#circleverse

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Hey look it’s a new canon Circleverse story from Tamora Pierce that she wrote for a lucky recipient as a reward for a charity donation! It’s the meetcute between Lark and Rosethorn! Go enjoy it!

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The Great Equalizer   - Leech HCs

To talk about the Leech I feel I must first talk about Nyriad and what I think about her and the way she was raised. 

So Nyriad lived in an era where for better or worse the Sirens always came together and lived as a unit. However I believe the Sirens did not live as a unified force as some would naturally be more inclined to leadership than the others. I also believe that they lied to Nyriad about the nature of her powers because the other sirens knew what she was and feared her. 

I believe that the Leech power and the Siren who wields it is meant to be a check for the other Sirens. If another Siren were to abuse their powers and step out of line it would be the job of the Leech Siren to take her sisters power and hold it until a suitable replacement could be found, this is the true nature of the Leech power, to take but also to give. Because of the high amount of responsibility the Leech Siren was often kept in the outskirts of Siren life either by self imposed exile pr the group simply keeping them at arms length. 

In Nyriad’s case though I believe something else happened, She had to dispose of the seventh Siren at a young age before she was truly able to understand her task and so instead of doing her duty she locked them away, and after that her Siren sisters, all of whom where older than her and wiser in her opinion told her that she was a burden on Siren kind, a Leech, a monster who had no place in this world and she believed them. Hence why she was so willing to lock herself and her power away in a vault forever, while the rest of Siren kind has remained unchecked and forgotten about their sister who was always meant to temper them.  

Now onto the Twins 

The way I write the power split is that Tyreen has the majority of the powers, and all of Nyriad’s memories/ the ability to commune with her. Her powers where never tempered by learning from an adult siren as Leda was killed by Tyreen’s powers before she could teach her daughter. As such her powers are reactive; Negative emotions set off her leeching ability in a way she cannot control. When she is calm and collected she can use her powers at will and no one is in danger of being leeched, but fear, anger, distress, etc  all turn her into a dangerous force that cannot be controlled until she calms down.  

The Leech power needing to be fed on a regular bias also stunted her growth, she’s very short and makes up for with heeled boots. The trade off being she doesn’t need to eat real food as often so long as she feeds on something. 

She can take other sirens powers but she cannot give them back, she was not the one to get that side of the leech power, Troy was.

Troy, has no off switch for his side of the power, he leeches every siren he comes in contact with, but only if he makes contact with their markings, hence why he always touches Tyreen’s Siren arm to feed and why he dusted Maya. However in return for not being able to turn it off he also has the missing part of Tyreen’s power, the Give to the take, he can put his leeched energy into other things. 

Troy however also has to deal with the fact that because he has part of Tyreen’s power, his body is trying to destroy itself. The Siren energy in him wants to be a part of its proper host, hence why he heals very slowly and is basically being eaten from the inside out.  Of course it is part of his though, and giving it up would surely kill him just the same as living with it does. 

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will i ever have a consistent art style? probably not but here’s some more sandry

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQbVIRiEAcQ)

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Circleverse Master list

Alright so I’ve finally settled on a name for the AU I’ve been writing and it’s the Circleverse, as it focus’ on the Twins and the people they keep close to them. I’ve also decided to bite the bullet and start posting the Fic that all this world building has been leading up to. So before Chapter 1 goes up why not familiarize yourselves with what’s going on in the Circleverse so far 

Drabbles

All Eyes on Me - Link 

Tyreen struggles with the pressure of being God-Queen all the time 

The Leech - Link

Tyreen’s power wakes up for the first time as child 

Touch Averse - Link

Troy’s Spinal implant is bothering him, so is the fact that people won’t stop touching him

Maintenance - Link

The Twin’s share a quiet moment together while Tyreen does maintenance on Troy’s implant 

Crumbling- Link 

The Twin’s take a pitstop on their way to Promethea, Troy is sick and Tyreen doesn’t know what to do.

Outgrowing the Cage - Link  Tyreen looks up at the stars and desperately wishes she was anywhere but here 

Worldbuilding and Headcanons 

Tyreen General Headcanons 

Leda Headcanons

Layout of the Twins ship The Centurion

Troy Headcanon Masterpost

Members of the Inner Circle

Headcanon Tag

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People Like Us Chapter 1

Witch of the Woods 

Early morning light filtered in from the window, shining down precisely where a lizard-like fox creature happened to be sleeping on the floor. The creature awoken by the warmth hopped to its feet and screeched running around in a circle before rolling on its back in the sun beam.

“Ugh Persphone, not again.” A pillow was flung off the bed in the direction of the creature who caught it in its mouth and brought it back to where it came from.

“Why are you always like this?” Sloane asked as she uncurled from her nest of blankets and brushed her messy brown hair out of her face. “It’s way too early for this shit you know.” She sighed looking down at Persphone who wagged her tail and tilted her head expectantly. Sloane followed her into the kitchen blinking in the brightness as she’d forgotten to shut the curtains the night before, at least to her relief there wasn’t anyone peering in through the window.

“Are you only ever this friendly when you want food? Do I not do enough for you to warrant some love and affection sometimes?” She asked again as she rummaged through the cabinet before finding what she was looking for pouring the food into Persphone’s bowl before pulling out an apple for herself.

Sloane went back to her room to grab her Echophone, checking the time and seeing it was nine-thirty, too late in the morning to go back to bed if she wanted to be productive today. She pulled her art supply box off the table in the kitchen and called to her pet as she held the front door open then headed out herself. She looked to the woods that surrounded her quiet little house and chose the patch she wanted to paint this morning. She set down her supplies and easel then gestured and a vine wrapped around the stool sitting near the door and dragged it over.

She watched as the glow of the siren marks on her right arm faded to normal muted blue and went to work. She could really lose herself in her art on days like this when the weather was fair and the sun filtered lazily through the canopy of trees. She was laser focused only looking up from the painting when Persphone hopped into her lap to beg for pets before being set back down by a vine.

Noticing that it had been several hours now and the painting had come together in a way she liked, she decided to leave it out on the easel to dry in the midday sun. She headed back into the house to make lunch and just as she had finished the sandwich she’d made she noticed a dark figure in the yard.

“Ugh this again.” She murmured heading out the back door of the house cautiously. The people of Eden-4 had taken the appearance of a Siren on their planet as a sign that they had been blessed by a god and as such they liked to make Sloane’s life difficult. She lived in this clearing not only because it was close to her element but because it was out of the way of the towns and usually meant she didn’t have to worry about being bothered by people who wrongly assumed she wanted their worship.

She slunk around the side of the house towards the front again, she watched as Persphone yipped and ran in circles around the invader though she kept her distance and Sloane was glad to see that the invader was content to leave her pet alone. Their attention was however on the painting she had left out to dry.

“Oh god dammit.” She hissed under her breath, her art was usually the focus of the worshippers. They would take it and add it to strange forest shrines that they thought would earn them her blessing, all it really did of course was make her wish she had any other talent.

“Hey wait!” Sloane reached to grab at the intruder who had swiped her latest painting off the easel but they had already rushed off out of reach. She sighed, they never did like to listen. The tattoos that adorned her right arm began to glow as she reached out with her powers and bent the trees over the path blocking it.

She approached cautiously, though she had the upper hand here she wasn’t an idiot. “ I don’t want to hurt you.” She said calmly “I didn’t want to have to use my powers at all but you really didn’t leave me any choice. Can I please just have my painting back?”

“But how can I build a shrine without a blessing from our Siren?” The worshipper cried. Sloane sighed this was always a hassle to deal with but she supposed she really should be used to it by now.

“Alright, Alright hang on.” She took the painting back from the worshipper and to her side a vine slithered out holding one of her older sketch books. “Here take this, it’s got a lot more than one picture in it.” It was hard to part with any of her work but if they were going to take it she’d prefer they take it on her terms. She released her hold on the trees watching them spring back into place.

“Thank you, I will tell the others of your generosity!” The worshipper ran back down the path disappearing from sight.

Now that had been dealt with, Sloane went back inside, sinking into the couch to relax for a minute before returning to her fridge and retrieving the list she had stuck on it with a Skag shaped magnet. “Right, so I guess I can cross deal with crazy fanatic shit off the to do list and get onto the actual important things I need to do today.”

She grabbed her bag off the counter and headed into town. Thankfully the town was pretty chill so she could have regular interactions with people instead of having to worry someone might start groveling at her feet because they messed up when giving her change, or didn’t have a shirt in her size. She didn’t get what all the fuss was about in the first place, yes, she was a siren but it wasn’t like her power was anything to write home about. She could make plants move, not the biggest deal in the world, but to the people of Eden-4 it seemed like it was.

The bell above the general store door chimed as she pushed it open. She noticed the store was pretty empty which was strange for this time of day, even the counter was empty of employees. As the door shut behind her a familiar redheaded shopkeeper in an apron came out from the back room.

“Oh hey Sloane.”

“Hi Maggie, where is everyone? I don’t think I’ve seen this place so dead well...ever.”

“Didn’t you see the news, everyones out preparing for the visitors.” Maggie said, pulling out her Echophone seemingly to pull up the news.

“We’re getting visitors? No one ever visits Eden-4, who are they?“

“The Calypso Twins.”

Sloane quirked a brow, the name sounding familiar. “Wait wait what? Like the Echonet streamers, with billions of followers? What do they want with this backwoods planet?”

Maggie set her phone down on the counter and slid it towards her. Sloane looked down at the screen where a video on Echotube waited for her. The thumbnail being a picture of the aforementioned Calypso Twins shrugging at an edited picture of Eden-4. The Title of the video read ‘Our next stop’.

She clicked the play button and Tyreen’s voice filled the shop. “What’s up my brothers and sisters across the six galaxies. God-Queen Tyreen coming to live from the Centurion’s bridge, Troy and I wanted to announce that in a day’s time we’ll be blessing our followers on Eden-4 soooo if you’ve ever wanted to see your God-Queen in person and you’re on Eden-4 it’ll be your lucky day. To the rest of my devoted followers we’ll probably be stopping by your planets soon enough, stay bloodthirsty!” The video cut off after a moment of Tyreen smiling at the camera and making a heart with her hands.

“You don’t think they’re coming here to look for the vault do you?” Sloane asked her shopping all but forgotten at this point.

“Dunno, maybe? Tyreen’s a Siren isn’t she, that’s all your ballpark I’m afraid girly. Why are you thinking of handing it over to them if they asked for it?”

Sloane’s brow furrowed, when she had gained her Siren powers the historical society of Eden-4 had handed over the location of Eden-4’s Vault and key telling her that as a Siren it was her duty to protect it. It had wound up being another responsibility she hadn’t asked for but luckily for her the vault hunters seemed to stick to Pandora and far away from the Eden system. She doubted that many people even knew Eden-4 had a vault and as far as she was concerned the people who did know were more than enough.

“Yeah I don’t know. I suppose I’ll just have to see what happens. Thanks for your help Maggie. I appreciate it really.” Sloane said heading out the door before it could be pointed out that she didn’t even bother to buy anything.

When she returned home she sat down at her computer and began to comb the Twin’s Echotube channel, their Let’s Flay streams and any other information she could find on them. She of course had been aware of their existence, it was hard not to if you spent any time at all on the Echonet but Sloane had never been one for streams. However after watching a few of the Twins she found that she maybe should have, Tyreen was charismatic and electric in her personality on top of that she was pretty cute. Troy on the other hand was harder to get a lock on given that he was usually the man behind the camera but from what she could tell about him he was equally as charming as his sister, if not more so and he was quite the looker too.

What really held her attention though was the fact Tyreen was a Siren, being that there were only six sirens in the universe at a time the chances of meeting another one seemed slim. Sloane was intrigued to see what the other siren knew about what they were.

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The first couple of chapters of my Fic are being released to the world tomorrow so please welcome one of the major players of the fic. My OC, Sloane. 

Sloane was born and raised on Eden-4, she had a pretty standard upbringing save for somewhat absent parents until she inherited her Siren powers at age 13. They remained dormant until an incident at school with bullies caused her to discover her powers sway over nature and overgrow the school. Her parents, not knowing how to handle raising a Siren then handed her off to the historical society of Eden-4 who tasked her with protecting Eden-4's vault and key.

Sloane took to living in a small cabin in the woods with her pet lizard-fox Persephone, only venturing into town when she needed supplies. This seclusion and general shyness around people along with her siren powers being the ability to control plants earned her the title of 'Witch of the Woods' and a she gained urban legend status with some people believing she's some kind of god and that her artwork was prophetic often stealing it to display on forest shrines. Sloane found this practice distasteful as she knows she's just a girl but not wanting to use her powers to hurt the populace of her home she would more often than not allow the theft.

Not content with a life of seclusion and always believing that there was more to see in the galaxy than Eden-4 it was no surprise that when the Calypso Twins came calling she was all too eager to join them.

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So are both the twins getting redeemed in your AU or just one?

Um Spoiler’s anon >=3c

But in all seriousness, Yes both twins are getting that sweet redemption juice, as a person who deeply  resonates  with both of the twins for different reasons  I don’t think it would be fair to only redeem one. 

How I am going to go about it well, that’s for you to find out once I stop being a fucking coward right…