ice ice baby

Zoë Azure. 21. Ice Dragon. Art Major. Junior.

[zoeazure]

Zoë is the middle child of five siblings, and the only daughter. Her parents chose to send their children to dragon only schools and they limited their contact with other supernatural species, and contact with vampires was pretty much forbidden. Zoë’s always been the rebellious wild child, and she’d hope that now that she’s burst the door open the rest of her siblings will follow, see that there really is a great big world out there for them to explore.

[zoeazure]

vasilvalek​:

        𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐎'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 by distrust and people who often harbored ulterior motives, Zoë’s very presence is like a breath of fresh air. Some might even find it fitting, with her being an ice dragon to his fire one but Vasil knows it’s more than that. She is GENUINE and her heart is as true as their friendship, which has been proven to hold STRONG through the years—Despite their circumstances. As she nears, the icy touch on the scales of his back are soothed and the sensation is a WELCOME one, even as he shudders from the shivers that creep down his spine. ❝ Icicle—Oh, that’s nice. Wish I could bottle that… ❞ He hums pleasantly after uttering the little nickname he endearingly has for her. The smile lingers before turning into a knowing one when she feigns ignorance. ❝ Well, whoever that master ice sculptor is, they should take to redecorating this place. ❞ Katmere has exquisite decorations, of course, with luxurious tapestries and fine arts in all sorts of forms but Vasil can’t help subtly complimenting his BEST friend’s own skills. It’s not simply because they are friends that he does so, but because she is indeed TALENTED.

Brushing back locks of hair that she tousled out of place, the dragon male smirks, seeing a few visible patches of scales on her skin. Wincing, he motions to them with a lift of his chin. ❝ How are you dealing with those? I’ve tried moisturizing mine with cold aloe but barely helps—And I’m in my last set of bedsheets because I burned the others. ❞ Even now, Vasil is careful with his food because even breathing too close to it has earned him SCORCHED meat, and he hates eating dry, burned out beef. Unconsciously, a hand moves to the back of his neck, scratching lightly at the scales there though the itchy heat wasn’t nearly as intense as before, thanks to Zoë’s touch. ❝ I’m a walking fire hazard. ❞

“I mean technically you can freeze a water bottle.” Zoë teased. She knew what he meant. She was glad that there weren’t that many people around to hear their conversation, because Vasil was the only one who was allowed to call her Icicle and she didn’t want anyone getting any ideas otherwise. “Eh, I think that they’re too refined for most folks around here to understand.” Zoë said, preening at the compliment, brushing her hair over her shoulder.

“They don’t bother me.” She replied, shrugging. “Maybe because they’re not that big? I had one patch on my ankle that bothered me, but that I accidentally froze my sock and it got better.” And what a great discovery that had been. “But I also just run cooler than you, so that might be it too.” Who knew, with this spell. “I guess you’re going to have to order some more then. Did you destroy anything besides your sheets?” She question, frowning. “Well, it’s a good thing that you’ve got me, then.” She said, pulling out her own lunch and taking a bite. She furrowed her brow when she saw him scratching at the scales she’d just cooled down. “Here.” She said, reaching into her backpack for her insulated water bottle. She held it in her hands, concentrating on it until the outside of it frosted over, and then held it out to him.

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𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑: @zoeazure​ ( April Fool’s )

        𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 when he’s not eager to see Zoë, be it to spend the day together or just have a ten minute snack. But given the mess that the entirety of Katmere has been thrust into thanks to that weird spell, they get to have lunch together without having to worry for the time. Sure, it’s not SMART to be out and about but rules have never gone in accord with the two dragons. Needless to say, Vasil is near ECSTATIC with not only getting to see his best ( and only ) friend, but with getting out of the dorm before going stir crazy. Taking out his phone, he texts Zoë to let her know that he’s there, before unpacking lunch on the table.

Slipping off an elastic band he always has from his wrist, the dragon quickly knots his hair up in a low, messy bun. And he tries to ignore the stupidly itching patch of scales in the back of his neck, extending all the way under his shirt and down his spine. Heightened hearing enabled the male to discern his friend’s approach, so when he turns to greet her, there’s already a wide SMILE gracing his features. ❝ So, how many sculptures have been added to the uni’s decorations? ❞ He asks teasingly, having seen a few of such ICY creations on his way there.

[zoeazure]

Nothing brings a smile to Zoë's face quite like spending time with Vasil. And it’s not just because he’s her oldest and dearest friend, although that’s certainly part of it, because no one knows her quite the way that he does. So, as reluctant as she was to leave Kam, she was happy to and see him, even amidst the chaos of campus thanks to the spell. At least she knew roughly what to be in for, since they were both dragons. She fires off a quick thumbs up emoji, followed by a walking emoji, in reply to his text, as she’s almost there herself.

Approaching the table from behind Vasil, Zoë squinted at the back of his neck. That was a lot of scales there. The smaller patches she had weren’t too bad, but there was one on her ankle that had been incredibly uncomfortable. And then she’d accidentally iced her socks when trying to put them on and found that the cold soothed the itch. Trying to play it off as teasing, she brushes her chilled hand from his neck up the back of his head, messing up the messy bun she knows he’d just put it up in. “Dork.” She said, voice laced with affection as she came around to the other side of the table, taking the empty seat intended for her. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. But if I did, I’d say you know and that I stopped counting after a dozen.” She’d had a lot of fun, leaving the small sculptures in places she couldn’t normally reach them. It was no secret around campus who left the sculptures, but she never got in trouble for them. Probably because she was careful to leave them in places that wouldn’t be damaged when they melted, and that she kept them tasteful and fun, nothing vulgar.

[zoeazure]

kamdecker​:

Kam was grateful that their friend heeded the warning about opening the door and didn’t end up whacking them with it. They had the mental image of being a pinball bouncing around their room. It was strange looking down on the dragon. “Well, I wanted to fly like you,” they joked, “but the genie has cursed me with uncontrolled floating! Or it’s that weird magical experiment mentioned in the email.” Kam reached their hand out to Zoe, becoming for them to grab it. “I literally can’t touch the ground. Maybe try and pull me?”

Zoë carefully closed the door behind her, making sure that she heard the latch click shut before she closed it. “Yeah, let me just put this down.” She said, holding up the bag that she’d loaded up with supplies, carefully crossing the room to put it down on Kam’s desk. “Okay, on three.” Zoë said, taking their offered hand and then getting a good grip, adjusting their stance. “Okay. One... two.... three.” She said, before tugging on them with all the strength that they had.

[shanehollanderss]

Rosa Ortecho

Roswell New Mexico | 3.03 "Black Hole Sun"

You don't get to eat my pancakes and give me a "you need to be more outgoing" lecture

[zoeazure]

sageisaacs​:

“I bet humans are freaked out by large wolves anywhere they find them. They have no way to fight back without like guns.” Being human sounded terrifying to the dragon. They can barely defend themselves and aren’t very fast or able to fly. Sure, they lived in the modern world now where most people weren’t scared of wolves attacking their village, but Sage was prepared to fight off creeps in the city too. “Yeah, I’m super glad I attended the Academy instead of some human school. I bet they are also just boring without the magic classes.” Sage knew that the other didn’t attend Katmere Academy because she could at least recognize all of the dragons who attended. She hadn’t paid as much attention to the roster of like wix. She winced, feeling very embarrassed and stupid. “Oh shit, I’m like a creep. That would literally be stalking. Damn that was a stupid idea.”

“I think anyone is frightened, at least at first, regardless of it they have a way to fight back, or not. Like, this giant predator with sharp teeth just comes out of nowhere, that’s frightening.” Zoë could handle herself in a fight and she’s pretty sure that it would take her a few moments to get her head on straight, if confronted with that sort of situation. She sympathized with the humans, even if they didn’t know the truth of the world around them, they were a tenacious bunch. Even if they weren’t always the friendliest, historically, to supernaturals. “I went to an all dragon school, it got pretty boring in it’s own right. I think a human school would have been more interesting.” Not that her parents would have ever let that happen. “Hey, it’s okay. No harm, no foul. You were excited.”

[zoeazure]

kamdecker​:

Kam played on their phone while waiting for Zoë to arrive. They couldn’t even sit down properly, but at least floating wasn’t taking much energy. The siren looked up videos on how people swam with legs and of people moving in space ships. They were bitter that the spell mishap didn’t just let them fly. When Zoë finally knocked on the door, Kam called out, “Come in!” After a beat they realized, “Ah shit, it’s locked. Let me make my way over there.” They were hovering near their desk on the far side of the room and didn’t want to get stuck floating in the middle of the room, so they pushed off of their desk, hard. Kam went careening across the room and smacked into the door with a bang and a yelp. After unlocking the dock, they ordered, “Open the door now, but slowly please.”

Zoë waited patiently for Kam to come and unlock the door, wondering what was taking them so long. Her eyes widened as she heard all kinds of alarming noises coming from inside. “You already?” She called out, opening the door slowly, like she’d been instructed. It went against her instincts, she wanted to make a dramatic entrance, but worry for her friend overrode that. She looked around, trying to spot them and make sure that they didn’t need any help. Finally Zoë located them, where they were... floating? “What are you doing up there?”

[zoeazure]

dainhart​:

          “That’s not how the fae court works,” they shrugged. Honestly it never bothered them they’d never been to the other courts either, so why did it matter that the fae were different about their courts? Dain didn’t really care all that much since they liked their home town. “Oh, well that’s fun.” They honestly didn’t really know what Wyvernhold was, but they weren’t going to say that when it was clearly something they should have known about. Dain didn’t know about the supernatural world that much. While they’d gone to a supernatural college, they’d been busy with school. There was clearly a reason that Dain was paying attention to the daily lives of the other species. “Yeah, I guess. It is more like manipulating the air, but it’s fun. I’m the only one in my family that can fly.” The rest of their family was not as powerful, except for their father. “That’s true. I guess you just gotta be careful.” 

          “Dragons. Right. It’s so weird that dragons exist. Like you’re really not a human, you’re a dragon.” They didn’t think that half fae was as weird. “Like if you can exist then… mothman can too.” 

xx

“It is! You should make besties with a dragon, they could probably take you. If not to the celebration at Court, then to the one near their home. It’s not uncommon for close friends and spouses of other species to attend. They get a gift just like everyone else, too. No one gets left out.” It was one of the things that Zoë liked about the holiday, seeing how everyone came together to celebrate. “Wanna go flying? Like. Proper flying? Feel the wind in your face and let your cares slip away?” Zoë asked them, pointing over her shoulder towards the door. She just thought that it was sad, that they’d never experienced proper flying, and she’d take any excuse to stretch her wings.

“Well. Once again. Dragons are real. Moth man is not. And it’s not so much that I am a dragon so much as... I have a dragon inside of me.”

[kamdecker]

@zoeazure

Kam had woken up floating six inches off of their bed, and the day had only gone downhill from there, even though they couldn’t physically move in the vertical direction. It had been a fun and exciting development for all of fifteen minutes until they tried to leave their room. Swimming through the air was way harder than swimming through the water, and they didn’t even have their tail! Pushing their way off of walls to their nightstand, Kam picked up their phone and scrolled through their contacts for someone who might know more about being in the air. Landing on Zoe, they texted, SOS, magical fuckery has me trapped in my room. Please bring food and a rope.

[zoeazure]

Zoë was having great fun with today's developments. She hadn’t even realized anything was off until she was brushing her teeth, when she happened to look into the mirror and noticed the blue scales covering her face. And then froze the toothpaste that she attempted to spit into the sink. And her toothbrush. It only gave her ideas. She’d gathered some supplied and was gleefully going around campus and leaving small ice sculptures in strange places She was debating what to do next when the text came in on her phone, was she was quick to reply. Be there in fifteen. She replied. She made a quick detour back to her dorm, getting the requested items and dumping them into her bag before making their way towards Kam’s room.

“Kam?” She called out, knocking on their door. “It’s me, Zoë. I come bearing gifts.”

[roswellnmsource]

AMBER MIDTHUNDER by Will Coile for Local Wolves (2017)

[zoeazure]

kamdecker​:

Kam nodded. “Yeah, you got a point.” They were pleased that they recognized the right person. Transferring felt half like repeating freshman year and having to meet everyone. “So I guess you’re a dragon, doing the ice thing?” Kam exhaled mimicking a breath power. “No one told me there were more than fire dragons. Sorry, you’re just usually on the main quad, and it’s so cool it’s hard to miss.” Though their medium was written, not visual, they understood well that art encapsulated all emotions and states of human existence. “I guess I’m just not vibing with this piece today. But I should be appreciative of someone breaking traditional traditions.” A mischievous grin came over their face. “Yes, rules are absolutely made to be broken.”

xx

Zoë nodded. “Yeah. Fire, ice, and lightning. Fire’s the most common, hence why it’s what everyone assumes.” It didn’t bother Zoë that much, but she knew there were some dragons who were upset about it. And she was always happy to answer questions about dragons, as well. She knew what it was like, growing up isolated from other species and having a hard time telling fact from fiction, being unaware of what knowledge that you were missing. “Hey, no need to apologize. I wouldn’t do it on the quad if I didn’t want the attention from it. Besides, you said that I’m cool, and I’m always down for compliments, especially ones that also work as puns.” Zoë got a lot of millage out of ‘cool’ jokes, enough the people usually regretted calling her cool to begin with. “And that’s fine! Even not vibing with it means that the artist did their job right. Art is meant to provoke emotions, make you feel something. You felt that you didn’t like it! Which is fine. Honestly, I don’t like that one that much either. But I am that person and just have to advocate for the sake of art.”

“You, you’re my kind of people.”

[zoeazure]

pastrywix​:

Felix smiled and nodded a bit before he took the cup and went to a cute little crockpot with a spout pouring it full of cheese and using a plastic glove and a napkin to grab the pretzel before bringing them over to her

“Alright so did we want to dip in our fondue? and for an extra dollar if you’d like I also have these cute little fondue forks that match the cup” Felix offered going into a container he had with these cute fondue forks that had little hearts on the end

“It’s that or you get a wooden disposable one, ladies choice.”

Felix was the last person to judge anyones eating choices considering he had spent a good portion of his time making all of this stuff to begin with, the more people ate the less he had to take back to his dorm and figure out how to fit in a fridge.

xx

Zoë tracked his movements as he gathered her food, licking her lips in anticipation. She took the pretzel and fondue cup, wasting no time in taking a bite of the pretzel. Her eyes fluttered closed and she bit back a moan. God that was good and she was hungry. She licked her lips to get any crumbs that lingered after she had swallowed her bite. “Let’s go savory.” She said, after thinking if over for a moment. “Sure, sure. Throw in the little heart fork too.” It was Valentine’s Day, after all.

[zoeazure]

dainhart​:

          It wasn’t as if people met that many fae. As far as Dain was aware, they were private people. They had only met a few fae people and they were part fae. Dain wondered if that was not normal for supernaturals or if it was an odd fae thing. “I’m half fae, though. That’s just not how things are done.” Although since a fae’s power was tied to the queen, technically they were allowed to have the power. Sometimes Dain wondered why they were allowed to have their power. “Have you ever been to your court? Is that normal?” Sometimes they didn’t understand the supernatural world. “I can also fly! Well, it isn’t actually flight like with wings. It can manipulate the air around me and fly that way.” Dain nodded. “Is that why I can’t find Mothman? Are there wards in Point Pleasant?” 

          “Bet you could still still take them in a physical fight.” 

xx

“That’s dumb, then. You’re fae enough that you’re here, that should make you fae enough to be allowed into your Court.” Zoë said, getting enraged on their behalf. She couldn’t imagine not being allowed entry into the Dragon Court. “Oh, yeah. We went for Wyvernhoard once. It was way better than the celebration back home. Well, not better but bigger. It wasn’t even really fancier, because wealth isn’t much of an issue for dragons, what with the hoards and all.” Zoë wasn’t sure that they would even know what Wyvernhoard was, but it was really the only reason she’d ever gone to the Dragon Court. Her parents didn’t want to deal with the hassle of rounding up all of their children, so when they were needed only one of the two of them went. “That’s not really flying. I mean, sure, it gets you there, but it probably takes a lot of focus, right? So you don’t get to enjoy it as much. I don’t have to think about flapping my wings. Like how you don’t think about walking, right? You just do it.” Zoë thought for a moment, and then shrugged. “I’m not sure. I haven’t been there before. It’s not like there’s a map that shows all of the wards that exist in the world. It would rather defeat the purpose of putting up wards.”

“Well thanks, I appreciate the vote of confidence but I can assure you that I can’t. I feel like I need to remind you that we’re dragons.”

[zoeazure]

kennedy, vampire, fae

KENNEDY: Have you ever felt like an outsider before? If not, what makes you feel like you belong in your social circle?

"Uh, yeah. When I first got here. I was a regular fish out of water. I didn't know anything and I put my foot in my mouth so many times."

VAMPIRE: If you could ask a question to anyone from the the past, who would you pick, what question would you ask them, and why?

"Hitting me with the hard questions today, aren't you? You'd think that I'd say that I'd like to talk to my favorite artist, right? But I think I'd like to talk to my great great grandmother. She's the reason why my parents decided to keep us so isolated. I want to know what the vampires did. I've never gotten the story from anyone in the family. I'd like to know. I know that it's going to be awful, but how can we move past it if we don't talk about it?"

FAE: Do you get along with your family?

"I do. I really do. I know that it might not seem like it, since I'm the family rebel and I had to fight them to come here, but I know that they're only trying to protect us, that they never really learned to trust vampires again."

[zoeazure]

Richards, Carson

RICHARDS: Have you ever pretended to be someone you’re not?

Who hasn't? More so when I was younger, when I was trying to fit in with the other kids at school. I'm done pretending to be someone or something that I'm not.

CARSON: If you could give yourself a label, what label would you give yourself?

Artist. Rebel. Daughter. Sister.

[katmereunihqlore]

𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄.

GRANT: What’s an important tradition in your family? ZAHO: Talk about a time that you really felt confident in yourself and your abilities. KENNEDY: Have you ever felt like an outsider before? If not, what makes you feel like you belong in your social circle? ARMANI: What’s one thing that others seek you out for? NAVAREZ: Talk about a time that you’ve felt charitable. ORLOVA: What makes you feel free? FULTON: Where do your talents lie? GRIMALDI: In your life, have you done a lot of travel? Where have you been if you have? Where would you like to go? SUMNER: Do you typically get along with people who have different opinions as you? POOLE: What do you like that others consider niche? SKYWALK: If you could travel to any time period, when would you go and why? MOTHMANN: What do you do that others find unusual? DIAZ: Do you consider yourself a natural healer/peacekeeper? RICHARDS: Have you ever pretended to be someone you’re not? ROJAS: What are you afraid of? DE PELOUSE: Do you have a subject that you pick up much better than anything else? CHEN: Have you always known what you’ve wanted to do with your life, or has it changed since you were a child? ORTIZ: What topics do you tend to ramble about? CARSON: If you could give yourself a label, what label would you give yourself? SOULMATES: Do you believe in soulmates? LUDARES: Are you sporty? WINGO: Do you like to gamble and do you believe luck has anything to do with gambling, or skill? DRAGON: What do you like to collect or “hoard”? GARGOYLE: Do you believe that all species deserve to be protected? GIANTS: Are you introverted or extroverted? FAE: Do you get along with your family? SEAFOLK: If you could live anywhere, where would you live? SHIFTER: What animal would you shift into, if you had the power? VAMPIRE: If you could ask a question to anyone from the the past, who would you pick, what question would you ask them, and why? WIX: Describe a situation where you think magic would make your life easier.

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[zoeazure]

kamdecker​:

“Maybe beauty is subjective, but there has to a limit to how many colors you can put in a painting,” Kam replied. It was overwhelming and kinda ugly at this point. “You study art, right?” they asked their fellow student and acquaintance, turning towards Zoë. “Shouldn’t color theory step in somewhere?” Kam remembered something about a wheel and which colors should go together. This artist had taken the whole wheel and added globs of brown for good measure.

xx

“Art isn’t always supposed to be beautiful.” Zoë pointed out. The point of art wasn’t beauty, it was expression. To make you feel something, to make you think. “Yeah, that’s me.” Zoë said, a pleased thrill making it’s way through her that they remembered that she was an art student. Although, she wasn’t exactly quiet about it, building ice sculptures on the quad. But still, it was nice to be recognized for your passions, wasn’t it? “Sure, if that was the intention of the piece. But I don’t think that this artist was trying to make something beautiful, I think they were trying to expression themselves, some kind of emotion. Not everything we feel is beautiful, and not every piece of art you make is going to be beautiful, either. Besides, rules are made to be broken.”