I should say that in my hc I completely ignored the (semi?) canon 50-year gap in the KC's timeline
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He was six today and he could feel the edge of his third actual grown-up tooth coming through. Soon it would be time to think about getting married and packing his explorer’s trunk for the Mwangi Expanse.
He wanted a park birthday but in Gozran you never knew if it might rain, which obviously didn’t matter a bit, but for some reason Mom seemed to think that made outdoor birthday parties impossible. So instead they were playing Pirates and Zombies in the attic and he was standing on a clothes chest pointing his scimitar (an old violin bow) at an approaching zombie (Fati, who made the most chilling moans) and swearing on The Lady (no one cared which) he would rescue his crew (Leila, Tam and Fortinbras), when he felt the pinch in his chest tighten into a hard marble of pain.
He tried to play it up like zombie-Fati had delivered upon him a terrible wound but she must have seen something that clued her in, because she stopped moaning and ran for the stairs. “Moooooooooom!”
They were up and looming over him in a flash.
Mom and Dad always hovered since the Bad Thing. Whatever it was. He’d been small. All he remembered was walking back from the park all by himself and when he got home everyone was crying, even Zarin. Even Mom. It was all very confusing and nobody wanted to talk about it except to say they thought he’d gone missing for days (he was sure he hadn’t), so all he understood was that he had done something terrible that frightened the whole family and made everyone cry. Since then he got these “heartaches” every once in a while.
And now no one was playing Pirates and Zombies anymore and everyone looked scared.
“I’m fine!” he hollered, curling into a ball on the rug. “I was pretending!”
The pain was bad but the feeling of dread radiating from everyone was worse. He hated seeing their fearful faces. Even Zarin, who was pretty tough, had tense pucker marks at the corners of her mouth. They were going to make him lie down. Make him take medicine. They might even send for Father Jo and that would be the last straw. On his birthday.
So he forced himself to sit up and grin maniacally with his eye patch and his tooth gap. “I got bitten by a zombie. UUUUGGGH! BRAIIINNSSS!”
Scrambling after them as they scattered and shrieked he saw out of the corner of his eye that his parents were going to let it go this time. Triumph.
For the briefest instant as he cornered Leila and Fortinbras behind the drum set an image flashed in his mind of the woman with burning eyes from his bad dreams.
It still hurt, but it was not going to ruin his birthday.
Send "💎💎💎" and My Muse OC will say three things that comes to their mind when Your Muse's OC/Canon Character's name is mentioned (Send gems and a name if it's a canon character or you have multiple.)
Kadira looks up, the gesture more dramatic than she intends with the bounce of curls. "I don't think Lariel realizes it all the time, but she has a reliance that I recognize from years of abuse, but she's allowed herself to be kind and to appear how she truly is in her heart." There's a gentle smile on the tiefling's features, as her tail lazy waggles behind her. "I think she's unfailingly honest in her intentions and actions, she's a good soul, and the courage she carries is rare. I want to protect her not because she can't protect herself, she absolutely can, but as someone who had to protect themselves all the time, it's good to not be alone even if it's for a while. A moment of solidarity."
There's a frown, eyes on the ground at the mention of Zrise's name. "He's intriguing as the dark veil between stars, dangerous, exciting, and very apt. We don't quite know what's between stars. More galaxies and life that we cannot see or is it simply a void? " The relaxed pace of her tail's motion stills, staying flat on the ground, "Is his cruelty all there is or does it hide the stars that he might have forgotten about?" There's a flat smile and she doesn't look up, "It doesn't matter, does it? I'm not a very good key for him. He is every thing that I am not… and sometimes I'm jealous of that."
💎💎💎 if you are up for it! I’d loved to hear Sparrow’s thoughts on either of them! Lariel or Zrise 💕💕
:D Thanks Dolly! I ended up doing both of them, I love both of the swans ❤️
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Lariel:
Sparrow sighs. "Lariel is...soft. Or, perhaps, gentle is a better word. 'Soft' would imply she has not faced hardship, but that does not seem to be the case. Despite her naivete, there is something brittle about her countenance. Her hesitance with the world around her reflects a fear that seems to have been instilled in her a long time ago." She grimaces, and turns away.
"She should take care. The way she is able to endear people to her has worked in keeping her safe, but the way she wears her emotions so obviously...someone will exploit that if given the chance, I think. But--I might be wrong. She is stronger than she thinks, that much is already clear. And if she is able to stop being so frightened of herself, I think she will find the world less frightening as well. And less likely to hurt her, in turn."
Zrise:
Sparrow's expression is devoid of emotion. "He is a powerful ally, though unnecessarily ruthless." Her tone is clipped and to the point. "Should he ever learn to reel in his passions he might find someone who doesn't want to kill him within five minutes of meeting him. He's arrogant and desperate to prove some point to himself--and so self-absorbed that any possible redeeming qualities or sympathy from his past are drowned in his own inability to recognize the worth in other people.
The best tactic, I've found, is to ignore him when possible and mitigate the damage he causes. He seems desperate for attention--best starve him of it and he goes away in time."
Tyrel:
🍒-When and how did they lose their virginity, if they have?
Tyrel was about 16 when he lost his. His father was having a large party for his half-brother's 18th birthday and a young noble woman, about a year older than him had been amorous with him the entire night and he really had no clue what to do. He was a stuttering awkward mess until she dragged him off into a secluded space in the gardens and they had their rather awkward but memorable first time. She was only really interested because he was a Kitsune and thought it would be a good story to tell so she kind of cast him aside and refused to acknowledge him afterward which was a painful experience for him, he was sensitive when he was younger.
⚔ : Does your muse have any specific kinks?
Tyrel likes a pretty large variety of different things as long as his partner is in some way dominant. He loves being submissive in some way, especially to female partners pretty much any type of femdom completely melts him. He is especially fond of bdsm, overstimulation, edging, tease & denial and maybe even a little bit of very light cbt. Not entirely opposed to being more dominant but if it goes that route he usually likes to start out being submissive and sort of wrestle his way to the top if Cam will let him lol. Also yes, mommy/daddy kink... lmfao
Aria:
🍒-When and how did they lose their virginity, if they have?
Aria was about 17 when she lost hers. It had been about 3 years since her father had died and she was at the height of her rebellious teen phase when she met a girl roughly the same age as she was that showed her the seedier side of Absalom and she very quickly became infatuated with both her and the much grittier side of the city that she discovered. Aria's first time was awkward for sure but her partner was patient with her and she learned a lot about what she likes from the experience.
⚔ : Does your muse have any specific kinks?
Aria's kinks can switch depending on the energy/stature of her partner or even what mood she's in. Sometimes she wants to be dominant toward a physically larger partner and let a smaller one dominate her and sometimes she wants the opposite. She's still pretty young and is discovering more things she likes but she's found that she's particularly fond of bondage, teasing and a few other others that actually line up with Tyrel but with her it's both dishing it out and receiving. Also praise and humiliation kink! Hearing someone praise her is rare and even if it's just something they're saying in the heat of the moment it feels nice.
Answered here but I’ll add that Siavash obviously would and has, especially as Knight-Commander. He gets Seelah to keep him posted on the sly about upcoming weddings and he and Aivu just show up at the reception (they skip the vows and speeches part obviously). It’s one of the ways he makes himself popular in the Fifth Crusade – never above hanging out with the common soldiers, the mongrels, the mimics, whoever has cake.
Unfortunately that means crusaders eventually start expecting him to show up, and if he doesn’t they feel they’ve been snubbed. This has two effects. It puts him off showing up at weddings at all, and makes him feel guilty for not showing up at weddings. Eventually he has to stop completely but he is supposed to be running a crusade and all, so there’s a good excuse.
Sparrow: I think at this point what I like most about her is her tenacity--her willingness to put her head down and push through hard times. She goes through so much and it takes an age for her to learn how to not expect the worst to happen out of every situation, but she never gives up if and when the worst does happen. It's very admirable!
Vonzi: Her self-assurance. She doesn't let things like self-doubt plague her and honestly she'd probably be a good role model for people with, like, anxiety. "Would Vonzi care about this? No? Then I won't either." It can make her hard to get along with for people who actually know her but as someone who just gets to sit in her head and see her decide on things and then commit without letting anxiety over herself get in the way is just really good. She knows the only thing she can truly control is herself and her actions!
