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Two in a row! Look at me go!

Shockingly, I'm actually a chapter ahead too! I'm taking a break from the draft of chapter 20 before the final polish and starting the outline and blurbs for chapter 21. This is from that chapter. It's particularly special because it features the OC that @charlatron created for Space Trash, El!

“Wait! Fine, fine. I’d rather you drink here than somewhere else,” El said quickly and he swung back to face her again with a smug look on his face. This time, the glass she put in front of him was filled halfway with a warm, amber liquid. “Ah, that’s better.” He brought it to his lips and took a long drink. “Ah, c’mon,” he grumbled, slamming it back down on the bar. “What’s this weak shit?”  El shrugged. “It’s apple juice.” He lifted it, as if to try and throw it in the trash as well, but she clicked her tongue. “Careful, master Tethras. I cherish my bar like I cherish my body. Defile either at your own risk." He grunted and set the glass down.

#space trash #elbereth #EL! #varric tethras #wip wednesday #ahhhhhhhhh

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“It will be untamed, vigorous, and, well… large.”

#baldurs gate 3 #halsin #halsin x tav

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Bull gets a tattoo once a year; a little symbol (or kid's doodle) to mark how tall his child is when they stand next to him.

#headcanon du jour #the iron bull

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Wow, it's been a really long time since I've posted one of these, but I'm hoping doing so on the regular will keep me motivated to keep writing. I'm over half-way through my original timeline for Space Trash, so we're on the home stretch!

Here's a couple tiny blurbs from the main story of Space Trash and a tiny side project in the same AU.

“Who are you?” Jules asked with a confused frown. The recent events left her doubting he was even real. The man's eyebrows shot up. He transferred the massive hydrogen blade with its glowing edge to the opposite hand and offered the freed one to her. “King Alistair Theirin, monarch of the entire Fereldan system. We met a few hours ago, but it's fine. I've been told I'm a forgettable fellow.”

And from a side story:

He released her and started to roll his sleeves back down again. “You take care of the paint for me and I’ll go send Bull and the Chargers your way.” He started to walk away, then turned and walked backwards a few paces. “Oh, hey, is our bet still on?”  “Absolutely. I can’t believe you think you’re gonna make money off that,” Jules scoffed.  “I’m telling you,” Morgan said, shaking his head with a grin, “he’s gonna cry.”

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No Context WIP Tag Game

Tagged by my beloved @pikapeppa and @illusivesoul

Rules: If you’re tagged, make a new post and share 1-2 (a few) sentences from your most recent unposted WIP(s) with zero context -- Let your followers guess!

I'm working on a few things at the moment, so how about a couple sentences from each? :)

Number 1:

Her nails scraped down his back, tripping over his scar as he dragged his fangs teasingly across the skin of her neck. He hoped she shredded it; hoped she could erase the pain just with her touch and create something new there, a new memory, one far more pleasant than the current one.

Number 2:

And then she'd disappeared upstairs and he found his feet following the same path she'd taken, his feet barely clearing the top step of the spiral staircase as he saw a flash of pink hair disappear into one of the portals Lorroakan had made upstairs to weed out those who claimed to have found the Nightsong but hadn't. He hoped she had--the people who had entered those portals had never come back.

Number 3:

Alyss rocked forward, driving his fingers deeper. Kaidan growled low in his throat and bit her shoulder gently, tongue darting out to soothe the spot immediately, his erection straining to be freed, but this wasn’t about his pleasure, it was about hers.

I will tag this forward to

@vorchagirl @wickedwitchofthewilds @sinsbymanka @charlatron @amarmeme @foofyschmoofer @starsandskies @randomlygeneratedstring @ooachilliaoo @kittynomsdeplume @commander-krios @hazelestelle @cr-noble-writes and anyone else who wants to play!

#no context wip game

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WIP Whenever

I was tagged by @vorchagirl and @wickedwitchofthewilds for this one! Thanks darlings!

"The nightmares again?" She nodded as she traced circles on his arms with her thumbs, Kaidan frowning as he met her eyes in the mirror. "What can I do?" If he could take away her burden, he absolutely would, but she was the one the galaxy looked to and out there she never wavered, but in here? She was only human. "You can strip us both naked and take me right here, right now." Concern etched its way across his handsome face, as his eyes met hers in the mirror. "You can't use sex to avoid talking about what's bothering you." She lifted one shoulder in a shrug. "It's worked so far." "Alyss–" "Is it so wrong that I'd rather get lost in you than relive my nightmares? Dwelling on it won't bring back everyone I've lost--their voices that haunt my dreams, grim dreams that make me think that this is the end and I'm going to join them…and that I'll be alone when I do, and that scares me. So I want to focus on what I can control and what makes me feel happy and whole and able to go on. And that's you."

I wanna see what everyone is working on! I will tag you both back as well as @sinsbymanka @pikapeppa @charlatron @amarmeme @slothssassin @foofyschmoofer @hunnybadgerv @pookydraws @starsandskies @liaorban-art @randomlygeneratedstring @ooachilliaoo @illusivesoul @badwolf626 @kittynomsdeplume @redreart @keriweird @commander-krios @hazelestelle @minilev @ashalle-art @cr-noble-writes !

#wip whenever

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It's been an embarrassingly long amount of time, but I've just published Chapter 19 of Space Trash. I really haven't abandoned it. I still very much want to finish it, but the writing muse has definitely left me high and dry. (And, not just where it pertains to Space Trash) If people still care about it, I'm going to work on finishing it, even if it's slowly. That's how anything gets done though, right? Little bit at a time.

#space trash #space trash!!!

[charlatron]

Varric is complicit in 80% of Sera's shenanigans.

#headcanon du jour #dragon age inquisition #varric tethras #sera

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Some of my favorite magic side effects:

-Nosebleeds. Never gets old.

-Coughing up blood. The good ol’ “cough into your hand and pull it back to see blood” also never gets old.

-Headaches. You keep fighting as your head pounds, desperately telling you to take a break. At first they fade within minutes when you stop using magic, but overtime, they become chronic.

-Fatigue. After a big battle, you stand triumphant, and then just fall asleep on the spot.

-In a similar vein, overuse causing you to straight up faint rather than just fall asleep. Darkness begins to overtake your vision in the middle of battle, unconsciousness abruptly looming over you.

-Any of the side effects happening to another person. Maybe two close characters are connected, and whatever side effects character A would normally endure are transferred to character B. When A uses a blast of magic B screams loudly because holy shit that hurt.

-Magic gradually deteriorating your mind. Using it too much eventually caused hallucinations and an inability to retain memories, or even larger scale memory loss. 

Feel free to add more, I’m looking for some to steal

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Last Line Meme

Tagged by my darling @naromoreau to share the last line I wrote and tag as many people as there are words.

His eyes sparkled in amusement. “I'll make it worth your while.”

I'll tag @starsandskies @hunnybadgerv @pikapeppa @foofyschmoofer @vorchagirl @underdark-dreams @charlatron @forlornmelody @hazelestelle @soldiermom1973 @a-shakespearean-in-paris if you want to play!

#last line meme

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Varric and Isabela would often make slap bets. He later brought this over to his friends in the Inquisition, though he came to regret it after he lost one against Bull.

#headcanon du jour

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It's not my fault. You came with her, but she might leave with me.

This one is for Dave, stay liking those tweets bestie.

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Astarion and Syl for @dalish-rogue 💖 Thank you so much for commissioning me!

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After testing out Mindflayers, I was finally happy with two of them ♡

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