#midian muses

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Leline Lilwater (left), Virgil Darca (right), Kirai (center).

Scene from a roleplay between myself and @midian-muses

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From my Discord RP with @midian-muses: Leline Lilwater, in a modern AU, alongside Kaede. The way these two women interact has been a very therapeutic marinade for me, and I very much wanted to commemorate them in artwork.

"Did I say something wrong?" Leline asked softly.

Gently, the woman shook her head.

"I just feel like I keep making you uncomfortable. I don't mean to. I know we had a rough meeting, but... I know who to be mad at for that, and it's not you. I'd like to be your friend, if you want."

"Thank you," she mumbled.

Honestly, she had not assumed that the other woman was mad -- in retrospective that was really presumptuous of her.

She blinked and looked down further, now ashamed.

How could she dare sit her with the woman like this?

Ask her what's wrong, or change the subject?

Why am I so bad at this?

Where the hell is Kirai with that sake?

And other entirely unhelpful thoughts flooded Leline's mind as she watched Kaede seem to crumble. In the end, she just went with her gut, and reached across the small table to gently touch Kaede's shoulder.

Kaede flinched a little bit and stared up at her, surprised, a little glimmer of guilt flickering in her eyes.

Quickly, she looked down again. "I'm sorry."

"You don't have to be sorry, Kaede," Leline told her earnestly. "Not to me. I really mean that. You gotta do what you gotta do. I get it."

They could not risk explicitly rebellious words or thoughts. But Leline remembered something that her parents used to tell her, something Yuen was unlikely to regard.

"Everything will be alright. You'll see."

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What if Yuen suddenly stood in front of you (the mun)?

Falcon punch!