#kagamineism

[brokenipad]

I love her and she is my daughter

[insoratmy]

[lordofcrowns]

has cyril ever had to deal with stowaways before

Content Warning: Slavery, blackmailing, physical abuse.

The Vehement is a very…. unfortunate vessel to choose to attempt to stowaway upon. It is undoubtedly rare, but not impossible, that someone is able to slip aboard. However, most often - with the strict patrols, rigorous cargo checks, and the nature of Cyril’s work - stowaways are quickly found. And as his trade would dictate; once found, they are often chained with the rest of the slaves - though usually after being punished either as an example, or just for the crew’s entertainment.

There has only been one instance of that nature in an actual roleplay thread, though - and it was not ‘stowing away’ in the truest sense of the word. The woman that came aboard Cyril’s ship had no intention of using his vessel to travel freely from one place to another without his knowledge or permission, nor was she fleeing anything.

She was a friend of Cyril’s, one that he wrote to and visited fairly often. She was blissfully unaware of his occupation, knowing him only as a gentleman and a traveler - and simply happened to catch a glimpse of him boarding his ship without him realizing she was present in the area. She’d been traveling, and the two simply happened to have the bad luck of coinciding. Being that she lived deep in the Shroud, and he kept to the seas, he had no way of knowing she might spy him taking his leave of a small island port. She was far, far from home, on an island far from Grand Company jurisdiction or pressure - a place where Cyril could quite easily dock and carry out repairs or business so long as he was subtle, without being instantly recognized and attacked.

Familiarity made her meander her way aboard, hoping innocently to greet Cyril and express her surprise at the grandeur of his ship and the operations… and curiosity lead her to things she was never intended to see. And the crew, not knowing who she was, made the snap judgement of assuming her a stowaway and took her immediately to Cyril.

You can imagine his dismay upon seeing her face when the crew dragged the alleged “stowaway” into his cabin. Immediately, their friendship was over, and instead of knowing Cyril as a suave, almost endearing gentleman, she was met with instead his very sadistic and conniving nature. Due to their connection, he couldn’t quite bring himself to sell her off, but he was ferociously cruel to her during her time aboard, and when he finally freed her, it was a curse frailly disguised as a blessing.

He now quite frequently entertains himself by blackmailing and stalking her, showing up unannounced to scare her, ensure she’s still behaving, and that she hasn’t broken her silence on what she saw. He still has her in a vice-like grip, and she knows if she says but one wrong thing, he’ll swoop her up and shackle her. Thus far, she has still clung to her freedom.

Thank you for the ask! || Artist Credit: Clioroad

[tiergan-vashir]

can we braid tiergan's hair. does he like french or fish tail. would a waterfall look nice on him. also my hairdresser cat wants to know if he can steal his ha

1) Yes, you can braid his hair. He actually secretly very much enjoys when people touch it, braid it, and fuss with it.

2) Both Tiergan and I are savages and have no idea what fishtail braids or waterfall braids look like. He would probably give the baffled stare seen below.

That said, he would probably go for anything though as long as he felt it might look nice!

[lordofcrowns]

(15 year old mi'qitten voice) mister cyril mister cyril my dad said you are an ass for kicking the butt of his ship please say sorry to him

[tiergan-vashir]

"I have a question Mister Tiergan!! So basically my father brought back a slave that we were thinking of rehabitating and stuff until we can reintegrate her back into society as a free person, but the issue is she's not improving no matter what we do, so I thought I'd ask around from someone with a similar background for what's probably on her mind... what were you thinking of when you first realised you're free, Mister Tiergan? "

“I didn’t realise I was free.  Not at first. It took three long years, and even now - sometimes a small part of me questions it.

What is freedom to someone who has been without it for years? For decades? How do you know when you have it?  How is it supposed to feel? How can you tell when it’s real or a fallacy?

You don’t.  Not in the beginning.

You can free the body, but it is a different thing to free the mind.  The wounds there run deep, but invisible.  Every repeated instance of pain carves pathways into your head, over and over, until your thoughts run along them out of instinct, carrying you to a dark place that you can’t separate from reality.

If she’s spent her life suffering one way - it will take time before all those wounds heal enough for her to live another.

Be patient. Be persistent. Earn her trust and help her feel safe.  And when you see even the smallest signs that she’s carving new pathways forward of her own, bring attention to it.  Celebrate it.  Encourage it.  Slow her down just enough so that she can process and take joy in every little step forward, in having her own power and making her own choices.  Eventually, after enough time has passed, she’ll be able to look back to see how far she’s come.

….And then she might finally start to feel a little bit like she’s free.”

[insoratmy]

Making a Kagamine calender for 2020 wish me luck