, 高, ۞ !

Munday asks || Accepting!

太: When it’s New Year’s, do you make New Year Resolutions and actually commit to them?

Haha, WELL, my big resolution for this year was that I was going to travel out of state every month in 2020 lmao. To my credit! I had gotten most of the way there! I’d budgeted like crazy and between that, strategic housesitting gigs, and credit card points I’d been saving up I had basically the whole year planned out, but then... y’know! Things happened! I’ve got all those tickets banked at least and most of my points refunded. My day shall come!

Beyond thatttt, I don’t tend to do a great job of keeping up with my resolutions. I think my other resolution for this year was that I was going to start working on learning French and like, practice for x amount of time each day? Boy that didn’t happen. 

高: How often do you use headphones/earbuds?

I’m almost never not wearing earbuds, even at home. I almost feel naked without them, lol.

۞: What shows did you watch when you were a child?

I’m sure I watched something besides Sailor Moon, but I struggle to remember it now.

... Actually, Slayers! I watched an awful lot of Slayers. And I rented out like every Urusei Yatsura VHS tape from Blockbuster because my mom diiiid not care what I watched. 

[matteblackstars]

”What do you mean he doesn’t know?"

@beyondshadow​ / @autumnswordsman​ liked for something short.

[sonderrow-moved]

@beyondshadow​ @autumnswordsman​

Despite the hiatus (good luck with that guys take care!) does that mean he can call them for beer and chat about Disney movies?

[spottedsoftpaws]

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At the start an eyebrow raised and he seemed to be pleasantly surprised. With Shikamaru he never knew what was a thing and what not. He wouldn’t want to say it ever out loud, but sometimes he had trouble holding on with this -little- super brain.

What followed made him frown slightly, was the other playing with him again? Slowly folding his arms he was thinking and trying to get something out of the others face. He would lie if he said he was not interested in him, just that he was never sure what was real now. Then he got an idea, if it was this way, the other would maybe not say no to a kiss. Leaning to him, slightly over him as he let him see a smirk on his lips. “You surely know how to be a riddle to not see that.” lips nearly touching, but he still stopped in his track to ask. “You allow?” in a whisper.

[shrapnelsong]

@beyondshadow​ asked: In the way quiet hours became quiet comfort, Shikamaru grew attached to those times, one of which included breaks at the small local bookstore. A journal tucked under his arm, he nearly breezed past the next aisle before a curtain of blonde hair gave him pause, long enough for his gaze to linger as he backtracked and recognition straightened his posture. “Sakurazuka-san,” he said, lips quirking into a smile. “This is a surprise. I didn’t think I’d see you again before my contract was up."

     The quiet bookstore was a refuge. A secret little hideout she often visited on her way between the two worlds she inhabited. What she liked most about it was the secondhand section. While she would never ever dare deface a book that did not belong to her, whenever she borrowed a tome from the library Alice always looked for the versions that had underlined sections and notes written along the edges. Somehow, it made her feel like she absorbed more information, knowing someone else had read and enjoyed the book before her. So, when picking up a new fantasy romance novel to put on her nightstand, she always checked the secondhand shelves first.

The sound of an unmistakable voice calling out her name had her flushing; a child caught doing something she wasn’t supposed to be doing but even worse: an adult being spotted with the most telling of their guilty pleasures. And by the single most perceptive person she’d ever met, too. It took only a second for her to compose herself and turn around to face him with a smile of her own.

“Nara-san.” She greeted, sliding the book back into its slot before offering him a polite bow. “You not needing to visit the clinic would be a good thing.” The doctor pointed out in lighthearted agreement, as she hadn’t expected to come across him again either. “How are your hands?” 

[hxgure]

[ I gotta admit I was initially a bit wary because I do cherish Nic a lot as a character, not to mention I enjoy the series thoroughly as a whole, but my doubts were dispelled and I'm glad to see everything about your portrayal. From his inner thoughts to speech patterns, and especially not making his deafness being the /only/ trait to his whole complex character. There's definitely a balance that's needed and I think you've got a good hand on it. Cheers, yo. Keep it up ✨]

Tell me what you enjoy about how I portray my character // ( accepting. )

i totally understand the wariness, i’m the same when i peek at people roleplaying favorites of mine. i’m super stoked to know that i got your approval and passed with flying colors! you and @autumnswordsman have such a way with writing and the way both of you understand your muses is super inspiring to me. it’s also why i always look forward to seeing both of you on the dash. there’s not a single thread since i’ve followed that i haven’t read. you’re also another person i have such huge admiration for so to also be recognized by you means a butt ton to me. B)  thanks a million for having the time to share your thoughts on my take on nico. much love

[spacymuses]

‘ any pet peeves? ’ for Lucius

Interview the Muse || Accepting!

“Plenty of ‘em, but y’wanna know what really shrimps my grits?”

“Them ladies who walk into my salon with a picture of Taylor Swift or whoever th’ fuck, all like ‘I want my hair to look like this!’ Sugar, you ain’t never gonna look like no Taylor Swift, and sure as shit not at the rate you’re payin’ me. You know how much Taylor Swift’s stylist makes? Taylor Swift’s stylist doesn’t have to spend their whole damn day convincin’ some suburban soccer mom from upstate that she can’t pull off bangs. Fuck you and fuck Taylor Swift.”

“Oh, and the clients who come in for a three-hour stylin’ with their kids and just let ‘em run roughshod around the shop. Am I yer goddamn babysitter? Is this a fuckin’ Hair Cuttery? Th’ hell do you expect ‘em to do, read the fashion magazines in the waitin’ area all afternoon? Yeah, I’ll bring my kid in on a Saturday, but the difference is it’s my kid, she’s a perfect angel, and every kid who ain’t mine is a snot-nosed little piece ‘a shit.”

“And I’ll tell ya another thing--!”