#sacrecean

[aitheros]

[smile] from 400 years ago~

there was still so little he understood.  about the world — about himself.  he carries a unique type of light, one that could illuminate the deepest of shadows  —  so his mother told him.  little sigurd wanted to ask her more about this light.  yet, each time he tried to she would fight back tears, resting a gentle hand to his head before saying, ‘ soon, my love ’.

there was so little he understood. 

elaine kept magic at a safe distance for as long as she could.  she learned that sigurd would spend his entire life worrying about magic.  for now, she wanted him to be a child.  for his worries to belong to that of a child and nothing more.  until he was old enough to enter that world, the only magic he experiences is the occasional entity whom he might witness.  one entity in particular.  she trusted her to prevent encouragement to his curious mind.   although, she did spark the young boy’s fascination more than his mother imagined.

there were times that couldn’t be helped.  with the growing conflicts within stella and the migrations of dragons, travel from the country wasn’t always safe.  just this once, she humbly requested aquarius to wait with her son for a few moments.  she hates to ask this of her, but desperate times call for desperate measures.  elaine disappears into the temple by the sea, the final time she would intend to see those walls, whilst the other two linger along the coastline.

the boy’s gaze fixates on the ground, the way the white sand pushes and pulls with the tide. he is hesitant to pass his stare to the woman he’s only seen briefly before.  he finally does so with caution.  sigurd’s glance is met with something unexpected.  a smile, an ethereal aura emanating from her.  

the young boy’s expression relaxes, hazel eyes widening before he too smiles back.  amidst his look of awe, he speaks with a small voice,   ❛  mum says you’re a . . . celestial.  does that mean you’re like a star and you live in the sky ?  ❜   eyes brightening with intrigue, he continues — how he loved to keep on talking once he started.   ❛  you know, she calls me her star.  does that mean — i’ll grow up to live where you do someday ?  ❜   

before he had the chance to hear the woman’s response, elaine returns to call him away, her gentle voice urging him to not bother her ‘colleague’.  his mother was usually considerate about keeping personal matters away from professional ones.  since her letter from anna heartfilia, that feat became rather difficult.  ‘ come on dear, it’s time to go board the ship. ’ 

elaine beams a look of silent gratitude to aquarius, before pulling sigurd away by his tiny hand and closing her gate for the last time until they arrive in fiore.

NON VERBAL MEME.   ╱   selectively accepting !

[astraception]

thalassa / aquarius aesthetic

@sacrecean

[saharoshi-blog]

the girls were long asleep and thalassa was leaning against alexius as they relaxed on the couch, only that suddenly, she had to laugh. "ayse has been spending too much time with erida's boy," she said with a light chuckle. "before you ask, yes, she did ask if i have any intention to make an honest man out of you."

shifting lightly so his arms remained at her shoulders, alexius heaved out a greater sigh than he needed. “That’s it. I’m ready gamble my life savings - this is chaila’s fault, one way or another.” 

arin is a sweet boy, there’s no way to deny that. somehow, being raised by the two people with the most aggressive energy alexius has ever met, resulted in a kid who got stars in his eyes every time he saw a butterfly, or dessert, or a glowing sign, or ayse, or - well, the kid was easily excited “I’m pretty sure arin is serving as chaila’s enabler, co-conspirator & therapist all in one. gods be good, arin will learn to step over chaila crying on the carpet, and chaila will learn to remind arin there are more movie genres than just romantic comedies.” 

really, it was a surprise it’d taken this long for the kids fascination for love to rub off on ayse. erida && caprian’s idea of a romantic date probably involved more tax fraud &&& acrylic paint than  any other couple, so arin had learned to turn his attention elsewhere. 

with a cautious joking tone, like he’d be fine if she laughed it off or ignored the words all together, alexius drums his fingers lightly on her shoulder & grins “but the good news is, people can have an intention for years without acting on it. so if everyone phrases their question so eloquently - we’ll be in the clear.” 

[djhookwizardpuppy-blog]

❛ I know I can go on. ❜

meme

DJ Hook Wizard Puppy smiled brightly at the other. they may have just met, but DJ had a feeling that this woman...she was something of a friend. and yeah, he accepted pretty easily she could snap him in half but that was fine with him because she didn’t do so yet and he thought there was a reason for that. 

or maybe she just didn’t wanna bother with the act of killing him and it had nothing to do with the way their conversation was going. eh. DJ could roll with that too.

“yo!! that’s the spirit, G!” he told her. she wasn’t quite an OG like goldmine & porlysica was, but she was def a G. “as long as ya can move forward, then nothing can stop ya. at least, that’s what i think. and hey!! since we’ve met and all, if you need like, i don’t know, music recs, or to get somewhere far, i can help! i don’t mind at all. and the only payment i’d ask for is uh...not killing me? because i’ve had this feeling you could do it easily. not that it really stopped me from talking to ya though. you’re pretty cool! in a wild sort of way!”

[djhookwizardpuppy-blog]

📂📂

meme

1. his top three karaoke songs are: super trouper - abba / anaconda - nicki minaj / don’t stop me now - queen

2.. on a related note: yes, he CAN sing actually! youre supposed to be bad when you do karaoke but dj has a voice!

[djhookwizardpuppy-blog]

❝ i am too old for this. ❞

meme

he may have just met her and she may have lightly threatened him before, but this did not matter to DJ. at least, not right now because he was attempting to show her some of his music and the idea that someone could be...too old to enjoy music was not something that just computed to him. 

he wasn’t about to make her, though! that would be uncool. and he felt like she could blink and he would die. but that’s fine! as long as he didn’t give her a reason. besides, he thinks he’s been pretty chill with this chick. 

“personally, my dude, i don’t know how anyone could be ‘too old’ for music. it’s all in the wildness of the soul.” he sighed heavily, letting the air build up and let out. “but like, i get it. ya don’t wanna listen! it’s cool!” he smiled at her then. “just, if ya change your mind, DJ Hook Wizard Puppy is ready with the recs!”

he had no idea what this woman’s deal was, but that didn’t really matter much to DJ. unless she made something of a point. 

[sutadusuto]

the holiday season was different now that the pretty big house was filled with people. if her childhood had been easier, aqua would have felt nostalgic, but she did not. she was just happy, and this was enough. she smiled to herself as she watched how aries unwrapped her present, ayse tucked against her side. sweaters were such a common present, but ... aries liked them and aqua liked to make the children under her roof happy. even if they were no longer children, per se.

ARIES had never owned much, before. there wasn’t much opportunity to, when you lived out of a backpack. an old, stained pink one with missing sequins in aries’ case. & the quality of the bag had relayed the quality of what was inside. she had clothes, but they were well-worn && plain, &&& she’d always done her best not to treasure them because she knew, better than anyone, how quickly things could get taken away. 

( the only thing she’d ever really valued before was a mp3 player she’d stolen from another child in one of the early houses & she kept it buried beneath the clothes unless she knew she was alone. ) 

but now, aries had her own closet. she was allowed to love things, free ( well, mostly ) of the fears that haunted her youth. && perhaps it spoke volumes about who aries was, what her past meant, but she cradled the sweater aquarius had gifted her like it was golden. the smile on her face was tender &&& sincere & she was so happy it felt like she might implode. “Thank you. I - It’s lovely.” 

[mizukabehana]

the castle was covered in silver ornaments and the young queen took a moment to take it all in. it was pretty, but it had been prettier when her mother had been still alive. she sighed and kept walking through the still mostly empty hallways until she found juvia in the inner yard. "juvia, happy holidays," she said quietly as she sat, holding out a simple present: a jewellery set to match the other's new dress and a new scarf for ... not exactly unauthorised missions.

IT was strange, really, that after spending a not insignificant amount of time making meals of thrown out scraps, that Juvia sometimes forgot how beautiful the castle really was. She supposed there was something to be said about the human condition, growing used to a place that stole other people’s breath. the festive season though, when the castle was coated in silver & joy - it was a good reminder. 

ADMIRING the beauty of it all, as well as dwelling on her own gratefulness for getting be here even, Aquarius’ entrance was a bit startling. A welcome interruption, however, because Juvia always walked a thin line between nostalgia && melancholy when she allowed her thoughts to wander. The smile that rolled over her face was soft, but unmistakably fond &&& it grew into something of wonder when Aquarius handed her the present.

OPENING it quietly, not wanting to disrupt the peace of the morning, nor attract the attention of any staff that was bound to be bustling around - Juvia was glad for the relief of knowing Aquarius wound’t expect too much of her in terms of words. At least, not until they were somewhere more private. 

UPON seeing the gifts, she felt her eyes begin to water & closed the box gently. There’d be plenty of time to admire them more in-depth later, but she was so, so happy. Perhaps it’d been a mistake to spare thoughts to her past, as it only made her more susceptible to her emotions now. Drying her eyes with her coat, she gave Aquarius a shaky, but oh so sincere smile. 

“Thank you, your highness.” Juvia said, trying to keep her voice steady & mostly succeeding. the title coming out more familiar than she usually allowed, as she tried her best to keep their level of familiarity with one another behind closed doors. politics were ruthless, especially these days & she’d be dead a thousand times over before she gave people any more reason to attempt to use her against her queen, her best friend, her family.