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scalproie · 2 months

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whatever. tekken hadesgame AU

or as I like to call it: "what if Kaz raised Jin: God Edition lmao"

so. to lay the groundwork:

They're all gods/powerful immortal beings of an unspecified pantheon (but still loosely inspired by a pretty famous one I'm sure you'll recognize)

Big Bad Thundergod King Heihachi (whom I am now realizing shares quite a lot of similarities with good ol' Zeus), after getting bored and worried he's raising a weakling unfit to be his heir, still threw his little son down a cliff, except this one was from the highest heavens to the deepest hells, to make sure that if the little godling died, well, the death would actually stick. Which it did.

UNTIL another deity who's the personification of the devil gene (and who kinda look like Kazumi-but-it's-unsure-wether-or-not-it's-actually-Kazumi) took pity on him and revived him by giving him part of itself/hell aka the devil gene. So now Kazuya is "alive" and immortal again, but he's now bound to hell, aka he can't live away from it for very long. And yknow what they say, if you're stuck somewhere, might as well become it's ruler. Especially if you've gained the favors of the entity that embodies the place and that you've found a new life goal in making daddy dearest's life unbearable.

Anyway eons passed and Kaz's brothers (his adopted one Lee whom ascended to godhood on one of Heihachi's whims as a way to counter his annoying firstborn's meddling, and his heroic half-brother Lars) reached out to him one day to propose an alliance to take their tyrannical father down. Kaz only agreed on the condition that he get to expand his domain once Heihachi is out: if he cant leave hell, no worries, he'll just make hell bigger. Anyway Heihachi's children rebelled against him and with their might combined they managed to take him down, with Kaz even having the honor and pleasure to deliver the killing blow.

For the aftermath tho, when it was time for Kaz to begin his conquest, his brothers came back on their word to let him, bc Lars Actually Gives A Damn About Mortals and he knew full well that Kazuya wouldve had exactly the same rule as Heihachi if they let him, so they didnt (and Lee is more neutral on his views toward mortals but he gets along with Lars FAR better than he ever got along with Kaz so the choice on who to back up was easy). And even though Kaz 100% wouldve been as bad as Heihachi is he was allowed to rule over mortals as Lars thought he would be, and Kaz KNOWS it, that doesnt mean hes not gonna be mad that his brothers didnt keep their words to let him be evil in peace.

Well if he cant have what he wants the fair way, might as well try to take it by force. And thus Kaz resumes his battles against his brothers with his attempts at invasion of the mortal realm.

This goes on for awhile with things going great for Kaz as he is the stronger sibling out of all of them, until his aggression puts him on the path of one Jun, who counters him in a most efficient, masterful and complete manner. Basically he was doing too well at bringing evil onto the world and she had come to balance him out.

In a most unforeseen turn of events, as they get acquainted over the course of their different confrontations, they discover that they respect and admire each other's strength and actually get along pretty well, even enjoy each other's company.

Anyway being around Jun makes Kaz chill out MASSIVELY and soon enough you'll notice the amount of invasions from hell have greatly diminished.

Eventually they get in an actual relationship, with Kazuya even wanting her to become the queen of his domain. And Jun is not opposed to this proposal, quite the opposite in fact. But complications start to arise when Jun began moving in hell: she is everything it's not and vice-versa, and the environment itself even seems harmful for her the longer she stays. Even the devil-Kazumi-entity, for all that it's/she's fond of Jun as a person, cannot meet her physically for she would eradicate it/her should they come into contact.

Jun bears it as long as she can bc Kazuya Literally Cannot Leave Hell and she wants to be with him as much as he wants to be with her, and Kaz promises her that he's working on finding a solution (and by "working on it" I mean Kaz is threatening the dead soul of a demi-god known as Gepetto Bosconovitch, reknown for giving life to things that didnt have any, into fixing this).

Eventually Jun reaches her breaking point when their son dies a stillborn because he bears her blood and he is much weaker than she is, bc he's a baby. This is the last rejection of this place that Jun can take before it potentially kills her, esp since that last event took such a toll on her, and even tho she loves Kaz as much as he loves her, she has to leave and WANTS to leave. Kaz, in a rare moment of compassion, let her go and spares telling her the news that, ironically, Bosconovitch JUST finished his work and managed to make a garden, indentical to the ones she would have on the surface, grow in the deepest level of hell where she could thrive.

So Jun is gone and Kaz is miserable, so much so that he doesnt even have the mind nor heart for conquest anymore. The only thing left of her being the corpse of his child that he decides to bury in the unused garden.

But just as the tiny body touches the soil, he begin to scream as he takes his first breath and the initial shock then WAVE OF RELIEF Kazuya feels as his son is alive surprises even himself bc he didnt even want the damn baby in the first place. This is probably the most outwardly loving Kaz will be with his son as he's holding his tiny body while being hit with a fucking storm of emotions but hey we take those.

"This is great! Their son is alive and the garden works! Now Kazuya only need to reach Jun and they can-" Except Kaz Will Not bc he does NOT want to reach Jun. Not bc he doesnt love her anymore but 1) bc he now knows the pain of losing her and bringing her back into his life means getting the risk of getting hurt again and he neither wants to feel that pain ever again nor even knowing he has that "weakness" in the first place so he'd rather cut her off from his life, he'd rather deal with loneliness than heartache, and 2) even he realized that what his domain is, what he is, brought Jun pain, and some part of him does NOT like to see Jun in pain.

"Well if he doesnt want Jun back into his life, why doesnt he send her their son?" This is objectively the best course of action. But Kaz is Not A Good Person. He's selfish. And again. Their son is the last thing he has left of her, and goddammit if he doesnt have her eyes, her nose, her face.

So Kaz is now stuck with this lame baby and only partially vibe with it. Problem is, that baby cannot live in this tiny garden for the entirety of his immortal life. Thankfully the devil-Kazumi-entity offers Kaz a solution: the baby not only carries Jun's blood but also Kazuya's, and that makes him able to be a receptacle for the devil gene, binding him to hell as well, yes, but keeping him alive in there.

So now Kazuya is raising his son whom he named Jin based on one (1) short conversation he once had with Jun but didnt forget. He is also personally training him in the art of combat, bc sadly Kaz does take a bit after his father, and he would not have the prince of hell be a weakling.

OKAY BACKSTORY ESTABLISHED FINALLY now onto the main course:

So Jin grew up and similarly as in the game, he eventually learn that his family is not just him and his dad but he also have a mom somewhere, and he wants to find her. Bc one day he steps into the famous garden that Kaz had closed off after That Day and Jin figured that his asshole dad would NOT have such a pretty garden made without reasons so after a few researchs behind Kaz's back he eventually found out the truth.

Long story short, Jin wants to leave hell, Kaz doesnt want him to, and they antagonize each other constantly.

Jin eventually comes into contact with both his extanded family and multiple allies who wants to help him leave (without anyone knowing yet that just like Kaz, Jin cannot live outside of hell for long. tho Jin can survive longer than Kaz thanks for his mom's blood)

The people from outside helping him are:

Lars: his heroic half-uncle, OF COURSE Lars was going to help him.

Lee: his adopted uncle, he does like Jin but mostly he helps him out so Jin can run a few crash tests for him on Kaz's minions, AND he gets to piss off Kaz in the same move? Excellent.

Alisa: an ascended goddess who relate to Jin due to their origin, she as well was "dead at birth" until her father found a way to bring her back (in a way) tho he was cast to hell for it.

Leroy: the grandfather-figure Jin wishes he always had.

Asuka: she insists to him they're related and that once he makes it outta hell, she'll teach him about their side of the family.

there'll be more down the line but I need to workshop this...

Anyway Jin has two goal: 1) escape dad's hell, and 2) find mom. whom he will discover has straight up disappeared from everyone ever since she left hell herself.

So Jin starts from the bottom of hell and has to climb to the top where the entrance lies, in the mouth of a volcano. Wink wink fucking nudge nudge

When he falls he ends up back in his father's home where he can meet a bunch of friendly dead souls:

Lucky Chloe: usually the first person he sees after falling down, she's kind of the court jester, she was spared damnation bc Kaz thinks her annoying people is really funny as long as its not him, thats where the "Lucky" come from.

Azucena: she provides delicacies from the surface to hell (for a price), Jin can find her as he's running up to the surface and she'll happily sell him things to help.

Jane: she provides Jin with some sort of "bestiary" and she actually does not mind that he keeps beating Kaz's minions (the JACKs among others, tho they are her favorites) bc she get to improve them thanks to the data gathered afterward.

Bruce: Kaz's chief of security. When Jin didnt trained with Kaz, he often sparred with Bruce. Bruce will let Jin try his different styles against him before climbing back up hell again. He's fond of the kid :)

"Kazumi": Jin can never get quite a good read on her/it, but she's/it's always kind to him.

and others that I will also figure out...

But that's not all the people Jin meets, as he's ascending, he also encounters a bunch of people, tho not all are friendly.

Nina and Anna: contracted by Kazuya to stop Jin. Tho they spend more time fighting each other...

A reptilian monstrocity by the name of Alex.

Some strange crystals take him to a bizarre location where he can meet Azazel, who present himself as the progenitor of the devil-Kazumi-entity, making him technically Jin's great-grandpa. Via him, Jin can fight Devil Jin and gain more access to his style (more on that later)

Xiaoyu: a phoenix Jin befriended, the only reason she's in hell is only bc she can cheat death. She is not bound to hell, so she technically can come back to life if she manages to escape, until she dies again on the surface. They often run into each other and have a friendly competition to see who can defeat the most of Kaz's minions, if she loses, Xiaoyu will leave Jin with one of her feathers, that increases his health. Jin can also meet her sometimes back at the house. It's rumored that she spend more time in hell recently to hang out with the hellish prince🧡

Hwoarang: another dead soul of a great warrior contracted to stop Jin, but he couldnt care less about what Kaz wants. He wants to defeat Jin, so he will hunt him down everytime he hears that Jin is trying to escape again. Over time he and Jin have come to enjoy their rivalry. Jin can also meet him sometimes at the house🧡

And more yknow the drill...

And of course, once Jin finally manages to come to hell's entrance, who waits for him there but Kazuya. The two have a nice little father and son fight to the death between immortals where they can work out their problems in an healthy manner: with extreme violence, and the winner get to throw the other down the volcano cliff aaall the way to the bottom (bc sometimes the best way to work out trauma is thru exposure therapy. wink)

Jin starts by only knowing his father's style, but after finally finding his mother, and after the initial story-related reunion (and the tragic realization that just like his dad, Jin cannot stay out of hell for long), they bond with Jun teaching him her style. And Jin can work his way to the top again using her style to learn more about it. When dueling Kaz with it, he's preeetty conflicted like: My traitorous son is using another style than ours👿 -> omg that's Jun's moves... 🥺 -> HE'S NOT EVEN USING THEM RIGHT👿👿👿

And basically, Jin has multiple styles: his dad's, his own, eventually his mom's, and devil style. He gets to pick the one he's going to stick with at the start of every ascend.

Anyway this is the story of a child of divorce trying to reunite his parents who are both extremely stubborn and extremely still in love with each other, bc if Jin has to live another day with just his father he's going to LOSE IT.

#listen Im bored at work #yeah this is a fairly indulgent amount of OOC dont even worry about it #ALSO THANKS TO MY BELOVED WADE CAUSE I BRAINSTORMED SOME OF THIS WITH THEM A WHILE AGO💖#tagging later

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brother-emperors · 14 days

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To begin with, your blog is AMAZING, WONDERFUL AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH😭

You are the main source of my late Roman Republic hyperfixation and I am GRATEFUL.

In one of your post you've mentioned that you have a crassus sulla playlist and since then I can't stop thinking about it. Can you pls tell what music you associate with these guys??

my top three songs for Crassus and Sulla are Hatef—k by the Bravery, Obsession by OK Go, and Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes! sometimes syudou’s In The Backroom when I’m thinking about those moments of Sullan style violence you see Crassus inflict, LUCY’s Boogie Man when I’m more focused on Sulla’s point of view. more abstractly, Daniel Licht’s Corvo Trailer & Polyphia’s Playing God. Anson Lo’s Money to zero in on specific themes!

and ABBA’S Lay All Your Love on Me, ofc!

shoutout to U-Know’s Thank U and Vuja De which also appear on my Sulla-Pompey & Sulla-Caesar track lists as well!

#when I’m really looking to tap into something I’ll put Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus and think thoughts re Sulla to that #ask tag #also thank you anon! I hope you’re having a nice day 💕💖#this took a minute to figure out bc it’s my favorite band’s 20th anniversary so all I’ve been doing is listening to their live performances #and forgetting abt every other song I’ve ever listened to lmao #ABBA’s song was from someone else’s playlist and it’s SO correct I put it on all my drawing playlists now

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ask-shane · 27 days

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SHAAAAANE :D

*kisses on your chubby cheek*

I don't know if you've ever been asked, but...

Any opinion on Morris?

ahg-

how do you expect me to respond after you’ve just done that…?

well um, morris, he. he’s my manager at work and i’m gonna try not to say anything that’ll get me fired. so i guess we’ll stop there.

#ask-shane 🐓#what i love the most about morris is that he #that is all 💖 thank you for listening /j #stardew valley #shane stardew #sdv shane #morris sdv

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chellychuu · 3 months

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As an artist, do you ever get the feeling you’re letting your followers down? Like you’re not making the art that they followed you for and it’s going to make them leave?

I’ve had poo brain for the past two months and it’s making art a chore, like why I am so concerned about ‘oh it’s been too long since I drew *thing*’ or ‘oh I’ve drawn my OC’s twice in a row I gotta draw fanart so I don’t bore people’ with them’ or ‘I wanna do some sketches but then I won’t have anything to post and then it’ll be three days since I posted’ or ‘I already made some adopts, I have to do actual art people wanna see’ like??? I’m fighting with my thoughts over what to post and it makes drawing anything difficult cause I’m just like ‘I have to make this great! I gotta give em what they want!’ And I don’t know what that is so it’s breaking me down 😭

And it’s no one’s fault, I just get these overwhelming thoughts sometimes. I want to have fun and draw whatever without playing 4d chess to decide what’s the most “optimal” thing to post. I want to experiment more but I’m afraid to, or when I do it turns out badly so then I have to post something not great.

This is all over the place I’m so sorry 😭 I really just needed to vent (please no advice, just had to put my thoughts into words haha) Thank you for enjoying my art (or even if you’re just here for the cute pink stuff, thank you!) I want to be a better artist for you guys! 💖

#also please don’t message about this just a vent not fishing for encouragement haha 😅💖#thank you for listening! I gotta work on my mental health regarding this but we’ll get there!#art #art problems #vent #not pink #tw vent #chelly rambles

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awakenthebeing · 1 year

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Okay, we’ve been stressing out Piepoe a little too much… What’s something Piepoe likes to do to relax? I’d like to join in unless Piepoe wants to gently plop me down somewhere and give her some space.

Listen to the melody from his personal music box!! It quickly distracts them and leaves them calm in a matter of minutes.

#Piepoe wouldn't plop you down somewhere... she doesnt feel socially uncomfortable :3 #you definitely can vibe with it while it listens to music!!!#but thank you for this very cute message/ask...!! its fun to draw these things!!!#sending tons of love your way... be safe out there!! make sure to rest and drink water and eat food!!! thank you again!!!#💖💓💖💘💖💓💖💓💘💓💖💘💖💘💖💓💖💘💖‼️#Piepoe arts

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simmingonthelow · 7 months

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Back to reality again. Engulfed in the warmth of my loved ones...the once anxious me gone, hopefully forever.

Looking towards the present with the people that pulled me through my past.

And the ones created from the peace I found with the one I love.

and the one's they too have given me. It brings this feeling of fullness that I never thought I'd be able to feel. Giving me the will to keep feeling the joys that pile up.

If I could shed endless tears I would. The sad past is outweighed by my happy present and maybe even a happier future.

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The past isn't forgotten but I feel lighter knowing that I've come this far.....Farther than I though we would.............

Part 1

#sims 4 #ts4 simblr #ts4 blender #sims 4 edit #oc:macha #oc lore #moments #macha's moments #listen if you see any problem....don't tell me cause I don't!#I finally got to do something like this and it's even better that it's for my baby macha 🥺#fun fact: the two people at the back and the two kids in front are the oldest daughter #Alisa's kids #the infant's in her dad's arms #and the last child (on the chair arm) is a happy uncle of many #Also fun fact: Pretty lady with that bomb fro is Macha's little sister who happens to be human #this render only includes immediate blood relatives #mind you #ngl i almost cried #mostly because its macha and also because I took a while to finish this and i ran into stumps on the way but thanks to my friends #I got through it 🥺💖#these pic are kinda low quality but.....why am I still talking 😭

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madamescarlette · 7 months

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Maybe ace attorney is the same thing as that critical role quote about how one day someone will pray for a miracle and that miracle will be you that I heard once and it lodged itself in my heart forever. Just a thought.

!!!!!!! YOU'RE SO RIGHT IT STUNS ME. Maybe it should have been more obvious to me since it's a series about, well, a public defender, but I just think it's so so so beautiful that as a story it always goes back to this heart of when you feel abandoned and you feel like no one in the world will listen to you and when you have nothing left to you but your own will to live that's when Nick shows up like a beam of light and honesty and he'll see you through it to the end, no matter how hard-won that may be!!

That quote lives in my heart always as a reminder of like, we don't know how or when our prayers will be answered, but in the same vein we don't know how or when we might BE the answers for somebody else, and there's a mystery and beauty to think that if your great work is to believe in other people despite constantly being shown the worst of humanity, sometimes your only guide is to believe the best of people even when that seems like the foolish option (when in fact it's the very hardest path to take). idk I'm not making sense anymore but EVERYTHING to me!

#ask #friends tag #ace attorney #💖💖💖💖💖💖 thank you for always listening to my incoherent love for the silliest law degree holder and his weird little sisters babes #ily gracie i hope you're doing well sweetheart!!!

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moregraceful · 9 months

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You ask and you shall receive!!! As a verified fan on ticket master and seeing her twice this tour, I feel very qualified to give my ratings

cowboy like me is yearning and realizing you're happy being down bad and country twangy it's literally my favorite you should listen!! 1000/10

you belong w me is a classic and usually what men know so 7/10

teardrops on my guitar old school but not as remembered by men 8/10

style mainstream but literally iconic 8/10

today was a fairytale quite an uncommon pick and one of my favs 9/10

only the young very uncommon pick and political ( it's about gun violence and how children are kinda being forced to solve these issues they face) 10/10

anti hero well known but kinda introspective from an athlete 8/10

yoyok super sad and accurate from an athlete pov 10/10

wildest dreams banger 9/10

you need to calm down gay!!! fun and gay also lover era you love to see it 100/10

ready for it so fun and rap adjacent I think sporty types would love it 10/10

lavender haze v horny and newer, it's a slay 9/10

- 💖

@pindergarten THE NARRATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF YAZ AND CRAW IN THIS REVIEW OF LAVENDER HAZE-

💖 anon literally thank you so much.... This is a gift!! Can I trouble you for your expert opinion on what it would mean if a franchise old man player chose "You're On Your Own Kid" for a young player who is in his first year in the major leagues but not at all guaranteed to stay on the team after this year? And what it means if the franchise old man player also chose "Wildest Dreams" for a star rookie and top prospect who is supposed to be the future of the team?

Edited to add - also what does it mean if this aging franchise player chose "Cruel Summer" for himself??

#i only know taylor swift in that way where i have a younger sister. so i put these on a playlist and am carefully listening #with my glasses on #love u 💖 anon thank u #💖 anon #cage replies #dj bcraw's swiftie era

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wantbytaemin · 3 months

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Happyyyy BIRTHDAYYYYY 💞💕💞🫶💞💕🫶🫶🥹🤭🫶💞💕💕

thank youuuu 😚💖💞💖

#and thanks for all your song recs i spent the other day listening to them a lot & enjoy them so much!! a lot of stuff was new to me which #was rly highly enjoyable hehe 💖#bday

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shivunin · 10 months

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tell me more about Arianwen and Zev im starving i need more stuff about them please

💖why, thank you so much for asking!!! c:

I was going to start by summarizing his reaction to her at the ambush where they first meet, but here's the paragraph instead lol:

Just when Zevran was beginning to get the upper hand, a wave of lightning coursed through him, causing his hand to convulse around the dagger’s hilt. The Warden filled the opening, gripping his shoulder and driving her blade into his chest. When he fell away from her, she smiled—a shockingly lovely smile—and turned away from him without another glance. The others—the hound, the second Warden, the witch—they were formidable. But only she was grace given form, spinning aside to avoid blows and arrows she should not have been able to dodge. She knocked one assassin to the ground, using the force of his fall to rip the arrow from his shoulder, and spun to drive the arrow into another Crow’s eye. When a distant archer, shaking with exertion, loosed an arrow in the Warden’s direction, she simply twisted away and snatched a throwing knife from her belt. It was all one turn—dodge, grasp, throw—executed perfectly, and a throwing knife sprouted from the neck of the distant archer. Perhaps he should not find such a thing so alluring. But—as he gasped around the hole in his chest—Zevran supposed he might as well appreciate such killing beauty while he still had eyes to do it. It was not such a bad way to go, all things told. It was with that thought that his eyes drifted closed and he finally slumped to the ground.

Arianwen is very fast and good at lockpicking, but not great at sneaking. Zevran offers to teach her how to be stealthy while they're in the Brecilian Forest. The physical touch, watching him do the thing he is best at, and actually listening to him intently are what first make her first feel attraction to him. (and watching him move, of course. Wen is fascinated by movement)

She thinks Zevran is doing a bit whenever he tells her she's beautiful. When she buys Morrigan that hand mirror, it's the second time Arianwen's looked at her own reflection in the last decade (the first time was on her wedding day, of course). It's not something that bothers her really---beautiful is just for other people---but it's not until Zev tells her that he likes the way she looks that she starts to feel comfortable looking at herself

Sometimes she assassinates people on Alistair's behalf (not because he's asked her to, to be clear). Whenever she leaves for this, Zev dresses up as her and all the Wardens pretend she's been at Vigil's Keep the whole time.

Arianwen is an absolute starfish sleeper. If they're in the same bed, she's wrapped around Zevran. If she wakes up in the middle of the night and they've rolled apart, she'll drag his arm over her before she can fall asleep again (or vice versa)

And hey, since I don't have anywhere to put it, here's the deleted opening scene of "Only Ghosts," before Arianwen leaves Zevran behind in Orzammar:

Much as Wen hated to admit it, the dwarf was right: she knew nothing about the Deep Roads, or the tunnels, or any of the rest. She needed someone who knew what they were doing, and nobody fit the bill except this…person.

“Give me a moment,” she told the others, and brushed Zev’s fingertips with her own, stepping back toward the busy market with its louder cries and bustle of people.

“Come now, my dear Warden,” he said quietly once they were alone, setting one hand on his hip and the other on his sword hilt “You cannot leave me in Orzammar, of all places. I will wilt from lack of the sun and then where will you be?”

“I don’t have a choice,” she told him, crossing her arms. “I can’t leave Wynne or one of us will die of something ridiculous, like a cold or an infection.”

“You cannot leave the dwarf?” Zevran said, leaning closer and dipping his head; neither of them needed to say that Alistair would have to come with her. They both knew it was a given by now.

“And find our way how?” Wen asked quietly. “Have you been in the Deep Roads, Zevran?”

His eyes narrowed, but the expression only lasted a moment.

“You are determined to do this?” he said quietly.

Somehow that was worse. She’d rather he argue with her. She liked arguing far more than resignation—really, it would have been better if he’d given her a reason to take him along. She wanted to leave him behind about as much as he wanted to be left.

“Yes,” she said. “It’s the only way.”

Zevran’s eyes flicked behind her, scanning for any watchers, and then he stepped in and rested a hand on her shoulder. It would be a poor idea to seem soft over each other in public; they both knew that. So Zevran didn’t kiss her mouth. Instead, he leaned in as if speaking into her ear and brushed his lips over her cheek, the kiss a whisper of a touch.

“I know you will be bereft without me,” he said, tone uncertain beneath the light words. “Try not to pine too much, yes? Come back, mi vida. I will not be there to watch your back, you understand? Use your crossbow if there are too many—”

“I know how to fight,” Arianwen told him, not without affection, and pressed a kiss of her own to the base of his ear. He smelled like leather and sweat and she—she didn’t want to leave him behind.

There was no choice.

“I have to go. Blight won’t wait for us. We don’t have time left to waste.”

His grip on her shoulder lasted a moment longer before he stepped away, his face wiped clean of any emotion save casual amusement.

“I will see you soon, then, my Warden,” he said, bowing with a flourish, and then he turned and disappeared into the marketplace beyond.

Wen watched him for a moment longer, exhaling slowly, before she turned back to the others.

“Cute little scene, heh,” the dwarf said as they stepped into the tunnels. “You and that other elf f—”

“Here’s something fun I just learned,” Arianwen said, fingering the hilt of her dagger. “Turns out you still need a tongue to taste ale, but folk are perfectly capable of giving directions without any tongue at all.”

Whatever the man had intended to say, he kept it to himself.

Which was for the best, because Wen had left all her patience in the marketplace behind them.

#i hope this wasn't too much!!#thank you sm for asking c:#i've been delighted by all your comments so far!#zevwen #ask response #oc ask response #arianwen tabris #shivunin scrivening #i'm sorry okay but listen: i refuse to believe zev wasn't at least a little bit like “wow 💖” about being stabbed to death

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