#variantia

[blackstardiopside]

@variantia || x

Wait, did she hear that right? Fighting grass? The smaller Gem was dumbfounded by Jasper's quick answer. Though her face didn't display her response. Her eyes were half closed while Black Star fought to stay awake. Although the grass was tossed near her, the Diopside's body didn't react, due to her tired state. Instead the runt's eyes slowly closed, then opened again like a cartoon frog's.

"Yeah I'm a Gem, a-" following a loud yawn and stretching her arms up to the sky, Black Star would continue. "Black Star.. Diopside. And you might not need sleep" after lowering her arms, she would continue "but I do. So please, for the love of God, be quiet. Or.. a'least fight the grass somewhere else" then came another yawn, and a grey hand would raise up to rub at her eyes.

[starfoam]

@variantia from here

Truthfully, finishing the song has rattled her as much as it invigorated her. Lorelei listens to Dame Aylin and Isobel, and it takes a moment to process the invitation to sit over the pounding in her ears. She does, but it takes a second to collect herself to speak.

Perhaps a hundred voices singing a hymn, a faith that wasn't hers, a battle cry that followed her like a shadow.

At the mention of requests, however, she perks up and looks at Isobel. The gentle teasing gets a genuine smile, and she relaxes. You'd get along with Dorian, she thinks, and the thought makes her sad, so she pushes it away.

"I'm a bard, of course I take requests." She readies her violin again. "Perhaps you two would like something a bit slower for the evening? We have plenty of time for battle song when the dawn comes, after all."

The dawn will come. That song sits so close to the surface of her skin... but she doesn't want to think about it right now, not while basking in victory as the shadow curse retreats and stars fill the sky overhead.

[taleswritten]

@variantia from here

Of all the people to find her, she’s strangely glad it’s Jack. She’d noticed how quickly the woman seemed pissed off the more and more they talked about cutting her. They didn’t even try to understand, or think that maybe she had a reason for what she did, and yeah maybe what she did deserves consequences but she foolishly thought they were friends. 

Maybe it’s best this way. When things come out about Shroud, they’ll hate her anyway. Maybe it’s better they cut her from the team now, then later. She doesn’t have to explain the whole thing with Shroud, or that her secret intentions are actually done out of goodness and not badness. 

And god, she feels so fucking guilty. If it weren’t for her, Chase wouldn’t be hurt. He wouldn’t have had to save her. Isn’t that enough punishment? She doesn’t deserve to be here, she really doesn’t. She should get up and leave and yet she’s frozen, curled up in the corner feeling vunerable in a way she hasn’t let her feel since she was a child. 

“....Fuck. Don’t tell me that!” Because being told her that it’s okay to cry is only going to make the tears fall harder, more, it’s going to make her sob her eyes out and she hates every fucking bit of that.  

She doesn’t pick up her head from her knees, and instead bites down on her bottom lip hard to muffle the sob that tries to escape. “They weren’t out of line! It’s not like I don’t deserve it. I fucked up. Chase was never supposed to get hurt. It wasn’t supposed to be like that.” I did it for a reason. I did it for Robert, for the whole fucking Z-Team.  

Chase was never supposed to come for her, he should have just let her die there. 

“I just wanted to do something good for once in my life. Fuck!” She wants to yell and hit things, slam her fist into a locker over and over again because anger is better than crying, better than drowning in this sorrow. “I don’t belong here. I never fucking did.” This? This just proves she’s better off alone. She’s suspended and now they’re going to cut her and it hurts. It hurts more than she ever thought possible. 

[revelxk]

// the cake meme but instead it’s “holy shit, two vampires!”

[sparkadream]

@variantia sent: ❛  it's a trap and a stupid one.  ❜ (( from my storm sorcerer elf OC gal Monela for ... Onyx, maybe ?? imagine she's just out here walking through the forest or something and just "oh no hold on please don't fall for that trap, I don't want you to get hurt—" XD ))

The fur of his ears and tail fluff a bit at the surprise of the sudden voice. Ah shit, how had he not noticed them sneaking up on him? His heightened senses tended to make that a tricky task after all, not impossible, just tricky. Turning over he does relax a bit at noting that whoever this was hadn't been part of the group he'd been following. Though that's not to say she wasn't with them still but, he hadn't seen her initially and, far as he understood, everyone had already met up.

Regardless, as always, he was on the side of caution, even if she'd pointed out the trap who knew just what her intentions were. Mix-matched eyes glance to the trap for just a second before turning back to the elf. "I'm aware, I was just about to disable it before you showed up." He explained tail twitching lightly as he braced himself for whatever might happen be it the need to run or fight. "Which speaking of...where did you even come from anyway?

Princess Mononoke: Accepting!

[mossweaving]

an owl delivered @variantia;

❝ fear is for the weak. ❞ (( gently ... places Minthara down ........ at Gale's feet, perhaps ?? also hello hi nice to officially meet u ! <3 )) blood and darkness prompts.

The shuffle of his locks against his neck almost tickled with how fast he’d shaken his head, a noise of protest buzzing itself within the depths of his chest. “Fear is a natural response– it is your internal safety net. To feel it, to sense it, only builds resilience. The anticipation with dread, the drive to overcome.”

He was by no means dense to his audience, the drow that’d struck him with such a statement in the first place. “Fear in your eyes may be an advantage, lest it consume you. Or perhaps it’s a projection of your own.” It’d been an introspective rebuke, one in hopes to navigate the intent of her sentiment as thick brows knitted atop a swirling pool of challenge within his gaze.

[bcdluckstumblcd]

some !! random Elsa and Jin stuff cause @variantia got me thinking

Not really relevant to anything but IN the event of a zombie apocalypse or something of the sort and IF he were to be in a situation where it was him and Elsa, he's obviously going to be super protective and careful and make sure she's rested and safe and gets her share of food first and he's absolutely jumping into danger for her and IF he gets bit or hurt on the way it's FINE, he's always been tough, he'll be okay. He won't tell her because he doesn't want to worry her if it's not that serious! But he's going to be a bit more distanced just in case.

Jin surviving and being saved by Elsa and knowing she's genuinely trying but WHEW yike seeing her be close and friendly and defense of Hawks!! Next time he saw her after that he'd just be so cold but like also !! He'd just blame himself more like Oops here he goes TRUSTING people again wtfff

Him in the rehabilitation au when Elsa gives him a job at her agency!!?? Oh he is employee of the MONTH, of the YEAR. He is on his BEST behavior!! He is volunteering for any assignments he's allowed to take and really does his best to be a type of hero HE needed and he absolutely expresses that to Elsa like, he def sits down and expresses how grateful he is to her and that he hopes he can be useful on her team and not a waste of an oppertunity (cause it's one of the first times besides the League when someone took a chance on him and trusted him

!! Villain Elsa's verse just Jin opening up to Elsa about losing HIS little sister hoping it'll be like a bonding thing like depending on how much he knows and how much Elsa tells him he'd be like "i get it, i lost family too and it felt like my fault because i couldn't do anything to save them." like he wasn't a child himself and he's showing Elsa so much kindness and care because he can tell she needs someone gentle and that loves and accepts her just like HE needed and honestly his favorite hang outs are when it's him and Elsa and Toga watching movies or something.

psssst Jin absolutely picking up/learning some Norwegian and asking her for help when he gets stuck on a word/phrase!!

Still thinking about the second one because she would have to work SO HARD to get on her get to even acknowledge her genuinely like whew that's on the brink of "eveyone treats me like a villain so much maybe I might as well play the part huh? Cause HAWKS REALLY?! Him being like yeah all heroes must be trash, of course you'd defend your own even though he admitted to trying to kill me and betrayed me and my family." Oh he'd be so heated and hurt

[collaboratiiveanarchy]

//I was!! working on an edit but the blunt hit back before I could even square up so I'm just gonna talk about baby Keigo and Lapis instead because the first time he sees her, he thinks she's a guardian angel or something like he's in AWE of this angel that HAS to be a Pro-Hero or something!! And she has wings like his!! (Well not LIKE his but still!!) And he's been told his wings were a curse. He's unsure how to act because he isn't used to being able to act like a kid!!!??!!

Even further!! Imagine after he's in the commission, still a baby. He's scared and he escaped or is hiding or something and he is looking for Lapis because he misses her and wants to see her idkidk