#voiceofduality

[vilestblood]

Ruy touches his arm and leans in, whispering in his ear like he often does when he needs to share information with Antonín alone: ❛ you look absolutely beautiful today. ❜ only the faintest ghost of a smile in his eyes rather than his lips could give away the nature of his words, if it hadn't faded the instant the bodyguard went back to his position.

ASKBOX || always accepting.

The agent approaches with a familiar intent, one frequent enough to be evident at this point: something happened. Thus, he brazes for impact as usual, already considering a few possible contingencies...

Then Ruy says that.

Antonín frows, his lips pressed into a thin line, his chin lifting minutely. Unexpected. Noted. Yet before Ruy can return to his position, he seizes his arm and casts a poignant glance at him.

"I know."

And that's it. Ruy is free to go now.

A minute or so goes by. There's little to no further change in Antonín's attitude — except for the faintest shadow of a smile briefly grazing his lips.

[saintsdawn-archive]

‘  i’m  inclined  to  think  we’ve  never  met  before,  and  perhaps  will  never  meet  again  after  tonight.  ’ mao sneaking into the ball for funsies since kai didn't want to attend anyway—

of mermaids, masquerades and magic.

“ A cryptic statement ! ” Florence laughs. The sound cuts through conversation and music like a rough-edged knife, drawing the attention of near attendees. Currently, Florence doesn’t care ( the embarrassment will come like a tidal wave and when it does, she’ll be thankful for the winged mask ).

“ I don’t recall your voice. Therefore, I have to agree, but it is a pleasure to meet you. You aren’t from here, then ? ” Excitement floods the knight’s voice. Relief, too. And while the top half of her face is obscured, the bottom half shows a smile.

“ Tell me, what do you think of this ? ”

[laplacemail]

ran

[fateweaverspeaks]

9, 10, 15, 29 👀👀👀 | @voiceofduality​​

9. WHAT’S AN AWESOME COMBAT MOMENT FROM RECENTLY ? Recently I've been running a duet with Rebel and she had to fight a Vampire Warden. Dain and the Vampire were locked in a brutal combat where I thought Dain might actually lose the fight, but one good roll from Rebel finished him off and she chose to just utterly destroy his head with Dain's broken shield.

10. DO YOU PREFER RUNNING SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS OR COMBAT ? For me encounters are based around my players. If I have a group who just really wants to fight I'll place them in situations that ask for it, and if the group wants more social interactions then I'll lay intrigue out in heavy doses.

15. HAVE YOU EVER RUN A GAME WHERE AFTERWARDS YOU THINK, ❝ THIS IS IT, THIS IS WHY I DM ❞ ? For me being a DM is about helping your players fulfill their goals. Whenever I run games with really involved players it just fills me with excitement. I know that when we walk away from the table everyone had a good time and that's the whole reason I DM.

29. WHAT’S ONE PIECE OF ADVICE YOU’D GIVE TO A FIRST-TIME DM ? Let your Players do the leg work. Given the opportunity a good player can help enhance a story beyond your original vision. I have known many DMs to take this as a slight against them, it is not. I cannot explain how helpful it is to the story telling if you just roll with something a player has said. Your roll as a DM is not to fight them it's to guide them.

[thiefcant]

@voiceofduality sent: "far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons. doesn’t seem right."

“ morons don’t usually live long enough to have songs written about them. then again, there’s plenty a bawdy bard that sings about someone stupid. ”

he smiles when he says it, perusing the wares available to him. he expects the other has assumed his bardic nature from the fiddle hanging at his side, moongold glittering in the low light as he moves.

the sword hanging at his other side shines gently, begging quietly for attention. a lifeless blade that still sparked at times.

“ do you prefer comedies? it certainly sounds like so. ”

[widgast]

@voiceofduality asked: Do Caleb and Wulf technically count as 🏫

yes absolutely. high school that turned into the worst private school ever.

[tomepact]

@voiceofduality / for hàosōng.

“ you are a long way from home, serpent. ”

the quiet of the forest is broken up by the repetitive tik-tik-tik of dozens of little legs crawling across ancient bark. when the leaves of these black trees are touched, they glow -- bright shades of acid blue and bubblegum pink that burn the eyes of those unprepared.

a brush of a branch reveals the face watching in the dark, insectoid and grinning as the inspector hangs from a higher tree, his arms folded under his chin in a facsimile of a grinning chesire.

the centipede’s body is wrapped around the branch, markings lighting up in a slow pattern that shows the archfey’s insistent excitement. something new comes this way!

“ are you lost? or searching? ”

[inabsentiiarch]

@voiceofduality sent: [ CHIN] from Fal heheh

It wasn't that big of a wound, but still big enough as to cause trouble in the long run if left untreated. And so there was really not much hesitation from Lucan as he approached the other and placed a hand over the gash on his arm to cast cure wounds. Unaware that as soon as the golden light dissipated from his finger tips, Fallahan hand would lift his head and force their eyes to meet.

While it does initially take him off guard, he does manage to maintain his eyes locked with the other's. Perhaps a glint of defiance in them. He knows that Fallahan wants something from him, and it doesn't sound like it's usually a hard task for the bard. The idea of it is tempting. But if anything, Lucan can play the same game.

"what is it?" A smirk quietly makes it way "are you going to thank me for curing your wounds now?" He speaks with no apparent intention to move away, his voice almost a whisper.