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celestiaxoxo · 8 months

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𝐀𝐙𝐔𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐘𝐔𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐈 (𝐁𝐒𝐃)

DISCALIMER! : TWISTED WONDERLAND AND BUNGO STRAY DOGS BELONG TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS!

CHARACTERS : 𝐀𝐙𝐔𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎

WARNINGS : SOMEWHAT OOC CHARACTERS, CURSING, AND MENTIONS OF GRAPHIC VIOLENCE. [READER WILL BE REFERRED TO AS YUU] ENGLISH ISN’T MY FIRST LANGUAGE SO PLEASE DON’T MIND MY GRAMMAR OR SPELLING.

WORD COUNT! : 3.4 k

Setting the stage : Yuu had been trying to get some food for dinner after finishing another successful case, it had been a tiring day but giving the victim’s family a sense of closure truly made all the effort put in the case all worth it.

Yuu looked down after hearing a loud grumbling sound coming from their stomach and pouted while patting the stomach that was acting like a starved madman as if they hadn’t eaten a whole buffet yesterday.

Then just as they were about to cross the street the sound of horses and a carriage coming at a quick speed quickly brought them back to earth as they felt their whole body completely freeze up in place—as if something had been forcefully keeping it in place while the carriage came closer seemingly having no intention to stop anytime soon.

That had been the last thing they remembered before Yuu had woken up inside a coffin. It hadn’t taken them long to simply forcefully and easily kick the door down with their strength that enabled it all more easily.

They had woken up in quite the strange circumstances, but they were more worried about going home and finally eating than figuring out why a small feline that made them remember Ms.Haruno’s cat wanted the robes that they didn’t remember putting on.

Could it be they had put it on and just didn’t remember?

Either way it seemed like the feline wanted the cat more desperately than they did so it wasn’t too much of a problem to give it to him. Right after, Yuu had been planning on asking for some directions to the Armed Detective Agency but before they had the time to open up their mouth the cat had snatched the robe from their hands and flung himself to the coffin they had just walked out off.

“Huh.” Must be another city-folk thing they couldn’t understand yet.

Yuu didn’t think much of it, deciding that the cat was probably having a bad day so decided to go along with the next best option, exploring the place for themselves to be able to leave.

A familiar grin quickly formed in their face while their steps had a certain skip on them.

But after the day had ended they had realized that perhaps leaving and getting back to the Armed Detective Agency would take longer than they had expected.

#—𝐀𝐙𝐔𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎

His first impression of Yuu had been of another troublemaker that had been trying to have a grand entrance by skipping the entrance ceremony and bringing their familiar too only to cause mayhem didn’t exactly have the best first impression, until of course the mirror decided to drop another bomb today by saying a person they had brought here had no magic.

Someone with no magic had been brought to a school for young mages and couldn’t even be sorted into a dorm—just amazing. Yet something he personally found odd was the blinding smile the new student was obviously still wearing in their face after being told something that would probably shatter many people’s ego. It was odd for the lack of better word.

Then everything got even weirder, the familiar had managed to get out of the Headmaster’s binds and was now trying to burn the students in the assembly. Something that while easily avoidable for someone like him it was also a chance to get the upper hand he just couldn’t pass.

Azul had thought he knew how this would end—Riddle and him would work together and make a quick work of the raccoon then earn some bonus points with the headmaster. That was what was supposed to happen, until it didn’t.

Just as he had swung his pen to strike the raccoon that Riddle had managed to make it momentarily sway from side to side after running into a wall before a blur passed him by the corner of his eye and before he could react the monster had disappear from where it had previously been at. It was baffling leaving him to quickly look around trying to gauge if it could also teleport before he saw it struggling in the new magicless student’s arms.

The monster was obviously trying to swipe with his paws at the person who seemed unfazed even with fire being spit on their faces.

But that was not what had left Azul surprised but the speed and strength that someone had to have to be able to jump at that speed while also putting the needed strength to get there. Without taking the happy-go-lucky smile that of their face for even a second, it left him wondering if this person was more similar to Jade than he originally had. To always have a smile that dripped of amusement was too similar to one of the eels that found personal amusement in the struggle of others.

This had captured his attention especially with the magic-less status that seemed more null the more he thought about it. Could it be a blessing? Or a curse? Whatever it was it was something he couldn’t pinpoint—and the more Azul didn’t know the more he wanted to be aware of the situation.

And he would have tried to strike a conversation to (grill information) to get to know each other more, but was regretfully stopped by the rushed announcement from none other than the headmaster for the dormleaders to guide their new students to their respective dorms.

It lingered on the back of the merman for longer than usual before he shook it off finding no profit from letting his thought linger on something that was of no help at all.

Until of course he heard of Riddle’s overblot and eventually Leona’s too.

It was shocking hearing two different overblots happening in such a short amount of time and hearing about the new student and it’s familiar being involved in both of them too left a lot to question. It was a shame he couldn’t do any useful digging yet, as he was more focused on making the study guides for the idioti—unfortunate fools that need some extra help in their midterms. And who was he to not allow his benevolence to guide those in need of a helping hand?

But of course he also wasn’t blind to how the interaction between the leech brothers and the ramshackle perfect had gone. He was vaguely aware that they hadn’t been the only ones present in the scene however they had been the one who’s actions had been the most shocking.

According to Jade they had not only withstand one of Floyd’s (bone breaking) squeezes but had also return the favor with an admirable strength while laughing as if it had been nothing but a fun bonding activity between fellow students and not a murder attempt from the eel.

After being told that by Jade with a straight face he had almost asked if this was another attempt to make him loose his cool before remembering they had not only survived two overblots but also their easy display of strength and speed back then in the entrance ceremony.

“And you’re sure you didn’t hear any type of bone creaking?”

“I’m sure.”

“Great.”

“That’s exactly what I had thought.”

“…”

It was a new unwanted variable, but something he could work with. A cold scheming smile spread across his face as he remembered vaguely seeing two other freshman from Heartslabyul and it would be such a shame if they made a contract and just couldn’t right keep up their part of their deal. And what better way to do so than to offer his gracious help in the academic exams that were soon coming and of course if that wasn’t of interest there was also different things he could bargain for. As long as gif the information of how exactly a human had managed to gain that sort of strength.

Now it was only a matter of time before everything fell into place.

…It seemed like things going the ways they were supposed to was becoming a trend when the Ramshackle prefect and their little annoying raccoon was involved. It had all started after he had successfully gotten all his targets under a contract, while the ones that had successfully succeed in their deals walked away scout free with perfect scores—the ones that couldn’t hold their end of their deal however were left with the less than pleasant consequences.

While Azul had been giving his speech his eyes caught the eyes of a person who he hadn’t remembered to have invited nor signed a contract with. But having had their friends under a contract it was (not) expected for them to come, unlike most NRC students which would have not batted an eyelash at their friends’ demise if it meant they didn’t get caught in the wildfire.

Their next interaction has been with another Savanaclaw student next to them making those two have an almost comical difference in expression. While one had a disgusted expression the other one was smiling like nothing was wrong in the world even if they were supposedly here to bargain for their friends’ freedom. Azul had been pleasantly surprised how smoothly everything had went. He thought it would require a more forceful approach.

Thankfully it seemed that the prefect had been happily satisfied with the chance of saving their friends even going as far to say, “It sounds like a sweet deal to me! And even if we do fail I have enough experience to live outdoors!” And respectfully the merman thought somebody had to be out of their marbles to even consider the option of living in outdoor land—of course outdoor sea was another thing completely.

Then his overblot had happened.

He was ashamed to admit that it had even happened—a moment of weakness which just by the twins retell (which they took a lot of sadistic pleasure on doing again and again) became more embarrassing after realizing who had the greatest hand in taking him down before doing something he could have regretted for life. (don’t people know how many opportunities having a manslaughter looks in your resume?)

The prefect had once again demonstrated their outstanding strength by actually wrestling him down while avoiding being grabbed by one of his tentacles at the same time. According to the eels it had been an amazing sight to witness, Floyd looked a little too excited saying that so it wouldn’t surprised him if the twin would soon start asking for more squeezes from the Ramshackle resident.

But did he still remember who had been the first person he saw after waking up from the nurse’s office? Perhaps a little too much. The prefect had been waiting next to his resting bed while sitting on a chair seemingly to be somewhat worried before seeing him waking up which prompted for a smile too cheery to appear on their face.

“This would have been easier if Ms. Yosano were here.” Was what Azul had thought to first hear after opening his eyes but it wasn’t something he necessarily focused on. Instead he tried bearing with the overwhelming headache that assaulted him as soon as he woke up from the lights that were coming from the open curtain window.

But that didn’t last long either as in the next second they had quickly been closed by who he first had guessed was the nurse before actually opening his eyes and looking straight at the relieved smile from the ‘magic-less’ student.

That was when his mind had connected the voice with a face and worse of it all a blurry memory of blot running down his face and overwhelming emotions that made him act…probably not the most decent way. But it did left go question why in the world was this person here, he narrowed his eyes at them now wondering if this was going to be a bragging session for letting himself overblot.

“You’re alright! I’m so glad…” Yuu mumbled having first started with a louder tone of voice before seeing the flinch and annoyed glare of Azul from his resting position.

“You—you are here?” The question stumbled out of his mouth faster than he could process it. If anybody asked, it had mostly to do with the tiredness and anesthesia that he had just been out of (there had been no anesthesia involved) and remembering the amount of contracts that had gone to waste for the effort of the one in front of him and the other spoiled beastmen made his blood pressure rise to dangerous levels.

He watched warily how the person in front of him kept smiling without as so much as a twitch. It almost drove him to the edge.

“Of course! I was worried about your condition.”

“What do you want?”

“Eh?”

“I’ll repeat this only once, what is it you wish to achieve from this.” Azul repeated with a colder tone now that he had quickly figured out what this interaction had been for since the very beginning. Either as a way of revenge or getting something out of him after his embarrassing actions he was not going to let another moment of weakness be shown to anyone.

“What I want? Why does that matter now?” Azul narrowed his eyes suspiciously wondering if this was a way to make the atmosphere more suspenseful so when the bomb hits it would be more impactful. He watched waiting for anything other than his suspicious to show what this person wanted but nothing was given away except a confused smile sent in his way.

“You fainted not too long ago and that doesn’t even matter to me! But you need to lay down—the nurse said your situation was fragile. So save your breath!” It seemed like his input in the conversation was unwanted because in the next second the perfect had forcefully manhandled him into a fully resting position instead of his former sitting position without minding Azul’s complains.

With a show of strength that reminded him of the previous fears that the Ramshackle resident had shown.

“But—” His sentence had been interrupted by the flying raccoon who had opened the door loudly without care for those who were currently trying to rest while calling out for his supposed ‘henchman’.

“Ack! He’s already awake?! He woke up even faster than Riddle…”

Azul wondered if the monster thought that he couldn’t hear his not-whispered words and remembered the previous amount of intelligence that was shown in their previous interactions quickly made him realize that it was probably the case scenario currently happening.

“Eh? Grim!” The elated voice of the ramshackle prefect filled his ears as they practically smothered the flying monster with a hug that was probably too tight if the reaction of the raccoon was anything to go by.

Azul coughed in his fist to hide the laughter that threatened to spill after hearing the strangled ‘henchmen’ that fell from the cat’s mouth.

It went like this for quite some time before Yuu seemed to remember something and quickly usher Grim out while telling him to wait for a moment in the hallway which gave him the cue that this was probably when the demand for his service would soon be demanded.

But what he wasn’t prepared for was for the picture that he had requested to be obtained from the museum to be delicately placed on his lap by the perfect making him snap his eyes back to Yuu with stunned shock. There was a thin silence that covered the room that only they shared.

There was something tight in his chest as he quickly took the picture and kept it out of both his and the ramshackle’s resident’s eyes it was a reaction made almost in instinct which he knew didn’t escape the other person’s eyes. But he was more stunned that he was even allowed to have it in his possession after what he had done (he knew if it were him in their place he would not have let it slide) it left him unsure of what to feel or do really.

“I broke our contract didn’t I? I didn’t think Mister Leona was going to take such action but it’s still no excuse. So I wanted to at least keep my part of the deal by giving you this.” Azul was still surprised to see and hear what was being said to him from the person he had almost successfully left homeless. It also left him wondering if he was hallucinating but that was for another time.

“I’m not sure why you want it—I almost considered not getting it knowing that Mister Kunikida would have been mad after hearing a member of the detective agency took such a risk and stole something from museum of all things,” Azul quickly became invested and aware of the detective part that was unexpected and new information he had no idea about till now, “But I also know he would understand if he knew the reason why I did it.”

He just couldn’t wrap his head around the utterly soft expression they wore while talking. So open, he just couldn’t understand why anyone would let themselves be this vulnerable with anyone—especially those who they knew not for long.

Azul stayed silent throughout the whole time they were speaking and was left to contemplate some things.

“Well that’s all! See you soon!” With a couple pats in his shoulders they left with a skip in their steps leaving him once again dumbfounded.

‘Detective agency?’

‘What an…odd person.’ He thought as he gripped with some strength the picture that he currently has in his possession. The picture that was the only thing that was still proving his previous vulnerability and weakness he once had. It left him confused why the usual triumph didn’t come as easy as it usually did.

After that interaction and some reconsideration of how he would get around the temporary setback from the headmaster Azul decided that perhaps it was time to give a visit to the dearest prefect with of course only the intent to know more about this supposed agency of detectives they worked at and to make sure they didn’t divulgue any unwanted rumors. Nothing else of course! (“Whaaa~? Ahaha! Look Jade! Azul is looking for excuses!” “Oho~! That seems to be the case, Floyd.” “Shut it you two!”)

And of course the only thing that made him go back again and again to ramshackle was how interesting the stories that the prefect had about their job could be. Nothing else, which was why he had bribed their cat (“THE NAME’S GRIM!”) with a supplement of tuna even while knowing he could still come back anytime thanks to the actual owner of the residence. The same reason still applied as to why when he saw how the Ramshackle prefect was struggling with some subjects he offered his services as a tutor for the price of more information, nothing else of course!

It was more investing than he liked to admit, how was someone simply able to walk of hits that were supposed to be fatal? And this so called ‘abilities’ which he quickly connected to Signature spells with different rules and restrictions. While it had been hard to distinguish the actual occurrences with all the special sound effect from the prefect it was still something entertaining. He wondered how much weigh the prefect could hold on their own—but that was better saved for another time.

And with the condition in which Ramshackle currently was (one breath away from tumbling down, truly how did Yuu simply laugh it off every time it was brought up?) perhaps the best thing to do was to invite the prefect to have their usual talks in the Mostro Lounge which had finally finished being under construction after having some of its structures used as a weapon by none other than the person who he was currently planning to invite over. And if the cat wanted to be included he could arrange for him to have a nice chat with Floyd as well.

All for the sake of better investment in the conversation of course. Nothing else and nothing more…

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING! I KNOW I PROBABLY LEFT OUT SOME OTHER KENJI’S CHARACTERISTICS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED BUT NOT A LOT OF SITUATIONS CAME TO MIND WHERE I COULD DEVELOP IT—ILL PROBABLY DO A SECOND PART IF I GET THE MOTIVATION ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND READING THIS♥︎!

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knighteclipsed · 9 months

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ooc; TOA Anniversary Munday!!

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together. ily!!

tagging: (flutters my lashes)

Name: Kano!! IRLs also know me by Dimitri, but it is by no means restricted to there.

Pronouns: he/they/it

Birthday (no year): May 6th

Where are you from? What is your time zone? Georgia kiddo wrow. est in actuality, european at heart (during breaks)

Roleplay experience: Did some stuff back in elem? But never really got into it until TOA, which I joined about a year ago, the day before the 3rd anniversary!

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Got any pets? Nope. I'd like to have a cat someday though.

Favorite time of year: Spring time baybeeeeee. Birthday bias but it's also a nice medium between extremes :softsmile:

Some interests and things you like: Uh...... Fire Emblem? Also most things that go into video games (drawing, writing, composing/playing music, i love programming so much it's insane, etc. etc), I'm a little art kid :sparkles:. Oh also Spider-verse and Nimona.... :softsmile:

Some fun facts & trivia about you: I know my integer squares up the 22? Did I mention I love math? Studying game design at a technical school rn, and I know six programming languages atm (JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Java, C#, and Python). I also programmed a text-only GBA combat sim in Python earlier this year. Took a couple weeks and I did that instead of my Physics work :D

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? ...So here's the thing. (JKJKJK) Uh..... I like Triangle Strategy, Hades, I've been meaning to finish the original Ori :shrek_mmh:, and Omori went crazy but I'm not playing it again (it's best on a blind playthrough). I also really enjoyed Undertale! Don't have much else on my backlog tho haha

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: So I don't really Pokemon. BUT. I do love Squirtle and Wartortle and I had a Gible named Nom Nom in Pokemon Arceus. Favorite type though would probably be Dragon or Dark. lol

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How did you get into Fire Emblem? Back when I was in 3rd grade, my mother gave me and my brothers a Wii with Super Smash Bros Brawl! I was a Sheik main but my brother got me to play some other characters, including Marth, Pit, and Ike. I didn't like Ike for his slowness but Marth and Pit were good for my style of play. I later followed him into Fire Emblem Heroes hell, and then later into emulating Sacred Stones! Didn't finish it until after Three Houses came out though. Finished Azure Moon in three weeks (including school).

What Fire Emblem games have you played? I've beaten Sacred Stones and Three Houses, most of Engage, roughly half of Valentia, the first few chapters of Genealogy, Shadow Dragon, and Binding, and the demo of Awakening. Also about half of Three Hopes but that doesn't count it's a Warriors game (also through most of Book 5 in FEH) :/

First Fire Emblem game: Sacred Stones! The first I finished was 3H though lol

Favorite Fire Emblem game: Sacred Stones I think. Altho it's definitely fist-fighting 3H still.

Any Fire Emblem crushes? Dimitri is a solid one I think. Most of the Faerghus Four guys tho are... yeah. :woozy_face: Also mayyyyyyybe Diamant? I'm unsure tho FJDKNGKSFGN. The arospec-ness definitely kicking in :joy:

If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? - Awakening: N/A - Fates: N/A - Three Houses: Dimitri hah - Engage: N/A

Favorite Fire Emblem class: Grrrrrrrr that's a hard one. Probably one of the magical ones, but (gestures at this muse) yk. Wyverns.

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class? Either some sort of mage (probably Sage-leaning) or a wyvern class like Wyvern Knight. Mortal Savant is also very alluring.

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? Blue Lions, no question. My energy is definitely more Deer tho lol

If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with? Sigurd. Dude is scary LOL

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How did you find TOA? Okay so while I was still relatively new to Tumblr, I was browsing tags and a previous Dimitri's posts (the art especially caught my attention it was incredible) were coming up under the Dimitri tag (the mun knows who they are). When I looked at the blog and saw it was dedicated to Dimitri, I got completely suspicious of it immediately :crylaugh: Ended up digging around though and saw the art style was consistent, and after I got past the drabble at the top I realized it was a roleplay blog, which. While I was still new, I was accustomed from Twitter to people being both god artists and god writers, so I figured it was just all by one person. Followed it for a few months (which I got exposed for when I reserved Linhardt but I still find that hilarious so it's fine), and eventually the August activity check popped up last year and I decided to join. Yay! (Never found out who 'mun' was tho :/ (this is a jest))

Current TOA muses: Linhardt, Colm, and Valter!

Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again? Also Linhardt! lol. While I don't expect to be dropping him soon (looks away), if I ever did, I have a feeling he'd be back eventually. Adore my little genderball.

Have you had any other TOA muses? Nope! Picked them up one after the other and have yet to drop any dnjgkfsn

Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards? Hm...... Well I know I have a type, but it's hard to put into words haha. Anyone who makes me laugh I guess? And people who are super duper attached to their role in life (think knights and knight-adjacents like Selena and Glen). There's something going on in their noggins that is just so. (STARES) Also people who scare me with their in-game dialogue. (Valter, but TS Dimitri applies as well FNDJKNG.)

What do you believe you enjoy writing the most? I'm not really certain, but I know I have a LOT of fun whenever I craft dialogue. Me and my incapability to be quiet (endearing)

Favorite TOA-related memory: A close one would be two of the muns recognizing me when I submitted the Linhardt reserve, but I also get a kick out of Linhardt climbing a tree to escape a boar during Unscripted last year fnjsdkngsf. The birthday wishes back in May also made me explode (positive) EDIT: I FORGOT SIRIUS ROLLING VALTER FOR HIS LIEGE DURING KKE!!!!! THAT WAS HILARIOUSSSSSSSSS (so was patty's crush on valter. makes me cackle every time)

Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day in TOA that you’d like to share? I might still make use of my Saleh blog. I have an idea I want to go for, but he isn't the biggest delusion right now. Neimi might also have a shot, but I don't expect to be doing anything for Lukas or Hubert any time soon. You all know who's coming next.

#[ ‘by my cursed lance!’ ] (ooc)#[ ‘to ask such a thing of me…’ ] (memes)#// i had fun filling this out!!#// the favorites were definitely some pretty hard ones #// as opposed to the just raw facts #// but hey!! we jive!!#// happy anniversary TOA!!!#// i look forward to seeing the growth of your true potential :softsmile:#// - kano!! :D

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morganaseren · 1 year

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kicks down your door. have you considered niamh/bethany/leliana before, and if not, what is a poly ship that you think would be more effective/you like better, if you're so inclined

Friend, you are now going to take responsibility for all my rambling because now the plot bunnies won't stop with this idea. Okay? Okay! 😂 Everything shall be below the cut because of the length.

So there is a bit of an age difference between the three of them. I'm going to use their Inquisition ages here per my fic because I'm so used to writing their characterizations from that time period. That means Leliana is 37 (or roughly around that age, depending on how you want to interpret the source material), Niamh is 33, and Bethany is canonically 30 by then.

I'll preface this all by saying that I think they would work well together in an AU because so much of DA's canon world state surrounds Niamh and Bethany in such doom and gloom (both the Cousland background and the fate of the Hawkes are just so tragic), and I actually want them to be happy without having them wallow too much in that.

Having said that, you won't see the usual prejudices depicted in the games, especially in regards to mages. Circles exist only in the sense that they're schools of magic with students who can freely come and go within them. Thus, Niamh's and Bethany's respective positions in the world of Thedas would be nearly as prominent as Leliana's own status as Left Hand of Divine Justinia.

Considering Leliana's reputation, everyone outside her personal circle would assume the Knight-Enchanter and Necromancer she's in a polyamorous relationship with must be absolutely intimidating.

In reality, they're like the nicest women you could ever meet.

I've always viewed the Knight-Enchanter class to be something like a doctor in our world albeit on a completely different level. I mean, they literally have the power to resurrect people and help regrow lost limbs, and that's on top of already being able to conjure a sword made completely of magic! How mindblowing is that?!

But with any doctor comes the aspect of patient care obviously, and considering the headcanons I have of Bethany in OtSttCA taking in a lot of abandoned mage children during the Templar-Mage war, I imagine she'd be the head healer of a charitable clinic, who specializes with younger patients dealing with chronic illnesses.

That's the sweet, nurturing part of her, but anyone who has ever played the Knight-Enchanter class know all too well just how tanky these mages are. Like, holy shit, do you realize how much damage a solo Knight-Enchanter can take against a High Dragon in Nightmare mode?? Absolutely stunning! And now because of you, dear Jelly-friend, I now envision Bethany conjuring a magical battleaxe instead of the typical magical sword. It's badass, and I love that for her!

I mentioned Leliana is also dating a Necromancer, so, yes, Niamh's canonically a Necromancer in Inquisition. Outside the game, it's honestly because I already played a Knight-Enchanter before and wanted to try something different. In-game logic though? Some aspects of the Necromancer class reminded Niamh of Morrigan, and she chose it as a way to honor one of her first and truest friends outside of the Circle.

Plus, Niamh's fascinated by the metaphysical aspect regarding the class, especially when you add spirits into the mix. Beyond that though, Niamh is just an absolute nerd. Like, she greatly enjoys learning just for the sake of learning, so despite being one of the most respected figures in the magical house of dark arts, Niamh's just an absolute cinnamon roll. She'd rather talk your ear off about her work rather than resort to violence most of the time. Like with her elemental magic though, she tends to use her powers of necromancy in rather innovative ways, which has earned her some measure of fame.

For instance, there's a vase of Andraste's Grace that Leliana always keeps on her desk. Most assume that she regularly changes out the flowers within them, but no. They're actually the same flowers she's kept for years, and they were originally gifted to her by Niamh. She somehow managed to use her abilities to encapsulate the very energy inside the flowers and have it cycle in a near endless loop to keep them looking as lively as the day she first picked them.

Niamh was very proud of herself when she figured out how to do it. 😄

Keeping with that arcane user reputation of hers though, Niamh also learned shape-shifting from Morrigan—mostly because I think it would be hilarious if Cassandra or some other Chantry official would try to rouse Leliana for some incident that could just as easily be dealt with tomorrow only to find this large, black wolf sitting directly in front of the door regarding them with an air of utter disapproval.

When the Chantry officials are being particularly obstinate though, Bethany even joins Niamh by camping out in front of Leliana's door to further bar them from disturbing Leliana from her much-needed rest (that Bethany firmly insisted on and Leliana only somewhat begrudgingly agreed to after certain favors were promised in return for her obedience in the matter... 😏).

"The Left Hand has spent nearly the past fortnight ensuring enemies of the Divine were apprehended by her network if not outright routed into the Chantry's respective military forces," Bethany begins while not bothering to look up from where she's reading updates regarding her various patients. "Unless Her Holiness desires her presence herself, then I will trust you're all capable of dealing with a situation that is hardly between life and death." She barely smothers a smile when she hears an audible huff of incredulity from the wolf she's leaning against, gently ribbing Niamh in half-hearted reprimand. "Good day to you all."

But, yeah, despite being the youngest of the bunch, Bethany's usually the one making sure no one overworks themselves too much; that caring healer trait of hers doesn't always leave once she's done with her patients in the clinic. 😂 Niamh would absolutely forget to eat and just stay in her personal office for hours on end to write new academic dissertations while Leliana would be lost in the endless mindset of "Just one more report to read!" or "Just one more situation to deal with!"

Of course, while Niamh and Bethany are seen as outwardly sweet women, they can still utterly devastate their enemies with their respective magic. In that same sense, Leliana is often regarded as a rather terrifying woman, who casts a shadow across all Thedas with the reach of her spy network, but with her lovers, she's as gentle and loving as can be. 🥰

But to answer your other question, I think one other poly pairing that I'll probably have to write about at some point would be Isabela/Hawke/Merrill.

Honestly, there's a lot of women in the DA series that I would like to write about more such as Anora or Shianni, but I don't know in what context yet. 👀

Thanks for sending this in, friend! This was fun to think about!

#lee's inbox #leliana #bethany hawke #female cousland/leliana #female cousland/bethany hawke #jellydishes #AU: The Magic Floating in the Air #OT3: A Cluster of Colors and Twine

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