❛ ah, the desert. count how many grains of sand is here, banana. that’s your new mission. ❜ @blindchanges
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❛ ah, the desert. count how many grains of sand is here, banana. that’s your new mission. ❜ @blindchanges
𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. The bull's course hair is tinged with night: death-colored and irreparable. But 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮 — beloved Europa shines quietly. Where Europa is, there is still light. The bull circles the edge of the earth, of Crete, of the stage, and plans its miracles. “ 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, ” but —
𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. The bull's circles begin to wane: it descends slowly, laconically, like a shadow upon Europa. “ 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐙𝐞𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥, ” it confesses, raising its blade. “ 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. ”
The bull, regretless, does not smile. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯? After all, it was Europa's fault for having a love that could be betrayed.
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@blindchanges: 014. our muses dancing together / x.
she’s acutely aware of how tense she is, of the way rough-meets-rough, which yearns to loosen it’s grip from uncertainty each time her’s chase again ; it had begun quietly, though, a pull of unease towards the earth, air a heavy thing, but now she knows how to listen for these things. something awkward tumbles forth at the call of her name, a chuckle, ❛ you know ❜ she just has to not feel bad, right? it’s hard, though, when in the midst of seeking forgiveness for terse replies to her advances, the toe of her shoe finds it’s way into a firm bump against her’s. another laugh ; she’s only uncomfortable with her own unease, bright sounds to make light of it. ❛ a ahaha . . . it doesn’t really seem like i have some sort of hidden talent for this, huh? ❜
( admittance, she has to remind herself, does not mean losing the battle between mind and heart, confidence & quiet drifting ; it does not mean stopping )
there’s nothing amiss there, but her hand finds the front of her partner’s shoulder, and as though smoothing one of sana’s dresses makes a ginger run over it, punctuated with an easy pat atop ( a constant, a show of forcing comfort into jittery moments - to fool her into closeness this time instead of her hands preferring retreat ), ❛ i’m sorry to take up your time this way, daiba-san — but even a hopeless case like this can work with some elbow grease and a talented teacher ; so . . . i’d like to try a little longer, if you don’t mind. ❜
❛ grand mots, ❜ a click of the tongue, then tone darkens. ❛ for someone as bigmouthed as you to say. ❜
thus, and frankly out of spite, claudine’s lips don’t twitch an inch after that. plays along, by the letter. she doesn’t need her thoughts spilled like the sort of cartoon villain nana unraveled herself to be.
the whispers of the truth rest in your ear. yesterday, after the impossible revue, maya has spilled more and more about nana than she ever has about herself, and, suddenly, time, the pictures, everything, begins to click into place.
claudine readies her weapon.
a grim frown, in a silent statement of rebellion: i’ve changed my mind. ❛ say, daiba-san, ❜ said in the tone of the supposed top star, defeated twice and sixty lifetimes, as it stands. ❛ will you ever heed your own word? ❜ @blindchanges
"Happy birthday, Kuro-chan! I made you some macarons --- I suggest you eat them while they're still hot and fresh!"
❛ merci, banana! ❜ she looks up from a small scrapbook—from mahiru , with love—and her hand shoots up to grab a macaron from the plate nana holds . indeed , hot and fresh . emphasis on hot . it’s not like claudine minds , though .
❛ you should offer one to maya too, i recommend. ❜ small reminder before digging in . ❛ there’s only one who can appreciate your pastries more than i, of course! ❜