#first time drawing my baby aether and I

[sneezingbabysloth]

Hellsing x Genshin WIP

found this super old sketch and decided to rework some stuff and maybe finish it :3

#self indulgent crossovers #like very self indulgent #don't ask my why I chose the characters like this #first time drawing my baby aether and I #I kinda like it #genshin #genshin impact #aether #zhongli #tartaglia #childe #hellsing #alucard #integra hellsing #walter c dornez #wip #fanart #digital art

[kisscara]

can i req scara w a motherly s/o? like he gets a lil injured and s/o just babies him? i feel like that would be funny lmao

doctor, help me! [scaramouche x gn!reader] ⎯⎯ fluff, wanderer!scaramouche

a/n: keeping everyone safe from the angst.. for now. anyways thank u for requesting, anon :3 it's short and simple but i still hope u like it nonetheless ^__^

"kuni..." you cry out, "if you keep on doing this, i'm going to end up leaving you!"

scaramouche merely stares at you with a deadpan expression from across the dinner table. "(name), i pricked my finger on a stick." he furrows his brow and watches as you continue to dramatically throw a tantrum.

"it doesn't matter!" you continue to furiously dab a ball of cotton that's lightly wettened with alcohol against his fingertip. scaramouche draws out a tiring sigh, muttering, "sometimes, i wonder whether you're my lover or my doctor."

but he has to admit, he likes seeing you like this. distraught by his safety and running all over the place, looking for the first aid kit if he got something as simple as a paper cut. "your skin is so beautiful and your safety is my top priority, yet you get into these types of dangers on the daily!"

ah, there you go again. your endearing praise for him mixed with your tone of worry. what would he do without you? scaramouche doesn't reply this time, but it's more like he's struck with silence. with his lips slightly agape, he admires your face.

you're always telling him how pretty he looks, how soft his face is, how alluring his eyes are, but not once has he seen himself that way. scaramouche doesn't notice how a smile tugs at the corner of his lips when he sees you gnawing on your bottom lip in fixation, continuing to nurse his tiny wound.

you straighten your posture and put away the cotton ball. pressing a kiss to his finger, you gently blow on it afterwards. "there, all better. that must have been hell for you to go through!" you exclaim with a frown, tightly embracing him in your arms. scaramouche could only remain silent.

the next day, he'd gone to help the traveler with their commissions. of course, he had to go through the usual routine, with you clinging to his arm, whining his ear off to refrain from hurting himself too much. "oh, what a worrywart," he mumbles aloud, catching the attention of his traveling companion.

"is it about (name) again?" aether queries with a laugh. scaramouche gives him a side glance before loudly exhaling. "i just don't understand why they're so protective of me and my well-being. it's not like my body belongs to them, does it?"

paimon floats next to aether and while shaking her head, she says, "you're right, it doesn't belong to them. but they are your (s/o), correct?" aether looks back to scaramouche, who gazes towards sumeru's wide horizon and nods as a response.

"then it makes perfect sense! they're your (s/o) as much as you're theirs, so of course they'd want you to stay safe! right, traveler?" paimon carefully nudges aether against the shoulder and aether smiles, "do you understand now, wanderer?" scaramouche knits his brows together.

love is still such a foreign concept to him.

paimon claps her hands together for a few times, "here, i got a more simple way of explaining it! say, someone were to hurt them, physically or verbally, would you want that?" scaramouche instantly replies and faces the odd fairy while crossing his arms, "no, who do you think i am?"

paimon points out, "there it is! see, that's how (name) feels about you. with you... erm, getting into physical brawls everyday, they'd definitely feel concerned, don't you think?" scaramouche's pupils dilate in realization. is that how much you mean to him, for you to constantly baby him over the littlest things?

a pink tint arises on his face and he holds the brim of his hat, head turning the other way. "tsk, i wouldn't expect any less of them." scaramouche grows flustered when he realizes paimon giggling and aether attempting to hide his wide grin.

"(name)? i'm bac-"

scaramouche lets out a muffled noise of surprise when you rush to him, your arms immediately enveloping his torso. "i missed you..." you bury your face into his shoulder and scaramouche chuckles. "i missed you too, my dear." he tilts your chin upwards with his finger and you frown.

"did you hurt yourself?" you ask. this time, of all times, he doesn't fail to notice the way you tighten your grip on his clothes. scaramouche holds your hand against his face and sighs, "no. i tried my best not to." you beam, "really?" scaramouche kisses your fingertips one by one and he closes his eyes.

"thank you, (name), for loving and caring for me."

© kisscara

#📼 — 𝓦.𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. #✎﹏ 𝐚non #gender neutral reader #genshin impact #genshin #genshin x you #genshin x y/n #scaramouche x you #scaramouche x y/n #scaramouche x reader #genshin imagines #genshin imagine #genshin fanfic #genshin fanfics #genshin fanfiction #genshin fanfictions #scaramouche #genshin fluff #scaramouche fluff #scaramouche imagines

[titlemewickedwonderland]

Ghoul Game Night - Swiss

Summary: Y/n is Papa's newest ghoul! Summoned during a hectic time she never had the chance to really get to know her new pack mates. What happens when they drag her into a game night of truth and dare? Well, ghoul things!

Fandom: Ghost Band

Pairing: Swiss x Ghoul!reader

Warning: Crack, fluff, and cuteness, sexual tension, dirty talk.

Workshop

The bottle took forever to spin. Well, at least it felt like forever. Y/n swore that if she stared at it any harder her eyes would go cross-eyed. Resting in between the comforting presence of Rain and Mountain as they leaned up against the edge of the couch at their backs she was content to allow them to lull her into a sense of warmth and safety. She hoped she'd get someone good; maybe Rain? he seemed pretty tame in comparison to the others. Calming as he ran his fingers through her hair. Or Mountain even wouldn't be too bad - he was very docile and gave off an aura that was protective as he idly rubbed at her lower back to ease the tension. Like Aether, they had a good quality to them that put her at ease and she could already tell despite not fully knowing them they probably would be the pair she'd hang around often.

The bottle finally stopped spinning and she followed the nose towards a cheeky grinning Swiss who was all teeth and wiggling brows. Y/n puffed out her cheeks like a chipmunk and blew out a breath. Well, so much for her wishes being granted. Licking her lips she straightened up and squinted trying to not show just how nervous she actually was. Satan seemed to favor Swiss anyways; the ghoul had been trying to bed her for such a long time since she'd been summoned - she knew he was going to give her a freaking dare.

"Aw, looks like it's your lucky night, sweetcheeks." he grinned at her before playfully clicking his teeth at her. "Because I'm a gentleman I'll let you decide whether I read a truth or dare for you and to add icing to the cake, I'll do my half first." he offered

Y/n flushed slightly. "That's not very reassuring," she replied softly before biting her lip in thought.

She would imagine a truth would be just as bad as a dare if the girls had anything to say about it - which they did since they were the ones to write the slips of paper. But if she chose a dare and didn't like it...she could always take a shot, right? But would she be seen as weak if she had? Was that even part of the game or just an add-in to get them drunk or tipsy for later-night fun? Groaning she plonked her forehead against her up-drawn knees.

"Okay..." she breathed. "Hit me with a dare."

"Which leaves me with a truth huh? Alright, fair enough. Aether my man, hand those boxes over." Swiss reached for them both as they were slid across the carpet towards the multi-ghoul.

First, he dug into the truth box and unfolded it. "Hmm, alright. My truth is....What do you want me to do when we are having sex?"

Y/n gasped and she scrambled towards him to snatch the paper. "It does not say that!" she protested but as she flipped the paper over she read the words and winced feeling a heat hotter than Dew to creep up her neck. Her ears flattened and she looked up at Swiss who was eying her up and down.

Yep, that's it. She didn't like the Ghoulettes anymore. She swallowed and pointed to the alcohol. "Drink."

"Not your choice and not your truth, baby doll." Swiss smirked leaning loser. "What? Afraid of what I'll say?"

"You don't have to answer it..."

"Who says I don't want to?" Swiss suddenly reached for her and yanked her towards him before hoisting her up by her waist to straddle his thighs. Blocking her backward escape with his legs drawing up to pin her in place as much as a way for her to lean back on if she needed it.

Y/n yelped in surprise and gripped his strong shoulders. Her face heated up like a bonfire at their closeness. At this angle, she was higher than him so she found herself staring down into his dark eyes. His face was tilted upward towards her but even having the higher leverage Y/n felt no less intimidated.

Swiss seemed to understand the rise of panic that had to have been reflected in her eyes before his expression shifted and his flirty smirk softened into a genuine smile. He freed one hand from her waist to gently brush along her flushed cheek and bring her closer until they were pressed forehead to forehead. With his other arm, he tightened his grip drawing the Ghulah tighter to his chest.

The position seemed intimate - far too intimate for the eyes on them. She glanced to the side where she could see Aether and Dew watching intently as if holding their breaths for something extraordinary to happen and their stares did little to lessen the painful thuds in her chest. Swiss didn't need to be a quintessence like Aether to realize she was slipping.

His warm hand cupped her cheek to pull her attention back to him while his thumb brushed soothing strokes below her eye. All she could see were his eyes this close and it help ground her from the prying eyes of their packmates.

"Hey, sweetheart. Don't look at them. You're okay, it's just you and me, yeah?" his smile turned bright as Y/n hesitatingly nodded and squeezed her eyes shut.

"Just you and me..." his lips brushed against her cheek and making her sigh at the sweet contact; allowing her to ground herself in the moment. It was not as if the pair of them were getting naked to fuck in front of their pack mates. It was just...a dare. Right...the dare.

The rest of their pack watched intently as the multi-ghoul cupped the back of the female's head to draw it to his shoulder so that his lips could touch her ear. Aether and Dew had a perfect view of her face that flushed so hot Dew swore he could almost see steam coming from her ears.

Swiss was whispering something into her ear - too soft for anyone but for the two of them to hear in their own little bubble but whatever he was saying was seriously making them question Y/n's innocence with the different expressions that shifted on her face. Even still, she did not move away in mortification but instead wrapped her arms around his neck to hold onto him. She nodded to whatever Swiss said before drawing back.

He tipped his head back to smile at her while his hands ran up and down her sides seemingly content to just hold her for a moment longer. They didn't say anything to each other and instead, Y/n tipped her forehead to headbutt him gently earning her a warm purr of delight and a long leathery tail to wrap around her leg.

"Ahem...." Aether coughed into a fist. "Would you like to share with the rest of the class?"

"Seriously man! What'd you say? You were supposed to tell her what you want to do during sex! Spill the hell beans!" Dew's tail was thwacked impatiently on the ground.

Y/n shared a look with Swiss before the ghoul poured a shot and the female downed it with barely a wince of the harsh fireball going down her throat. She smiled and handed Swiss the glass before climbing out of his lap and going back to join Rain and Mountain.

As she got comfortable again Mountain leaned over to whisper to her with Rain leaning in too to listen to her answer as the three others bickered in front of them.

"So what did he say?"

Y/n smiled touching her lips thoughtfully before glancing at the pair with a cute little blush. "He said he wants to take me out on a picnic dinner later this week at nighttime to star gaze." she replied softly.

"Ah but that wasn't-" Rain began frowning and Y/n grinned sheepishly as she tugged on the blanket; pulling it to partially cover her fac as her voice lowered just for the pair of them.

"He also mentioned something about making love to me under the stars until all I knew was his name and the imprint of his cock. But not before he takes his time to make me see more stars behind my eyelids than those in the night sky and only then will he brand his touch into my skin so that his touch will forever be burned into my memory."

Mountain and Rain gaped at her in silence and then the tall ghoul snorted out a laugh. He bumped his shoulder against hers and shot her a wicked little smile. "Let me know if you need the Greenhouse. I'll make sure Primo stays out of the way." he winked

"Mountain!" Y/n yelped smacking him in the arm but there was a twinkling in her eyes as the trio burst into laughter together.

"Hey, don't get too cozy missy. Swiss did his truth...you, lovely. Still need to do your dare." Aether grinned over at her and the laughter stopped immediately.

"Oh shit" Y/n bit her lip but accepted the box that was handed to her.

Digging around a moment she picked a strip of paper and unfolded it. Instead of feeling embarrassed the female ghoul actually smiled as she read it once before rereading it out loud.

"Kiss me like Mary Jane kisses Spiderman." she looked over at Swiss who was smirking over at her with a crooked little grin.

"Kissing before our date, sweetheart? Man, you know how to charm a man." he winked before pointing at Mountain. "Come on big guy give me a boost!"

The earth ghoul rose to his feet and waited until the pair joined him. Only when Swiss gave him the okay did the tall ghoul holds his hands out expectingly. Swiss ducked in a swift movement to stand on his hands in a handstand. Mountain gripped his ankles and lifted him off the ground effortlessly. This brought Swiss face to chest with Y/n. Laughing a bit the ghulah bent over and grasped the multi-ghouls face and planted a sweet kiss to his lips. She playfully nipped at his top lip earning her a growl as Swiss playfully reached for her but she was already darting out of his reach and stuck her tongue out; a pretty flush on her cheeks.

"There! Now who's next?" she asked clasping her hands together.

Maybe playing this game wasn't such a bad idea after all. She did get a date out of it at least and Swiss seemed content enough as he was placed back to his feet. She rejoined her friends in their circle and shot Swiss a little smile before turning her attention back to what Dew was talking about as he grabbed the bottle to spin next. This wasn't at all was Y/n was expecting but she sure didn't mind it too much...not yet anyway.

Feel free to ask to be tagged for a specific ghoul or for the entire series! I would love some comments too! Don't forget to check out the workshop for future Ghost content!

#Ghost #Ghost band #Ghost Swedish band #Ghost oneshot #Truth or Dare #Swiss one shot #swiss x reader #rain ghoul #mountain ghoul #aether ghoul #dewdrop ghoul

[mutt-sys]

need some aether ghoul nsfw headcanons maybe?

I can do that!!, have some Aeth x Reader nsfw!!

THIS POST CONTAINS NSFW, MINORS DO NOT INTERACT, 18+

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He's a big ghoul ghoul which means big hands, he knows how to use em too. With a few simple movements he's racking orgasm after orgasm out of you with just his fingers alone.

He loves to use his magic on you, with the right amount of quint he can have you dumb and compliment in seconds. He'll leave you a fucked out mess from it after he's done with you.

His cock isn't big by any means but, God can he use it. With the right movements and certain words he'll have you screaming his name over and over again until he knots you full, you better bet your ass he's gonna praise you through it all too.

He's a soft dom, he loves to make you feel good first but if you push the right buttons he'll have you over his knee in no time. He loves to spank you, loves seeing your ass go all red from how hard he's hitting you.

He loves the idea of making you into a mommy, hell lean down and babble over and over again about how pretty you're gonna look, some of which includes. "That's it, take my knot baby, just like that gonna be such a good mommy."

He loves to pamper you after he's done, he'll draw a bath and wash your hair and body and praise you over and over again. You better get comfy cause he ain't letting you go until the next morning, and even then he'll pamper you.

#the band ghost #ghost band #ghost bc #aether ghoul #nameless ghouls #nameless ghoul #band ghost #ghostband #ghost fanfiction #ghost headcanons #🐾 spicy tag

[genderlessghoul]

Inspired by the recent puppy post from Motley Zoo and my undying love for animals, here's what I think each of the ghouls/ghoulettes would keep as a pet :

Phantom : He saw someone walking their dog his first week topside and made it his life mission to get one. After a lot of research and internal debate, he ended up adopting a pitbull/labrador mix from a local shelter. Her name is Petunia and she's the definition of sweet baby angel.

Mountain : He decided to fully commit to the farm boy aesthetic and he got himself some quails. They have their own coop and fenced little garden. They used to be have free range on the entire gardens but they'd always end up eating his vegetables. They look like tiny little chicks when he's holding them. He lets the other ghouls choose their name which unfortunately got him stuck with one called Cum. His favourite was affectionately named Nugget by Swiss.

Aether : Bunny. Tiny little miniature one too, all white except for a small black spot on its nose. It's free to roam around his room and Aether learned the hard way to hide any and all loose cables (more than once). He named it Dust. Because Dust Bunny. He swears it's funny.

Rain : AXOLOTL. She's albino and he named her Rose because of her pink little frill gills. He can understand her somehow, some weird water creature thing. She has a very simple brain tho and mostly screams at him for food. Dew and Swiss love to draw mustaches and hats on her tank with markers.

Dew : He has a black cat named Purrcifer. The cute little thing just started following him one day and Dew can't seem to get rid of him (not that he tried too hard). He says it's the Ministry's cat cuz he spends all day roaming around the ground and hunting mice, but the cat definitely sleeps in his bed every night.

Swiss : He swore he'd never get a pet, he's too unfocused to remember to take care of one properly. Until he accompanied Rain on a trip to the pet store and spotted a ball python. Love at first sight, just look at that puppy face. He spent weeks doing research and was pleased to learn that they only eat like once a week? Maybe every two weeks? That's perfect. He got a huuuge female and named her Fluffy. Fluffy is his pride and joy.

Aurora : Ferret. She wanted a cat at first but she discovered that they came in noodle format and was like !!!YES!!! She taught him fetch. They play with paper balls. He's stolen other ghouls' snacks on multiple occasions.

Sunshine : She really wanted a chameleon but she saw how high maintenance the suckers are and settled for a crested gecko. It doesn't officially have a name because it wouldn't recognize it anyway. Definition of no thought, head empty. Most times, she calls it NO STOP DON'T JUMP THERE. She loves it so fuckin much.

Cumulus : She has the cutest blue budgie. She taught it so many tunes that they sing together all day long. It loves nothing more than to hang on her shoulder all day and watch her do her tasks. One of its many favourite sounds to imitate is the ringtone of whoever's in the room with them. No one knows how it learned to differentiate them all.

Cirrus : She set up a pretty little saltwater tank in her room. It's home to two clownfish and their anemone. They're called Led Zeppelin and Metallica, no she will not take criticism on the name. The tank is very beautifully decorated and everyone keeps bugging her to put up a big one in the common room, which she always refuses cuz she doesn't trust any of them with salt water.

#the band ghost #ghost bc #nameless ghoul #nameless ghouls #swiss ghost #swiss ghoul #dewdrop ghost #phantom ghoul #rain ghost #mountain ghoul #aether ghoul #cirrus ghost #cumulus ghost #aurora ghoulette #sunshine ghoulette #ghost headcanons #nameless ghoul headcanons

[dragons-bones]

FFXIV Write Entry #11: The Inaction of Hope

Prompt: once bitten, twice shy || Master Post || On AO3

A/N: Spoilers for the end of Endwalker. Another follow up to "The Long Road Home" from last year's FFXIV Write.

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Dancing Heron watched Alisaie move around the room with a mixture of wry fondness and quiet understanding. It was her second day fully conscious and the first time she had seen Alisaie, and the elezen maid moved around Heron’s hospital room with a jerky deliberation that spoke of her barely contained temper. Alisaie fluffed pillows on the chairs the Scions and their family had been using to keep vigil, folded the blanket on the cot, opened the window to let in a breeze, stomped across the room to rearrange the bottles of potions on the side table by size and color.

She said nothing, and looked at Heron not once.

Heron neither rolled her eyes nor sighed in exasperation at being ignored, as she suspected Alisaie wanted her to do. Alisaie wanted to be angry, wanted an excuse to yell and rage, wanted to vent her fear for her Warrior of Light sisters, and Heron most especially.

Finally, as Alisaie made to cross the room once more to fidget with something else rather than address the marid in the room, Heron managed to catch her baby sister’s eye. She raised an eyebrow, and her arm, and shuffled to the side to make room in the bed.

Abruptly, all the fight went out of Alisaie, slumping so suddenly that she looked like a marionette with its strings cut. She bowed her head, her bangs shadowing her eyes, and the next breath she took was deep and shaky.

But she turned abruptly on her heel, took the three steps to the side of Heron’s bed, and pulled herself up to crawl up and bury herself in Heron’s side, draping one arm very carefully over Heron’s heavily bandaged abdomen. Heron draped her arm around the elezen, tucking her close, and dropped her cheek to rest atop Alisaie’s hair.

Huh. Usually when she did this, her head was nearly at a ninety-degree angle because of their height difference. But her neck didn’t crick quite so far today; maybe Alisaie was finally getting close to that growth spurt of hers. Gods only knew she was nearly overdue for it at closing in rapidly on twenty-two. Or was it twenty-three?

“I’m still upset with you,” Alisaie bit out and drawing Heron’s attention back to the here-and-now.

“That’s fair,” Heron said. “Not asking you not to be.” And, because Alisaie needed to let this out before it festered into something ugly: “What part has you the most upset?”

“That I understand why you did it!”

Both of Heron’s eyebrows shot up, and she gently shook Alisaie. “Hey,” she said, quieting her voice. “I hear that self-loathing, none of that now.”

“We were supposed to help you,” and there are tears in Alisaie’s voice now, and that is what made Heron’s heart break. “And despite all our might and magic, the Endsinger swatted us away like gnats, and if you hadn’t used the transponders, she would have finished the job. All we could do was pray you came back, and those were the worst bells of my life.”

Heron sighs, slow and steady, and hugs Alisaie close. “The worst part about adventuring, and heroics,” she said after a long moment, “are those days when you can’t do anything. I felt like that when we were first before Ifrit, and he tempered all those other captives and left me and the others wondering why not us.

“I felt like that nearly the whole time on the First, when Synnove was the one taking on all the Lightwardens’ aether and I couldn’t do a damn thing to help her. And it’s worse when you understand why you can’t help.” Here Heron stopped to squeeze Alisaie, and her little sister sniffled. “Synnove was the best choice, rather than trying to spread it out amongst us all; she knew her aether better than of any of us knew of our own, could monitor and contain everything easier than if she was outside looking in.”

Heron lifted her cheek from the top of Alisaie’s head, but only look enough so she could prop her chin on it instead. “Those are the moments that stand out most to me, but there’s many others, especially with merc work. It’s a hard lesson, that sometimes you can’t help, or there are things you can’t guard against. All you can do, is be there for someone, or sometimes…just pray they come back.”

Alisaie sniffled again, refusing to let her tears fall, and very gently squeezed Heron back. “Still angry,” she mumbled.

“You’re allowed,” said Heron. “But not at yourself, all right? Sometimes its harder to accept you had no control in a situation, trying to give ourselves agency in hindsight. But there’s no shame in it, and what’s done is done. All we can do is hope that in the future, there will be a choice, and it’ll be better choices.”

Alisaie nodded and sighed heavily, but she was finally letting go of the tension she had been holding.

“Now,” Heron said, “can you explain to me in common what the hells Healingway is ranting about when she goes on about dynamic gastrointestinal regeneration and repair?”

“That’s a bit more Alphinaud or Y’shtola’s field since it relies heavily on conjury,” Alisaie said slowly, “but from what I gather, it’s involves harnessing lingering dynamis to—”

As Alisaie explained about how the healers were force-regrowing Heron’s innards using, to apparently quote Healing, high octane hope (what even was “high octane”), to Heron’s baffled disgust and Alisaie’s growing enthusiasm for every horrified noise Heron made, Heron caught a flash out of the corner of her eye. She tilted her head slightly, and saw a long-tailed bluebird perched on the open window sill.

She winked at it. And the bluebird winked back.

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#ffxivwrite2023 #final fantasy xiv #ffxiv #alisaie leveilleur #oc: dancing heron #dt's writing

[tales-from-the-aether-ttrpg]

Tales from the Aether Magic pt 1

Magic is incredibly important to this game and the setting. Not every character will have magic but any who wishes to, can. All characters are given the option to learn 1 novice spell at level one regardless of their investment in the magic skills. This spell can be exchanged, however, for an additional Feat if the player has no interest in magic or it doesn't suit the character.

All magic stems from the Aether, the world between worlds and source of pure creation and change. It is the glue that binds the great Tome of Life and the home of Angels, Demons, and Devils. The act of using Arcana or magic in all its forms involves forming a bridge between oneself and the Aether that allows the world altering energy of the Aether to be channeled in the material. This bridge is natural in some creatures such as Mythical beings but in most others, must be created through the Awakening. 

There are many words used to describe those who practice magic - and many arguments over who has a right to use those words when - but the most important one is an Awakened. An Awakened is a being that has successfully experienced the Awakening, and unlocked their ability to use Arcana.

The Awakening occurs when a being successfully forms a bridge between their mind and body and the Aether. This moment is transformative and the being is never the same again but every creature’s Awakening looks and feels different. For some, it could be a moment of pure bliss as their faith overcomes literal barriers of creation while others could be a painful assault as a foreign entity carves its spells into them without their consent or it could be a surge of unfiltered euphoria as all one’s hard work and study finally pays off. Even a being born with magic (Innate) experiences the Awakening when they cast a spell for the first time. If the being is a baby when they experience the Awakening, they vaguely remember it even if all memories of the time have faded. The Awakening is so thoroughly ingrained in one’s mind and body that even if they lose all memories, a being remembers what their Awakening felt like.

Connecting to the Aether permanently changes you. Every time you draw on the Aether through Arcana, you create a minuscule bridge between yourself and the inbetween. This draws the attention of Aether Spirits, Angels, Demons, and Devils. Most of the time, this is harmless as you never draw enough of the Aether into yourself to create a large enough bridge for an Angle, Demon, or Devil to pass through. However, even an inexperienced Novice can draw the curiosity of an Aether Spirit which can pass over through the smallest of windows. 

Aether Spirits are mostly harmless and a being possessed by one may not notice more than a faint tickle in the back of their mind. The Aether Spirit will subtly influence its host by flooding it with specific emotions or urges but it cannot force its host to take any specific action. If the spirit wishes, it can speak telepathically with its host, through images or even dreams. I will go into more depth about how this possession works - and when it is possible for Angels, Demons, and Devils to possess you - when I discuss the mechanics of Magic and Arcana in a future post.

This is a peak at some design elements of my TTRGP Tales from the Aether. This is not dnd. If you think some of these ideas are interesting, check out my Masterpost linked here and follow for more updates :D

#tales from the aether #tfta #indie ttrpg #ttrpg

[lanceappreciationblog]

(Hey, it’s Johto Elites anon back again! :D) Well, since you asked so nicely (<3) I do have some ideas for an anthology planned out already, but I will have to do some character sketching to figure out exactly how I want everyone to come out! The Elites are harder to pin down than Lance because they don’t have much media to draw on, but looking at their outfits I think I can get a pretty good idea lol. Here are the rough ideas I already have rotating in my head:

The beginning, middle, and end of the three-way prank war between Will, Karen, and Koga. (And, as a bonus, Lance’s revenge >:))

Will inviting Lance to join him for a joint meditation session. Lance has a great time as someone who hasn’t relaxed in three years straight. Will has a terrible time as a psychic/empath who is slowly being crushed by the actual spiritual manifestation of Lance’s stress.

Lance meeting Janine for the first time when she takes over the Fuschia Gym. New achievement unlocked: Become an honorary bruncle (big-brother-slash-uncle?) without even doing anything.

Lance getting injured (poisoned, perhaps, if I choose to be so evil 😏) on a big, hush-hush espionage mission and accidentally outing himself as a G-Man to the Elites in the worst way possible.

Koga and Bruno sparring and wrecking the crap out of the dojo, and the aftermath.

Clair meeting Karen for the first time when she visits Indigo Plateau to see Lance. Cue the world’s pettiest cat fight.

Agatha giving Lance some mean old grandma advice that almost makes him feel better after he loses to Ethan.

Lance challenging Bruno to an arm-wrestling match. An outstandingly stupid decision, honestly.

Bruno giving Elite Four-era teenage!Lance some unsolicited advice for how to get closer to Lorelei. Never mind that Lance absolutely did not ask and could have lived a happy life without ever having had that conversation. (Outing myself as the second Lance/Lorelei anon here because I think baby!Lance having an awkward crush on Lorelei is cute :’3)

Lance helping Lorelei out of a bind when some guy hits on her at a League party.

Karen taking Lance back to his room when he gets drunk at a League party. (I won’t lie, I also kind of ship Lance and Karen. I love me a tsundere x oblivious nice guy ship.)

Lance feeling bad and making up with Clair after they have an argument over her conduct as a Gym leader.

Agatha paying Professor Oak a visit after she retires from the League.

Karen feeling insecure about her place on the Elite Four, and Lorelei giving her some much-needed advice. (Because they should be gal pals!)

This is a lot, but I hope it satisfies so far!! I’m not sure if I have the commitment to truly make it happen but if not at least I’ve sent these ideas out into the aether for other people to read. I do want to make it happen though so I will be back when I get working on it :’)

Anon, my dear anon. These are all excellent!!

Oh my goodness. If I could animate I'd make these all into shorts because I can imagine them so vividly!

There's so much potential in character dynamics here!

I can imagine the anthology ending with one big Johto surprise event for the Indigo League members, but they aren't aware of it happening so they're all sitting in the league, bored because challengers have been quiet that day, and when someone finally suggests they go outside they get flashbanged by a festival happening right outside the league and all the Johto Gym Leaders, the Johto protag trio, and Silver of course! run to take them by the hand and drag the dwelling workaholics to take the rest of the day off and celebrate!

(Horray for dance party endings 😆)

#gonna be thinking about his forever thank you anon!!! #lance #e4 #clair #ethan #other characters #hc #mod speaks #anon #champion lance #pokemon #johto

[irlkisukeurahara]

Pokémon Unown Legends Tale - Free Snippet Teaser... Meet Hop and Leon

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On the other side of town, there was another pair of family members visiting Unova. A pair of brothers, ages 23 and 17. The older of the brothers was looking through his phone with a cheerful look on his face. His little brother followed behind, also on his phone. He gripped onto the leash of his trusted Pokémon, Dubwool, keeping him close. The older brother suddenly spoke up.

“Hey, Hop, get a look at this! The Aether Foundation is supposedly sponsoring the Gym Challenge here in Unova!” He held his phone out, “How about we go watch? Maybe someone from the Aether Foundation would be willing to discuss…science-y things with you. Hell, maybe one of them has read your book!”

“Eh?” The younger brother raised his head sluggishly, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the news article his brother had opened. He rolled his eyes, “Someone at t'e Aether Foundation readin' my book? Hah! Yer gonna make me laugh for t'e first time in yer insufferable life, Lee.” He spoke with a hefty Irish accent, as opposed to his brother, whose accent was entirely Galarian. “I hadn't met one person who'd read my book ot'er t'an our friends in Galar, what makes ya think that someone in Unova's gonna recognize it?”

“Don't be so sure,” Leon chuckled a little, looking back at his phone. “The gym is on the other side of town, just at the local school. Let's drop by there, okay?”

“Sure, just boss me around why don't ya.” Hop scoffed.

Leon nervously laughed, “Rotom, take us to the Aspertia Pokémon School.” His Rotom phone began to light up, opening a map.

“If yer gonna be t'e one t' lead, knowin' ye, we'll somehow end up in Alola.” Hop grumbled under his breath. “And I'm not even exaggeratin'. I might as well replace ye with a newborn baby. I bet one of t'ose could navigate better t'an you.” He slumped forward in his stance, raising his uneven shoulders. “T'is is gonna be a long day.”

“Imagine how I feel!” Hop's Rotom phone scoffed, “I have to be stuck with BOTH of you morons.”

“Speak for yerself, ya hunk'a'junk!” Hop scolded.

“Hey!” Leon whined a little, “I'm actually using my map this time! Don't be like that.” His Rotom began to float away towards the destination, as he followed behind. Hop grabbed his flask from his back pocket as he began to walk. He glanced down at the necklace he wore, a Catholic cross, then down at his Dubwool. Hop took a swig of his flask, exhaling quite loudly after. Because he wasn't watching where he was going, he rammed right into his brother's back. He flinched back, glaring up at Leon as if it was his fault. Hop shoved past him and began to walk ahead of him. Leon watched in silence, sighing. He tried to pay his attitude no mind, but it was hard. He wanted his brother to be happy, but it's clear he's let himself go. Leon sighed again, closing his eyes briefly as the two crossed the street. They approached the school when Leon suddenly spotted a familiar face. “Kazarah!” He perked up, raising his arm to draw attention to himself. The woman turned her head first, smiling. The children around started squealing amongst themselves when they noticed the ex-champion of the Galar region there now too.

“My, if it isn't Leon and his brother Hop!” She turned her whole body to them both, Hop instantly averting eye contact with her. “Fancy seeing you two here, how are you doing?” Skylar noticed her mother was talking to someone, so she also looked. She gasped seeing the brothers, excitedly tapping her feet. Astrid also looked over, expressing a similar reaction, though in complete jaw-dropping silence. “I forgot you dyed your hair.” Kazarah pointed out the streaks in Leon’s hair. Leon chuckled a little as he smiled at the woman.

“We're doing pretty good!” Leon then had a sudden realization and grabbed his brother's arm. “Right, Hop! I've never introduced you!” He motioned to the woman, “This is Kazarah Valks! She's part of the Aether Foundation. She’s helped me a lot when I was champion. And this is her daughter, Skylar! She has been the Alola Champion for the past three years! You two are the same age, I think.”

“It's an honor to meet the both of you!” Skylar squealed, “Ex-Champion Leon Callaghan!! You– You were my hero growing up! Well, besides my mom of course.” Hop rolled his eyes, not wanting to listen to a girl he didn't know babble about how great his brother is. He reached for his hearing aids with the intent of taking them out to distance himself from the conversation, Skylar spoke again. “And– And Hop Walten! You've always been such an impressive battler! And your book! Oh, your book!” Hop lowered his hand, now focused on Skylar. His mouth began to open, “I've probably read it a dozen times! You're a genius!” Astrid frowned. Who reads for fun? Blegh.

Leon smirked, “Told ya, lil bro.” He chuckled a little.

#snippet #writing snipper #fanfic snippet #fanfic #fanfic sneak peek #sneak peek #pokemon #pokemon fanfic #pokemon au #pokémon #pokémon fanfic #pokémon au #leon pokemon #leon pkmn #hop pokemon #hop pkmn #pokemon oc #pokémon oc #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon sword #pokemon shield #pokemon swsh #swsh #unova #pokemon galar #galar region #galar #pokemon black and white #Pokemon Unown Legends Tale

[ainyan]

Snippet #2

(Part 1 found here)

“It’s probably just something I ate,” Kali muttered for the third time as Thancred hauled her up the stairs. Upon hearing her in the kitchen heaving up her guts, he’d rushed in, gathering her hair and holding it back from her face as she rejected everything she’d eaten in the past ten days. Once reasonably certain she was done, he’d left her long enough to draw a glass of water, passing it over and waiting as she rinsed out her mouth and soothed her abused throat.

Now he had her tucked gently into his arms, carrying her with little effort from kitchen to bedroom, where the tangled sheets lay stretched across bed and floor in mute testimony to the roughness of her night and morning. “I don’t care,” he said evenly as he crossed to the bed, “if it’s a case of bad fish or a flu or the plague, you’re laying down and we’re calling in a healer.”

She didn’t have the strength to protest, and the effort of hiding her fear of that fact was almost too much for her still-fuzzy brain. As he laid her down upon the bed, she curled up on her side and closed her eyes. The sheets shifted, smoothed, and floated down over her, then she felt his hand press against her forehead. “You don’t feel warm,” he mused before stroking her hair back. “But, forgive me, you look wretched.”

“Why would I mind if my husband says I’m ugly?” she asked weakly, coughing as she tried to laugh.

He tucked her hair behind her horn, letting his fingers trail over her cheek. “Never ugly,” he corrected gently. “Now, let’s have a look.”

Since their original return from the First, he’d gained some control over his own form of aethersight, to the point that he was able to suppress it unless he needed it. It left his natural eyesight less than sharp, but in general, he no longer needed to be able to count the leaves on a tree branch fifty-fulms distant.

Now he relaxed the carefully maintained grip he kept over that special sense and watched color flood through Kali’s body. Blue - so many blues, so rich and varied… even more so since the events of the First and the Thirteenth. It was almost frightening how brilliant her aether was; Y’shtola had complained once that staring at Kali without taking precautions could give her a dazzle-headache.

There were times he agreed. This was not one of those. Frowning, he slid his hand away from her face, running it lightly over her body. As he followed the movement, he found he could not deny the fact that her aether neither burned as bright as normal, nor that it was the proper shade. Shades. What should have been a deep ocean of sapphire and cerulean, periwinkle and indigo had taken on a turquoise tinge, edged in hints of seafoam and sage. “Baby, what have you gotten into?” he whispered.

“Just some kebabs and rice in Ala Mhigo,” she murmured, reaching out to smooth her hand over his leg as he settled on the bed next to her, still stroking her hair and side. “It tasted fine, I swear.”

He didn’t think this was a case of food poisoning; not with her aether churning and swirling and shaded all wrong. He’d been planning to call in Alphinaud or Urianger, but he changed his mind. Leaning down, he pressed his lips to her forehead. “Rest. I’ll be right back.” She said nothing and he traced his finger along her cheek scales before rising silently and stepping away, back down the stairs.

Once out of earshot, he opened his pearlcase and selected one in particular. Raising it to his ear, he waited impatiently until it was answered. “What?” came the irascible response. “This had best be important; I’m in the middle of a very important passage.”

In spite of his concerns, he couldn’t help but smile briefly. She would never change. “I’m sorry for interrupting you, milady,” he said mildly, “but I could use your… particular talents.” The silence hummed. “Kali is sick, and her aether is not… right.”

More silence. Then, “I’ll be right there.”

She left the conversation before he could say anything; it was of no matter, his thoughts had already turned back to his sick wife, along with his footsteps.

Y’shtola would be along soon enough. Until then, he would tend Kali and see her as comfortable as she may be.

#ffxiv #ffxiv fanfiction #kal'istae miurani #thancred waters #wolcred #wol x thancred #cw: illness #end of an era

[theaceslittleartcorner]

The other art pieces that distracted me from my Destiny 2 comic lol. It’s for a thing called #AzemApril on twitter. Going to post 10 of them at a time so when I get the next 10 up they’ll be next. 

Link to Original

Set: 11-20

Set: 21-24 (WIP)

Day 1: Introduction

“Not sure how active I will be for this Azem April but I will try lol. Anyway, meet Theia! He/Them. A Seer, a Parent, and the Convocation’s headache.”

Day 2: Eros

“Despite having a partner, Theia still pines for Hades. His wife, Hyperion, doesn’t mind it and is working with Hythlodaeus to get ‘both’ hades and Theia to admit their feelings. 

Day 3: Downtime

“Theia likes to spend time with family, which includes Hermes who is related to his wife, Hyperion (a cousin). He and his family drop by often to the point Hermes is used to their shenanigans. He would invite Themis, but time isn't always on their side.”

Day 4: Duty

“When Theia is on call, they take their duties very seriously. To the point where it can be called excessive.”

Day 5: Storge

“Theia raised his little brother, Themis, since he was an infant after their parents left for the star. Thus, they are close, and they are renowned for being mischievous when they are together. “

Day 6: Pandæmonium

“The reason why Theia creates tiny and 'out of the way' concepts. It is a concept that Theia created when he was young and had made to grow and sustain on aether. He hadn't realized to make it 'stop' growing however until it grew too large and it didn't help that it was aggressive towards everyone except Theia. Much to his grief, it was decided to be kept in Pandæmonium, where it could be watched and surveyed. Being a former traveling companion, Theia visits it on occasion. It greets them gleefully each time.”

Day 7: Hemitheos

“Kept researching it but all I could find is a fusion of essence between Ancient and a beast so I thought "why not Theia's concept from the previous post fuse?" so here we are! The arms represents Theia's refusal to let it go.”

Day 8: Free Day

“Decided to draw Theia with their first concept (which is from Day 6 and 7). Plus wanted to draw baby Theia lol. It became their traveling companion before they took the seat of Azem and Theia can see what it sees through his left eye.”

Day 9: Agape

“This was all I could think of lol. Sometimes being able to see the future isn't a blessed a gift everyone believes it to be.”

Day 10: Elements

“Theia is a natural mage and of course, prides themselves in black magicks. Specifically, Fire and Ice :D”

The background is a reference to the Paradox skill : https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Paradox

#my art #art #FFXIV #Final Fantasy XIV #FFXIV Azem #Azem #Azem April #Themis #Hermes #Hades #Hythlodaeus #Hyperion #Theia #Helios #Selene #FFXIV OC #FFXIV Original Character

[skrimbe]

{MASTERLIST FROM THE PIT}

It's the list of links for my posts! Please notify me if the links aren't working! (Also a lot of them are reblogs)

-BACK TO INTRODUCTION-

Art Posts:

Calypso: pt.1 and pt.2

Oc redraws: pt.1 and pt.2

Ghoul drawings (nameless ghouls my beloveds): Cirrus (this isn't my post btw, i just sent in an ask containing the drawing) and Sunshine

Arty

Expressions chart

NightLight the Ghoulette

Little WIP

NightLight in the Era 4 uniform

Ghoulette drawing!

Ghoul/ Papas Headcanon reblogs with skywarpie and others!

Copia and his father's day gifts

April Fools pranks

Wall drawings

The Ghoulettes and their capes

Ballet shenanigans

Unintentional angst

The cucumber incident

Copia can't bake

When ghouls and papa fly

Terzo is the new headless horseman

Child leashes

The war against knees...

Copia being a good dad

Nihil is a shitty dad but that doesn't stop copia from being better

I got tagged in stuff

Picrew

Music

Shows

HUGS

More Picrew!

My tag game

Music pt.2

Describe yourself in an image from your gallery

Horror movie role!

Shitghosting

Random images

favorite descriptions of Ghost

GHALL PIT PARTY!!!

Ghost Appreciation Posts

Mountain my beloved

The Ghoulettes 🩵

Copia-

Fists of rage

Flying Aether

more Mountain appreciation

Cirrus is going to be the death of me

Mishapocalypse posts and reblogs

it's the 10 year anniversary

he's taken over...

majestic

I would watch this

I'm not sorry

I added pictures

missing cat?

It's time

Where it all began

It's approaching pt.1

It's approaching pt.2

Petition pt.1

Story Time!!!

I feel like shit

I almost froze

It's Friday pt.1

classic books i hated

Do I need to explain?

My speech on Greek Mythology pt.2

BANANA BOY (My son)

My speech on Greek Mythology pt.1

I wanted to cry

I was given fire

It's Friday pt.2

Tumblr is a dumpster fire and the users are raccoons

I dyed my hair once

it sounds like a cult chant

America has something wrong with its animals

Yep

Alarms

Is the bot apocalypse over?

I got my ass beat by picmen in Nintendo smash bros

Watching the ghesties panic

Hehe Star Trek fan

Cards Against Humanity

Year Zero scare

Anyone else do this?

Project time lmao

My babies (cats)

More pictures

First post about them

Updates!

First break

Back from first break (Same link as the link for the time I was given fire btw)

Second break

Back from second break

Questions from the Ask Box!

I am now going to be thinking about this for the entire day

#Masterlist #Finally decided to create a masterlist for my confusing blog

[girlbob-boypants]

Its your turn telling me Azure's thots on the scions! Also tell me if he misses Raha while they're apart and how does he deal with it. Azure like "day one of trying not to think about fucking my catboy" *sees something gross and/or bad* "relapsed"

Azure IS the thot of the scions actually

Answer to the Raha question: I miss him more than Azure does but that's because Azure is fucking BUSY whenever they're apart. Raha is such a piner tho I bet he just *sighs gayly* all the time. Azure does send letters though. Mostly to make sure Raha isn't going through withdrawal. It's been years of adventuring so Azure is pretty used to time apart but he's very big on "we have time together now let's make the most of it" which is why he and aymeric didn't work out cause aymeric is never not busy meanwhile raha would go to hell for a date

Now for the Big Stuff

Minfilia: I went from not a big fan of her to a complete stan and I'm adjusting Azure's feelings accordingly. He found her really weird at first with her "I hope you come to see us as family" line but he ends up really caring for her and appreciating how much she does for the Scions. Especially once SHB comes around and the Exarch is like "yeah all your companions fucking abandoned each other the moment their situation became slightly inconvenient to be together lol." Azure was like "this wouldn't happen if Minfilia was here." He also 100% goes "gods fucking dammit she was right about me seeing the scions as family" at some point. She went from weirdo to guiding light that's sorely missed in his eyes.

Alphinaud: Azure thought he was a bit of an overconfident ass in ARR, frankly. But he also knew Alph was just a kid, so he was quite protective. Azure was sort of Estinien 1.0 for Alphinaud. Quietly telling him to mind his manners. As time went on, Azure became very proud of how Alphinaud grew up. He'll always be a little brother and Azure is still firm to remind people that that's a kid (he's like...16-18 by ew since he's 14 in arr iirc).

Alisaie: Baby girl. Baby. Azure was fond of her determination and fierceness from the beginning in the Coils. He appreciates how she acts because she says what he's too reserved to quite often. Once they start talking in stb, Azure grows even more attached to her and is fiercly protective. I bring the twins everywhere for trusts because he care them. Ali is Azure's preferred sparring partner too. Both because he likes spending time with her and also cause he wants to make sure she's got a good way to get rid of any restless energy.

Y'shtola: When she clocked Merlwyb for breaking treaties with the beast tribes Azure got like. 100 approval for her. It's been uphill ever since. The two of them talk magic theory all the time and Azure gives her constant updates about Y'mhitra, and the same for Y'mhitra with updates about Shtola. Azure is DELIGHTED when Mhitra says she got an update from her sister. When Shtola talks about how broken Azure's soul looked in shb, it was the first time he'd ever felt...truly cared for. Or rather it was a very touching moment that he had to not cry about. They go from respected colleagues to science bffs and Azure's knowledge of aether is proving massively useful with the 6.1 stuff. Especially since Azure was exposed to the primal of dark aether and therefore should have some kind of latent aether to draw on for summonings.

Yda: Oh Yda. Azure was very amused by her "blonde bimbo" nature in ARR. He felt it made things easier (which i HC was her intent. She wanted to be the comic relief for everyone). Azure was never the strongest, so they couldn't spar much. But he respected her strength. The two of them mourned Papalymo together. After she revealed her real identity, Azure was supportive of her desire to help, but tried to become the voice of reason for her that Papalymo used to be. Reminding her that what's going on with Ala Mhigo is a *long* time of oppression etc etc.

Papalymo: God no offense papalymo but i foud him so boring until his death so sorry this isn't gonna be that deep i haven't thought about him in forever. Azure respected how practical he was. Understood that his practicality made for a good balance and helped guide the group to their goal, especially once it was revealed that Yda's sillyness was more of a ploy. He was thoroughly impressed at Papalymo's show of power when it came to Shinryu.

Thancred: Azure was shocked when Thancred was revealed as possessed by an ascian tbh. He seemed so cool, collected, and concerned. Which was Azure's opinion of Thancred until shb. The two of them have never been super close, but there's a lot of mutual respect that becomes...strained. In shb. Az wasn't afraid to chide Thancred for his treatment of Minifilia. But even so, Thancred wasn't afraid to express his desire to help Azure and in EW that becomes a way of rebonding. Fighting together was a big thing and there's sort of a silent communication and understanding between the two of them that surprises the other scions. It made Thancred tailing the trio in Garlemald much easier.

Urianger: Azure finds him baffling. And not even for the reason of "why do you talk like that." Azure just finds the way Urianger works to be slightly confusing to him. The secret keeping, the hidden emotions, the reliance on fortune telling and fate. But he knows Uri is capable and knows he's well intentioned. So they get along fine. Azure knows how to tell a well timed joke to keep Urianger from getting too...not pretentious but ya know. getting too Urianger.

Tataru: Ahhh the linchpin of the scions. Azure trusts her with almost anything (almost. She's still a money lala, after all). And she's a confidant of sorts. He'll talk to her about being tired and she's the only one who knows about his chronic pain aches as she sources his medicine. The two of them bond over arcanamancy when she tries to pick it up, but also bond over fashion. Definitely hc that the outfit she gives him pre shb is his sexy outfit, not the edgelord one, cause they'd talked about how he wants to be more fashionable. "I risk my life so often. What if I never get to dress pretty because I'm always wearing adventurer clothes?" He also teaches her traditional xaela recipes, mostly cause he brings her food and she asks about it.

Krile: Azure likes Krile a lot. They're echo buddies. I hc that Krile deals with a lot of ptsd post stb rescue and Azure helps a lot with that since they can talk about it or distract. He found her a bit confusing at first cause the jacket but she proves herself a professional furry so who cares really. He's *very* concerned for her in EW since SHB setup Hydaelyn as an uncertain morals. The two of them like to look out for the other scions together, since none of them can be trusted to take care of themselves.

Estinien: Azure doesn't canonically learn dragooning so they don't meet until the HW stuff. They butt heads some cause Azure finds the way he needles Ysayle frustrating, but he's also grateful for how Estinien cheers up Alphinaud. The two of them never become that close but they eventually grow into respected coworkers.

G'raha: Ah the catboy himself. Azure found him a silly little dude in CT. He was happy to escort him about and watch him nerd out and talk about it. Azure's good for the nerdy type cause he's quiet, good at listening, and asks a lot of followup questions. Azure was angry when G'raha said it was his fate to stay in the Tower. One of the first times anyone ever heard Azure swear. He called fate bullshit and told Raha to remember that he always wanted him to seize his own fate. Something that bites him in the ass in shb cause Raha remembered those words and became the protector of a dying world. And then dragged him into it. Their shb relationship is down and up. Azure put the fear in fearboner for the Exarch at the start. Very much showing Raha just how much he's changed from all the hardships he had to experience while Raha was asleep in the Tower. But they'd both changed. Both grown as people. And when they finally get to sit down in Kholusia, both battered and weary from their lives as heroes, there's an understanding. Raha might be the only one who understands just how hard it is to be the one everyone looks up to or vilifies. As I said before, Raha confesses just before turning to crystal in 5.3. And it takes Azure a while to actually talk to Raha about what he said, since those memories aren't in the crystal that fuses with tower Raha. But they eventually talk it out and it leads to a very sweet moment in Sharlayan.

I...feel like I didn't answer these quite right and it instead became rambles but yeah. I hope you enjoy. Azure's closest with the twins, Yshtola, Raha, and Tataru, but gets along with everyone. He'd murder for literally all of them by ew.

#arcann #@ares #girlbob.txt #oc: azure #ff14 #spoilers for most of the game obviously #hiiii i hope you enjoy i kinda like #mentally phased out and went into ramble mode during this but hopefully you get the point

[elegant-etienne]

FFXIVWrite 2022 - Day #6 - Onerous

Character: Adi

Warnings: Oblique mentions to 6.0 spoilers, mild references to abuse, isolation and the difficulty of being a healer.

One of the first things they warn you about in Stillglade Fane is to not give too much of yourself away. There is a practical reason for this, and that is generally what Adi focuses on when he teaches others the art of conjury: from a practical perspective, drawing from one’s inner aether is not as effective as drawing from the ambient aether and nature around you. But there is an emotional lesson there, too, that Adi struggles to impart to others.

The task of detachment.

He had been lucky, the last few turns, not to have to give as much bad news. Or at least, the bad news was so widespread it couldn’t be placed on healers alone. It was adventurers who came back coated in black sludge and awful memories.

The worst times were back home, early in his career, the few times he said directly to a tearstained face - “I’m sorry, but the sickness has progressed too far.”

Telesphore prepared him for that mess of emotions, unwittingly. “How can you say this about your own cousin? Your own grandmother? How can you look me in the eye and say that? You monster. You bastard. I hate you.”

He did not have any real allies in the family to begin with, but it seemed with each bad diagnosis another bridge crumpled to ash in front of him.

It was a little easier when he trained at the Fane - he was loath to admit it, but at least the Adders and Quiver Bows knew that Adi just had a job to do. No, when resentment sprang from them, it was not because it was news from a healer, but news from a baby-faced Duskwight.

The real secret was this: of course he fucking cared.

He cared when patients were in pain. He could feel the shock radiate through their bodies when he gave them the bad news. He didn’t want to be the one to tell them, he didn’t get into this job because he was good with others’ emotions.

During his exit interview at the Fane, he received poor marks for his attitude and bedside manner. Complaints from his patients and mentors were the common reason. However, it might also have been how he answered the question about what part of healing he found most difficult.

“The hardest part of the job? I mean, it’s all work, it’s not like I do it for fun. Do I really have to answer that? Yeah? Well.”

He chewed on the inside of his cheek.

“I guess it’s keeping my robe and tools clean.”

#ffxivwrite2022 #adi things #writing

[ironbloodcd]

" Aster . . . ASTER ! " Her dainty form rushes down the hallway towards the room they both shared ( and she, likely, should PACE herself, but the definition is as foreign to her as alcoholic moderation is to a certain bard ), and the moment she's within reach of Aster, she's tugging at his arm to pull him closer. " I felt . . . by the skies, I cannot explain it, Aster! Oh, I hope it happens again. Here, right here! " Lumine guides his palms to either side of her stomach, somewhat comforted by that familiar, cooling effect his touch seems to have against her warm skin, and just as she had attempted to explain, there's a slight brush of something against his left hand, followed by another. " That one . . . was even stronger than the last, I swear it. You felt it, right!? Aster, PLEASE, tell me you did, because it wasn't purposeful. I'm not losing my mind, am I!?"

Unprompted Ask - Always Accepting!

@tenebriism

          As always, the sound of Lumine calling for him has Aster’s attention almost immediately, eyes lifting from where he’d been straightening the sheets of their shared room. Though Lumine was spending far more time home now that her pregnancy was progressing further along, it was still Aster who took care of most of the household chores, with the homunculus more than content to continue looking after their home. After all, Lumine could still strain herself while cleaning if she wasn’t careful.

     Though the lack of urgency in her tone kept him from becoming too alarmed, brows still rose with curiosity as the former Abyss Princess hurried over to him. “Felt what? Are you alright?”

     He got his answer as she led his palms to the swell of her tummy, a soft movement from within her stomach causing him to blink with surprise before his eyes widened slightly. He knew that unborn babies moved about within their mothers’ wombs and that it was quite normal - but to feel it himself was far different than knowing about it in theory. His lips were soon parting, an expression of awe crossing his features as he focused on the little ‘kicks’ that could be felt from inside Lumine’s belly. For not the first time since Albedo had diagnosed her condition, Aster felt a warmth welling up inside of him, the knowledge of what was to come causing excitement to bubble up within him.

     They were going to be parents.                He was going to be a father.

     “I... I felt it, Lu,” he assured her, a soft chuckle escaping him as his eyes, which had been fixated upon her baby bump, rose to meet with hers, a wide grin drawn across his face, “You’re quite sane, love. The baby’s just moving - ‘kicking’, as a lot of people call it. You remember with Aether and the twins, right?”

     It felt so surreal when it was happening to them though - when it was their child letting its parents know that they were there and that, soon enough, the two of them would get to meet him or her. Feeling a warmth pricking at the corners of his eyes, Aster draws one hand back to wipe away the moisture, though he can’t bring himself to remove the other - not when he hopes to feel a few more of those little greetings from their unborn son or daughter as they continued to grow within the safety of their mother’s body. Drawing himself closer, the homunculus presses a quick kiss to the blonde woman’s lips, then her cheek, her brow - hoping that each little gesture was enough to convey everything that he was feeling in that moment.

     Somehow, he doubted it, though words seemed even less adequate right now.

     “I guess that you could say that they’re telling us hello from in there. Maybe they’re just as excited to meet us - what do you think?”

#oc muse ;; aster ;; ic #asterluminetag #aster ;; verse ;; unintended creation #tenebriism #SJDKFNUIDJTFJS #THIS IS THE KIND OF WHOLESOME CONTENT THAT I NEED ;; #they're so sweet wtf #and Aster's so excited to be a Daddy ;;

[rayofsunas]

"what's this about a video game?"

a/n: i'm back!! i hope you're all having a great week :) good news! i have the next two weeks of requests written out and ready to be posted mon and fri :)) I'm trying to get ahead of myself before i get busy with adult things ;-; anyways, enjoy! <3

summary: in which the boys are transferred to the real world, only to learn that they're just video game characters, who gamers adore and save/spend hundreds to thousands of dollars trying to get.

characters: aether, albedo, scaramouche, xiao.

warnings: swearing, slight violence, police (i know how difficult this topic has been for so long, even more recently, but there is no police violence - i don't condone that at all!), weapons, CRACK/sarcasm, fluff, spoilers if you're new to the game, (i keep forgetting this is not the baby daddy universe and i write fem pronouns for scara's reader ALWAYS, apologies besties. the other three are gender-neutral though!!), once again scaramouche's is way longer than the other three combined sigh. click their names to see their modernized outfits! (none of the amazing art belongs to me! credits to the artists)

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Aether

Everything was going alright, your day was as chill as it had been in weeks. But no sooner did you step away from your friends at the amusement park to use the restroom, did things go terribly wrong.

First, all of the stalls were occupied, leaving you waiting for a good while in an excruciatingly long line outside. And to make matters worse, as soon as you got the chance to finally use the restroom, your phone fell out of your pocket onto the tiled floor while you were washing your hands, cracking the expensive device in the process. Now you would have to shell out the money to fix or probably even buy an entirely new phone. And now, a blonde boy who looked oddly familiar was standing directly in front of you, having just come out of your shattered phone...

"Are you real?" You asked nervously, staring at the boy with wide eyes. Of course, you recognized him immediately. Aether - the male traveler in a very popular video game you sometimes play during your free time - Genshin Impact.

He had to be real, right? You legit just watched him come out of your phone... maybe you were just tired and overworked, yeah, that made much more sense.

"Are you real?" As soon as the blonde spoke, you felt the shockwaves overcome you, and it clicked. This was real, he was real. Though, you were more shocked that he actually had a voice behind that adorable face...

"How is this possible... I choose Lumine as my traveler." You whispered to yourself, ironically, more curious as to why he was here instead of Lumine than the fact that a video game character was actually standing in front of you.

"You've seen Lumine?!" The boy suddenly yelled, drawing the attention of very few around the public bathrooms.

"No, I-" Oh. How cruel of you to bring his missing sister up, the one who he hasn't seen in so long. "I mean in the game... sorry."

"What game?"

"Your game."

"I have a game?"

"Yeah." You laughed. "It's pretty popular."

as soon as aether gets over the initial shock that he's in an entirely different world, with odd colorful rides and people dressed in bright, tight clothes, he starts asking so many questions.

"have you seen paimon? she's usually just right here..." "i haven't sorry..."

"what is that big colorful spinning circle?" "a ferris wheel!" "do you happen to know where my sister is? you mentioned her." "the players haven't seen her in a while... but I could tell you where to start?"

yes, telling poor, sweet, innocent aether that his younger sister has joined the abyss for unknown reasons, is hard.

he doesn't believe you, not at first that is... you couldn't blame him.

but when he starts to accept that what you're saying is the truth because all the proof you have is in-game, he has excuses for her actions...

"i'm sure she's doing this to protect me. she's always looked out for me! i don't think there's any ill intent behind this."

"i hope you're right, aether."

now that aether, at least for now, knows lumine is alive and seemingly well, he's much more relaxed and isn't asking about her twenty-four seven.

but nonetheless, despite how calm, and peaceful your world seems in comparison to teyvat, he does want to return to find his sister.

that's all he wants, truthfully!

you understood his choice, hell, you expected it. so, you make it your mission to help the boy somehow return to teyvat, and you don't plan on stopping until he's safe and sound back in mondstadt.

"when i return to teyvat and when i find my sister, i'd love to return to your world and introduce lumine to the lovely person who's dedicated so much of their time to see me happy."

Albedo

As soon as you stepped into your apartment, you heard odd spark sounds coming from somewhere in the small space, followed by low hisses of pain.

What the actual hell...

There, sitting comfortably on your couch was the Albedo. From Genshin Impact, the very popular game with incredibly attractive and adorable characters, who have, over the span of seven months, taken more than a few paychecks totally meant for bills.

In all his glory, there sat the famed alchemist, who oh yeah, wasn't real. Before you could stop yourself, you began laughing uncontrollably, without a care in the world, nor the mental capacity to process what was going.

Plopping down beside the man, who now seemed very uncomfortable due to your laughs and giggles, your weary eyes scanned the room, noticing the flickering and spark sounds were coming from your PC by the entrance to your bedroom.

"I've just had a very long shift at the hospital, so I don't have the mental capacity nor energy to talk to fictional characters right now," you explained, body feeling heavy as he eyed you.

"Um... do you need a doctor? I'm afraid I cannot be of assistance, but I do know-"

"That's not one of your voice lines..." You muttered stiffly, but nonetheless, this couldn't be real. Many nights, you had found yourself talking to fictional characters after incredibly tiring and long shifts in the Emergency Room, you were typically drowsy and daydreamed as soon as you arrived home; you blame your lack of a social life outside of work... even though this situation was quite... weird... your body relaxed and your eyes gently closed. "When I open my eyes, you'll be gone, like always!" You said with a small chuckle, allowing the darkness to encompass you.

"I'm afraid I don't understand... why're you laughing?" The man asked, surprising you, even more, when he spoke so nonchalantly.

You ignored the sandy blonde, gently drifting off to sleep. "You're very funny, Mr. Alchemist! I'm actually going to sleep now, bye!"

let's just say, when you woke up the next morning uncomfortably on the couch, albedo was NOT gone.

in fact, the sandy blonde was roaming your apartment, pacing in front of you when you'd woken up

"you're not gone? maybe i should check myself into the hospital..."

"you're awake. i hope you don't mind, but i went through your cupboards in hopes of finding food."

"you don't have much."

"...i need to go grocery shopping..."

why in the world was he still here? and looking so calm nonetheless...

"i'm afraid i also broke that box over there."

box = your pc :( that cost so much to buy

"a-ah... no biggie! it only cost me over a thousand dollars!!"

"apologies."

after albedo explained what he'd come to the conclusion of, you realized he was in fact real, especially after he began saying things not originally in his voice lines...

"sorry, if i stare... i just can't believe you're real."

he promises that somehow he'll pay you back, but you're not holding him to it, because how in the world can he pay you back if you have two different currency's? mora doesn't exist in the real world...

nonetheless, he's determined!! he even says he'll fix it for you! but you're also not sure how he'll be able to do that since even you, someone very familiar with the real world, had trouble...

he doesn't stop apologizing, and since you explain that neither of the options he suggested could fix the little accident, all you ask for is his company :)

in return? he wants to explore your world!

take him to the largest library in your area! he could sit for hours in there, and definitely wants to take some books back home for research purposes.

you can find him more often than not in the "historical figures" section or part of the room where there is a huge world map on the wall - overall? he's so intrigued and definitely doesn't mind that he somehow ended up here!

Scaramouche

When you got a call about a possible hostage situation at your local mall, you weren't expecting this at all...

"Sir, I'm not going to ask you again!" Yelled one of the officers from your station. "Let him go." She snapped, eyes glaring into the dark arcade, only lit with dim neon lights.

You've seen her around filing paperwork and in interrogation rooms questioning minor suspects, but never out on the field in a situation like this... she was a rookie if you remembered correctly, and this was her first time out on the field.

"What's going on?" You exclaimed rushing down one of the pairs of escalators, hand on your hip where your gun laid in the belt, approaching the young officer who was also mirroring your actions.

"There's a man inside the arcade, he has somebody in there with him; it's a hostage situation."

"Have you called for backup?" You asked, moving slowly to the right in hopes of getting a better view into the arcade.

"Yes, one of the officers on patrol will be here soon, he was a few minutes away when you arrived."

"Good," You exclaimed, eyes widening when you noticed somebody shifting around in the dark shadows. "Where's your partner?"

"She and a few of mall security are escorting civilians out of the building." You nodded, happy she seemed to know exactly what to do.

"Alright, great job," You praised, she offered you a tight-lipped smile before her eyes were back on the arcade. "It doesn't look like he's coming out. Did you see a weapon on him?"

"No." She answered, to which you nodded at and began walking slowly towards the suspect and his victim.

"Okay, keep your guard up. He may have one concealed, but do not take your gun out. It's not needed right now."

"Follow close behind me." With that, the young cop did as instructed and got in line behind you. The closer you got to the arcade, the more of the entrance you could see, and that's when you finally saw the man. No way...

"Scaramouche?"

Your fellow officer's eyes whipped in your direction, stunned. "You know him?"

No, not really. "Ah, yes, sorta. It's complicated." You waved her off, hand drawing away from the weapon, arms relaxing. If this was real, if he was real, there's no way he could harness and use his vision here. He would've already done so already, right?... you were safe, for now...

"How do you know my name?" Called the man, further proving who you assumed he was. His voice was identical, as were those glowing violet eyes in the dark, lined with red eyeliner.

"He doesn't seem to recognize you." The girl behind you muttered.

You chuckled nervously, "It's been a few years..."

"I'm going to go in." You exclaimed, walking smoothly into the arcade's entrance.

"What?" She called after you.

"Cover me."

"O-Okay!"

Inside the dark area, you noticed an emergency light switch on the wall, next to the fire alarm and sprinkler switch. With the flick of your finger, the lights in the room were on.

"Hey there," You smiled warmly, hoping to get him to lower his guard. "If you pretend to recognize me, getting you out of this situation will be a lot easier. Though, you're going to have to release the man,"

"Or else I'll have no choice but to arrest you."

Scaramouche glared at the man in the corner of the room, in a fetal position, without a doubt scared out of his mind. "No, he's a thief. He stole my belongings." The video game character snapped violently.

Now with your attention turned to his victim, you said, "Sir if you have his things you should return them, that will fix everything."

"He's insane! I didn't take his crap, I'm a-" Scaramouche whipped around fast enough to silence the man.

"A thief and a liar... my stuff is right over there in that window, you idiot!" Following Scaramouche's extended arm, across the arcade you spotted a shop, a cosplay shop nonetheless. In the window, various anime and video game character's cosplay and souvenirs could be seen. You only recognized Scaramouche's hat and outfit, and the attire of a character from a popular anime.

"That isn't your stuff." You exclaimed to which Scaramouche stared at you as if you were stupid. "But I can help you find it."

"I don't need your help because it's right there!" Scaramouche yelled.

With a sigh, you extended your arm, motioning to the entrance and exit of the arcade. "Alright, sir, you're free to go, the officer right outside will escort you home."

"Don't worry, he won't hurt you." You smiled, hoping to ease him out of his instinctual position. Eventually, he stood on his feet and stumbled quickly past you and Scaramouche.

"You don't give orders, I do. Get back here!"

With the roll of your eyes, you said, "You're lucky I'm an officer who sometimes plays Genshin Impact, or else you'd be in jail right now."

escorting scaramouche out of the mall was a hard task, which ended up leaving him handcuffed; he wouldn't comply, you had no choice...

he yapped the whole car ride back to the station, and complained that he was still missing his belongings; his hat and catalyst.

you promised the dark-haired man you'd help him, as long as he shut his mouth until you made it to your office

he still didn't be quiet once you got back, he only seemed to talk more to anger you.

"you're lucky i play your game." you kept reminding him, hoping he knew how lucky he was to be in this unique situation where he wasn't facing any legal trouble.

he didn't seem to care though... "what exactly do you do?" "i'm a police officer; we regulate rules, and enforce safety."

"so, not a soldier?"

"commoner, I see. your rank is pathetic."

he's very rude to someone who just saved his ass, ahh.

despite his... shock as to where he is. he's not so bothered or overwhelmed by it, he just wants his stuff back! he's seen his fair share of things, so this situation is really nothing to fear...

but let's get this straight, if you stroke his ego with compliments, he'll stop being difficult to deal with and actually work with you to find his missing belongings.

"you're popular despite your character not being released yet, but i personally haven't seen much cosplay for you yet-"

though, explaining to the short man that his character isn't out yet in the game to play, really does bother him (as it should, mihoyo...).

"well, why the hell not?" he would ask, voice laced with accusatory authority.

"you should ask the company." you had joked, not realizing how serious he had taken you as he spun around childishly on your office chair.

"wherever i must go, take me there, now."

Xiao

You were tired and hungry, so yes, you shouldn't have been driving late at night with those two concerns in the back of your head; but alas, you decided to risk it without much thought to it all. You couldn't argue that you weren't entirely at fault for hitting the dual hair colored man that had seemingly fallen from the sky... because it one hundred and twenty percent was.

"I'm so sorry!" You screeched rushing out of the driver's seat of your car, the headlights blinding you once the short man came into view as you kneeled above him.

When you got no response, you started to panic like any normal and sane person would. But were you really normal or sane if you had just possibly killed someone?? It was accidental of course, but that didn't change anything...

"Are you alive?" Despite shaking the man multiple times, and gently patting his cheek, he didn't budge. "Oh my fucking god-"

I should call the ambulance, you thought, slender fingers twitching as you searched your pockets for your phone, finding them all empty.

Without much thought, you were on your feet and dashing towards your car to search your phone to call the cops. You were frantically searching your car for what felt like an eternity until it finally found purchase in your hand, having been between the seat and middle console.

"What the hell..."

The man was gone? How? You had shaken and jabbed at his cheeks, and nothing. There wasn't even a pulse when you checked minutes ago. How had he been able to get up and just walk off? When you hit him nonetheless with a car???

"Am I insane?" You asked yourself. Checking in front of the car a few more times, even peering into the dark forest surrounding you on both sides, only to find you were at a loss for words when you saw no sight of the man anywhere.

You knew you were exhausted, but not so much so you were imagining things...

Though as soon as you turned to get back into your car, you felt something sharp press against your spine, emitting a screech from you.

There, behind you was none other than the man you had hit less than thirty minutes ago. Alive, staring at you with glowing golden eyes illuminated by the dark, in his hand, a sharp stick pointed at you like a spear.

"Are you alive?"

"Of course I'm alive, idiot."

"B-But I killed you?! You weren't breathing, there wasn't a pulse!"

"I was pretending."

"You asshole! You terrified me!"

when you eventually get over the initial shock of assuming you had killed the man, only to realize he was just pretending, air eased into your lungs.

you could FINALLY breathe.

and when your heart rate slowed down, you were able to actually focus on him and that's when you realized who he was.

xiao... one of the most popular characters from the video game genshin impact, who, unfortunately, you didn't get the chance to wish for months ago.

your first question was, "how are you here?" followed by you wondering if he was okay after you'd hit him... surely that hurt, right?

xiao obviously was just as confused as you, gripping the stick that appeared to be a homemade spear, like a vice...

he hadn't let it go, even when you guided him into the passenger seat of your car, promising you wouldn't kill or harm him in any way...

let's just say he doesn't trust you, for MANY reasons.

one, you hit him with your fucking VEHICLE, probably going anywhere between 50-60mph.

two, this world is strange... he had been stumbling through this world aimlessly for a while, even before the sun fell, and he had seen some pretty weird things, one being the thing that struck him...

and lastly, you were a complete stranger, seemingly out for blood in his eyes.

ofc he couldn't just trust you!?

once the situation of how he came to be here is explained thoroughly, and you both somewhat understand what's happening, xiao is still on edge lets be real.

it takes two weeks for xiao to settle into your apartment comfortably, feeling at ease when he reaches into your fridge for food or even just relaxed enough to sleep on your couch comfortably.

it took three weeks after his arrival for him to ditch his attire that didn't help him blend in whatsoever, and wear your world's clothes, and it took three months after this to forget what he was supposed to be doing; finding a way back to liyue.

your world is insanely comfortable in his eyes. no raging battles or wars to be fought, not everyone is depending on him for their own safety, you tell him you have law enforcement for that! and he also finds it much easier.

food ready for whenever he's hungry, no need to wait weeks for crops to grow or worry about them being edible. things are much tastier too! coffee in his world was so bitter, and raw... but here, there's so much to add to the bitter mixture! xiao enjoys his iced coffee topped with a bit of whipped cream ;)

and no visions... something he never thought he wouldn't take for granted.

8.9.21, rayofsunas

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