Harpies worldbuilding ideas (from a first person narrator)
Though often seen as divine agents in folklore, by scholars harpies are most commonly thought to have started from unethical experimentation by some prehuman civilization when most species considered civilized now cowered under the rule of mysterious dark forces.
Which often disturbingly leads to debate by humanoid races on "how much rights should they be recognized as having".
As I have stated in my past journals, I fear trying to pin down the definition of "person" to be one that will inevitably lead to evil and believe we should just strive to be honest in our dealings with all life we can communicate with.
Moving on...
Harpies, contrary to their appearance, can be both male or female , but it is the bird part that differs...and as anyone who has tried to determine the sex of birds without clear plumage differences. If you want to know a harpy's gender, ask them.
Harpies , shockingly to those who know them mainly by their nasty reputation, are some of the most unique in their magical quality amongst all life: their ability to easily lay eggs that hatch into completely different species without a dramatic curse being involved.
Harpies often gain beast of burden or surround themselves with guardians by laying eggs fertilized by an elemental spirit invited into the harpy's body. What hatches from this egg will be an animal completely nonharpy in nature but often with fantastic qualities. Several prized mounts of great leaders in history have been claimed to been born from a harpy/elemental coupling.
Harpies rarely consider these results of couplings their children any more than they would an unfertilized egg (which are often preserved by the harpies as emergency foodstores using clay, ash, salt, quicklime and dried plant matter), but can nevertheless be protective of them. There are tales of those abusing a harpy-borne beast gifted to them being tormented by harpies seeking justice.
On the matter of harpy breasts: functional and noticeable mammary glands seem to develop only in the largest and strongest of harpies greatly attuned to wind magic to support their muscles and endowments in flight. These individuals act as wet nurses or warriors to a harpy settlement, or playing both roles at different points of their lives . It can be a great benefit for young harpies to have this nutrition of harpy milk, but unlike true mammals they do not require milk and the bird-practice of regurgitated food of a parent will suffice.
(There are some unconfimed reports of more herbivorous harpy populations feeding their young excrement like some herbivorous mammals but this has not been verified.)
I find harpies fascinating creatures and while I believe we could learn much from each other, we should respect the privacy of those not currently socializing with other species and allow them to make the first contact. if not for moral reasons then only because history has shown them good at getting revenge
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I decided to do a thing building on harpies being reputed to give birth to race horses after mating with wind spirits.
Anywhere you are, no matter what troubles or tears fall towards the darkness, the lights will always engulf you in their warmth. You will never get lost as long as you trust in their shine and yourself.
Scarlet
She notices immediately. Reading her client's moods was something she developed as some sort of defense mechanism, so for her to see how slowly you walk, how you seem to want to throw yourself on the first couch you find. Scarlet will bring you to her chest and let you rest there, her fingers delicately brushing your hair and caressing your scalp. "Rough day honey?" her voice is nothing but a whisper that caresses your ears, her lips leaving soft kisses against your crown.
Food is always something that makes others happy, and she is willing to bring the food to anywhere you are: The couch, the bed, even the floor if you feel like eating against the wall. "Tell me your troubles, hm?" she listens to you over food and will cuddle all your troubles away.
Haru
He may not be able to notice it right away, but the second he does he's bringing you to his arms bridal style, no matter your height (he is quite strong to do that). He's feeling horrible seeing you break down in tears or simply feeling bad in general, and he is going to offer to give you all the snacks and ice cream he has (which is a lot!!) and afterward, he's just doing silly things to make you laugh. Dancing around the room with you in his arms, booping noses together, honestly, anything he knows will never fail to bring a smile to your face.
"Don't let it trouble you anymore, here! Let's relax now!"
Nova
Oh, he absolutely knows you're not okay. He observes you so much, do you think he will miss noticing all your details? Never. The second you're home after a single call with him you're going to notice the bath is running and nice smells are coming from everywhere, and he simply guides you to get comfortable there and softly runs his fingers on your scalp to apply shampoo, letting you rant everything you need to him and he's attentively listening. He isn't big on making comments, but if he knows you're the type to get comforted by his opinion, he's definitely slipping some curses out for you if you so needed someone to share your anger with.
Afterward be ready to have his bed and himself be all yours if you're into cuddling soft stuff mode, what else is better than that?
Leandro
He would notice your bad mood when you would not receive him the same way as usual and he's the type to directly know from you what's wrong. "Hey lovely, what's wrong?" He is paying close attention to your needs, crossing his arms, and genuinely he'd probably get as pissed as you if something wrong was done to you. "This can't do, come with me" and he's taking you in his car for a nice ride around the city. No thoughts, just your favorite music and some relaxing singing time with the two of you going on a small random hangout.
Honestly, he'd probably make fun of anyone that pissed you off and would roll his eyes while pretending to be yet another Karen that showed off at your work. It's a nice fun time until you have to get back, but not before going into the drive-through of your favorite fast-food place.
I'm guessing you're asking for sexuality, Scarlet isn't exactly ace but she does have trouble enjoying regular sex due to the amount she has to take every day, it's boring and sickening. She is probably demisexual and demiromantic and needs to truly have affection for a person to actually cum. Doesn't have a preference for gender.
Scarlet has seen all types of clients, and with that, it includes all kinds of genders and kinks. She doesn't have a cock, but she sure knows how to move her body to make up for it. The brothel offers a huge variety of sex toys, Scarlet just has to pick the one she knows her client will enjoy best.
"Lay down for me honey, spread your legs wide~" her nails would drag all the way from your legs, spreading you wide for her. You know why the way she smiles she already got you, and she is planning to use all those years of experience to give you a pleasure you can only feel when you're under her care and hands.
She can and will use a strap-on if that's more of your thing~
Scarlet's reaction to the Red Light District becoming a hot topic between...mafiosos ☺️
The red light district has always been known to be anything but a safe place.
tw: murder, drugs, prostitutes, mentions in general of the horrible dystopian district.
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Murder, selling organs, illegal consumption + marketing of drugs and weapons, and prostitutes (both by choice and forced into sex work labor). Only the lowest of the lowest are usually people who like to hang out there, so the mafia joining was honestly just a matter of time at this point.
Scarlet is very likely to figure out sooner than the other ladies of the brothel because she is the one that walks around the district the most. She probably overhears something, a whisper from the alleys, the darkness oversharing cursed deals and evil deeds done around there.
Honestly? She is not surprised. I imagine she has been probably bought by quite a few corrupt politicians and now a mafia gang showing up in the brothel would just add to the number of clients. However, it depends on what the mafia does to... Truly ignite more curiosity in her.
I'm happy to see that the blog's doing well, Em <3
After mulling this over for a bit, I finally got an idea for an ask lololol.
So, I was thinking about an SO who as Scarlet, works in the red light district. This SO has been forced into indebtured servitude as a way to pay for their parents debt, and they've known the gang since they were young, basically childhood friends.
Knowing this, what would everyone do/react to their SO asking them to escape together or if they're the ones asking the SO to escape together, knowing that there are ears and eyes everywhere, after all nothing goes unnoticed in this place. Pls be as angsty as possible. (They get caught, one of them gets cold feet, etc.)
Such a tragic fate, isn't it? The red light district has never been known for nice stories with beautiful endings after all, has it?
TW: Angst, murder, kidnapping, torture, important character deaths.
Also, long post.
EDIT: My ass really missed the childhood friends trope I'm so sorry Q_Q I hope this is still okay though UEEUEUEUEEU I can re-write it if you want just send me an ask again <3 -Emiwee stoopid
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Scarlet
Scarlet was always unfortunate, not only had she been caged forever since birth but someone just as important as her was in the same position... And that hurt more than her own fate. She would cut her own wings and give them to you if that'd assure you'd be free from this place and fly far, far away.
Her wings are so tainted by now though, Scarlet is not sure how you could use them to fly.
She was already ready to resign to her horrible fate and die with it, but when you so sweetly and hopefully asked to escape with her, she almost had hope too. You reminded her of those old memories of a young Scarlet who believed she could ever be free too, before her hopes were grabbed and crushed within reach. Was it really possible for either of you to be free? The dark alleys as insecure as they were, it was the home for "filth" like her... But you surely didn't deserve to be called such thing.
And because you didn't deserve it, she gave you her so usual smile and agreed to it all. She seemed secure, she seemed to really think you'd be free... That night when you both were preparing to run, you even could feel hope in the way she grabbed your face and kissed you so deeply it seemed to burn deeply into your lips, leaving a mark forever in there.
"No matter what happens or what you hear, you have to run and keep running, alright?"
With both your hands firmly clasped together, you started running out towards the gates. The clouds seemed to hide the moonlight, giving you more opportunity to hide and you had turned to beam a smile to Scarlet, but you were unable to tell her expression due to the darkness surrounding you both. It was when the sound of a single gunshot made you bite down a gasp and her hand let go to push you.
"Remember what I told you! I'm right behind you!"
And so you ran and ran, your back merging with the darkness and taking you away forever from that place. The moonlight finally poured under Scarlet, blood pouring from her shoulder as a single tear fell from her face but she had a beautiful smile put on. "Fly, and be free... My heart will always be right behind you" with that whisper she turned back, raising her hands in surrender to the giant amount of people pointing her with guns.
"...Don't worry, I won't run away again."
Haru
You two had met simply by accident, but it was the most beautiful accident in his life. Every day he did something stupid, and sure, he was probably not the luckiest person out there but whenever he was with you he felt like anything could be done, that he was worth so much more than he could ever thought. Haru would never thought that waiting for his friend Leandro to finish his shift would guide him into such a beautiful person as you.
You are the only reason he ever continues to come back.
Haru could barely process the fact you were caged to this place forever... How? Why? What did you even do to deserve this kind of destiny so cruel?
"I- I..." your pleads to be freed, to escape with him, it seemed all like a movie to him. In movies, the leads usually manage to escape and find their happy ending... But what would he do if that doesn't happen? He felt panic on the pit of his stomach. He could run, he could fight, he was willing to do all of that for you, but just how big is the thing you guys are fighting against?
Would it really end with just some punches and kicks?
"...Snow" he usually used that nickname when he felt like you were so small and fragile that he wanted to hold you in his hands. Haru was aware that wasn't possible. "Do you have a plan...?" he needed to know it all, what can he help you with? How can he make sure you're safe?
And a plan you had. A very risky one, but one that Haru was willing to take. That night he had entered the gates in the same way he was used to, but he wasn't sure if he'd be going out of them this time. You both met and hugged stronger than ever. He gave you a change of his own clothes and used his coat to cover up so you could change. Trembling, he nodded to you.
You walked naturally together, trying to walk past the first gate and... It worked. No one paid attention to you both as you made your way out, and you could taste it, a new life with your most beloved boyfriend. Until before the last gate, everything was suddenly so quiet it could be felt in your bones. Hands seemed to come out of nowhere from the alleys and both you and Haru got grabbed, it was so swift, so fast, your hands could only barely touch before you both were dragged away from each other to never met again.
The way his eyes looked at you that day, it's a memory you could barely remember now, under the darkness of the alleys.
Nova
Nova met you when he was dragging one of his workers from one of those brothels, after he had been found out to be missing for days. The Nova of that day seemed cold, sharp and absolutely not willing to interact with you or anyone of that place. Yet something attracted you two together, maybe it was the way that cold exterior was just hiding the softest person on the inside, or the way your situation made Nova's instincts kick and want to keep you safe. The red light district was a place Nova has always kept an eye on, in a more powerful way than most people could tell.
When you suggested escaping, he wasn't surprised. His eyes softened, looking at your figure and pulling his tinted glasses away to sigh. "...You can't escape" it was a rather cold and harsh blunt reality. "...But I'm not leaving you here either" Nova was rarely weak with anything...
But you, you made him so weak, so weak he couldn't contain these emotions of needing you safe.
"...I can't tell you right now how, it's not safe." it was all he was going to say about this matter, and it was the way he seemed to brush over your words what left your heart hurting; was he really worried? Did he really intend to do anything about it? ...Were just part of his fun? It was common to have these thoughts, but keeping quiet is all you could do.
So you decided to take your own destiny into your hands. You didn't need anyone's help, not even his. Whatever fate had for you... You'll take it.
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Not so many days after, Nova had shown up on the brothel, dressing up in a fancy suit and many other bodyguards and men behind him. He was here to talk of important matters, first of all, to dismantle this brothel due to the horrible ways of forcing people into sex labor and also to get the freedom of all the women being forced to work here. His posture was confident and firm, he had all the things he needed to destroy this entire business, and even more powerful people under his arm.
It was on his plans to free you all even before you told him you were a prisoner of this place; he knew, way before that, all that is going on here. He just needed more information, more proof, more things to finally put an end to it. And you gave it all to him, he couldn't wait to finally have you free on his arms. It was until everything had gone down and dismantled that he kept seeing the women rush to safety...
That no matter how many women walked out, you were not there. Where did you go? What did they do to you? Are you perhaps going outside for a stroll while this all happened?
To this day, he is still searching for you, to this day, he is still crushing his head and heart and beating himself up for not being fast enough for you. Only once, he just wants... To see you once more.
Leandro
It was a matter of time he'd meet with someone there. Yet... He didn't expect that he'd fall so deeply in love with you. Your smile, the way your eyes looked at his and even the way you spoke and walked, it was all imprinted in his brain, and it was so silly but so... So inevitable. Leah knows, you're not free in this district. Unless you've joined here by choice, you're most likely a prisoner of the darkness and the red lights, meant to live and die here.
Yet that didn't stop his brain for searching for ideas to help you be free. The safest choice was to buy your freedom, but he didn't make enough money to free you soon, and even with you both saving together it'd take at least a few years before you could barely make enough money to try.
"Love, listen to me" Leah held your face in his hands, rubbing his thumbs on your cheeks, and giving you a smile to reassure you. "We have to find a way, I'm sure there must be one. I mean- not like you're the first one who ever tried, right? But! We can't risk it, we have to think of this with a cold head" or that's what one of his best friends would say, anyway.
You would visit sometimes on his host bar to talk of ways to plan your escape, and everything seemed to be working perfectly. You had set a date where you would use the bad weather to mix and hide, plus use the excuse of Leandro as a host to imply you were just another client walking out of the district... Everything was so well done, but the walls seemed to have ears and whisper back everything you had said.
On one of your meetings, just a day prior your escape day, you and Leandro had been surrounded by men from your brothel and captured. You both woke up on a rather ominous place where you couldn't tell the time, and a single wall separated you from Leandro. Your screams were enough to drive him crazy, and no matter how many limbs they'd cut from him he'd still call your name in hopes you were somehow, still alive.
But was being alive worth it at all now? Would death have been better? ...Maybe never meeting would've made it easier for you both? Would you still be safe, out there?
His thoughts were filled only with your name, as a last cut to his throat filled his view with darkness and death guided his dreams.
Has experience on the topic, knows how to lead or join one
Doesn't mind, but definitely prefers more private times for love making. She likes the privacy that going alone with you implies after all
If it's for simply enjoyment, she is willing to humor you, she even has some items ready for it if you're into that, and some general safety methods just in case
Willing to take it all or make you be the pampered one
Haru
Has zero idea on how it works out, but is willing to try for you
He'd feel very awkward if it's with strangers though
Eventually warms up and will naturally follow the flow and become either dominant or submissive depending on the dynamics
Definitely wants to have freedom to touch as much as he wants though~
Nova
Is not going with it at the start. Feels awkward having to do it with so many people, isn't that too tiring?
Will only accept if he doesn't have to do that much work, excuse him but he is only willing to put the effort for you, and no one else
When it happens though? He's probably so overwhelmed and flustered, plus so easily stimulated too~
Will probably cum more than once and would absolutely die if you tease him with it~ He'd rather pretend it never happened (but won't deny you if you want to repeat)
Leandro
Oh~? He didn't know you'd need to be even more pampered than he makes you~ What a needy one, aren't you?
All jokes asides, he's very confident in himself and your relationship, so he is willing to give it a go. He's done threesomes before, but more than 3 people would probably be a new experience.
I think he'd beforehand talk to you about what is good and what is not, do you want him to indulge with the other people? Do you want to do sexual acts with the others too? All about communication baby
Following the rules you've both set before starting, he'd probably give you a wink and a long deep kiss before starting. He hopes his little slut has a great time~
haru,,, so pwetty, how would he feel about,,, a bratty partner? 👉👈
TW: suggestive content under the cut.
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A bratty partner is two sides of the same coin.
When it comes to most common, domestic things, he is having a lot of fun. Haru likes change and unexpected things, and a challenge can be seen as very unexpected and filled with fun. Do you like to tease him? Kiss and run? Bite and run? He's definitely going to follow you all over the house to take his revenge! His laugh will always fill your ears whenever you decide to do something 'bratty' to get a reaction out of him or simply because that is your thing.
In bed, this doesn't change. You may like to push his limits, pull on his nipple piercings, grind against him, refuse to let him take control fully, or vice-versa, not letting him cum properly as a bottom as some sort of teasing. It will leave him breathless and wanting more of your shenanigans. Sex will always be fun with you, and he appreciates that too.
Depending on what you lean more for, he is ready to use his physical strength to pin you down or sink you on his cock if you're taking too long though~
The way all of them have such a nice smell 🥺 Also the way I'd want to cuddle/hug Scarlet and Nova more and bite Haru and Leah in a gremlin way asdfghjkl
Scarlet likes to have you lay on her chest while she runs her hands on your hair, she also likes it if you nuzzle on her chest or neck, and will allow tickling as long as it's not excessive ♡
Nova is a big cuddler and hugger indoors, but he struggles to say it, so if you let him be a tiny spoon in your hold he'd be absolutely delighted. You can play with his hair, and let his shampoo scent fill your senses ♡
Haru will absolutely yelp if you bite him so suddenly!! But he is going to want revenge and bite you back~ (He does it in a way softer way though, but still). ♡
Leandro is hissing and raising an eyebrow. How cute, why are you suddenly biting? He'll pat your head while you bite, wondering when you'll be done, and then probably end up kissing you. How dare you be this adorable, hm? And think you can get away with it~? ♡
