#democrow

[averrse]

@democrow “’I survived it’ isn’t usually what you say about positive experiences.”

Kaz raises an eyebrow. "Isn't it?"

He's not sure why he feels this impulse to teach Wylan lessons. Wylan isn't a child, and Kaz has no interest in mentoring. He can tell himself, instead, that it's simply that the younger man seems so sure he knows better.

"Surviving a situation means you know how to survive it. That you'll survive it better next time. What benefit is there from--" Kaz stalls for a moment, trying to think of the sort of 'positive experience someone like Wylan might prefer. "--a day in a park."

[hishedonism]

@democrow ➤ shadow & bone prompts   ➤ accepting

wylan said : there's certainly more to you than meets the eye, isn't there?

    his fingers freeze where they're drumming against the wall of the building behind him, absent beat stalling mid - tap as startled eyes dart to him. he'd only been taking a break, a breath of fresh air — as fresh as the air ever managed to be in ketterdam — but he'd lost track of time, lulled into distraction by the sound of the flute trilling from the instrument still held between the other's fingers.

    he hadn't even realised he'd stopped playing, that he'd been noticed. he briefly, wildly, considers making a run for it, but no — he's just being paranoid. the guy could mean anything. hell, maybe he's just flirting. he can still play this off, act like a normal gods - damned citizen with nothing more to him for five minutes.

    still, he ducks his head, surveys his reflection in a window for a moment just in case. nothing seems different — hair still curled the same way as before, eyes still brown, freckles still in place — but, ghezen, he can't be sure.

    he spins on a heel, plasters a grin on his face and hopes it looks passable.

⠀ ⠀❛     who, me ? look at you, you're the one with hidden talents. earn any kruge playing that thing out here ?     ❜

[korolnichevoya]

@democrow asked: ❛ if they were coming back, i think they’d be here by now. ❜

WYLAN'S ANXIOUS well , they both are , nikolai is just better at hiding his . wylan , however , has emotions flicker across his features that are easier for nikolai to track . but it's hard to comfort for a fear you ALSO have.

❝ they're clever . dangerously so . they'll be here . ❞ but even as he says it , his own clever mind is shifting quickly through their options , for plans to get to them should something have gone horribly wrong . ❝ your supplies . which ones do you have on you ? ❞ it's a calm question , as if merely to take stock of what they have between them .

[fabrikaeted]

“ no one is you, and that is your power. “  // @democrow​​ 

          there were days like this. days where jesper didn’t feel all that blessed. where he still felt like more of a curse than anything else. and on days like those, it was easy to sink off somewhere, find a bottle and a bet to make and distract himself with the noise and business of barrel life. it’s what he was good at-- what he’d always been so good at. distractions, rather than any kind of focus on himself, on exploring the depth of his emotions and feelings. 

          jesper fahey had always been incredibly talent at being the life of the party, so much so that even he bought into it. 

          but what could he do now? those things weren’t an option. he was trying. had promised he would try. but that left him open-- vulnerable. 

          “there’s power in that, is there?” he laughs a little, a weak kind of sound, ingenuine. and even that is something that most don’t get to see-- the cracks in the façade. “y’know, i’m usually so good at the fake it till you make it stuff. but i uh-- i dunno. maybe today it’s harder than usual.”