#shiftober

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(tumblr was being weird to me for the past few days, so excuse the very late post.)

𝙏𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮...𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝟮𝟴

ɢʜᴏsᴛʟʏ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀs; ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴀ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅʀ, ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪᴛ ʙᴇ? ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪᴛ sᴀʏ?

If I could write a letter to anyone in my Throne of Glass DR, it would be my father, Artemis. The letter would entail everything I've done during my time away from the Underdark and my plan to rescue him from the city of Menzobarrenzan.

𝙒𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮...𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝟮𝟵

ᴘᴏʀᴛᴀʟs ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟᴍs; ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ᴅᴀʏ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅʀ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʟɪᴋᴇ?

I'm so glad you asked! (No, seriously, I've been waiting to copy and paste this from my script for everyone to see.)

The day I arrive at the docks by the Avery River in the Northern Continent at dawn is when the clouds will cover the rising sun, and shadows lengthen to the closeness of my presence.

The ship will pull into the harbour with no name carved into its prow. No flags. No banners. Just a sleek, obsidian hull that drinks in the bleak morning light and gives nothing back.

The dockhands go still as they see me.

I step down the gangplank in silence. Serelith Ravaryn, the infamous assassin from the Eastern Continent--the name was already spreading like wildfire, thanks to Maeve. No one knew who hired me. No one knew what I looked like.

Until now.

I move like something sculpted from dusk. My presence shimmers like heat off desert stone; unnerving, magnetic, impossible to look away from. Ivory-toned skin cloaked in black-and-brown leathers appear too elegant for a mercenary, too practical for a noble. My hair is a curtain of midnight ink, pinned back with silver blades instead of jewels. My eyes are sharp silver like a crescent moon.

I will not scan the crowd. I already know who matters and who doesn't.

When the noble, one of the men from the King's council, and a dozen or so guards approach to escort me through Rifthold, I do not speak. I don't need to. I simply turn my head–the faintest tilt of the chin–and they move like they'd been commanded by something profane.

Behind the glamour, no one sees the truth. They don't see my true skin, dark as sacred mauve. They don't see the shadows that tremble and reach around my ankles like leashed wolves.

I am no girl from the Eastern Continent. I am a spider carved from darkness and strategy. A Drow-born sovereign of silence and chaos.

And the people from the Glass Castle had just invited me into their home.

𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮...𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝟯𝟬

sʜᴀᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴍɪʀʀᴏʀ; ᴘᴏsᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴏᴅʙᴏᴀʀᴅ ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀɴʏ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅʀ!

𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮...𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝟯𝟭

ʜᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴇɴ; ʜᴏᴡ ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛᴇ ʜᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴇɴ? ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴀɴ ᴏɴ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴄᴏsᴛᴜᴍᴇs?

I celebrated Halloween by handing out a bunch of candy to the children in my neighborhood. Keep in mind, it was around 40° F with very high winds (4.4° C), so my dad ended up putting a brazier in the front lawn to keep everyone warm. I made sure to wear my winter jacket and gloves, along with my cute uggs. Brought a blanket too, because goddamn it was cold. I think I might've stayed out there for two hours, sitting in a camping chair while freezing my ass off, before going back inside.

(all credit goes to @alyinreality, who created this event. hoping for more creative events like this in the future.)

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Shiftober Day 31

Event by alyinreality | Divider by sweetmelodygraphics

⌗31 halloween; how will you celebrate halloween? do you plan on doing group costumes?

In this current reality, I am unfortunately not celebrating this special occasion. I don't live in a place where trick or treating is common, plus I have some personal stuff to focus on. But, I'll at least be with family!

In my DRs though, I'll always go out and celebrate it.

SU: Technically, the holiday isn't 'halloween,' but we all still do candy festivities!

RotG: Pearl and I like helping Ash with the celebrations. Fun to make the forests spooky for the kids.

Youtube/Fame: In the early days of this DR, I'd go out and be with friends and help them hand out candy or we'd just have a fun time. Later on when we have a kid, we'll take her to a more populated neighborhood and trick or treat with her :)

DBH: No real plans for this one. Probably gonna be one of the only people in the department dressing up.

I can't believe I almost forgot to do the very last day- crazy. Anyways, Happy Halloween to all those who are celebrating!! :)

[our-magical-world]

31 nights of shiftober ✶ day 31

⌗31 halloween; how will you celebrate halloween? do you plan on doing group costumes?

We don't really have Halloween in my DR, as far as I know, but there is probably something similar to how it was celebrated in ancient times. I don't really remember any holidays that involve wearing costumes, but then again, I don't remember everything about my DR yet and I keep downloading random memories when I script or have something trigger them (like a scene in a movie or a game).

I do remember there were masked balls, though, so maybe then I'd have a chance to dress up. I'd like to dress up as a knight lady or a fairy, or maybe a magical creature like a unicorn or a mermaid in human form. Something like that.

Honestly, if we had to do a group costume, I have no idea what we'd go as. But in my "Better CR", we'll definitely go as our DR selves.

Now I lowkey want to do these questions again for my BNHA DR or other DRs... but October is ending, so I guess I'll have to wait until next year.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! AND HAPPY SHIFTING!!!

[bluebellsneverdies]

Shiftober Day 31 - Stranger Hatchetfield DR

halloween; how will you celebrate halloween? do you plan on doing group costumes?

So since we've "outgrown" trick-or-treating ourselves, every year, we do one of three things. We either

A: Take Hannah trick-or-treating (me, Steph, and Lex) and go to one of our houses at the end of the night to look at the haul,

B: Help Steph run her dad's haunted house, which usually entails either handing out candy or scaring children, always fun, or

C: Dress up to hand out candy from my house, watching scary movies in between trick-or-treaters.

We've recently started doing group costumes. This year, we were planning on taking Hannah trick-or-treating, and the three of us were going to be Pink Ladies from Grease (I'm Sandy, Lex is Rizzo, Steph is Frenchy).

Unfortunately, our plans have been waylaid by certain prior arrangements made by the mayor's personal advisor. So I'm just going to be a witch this year.

~ Blue

P.S: This has been so fun to do! I feel so much more connected to my DRs, and I've loved sharing things about them with you guys :) makes me wonder if someone should do a shifting event themed around the winter holidays. Shiftmas perhaps?

[our-magical-world]

31 nights of shiftober ✶ day 30

⌗30 shattered mirror; post a moodboard inspired by any part of your dr!

Day 30 already? I can't believe I made it this far!

I don't know what to choose so I'm going to post a few different moodboards inspired by the people in my DR, let's go!

My friend

My S/O

My childhood and my teacher

Someday I'll talk about how some of my DRs overlap and, basically, my Dragon Quest DR is my childhood in my fantasy DR. But that's a topic for another post (I'm actually working on it).

This one is not mine, I don't remember where I found it, but I saved it some time ago because it reminds me of my DR self:

[availableshifting]

Shiftober Day 30

Event by alyinreality | Divider by sweetmelodygraphics

⌗30 shattered mirror; post a moodboard inspired by any part of your dr!

I actually did a couple of these a long time ago. This first one is for my RotG DR specifically...

And this one is for my better CR or my DRs as a whole

[bluebellsneverdies]

Shiftober Day 30 - Stranger Hatchetfield DR

shattered mirror; post a moodboard inspired by any part of your dr!

The things I face in both of these towns...

~ Blue

[availableshifting]

Shiftober Day 29

Event by alyinreality | Divider by sweetmelodygraphics

⌗29 portals and realms; what will your first day in your dr look like?

Sorry for the late one today. I put off doing this one because of low energy the last week or so. These two DRs are the only ones I've thought about with my first day there.

SU: Reforming and saying hello to the Gems again. Well, that's what I have scripted. I lowkey think it'd be just waking up in my cabin in my room and being like "ah well... that was a good nap" and listen to the creek nearby.

Youtube/Fame: Waking up in Pearl and I's first apartment. It's the day before my college graduation and Pearl's the one to wake me up today. I had a late night finalizing plans for tomorrow with family & friends coming in and celebrations. But, today is a slow day in comparison to the last week. I get to do final touches on my cap design and Pearl helps me decide on an outfit for the day. Other than that, I just get to chill with my significant other :)