i miss the rpc, i truly do. but, i think i’m at a point in my life where- i might be ? done ? i’m doing so much solo writing now, working on estrella and mari’s book. i’m working a job, albeit its not much. but when i’m not, i’m almost always writing on my own. i don’t have the motivation or time to seek out threads.
i don’t know if this goodbye is permanent, but it may be ! and this is something i’ve been thinking about for a long time. i’ve been in the tumblr rpc for seven years now and i’ve done so much growing as a writer because of that. but the simple fact of the matter is: i haven’t been here. i haven’t been active and i haven’t even been checking tumblr. it’s just not something on my mind anymore.
i will always be grateful to all the friends i’ve made, all of those who guided me through my angsty teenage years, to those i’ve loved and those i’ve lost, and those who really nourished that creative piece of me that had such a desire to create stories.
a piece of me is extremely sad to leave, to say goodbye, because this has been such a large part of my life and i don’t even know if i really am ready to let go. but, i think it’s time to try and see what happens.
all of you mean so much to me and i love you all so much. i have a new disc*rd now, so it may be harder for some of you to get a hold of me, but i will be checking in from time to time to see if anyone asks for it ♥ you’re also free to follow me on my main twitter or my writing twitter.
i miss the rpc, i truly do. but, i think i’m at a point in my life where- i might be ? done ? i’m doing so much solo writing now, working on estrella and mari’s book. i’m working a job, albeit its not much. but when i’m not, i’m almost always writing on my own. i don’t have the motivation or time to seek out threads.
i don’t know if this goodbye is permanent, but it may be ! and this is something i’ve been thinking about for a long time. i’ve been in the tumblr rpc for seven years now and i’ve done so much growing as a writer because of that. but the simple fact of the matter is: i haven’t been here. i haven’t been active and i haven’t even been checking tumblr. it’s just not something on my mind anymore.
i will always be grateful to all the friends i’ve made, all of those who guided me through my angsty teenage years, to those i’ve loved and those i’ve lost, and those who really nourished that creative piece of me that had such a desire to create stories.
a piece of me is extremely sad to leave, to say goodbye, because this has been such a large part of my life and i don’t even know if i really am ready to let go. but, i think it’s time to try and see what happens.
all of you mean so much to me and i love you all so much. i have a new disc*rd now, so it may be harder for some of you to get a hold of me, but i will be checking in from time to time to see if anyone asks for it ♥ you’re also free to follow me on my main twitter or my writing twitter.
I’M SENDING A RAVEN WITH 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 ON ITS WINGS,
HOPING IT REACHES YOU IN TIME & YOU KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS. IF YOU GET TO ME TOO 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬, JUST
KNOW THAT I 𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑫. THE AIR IS COLD AND THE
NIGHT IS LONG. I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT FADE UNTIL I’M 𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐄.
I’M SO FAR FROM HOME.
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𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐬 , 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐚𝐤 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 . what a weighty title for one child to bare before he could even conceptualize what that meant – & oh did he bare it . izaak knew days like this would come in his ruling , days that would test his character & his heart , but he never imagined it would feel like this , like it did when he was younger. the tired , youthful shoulders that had to adjust to the weight of his future had only matured into a head with a crown too heavy for his liking now . prince had merely been replaced with king . nothing had changed . if he were to look in a mirror at this moment , he was certain he would see the youthful character his father had , that whimsical little being too small for his armor . a man not suited for this position .
to be feared or to be loved – that was the question , that was always the question . perhaps it was naive to believe there was a middle ground there , that he could lurk subtly between the two areas without having to choose , but in not choosing , he had ; he had chosen to be loved , & his kindness had been mistaken for weakness because of it . he was a king who had failed , a king who could not enforce the rules this city needed , & now he had to do what he had never truly wanted – had to become someone he truly DESPISED to guide his people back . this was too much for him . he did not want to speak that aloud for fear he would let down another being today , but he felt it so strongly he was certain estrella would feel it soon . it radiated off of him as firmly as his anger did . while he had become a master at concealing his emotion around many people , his facade could only hold for so long around a woman who seemed to know him better than he knew himself .
❛ sometimes it feels as though i know nothing , estrella . ❜ izaak turns to her , voice lowered. blue hues linger towards the door frame , watching for listeners. ❛ i know we must do what is right – what is fair – but you must know how this feels. what is just & fair seems to have failed us . ❜ eyes connect with her own , saying all they need to without a word having to leave his lips . there is something pleading inside of him for her to make sense of all this madness . they beg her to release him of this burden , unfairly passing his duties onto a woman he loves because he is certain she has always been better fitted for this position. but then his eyes flicker , & his head drops , & that anger releases into his stream again . back straightens & he lifts himself off the desk . ❛ we will need to go through the proper steps , you are correct about that , but when he is found guilty of his crimes , i want him to suffer the cruelest of deaths . this is a death for my people , for my children , & for you . a short death is a sweet one & i refuse to give him that . this you must allow me – that is rational . ❜
𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐘 to understand and feel izaak’s emotions, she is not a mind reader. she often wondered what went through his mind in moments such as this. given his past confessions, she can only imagine much of it is self doubt, fear he’s not a good enough king. no doubt a product of his father raising him, the way he was treated as an HEIR and hardly anything more. on more than one occasion, such insight to his mind he shared with estrella, confided in her.
she could never understand it fully, having taken the weight of the crown with a poised and confident stride. sometimes she wondered what in her upbringing allowed her such ease in becoming a queen. she’ll attribute it to her noble upbringing, for however short a time. still, it wasn’t as though she had no doubts of her own — they simply did not align with her husband’s. her own being her fear she’s a failure as a MOTHER and a WIFE. a queen, though ? she had that handled.
when he speaks, when his body language is so quick to shift, estrella finds that urging to reach to him. she waits until he’s finished speaking entirely, waits until the role of king takes over his body once again. sometimes she HATED that, hated how he spoke to her as king and not his wife. she’s supposed to be safe for him. with no one else in the room, he has no need to put on his regal facade with her. estrella reminds him of this when her feet step forward and she crosses the room. standing behind him, her arms wrap around his waist, resting her head on his back.
digits run over the fabric of his clothes, arms tightening their grasp around him before she pulls her head away briefly and places a kiss on his back. ❛ do as you must. i won’t stop you and i believe if kadir is to be executed, it should be as BRUTAL as what he put these people through. you know my feelings about the matter, but i know it must be done. ❜ she pauses, nestling herself further into him. ❛ you did nothing wrong, my love. i promise you that. we tried — we are doing our best. and look at talais — look at omyth. is it not more prosperous with you at its head than with your father ? you are doing good work by our people and they know this. i know this. you are a good man. these days, that is a commodity difficult to come by. ❜
“You can benefit a lot more than you think from a leisurely walk. It’s my prefered method when it comes to clearing my head.” The slate itself will never be clean, there’s stains on there that are centuries old, but she’s usually able to at least repaint over the edges. “I recommend trying it sometime. And I’ll happily accompany you if and when you decide.” Another smile, softer than before, all of those sharp angles smoothing out while a chin jerks gently coerce Mari’s gaze to follow hers up and out. “Even if it’s just to that third tree and back.”
But her attention falls back to the woman beside her, a gentle smile still (almost always nowadays) in place, a careful brush stroke of a thing painted across porcelain. “My roots are in Washington. But my family owns property outside of New Orleans. So to answer your question, yes and no.” Smile broadens to a grin in amusement, only poking light fun at the other.
“I could take you there, if you’d like. The house itself doesn’t get much use out of it. So really, you’d be doing me a favor. And thankfully, for the both of us, my family didn’t come with me when I chose to travel.” She can already hear all of their thoughts when she ultimately decides when to tell her brothers and sisters about why she’s been spending all of her time down south instead of up north. It isn’t a conversation she’s ready to have. At least, not yet.
𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐃𝐘 and as she speaks, marielle’s mind flies through a million different thoughts. why her ? what divine force had sent her to mari’s part of the swamp ? she’d been ALONE all this time, her only friends the creatures of the swamp and the mangled corpses. it had all been fine, she’d been managing perfectly fine, if anyone should ask.
yet, with edy’s arrival came an entire slew of old emotions, feelings that marielle had convinced herself she buried after kai’s demise. she feels that LONGING once again, the longing to know someone, to be close to someone. it’s a conflicting thought, one that she’s quick to shove aside to pull herself back to reality.
the long silence is finally broken when edythe finishes speaking and mari almost feels the need to ask her to repeat herself. but, she doesn’t, she’s heard her. instead, a deep breath is drawn in and she nods. her stare breaks, eyes drawing towards the water. ❛ maybe we can just start with the third tree. i don’t like to be away from home for too long. the snakes get lonely. ❜ the serpents that slither freely in and out of her home is simply an excuse. a piece of her is FEARFUL of edythe, not because she’s afraid edythe would ever do anything to harm her. simply because she is so beautiful and speaks with such an elegance and charm that mari’s fearful their budding friendship could turn into something else.
once again, mari interrupts her distracted thoughts. she stands from her chair now, reaching a hand out to edythe. ❛ show me just how therapeutic these walks can be. ❜ she knows already. more than once she’d recommended it to patients. but mari wouldn’t be in this position she’s in now if she ever LISTENED to her own advice.
izaak had been forewarned about this. many years ago , he had been told by his very own father that the kindness that he held within him would eventually strike him naive to the cruel happenings in the kingdom. he had been told that. no matter what anyone had said about this not being his fault – that there was no way he could have known – izaak could not bring himself to believe this to be true. he could have known if he hadn’t been so easy to trust those who lurked his halls. he could’ve known if he’d been a bit more wary about what went in & out of his castle. he could’ve known if he’d trusted his father’s words & took them as seriously as the man had endlessly pleaded with him to. but he hadn’t – he’d allowed himself to be sweetened by lies , to be turned away from what was truthful in favor of what was fantasy , & for what ? to end up here , a fool ?
the only thing that resides in izaak currently is a hot , fiery anger – not dissimilar to his father’s – burning bright in his chest as he paces the floor. how could he have allowed this to happen ? how could he have been so foolish as not to suspect that kadir was doing those cruel , evil things under his own roof ? in his own home of all places – in the very same palace where his children & wife slept ? it was all his fault – he had been too kind , too unsuspecting.
estrella’s words do not ease his fury or quiet his frustrations the way they usually do. it is a foreign feeling to the man , but he is positive the only thing that will bring him peace is to see that man dead. he needs it , needs to know that he can do that much for his people & his family after he had failed them like this. izaak shakes his head at estrella. for once , he does not desire her assistance , only acceptance of what he will demand to take place.
❛ i do not wish to be soothed , estra. this is my fault , & as the king i will take responsibility for that because we mustn’t allow ourselves to be lied to anymore – even by ourselves. i should’ve been more attentive , & i have failed twelve of my people completely by not being so. ❜ a heavy sigh falls from his lips & he aches to yell as he looks on at estra , though not necessarily at her. she is there , but all he sees & all he feels is a blind rage. he cannot help himself when he turns to his desk & clears it of its contents , swallowing hard as he sits his hands flat against the surface. how could he have allowed this to happen ? how ? ❛ i want him dead. i want to see him hung in front of all of our people to give them the sense of justice they deserve & then i want every room in this castle to be searched , including our own. ❜
𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐘 that surges through estrella’s body, picking up on izaak’s body language, his rage. it’s escalating and she can feel it, can see it in his eyes. she had seen anger like this before, but from king eydin. izaak wasn’t free from his father’s CHOLER and estrella has known this for a very long time. but, one of the many reasons she loved him so dearly was because of his empathy, his compassion, his overwhelming drive to do the right thing. in his anger, he is a stranger to estrella.
she watches as he paces, her limbs ITCHING to outstretch to him, to pull him into her arms and run a hand through his hair. but she refrains from doing so when he speaks. his words cut deep and despite the stony visage that remains, she knows her heart hurts from his refusal of her comfort. she’s likely to do what she knows needs to be done regardless, but for now, she’ll give him his distance and remain silent.
still, body cannot help but flinch when he throws his hands across the desk. it’s not that it’s scared her, only that she’s perhaps never seen izaak quite like this, not in reality anyway. it takes a moment, but stature recomposes itself and she steps forward, brows furrowing as her lips turn to a scowl. ❛ izaak. ❜ she speaks curtly, a sternness in her voice. it’s all she can really manage right now, his name and nothing more.
when izaak speaks again, eyes close and a deep breath is taken in. ❛ we cannot simply execute him. you know this. if we want talais to remain fair and just, there must be a trial. besides — ❜ she cuts herself off to open her eyes and look towards the door. voice drops to a hushed tone. ❛ — we’re not even supposed to know that kadir committed these crimes, remember ? or must i remind you that i’ve only just returned from vincourt because we needed mages to preform ILLEGAL magic in our undercroft ? you know i love you, but please see this rationally. it’s more than unfortunate we lost lives at the hands of a trusted man, but it’s finished, izaak. he’ll not get away with his crimes and we can ensure such, but only once we’ve gone through the proper steps. ❜
i hate to RANT so early in the morning, but like ?? i do not understand HOW someone is genuinely going to come after mélanie for being socially awkward. like ??? that is such a low blow ?? she’s ALWAYS been like that and never once have i felt the need to make fun of her for it. because that’s fucking MEAN. and it’s insulting to me even because like ?? i relate SO HEAVILY to mélanie. we have EXTREMELY similar mannerisms and that’s one of the biggest reasons i’m a fan of her. because i GET it. we’re both socially awkward, loud, intelligent, stumbling, artistic, and sometimes messy people.
the hate mélanie gets is quite literally just people BULLYING HER. like ?? did y’all never watch bambi as a kid ?? IF YOU CAN’T SAY SOMETHING NICE, DON’T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. grow up !!
she is literally hurting no one. girl’s just trying to live her damn life and scout some filming locations.
melanie laur*nt: -breathes-
every french person in her vicinity: BITCH. LOOK AT HER. SHE BREATHED. SHE’S SUCH A BITCH. PUTAIN ! JE LA DÉTESTE !!! QUELLE HORRIBLE FEMME !!!!
My kinds of ships are the ships where the men know their women are powerful forces of nature and that they could fuck up entire armies in a matter of seconds and THEY EMBRACE IT AND TAKE PRIDE IN IT???! “Oh… It’s not me you should be worried about… It’s my WIFE.“ *smirks* YAAASSSSSSSSSS GIVE ME MORE.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐊𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐑 𝐕𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑, his capturing by the guard, was certainly a twist that even estrella could not have imagined. if not for the mages, perhaps they would have NEVER caught him and his crimes would be left unpunished. twelve victims. it’s left her mind spinning, even as she stands in his office, alone now with izaak. she can tell he’s frustrated, ENRAGED even, by the slight red tint climbing to his face, his breathing heavier.
kadir had been right under their noses, hauling victims in and out of the castle without anyone noticing a thing. he was a friend to talais, or at least the sanguines thought. it was understandable that izaak would feel even PARTIALLY responsible. estrella wants to draw closer to him, to try and soothe him, but she keeps her distance, hands clasped in front of her waist.
a deep breath is drawn in, posture straightening. ❛ it’s not your fault, my love. ❜ she wants to say it before he even has a chance to begin blaming himself. if the door had not been kicked in, she’d close it for even a semblance of privacy. but, there it lay, broken on the stone floor. she allows a pause with her words before lips part to speak again. ❛ you could not have known. none of us did. ❜
thinking about marielle gravois walking through the swamp barefoot in a long dress, paint it, black playing, on her way back from killing a man and she’s covered in dirt and mud. but she's got a smile on her face anyway !!