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“I love the way you’re dressed.”
points to ara who’s sitting on the edge of a desk flirting with a customer. ‘ thank ara. she’s in charge of dressing me as i apparently am incapable of doing so myself. ‘ pullover sweater over a button down, bowtie, khaki pants, and canvas shoes.
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✖ “Cree usted que voy a cooperar con usted?” The Antivan spits calmly, grey gaze narrowed && fixed on the other elf with careful scrutiny. Bound in chains he wasn’t in any mood to talk, even if he was more or less deserving of the imprisonment; of course, he’d claim to his last breath that the damn Templar had got what was coming to him. No longer being bound as a Crow Kaey had turned to his own morals for guidance, && he didn’t kill without good reason.
“You know who I am && where I come from, so will you kill me as an assassin?” Kaeyonari continues, his English low && rough, tinged with the accent he’d developed during his time in Antiva. No, he had not denied his prior allegiance to the Antivan Crows, nor had he tried to justify his reasons for being in Orlais, doing what he was doing. “Or will you surrender me to a trial?”
He had no reason to expect that he would be freed or given any leniency; they would kill him, or otherwise use him as a bargaining chip with the House. There was no redemption in store for him, not after all he had done.
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“ so tell me honestly. have you become adapted to the cold yet, or are you still suffering in the weather ?? to me it seems like you have gotten a handle on it, but at the same time, you seem like you’re still freezing. i will not laugh at you if you tell me. “
"Well, I'll take loosely annoyed any day." She chuckled, following him as he walked ( turning on her heel & walking backwards so that she could peer up at his face ). "Since I'm the one t'insist we spend time together, you should be able to pick any game y'like. I don't have a preference." Ise'ya truly did enjoy his company. He was refreshing, not at all what she was used to ( an intellectual who did not sigh in the face of curiosity, who did not mark it as a nuisance ). "What's your favourite?"
‘ strategy & war based games are my preference, ‘ he answers automatically as he stands, feeling bones creak & muscles scream in relief that a break was on its way. he walks over to the cupboard that contained all the board & card games arthur kept in the shop for others to amuse themselves with. on rare occasions did he indulge in them himself. granted, those moments were at the urge & request of his shop help, but still. he indulged.
‘ i wouldn’t say i have a favorite, ‘ he continues, focusing more on her question than her earlier statement. eyes scanning the cupboard of various titles ( catan, battle ship, UNO ), before his eyes fall upon a worthy game. his hands reach out to grab the box, & he holds it in front of his chest for her to look at it. ‘ but if i had to choose, it would be CONNECT FOUR. ‘
a pause. now this he had completed her task of answering the question, he mentally backtracks to her previous comment. ‘ is it still not a poor outcome, as regardless of how loosely or . . . tightly i am, i’m still annoyed by the disturbance ? ‘ he’s asking in general, strangely enough not as annoyed as he was a few minutes ago when she continued asking him for precious moments of his time. time that was meant for studying ! & memorizing formulas ! & reciting incantations ! & MAGIC !
“There are a lot of ways to die, but not many quite as stylish.”
‘ your choice of style does not matter if you’re dead. ‘ the point has completely escaped arthur.
♦:Slow dancing // not necessarily slow, waltz waltz
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why. why him ? why was he chosen for this impromptu dance session ? why was lux swinging off a chandelier & ara doing something called the ‘ the dab ‘ & cain videotaping & matt NOT HERE ( the traitor ) while arthur was chosen to waltz with ise’ya in the middle of this chaos.
ah ----- correction. they were not waltzing so much as, ise’ya insisted they move in a circle like ‘old teen rom coms’ & arthur had no idea what that meant but now he’s becoming an ‘old teen rom com’.
he should look her in the eyes but that’s utterly impossible. completely improbable. 100% outside the scope of his abilities. so he keeps his gaze on various things like bookcases & the ceiling & anything above her head ( though it’s hard considering he’s only a few inches taller than her ).
no. no keep staring at anything but her. do not look at her & do not focus on her proximity nor the heat that curls up your spine & buries itself in your face. do not focus. do n o t.
‘ ah ! my apologies, ‘ he says, accidentally stepping on her foot. his gaze catches her’s for split second &, as if he was shocked by electrical wire, he jumps back. hands ripped from hers & currently poised up in the air as if he’s held by gun point, arthur swallows loudly.
‘ that is enough physical activity for the day. thank you goodnight. ‘ he escapes for his safe space: the study. to surround himself with words & sticky notes & high lighters & papers & pens. away from warmth & human touch & stuttering heartbeats that have now become cognizant to the wizard.
♡:Accidentally falling asleep together
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the wizard awakes from his sudden slumber. first, blue eyes clouded with sleep flutter open slowly. second, his body. that becomes increasingly aware as the world transforms from fuzzy edges to dulled clarity of a weight pressed against its side. FOREIGN HEAT ( no, no he knows this heat. he’s stored this specific body temperature to memory ) --------- HEAT, FAMILIAR, strokes up the left side of his body. when he glances downwards, his gaze catches her midnight crown.
‘ ise’ya ? ‘ voice groggy, caked with sleep, it doesn’t take long for arthur’s brain to catch up on what’s happening. they fell asleep together on the couch in the bookstore. perhaps lulled to sleep by the comfortable roaring of the fire. ( ignore her soft puffs of breath on your shoulder. ignore them at all COSTS ).
heat. foreign, crawls up the back of his neck & invades the pores of his cheeks. spikes of anxiety prickle his spine. close --------- they’re so -------- was this allowed ? no, she probably doesn’t know this even happened. do not make the mistake of causing her uncomfort again. of not knowing where boundaries crossed & where they explicitly screamed for arthur to never cross.
lux has fallen asleep on him countless times. ara has on occasion. cain requests to SLEEP with arthur but, arthur has finally realized, not in the same way the other two desire arthur’s presence. matt’s a different story all together. friends from childhood, they’ve shared the same crib since infancy.
they were all people arthur considered precious friends. they were his indispensable, incomparable, family.
ise’ya was not.
not to say that, they were not friends. no, that wasn’t the case. arthur has finally worked the definition onto the file of information he has stored about the elf. that FRIENDS were what they were. but she did not fall into the family category. that was not her place, for too many variables collided & contradicted with the definition of FAMILY arthur has learned ( stored in his brain ) to not fit within those carefully constructed lines.
a head pat ( reserved for ara & lux & cain & on humorous occasions, matt ) was not alright for ise’ya. yet signs of affection like kissing cheeks & hugs were fine. it confused arthur, & although they have hashed out that misunderstanding, there are still days where arthur’s mind reels through those moments & tries to come up with theories & plausible explanations for what those actions means, & what it means for them.
abruptly, arthur’s pulled out of his thoughts. suddenly, he becomes all too aware of her body & her face -------- her face that looked as if peace had come in to soften lines & blur away edges --------- was to his body. he realized a blanket was thrown over their laps. when had that gotten there ? how long had that been there ?
escape ! escape !
the word flashed neon red in the wizard’s head. leave. he had to leave. lest she wakes up & finds this weird ? a strange twist in his chest from the thought leaves him curious as to where it originates from, but to linger on that too long would impede on his escape.
carefully, arthur stands up. his fingers twitch with hesitation before they grasp ise’s shoulders to lie her down on the couch. he pulls the blanket over her body & once that’s down, takes several steps back to put adequate distance between them.
he stares at her sleeping form, the heat from his face refusing to dissipate.
‘ awake ? ‘
matt’s voice cuts through his trance. arthur jumps, whipping his head to see matt staring at him with an eyebrow raised. then, to his dismay, he sees matt turn his head to look at ise’ya back on the couch, then back to arthur. arthur sees the gears turning in matt’s head & curses himself for not leaving sooner.
‘ oh you’re so screwed. ‘ matt says after what seems like an eternity.
‘ i don’t understand. ‘ heartbeat accelerates. palms become sweaty. tension high.
‘ figures. i’ll tell you later, artie. right now i have a question about something i just read. here, take a look. ‘
an exhale of breath. heartbeat slows. fingers digging into palm relax. peace. thankful for the distraction, arthur urges matt to follow him into his study. away from ise’s sleeping form. away from whatever pervasive, weird, uncommon thoughts were trying to weasel themselves into his brain.
mirthborne replied to your post:YO THE INTERNET’S BACK HALLELUJAH
IT WAS OUT FOR ME TOO WTF
YEAH at first when i called they told me it was just me, but i got a text later saying that it was a network area thing. i was wondering if it knocked out yours too tbh.
