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@curseyeds said:

‘ you know the only bargain i will make. ’ (walk with me.... tc & riposte)

❝ AND YOU KNOW MY STIPULATIONS UPON making it. ❞ as ever, riposte's voice is clipped and matter-of-fact. they walk together along a windy cliffside. below them, gray water crashes against night-dark shards of stone, slicing up from the sea like jagged teeth. riposte has barely slept the last few weeks; since the collector first came to her, it is all she can think about.

but she is not stupid.

❝ there shan't be a deal unless the price is laid out beforehand. the contract is ready to be filled. ❞ a deep blue thumb presses into the sharp tip of the sword hilt at her hip. ❝ i'm aware that it is not how you usually work. and yet, it is my condition. so what will you do, collector? ❞

#curseyeds #ic.#riposte threads.#{ shes so silly . }

@rowan-revelry | serenity.

RIPOSTE IS GROWING DESPERATE. ALMOST TWO months have passed since she became a fugitive—from her school, her father, her country—and she's yet to turn up a single lead. if the situation that brought her here hadn't been her biggest failure, this would be it. so she decided to switch tactics.

this is a strange new place, but she's gotten her bearings quick enough. there is the matter of money: she can only afford to stay in her lodgings for a few more weeks at most. but for the first time in riposte's life, the most practical option—looking for a job to hold her down—is the one she least wants to pursue.

instead, she finds herself here, swordfighting a demon in an alleyway. go figure.

the experimental summoning ritual went very wrong. very, very wrong. the creature has her on the back foot, despite her quick and deadly movements as she lands fatal strike after fatal strike. riposte is not used to fighting beings of this caliber without jupiter's arcane support. her battle maneuvers are meant to be used by one half of a pair, leaving tactical openings for spells that never come. she feints to the side and waits a little too long; an infernal knee plunges into her sternum, sending her stumbling backward. now is when jupiter would lunge in and cover her with a close-range blasting spell, allowing her time to recover and blink behind their opponent for some kind of incapacitating blow.

but he doesn't cover her, because he's gone.

instead, the demon takes its narrow opportunity to finally pin down its very mobile opponent, clawed arms shoving her to the ground and maw opening wide as it prepares to bite. it is this image that serenity happens upon — perhaps after following the flashes of light and sounds of a violent scuffle, or perhaps by chance.

#ic.#riposte threads.#rowan-revelry #{ i hope this is okay!!#given that serenity is described as Chaotic Witch i kind of wanted to give her a chance to do some baller magic #if you dont think she'd step in though lmk and i'll happily write something else !! }#{ important mention though: i'm already smitten. love her }

@astravaris said:

maybe someone else would chastise him (ben, probably) for wanting to take a fighting shot at riposte. marshall has seen her deadliness with the rapier, the wicked thing by her side. but still, he motions to the grounds with a crooked smile on his face. "fancy for a bit of a challenge, alaric?"

unprompted ( always accepting )

THERE’S A HUSH OVER THE CROWD as riposte stares down mars with a quirked eyebrow. the duels at drakarth are normally begun to settle a score, but it isn’t uncommon for one to be started simply for the sake of it: to gain knowledge about another student, to gauge your skill against theirs. it’s a very drakarth thing to do, and it’s a thing riposte is so used to that it feels like breathing. ❝ alright, ❞ she says, stepping out towards jupiter’s friend as a thin hand falls on the handle of her rapier. ❝ bring it on. but i do warn you: it won’t be much of a challenge for me. ❞

#ic.#riposte threads.#{ FIRST RIPOSTE THREAD LETS GOOOO }#astravaris