"I wonder how long it will take to rid that abomination's taint from these lands."
It had been a year, maybe two, since Dracula had fallen. The mornings had returned with some degree of levity, and the lands Sypha and their monkish brothers had fought to purify and liberate finally knew nights without fear of night beasts destroying all they held dear and sacred. Working with Grant had yielded much, yet Sypha was still restless. In the shadow of Dracula's looming castle as silent as a grave, it overshadowed the pair. All in the pursuit of preventing fanatics from reviving that tyrant from the grave once more.
Carmilla. She lingered like a shadow, a constant reminder of what they'd failed to do, the sister witches yet to be totally avenged--
"...She's still out there, Hector. You must feel it, too."
❝ So ... paint magic, huh? ❞ Bright golden eyes take in the brush held by the painter. Koyehn had been a place the Vastayah visited during previous travels. Not the worse place considering magic had been relatively embraced there. Yet all good things come to an end, as she remembers word of a temple burning to the ground. Still on alert being around the mortal, she crosses her arms. ❝ Haven't seen that practice that in awhile. ❞
They’ve been working in the kitchen for a while now, no awkwardness in the silence between them. Until Mathilde takes a deep breath and prepares herself for a question that’s been sitting on her tongue since she’s met the bloodhunter. “You think you can keep this up? Performing blood magic every time you kiss Isis?” She’s worried, for both of them.
i will get to zhongli eventually . i had worked on his icons a couple of days ago , but didn’t like how they came out so i scrapped it for now . i decided to at least give you albedo though ! i have yet to actually do his quest in the game , but once i do , i will have more caps for you to make ! i actually like how these came out though ! i hope you do too .
i didn’t really try hard with the psd , i just reused diluc’s and took out a filter . but idk why , i really liked it . look at him . absolutely amazing .
i kiss jhin softly on the cheek & hug him very tightly because where do i even start .
jhin , oh , he is truly an amazing & wonderful man that i love so very dearly ! i love getting messages from him , i love the time we spend together . i have so much wonderful & amazing memories with him ! i still need to put together a gift basket for him to send over ! been a bit busy & hectic with life , so i haven’t been able to make his little jar for him , but i can assure you that he is an absolute delight ! as i am sure you know as well .
but where to start with this amazing & wonderful man ? i suppose i can start with the fact that i hold and cherish the memories of when we were in a call ! we played the games ... i am still waiting for that winx club day again sir ! absolutely amazing . he really is a wonderful friend that has been able to help me through some hard moments in my life . a very calm , collected , and wonderful person who gives the most wonderful advice ! he is very handsome & beautiful inside & out !
his muses . oh heavens , they are absolutely wonderful . i love hearing about sarmenti , that amazing woman , but i also love to hear about his other ocs ! i may not know as much dnd as he does , but he definitely has made a home in my heart for all of those muses ! then there is are wonderful interaction with asra & pythia . in all honesty , he , along with another , has made me value & love the arcana more than i initially wanted to .
but oh ! why go there when i should .... bring up the fact that just last night ! we spoke of zhongli & baizhu ! & you know what , i am so very very VERY happy that he spoke up about it because because it was absolutely humbling to have him ask ( i was too much of a coward to ask because i love & value him & his hcs of how zhongli loved his wife very much ) . like sir ? i love you very much !
jhin is an amazing person , and i know i had said it before , but he is also just as impressionable on me as many of my other good friends . i appreciate him perhaps more than he will ever know & i really do , i really do , love when he comes to message me ! it always brings a big smile to my face and warms my heart knowing that he cares and talks to me .
i hope he knows that i care about him so very much ! he is kind , he is soft , & he is amazing . he deserves to be happy ! i thank him silently every single day for having found me and i honestly and very happy that i made the decision to talk to him .
i know that english is not a first language , and sometimes i do forget that , partially because he seems to respond very well in english , but i hope he knows that i love & appreciate him and there is no word in any language that can really show how much i care about him . i will always cherish him so much ! and i hope to continue to make memories for many many moons to come !
please stay amazing jhin , you really are a wonderful friend .
“You know, you should try to be a little friendlier to people. It wouldn’t hurt.”
❥ ; @hauntics - albedo │ misc . ( accepting )
ah , well the scientist most certainly knew exactly where to get under skin the doctor with just a simple statement . though whether it was on purpose or just by chance still seemed to be in question . he wouldn’t put it past somebody who was struggling with own humanity to try to deflect it towards another as a means to avoid pressure . or maybe he was simply just too daft . yet how can a young man with absolutely no social skills to boast about dare to make a comment on how baizhu should treat others ?
an attack , of course , on character . yet he stood there unfazed by the comment . instead the slightest wry smile drew thinly on lightly pressed lips . if albedo was looking for a reaction , it wasn’t going to be any sort that would cause the man to lash out . nay , his patience was far greater than that for a childish remark .
❛ you mean more than what i already do as a physician ? ❜
despite not being too keen on trying to change , he was , however , inclined to take suggestions on how to seemingly treat those around him better than he had been - if there was room for improvement that was . wouldn’t ( shouldn’t ) take what had been said to heart too greatly , for what was somebody like the other to really do or say on the matter ? both had their inhuman traits about themselves . not that he was open about himself as much as the other had been , but ! to each their own .
❛ pray tell then , my ingenious acquaintance . for i do not think i know what you mean by that ? can you show me ? ❜
eyes narrowed ever so slightly . he knew . he knew in some regard at the very least . but it was a warning . as much as he appreciated the young man for their similarities & their casual discussion of morbid topics , there were some things that should not be crossed without permission . & today baizhu did not have the energy to play games . he was not doing to well at the moment to be cornered without warning .
❛ i do wish to oblige in any way i can without hindering myself further in the process . ❜
the night has not finished burning . smoke still clings to the air , silvered by a dying moonlight , and the ground hums faintly beneath her feet⸺as if the land itself is trying to remember what shape it used to be . in limveld , no songs of victory rise when the wounded murmur & the dead are being counted . sellen is almost startled by the wylder's next pressing question .
wylder : would you care for a dance ?
a dance⸺now ? they may now rest in the sanctuary that became of the roundtable hold , but the rest of the country is still deciding whether to collapse or continue ... sellen turns slowly , eyes catching the drifting ash that can be glimpsed from the training grounds .
against the motions , she glimpses the stars glaring down in their indifferent constellations . their twinkling never called her to arms , only beckoning for her to just ... be .
❛ will you be surprised , ❜ she says at last , voice low , ❛ if i say i've never learned to dance ? ❜
her fingers curl at her side as though she might grasp the threads of this moment & pull them apart to see how it was made⸺attempting to unearth a personal history long lost to the weather of time & darkness . a breath passes with her idly wondering if the wylder has ever been taught to dance . then another , wondering if he was any good .
a smile ghosts the corners of her mouth as she offers her hand . ❛ if the night insists on pretending it has ended ... ❜ the statement almost dies on her tongue when wylder takes it . ❛ i suppose we should pretend that we've time , hmm ? ❜
for a few stolen moments , amid ruin & stars , she hears music .
