#volarent. blake.

[luxsome]

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     grey eyes narrowed at disguised faunus, fully aware that she knew more about him than he'd like. emerald had told him to keep his distance, avoid contact, don't draw attention — but mercury was good at what he did, and he knew how to keep a low enough profile. having caught blake alone, silver leaned against the far wall, arms crossed in a more defensive manner than usual. "you're a handful of trouble," he spoke calmly. a pause. then a shrug. "more than a handful, if you ask me." pursing his lips, mercury nodded his head towards her. "a bow? really? wouldn't your friends in the white fang be a little … disappointed?" he couldn't help the sneer that settled on his face, features twisting up for a moment. "or is that little stint done? taurus has seemed a little more on edge lately. though i do try to steer clear."

[lotusesque]

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she dropped down onto the branch, unceremoniously, landing in a perfect crouch. with a sigh of relief belladonna surveyed the ground, startled when she turned to catch sight of ren. lips quirked as felid tilted her head to the side, curious. ' are you " playing hide and seek " too ? ' she said it with air quotations. a game had been proposed hours ago, but blake had been using it as a chance to gain some peace and quiet. maybe ren was the same ?

     eyebrows rose in surprise as something dropped down in front of him, and he glanced up from his book a little worriedly. upon realizing it was a purposeful landing, by none other than the graceful blake seoni, rèn relaxed back against the tree trunk to which he was sitting. he watched her lips turn up in amused curiosity before meeting her gaze, and then shrugged shoulders, cocking one brow with a bit of a playful smile. ‘truth be told,’ he responded carefully, ‘i hadn’t really been listening when it was brought up — but it was a good excuse to not actually interact with people while i finished the final chapter of this book.’ glancing around the setting they’d met in, rèn pursed his lips. ‘then again, climbing into a tree to get some time to myself does seem a little overkill.’

     closing his book, so as to express that he wasn’t bothered by her presence, he pulled one leg up, hugging his knee to his chest and cocking his head. ‘have you been hiding this whole time? that was ...’ lotus checked his scroll, ‘about four and a half hours ago.’

[glypheborn]

@volarent​ asked:  blake sidles up next to weiss on the airship, nervous to appear in atlas too, but for completely different reasons than former heiress. for a moment, she remained to know that weiss wasn't alone, but after that she unceremoniously took weiss' hand in her own, thumb rubbing reassuring circles into her skin. a silent way to say " we'll be alright. "

she’s trying to be strong. this isn’t about her. this is bigger than her. so much bigger than her. she ignores the feeling in the pit of her stomach, ignores the horribly dizzying feeling of seeing that city in the clouds, ignores everything in her head telling her to get the hell out.

but blake’s touch is warm. it’s comforting. it reminds her to ignore the voice in her head - to follow the voice in her heart.

icy gaze looks at their hands, before moving back up to look into golden amber. she forces a smile, letting out a breath she had been holding, and can only nod. she knows what she’s trying to say. she can feel it, in the gentle circles rubbed on soft, porcelain skin.

“... i’m glad you’re here with me.”