arcs of our blood

how long will i wander? i wonder if that's what it might feel like i figured i'd warn ya i am out of my god damn mind & out to california follow along the dotted line with with arcs of our blood

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[occasus‌]

In the real world, the only car that Rae had been able to afford was poorly maintained and older than dirt. It was rare that it even started when she needed it to, and when it did the exhaust could be heard from the coffee shop three blocks away. The futuristic vehicle she was now behind the wheel of was a welcomed change, even if the world itself wasn’t. Occāsus looked forward to leaving the game, but could still enjoy some of its benefits while she was there, right?

The stranger slid into the passenger’s seat, and Occāsus was immediately worried that she had made a mistake. Had the player been malignant, she could die for such a doltish reason. She was suddenly hyper-focused on the location of all her weapons, should she need them. “I’m borrowing it from a friend,” she explained as she pulled away from the curb and the car glided down the neon-lit city streets. “he needed a few items that I happened to be carrying. I figured we’d just explore the new level, see what the rest of the level is like.”  Rae shrugged, pressing one of the buttons on the console just to see what it would do. Suddenly, the car lifted off the ground.

“Huh. Good friend.” Adonis had a handful of them in-game, but they weren’t so sure anyone would trust them with a car. Then again, some of them trusted them with their lives. Who knew. “Must’ve been some good items - you spend a lot of time on 33?” Their thoughts drifted for a moment to their own inventory, sizing up their items for potential trades on the floor. 

“I’m down for exploring - been a while since I’ve been in a city. I swear I saw a  projection screen in a display window,” It was probably sad how exciting that was, but it had been years since they’d seen so much technology. “Holy shit-” Adonis gripped the ceiling handle as the vehicle hovered, a nervous laugh filling the space between them. “This thing flies? That overlord asshole finally did something right.” They peeked out the window, checking just how far off the ground they were. “Uh - did your friend tell you how to fly this thing? Unrelated - you ever seen The Fifth Element?” 

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[occasus‌]

status: open location: level 52

One of the first things to catch Occāsus’ eye on level 52 were the vehicles that lined the bustling city streets. The neon lights of the city reflected off the chrome, and the futuristic style held her attention even after she left the streets. As soon as she heard one of her friends had bought one of the cars, Occāsus struck a deal with them. She had some materials that were viewed as precious to some, but entirely useless to her, that she was willing to trade for the opportunity to drive around and explore the city for a while. It was a win-win for her.

It wasn’t nearly as fun if she was exploring the new level on her own, though, was it? “Hey, the passenger’s seat is all yours, if you want!”, she had called to another player, as she ducked into the car and looked at them expectantly through the passenger’s side window. “Hop in.”

There was something very strange about being released from a healing bay into an eerily modern floor. As a solo member, there was no one to regroup with, no guild hq to run off to. They could just see the floor as they saw fit. Technology had been a major part of Adonis’ life and livelihood, and being without it for years had been strange. It didn’t hold the same appeal without some connection to the outside world, though. They wondered if the modern level was only like that on the surface - if the internet could be accessed from the inside.

Before Adonis could venture into a shop and try to find out, though, a car idled alongside them. An actual, moving car. It was almost funny how novel it seemed, after two years stuck in a hellscape without them. “Uh...” Adonis wasn’t sure that they’d met before, and getting into cars with virtual (hah) strangers was the number one way to get killed. But...they’d escaped a giant beast without dying, and there was a whole level out there to explore - and they didn’t have to do it on foot. Plus, Adonis had nowhere else to be. “Sure, why not?” With a loose chuckle, they slid in and shut the door, the rumble of the engine foreign and familiar all at once. “How the hell’d you get a car so fast?” Adonis had no idea how many in game credits they must cost. “And what’s the plan?” 

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[starlight‌]

player : starlight. floor : 52, stumbling along miraldi street triggers : blood mention tw, blood tw, injury tw

everything happened so quickly. they were doing fine in the beginning, things going – well, as well as anyone had expected but defeating the boss was never going to be an easy task. but right at the end – right when the monster was at its final health bar, final stage. that’s when things really became shit. starlight usually kept towards the back, provided support from there with arrows but she was off her game and really there was one person to blame for that. if radish wasn’t there, surely star could handle everything else going on around her – especially with her not-a-friend insect going deranged – but for some dumb reason he was there. fighting. she hasn’t seen him since that dumb night, his words were constantly echoing through her mind.

and now they might be the last thing she hears him say.

she saw the rocks fall with him with it – saw mantis’ agenda for being at the fight came to light. she saw players around her pixel out of existence.  

but what she didn’t see was the boss and the trident. that stupid, fucking trident. who in their right mind gave a monster a trident? oh right – a man not at all in their right mind. she didn’t see the trident until her left arm was in flames.

stumbling back, away from the fight – away from the monster. she put a clasp on the injury. blood steadily running down her arm. the rest of the battle was a blur, the last few moments with the room spinning. she’s had injuries before but nothing felt anything like this. nothing made her arm feel like it’s on fire that’s consuming her.

her eyes shut and when she opened them back up, she was standing on 52 surrounded by familiar players but no one that she would dare ask for any form of help. really, when was the last time star asked for help outside of borrowing arrows?

starlight moved away from them, heading towards the first thing she sees, or at least stumbling along. she didn’t bother to glance up at her health bar, didn’t want to know how dangerously low she was getting.

but as she stumbled into something – was it someone? – damn it. she needed just a second. a moment to breathe. starlight didn’t want to look down at her arm, didn’t want to see her own blood staining the yellow cloak she always has on, dripping down her fingers. damn it. she can’t even feel her hand anymore. how close was she to a mage – to a hospital?

“ this is fine. ” what was she? the comic of a dog in a burning building? the pain was becoming too much and she – she could barely walk anywhere now.

“oof-” adonis grunted as another body slammed directly into theirs - rattling their bones and making them wince. they could move just fine, and their health bar hadn’t taken anything near a critical hit, but hey hadn’t expected the blow. 

in their surprise, they didn’t get a good look at the other person before they caught her words. and adonis couldn’t help but laugh. they weren’t sure if the comment was a direct, purposeful quote or the shocked reaction to a very terrifying situation. much like the ugly bark of a sound that died in their throat when they saw the injuries.

“holy shit - are you okay?” she very obviously wasn’t, and adonis summoned a health orb without a second thought. “uh, no, it’s not fine - have you seen yourself?” the blood was everywhere, soaking the unity gear a deep red. “here,” the word was blunt, in their haste to heal her before it was too late. too many people had died already, and if they could save just one, they weren’t about to hesitate to use what orbs they had left.

“what happened?” they could hazard a guess, but the question hung there anyway. “here, take this,” they handed over a strong health potion. “it’s gonna take me a sec to recharge my orbs.” adonis had used more than they could count during the fight, and they really hated recharge times in that moment. “anybody else with you that needs healing?” it looked like she was alone, and adonis wondered why a unity member was left stumbling alone, half dead. the battle was a serious shit show. 

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“That doesn’t look good.”

“What, this? Nah - it’s just a flesh wound,” Adonis laughs, way too pleased with themselves for the referential joke. It hurts, and sure,it’s bleeding more than they’d like - but it’s not half as bad as what some of the others are dealing with. “Uh - you okay? Where’s the rest of the Justice League?“

[villainsmemes-deactivated202503]

GENERAL

“Can you walk?”

“How did this happen?”

“What the hell happened?”

“I hit my head.”

“Did you hit your head?”

“Can you hear me?”

“Don’t close your eyes, stay awake!”

“Come on, stay with me!”

“No no no no no!”

“You shot me!”

“I didn’t mean to shoot you!”

“You stabbed me!”

“I didn’t mean to stab you!”

“Take the knife out!”

“Don’t take the knife out!”

“It was an accident!”

“That/this wasn’t an accident!”

“That looks broken.”

“I think my leg/arm is broken.”

“That doesn’t look good.”

“Am I going to die?”

“You’re not going to die!”

“Calm down!”

“Don’t panic!”

“I can’t help you if you don’t let me!”

BLOOD

“Are you bleeding?”

“Don’t move, you’re bleeding.”

“Is that blood?”

“Whose blood is that?”

“That’s a lot of blood.”

“Do you know how to get bloodstains out?”

“Why do you know how to get bloodstains out?”

“Damn, I got blood on my shirt.”

“Don’t move, you’re losing blood!”

“I won’t let you bleed out!”

“You have blood on your face.”

“I swear to god, if you get blood on me…”

“What’s your blood type?”

“Why in the hell would you need to know my blood type?”

WOUNDS

“That cut is nasty.”

“You have a massive gash in your arm/leg!’

“Don’t touch it!”

“Don’t move, you’ll only make it worse!”

“I’ll get some bandages.”

“You’re going to need stitches.”

“That looks infected…”

“Did you get bit by something?”

“There’s no exit wound, the bullet is still in you.”

“There’s an exit wound, the bullet went through you.”

AFTERCARE

“How are you feeling?”

“How does it feel?”

“It’s still not healed, but it’s getting there.”

“Let’s go home.”

“I just want to go home.”

“Let’s get you into the bathtub.”

“We need to change your bandages soon.”

“Get some sleep, okay?”

“You need to eat something, you’ve been through a lot today.”

“I’ll check up on you in a bit.”

“You’re going to be fine. I promise.”

[useradonis-blog]

Have you ever broken the law?

“...yeah.”

[useradonis-blog]

Hᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ killed someone and thought that they deserved it?

“yep” 

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Hᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ spared someone's life and regretted it?

“yes.”

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Hᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ been in love?

“....yes” 

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-- hey geeks ! just a reminder im sending out anonymous memes and asks to ppl so if u wanna reblog some character building based memes i’ll send u those ! i might be sending some of the starter ones too but for those of u that want to answer qs about ur muse ,,,, u can reblog those memes and kno theyre comin lmao 

Sᴇɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴍᴜsᴇ “Hᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ (...)”s. Tʜᴇʏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ʀᴇᴘʟʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ‘ʏᴇs’ ᴏʀ ‘ɴᴏ’.

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[padme]

“It’s Valentine’s Day, and it won’t kill you to dance just a little bit.”

 Padme put out both arms, gesturing the person closer. When this was over, and the gods of the game stopped feeling generous (and probably drunk on champagne behind the controls), they were all probably going to die anyway. So maybe she’d had a few drinks–and at least a dozen chocolate covered strawberries–and the mix of alcohol and sugar rush was making her reckless. But it was better than wondering what next giant goldfish/strange dangerous jumbo-pet might kill try and kill them all. 

“You sure about that?” Adonis was pretty skeptical. A lot could go wrong. But Padme was too nice to say no to, especially when she seemed excited about it- and when she’d been nice enough to help Adonis after the big fish battle. Still, they groaned a little for effect and let their body go limp, arms flopped at their sides. “I’ve got two left feet - you really wanna risk this?” Padme’s outstretched arms left them no choice, though. With a sigh, Adonis grabbed one of her hands, moving closer to figure out the right stance. “Padme, are you tipsy?”  

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[siren]

player: siren, green cursor location: floor 25, Sugar Rush Game Cafe

Looking down at the floating heart-shaped marshmallows Siren had just carefully placed into the steaming mug of pink hot chocolate, she wondered if it was too much. It wasn’t right? Nah, it was fine. Who didn’t love pink hot chocolate? It was a thing. Just like the paper heart garlands she had across the counter. And the heart shaped confetti that fell down from the door when you entered. It was standard Valentine’s day decorations. Okay, yeah, maybe her red apron covered in lipstick prints could be a bit much, but people probably wore these all the time outside of the holiday too. “You don’t think this is overboard, right?” she asked a nearby player. It was still early in the day, she could always reel it in if it was too too much. Siren just wanted to make sure she wasn’t a Debby Downer for the rest of the people in the game who’d actually found someone to be happy with. And she wouldn’t mind the extra business either.

“What, this stuff?” Phoenix mumbled around a mouthful of chocolate-melted marshmallow, a pink hot chocolate mustache left behind. They were maybe on their third or fourth hot chocolate, and their wide eyes indicated that no, they didn’t think that at all. “No way, it tastes and looks awesome. The only thing better than chocolate is pink chocolate. You ever had strawberry milk?” They were severely allergic to strawberries, but in-game they’d indulged more than they probably should have. Pink hot chocolate just had a pull to it. It tasted better or something. “And people love themed stuff so. Hey, you got any cookies?” 

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[radish]

“i said erectile dysfunction, and it happens to the best of men sometimes, ask hades.” oh god, he couldn’t even keep a straight face through that one. part of him hoped that got back to hades just to see his face. the other part of him hoped it wouldn’t because he wanted to, you know, live. “tch, c’mon adonis, you can’t ask me not to be an asshole that’s like asking jesus to not be holy…” he tried to duck away from their hand flick, but eh, whatever. he’ll give them that one, he probably deserved it. “sorry, wasn’t enough room on the boat. besides, i know my strengths, what good is a defensive earth mage out in open water?” well, he could have done something…but he felt the need to defend himself a bit. mostly because he was feeling critically guilty about staying behind. “oh so you took down the big ass fish alone, then?”

“gross - he’s like my uncle or something, don’t say that,” the last thing adonis wanted to think about was hades’ erectile anything, joke or not. “uh, yeah, i can ask you - wait, are you comparing yourself to jesus?” they choked on a laugh, exaggeratedly wiping away tears. “what’s in that fish? it’s got to be toxic.” adonis rolled their eyes playfully at the explanation - they knew it wasn’t wise to dump everyone on the boats. more numbers didn’t mean victory - they’d seen as much battling against the beast on water, with some of them unable to hit it. “yeah, didn’t you see me blasting fireballs out there? and i healed everyone on the boats. all me,” they joked, snapping their fingers and summoning a tiny flame. “you think you’ll come next time?” adonis’ tone was nonchalant, but they sort of wanted to see him in battle. it sucked being on the sidelines, sometimes. 

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[radish]

“pretty sure they got potions for just about everything now. from erectile dysfunction to polio.” that was an extreme dramatization, as if often was in his case. he crossed his arms over his chest, looking mightily amused with himself…a nice reminder that as cute as that chronic baby face could be he was still a little shit. “yeah, but you didn’t right? ain’t like i’ll be crying over your pixel casket. which means you are fully available to be made fun of. call it a celebration of life.”

"erectile - what?" adonis' nose wrinkled at that, the phrase always reminiscent of gross, cheesy commercials. "you serious?" they knew a thing or two about potions, but they were no expert - it wasn't out of the realm of possibility. though why that'd even be in the game didn't make - "hey! don't be an asshole," arms crossed over their chest, they glared down at him, more friendly annoyance in the expression than anger. "yeah and i'm still here to smack you in the head," adonis grinned, reaching out with an open hand, only to flick his ear. "i'm a hero - totally took down that big-ass fish. besides, aren't you kinda dry to be making fun of me?" it was just a tease, adonis didn't begrudge his decision to stay on shore - still, they had a right to make fun right back .

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[padme]

“You’re not heavy,” Padme assured Adonis, then she flexed her small arms as if showing off biceps. “I’ve got you.” She dropped her arm for the shake. “Oh, no. It’s the least I can do. Here.” She waited until the same person who she’d taken a towel from turned around, then she twisted her fingers, and a canteen of water floated from their basket into Padme’s hand. “Should be fish-guts free,” she said, smelling it first just in case, then, when confirming it was clean, handed it over to the other mystic. “I’m Padme,” she said as introduction. “And I was benched on this one, yep. My battle strategist thinks I’m worth more watching battles from a distance and sending out magic help. Instead of…” She gestured fighting with a staff then sighed. “Did you get to kill anything?”

Adonis was pretty sure she was lying, and the gesture was appreciated. Even accompanied by goofy flexing. Adonis couldn't help the sharp laugh when the canteen floated its way over. "That's awesome," they stage-whispered, eyes bright as she took a whiff to check for fish stink. "Thanks, for the inspection." They joked, taking the canteen with a grateful smile - quickly hidden as they gulped down every drop  in a flash. After a suspiciously wet cough, they wiped at their mouth, a groan of gratitude aimed at the other player. "You're a lifesaver, Padme. Thanks," They squeezed her hand before dropping their arm, scrubbing at their damp hair some more. Her gesturing pulled another laugh from Adonis, and they nodded at the explanation. "Yeah, well - sounds like they knew what was up. It was a hot mess out there, would've sucked if more people'd gone in the water." As it was, the fish had killed too many. "Uh…" They hadn't technically killed the beast all alone. "Not really - it was a team effort. Blasted the thing in the eyes and gills, though. So I helped." In the commotion, they'd forgotten most of the end. "Not sure who like - landed the last hit, y'know? It's HP was down and then - bam! Fish guts." They shrugged, not too preoccupied with who killed it. "How ugly'd it look, from shore?"

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[juno]

loading player: juno location: level 51, under a tree by the shoreline.

as much as the free food was a gift from gods ( it would be considered that back in the day) iris had enough of dealing with people. don’t get her wrong, she enjoyed others company at times, but sometimes she just needed a moment to be by herself. the little ragdoll was resting in her lap, purring and cleaning herself after being fed some fish, and iris was letting her eyes close. though she had missed the fight, she was doing some fighting of her own, getting things she and her girlfriend needed for the next fight that they would definitely be joining. her eyes opened to footsteps, and honey eyes landed on someone coming close to her. “seats not taken if you want it.” she murmurs to them, though she wasn’t sure if they wanted it, but iris wasn’t the type to just be rude out front. give her a reason, and then she’ll show you what her sharp tongue could do. “good feast, better than some of the stuff back home.” she lies, because nothing was better than alaskan bbq.

adonis was exhausted, half-drowned, and possibly sunburnt. the afternoon on the shore had taken everything out of them, and they’d wandered off to the  “god, thanks,” they muttered, dropping immediately to the shady spot left empty. “shit - what did you eat back home?” it came out less polite than they’d meant for it to be, but they masked it with an awkward smile. “sorry, just - i’m probably sick of lake fish right now.” they patted their stomach for effect, bloated from a ton of fish and gross lake water. “pretty sure i ate my weight in it right now.” their eyes landed on the ball of fur in her lap, eyes bright at the sight. “whoa - who’s that?” adonis still hadn’t picked a pet or a mount - it kinda came with adonis’ inability to make decisions.