#I want to write a portia route fic

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It's time ladies and gentlemen

Arcana characters as Disney's Hercules

I promise not all of these are gonna be Disney themed lol I'm just a Muriel simp (if you couldn't tell) and when I originally came up with the Disney princess idea Muriel as Hercules started rotting a hole through my brain so here we are! Also, we're gonna get some side character/familiar action here as well, yay!

Asra, Nadia, Julian, & Portia - the muses

Are there other characters that these four could fit? Probably

Am I going to fit them there? No

Someone needs to be the muses, and I choose these 4

From left to right (since none of the muses are named) Portia, Julian, Nadia, & the last two get subsumed into Asra

Idk I think they'd have fun jamming out & watching Muriel do his thing

Lucio - Hades

Oh god I can hear the Lucio simps screeching at me in the comments already

But consider: am I wrong tho

Let's face it bro is the villain in every route but his own and the cynical, "better than thou" personality that they both share just fits so well

Plus this version of Hades is a Satan analog who makes binding deals with others for his own benefit, and doesn't that sound like a certain devil we all know?

Not to mention both of them are trying to escape the realms they've been assigned & make themselves god king of everything

Two words: ✨anger issues✨

Morga - Phil

And now we get to the fun characters outside the M6

I will admit, Phil is a lot nicer than Morga, but jaded older mentor figure trying to make up for failed prodigies fits

Plus, Morga was Muriel's mentor in his route

I feel like both also fit into the role of proud parent figure by the end of their respective stories

And both are disapproving of their pupil's romances lol

Inanna - Pegasus

Admittedly Inanna is a bit more no-nonsense than Pegasus is, but she can still be goofy and fun when she wants to

Incredibly supportive of their human companions, important assets in battle, their appearance started the main character on a path for a better and more fulfilling life

Not much else to say here it just works

Vlastomil and Volta - Pain & Panic

Honestly idk if I can fit Vulgora and Valdemar into the Hercules narrative, but at least I could get these two in here

Vlastomil is Pain and Volta is Panic; I realize both could probably fit into Panic's role as they are the more timid and mild mannered courtiers, but I've chosen things this way because Volta is a little bit more flighty and afraid to commit crimes like Panic, where as Vlastomil is a bit more bold (when he's allowed to be) and better fits Pain

There's also the whole shape shifting deal they can all do

Khamgalai - Zeus

This one.....is a bit weird ngl, I'm still not quite sure about it

Honestly this is the ONLY time I will conflate someone so near & dear to my heart with Zeus

Mostly this all fits into the "detached/secret family member" archetype

And....I mean Zeus in this narrative at least is actually very kind & caring, as well as a proud dad which is similar enough to Khamgalai to work ok

Plus they both act as a guide for the main character when they're trying to find/drifting away from the plot a little bit

Merf (my MC) - Meg

Ok

I know what you're thinking

And I'm going to state once again that I am a huge Muriel simp

My MC is also a self insert, and for as long as I can remember I've always identified the most with Meg, more than any of the other Disney women

Anyone who has read my fic, seen the stuff I've posted about my character either on this blog or others, or even just talked to me on the arcana discord started by @iliveforyouilongforyouvesuvia can probably see that our personalities are very similar

Meg is very special to me as a character and I'm literally writing a post about mashing together my beloved and one of my favorite Disney movies, I'm not apologizing for conflating her with myself

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Headcanons:

Asexual MC (Main 6)

Out of Control MC (Main 6)

Hypothermic MC (Muriel)

Forced Gladiator Rebel MC (Julian, Muriel, Asra)

Immortal MC (Main 6)

Masseuse/Masseur MC (Main 6)

Oblivious MC Pt 1 (Julian, Portia, Lucio, Muriel, Asra)

Oblivious MC Pt 2 (Nadia)

Bard MC (Main 6)

MC with Otter Familiar (Julian, Portia, Lucio, Muriel)

Random Headcanons Pt 1 (Main 6)

Random Headcanons Pt 2 (Main 6)

Random Headcanons Pt 3 (Main 6)

Intense and Adorable MC (Main 6)

Truth or Dare Compliments (Main 6)

Sports Day! (Main 6 + Nadia’s Family)

Return to the Lazaret Alone Pt 1 (Julian)

Return to the Lazaret Alone Pt 2 (Portia)

Return to the Lazaret Alone Pt 3 (Lucio)

Return to the Lazaret Alone Pt 4 (Muriel)

Return to the Lazaret Alone Pt 5 (Asra)

Return to the Lazaret Alone Pt 6 (Nadia)

MC with Love Language of Touch (Main 6)

Returned Memories (Main 6)

Accidental Potion Drinking (Main 6)

Post-Route Nap (Main 6)

Artist MC (Julian, Muriel)

Immortal MC & Reincarnated LI Pt 1 (Julian, Portia, Lucio)

Immortal MC & Reincarnated LI Pt 2 (Muriel, Asra, Nadia)

Badass & Chill MC (Main 6)

Shifter MC Pt 1 (Julian)

Shifter MC Pt 2 (Portia)

Shifter MC Pt 3 (Lucio)

Shifter MC Pt 4 (Muriel)

Shifter MC Pt 5 (Asra)

Shifter MC Pt 6 (Nadia)

MC Singing Hoist the Colours (Julian, Portia)

MC Who Leaves With Asra During the Plague (Asra)

Homemade Gift-Giver MC (Main 6)

Hypochondriac MC (Main 6)

MC with Shaking Hands (Main 6)

Winter Days! (Main 6)

Moth Hybrid MC (Portia, Muriel, Nadia)

Overly Kind MC (Julian, Portia, Lucio, Nadia)

Supposedly Mute MC (Main 6)

Artist MC Drawing Their LI (Main 6)

Shy Musician MC (Main 6)

Vegetarian MC (Main 6)

Time Travelling MC & LI Meet Past LI (Main 6)

MC Transported From Our World (Main 6)

MC Who is Close with Their LI’s Patron (Main 6)

MC Cooking LI’s Favourite Meal (Main 6)

Domestic Headcanons (Main 6)

Overly Affectionate MC (Main 6)

Jealousy (Main 6)

Cuddly MC (Main 6)

Favourite Songs/Music Headcanons (Main 6)

MC Losing Their Memories Again (Main 6)

Wholesome Headcanons (Main 6)

Wholesome Headcanons Pt 2 (Main 6)

Wholesome Headcanons Pt 3 (Main 6)

MC Injured by The Devil (Main 6)

LI Growing a Beard (Julian, Lucio, Muriel, Asra)

MC with Dermatillomania (Main 6)

MC Falling Asleep on LI (Main 6)

MC Losing a Family Member (Main 6, angst)

MC Losing a Family Member (Main 6, comfort)

Shapeshifting MC (Main 6)

MC Falling Out of Love (Main 6)

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Ice Skater MC (Main 6)

Injured LI (Main 6)

MC Finding a Newborn Baby (Main 6)

Lucio with a Baby

MC Having a Breakdown Haircut (Main 6)

MC Referring to LI as Wife/Spouse/Husband (Main 6)

Celebrating MC’s Birthday! (Main 6)

MC with a Family Member LI Dislikes (Main 6)

Healer MC (Main 6)

LI’s Familiar Comforting Sad MC (Main 6 Familiars)

Caring for Mentally Unwell MC (Main 6)

LI Reacting to Someone Declaring Their Love to Uncomfortable and Taken MC (Main 6)

MC Getting Their Heart Ripped Out (Main 6)

Mean & Soft MC (Main 6)

Hugs (Main 6)

LI Witnessing MC’s Bad Breakup (Main 6)

Flowers from MC (Main 6)

MC with Dangerous Familiar (Main 6)

Undiagnosed Weak MC (Julian, Asra, Nadia)

LI’s Familiar Preferring MC (Main 6)

Secretly Royal MC (Main 6)

Modern MC Playing an Otome Game (Main 6)

LI Interrupting MC’s Wedding (Main 6)

MC with Chronic Pain (Julian, Portia, Lucio, Muriel, Asra)

Fanfics:

MC with Chronic Pain (Nadia)

MC Remembering Their Death (Asra)

Other:

Pronunciation of Character Names

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Bitchbaby Lucio? Asdfsdfsd that's not very nice. NH did pull a lot of punches with Lucio's route though, I feel considering what he's like in the rest of the game there should've been at least a little resistance to change or a scene where he argues with the MC. Like when Asra warned MC he makes enemies as quickly as friends I was hoping it was foreshadowing they were going to have a falling out later on over something but nope... they went full board in making him an antagonist in other routes and then played it safe and woobified him in his own. :(

bitchbaby is default lucio, u know this to be true

and yeah 1) i looked at his character archetype and knew they weren't going to be able to handle it properly from the start (this is also why i'm picky about other people's lucio HCs/fics i'm sorry) and 2) they really needed more chapters for each book for the 2nd routes, especially his

it feels the weakest of all 6, at least up to the endings (bc i haven't got there) and i got the feeling that they didn't really? care?? that much? like they could have easily just dumped him without a save portia type event at any time

i don't like that they make mc choose between lucio and freedom, bc it would be a lot more compelling if they made HIM choose between mc and something he wants

and i would have liked a bit more spine outside of "getting caught up in murder nostalgia in the realms" bc this is a dangerous man and mc needs to remember that if they want to keep domesticating him

i still need to re-read it and pick out what i want so i can write my own version although i think other people are def doing it by now

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9-14 for the arcana ask

Thank you for these! I feel like I don’t really talk as much about the actual M6 (other than shit posts lol) so this will be fun lol Please do not come @ me if you disagree with my opinions

9-14 were opinions on the M6, so I’ll just list them out!

Asra

I think I enjoy the fan art and fanfiction of Asra more than..... what we get of them in the game

I haven’t been able to finish playing his route tbh but I do enjoy a lot of the yearning and self repression themes though— I am. A sucker for it. (I’m queer. LMFAO) I love the sass, but a lot of his actions frustrate me even though I understand his reasonings why. His intense emotions also just scare the flighty Sagittarius in me ya know ?? LOL

I think he has the most opportunity for really interesting and touching fic elements, and I plan on doing more with him and Donna in the future, he just isn’t my favorite character nor is his route a favorite of mine (despite him being almost the mascot of the game for a bit lol)

Muriel

I think Muriel is the character with the most wasted potential next to maybe Portia? I think he kinda always gets the short end of the stick in mostly every route (we gotta stop fucking in this man’s home 😭😭), but he’s one of the funnier characters and more unique ones from the cast.

His backstory is the most complex and could have potentially been extremely interesting, but when it played out in his route, it just. Didn’t hit for me. I did relate a lot to his struggles with PTSD and anxiety, though, and I did appreciate those genuine moments in his route that really highlighted that and did it well (let’s ignore the forced anxiety attack kiss yes ??)

I’m very particular about the Muriel content I read/look at tbh LMAO But some of my fave fics are the ones where I write with him, so I should do it more often tbh

Portia

I LOVE. MY WIFE!!!

Honestly out of all of the M6, she is the most genuine and most like pure hearted ? But she’s also a freak and I love that for her lmfao She literally just wants to help her friends and family. She’s funny, super quick thinking, competent, but she also fucks up!! And I love that she fucks up! I find so much of her and her arc to be very relatable, and she’s just GORGEOUS LMAO

Her route is one of my favorites (even during its lulls), and I just. Love Portia?? I think the devs truly sleep on her and her potential, and I really need to write more with her and Donna as I love them together 😭

Julian

Julian is why I even got into the game: he is my type to a capital T lmfao

The Devoraks have my heart lmfao but I love this feral sub of a man! He’s so dynamic and dramatic, and yet very intelligent and charming when he wants to be. I am. Weak. For his faux suave persona lmao But I do really enjoy his like genuine, heartfelt moments though, and I also think he has one of the more compelling arcs. His feelings for MC also don’t seem as suffocating (in the beginning anyway), which I appreciated.

All of these are ending with me saying “I don’t write this character enough!!” but I truly don’t LMFAOO even though he is one of my faves. I’ll probably do another Julian/Valerius fic one day as that’s a slept on ship 👀

Lucio

I have a. Love/hate relationship with him. I really enjoy him outside of his route a lot, and I also like (in general) a lot of the fan art of him. And his route gave some good little bits of lore to make good, complicated fics with tbh

But honestly sometimes Lucio is just..... annoying in his route ? LMFAO which I’m not sure is going to be a popular opinion but yeah. I’m really not a fan of “fix you” stories unless like it’s done well (I say this as a Valerius stan but shhh), and the MC corruption in the reverse is just not good or really sold well. I don’t like how MC is basically Lucio’s new mommy who needs to tell him to like say please and thank you :///

I would have LOVED if his route just kept him a villain and WE changed for the worse. I think it would be very original and fun to just go ape shit. What we got felt very generic, and he just felt like a dumb standard boy with dogs ? Which isn’t what I fell in love with initially when I played the game 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ but he has POTENTIAL and I love when people utilize it lmao

Nadia

I am a Nadia SIMP, and if she were real, she truly could do whatever she wanted to me.

Next to Portia, she’s one of my favorite characters. Her route truly makes her so human upon re-playing, and I love both her growth or her corruption so much! She has the range baby!!

She always stands out too in almost all the routes she’s in, which can’t be said for the other M6. I think it reads that even the writers really like working with her, and it shows in how subtly funny and outwardly charming she is. She is the moment and her route is my all time favorite 😭😭

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hi! could you maybe write something for muriel where the mc hears him talking to asra about how he doesn’t like the mc’s constant touching and how she talks too much, so the mc completely stops touching him and only speaks when spoken to? and maybe the main six realising more and more that the mc is keeping to herself and trying to find out what’s wrong, but she’s deeply hurt and embarrassed? sorry if that is too specific, it’s a dream i’ve had x

I’m gonna take it you want a she/her apprentice for this one? There aren’t any names here but there are gonna be she/her pronouns! Heads up here!

I wrote a little fic for it. First person since I’m still trying to get a hang of second it’s a work in progress XDD.

This is very angsty with Muriel and Apprentice (kinda ooc Muriel? Idk think of this as towards the start of his route. I love him so much this hurt to write)

Also sorry this didn’t go over everything you asked lol this got a little long but maybe I’ll add more later if y’all want ^^!

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TW: None.

Tags: Angst, tears, hurt/comfort, good friend Asra, great friend Faust. Lot’s and lot’s of angst. 

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My day started like any other. 

Woke up to Asra’s soft snoring and Faust’s little tongue blepping out as they snuggled together on their half of the bed. I was a bit groggy and my body ached, but I got up and ready for the day. 

Making breakfast I thought about what I would for the day. Nadia and Portia were out. Julian was making housecalls all day, I didn’t know what Asra was going to do but judging by his snores he would be asleep for a while. 

A grin broke it’s way across my face as I thought about visiting Muriel. I’ve been meaning to say hi again to the ladies (the chickens) and give Inanna a gift I had made for her a bit ago. 

I finished up breakfast and hurried to get my things together. Surprised, I found no Asra in our bed. He must’ve left while I was eating. 

It was no matter, I had a mountain man to see! My heart fluttered a little as I thought about him, he just...he made me so happy. 

His little blushes, when he actually smiled. Oh that soft smile was killer. I couldn’t be mad or sad when he gave me that soft little smile. 

My skin buzzed as I thought about touching him. Running my hands along his arm as we talked (me talking more, chattering on about what was going on in the shop and what everyone was doing while he listened, nodding along).

I seemed to skip on my way to his house, humming a happy song I heard a while back from Julian. 

“Hi little Apprentice! How are you?” Selasi called, smiling at me. I waved vigorously, grinning back at him.

“I’m doing great Selasi! Going to see a friend!”

“Would you like some pumpkin bread for the lucky person? New batch is coming out of the oven now!”

I pursed my lips, fighting back another large grin. “Okay! I brought enough for it anyways!”

“Ohh dear you don’t need to pay I’ll make it special for you!”

“Selasi this is a very poor business you’re running,” I chided with a laugh. “Let me pay for it, please.”

He sighed before laughing. “Stubborn as ever, fine. But it’s half off. Just for you.” He winked, making me roll my eyes. I would not win this fight.  

I paid for the bread, Selasi handing it to me in a small bundle. The spices wafted up to my face, making me sigh with happiness. 

Selasi laughed, waving me off as I headed back to the forest. “Have fun up there apprentice!”

I waved back with a large smile. “I will!”

It didn’t take long for me to get to the forest and begin my trek through it. My cloak got caught on a few branches but it didn’t do anything to sway my mood. I was determined to stay happy today.

Today was going to be a good day. 

Turning against the now beaten path, I spotted Muriel’s hut. I picked up my cloak and started to run, the chickens running around my feet, cooing at me. I bent over to run my hands along their backs. Their feathers were so soft, almost like silk. 

I wondered if he used a charm when bathing them, or maybe they just were taken care of so well their feathers reflected it.

“Hey ladies, can you point me in the direction of Muriel?” I asked, one of the chickens squawking like a reply. 

I nodded, pretending to understand. “Oh! He’s inside his hut? Thank you darling I’ll head there right away.” Another squawk. “And bring food out. Don’t worry.”

Tucking the bread into my side, I made my way to his door. I wanted to surprise him with the pumpkin bread, he seemed to like it a lot. Even asked Selasi for the recipe (the former replying with a wink saying ‘that’s a family secret’)

I could hear muffled voices when I got to the door. The door was cracked open. I tensed, magic sparking at my fingertips. 

Then I heard Asra’s voice and relaxed. I smiled again. He was here! Great! He would be ecstatic over the pumpkin bread I brought.

I snuck closer, listening to their conversation. It sounded heated. I stopped moving. “-I just hate how touchy she is!” Muriel’s voice. 

I froze. 

Was...was he talking about me? I was the only person to touch him as often as I did but...

“Muriel she doesn’t mean any harm by it! She’s just friendly!”

“Yes but I don’t like it when she gets so close to me like that. Like she’s always got to be touching me or she’ll die.”

I froze. 

When Asra dropped my name my blood ran cold in my veins. 

“Muriel she’s just being friendly. She loves you and she loves being around you. Touch is how she communicates that!”

“Yes but she talks so much and I never can get away. She always so touchy and always talking. It makes my head hurt. What if I want to be alone?!”

Asra let out a small sigh. “I understand. I know what you’re feeling but Muriel please understand she loves touch and she loves having conversations with you.”

“She just talks too much. Touches too much. It’s all too much.”

Each word was a knife to my heart. 

I did talk too much. I did touch him too much. And he hated me for it. Of course he hated me for it. 

Tears sprung up in my eyes. I didn’t know any of this. He never told me any of this.

I thought he was fine with it, used to it!

It just hurt so badly. 

Swiping at my eyes I turned and started to run. I dropped the pumpkin bread along the way but I didn’t care. I just needed to get away from them. Away from Muriel especially.

I let out a choked sob, tree branches scratching my arms and my cheeks. My tears fell faster and faster, my stomach curdling. All hopes for a good day were dashed. 

Tripping on a branch I went sprawling, my cries getting stuck in my throat as I pushed myself to sit upright. My hands were scratched up and they stung but I didn’t care. My cries were silent, my chest heaved and my body trembled. 

There was a cracking of twigs to my left. I tensed, but it was only Faust.

Friend?

I sniffed. “I’m fine Faust. Go back to Asra.” She flicked her tongue at me.

Friend hurt!

“Faust I’m fine.” I snapped. She blinked, and she stopped swaying. I wanted to bite back my words. Just because I was hurt and upset didn’t mean I could make her feel like that. “Faust I’m...sorry. I just...”

Muriel? Touch? Friend sad.

I nodded. “Nailed it right on the head.” She slithered closer, curling onto my lap. I ran my hand along her head and down the coil of her body.

Faust help.

“I don’t know if you can help...Muriel hates me. I’m so stupid!” My hands shook. My head was starting to hurt. Dizziness would soon set in. My hands, arms and face were still bleeding. 

Friend not stupid! Friend smart!

“Friend hurt another friend by not picking up body language clues.” Faust looked down at my bloodied palms.

Friend needs help.

I smiled, tears rolling down my cheeks. “Yeah. Yeah. I’ll just go home. A-And sleep.” My voice cracked as I spoke. “I want this all to be a dream,” I whispered to the snake on my lap.

The day had just started and I already wanted it to be over.

Faust curled around my arm. Faust come with friend.

I got to my feet, my legs shaking under me. I’d go home, clean up, sleep...and then....figure something out from there. 

“Thank you Faust,” I said softly making my way home.

~~

The days after that moved slow and sluggish. Asra watched me, concerned with my wellbeing. I didn’t eat much. And I was sleeping more. 

I knew he knew. When he brought back the cheesecloth the bread was in I knew he knew. 

He didn’t mention it. We only went about our days. 

Me only talking to Faust in fractured sentences. Whenever I saw Muriel I kept silent unless he spoke first. 

I never touched anyone, keeping my hands curling into my sides, tucked into my arms. 

Just not touching him.

He seemed to notice my behaviour with a wrinkle in his brow and a small huff. 

I didn’t care. I didn’t care.

I didn’t care about how my skin ached without touch. I didn’t care about how I wanted to cry every time to open my mouth to give a short answer to a question or conversation. 

I didn’t want to make him uncomfortable. I didn’t want him to hate me.

So I swallowed into myself. 

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#the arcana #the arcana fic #the arcana muriel #muriel x apprentice #she/her apprentice #uses pronouns but no names! #muriel #apprentice #angst angst angst #lotsa angst #writing requests still open! #fic request

[koteosa]

I just had an idea for a fic and I don’t know if I have the energy or motivation to write it myself, so, if anyone wants to do it yourself you’re free to use everything I’ve written here (but if you’re going to use Everything instead of just the basic concept maybe credit me? idk I won’t enforce it I don’t care enough)

Basically it’s a roleswap, except, prior to the “last” masquerade, everything is exactly the same. It’s the events during and after the “last” masquerade that change, resulting in characters swapping their roles in the story

Nadia and Lucio

Lucio doesn’t die, Nadia does (sort of). The Count continues to be Lucio, he somehow is perfectly healthy, and he’s Very Mad at a certain magician. In the three years since the masquerade he has been trying to get rid of the plague curse thing (the only reason he cares is because he doesn’t want to get sick again) though The Devil has promised him that if he can arrange another ritual, they can fix that and create paradise etc etc. He employs Julian to magically suck the plague out of everyone like wow! Miracle Cure! I am now absolved of ALL responsibility!!!

Nadia definitely died in a fire don’t try looking for her body it totally burned to a crisp and wasn’t stolen or anything. She definitely isn’t a ghost haunting the palace and slowly turning into some type of owl creature as she searches for a way to steal her body back from Lucio because he definitely didn’t take it!!! That didn’t happen!!! Don’t look into it!!!!!!

The plague continues to be a problem. Lucio and co do absolutely nothing and put all the responsibility on Julian, luckily he is charismatic and capable of getting a community behind him to help (and his mark has made him a lot less Hopeless and Depressed because now he can Do Something that Matters)

Asra and Julian

Julian continues as normal, though business at his clinic is booming because he can cure anything (with his mark) in an instant! Including the plague! Nevermind the strain it puts on his body, you think this man cares? You think it’ll stop him?? Though he can’t fix the apprentice’s memories, and he’s tried, considering he’s now their caretaker (more on that later) and feels terrible, because he must solve literally everything ever because every problem in the world is Julian’s problem according to Julian

Asra is now on the run from the law, and immediately flees Vesuvia to escape getting executed by the Count for killing the Countess. Though, he’s really pretty sure that didn’t happen and Lucio is making it all up but he doesn’t remember what actually happened to make Lucio want him dead. He’s been travelling the world trying to figure some things out, while astral projecting in an attempt to reach the apprentice in their dreams, but he doesn’t succeed until the prologue

The apprentice ends up with Julian; the aftermath of the ritual is so chaotic that Asra is separated from them and can’t find or get to them afterwards. Julian finds them and takes them to his clinic to care for them and they just never leave since neither of them know where they’re supposed to be. Asra never finds them before having to flee for his life.

The apprentice naturally falls back into learning magic, and Mazelinka teaches them before they go about seeking knowledge on their own, flooding the clinic with magic tomes and such. They’re more medically trained than normal as they help out in Julian’s clinic to repay him for taking care of them all this time.

Julian suspects some things about the apprentice’s past for exactly two reasons; One, they’re magic. Two, they get a bad brain reaction from walking past the shop, so Julian had to invent a way to prevent them from going anywhere near it. That’s enough that he starts to wonder if Asra has something to do with this, since, the reaction to the shop is not a reaction they get from any other magic shop or fortune telling tent. Though he convinces himself Asra cursed both of them and wonders why Asra hates the apprentice so much (not realizing he couldn’t be any farther away from the truth)

Muriel and Portia

Muriel hasn’t seen Asra in three years and has been waiting for him to reappear, frequently visiting the shop to keep it maintained and protected. This starts right after the masquerade, when he goes to the shop in search of Asra and finds that the Count’s guards had it ransacked. His mark makes it so that no one even remembers him going in and out of the shop, and he uses this stealth to help Asra once he reappears. Though Asra doesn’t go to Muriel right after getting back, not wanting to endanger him since the Count and Muriel aren’t exactly besties. They end up running into each other in the prologue instead.

Portia shows up in Vesuvia in search of her brother. She learns about how messed up it is at the palace from him, and she starts getting suspicious; though Julian hasn’t had time to think too deeply about that. He urges Portia to flee so she doesn’t get sick; instead she gets a job at the palace where it’s “safe” and Julian won’t freak out (joke’s on her, he’ll still freak out). She sneaks around trying to figure out the truth and takes over the cottage in the process, which no one cares enough about to stop her.

Lucio notices what she’s doing and threatens her to scare her into hiding away in her cottage, avoiding him and his courtiers to the best of her ability. She ends up feeling powerless in a way that makes her angry, but she can’t do anything, and stagnates. She knows a lot more than every other character about what’s actually going on, but has no one she can tell about it without causing lots of problems.

(Wouldn’t be surprised if Lucio villain monologued everything to her like what are you gonna do about it? No One Will Ever Believe You)

What’s the threat? Well Lucio knows where Julian and Mazelinka live and it’s not like he cares that deeply about letting either of them continue to live

Muriel ends up in a more active role (in other people’s routes), helping the apprentice and/or Asra sneak around or doing things for them that only he can do because he won’t get caught. Meanwhile Portia takes on a less active role (in other people’s routes), providing information to the apprentice and/or Asra and/or Julian in hopes they’ll do something valuable with it.

#the arcana #asra alnazar #julian devorak #lucio morgasson #nadia satrivana #muriel kokhuri #portia devorak #writing #not art #text #ideas #the arcana writing

[motherofqups]

I really feel like I have three almost separate relationships with the Arcana at this point:

The fandom: A mixed bag of very high highs and *very* low lows. I’ve met some wonderful people (some I readily call friends) and gotten avid support for my fanworks; I’ve also seen criticism and misunderstanding spiral into toxicity, alongside straight-up bullying and mob mentality, alongside a complete lack of gray and nuanced thinking. Some folks are hilarious and have me cry laughing at their HCs, their memes, and some discourse is so detailed and thought provoking that I’m amazed at how people just... *think* differently than me, know so much more than I do about certain topics and are willing to share with the world. And some of the diskhorse makes my eyes water with how insipid it feels, largely a flimsy mask for straight up character assassination and fandom tribalism.

The work (my work): Fuxj, dude, I love writing, and I loved - LOVED - writing the Oracle. I mean it when I say that the Oracle kept me alive the year I was writing it. But I wrote it largely in isolation from the fandom, only dropping in on AO3 to leave anon-likes on my favorite fics. I have written far less once engaging more with the fandom HERE because it feels, some days, absolutely exhausting to keep up with the constant drama. This is not to point a finger at the fandom for my own executive dysfunction - it’s more to highlight how distracting it can be from, yknow, the actual art that people are making and producing and consuming, and not actually creating an environment that encourages and nourishes that creation. When I’m in my zone, just writing and dreaming and problem solving and editing, it all melts away. When I’m responding to the largely positive comments on AO3, I’m light and sweet and full of gratitude. But when I open tumblr to do the same, to market the work and support my fellow creators, I’m bombarded with negative energy. It’s barely worth the squeeze. Discord is the same: I left one because I felt so unwelcome and my opinions and perspectives unwanted; another was straight up Yeeted into the ether because of drama. (I’m in yet another that is absolutely lovely and supportive and full of fine folks, if much, much smaller and quieter.)

The canon: I can’t open the app without getting frustrated, without feeling a deep sense of disappointment. These last three routes have been an absolute train wreck of bad writing, pandering, and - to me - a lack of any kind of romantic spark. (Except for Portia’s - she has some REALLY GOOD moments interspersed with some extremely meh chapters and interactions.) The beauty of the first three was the mystery and the worldbuilding, however flawed - and the characters are so rich and delicately intertwined. The last three have felt like utter hack jobs in comparison - and those characters, certainly, deserved the expert craftsmanship the others received, because they were BUILT UP so much in the first three routes. All the spark that attracted me to the narrative at first is just - gone.

All of this is to say - I don’t know where to go from here. I want to write W&M, but every day the fandom seems to degrade more and more, and there seems to be less and less interest in alternate routes, esp routes that don’t follow the ‘canon’ to the letter. (I use canon loosely here - I don’t take any Dev Ex Machina or Word of Dev as canon, which I know is not the sentiment of the rest of the fandom.) I am also very, very much grieving the loss of someone who was essentially a parent, and all of THIS *gestures at everything* is colored by THAT.

Idk man, maybe what I need is a real tumblr hiatus too and just write in relative fandom isolation again. But I’m getting too old for this shit. How do y’all do this and keep going

#a moc rant/ramble #this probably made 0 sense but it’s for me so idk fam take it or leave it #love y’all if you’re still reading this #diskhorse #the arcana game

[muriels-bitch]

A small update

Hello friends! I’m sorry for the long stretch of inactivity with writing and responding to people. I’ve kind of been out of this fandom for a while, but I’m definitely keeping the account up since I will inevitably get on every Muriel update and scream about it lol.

I just wanted to say a HUGE thanks to everyone who has been commenting on my writing, it means a whole lot! It’s really nice that I still get comments and I still get people asking for more. I’m sure I’ll write a few more fics here and there, so I hope they’ll all be as satisfactory as any ones I made in the past.

Anyways, you guys are great and I really appreciate you 🥰 no go play Portia’s route

#personal

[viviae]

Hey like here’s the thing

Telling Portia stans to just “give up” and “write our own ending” because “we don’t deserve the shit the devs put us through” is one: rude, two: privileged, and three: patronizing as fuck

Not everyone wants to write a whole ending. Some us want to consume content that is canonical. We want to know how this ends.

“But I don’t like the way my preferred route end so I rewrote it-“ congrats! You got to learn what your canonical ending was and make judgements for what you wish you saw instead. I can’t guess how this story ends there is a lot of layers and theories for what will happen in Portia’s route because her writer has put in so much extra time and care to develop the plot. I want to see what it all leads up to.

I’m not a writer, that’s fine i know I’m not. I don’t want to write Portia’s story I want to read it and make my own judgements.

You have an OCEAN of content for your fave, I don’t, Portia has around 50 whole fics in her ao3 tag and Valerius nearly has double that. Over half the fics in her tag don’t even have her in it. I get nothing but canon content because fandom doesn’t support Portia stans or any content really made for her. So why would I ditch a beautifully written canon story just to get shit on by fandom? Realize that when Portia stans complain about fandom treatment we are coming from a place of personally dealing with it. And the fact I have had to make post after post complaining about this is even more clownery.

Go play the fucking free content the devs give you

#eren.txt #honestly shut the fuck #im so exhausted #julian stans dni #if you feel targetted by this then #well #you know #im so tired of EVERY fucking time i talk about portia #i have to deal with this bullshit #vent // #fandom wank

[nazali-md]

Get to know my apprentice!

1. Name? Surname? Goes by Scilla. Surname not needed.

2. Any family? Only faint memories

3. Any familiar? A smartass fly named Myiagros

4. Love Interest? Every single one. How does that work timeline-wise? You're asking the wrong person, I don't even know how my day is supposed to work timeline-wise.

5. Best strength in magic? Her biggest strength would be using magic in creative, unconventional ways. Naturally talented in wind magic. Coming from a family of travelling story-tellers, blessed with a literally enchanting voice. Well versed in hiding her presence, altering her appearance, passing through unnoticed and being forgotten quickly.  

6. Favourite colour?  Royal blue, gold, and wine red

7. Favourite number? 4

8. Sexuality? Pan & Polyamorous

9. Weird hobby? Occasionally raising the dead.

10. Favourite season? Summer

11. Favourite weather? Warm but windy. Also night storms.

12. Favourite place in Vesuvia? The Fields

13. How does their laughter sound? Her honest laugh can only described as silent shaking. If you hear her laugh at you, she wants you to hear.

14. How do they look when they cry? 2 types: the Hollywood perfect fake crying, silent tears streaming down her cheekbones, artfully smudged facial paint; and the red eyes, voice breaking, lots of yelling, frustration crying  

15. What do they like to wear? Lots of colour, lots of layers, patterns resembling the night sky. Fond of cloaks, capes, headscarves, veils and flashy facial paint. Anything that helps her hide her facial features. She has little regard to fashion though, and mostly just wears whatever was on the top of the clean pile. It has some... interesting results.

16. What are their fears? Closed spaces, losing magic. Her biggest fear is that people important to her would abandon her after seeing her true shelf.  

17. What do they like to do Friday night? Clear weather? It's astronomy time. Otherwise she loves to go out dancing, and has no problem finding company. However if she's in the middle of some interesting magic stuff, well good luck, she's not going anywhere until it's finished.

18. Do they use makeup? Makeup, magic, magic reinforced makeup, it's all fair game. Mostly for fun. Illegal stuff, sometimes. All the flashy face paint. Lucio's crying in the corner.

19. Favourite food? Shrimps!

20. Favourite drink? Coffee

21. Zodiac sign? Aquarius

22. Day of birth? Classified information

23. Favourite play? Richard III

24. Favourite music? Her taste of music is somewhere right next to her fashion sense

25. Favourite song? Tinariwen - Nánnufláy

26. What are their aesthetics? The endless night sky, copper wind chimes, sand shifting, the piper of Hamelin, cornflowers in wheat fields, the call of the road, tall buildings with gargoyles, untameable hair, mountain peaks and open fields, scarf gone with the wind, dancing barefoot, the milky way

27. What is their style? Eclectic

28. What is their height? Taller than Asra, shorter than Nadia

29. Any mental health issues? Fear of abandonment, slight anxiety  

30. Any health issues in general? Not quite an issue, but very sensitive to cold

31. Favourite book? The Decameron

32. Favourite book genre? Folktales, short stories, anecdotes. Also a lot of non-fiction.  

33. Favourite time of the day? Night

34. If they weren’t a magician, who would they be? Hard question. Being a magician is a large part of her sense of self. She's already a successful shop owner and spy on the side, so probably one of those. She also made a decent healer.

35. Do they believe in ghosts? It kinda comes with her job.

36. Do they believe in demons? Same as above.

37. Do they like sports? Depends. She's pretty fit, but sports involving a lot of rules aren't her thing.

38. Favourite dessert? Chocolate. And those fancy pastries with a million layers.

39. What is their biggest motivation to solve Lucio’s killer mystery? Curiosity and boredom.  

40. What do they think of Lucio so far? (I'll answer these as how Scilla thinks of the LI's at the early stages of their routes) Very entertaining company, but oh boy, so dumb. It's endearing though. They both have secrets they're hesitant to share with each other, and neither of them is happy about the snow.

41. What do they think of Nadia so far? Ooh, challenge. Nadia not only pikes her interest, she really awakens Scilla's need to prove herself. She desperately wants to gain her respect and favour.  

42. What do they think of Asra so far? There's no life without Asra. He's already the centre of her world, but oh my god they were roommates. They love each other very dearly, but they can get under each other's skin in a second. Lots of frustration to work through.  

43. What do they think of Julian so far? She's having a ball, this man is chaos, and she thrives in chaos. He's one of the few who can keep up with her, both in incoherent trains of thoughts and semi-parkouring around the city.

44. What do they think of Portia so far? It was love at first sight, slow motion, cheesy music, everything. She tries to hide just how far she's fallen, because it's really stupid, she's not that easy to win over, but she's failing miserably. Scilla is prepared to do anything to save her from harm.

45. What do they think of Muriel so far? They got off the wrong foot, and he's really trying her patience, as Scilla is not used to people disliking her. They have a long way to go, and I have a long fic to write :(

46. Do they like animals? She grew up poor, so the concept of keeping animals as friends is weird to her. If Scilla sees an animal her mind automatically sorts it to edible/non edible, could be used for farm work/practically useless. This is one of her many conflicts with Muriel. Of course this changes with time and she'd never eat Faust or Pepi, but Camio's on thin fucking ice.

47. Are they allergic to anything? Humourless people

48. Do they have any talents (except magic)? Dancing and astronomy. Also has a knack for smooth social interactions.  

49. Do they get drunken easily? Hates to lose control over her actions, so she doesn't really drink.

50. What is their personality type?  no idea

51. What is their worst negative quality? Desire to control people, greed, mistrust, dishonesty, a tendency to start unnecessary arguments, impulsiveness, pettiness.  

52. What is their best positive quality? Creativity, attentiveness, sense of humour, willingness to help, friendliness, politeness, problem solving attitude.  

53. What is their position to fall asleep? CUDDLE. If only a pillow, then a pillow.

54. The most uncomfortable moment they ever experienced? Getting caught lying by Asra. She used magic to vanish on the spot.

55. Their happiest memory? Waking up surrounded by those she loves, and realising it's not Asra's turn to make breakfast.  

56. Do they blush? It doesn't really show on her skin.

57. Are they clumsy? Quite the opposite.  

58. Do they like jokes? Hell yeah.

59. How do they flirt? You've got to be careful with an enchanting voice, so it's mostly nonverbal, the right dress does all the talking for her. Casual touches, eyes lingering a bit too long. Letting the strap of the dress slide off her shoulders, or her shirt ride up a bit. In a relationship, she's ready to throw in some whispered dirty talk and not so casual touching.  

60. Favourite fruit? Grapes, blueberries and sour cherry.

Why, yes! I do have too much time on my hands due social distancing :)

The questions are originally from @gemarcana​ I think, picture made with picrew

#fan apprentice #the arcana #the arcana apprentice #the arcana oc #the arcana mc #the arcana game #apprentice scilla #60 questions #get to know my oc

[into-the-daniverse]

i’m not familiar enough with you or your ocs to make assumptions yet so i’ve got a few questions :) from the fic writer asks: 8, 16, 21 from the non-apprentice asks: 4, 7, 18, 19 (for any/all of your ocs) sorry if this is too much or if you’ve already answered these i’m a relatively new follower and i just love your characters (〃^ω^) i can’t wait to get to know them all!

Thank you!!! I’m so glad you’re here and you like my characters 🥰 

Apologies in advance, this is a bit long, lol

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Fic Writer Asks

16 from the Fic Writer Asks was answered here!

8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

His shoulders relaxed, and he cocked an eyebrow, confidence returned. “Well, of course. I can’t just let talent like yours go undiscovered. It’d be a sin.”

“I’d hardly call myself ‘undiscovered.’” Alec crossed her arms over her chest, giving him a pointed look.

He laughed, stretching his arms out to gesture around them. “To the world of theater, dear Alec! You may have the musical world wrapped around your little finger, but you are just a little starlet to the stage.”

Alec pouted, shoving her finger in his chest just enough to make him step back. “Just you wait— I’m going to take over the stage! Starting with this play, and you.”

“We’ll see, won’t we?” He turned with a grin towards the front door. “Now, can I walk you home, out the front door, or do you want to fly out the balcony window into the night like a bat?”

Tapping her chin, she followed after him, having to step quickly to match his long stride. “Having you walk me home sounds good; I think my wings need some rest.”

He stopped, glancing back at her, eyebrows furrowed. “You don’t actually have wings, do you?”

“Julian!”

Probably longer than a snippet, and I am incapable of writing a paragraph of just straight dialogue, but I really liked this interaction from their first meeting! I feel like it sets the tone for Alec and Julian’s relationship and dynamic.

21. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

I usually finish writing, read it through once, upload it, and then read it through again when it’s on Tumblr. And the reason for this is because when it’s in the condensed/tight formatting of Tumblr (especially on mobile) it’s easier for me to catch things I would have missed while writing in Word (like using the same/similar words twice in one paragraph, or even misspellings).

Non-Apprentice Asks

4. Where were they during the plague in Vesuvia?

Miriam was at the palace, by this point she officially worked at the palace as their sommelier and also as Nadia’s secondhand (kind of like how Portia is now). She was asked to come back home to her family’s vineyard near Venterre but refused.

Camia and Leon left Vesuvia early on, not wanting to risk the plague. They traveled with some other band members before meeting back up with Jamil, who had tried to convince Alec to come with him, and the three of them traveled for the few months before learning about Alec’s death (which you can read here if you want some angst)

7. If you have an apprentice character, do they know each other? If you don’t have an apprentice character, would your OC be someone who knows/knew the general MC character or not (whether or not they would feature in the routes)?

Jamil, Camia, and Leon all know Alec, as they were the main three of the band that she traveled with before settling down in Vesuvia. The shop was Camia’s, she gave it to Alec when she decided to stay. Alec is close to all three of them, but maybe a smidge closer to Jamil (in most routes, I have it planned that she would remember him first of the three once her memories come back)

Miriam and Alec met once, around the time of Lucio and Nadia’s wedding, and I wrote about that meeting here! It is unlikely that either of them remember each other in present day, even after Alec gets her memories back, but they would still get along (especially in Nadia and Portia’s routes, where Alec is at the palace a lot)

18. Do they have any hobbies?

Answered for Miriam, Jamil, and Camia here!

Leon: Aside from playing instruments like the rest of the band, Leon also likes pottery and gardening! Though, his plants are outdoor ones, the dozens of plants that sit inside Camia’s hut in the Catclaw Desert are all hers. 

 19. Who’s someone that they just can’t stand? (One of the Main 6, another OC, etc.)

Miriam: There’s an extensive list of royals that she just hates, but the courtiers are on the top of that list. She had to work too closely with them while Nadia was asleep and does not like remembering it. She can’t stand Valerius for the things he did during that time, but in most routes they’re able to iron or bang that stuff out.

Jamil: He’s generally pretty easy going, but his parents are the only people he genuinely cannot stand. Easiest way to make him uncomfortable is to drag him back to Prakra and sit him next to them. (If there was ever a reason he might not go to Nadia and Alec’s wedding it would be because his parents would be there and the internal war he would be fighting would be horrid.)

Camia: She can’t stand Lucio. She’ll be civil about it, and she definitely took advantage of his relationship with Jamil by attending the Masquerade every year, but she just can’t stand him one-on-one. She would never say that to Alec in his route, and for the sake of her happiness, would learn to stand him. Maybe he’ll grow on her. Like a tumor.

Leon: If he can’t stand someone, you’ll know. Does not cut corners. There’s a small handful of cities that have banned him from entering due to past altercations he’s had with the sovereign rulers there. Not a lot, but you know, the fact that there are any is concerning. Generally, anyone who has anything bad to say about his friends is on his shit list. He could care less about people who don’t like him, but the minute they turn on his friends, his family, all niceties are out the window.

#ask tag #100 followers celebration #dani’s thoughts #miriam #jamil #camia #leon #the band

[fanfictionamerica]

Someone Worth Fighting For (Julian Devorak x OC Apprentice)

Title: Someone Worth Fighting For

Author: @fanfictionamerica (writing blog of @daneel-the-sister-of-castiel )

Pairing: Julian Devorak x Apprentice Kayuri

Rating: PG

Warnings: Slight angst, slight peril

Word Count: 2,395

Tagline: Love is always worth fighting for.

A/N: This is my fic for the gift event run by @fieldsofvesuvia ​, made for the lovely @hugmnster and their apprentice Kayuri Bala. I apologize for the lateness of the post and not being able to use a read more. My computer isn't even letting me save my fic as a draft, so I have to use my phone. I hope you enjoy! This is my first time writing for an OC, writing with both they/them and she/her pronouns, and writing in the third person, so I hope I did alright! P.S. I adore your apprentice😍.

    Julian never thought being sent to war would be a good thing. He might have been a doctor, but that never made it easier to see so much suffering. However, whenever he got a glimpse of your face or had a chance to be near you or talk to you, Julian felt his burden lessen, and his heart swell with love. 

    The war gave him more chances to see you, and those were always welcome, even if the war was not. You being the princet of Vesuvia and him being the court physician hardly gave Julian the time or the excuse to be with you as much as he wanted. The doctor would take what he could get when it came to you...which is why he was currently making heart eyes at you from the other side of the army’s encampment.

    “You’re such an idiot; you know that, Ilya?” Julian heard the voice of his sister speak up, though he didn’t fully process her words.

    “Yes, and I’m proud of it, Pasha,” he replied in a dreamy tone, not realizing what he’d just said.

    If Julian had cared to look over at his sister, he would’ve seen one of the best eye-rolls in the history of eye-rolls. 

    “You’re ridiculous, Julian. Just go over there and ask them out!” Portia exclaimed in frustration. “I can’t take you pining for them at a distance all the damn time.”

    Instead of taking the dramatic route, Julian decided to go the melodramatic route. “You know why I can’t, Pasha…” he sighed. “They’re the princet, and I’m just the court physician. We can’t be together even if we wanted to be.”

    Portia scoffed. “Uh-huh. Or you’re just using that as an excuse to be a great big coward.”

    “Pasha, stop it! You know that our difference in class is a major obstacle,” Julian said, looking somewhat crestfallen as he did so. “Everyone would be opposed, especially the king.”

    Portia rolled her eyes again and put her hands on her hips. “Now, when have impossible odds ever stopped you from getting something you wanted before?”

    Julian only looked over at the princet again and sighed forlornly.

    “You’re hopeless, Ilya, hopelessly in love. The only thing that’s gonna solve it is knowing how they feel about you.”

    Then she left the tent, knowing her brother would no longer be paying attention to her as he continued staring at the princet once more.

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    Being a princet required a lot more responsibility than one might think, especially when you’re the only child of the King. However, Princet Kayuri had no problem with all of the responsibility bestowed upon them as being the heir of their father’s kingdom. In fact, they thrived on it.

    Life hadn’t been all roses and butterflies for her. The princet hadn’t lived a sheltered life by any means despite their royal status. Kayuri had experienced her fair share of trials and tribulations that made her strong and resilient. She’d seen pain and experienced grief, but because of her exceptional willpower, she always managed to get back up and support others in their difficulties. Her strong character is why when her father offered her (much to her surprise) a place by his side in the war against the neighboring country, she immediately accepted. Of course, there was another almost equally compelling reason to join the fight, but she wouldn’t tell her father that. 

    In that reason lied the only regret she had at being born a princet. Her father told her that she could choose who she married so long as they were of noble lineage. That had never bothered her before. There was bound to be someone among the relatively sizeable noble class that would catch her fancy. However, it seemed fate had not deemed it so. Her heart had been taken by the intelligent, dramatic, and generous court physician, Doctor Julian Devorak.

    They had met when Julian’s mother was appointed the court physician by her father. They often were seen together, playing doctor and patient or knight and princet (They’d take turns playing the knight and princet). However, when they both reached their teenage years, dramatic changes began occurring. They both incurred more responsibilities, Julian as a successor of his mother’s position and Kayuri as the future monarch of Vesuvia. They didn’t spend as much time together anymore. 

    Then the unimaginable happened. A deadly plague swept through the country, and before it came to a blissful end, it claimed the lives of both Julian’s mother and the queen. They both grieved in their ways. The princet distracted herself by delving into her royal studies more. Julian decided to go traveling, learning new medical techniques, and discovering new material with which to heal people.

    Several years passed before Julian and Kayuri met again. Her father had heard that Julian was an exceptional doctor and offered Julian the position his mother had once filled: court physician. Julian accepted, and the two friends found themselves reunited once more. Their first meeting was a bit awkward, but that awkwardness quickly dispelled as they began to catch up. They didn’t play knight and princet anymore, but Julian never failed to still entertain as well as educate her. They developed a strong bond with each other again, but this time, it was even stronger than all those years ago. And before she knew it, Kayuri was head-over-heels for the big-hearted, intelligent doctor.

    She didn’t regret the feelings she had developed for the doctor, despite knowing how disappointed it would make her beloved father. She hadn’t told him yet, though, for fear it would cost Julian his job and for fear that her father would never speak to her again. 

    “You’re staring again, princet,” Kayuri heard the familiar voice of her servant whisper-shout to her, making her realize how lost in thought she’d been in the middle of the war council.

    Thank goodness they called attention to it because one of the advisors asked her a question within a few seconds of regaining her facilities.

    “I apologize, counselor. Could you repeat what you just said?” With those words said, the princet remained focused on the rest of the war council, but still had thoughts of the doctor swirling in the back of her mind.

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    “Your Highness, should you really be here at the front? It’s dangerous, especially with the rain,” the worried voice of their servant sounded over the trickling of rain and the stomping of horses.

    She was about to reply, but was interrupted by a familiar, sly voice, “Didn’t you know? The princet here has a penchant for danger. They thrive off of it.”

    The princet snorted in amusement. “I mean, I let you be around me all the time, so I must be attracted to danger.”

    “Ooh, nice one, Princet. I’ll take it as a compliment,” the suave doctor replied with a wink.

    Kayuri rolled her eyes in fake annoyance. “Of course you would, Julian.”

    Julian’s smirk only got bigger in return. He opened his mouth to respond in kind, clearly enjoying the banter until he spotted something moving in the bushes not too far from their current position.

    He almost brought it to the attention of the princet until he saw the flash of something shiny sticking out of the bushes. His instincts told him something was amiss. Then he saw more movement and finally saw what the shiny object was: an arrow tip, an arrow tip attached to an arrow that looked ready to fly and pointed in the direction of Kayuri.

    “Kayuri!” Julian shouted just as the assassin let the arrow fly.

    The princet looked over at him with confusion. She would not have any time to react, so the doctor knew he’d have to do something more drastic to save her. 

    He launched himself straight at Kayuri with no regards as to what would happen to him, knocking her off her stead and sending them tumbling down the hill into the forest below.

    The last thing that the princet remembered was hearing the shouts of her father before hitting her head on a rock and passing out.

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    “Ughh,” Kayuri groaned, their body feeling like one giant bruise as they peeled open their eyes to look around them.

    After a precursory glance of her surroundings, she put together that she was in a cabin of some sort in the middle of the woods. Julian was sitting on a wooden chair, wringing his hands together and biting his lip.

    He happened to glance over in her direction at that moment, and his eyes went wide. 

    “Oh thank the heavens!” he exclaimed, scrambling out of his seat and dashing over to wear the princet laid.

    “You’re finally awake! I wasn’t sure you’d wake up.” Kayuri heard the fear in his voice as he brushed aside a few errant pink hairs from their face.

    Kayuri gave him a reassuring smile to calm him. “Well, I’m okay now, Julian. A bit dizzy and sore, but I’m alive thanks to you.”

    “I can’t think of another reason you’d toss yourself off of your horse and tackle me off of my own,” they added a bit cheekily. 

    Julian broke out into a smile and said with a merry laugh, “You’re not wrong about that.”

    The room was silent for a moment before Kayuri spoke up again. “Where exactly are we?”

    “I couldn’t risk the assassin finding you again, and I needed to get you out of the rain, so I picked you up and walked around the forest until I found this abandoned cabin.”

    Kayuri gave a small ‘mmm’ in reply. They gave Julian a once over, noticing a small bloodstain on his shoulder, before asking another question, “Are you okay, Julian? You have a bloodstain on your shoulder. Did the arrow get you?”

    Julian craned his neck to look at the stain. “Oh, it very well might have.”

    He pulled back the collar of his shirt and looked down at his bare shoulder. There was a red slash along the area above his collarbone, confirming Kayuri’s observation.

    “You’re right; it did get me. Guess the adrenaline and worry kept me from feeling it.” He shrugged and put his shirt back in its place.

    The princet frowned. Julian may have brushed off the wound, but they certainly didn’t. The arrow had come awfully close to his neck by the looks of it. If he’d been a second later, he’d probably be dead now. Their heart seemed to stop for a second at the thought of that.

    “As much as I am exceptionally grateful for you saving my life, don’t you ever do that again, Julian. Your life is not worth mine.”

    Julian whipped his head over in their direction, looking shocked. “But you’re our princet, Kayuri. Your life is worth more than mine.”

    Kayuri gritted her teeth in frustration. “I may be royalty, but that doesn’t make my life more precious than anyone else’s. All life is sacred, Julian, and that includes you.” Not to mention how much he meant to them and how much she loved him, but she didn’t want to give away her feelings just yet.

    Julian ground his teeth together as well. “I can’t argue with that logic, but I would risk my life for yours again and again if I had to. And there’s nothing you can say that would make me do otherwise.” Then he crossed his arms in defiance, letting Kayuri know he wouldn’t budge on the subject.

    The princet narrowed their eyes at him, irked by the doctor’s apparent stubbornness. “And why on earth would you do it again? Once is more than enough. Weren’t you listening when I said your life is just as precious as mine?”

    “I was listening, Kayuri. But you must understand, my life would hardly be worth living if you weren’t in it.” The tension in the cabin was palpable at this point.

    Kayuri’s breath hitched, barely believing what she had just heard. “Why is that, Julian? What do you mean, your life would “hardly be worth living” without me?”

    The cabin got silent for a moment again, until Julian replied in a soft voice, “Do you really have to ask me why? Could you not guess?” He met her eyes with an earnest, loving gaze.

    “… You’re in love with me, aren’t you?” she guessed, her heart feeling like it would burst at any moment.

    “…Yes, and it doesn’t matter to me that you don’t return my feelings. I’ve always loved-”

    “Excuse me,” she interrupted Julian. “Did you just assume that I don’t return your feelings, Julian?”

    Julian’s eyes looked liked little dishes with how big he’d widened them. “Do-do you really return those feelings, Kayuri?”

    ‘Well, no use hiding the fact now, no matter what my father may think,’ she thought to herself. 

    She gave Julian the sweetest smile she’d ever given to him, “Of course I do, silly. How could I not?”

    Julian rushed over to her and grabbed both of her hands, squeezing them in excitement. “Really?! You’re not just saying that to make me feel better, are you?”

    Kayuri gave him an ‘are you serious right now’ look and said, “I would never say I have feelings for someone just to make them feel better, especially to someone I love so dearly.”

    Julian’s face lit up like the sun at those words, lips spread in a wide smile

    Kayuri let go of his hands and returned the smile, then leaned up a bit to place a small kiss on his cheek.

    “I think you missed by an inch there, Princet,” Julian smirked down at her as he said so. 

    “You’re right; I think I did.” With those words, she tugged Julian down for a real kiss, melding her lips with his and running her hands through his luscious locks for a few seconds before pulling away.

    As Kayuri pulled away, she noticed a small yellow and red flower fall from his hair. It was the only flower whose name she knew by heart: coreopsis arkansa, the flower of love at first sight. He must have got it when 

    ‘How fitting,’ the princet thought as she pulled Julian in for another kiss.

    No matter the consequences of pursuing this romance, Kayuri knew that she’d always be alright so long as she had Julian by her side.

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[moon-soil]

The Red Plague

>> Chapter 1: Confrontations <<

Follow the apprentice as she navigates the early days of the plague in Vesuvia as a magical healer. Your choice determines her fate.... and the person who'll share it with her.

Pairing(s): Asra x Fem!OC // Julian x Fem!OC // Asra x Julian x Fem!OC (I mean it's up to you which pairings you'll end up reading!!! yes! this is a choose your own adventure kindda fic!!)

In typical me fashion...... i just have to turn something so simple into something so unnecessarily complicated.

aka, my brain: hey.... because this is an otome game..... we have to make this fic brewing inside of us...... AN OTOME TOO!

For now, the story acts in an episodic way, as in the choices you make in each chapters will only affect the story of said chapter. But honestly, maybe... if I manage to finish this story in under 10 chapters, I'll attempt to make a cinematic experience where choices you make in earlier chapters will affect the stories later on!

Disclaimer: the program I'm using doesn't allow me to put gender or name customisation for the mc, so I'm using a female oc named Alenka for the sake of the story. BUT! If you wish to read this fic with your oc's name and pronouns, I can do that! just tell me the details and I can personalise it, no biggie.

The story will mainly be Asra and Julian heavy because they're the only routes I've finished as of this moment. Of course, it doesn't close the possibility for different cyoa in the future once I play ahem, Nadia and Portia's route :))

Shoutout to Storyboard for being a super easy cyoa maker, without you, my no programming, no patience, no desire to plan self wouldn't have been able to do this.

I've always wanted to write a cyoa/otome story, so I'm really thankful to Arcana for acting as the much needed kick up my bum.

Hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it!

#the arcana #arcana game #arcana mystic romance #fanfic #fanfiction #asra alnazar #julian devorak #julian x mc #asra x mc #julian #asra #asra x julian #choose your own adventure

[pumpkunbread]

AU notes

Little sidenotes about the Julian mermaid series fic I have, if youre interested. Of course any feedback or questions inspires/encourages more writing, wink wonk:

Not all the characters are merpeople, its kinda split half and half but they are carefully decided for certain reasons I will not explain yet unless inspired or prompted.

Merpeople: Julian, Nadia, Portia, Asra, plus Faust

Human (-ish): Apprentice (Ava), Lucio, Muriel, Mazelinka

The familiars besides Faust and maybe Inanna I do not know how to fit in this AU. I have some ideas that I could sorta implement if I really wanted. This includes Malak being around Mazelinka, or Portia still loving cats, and such.

The ritual still happened, and caused the same people to lose memories about what transpired, plus one extra major character (Asra). Its also slightly altered about what it did, but lets just say for now Lucio is still on land, and everyone else suddenly lives below sea level.

Since Asra does not own the shop in the town, a certain other known (magic using) character is the Apprentice's teacher instead.

Ava, for this AU, is mostly studying under them still, and therefore does not know much magic other than book knowledge. She needs more practice, but the series then focuses more on, you know, mermaids as magic.

Ava canonically is not a strong swimmer. At all. She can merely keep her head above water, and thats with a very calm surrounding and mindset. She learns.

You can immediately imagine how it complicates their relationship, let alone how she has legs and the Julian has a tail. But it also can make some great moments stored in my head.

Vesuvia is still the name of the land, but it takes place along shore (obv), the Lazeret is not in this area (still debating if I want the plague to exist, probably not), and the Palace is underwater

Merpeople are constantly reminded not to interact with humans. This has been broken several times anyway, especially by yours truly.

Julian, being a literal merman, does have slightly more magical abilities than weve seen in the game during his route. His voice holds power, either singing sweet music or pirate songs hes picked up on, and he can talk his way out of anything, even with people he mets they find they cannot speak about him after their encounter.

Yes this translates to everyone with a tail having some form of magic, including Portia. Congrats Devorak siblings!

I want to make a main post with all the links of the parts I have written so far. Stay tuned for that. I just released a piece yesterday in Julian's view of chapter one (and its somehow my favorite so far). I'll reblog it again soon, but you can also check my tag until I make the masterpost. Thank you for reading if you did! Its a lot of rambling I know.

#my fic #the arcana #the arcana game #my post #julian #ava

[schaaadenfreude]

arcana fic masterpost

i might as well put all these in one place and hope i remember to update it. putting it under a cut to save space and also bc a lot of them are nsfw. arranged in order of pairing, more or less.

fics with nonspecific MCs:

uncomfortable: Portia x MC. Portia returns from her duties to find the apprentice sleeping in a rather awkward place. sfw tho it gets a little spicy.

vampire AU: as the title implies. MC finds themself at the mercy of powerful vampire Nadia. i might continue this if only bc Nadia is so damn fun to write. sfw.

Nadia bath ask: as the title implies. nothing explicit, but it’s pretty nsfw.

starry-eyed Asra ask: as the title implies. sfw.

merc!Lucio: not being a brat for once. for an ask. sfw.

did you know: Asra x apprentice Dane. nsfw. some soft body-worship with a transman apprentice. 

light bondage ask: Nadia x MC. spicy enough to call it nsfw.

Nadia ask: Nadia x MC. Nadia enjoys teasing MC. sfw.

fics with others’ OCs:

killer king: Lucio x apprentice Evelyn. a very nsfw encounter with Lucio being a bratty sub. 

bath talk: Nadia x apprentice Emirion. a take on the bath scene in Book 8. sfw.

happy birthday: Lucio x apprentice Aveana. it’s Aveana’s birthday and in true Lucio form, the celebration is extravagant. sfw.

garbage: Lucio x apprentice Adelaide. nsfw. Adelaide enjoys sassing His Majesty.

holy: Nadia x apprentice Alex. nsfw. technically an AU, not that you can tell easily. Alex greets Nadia when she gets home from work.

cave scene: Asra x Alex. a nsfw addition to the scene in the lisa frank cave. feat: dfab Asra.

fics with Kye:

missing you: Julian x Kye. Kye has taken responsibility for Lucio’s murder, much to Julian’s distress. sfw. to be continued soon.

give me a love: Julian x Kye. a direct continuation of missing you. nsfw due to mentions of blood and injury. part 2 of ???

get off the island: part 3 of that ^ series. sfw.

another Nadia ask: Nadia x Kye. in which Nadia has a nightmare and Kye comforts her. sfw.

so beautiful: Nadia + my apprentice Kye. set shortly before the beginning of the Chariot book; in which Nadia is convinced to wear Kye’s clothes to blend in. may be continued later; i want to at least explore more of the events in her route. sfw.

words: Julian x Kye. some sappy confessions of feelings. nothing explicit, but it’s spicy so let’s call it nsfw.

untitled: Julian x Kye. some self-indulgent fluff in which Julian finds a stray dog. sfw. might continue eventually.

all-nighter ask: Julian x Kye. vaguely fluffy, sfw.

guilt trip: Asra x Julian x Kye for which i am The Biggest Sucker. some angst when Kye relapses into catatonia. part 1 of 2 posted, may be continued later. sfw.

trust issues: Asra x Julian x Kye. part 2 of ?? of the catatonic Kye storyline. sfw.

also untitled: Asra x Julian x Kye. more self-indulgent fluff in which they flirt a little. sfw.

emptiness: implied Asra x Kye. another angsty ‘bad end’ scenario, this time after Kye has died and left a spectre on the Lazaret. sfw as long as you don’t mind some slightly disturbing imagery. 

Asrian:  

little touches: Asra x Julian. nsfw. Asra plays with Julian and they both enjoy it a lot. part 1 of 2, followed immediately by:

aftercare: Asra x Julian. a direct continuation of little touches. sfw. a short-lived tickle fight followed by some much needed discussion.

lies we tell ourselves: Asra x Julian. nsfw, more than a lil angsty. just exploring that relationship and the feelings therein a bit.

Julian pairings:

an ask: Julian x apprentice Timo, in which a transman apprentice gets some lovin’. nsfw.

Nadia pairings:

quality Nadia ask: in which Nadia is surprised by the apprentice after a bad day. sfw.

Nadia x Julian ask: pretty nsfw. i want to continue this even tho it’s not a pairing i’m usually about. hhhhhh

“can i choke you:” an ask feat; Nadia x Portia. nsfw tho not terribly explicit.

no particular pairing: 

angst: Asra pining after MC. sfw. 

temper tantrum: exploring the possibility that Kye was the mage responsible for Lucio’s arm. sfw.

Nadia ask: Nadia giving herself some much-deserved pampering. nsfw

#the arcana #asra #nadia #julian devorak #apprentice OC #apprentice Kye #apprentice Adelaide #apprentice Alex #my fics #all in one place #yikes