#the astral chronicles

[ghost-town-story]

FebruarOC Day 13: Melody

(Combining with the ockissweek prompt "sunrise")

By the time dawn began to tint the sky in shades of pink and purple, the city had finally quieted, sleep claiming most of its inhabitants. Melody, unfortunately, couldn’t count herself among those lucky enough to catch a few hours of rest that night.

For most of the night, it had been the celebrations that kept her awake. It was only once Ashe had insisted they all go to bed that Melody found sleep evading her. Alone in the silence, the darkness pressed in on her until she felt like she was suffocating, until she had to flee or drown in her own thoughts.

The next few hours were spent wandering the quiet castle corridors until the impending dawn drove her to a secluded balcony where she could watch the sun rise.

Melody let out a long breath as she stared out over the horizon. Even now this didn’t feel quite real, as if she would wake up at any moment and find nothing but shadowed tents and bitter longing on her tongue.

She wondered if any of the others felt the same. She wondered if it would ever stop feeling like a too beautiful dream.

Behind her, the soft click of metal announced the door opening. Melody whirled around, her hand going to her sword that she still carried despite the apparent safety.

Finn held up his hands. “Just me.”

“Finn.” Melody breathed his name in relief, her hand falling from the hilt of her sword as she relaxed. “What are you doing awake at this hour?” she asked.

“I could ask you the same thing,” Finn said as he crossed the balcony to join her at the railing. “I slept a little, but when I saw it was nearly dawn I thought I’d come out here. It’s been… a long time since I’ve seen the sun rise here. Since either of us have.”

“Over a decade,” Melody sighed.

“Yeah.” Finn studied her for a moment, then slid an arm around her waist and pulled her close. “By the way,” he murmured, “I heard you wandering around last night, after Ashe sent us to bed.”

“Sorry,” Melody apologized. “I didn’t mean to bother you. I just… couldn’t stop thinking. And it was too dark in my room, so… I wandered. Until now.”

“Well then,” Finn said. “After the sun rises, you can come with me, and see if you can’t catch a few hours of sleep. After all, I’m sure nobody will begrudge us a late morning.”

“Nobody but Ashe,” Melody pointed out.

“Then Ashe will have to deal with me, if he wants to disturb you before you’re ready,” Finn said, sounding all too sure of himself.

Melody couldn’t help but laugh. “My brave knight.”

“Of course.” Finn paused for a moment, then he gently pressed a kiss to Melody’s hair. “Whatever it takes.”

The first of the sun’s rays crept over the horizon, and Melody felt something in her chest loosen. No matter if this was a dream, if she would wake up tomorrow and find herself back in Calcheth or anywhere else, Finn would be there with her. And so long as they were together, things would be okay.

#writing #in which i write #snippets #the astral chronicles #the astral chronicles: part 1 #februaroc #februaroc 2024 #ockiss24

[sicahyart]

Game so Xenoblade coded I had to doodle some crossover stuff

#astral chain #xenoblade #mythra #malos #galea #klaus #mikhail #sicahyart #xenoblade chronicles #xenoblade chronicles 2 #xbc2 #next time I'll draw actual Astral Chain fanarts promise #I loved this game so much #Xenoblade enjoyers you should play Astral Chain

[yesthefandomfreakblr]

"Ripred sleeps like a rock and he snores, he's such a deep sleeper."

Yeah well Gregor looked at them without moving while they were in rem for like point two seconds and

#the underland chronicles #gregor the overlander #ripred #ripred the rat #ripred the gnawer #tuc #ripred my beloved #I don't know what astral projection special ops bullshit he's doing but that rat. He scares me.

[randomlygeneratedusername2]

They all look the same

#xenoblade chronicles 3 #xc3 #noah mio ouroboros #astral chain #sword legion #pokemon scarlet and violet #ceruledge

[swallowtail-ageha]

If i had a nickel for every series i'm into that has a maria with white hair and green eyes, i'd have two nickles which isn't much but it's weird it happened twice

#bloodborne #lady maria of the astral clocktower #evillious chronicles #maria moonlit #<-referring to her madame merry go round PV design

[luxaar-lab]

I must fish… though wish to not blow my cover. Which is why I created this little creature out of this “Astral Plane” thing. Meet my newest tool, the Shell Legion.

H-hello…

Go out, and fish small legion. I will be awaiting your victories. I especially want you to catch this mythical “size 2” fish.

Y-yes… I will do that.

#ask luxaar lab #luxaar #xenoblade chronicles x #xenoblade chronicles #xenoblade #astral chain #astral chain legion #shell legion #my oc #original character

[pretend-pretend-vampire]

your turn, tell me about ilaria pwease, I am 👀 at ur tags and so curious!

YAY! THANK YOU! :3

so ilaria vann (they/she), my darling ilaria, is my first vtm character! they're a lamia, embraced by their sire evelyn a few years ago when they were in their late 30s.

evelyn had had her eye on ilaria for a while, apparently, as she was their mother-in-law for several years prior. evelyn's adoptive son durante was actually a ghoul trying to prove himself, like your isaiah was! except he was at it for 70 years and didn't manage to not be pathetic. I mentioned in the tags that ilaria was a dom, it's exactly why the spineless idiot didn't get embraced and his mortal wife did. she's just too powerful.

them being a dom wasn't the only reason ilaria was embraced, though! they were actually working in histopathology, and were morbidly interested in the dead and dying even before gaining the hecata compulsion. evelyn thought ilaria's work would be useful for the research some of the hecata in new york were doing on the blood plague.

after the embrace and a decent length of fledgelinghood that involved some hecata family events (where she met her coterie mate holiday!), evelyn sent her to new york for the research, and that's what she does now!

her coworkers hate her and refuse to give her advice or help outside of the job. they don't like daysleeping at their own apartment, so they couchsurf within their polycule of subs, which is fine because they've been pretending to be a vampire since age 6. she can barely drive, and holiday makes fun of her for catching the bus. they have a 0 in etiquette and don't care for politics.

they have a very high intelligence, high medicine, and specialties to do with diseases. she's quite strong, which means she's great at manhandling and physically hurting people. she's creepy and intimidating, meaning people often do what she wants. they can see ghosts, and have been asked by cammy princes to help out with necromancy on at least two separate occasions. they're also very funny (:

thank you for asking about my darling ilaria!! <3 I have a character tag for her which is attached to this post if you'd like to see more, which includes more art of her, which is mostly my own!

#text #vtm #mild nsft #answered asks #astral--ghost #zin plays #chronicle: ey i'm vampin' 'ere!!! #character: ilaria vann

[kodzue-ken]

Me: haha video games are so relaxing and don’t make me upset!!

Also me *sobbing while holding astral chain, xenoblade, crisis core, fe: awakening, octopath traveler + more*: I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS

#if u give me a chance to talk about anyone of these I’m not shutting up #there’s probably more but these are the ones I could think of atm #xenoblade chronicles #ff7:ccr #ff:crisis core #crisis core #fe:a #fire emeblem awakening #octopath traveler #astral chain #xenoblade chronicles: definitive edition #kodzue rambles #game.astral chain #game.xenoblade #game.crisis core #game.octopath traveler #game.fe: awakening

[k-star-holic]

Song Joong-ki Goes and Lee Joon-gi Comes...Start filming Astral Chronicles 2'

Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com

#Jang Dong-gun #Kim Ok-bin #Song Joong-ki #Return #Studio Dragon #Shin Se-kyung #Arthdal #Astral Chronicles

[ghost-town-story]

FebruarOC Day 10: Jared

When Jared woke, it took him a few moments to recognize that he was warm and comfortable, curled up in a real bed for the first time in months. It took a few more moments for him to realize he couldn’t feel Will nearby.

The realization caused panic to spike through the sleepy haze, and Jared bolted upright, fighting his way out of the blankets wrapped around him. He was in a dimly lit tent, and a few feet away was another cot, occupied by a Will-shaped pile of blankets.

“Will!” Jared gasped, nearly falling on his face in his haste to get out of his own bed.

The blankets stirred, and as Jared stumbled to his side, Will’s head appeared, blinking sleepily at Jared. What’s wrong?

Jared breathed a sigh of relief, sinking to the ground next to Will. “Nothing,” he said. “I just didn’t know where you were.”

Will wiggled until his arms were free of the blankets so he could pat Jared on the head. We’re okay, he said.

“Yeah.” Jared didn’t quite believe him though. Yes, Will could see the future, but Jared knew the ability was unreliable and confusing at best, so he couldn’t bring himself to have the same faith that Will did.

Will frowned. Jared—

“How do you feel?” Jared asked, cutting Will off.

Will huffed at Jared, but answered easily. Better. Tired.

“That’s good,” Jared said. “That you’re better now. Go back to sleep, I shouldn’t have woken you up.”

What about you? Will asked.

“I’m fine,” Jared said, despite the temptation to return to the warm cocoon he’d woken up in and sleep for another few weeks. No matter Will’s conviction, he couldn’t bring himself to trust these lowlanders, even if they did have Lysander with them. Pretty words and promises on the gods that had abandoned them meant nothing to Jared now. Even those from the mountains could betray them, not to mention the fact that his side still hurt where the boy, Finn, had hit him with a knife.

Will sighed. Come here.

“I’m fine,” Jared insisted.

Come here, Will repeated, reaching for Jared with such a pathetic look that Jared felt bad trying to resist.

Jared sighed and got back to his feet. “Fine. Scoot over.” He returned to his own cot briefly to grab the blankets so he could throw them on top of Will, earning a rare audible squeak of surprise, then he climbed into bed next to Will, making sure he was between his brother and the entrance to the tent.

We’re okay, Will said, obviously noticing the protective movement.

Jared huffed. “Don’t complain.”

Will pointedly dug his elbow into Jared’s back, but otherwise didn’t respond. Jared heard his breathing slow as he drifted back to sleep, and resisted the urge to do the same.

Will could believe they were safe all he wanted. Jared would make sure nobody could hurt him.   

#writing #in which i write #snippets #the astral chronicles #the astral chronicles: part 1 #februaroc #februaroc 2024

[coldbrewblooded]

I've got a handful of animorphs books left to read and then I can freely explore the fandom without fear of spoilers

#astral rambles #astral reads animorphs #I think I'm on book 48? #the one immediately after the Ellimist chronicles #but like I've just started it #so what's that like 8 books left

[eelslippers]

I need to begin working on creating lore and personalities for the 9 cherubs that rule over the 9 regions of hell in my campaign and never before has the number 9 felt like so much.

#eelslippers #chronicle vii #ive named them and i like their names a lot #each of the 9 layers of hell is protected by a cherubim and their legion of angels. each layer serves a different purpose. #i also need to work on the high court of seraphim though they are less important and mostly just flavour text #my players are in hell rn so i didnt need to work on this until now #a part of me wants to talk on the internet about the lore and worldbuilding of the campaign but i dont draw enough to show it well #plus theres so much #i have created so much lore on different species of angels and their political structures across different realms and their heirarchies #like the cherubs are a type of angel called a warden who rule over the realm that is called the abyssal plane #but i also have grim reapers who rule the astral realm

[aroaceleovaldez]

non-exhaustive list of canon powers Nico di Angelo either has shown or is heavily implied to have:

Shadow-travel

Manipulation of shadows/darkness (also possibly use of shadows as a pocket-dimension a la Magicians using the Duat in The Kane Chronicles)

Becoming intangible/shadows

Complete control over skeletons/bones (dead or alive, including summoning, reanimation, and/or changing shape of them) and being able to sense their presence

Summoning, reanimating, commanding, and dispelling the dead/undead (Skeletons, zombies, ghosts, etc & varieties) and being able to sense their presence

Ability to understand/communicate with the dead/undead and potentially other beings of the Underworld

Inherent complete comprehension of Latin

Ability to perceive the usually unperceivable/possibly look upon a deity’s true form without repercussion (at least moreso than the average demigod, though possibly is restricted to chthonic beings) (ex: Tartarus, potentially also interacting with his parents, etc)

Interacting tangibly with ghosts (implied to be a Ghost King thing rather than a Hades/Pluto thing)

Partial or complete immunity to different effects of the Underworld/things within (can consume food/drink of or in the Underworld without repercussions, effects from the Lethe wear off over time instead of being permanent like usual for mortals, etc)

Astral projection/”Walking in dreams”

Dream manipulation and projection (Sending dreams to others, etc.) (presumably includes sharing/projecting dreams with others) alongside inflicting sleep upon others even from a distance.

Illusions

Manipulation of emotions/aura that inflicts specific emotions on others (ex.: radiating fear/death onto enemies)

Projection of emotions and memories onto others (can be so forceful it causes physical damage like a shockwave)

Geokinesis (all forms but also specifically generating black marble) (presumably also specialized control over precious gemstones & non-paper currency)

Temperature manipulation (seemingly only lowering temperature)/creating frost)

Control/manipulation of souls, including living beings (ex: ripping out Bryce Lawrence’s soul)

Perceiving/reading/judging of souls (most likely also a Ghost King thing over Hades/Pluto thing, but possibly both)

Converting living into dead/undead, aka instakill (ex: disintegrating monsters to bone with one touch)

Lowering or manipulation of own vitals (breathing, heart rate, etc)

Death Trance/pseudo-hibernation (possibly also general control over states of consciousness at least for self, in combo with control over vitals & dreams)

Sensing death (impending or when it occurs, sometimes receiving dreams/visions of it occurring)

Able to sense other children of Hades/Pluto (potentially also other chthonic beings in general/able to identify based on sense alone) and also just living beings in general, such as mortals (possibly via souls).

Improved navigation underground/in the Underworld and ability to traverse restricted or normally unnavigable parts of the Underworld

Enhanced strength/abilities when in the Underworld

Inherently unnaturally quiet (possibly able to silence sound on a designated target)

Hiding/shielding self from being perceived (seemingly related to shadows/silence)

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #long post // #MY BOY IS OP AS FUCK and i love this about him #so many of these are so underutilized #when will Nico get to use his geokinesis again #we only see him make marble once in BoTL and then never again #based on that he should theoretically be able to do everything Hazel can do. which also implies Hazel can do everything he can do #let Hazel summon a skeleton for once and Nico hits somebody with a rock cmon #also i still firmly believe Nico should get to turn invisible #we've seen him become intangible. his dad's notable item is a helm that makes you invisible. let him turn invisible. #but yeah big 3 kids are op. look at nico go. and this is just physical abilities not including stuff like Annabeth being smart #or cabin 7 kids being good at music or whatever #presumably for Nico/Hazel it'd be like a penchant for diplomacy and legality-related things presumably #and i like to hc he has a personal inherent knowledge bank of everyone who has ever died in his lifetime - just details about their deaths #mostly anyways and then like basic facts about who they were/next of kin/etc #so they can tap into that at any time and be like ''hold on lemme look this person/their relatives up real quick'' #i usually like to write that as how Nico confirmed what was up with Jason when they first met #he just kind of squinted at Jason and went ''okay. hm. who are you next of kin of? Beryl - OH YOU'RE THALIA'S BROTHER''

[bratzydollz]

"Hana's Sizzling Shifting Chronicles: Unveiling the Hottest Tea in Town! ☕💋 #ShiftingSecrets #XOXOHana"

Hey, hey, hey, gossip shifters! Get ready to dive into Hana's Hot Shifting Teas, where the tea is piping hot, and the shifting secrets are spicier than Taylor Swift and Kanye West's one-sided beef. Grab your virtual popcorn, because I'm serving up the hottest tips, a firsthand look at the shifting journey through my glam lens, and, of course, an unfiltered rant about the wild world of the shifting community. Stay tuned, luvlies – the tea is about to spill, and I'm here to spill it all! 💋✨ #ShiftingScoop #ShiftTimeWithHana

•—✧✷ Kick back, sweet treats, and grab your go-to drinks and snacks because I'm about to unveil a smorgasbord of the latest and greatest goodies I've dished out just for you. Get ready to be dazzled by all the current offerings – it's a feast for the senses, luvlies! 🍹

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—❥ 🕵️‍♀️✨ "Breaking the Reality Code: Legit Tips to Shift Into Your Desired Reality – Hana Spills the Tea! #ShiftingSecrets" ✨🌌

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—⁠❥ 🌌✨ "HANA'S COSMIC CHRONICLES: Shift Happens – Escapism or Elevation?" 🌙💖 #ShiftingSlayage #HanasMultiversalGossip

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—❥ 🌟✨ "Shifting Siren Hana's Dreamy Disruption: The Astral Angst!" 👻💫 ✨🌙

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-more coming soon <3

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•—✧✷ Thirsty for more teas from yours truly? Well, my luvlies, my writings are like a magnet for all you tea-thirsty freaksies. But hey, a girl needs her me-time too. No worries, I'll keep the shifting tea coming, just for you. Because let's be real, you know you love me. ☕💋

Xoxo, Hana.

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#mcu shifting #shifting #reality shift #shifting community #shiftinconsciousness #master manifestor #self concept #kpop shifting #quantum jumping #shifting script #bratzydollz #shifttok #shifting diary #shiftblr #shifting realities #reality shifting #shifters #reality shifter #desired reality #shifting tips #shifting to hogwarts #shifting to desired reality #shifting to my dr #shifting blog #anti shifters dni #shifting to mcu #shifting scenarios #void state #loassumption #law of assumption

[luxaar-lab]

How are the both of you?? Just checking in

N-nervous… I’m hoping all the fish I caught will be enough to achieve victory for the Grandmaster.

As for him….. he’s eyeing any mistakes I make, very deep in thought.

#ask luxaar lab #luxaar #xenoblade chronicles x #xenoblade chronicles #xenoblade #astral chain legion #astral chain #shell legion #luxaar is a bad creator/parent

[timeturner-jay]

Chron Knight! I’ve heard that you do your best to record and preserve information, can I ask how? Is there perhaps a method, magic you use to help, and is it stored in a library or somewhere similar?

Chronicle Keeper au

Introduction | Next part

When a civilisation falls to ruin, Chron Knight appears there to save what they can. They scour the planet for centres of knowledge - libraries, universities, temples, museums, and private collections.

And then they take it all.

To accomplish this, they use an Ancient relic from their vast collection - the Dimensional Scepter. See, Chron Knight is a bit of a hermit - they make their home in a pocket dimension within Another Dimension, and they rarely ever receive any guests there. It's a difficult-to-reach place, even if you know of its existence - which not many people do.

This pocket dimension of theirs contains The Archive - an endless space that is filled with countless floating doorways; portals to even more pocket dimensions, folding further into themselves infinitely. This is where Chron deposits the buildings, objects and spaces they have taken, each in their own little dimension, held in an eternal stasis to prevent any further decay.

Here, over the course of eons, Chron Knight has gathered the history and knowledge of the known universe, to save it from being lost and forgotten forever. It's their life's work.

Here, they spend eternity studying the books and relics they've stolen from the brink of oblivion, a task that would surely be impossible given the sheer quantity of knowledge they've gathered - but their own time manipulation magic makes it possible. They could spend months holed up inside a single pocket dimension as they decipher lost languages, study forgotten cultures and learn about technology that no one will ever use again, but thanks to their magic, only seconds will have passed outside of their magic field.

They commit it all to memory, to carry that knowledge into the future. Even as eons pass and not even a mote of dust remains of the planets they once visited, Chron has made it their mission to remember them - all those people and places and civilisations that have long been lost to history.

They mostly observe and witness from afar, and rarely interfere - but they will remember, when no one else is left who could.

#Chronicle Keeper au #Chron Knight #Kirby OC #Knight OC #Kirby #Ask #My art #My headcanons for Astrals go pretty hard haha #What's even the point if they can't be ancient little eldritch abominations? <3 love that for them