⌈ 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕕𝕚𝕖 ⌋

all men must die ――――――― what if grass is greener on the other side because it's always raining there? where the ones who never fail to give, hardly have enough to spare where the people with the broadest smiles have pillows filled with tears And the bravest ones you've ever known are crippled by their fears it's filled with lonely people but they're never seen alone where those who lack real shelter Make you feel the most at home maybe their grass looks greener because they've painted on its hue just remember from the other side your grass looks greener too ――――――― all men must serve multimuse for antebellumhq penned by vic

[almondavatars]

[brightmalcolm]

What did you do? 

[vxlcrmorghulis]

xlafolie·:

the hushed sounds of weights clinking were the only things he could hear over the music that was blaring through his earbuds, which was generally how he liked it. solitude, like he was in his own space. without being allowed access to the forest this was the best way he could let out some of the pent up energy he had coursing through his veins, so like clockwork, there he was. 

with strained muscles he finally released the barbell, resetting it in the holder before he sat up on the bench, face glistening and flushed. dominic swiped his towel and bottle of water from the floor beside his feet, squeezing some water into his mouth and messily getting some on his face, before wiping up the sweat that lingered on his skin. after his eyes were clear, and his hair was pushed back from his face, he blinked a few times at the figure standing before him, pulling an earbud free from his ear. 

“you say something?” 

ALASKA  DOESN’T  MISS  BEING  human.  she  assumes  that  at  some  point  she  will , but  for  now  she  doesn’t.  she’s strong  ,  dead  ,  and  thanks  to  that  , eternally  beautiful.  and  while  there’s  still  somethings  she  needs  to  unpack  about  her  current  affliction  ,  the  vampire  feels  like  she’s  thriving  and  she  doesn’t  spare  any  moment  wishing  otherwise.  she  does  ,  however  ,  miss  the  ability  to  live  in  the  outside  world  freely.  it  was  difficult  having  to  pretend  she  was  weaker  than  she  was  in  public  for  the  sake  of  humans  ,  especially  when  she  can  hear  ( and  smell  ) a  wolf  so  close  by.  “  I  said  ,  ‘ are  you  done  acting  like  the  gym  is  an  under  armour  advertisement ??  ’  ”   

[vxlcrmorghulis]

creaturisms·:

If Wolfie had little regard for his well-being, he had even less regard for the Earth. Not that he was prone to littering or anything, those people were dickheads being a pain for street cleaners. But he wasn’t going out of his way to leave a carbon footprint or whatever the hell it was called.❝If you’re trying to switch plastic straws for paper ones that’s where I draw the line.❞ He says, shaking his head. Truth be told a lot of what she said had gone in one ear and out the other but he signs the petition anyway to seem like a good Samaritan.❝Are you like, a level 4 vegan? Do you eat anything that casts a shadow?❞  He jokes, though, he has a feeling it wont sit well with the other.

“  hmmm  ,  something  like  that.  ”  level  4  ,  level  whatever.  “  anything  to  get  the  world  on  a  cleaner  road.  ”  she  ignores  the  jab  since  she  did  still  manage  to  get  a  signature  from  him  and  she  could  just  beam  over  it.  just  a  few  more  of  these  and  she’d  have  paper  &  cup  in  the  palm  of  her  smooth  lavender-scented  hand.  she  holds  the  clipboard  tight  to  her  chest  and  tilts  her  head  at  his  last  comment  ,  as  if  she  didn’t  understand  what  he  meant.  “  do  you  eat  anything  that  casts  a  shadow ??  ”   

[vxlcrmorghulis]

creaturisms·:

The wolf felt the impact of the ball rolling against her heel to a stop, she crouches down to pick it up. Eyes scanning the area of the pool tables, she hears her half-brother’s Mikey’s voice and she can’t help but roll her eyes. His horrible attempts at flirting with some bimbo. Fingers grip the now sticky ball and with a swift movement of her wrist it goes flying towards her target. It passes right by Mikey to hit the girl, some random Siren. She’d be fine.❝Bummer it missed ya’, Mike. Was thinking you’d catch it like when we used to play baseball with dad back in the day. My fingers totally slipped.❞

HE  DOESN’T  NEED  TO  turn  his  head  to  know  that  voice.  angry  goosebumps  crawl  on  his  skin  and  suddenly  he’s  got  his  grip  on  a  beer  ,  nearly  ready  to  down  the  damn  thing  as  he  watches  his  night  fall  apart  in  front  of  him.  leave  it  to  a  hill  to  crash  a  good  time.  mikey  only  takes  a  look  to  his  sister  once  the  ball  finishes  its  bounce  from  off  of  his  date’s  shoulder  and  then  back  onto  the  hardwood  with  a  thunk.  who  it  was  actually  aimed  for  ,  he’d  never  truly  know.  then  again  ,  when  did  he  ever  really  know  the  intentions  of  a  pup’s  actions ??  what  he  could  piece  together  was  that  violet  seemed  to  have  only  one  goal  and  that  one  goal  always  seemed  to  be  to  piss  him  off.  and  he  hated  to  admit  that  she  was  forever  succeeding  ,  so  he  tries  to  deflect  as  he  let  his  eyes  follow  his  date  (  who  was  now  being  huddled  away  by  her  friends )  away  from  the  table  ,  words mumbling against his wet lips.  “  it’s  always  a  disappointment  seeing  you  alive ,  has  anyone  ever  told  you  that  ??  ”   

[vxlcrmorghulis]

adundas·:

“there are a lot of beautiful people on this campus, i don’t know how many of them you’ve whispered sweet things to.” celeste shrugged. yes she knew she was one of them, she absolutely didn’t need to be told she was beautiful, but she knew there were plenty of others. there was also something about his expression that told her she wouldn’t be the first or last. “i was in the woods but, i felt like a change of scenery while still being in nature, you know, fae stuff. why are you out here? i’m sure a big alpha like you has better things to do than talk to little old me.”

BROWN  EYES  WERE  ROLLING.  the  innocent  act  clearly  still  playing  its  game  across  the  werewolf’s  bearded  features ,  but  mikey  puts  his  hands  up  and  decides  not  to  argue  it  any  further ( especially  when  they  could  be  doing  so  much  more  with  their  time ).  “  I’m  a  wolf ,  not  a  mob-boss.  my  kind  likes  nature ,  too. ”  though  it  wasn’t  the  sunset  that  got  him  out  here.  truth  be  told  he  needed  to  clear  his  head  and  celeste  just  so happened  to  be  a  more  visually  appealing  distraction  from  that. 

[vxlcrmorghulis]

adundas·:

all the vampire was trying to do was enjoy his day in peace, something that was quickly halted when he was approached by a fae with a clipboard. diego had lived a long time and seen a lot of changes in the world. he had no doubt that climate change existed but like the majority of things, he didn’t actually care. “i’m good thanks. you have fun out here trying to convince people of your cause though.”

SHE’S  PERSISTENT  ,  so  she  continues  to  stand  firm  even  after  the  other’s  rejection  to  the  cause.  “  look  ,  I  get  it. ”  thin  shoulders  lift  and  lower  after  a  beat  and  the  dark  strands  that  fell  down  her  torso  shook  as  she  spoke  ,  “  you’re  probably  thinking ‘ what  does  any  of  this  have  to  do  with  me  ??  ’  and  asking  yourself  why  am  I  still  here  talking  to  you  when  you’re  clearly  just  trying  to  go  on  with  your  day.  ”  doing  whatever  it  was  guys  like  him  do.  “  and  all  of  this  could  be  avoided  within  seconds  with  a  tiny  signature. ”  aurora  clicks the  pen  in  her  hand  and  extends  it.  “  it’s  five  seconds  to  do  some  good.  ”  maybe  three  if  his  penmanship  was  shit  ,  which  wouldn’t  be  any  surprise  to  her  if  it  was. 

[vxlcrmorghulis]

xlafolie·:

the campus mini-mart was within the top five places in new haven that tyler liked to frequent, following closely behind bluemoon diner and vinyl revival. who didn’t like snackage? it was perfect any time of day, and worked wonderfully for wherever you were. it was what eighty-five percent of his diet consisted of. snacks and diner coffee, the perfect combinations, at least that’s what his heart told him. his doctor would probably say otherwise. 

“tell me when.” his fingertips grazed the bags of chips along the shelves, his gaze falling back to the figure that trailed along behind. while he may have known by heart what lined the shelves, at least having somebody else choosing something at random gave a little variety. a little snack roulette if you will. 

JOEY  LIKED  TO  THINK  of  tyler’s  memory  like  it  was  a  super-power.  which  ,  if  it  was  ever  brought  up  ,  he’d  argue  that  it  essentially  was.  who  else  did  he  know  that  could  recite  something  they  just  read  off  the  wall  within  seconds  ??  no  one.  it  almost  made  him  jealous ,  but  green  was  never  his  color.  “  what  if  you  land  on  something  gross ??  ”  joey  flipped  a  page  from  the   comic  book  he  picked  up  from  the  counter  of  the  store  ,  eyeing  its  color  before  sticking  it  on  a  shelf  between  sour  cream  and  onion  lays  and  hot  fries.  a  beat  later ,  joey  paused  and  watched  as  tyler  went  along  the  bags.  “  ok  ,  stop.  ” 

[vxlcrmorghulis]

xlafolie·:

you would think after a dip in the pool the siren would be feeling refreshed, lively even, but it just wasn’t the same as the ocean. the chlorine made her feel as though she needed to crawl out of her skin, and try as she may, she was never going to get used to the feeling, so she was on to pick-me-up round two. coffee. if she wasn’t able to get a jolt of life from the water, at least she could get a little caffeine buzz going on. 

amara stood inside paper & cup, damp hair tucked behind her ears, lean frame resting against the pick-up counter, nails drumming lightly against the surface beneath them. she was lost inside of the world in her mind, at least until a voice beside her drew her back to reality. 

“hmm? what was that?” 

IT  DIDN’T  SURPRISE  HIM  that  amara  hadn’t  been  paying  attention.  she  seemed  out  of  it  before  he  had  been  spotted  her.  hair  slick  and  wet  against  the  frame  of  her  face ,  eyes  wandering  around  aimlessly.  he  never  felt  like  it  was  intentional  ,  nor  did  he  ever  want  to  pry  on  it.  whatever  was  going  on  in  the  siren’s  head  was  none  of  his  business  ,  however  their  scheduled  training  session  was.  and  she  had  just  missed  it.  “  I  said ‘  did  you  have  a  nice  afternoon , ’  ”  he  actually  didn’t.  he  had  asked  if  knew  there  was  a  practice  today  ,  but  by  now  he  didn’t  care  to  repeat  himself.  “  I  was  looking  for  you  earlier.  ”   

[schmidtsburg]

[vxlcrmorghulis]

@creaturisms ( josie ) , @adundas ( hayes ) , and @xlafolie ( tyler )

[vxlcrmorghulis]

IT’S  UNLIKE  ATLAS  TO  be  this  quiet.  it’s  almost  suspicious  —  a  young  werewolf  leaned  up  lazily  between  an  alleyway  ,  a  lighter  flicking  on  and  off  in  struggle  to catch  the  end  of  a  joint.  it’s  like  he’s  in  some  odd  trance ...  that  is  until  he  hear  footsteps.  “  you  better  be  the  dominos  delivery  guy.  ”  his  head  tilts  in  the  other’s  direction  ,  eyes  searching  through  the  dark.  “  or  your  evening’s  about  to  get  a  lot  more  complicated.  ” 

[vxlcrmorghulis]

xlafolie·:

the library was really the last place she wanted to be. she would much rather be in the gardens or at sacred clove, or even in her room trapped within all of her paints and canvases. reading books that confused her definitely was not her idea of fun. 

“no matter how many times i read this, it still doesn’t make sense.” 

her soft voice was a bit of a whine, muffled slightly by her nose being buried into the seam of a book. the words were just starting to turn into jumbles that meant even less than they already did to the fae, (if that was even possible). sage tucked a foot beneath her bottom on the chair, the other lifting so her chin could rest on her knee, a somber pout pulling at her lips. 

TEXTBOOKS  WITH  GLOSSY  PAGES  were  spilling  out  in  front  of  them  ,  piled  between  notebooks  tabbed  with  multi-colored  stickies  and  highlighters  in  different  shades  of  pink.  aurora  was  a  fae  bred  with  type-a  formalities  when  it  came  to  academic  organization  and  study-sessions  ,  only  it  seemed  to  be  a  half-loved  trait  between  her  and  sage ,  who  looked  less  than  thrilled  to  be here  with  her.  rory  looked  up  from  her  notes  and  felt  her  shoulders  deflate  ,  “  wanna  take  a  break  ,  sunshine ??  we  could  go  to  paper  &  cup ??  ”  it  wasn’t  exactly  on  her  to-do  list  ,  but  judging  by  the  look  on  sage’s  face  there  weren’t  many  other  mentally  freeing  options.

[vxlcrmorghulis]

doctcrss·:  

HE ROLLED HIS HEAD TO LOOK AT THE devastatingly gorgeous woman beside him once more. ❝ can ubers even come to new haven ?? aren’t we like a super private place. ❞ he pouted. ❝ i just wanted a little comfort food after getting a letter from my mom. ❞ he sighed and stared into his drink. a letter from his mother was laughable. he hadn’t spoken to a single member of his family in, well — he’d lost count at this point. he shifted his eyes to his companion. ❝ sorry, ignore me. ❞ he laughed dryly. ❝ didn’t mean to say that aloud. ❞

SOL’S  SHOULDERS  SHRUGGED  THEMSELVES  together.  she’s never actually  tried  it  herself  ,  but  she  was  guessing  that  if  she   was  drunk  craving  doritos  that  she’d  at  least  make  an  effort  to  execute  all  her options  ...  unlike  the  guy  next  to  her  who  was  now  discussing  the  root  of  his  problems:  his  mom.  good-looking  guys  and  their  baggage.  typical.  “  you  shouldn’t  let  your  mommy  issues  turn  you  into  a  mess.  ”  not  that  she  was  really  one  to  talk.  she’d  be  lying  if  she  said she  hadn’t  been there  ,  done  that.  sol  stepped  off  her  stool  and  held  out  her  arm  to  him ,  “  c’mon  ,  I’ll  walk  you  to  blue  moon  and  you  can  eat  there.  ”

[vxlcrmorghulis]

adundas·:

diego tried not to complain about the people he lived with. tried being the key word. he wasn’t a huge fan of being low ranking and having to share a room with a bunch of people but he supposed there were worse things thing he’d done in his life than share a room. plus theoretically he knew how to improve his ranking he just didn’t care to do it. pretending that he cared about anything at the academy was just a little too much effort for him “that does tend to happen when you’re a vampire.” he muttered, rolling his eyes and looking over at his roommate. “careful your weird witchy hippy bs is showing.”

AND  THERE  IT  WAS.  the  return  of  the  attitude  the  young  witch  was unfortunately  beginning  to  get  familiar  with  all  thanks  to  their  lovely  living  situation  here  on  campus.  sol  capped  the  vial  with  a  tiny  cork  and  slipped  it  into  a  small  leather  pouch ,  lips  pursing  together ,  “  well  ,  that   does  tend  to  happen  when  you’re  a  witch.  ”  she  quickly  began  to  mimic   back  in  her  best  interpretation  of  his   muttering  as  possible  and  delivered  it  with  an  eye roll  to  match  before  falling  back  into  her  own demeanor.  “  and  it’s  not  weird.  it’s  protective.  and  less  harmful  than  wanting  to  eat  someone. ”  obviously. 

[vxlcrmorghulis]

adundas·:

being a siren, astoria had no real preference on her victims but there was something about tormenting humans that she really enjoyed. she knew who joey was mostly because he was friends with josie, her favorite victim. she liked to keep tabs on the humans she was interested in, learn more about them and their lives. “i’m drinking vodka and tequila, if you feel up to it you’re more than welcome to have one.  if not i can get you something  a little more… tame. maybe a water? a pepsi? just keep in mind i am absolutely not carrying you home at the end of the night.”

JOEY  KNOWS  ASTORIA. scratch  that.   the  human  knows  of  astoria.  the  likelihood  of  joey  actually  having  any  stable  association  with  the  blonde  was  slim ,  limited  to  unacknowledged  hallway  door-holdings  and  maybe  answering  a  question   to  her  about  classwork  ,  but  even  then  those  were still  rare  stretches  of  their  paths  ever  crossing.  never  would  he  have  thought  to  be  sitting  at  a  bar  with  her  discussing  drinks  after  he had  just  conned  a  man  out  of  his  money  without  getting  a  hit  to  the  face  though  with  the  way  the  blonde  looked  tonight ,  he  was  sure  the flushed  faced  feeling  was  still  likely  to  appear.  his  eyes  rolled  lightly  at  her  comment  and  now  he’s  tapping  the  wet  counter  of  the  bar  with  his hand ,  attitudinizing  a  burst  of  confidence  to  catch  the  attention  of  the  bartender  to  order  the  same  drink  she  was  having.  “  tame’s  not  in  my vocabulary.  ”  lie.  it  was  very  much  somewhere  in  there.  “  just  promise  to  throw  me  in  a  taxi  if  I  start  singing  karaoke  on  the  top  of  the  bar.  ”  he didn’t  need  anyone  back  home  watching  him  go  viral  by  singing  some  80’s  song  coyote  ugly  style.

[vxlcrmorghulis]

adundas·:

there was nothing about his half brother that didn’t annoy mercury. they had never been close as children but the day mikey decided to follow mercy to new haven and then create his own pack, they were done. the wolf knew it was a rhetorical question but he can never pass up the chance to be sassy. “if i had to guess probably you. it wouldn’t surprise me. you’ve always been into trying to ruin things that are mine.

THEIR  RELATIONSHIP  IS  COMPLICATED , but  mikey  doesn’t  mind.  he  figures  if  he  was  in  mercy’s  shoes  he’d  be  a  miserable  asshole  too , so  he’s  often  very  thankful  that  he  isn’t.  a  bastard  he  may  be ,  yes  , but  for  him  it’s  the  better  end  of  the  deal  between  the  two or  else  he’d  be  an inconsolable  git  like  his  brother  forever.   “  you  say  ruin , I  say  improve.  ”  to-mato  ,  to-mahto.  he  shrugs  off  the  comment  and  tone  with  a  quick  release  of  his  shoulders  as  he  lowers  his  glance  down  towards  mercy.  “  or  else  they  wouldn’t  have  made  me  alpha  for  it.  ”

[el-demaury]