#◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞

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          THEY’VE BEEN STANDING AT THE front of their shop for the past couple of minutes now, hands on their hips. “ it feels like a sin to say it but... I think I have too many plants. ”

#◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞ #or does it feel like ur being obvious io

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          “ HELLOOOO? DO YOU BLINK? YOUR eyes are going to dry up and shrivel staring that hard. what’s so fascinating, anyway? ”

#◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞ #u know what let me jump on that mood

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          “ NOT TO BRAG ABOUT IT or anything, but this head is almost worth two million dollars. ” because if they don’t laugh about it they’ll cry.

#◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞ #io vc: everytime i do something 'bad' it goes up :| #io vc: does it look like i know what morals are #anyway #io slapping a dead or alive sign w their face on it: i'm famous baby

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          THE SALVIENUS FAMILY RETURNS TO VENATOR SHIPPING CO. CEO POSITION AFTER 33 YEARS.

          that was… iovita scrolls back up to the date. fourth of february, 2018. four years ago. after the retirement of alain clément, col salvienus retakes the mantle that his family had, until 1985, maintained for 331 years, making venator the oldest active shipping company in the world.

          sometimes, iovita finds themself in an odd, out-of-body sort of position. the person writing this article has no idea that every single salvienus that has operated venator has been col every, single, time. but iovita does. col has not had a single child, has never been married longer than a decade. he is devoted to one thing and one thing only, and that is the continuation of the hounds. keeping venator running is integral to that. iovita doesn’t know the specifics of how col does it - but they’re absolutely certain that magic has some part in it.

          is that hypocritical of him? they wonder. or is it a small sacrifice for the greater good?

          bitter, they decide it’s hypocritical.

          absently, they scroll back up to the top of the page and tap the search bar. lucrezia stands up then, to bump her head against their phone, glaring at them. “ don’t start, ” iovita retorts back, and leans away from her.

          col salvienus pulls up a wealth of results. some business-oriented. others… boring. impractical. inside one millionaire’s roman-inspired home. “ it’s not even inspired, ” iovita tells lucrezia, who’s watching them with her tail twitching. “ it’s a… ” they trail off, then blink rapidly. the screen is getting blurry. “ it looks like the one… fuck. ” they press the heel of their palm into one eye. “ it looks like the one lucius and I had, ” they manage to sniffle out before their face crumples. soft fur presses against their face as they cover it with their hands, lucrezia purring loudly despite her earlier frustration. “ I went wrong somewhere… I just know I did, ” they tell her, trying desperately to wipe away their tears as they sob. “ I went wrong somewhere. ”

#◜❝ 𝚆𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶 ⟩⟩ a life spent talking when my epitaph would do. ❞◞ #OR if u want it to be #◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞ #◜❝ 𝙲𝙾𝙻 ⟩⟩ how did we get so dark. ❞◞ #I need a world lore tag too tbh

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          “ YOU HAVE TO RUN your shop in a way that makes you comfortable, right? right. so, here’s my ground rules: humans are always on thin fucking ice; I will not summon demons unless you pay several thousand upfront; I will summon the ghosts of your loved ones, also for a hefty price, but I will not comfort you if you cry — ”

#◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞ #io: writes these rules down and puts in on a poster

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             “ ‘NATURE IS CRUEL. NATURE DOESN’T care about you.’ blah, blah, blah. you fool, you’re just not listening to her. ”

#◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞ #io vc: i have opinions on this mindset and they're all that i don't like it thank u

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          who’s the best girl?

#◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞ #there is one (1) correct answer and ONLY one

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          “ LOOK AT YOU! ” LUCREZIA IS in their arms, flipped over on her back and purring loudly. iovita playfully rustles her chest fur, and she kicks, without claws, at their arm with her back paws. “ you’re so vicious! I’m so scared! mercy, mercy! ”

#◜❝ 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 ⟩⟩ feel the snakebite enter your veins ❞◞ #pov u walk in on a stoic witch babytalking their cat