#dragyne

[roseguidedarc]

        𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐘 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃.   𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐘 , 𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐋𝐄𝐕 && 𝐘𝐀𝐑𝐀--𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐂 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐕.   a step is taken toward their ex-leader ,  guns pointed square at her chest to execute all three of them if issac felt so inclined to do so !      ❝  he’s a child ,  issac.  ❞   pressed echo ,   ❝  yara━  ❞  eyes shift downward && a tightness pulls at her insides , at her heart ,    ❝  was a child.  scar or not. ‘  this war he’s trying to wage to so call “end the violence for everyone”  is meant to    𝚆𝙸𝙿𝙴 𝙾𝚄𝚃   his enemy once && for all . . the peace sentiment is just a cover up for his own ambition && true motive.   another step is taken && the guns pointed at them press forward , issac threatening her once more &&    𝖉𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌   she back down.   jaw clenches , rain making brown hair stick to the sides of her face :    ❝  if you think i’m abandoning my people then you’ve lost your fuckin’ mind , issac.  i’m not stepping down ,  i’m not letting you kill lev or abby.  ❞      / @dragyne​   it’s gettin’ real chaotic tonight bois  ♡  

[roseguidedarc]

@dragyne​ ASKED ,  ❛ 𝑰𝒕 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.. ❜ / 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒋𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒚

          𝐒𝐇𝐄’𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓 , 𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄.   tissue discarded in some random trash can on her walk back home when suddenly the other seemed to show up outta no where.   riley’s still reeling , irritated , from having gotten into somewhat of a bar fight not even ten minutes before━so , this cullen might have to   𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙶𝙸𝚅𝙴   her for her lack of patience && politeness.    hands shove themselves into her pocket as she walked under a street lamp , a bitter chuckle rising from her chest at the other males words.   head nods , head of thick , messy hair waving along with it.     ;          ❝  you did.  though , with the blood that was spilled. . not sure you could’ve lasted a full minute in there.  ❞     she’d said ,  head turning only in the slightest to peer at the golden haired supernatural beside her.    ❝  bunch-a drunks looking to get a little to close to me.  i didn’t like it , ended up punchin’  a guy.  ❞     spoken more casually than most people would--bar fights in new york happened daily. night or day.  forks , however , seemed to be low on person to person   𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.   brows furrow as he continued to trail beside her ,     ❝  you followin’ me now?  can’t be linked to what i know , can it?  am i gonna end up on the news?  ❞     the last part makes her laugh ,  clearly a light jab but also a joke.    ❝  i’ve already told your dad i’m not gonna speak a peep to anyone━ you can go home now , jasper.  ❞

[roseguidedarc]

@dragyne​ ASKED ,   ❛ 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔. ❜ / 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 

        𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐓𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐃 ,  𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐍 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑  as bella subconsciously picks a a loose string on the sleeve of her long sleeve.  the lecture going on in their dimmed classroom doesn’t peak her interest ,  && it’s only when edward speaks up   (  softly , but loud enough for her && no one else to hear  )   does her head raise to turn && look at him.  gentle , slight , smile pressed against tinted lips :     ❝  reading minds can’t be easy for you.  i don’t think i’ve ever asked before.  ❞    bella says ,  brow eyes lingering on his golden ones.    ❝  what’s it like?  in a nutshell , i mean.  ❞    it’d take too long to explain && she could never   𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙻𝙻𝚈   know━     ;          ❝  . . . so many people thinking at once with different personalities && process.  it’s gotta get irritating after so long ,  like static.  ❞   though she’s whispering , bella’s genuinely curious.    ❝  people can only have so many different types of minds , right?  ❞     brow arches ,  eyes momentarily looking back toward the front of the classroom.   the movie playing ,  another movie assignment ,  not being paid attention to.   

[roseguidedarc]

@antmounds ASKED ,  𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅. 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏. / 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒋𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂 :')

        𝐀 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 , 𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐌 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐉𝐉 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐁𝐎𝐗 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘’𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐌.     dina glances down at her lap in which she holds the stuffed elephant that jesse’s mom had made for jj ,  thumb running over soft blue fabric in thought.   head rises to peer toward him where they sit together on a blanket nestled on the ground.   a breath is taken in her chest,  dina trying to will the    𝖘𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖞 𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘   away for a moment longer :    ❝  you’re my best friend too , y’know?  ❞     one of them ,  one of the very important ones. eyes peer into his , watching the small shifts in jesse’s expression :    ❝  despite everything we’ve been through && even though we didn’t work out━  ❞    [though because they didn’t work out , that lead dina to ellie]     pause takes up a space between them ,  ❝  i’ll always love you.  you’ll always be    𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭   to me.  ❞   just like ellie , if she comes back or not.     (  jesse gave dina her son  && for that alone she’d be forever grateful.  jj is the light of her life , && she never thought she could   𝙻𝙾𝚅𝙴   someone so much before he was born.  it’s a different kind of love.   )    toddler manages to wobble himself to standing ,  shaky steps taken toward them with outstretched arms.      ❝  look at you go , potato !  ❞    exclaimed dina as he falls into her lap only to be scooped into mothers embrace.   kisses are dotted against his cheeks && face , a giggle to follow.    ❝  you’re stinky , jj.  playin’ in that sand’s got you smelling like the outdoors━maybe it’s daddy’s turn to give you a bath?   daddy’s turn!  ❞     jj claps in response as dina glanced toward jesse.

[roseguidedarc]

@dragyne​ ASKED ,   ❛ 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅. ❜ / 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒚

          𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 && 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 ,  𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐎 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐘  got away with the pain adore knowingly caused her oldest daughter.   camille was damaged goods in the eyes of her mother , a disappointment ,  && riley could easily assumed that adore probably never really wanted nor loved camille.  nothing seemed to have made her blood boil more than that fact laid out , clearly now , in front of her !    riley would’ve done anything to have her mother now ,  she would’ve done anything to know that love && for camille to have hardly ever experienced it in a genuine sense had left her more affected than she’d realized.     ;      the conversation on this overly large ,  over polished porch seemed to have taken a turn.  camille was just trying to speak to adora ,  explain something ,  but adore flips the script to place blame on camille.  makes her feel like   𝚄𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚂𝙷𝙸𝚃   for life choices && recent choices which they weren’t even talking about.   riley takes a stand , shaking her head :    ❝  hey , no.   you don’t have a single god damn thing to apologize for , alright?  ❞    if camille won’t fight back against her mother , then riley will call her out.     ❝  what kinda mother are you , lady?   what kinda mother makes her own daughter feel like utter shit for just about everything?  ❞     asks riley , looking adore square in the face.     ❝  mothers don’t do that , adora.  real mothers don’t ,  so i guess that makes you a fuckin’ sucky mother doesn’t it?  ❞     she can see the shift in her expression , bewilderment for how she was being talked to.   miss queen bee herself being knocked down a peg or two ,   𝖌𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘.      ❝  so ,  fuck you && everyone in this judgy little backwoods town , alright?  you don’t treat people like that.  ❞     back turns as hand reaches out to tug on camille’s jacket.     ❝  c’mon , lets get outta here before i pop a blood vessel && you’ll have to find a medium for me.  ❞

[roseguidedarc]

        𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐘 && 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐘𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 ,  𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑.    (    the death of their father being something that weighed on both their minds heavily.   they both wanted revenge ,  even if amara wouldn’t admit she had much of a strong desire for it.   she tried to live her life how their father wanted ,  but he’s not here is he?   she allowed her grief to consume her ,   her anger as well━&& now she isn’t who she was four years ago nor the women abby remembers as a child.  )   body leans against the side of the table ,  arms crossed over her chest as a deep breath is taken in.    out of habit ,  eyes glance down at their fathers watch that she wears on her wrist ,      ❝  so ,  ❞   began the older of the two ,    ❝  did you kill him?  ❞    better to right out with it  . . the   𝐵𝑈𝑅𝑁𝐼𝑁𝐺   question in the back of her head for weeks now.      ❝  that’s what you wanted to do ,  so i hope you didn’t go all the way for nothing.  ❞   tone softens for a moment , something only   𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖛𝖊𝖉   for abby && her wife :      ❝  are you alright , abby?  it couldn’t have been easy.  ❞    /  @dragyne​    gets the anderson sisters  ♡

[roseguidedarc]

@dragyne ASKED ,  ❛ 𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍? ❜ / 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒍 :~)

           𝐋𝐄𝐆 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 , 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇.   𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐄 , 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐉𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐒𝐔𝐈𝐓  pulling against his skin at the movement.   pale , empathetic-less eyes watch the nervous , fidgeting  women on the other side of the glass with a sense of curiosity.   hannibal had always liked peaking into the minds of others , of trying to figure out what made them tick && see how they might differ from himself.  people were interesting && boringly predictable at the same time.    (  he’d come across so many in his lifetime as a surgeon , as someone who pry’s into people’s mind for a living.  they were always the same , almost carbon copied of one another yet some , like clarice , stick out among the rest.  )     ;      ❝  depends on your definition of normal or sane , miss sterling.  ❞     muses the doctor , the “madman” , the cannibal.      ❝  our definitions of those two concepts could be polar opposites ,  && i’d imagine they are ,  but have similarities.  our lives were   /  are completely different ,  yet have lead us to meet one another as we have.  ❞   && how hannibal was   𝚃𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙺𝙵𝚄𝙻   for such a event , though he can’t pinpoint his reasoning for that.  not exactly . . that bothered him.  perhaps it’ll come in time?    ❝  for instance ,  take my participation in cannibalism as the divider.   what i do , who i am ,  is completely normal for me ,  yet you , or people like you , look at me && see a madman . . maybe even a monster.  ‘    he continued ,    ❝  i do what i do because i enjoy it.  eating the rude is . . almost  𝖊𝖚𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖈.   something  normal people couldn’t begin to fathom.  ❞     [why couldn’t they see the beauty in it?]      ❝  i know who i am , what i am.   do you know who you are , clarice? do you know what’s sane && what isn’t?  ❞

[roseguidedarc]

@dragyne​ ASKED ,  ❛ 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕. ❜ / 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆

         𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐘 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄’𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 ,  𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐒𝐎 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍.    (   riley had enough of new york for now.  she needed quiet , she needed somewhere with not such a dense population of people---to many voices , to many conflicting stories && spirits trying to scratch themselves to the surface.  forks was small , forks was quiet , && maybe even peaceful in a way she’s never experienced before.  )      ❝  i know a lot-a of things , edward.  you’ll have to be more specific.  ❞    riley knew exactly what he was talking about , the big   𝚂𝙴𝙲𝚁𝙴𝚃   none of them wanting to get out.  was this going to be her last stop ever? would she go missing && turn up in a river somewhere?   hopefully not.      ;       leg crosses over the other where she sits on the second floor living room cough ,  hands clasped together after she removed her scarf to set aside.      ❝  i can tell you aren’t someone who likes to play games ,  mind games maybe . . but , i don’t particularly want to spend my weekend trapped here.  ❞     she’d get on with it ,   her patience wearing thin with everything today !       ❝  i know what you are , what the rest of your family are.   how do i know?  well ,  that’s my secret━but vampires they . . they give off a specific feeling or aura.  i picked up on the second i saw you in class.  ❞      eyes , once lingering anywhere else ,  meet his golden gaze , the surprise reflected in them :    ❝  && don’t worry , i won’t tell anyone.  you aren’t the only one in town with a secret they don’t want getting out.  ❞