#knives.ask

[echidnana]

1, 5, 16, and 24 please!! Love you!! -Lumi (+ Achilles!)

system ask game

1. Are you human or nonhuman?

I used to just consider myself human, but lately I don't really feel connected to that anymore. I experience a lot of our dpdr symptoms, and as such, just don't really feel like a person most of the time. so recently I started considering myself nonhuman! -logan

I'm nonhuman. a plant, like my source. -knives

I'm human!! although I think most of us feel some level of nonhuman-ness due to being a system. -minori

5. For introjects: Would you recommend people read/watch/play your source?

yes. I'm split from the Trigun manga, which is our favorite iteration of Trigun. it's really well written and thought provoking. -knives

yes yes yes!!!!! project Sekai is one of our collective favorite pieces of media, it's super fun and we love the music 🧡🧡 -minori

16. Say at least 1 positive thing about yourself.

I'm super positive and upbeat!! I also have a lot of energy and am super determined and driven. -minori

(Logan and knives answered here!!)

24. Do you have a space inner world? Whats it like?

nope, not yet!! I think all of the Sekais exist in our headspace though, I'm just not completely sure where mine is. WXS has their stage near the front since they do performances for anyone who wants to see them :) -minori

the tidepool have a room in the front, but I don't consider myself a part of the tidepool anymore after me and tsunghan split apart. so I don't really have a room yet. the fronting area is considered a communal space though, so we always have a place to hang out and sleep regardless of who it is in the front. -logan

no. I don't feel a need to have one. -knives

#thank u guys for the ask!!!!! love u 💚💚 -logan #logan.ask #confluence.ask #minori.ask #knives.ask #littlemxdoomedbythenarrative

[stellarhistoria]

knives / nai tags

♡.   knives.ic     ⁄ ⁄   the inevitable end .

♡.   knives.aesthetic     ⁄ ⁄   the inevitable end .

♡.   knives.visage     ⁄ ⁄   the inevitable end .

♡.   knives.v01 ( main )     ⁄ ⁄   once you play god .

♡.   knives.about     ⁄ ⁄   they’re gonna crumble one by one .

♡.   knives.bond: ( vash )     ⁄ ⁄   they love an underdog story .

♡.   knives.thoughts     ⁄ ⁄   is it your name in the rafters ?

♡.   knives.asks     ⁄ ⁄   my kingdom come .

#♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.aesthetic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.visage ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god . #♡. knives.about ⁄ ⁄ they’re gonna crumble one by one . #♡. knives.bond: ( vash ) ⁄ ⁄ they love an underdog story . #♡. knives.thoughts ⁄ ⁄ is it your name in the rafters ? #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #tag save.

[astrummorte]

icons only: and lastly, bc i have to, knives being given a kiss by kaen. hypothetically.

icons only response. accepting. knives & kaen.

#♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #strywoven #the indifference is unshakeable #give him like 200 years hell get it

[echidnana]

7)How does being a system affect you irl? 13) Favourite person in the system 14) favourite person outside the system? 16) Say at least 1 positive thing about yourself.

system ask game

7. How does being a system affect you irl?

hm, it's hard to explain because it's so deeply ingrained in our experiences. like we are constantly experiencing some level of dissociation, both due to being a system and having dpdr. and we have a very wide range of opinions on things, so it's hard for us to make decisions. it also sort of impacts how we interact with media because we're polyplural and split SUPER easily. -logan

13. Favourite person in the system?

probably shadow..... sorry everyone else.... ily shads. also tye since he's my sister. love u tye -logan

I don't like any of them. kidding. probably vash or my partners. -knives

14. Favourite person outside the system?

our partner system/finn!!!!! love u mwah. also our sister is pretty cool -logan

16. Say at least 1 positive thing about yourself.

I'm Good at being a person, I think. like I'm our autopilot function and singletsona so I'm able to handle irl things pretty well. in our system, a lot of headmates call irl things "Logan things" because of how heavily associated with me they are lmao -logan

I can deal with heavier things pretty well. I'm also good at managing our anger in a useful way. -knives

#ty so much for the ask 💚💚 -logan #confluence.ask #logan.ask #knives.ask #julystruck #confluence posting

[astrummorte]

@strywoven. unprompted. knives & kaen.

"Don't thank me," though in previous times his words have been HARSH in dissuading any attachment, his words now are quiet, perhaps though no less taciturn. he was trying, before, to make sure that neither of them grew attached to the beat of each other's heart. ( after all, they would both do ANYTHING, sacrifice everything, to see the world better than the way that it was now. saving the world comes at a cost too great for a single heart. ) "Don't thank me, my songbird."

his. his, his, his.

kaen was his in the way that all plants were connected to each other and thus were his sister, his brother, but also in the way that he felt connected to those who chose to stand by his side. for a moment, for a brief fleeting second he felt that ache of possession, that ache of come home with him, that ache of do not go far from me that he insists he cannot feel for any other being.

kaen is HIS.

and his things are not ever going to perish.

#♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god . #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #strywoven #♡. queue ⁄ ⁄ zoomies .

[astrummorte]

@strywoven. holiday asks. kaen & knives.

"How curious." it was an absentminded muttering as he stepped into his PERSONAL QUARTERS, both irate and amused in the same breath. he knew, in a way, what the lotus meant. both in metaphor and in flower language. after all, he would sometimes bloom the same flower when he did not pay much heed to what he would think being seen by the others that worked underneath him. sometimes, he would be as beautiful as the eternity he works so hard to achieve.

fingers reach out to gently pick up the flower from its resting place, examining the priceless artifact as if it held more answers in its tempered exterior than in its gleaming crystalline shape. it was worked into this shape, and there was only one person that held such notable curiosity in their small form to do something like this when not working. when not shaping the world in their own image, the DOE had such a way of showing LOYALTY.

"I wonder," he hums absently as he reaches to place the glass lotus in its own vase, once empty and now full of just a simple, single precious thing of crystalline life. "I wonder if you understand what you're getting into, Piper."

#♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god . #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #strywoven #♡. queue ⁄ ⁄ zoomies .

[astrummorte]

since the queer mishap when knives introduced them to their plant attributes, kaen has grown distant, much more reserved and quieter than they normally might have been otherwise. as if, perhaps, they are several shades more skittish to approach the greater for fear of triggering the connection again, of exposing themself so fully as they have already. but they come around eventually, as if reappearing from nowhere, summoned simply from thought alone.

kaen says nothing - not a gentle prod, nor a sweet remark - and instead falls into line beside him. lucky there's no-one else about to see them, for their flesh-hand reaches out and gently takes hold of his. they don't dare look at him. they hardly even breathe.

inbox call. @strywoven. knives & kaen.

it was curious, in a way. curious how the young mercenary pulled away from him like he was made of glass ( & he acknowledges, yes, that is what they are to the world, even if they did not see their adversaries as their SAVIORS just yet; even if they would be seen as villains, they were not, but for now, they could handle what may come ). it was even more curious when out of nowhere, one of his hands is taken when he's let down the wall of knives and faux plastic made of knives and plant matter as well, causing him to find himself beside himself with confusion.

"What are you..." he mutters in mild indignation for a moment before he finds himself wondering what had even made the doe, the fawn, the pied piper of their ensemble... even bother to try. it made him curious. and he hated not knowing. "What's the damage this time, Piper?"

#♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god . #♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #strywoven

[astrummorte]

knives tags

#♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.aesthetic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.visage ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god . #♡. knives.about ⁄ ⁄ they’re gonna crumble one by one . #♡. knives.bond: ( vash ) ⁄ ⁄ they love an underdog story . #♡. knives.thoughts ⁄ ⁄ is it your name in the rafters ? #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #tagging system;

[stellarhistoria]

"Love?" he has to bite back a scoff, for he can't outright say that it's a ridiculous thought, a horrendously terrible idea to allow love into your life. after all, he loves his brother. though one of the few ( likely the only ) that he DOES love, to say that he loves no one would be - incorrect, at best. a lie, at worst. ( and knives doesn't lie. )

"Love is something that holds us back, makes us vulnerable and weak. You can care about someone and not love them." all of what he's saying is true - or at least, what he believes to be true. he cares a great deal about his sisters and his brother, and that will never change. but he doesn't believe in love. and he never will. "Don't let something so minute cloud your judgement."

@strywoven from this ask meme.

#strywoven #KNIVES&KAEN THREAD 004. #♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god . #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #♡. queue ⁄ ⁄ zoomies .

[stellarhistoria]

can you stay? just for a little while? / Kaen for knives

questioning minds. / @strywoven. / knives & kaen.

blue gaze flickers down towards the doe, curious in the same measure that he was annoyed. he knew that kaen understood that there were to be no instance of consideration for the individual, when it was the masses they were trying to save from peril and hatred of the humankind. & yet... & YET.

knives can't help but let out a quiet sigh, knowing that he had been the one to authorize the experiments, after they had been given to the eye of michael. he had been the one to oversee everything going smoothly, and when it stillwent sideways, he was the one trying to recover the glimpses of plant in something new. perhaps in a last ditch effort to believe they could pull through ( or perhaps in a way he was trying to save what was left of HIMSELF ).

"... We have to get moving." he breathes out like a faint gust of wind. "Don't take too long." he says as he settles his posture next to the doe.

#♡. queue ⁄ ⁄ zoomies . #strywoven #♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god .

[stellarhistoria]

together - god & disciple - the two stand; side-by-side. kaen feels dwarfed by knives, both in power and stature. inadvertently, they mimic his posture, reining their shoulders back and hoisting their chin higher, prouder, expression fixing into uncharacteristic impassivity ( such is the way, mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery after all ).

"in a perfect werld, ah would like ta' think ah could stay b'side ye," the little doe supposes much of their place in the hierarchy to speak to knives so candidly, as if companions, as if familiar. they look up at him, "but ah know, eventually, th' cull will come fer me, too." silence, then. despite this, kaen smiles, sweet as ever. "but 'til tha' time comes," they look ahead again, still smiling, a fond, wistful look adorning their painted, freckled face, "ah'm grateful ta' 'ave been 'ere wit' ye jus' th' same." hard to believe such earnest kindness is still in them after all knives has taught them.

semi plotted / @strywoven. / knives & kaen.

"Oh, Kaen."

the words are saccharine ; knives had never been the sort to pick favorites, and he continues to abide by that rule. his sisters and his brother took PRECEDENT over ALL ELSE, but when he had found kaen, something in him knew better than to leave the younger one to their own devices. & true enough, he had soon found the reason why he had a 'gut feeling' to bring the much smaller one along for the ride of the past few centuries.

"I don't believe you've caught on. Playing like cat and mouse with your own mind." he hums absently as he resigns himself to watching where this heads, curious and caught all the same by the sensation of being so close to that of which was both independent and human, both friend and foe. something both, something neither. an improbability made real.

"Just do what I told you to, and it will all end the way it was meant to."

#♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god . #strywoven #yah YEET have knives like i promised u

[stellarhistoria]

If this had been about his own safety, vash would not be here. He had gotten used to a life of running away and tending to plants and his own wounds.

But this wasn't just about him, it was about the little independent in his arms - and if it came to the safety of one of their own then he knew to trust knives.

It's best not to wonder how vash even made it to his brother's place without being seen, especially with a child strapped to his chest but here he is, standing up the moment knives enters the room.

"Nai... I need your help"

inbox call / nai & vash / @humanitysong.

"Clearly."

it wasn't a growl that met vash, the way that most of their interactions formed with a slight bit of malice even if nothing ever resulted. everything he had gone through, though yes due in some part to knives, NAI had done with his betterment and soundness of mind in forefront. it was a sort of understanding that vash would not have approached so brazenly if it did not have to be involved with him.

even so, his eyes shift from vash's own to the little independent in his arms, staring for a moment before dropping the outward appearance of something more alien, something with a defensive layer that he knew would frighten the young child in his brother's arms.

"What happened." it was easy to tell what he meant ; what led to this, why do you have an independent in your arms, did the humans do anything to them.

#humanitysong #♡. knives.ic ⁄ ⁄ the inevitable end . #♡. knives.v01 ( main ) ⁄ ⁄ once you play god . #♡. knives.asks ⁄ ⁄ my kingdom come . #whew. why is this the first thing i answer of all the nai things i need to do #gun emoji at u