2, 7, 10, 16 for Deja/Emmrich
Been so damn long since I actually posted any art that I knew I needed to do doodles for this ask meme!
This was the one with the Rook & Partner questions. I'm open to more for Deja and Emmrich or [bard] and Lucanis
2. When does the partner realize that they're in love with Rook?
Dejana tends to keep to herself most of the time - this was the case even with the Mourn Watch, which was part of why her background seemed to be made of such fantastical and mysterious rumors, since everyone just speculated. She has what most would call a resting bitch face. (Emmrich tries to just call it... stoicism.)
When the group starts the book club, though, they learn that Deja tends to emote... a lot.... when she reads. She'll laugh, or gasp, or groan, or cry - stories seem to tap into a part of her and break down that placid wall, even just for a little while.
And Emmrich really likes what he sees.
7. Are they a physically affectionate couple? Are they fine displaying those affections in public or do they prefer to be in private? If they're not, how do they prefer to show their love instead?
Emmrich was a little worried about possibly being too overbearing, especially when Deja seemed to get so shy whenever he so much as held her hand - and they have to dance around the subject a bit before she finally admits that even though she gets flustered, she does like it when he's affectionate with her. He's more than happy to oblige.
In other regards, she's... a little more daring.
10. Do they have any nicknames for each other? Who uses terms of endearment more?
Yes, and naturally it's poetic romantic Emmrich.
16. How did your Rook react to getting trapped in the Fade and separated from their partner?
Well, obviously it was bad. They'd just had that awful fight before they left for the battle, and she'd stopped him before he could properly apologize because she didn't want to get into it in front of the others, and then...
So yes, there's that, but being trapped in the Fade also brings her face-to-face with not only her own regrets, but those of the shade of Flemeth that's been holding on since she was a preteen. And one of those regrets was... trying to take hold of the mind of a young girl who'd wandered off into an ancient ruin by herself.
That girl's name wasn't Ingellvar, it was Amell. She wasn't abandoned and alone, she had family that loved her--
Don't go off on your own, Dejana!
Be careful with magic you don't understand, Dejana!
There are monsters out there in the gloom, Dejana...
Deja, where did you go?
Deja, what have you done?
