new tag dump bc all my tags have been yeeted into the void (1/2)
VERSES:
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 ? / undetermined . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶 / post - stardust crusaders . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗶 / stardust crusaders . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗶𝗶 / diamond is unbreakable . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘃 / vento aureo & stone ocean . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘃 / modern & university . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶 / assassin . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗶 / kitsune . 】
WRITING:
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / replies . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / unprompted answers . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / prompted answers . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / prompts . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / closed starters . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / open starters . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / headcanons & metadata . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / shitposts . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 / dash commentary . 】
VISUALS:
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 / likeness . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 / hierophant green . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 / aesthetics . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 / stardust crusaders . 】
【 * 🍒 教皇 › ❛ 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 / miscellaneous . 】
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↳ @mageshot wrote : ❝ there was no place for me to return to . this was the only place i could go . ❞
prompted / closed .
humans are so infuriatingly delicate . ’twas the reason for which his mother so thoughtfully warned him about entwining himself too intimately with a member of the species , why she had dedicated what likely totals to hours detailing all she knew of their nature before her son was set to venture out & coexist with the peculiar species under the advice of the elders pertaining to his quest to achieve his final tail . & though he makes a point to listen carefully to his mother whenever she bestows glimmers of wisdom unto him , kakyoin would be untruthful were he to claim that , in that moment , he felt as though the content of her adjuration concerned him much at all ; he’d never be close enough to a human for their innate fragility to render him fearful of anything , right ??
foxfire crackles at the hearth of a lantern , casting a calming aureate glow against the angry red of the wound . kakyoin has not uttered a single word to lyric since he found them dragging themself through his mother’s garden , their trousers blotched with crumbling cakes of dirt aggregated with blood ——— not an inquiry toward their well - being , not a question regarding the events that had instigated their state of injury ; he only silently , forcefully , took them by the wrist & dragged them into his mother’s tea room . thankfully , the matriarch is fast asleep in her chamber , & despite her heightened senses , once she falls into deep enough a slumber , she could likely lie at rest during a tsunami .
he does not doubt that lyric senses his ire : he is doing very little to conceal it . perhaps he should handle the wound he is treating a bit more delicately instead of practically yanking his friends arm to & fro , but he cannot so much as hope to keep his choler at bay any more than he already is in not berating them with every morsel of his fiery spirit . both parties had been silent up to this point ; lyric starts to say something before kakyoin can shoot them a glare sharp enough to slice their tongue to ribbons , the other appearing to have taken advantage of a moment wherein the yokai pointed his face away from them to locate the roll of bandages . they are answered at first by only a miffed breath as the fox spirit begins to sheathe the sterilized bite - wound in clean , pristine ivory .
�� as if that makes this any better , ” he finally utters , voice a brandished knife . “ i’ve told you not to come here unless i’m there to escort you . you may think you’re too smart , too discerning , too willful to fall victim to the charms of my kind , but the reality is that no human is . not without the help of something other than . ” the ethereal lineaments of the kitsune’s face harden with frustration , an expression that looks almost unnatural to a creature so renowned for its serene beauty . even so , his heart is far from hardened . he feels for lyric’s predicament , aches to have encountered them a stride away from death’s doorstep . that is why he is so angry .
wetness threatens to gather in the ducts of his eyes , but he remains steadfast in blinking it away . he cannot direct his fury toward his fellow kitsune , for she only sought to behave in a way demanded by her nature . verily , he cannot truthfully pin it to lyric , either , for they said it themself : they had nowhere else to go . thus , he can only be angry with himself ; he should have known better than to think that lyric wouldn’t come back when the winds of their travels had changed course ——— he should have been more vigilant , should have taken it upon himself to meet them upon their return , whatever it took . the guilt coils at his core , & he lowers his head against the mangled muscle of their arm , the red waves of his hair cascading down the bone - white bandage as if he is bleeding onto it .
“ what do you suppose i might have done if you weren’t able to escape to me in time ?? ” he questions , the tight suspension of hot tears causing his sockets to ache . “ your flesh , your bone , your soul devoured without a trace ——— leaving me to discover the horrors of your final moments , which occurred within walking distance of where i was wandering my mother’s garden at night . i would bear that grief into every new millennium . ” the grip of clawed hands on the tanned skin of their arm tightens ; enough to break skin , but leaving blood undrawn .
“ if ever there is a next time you find yourself alone at the torii separating our world & yours , call for me as loud as you can . i will come to you , i swear it . ”
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↳ @mageshot wrote : touch . touch the fox tails .
unprompted . / irresistible floof !
your tails are your pride . echoes of the saturnine voices of the elders ricochet from the walls of his mind ; an utterance he’d been ceaselessly subjected to since birth makes for one that shall always stay with him . while he stands out from his kin in a litany of ways , the one philosophical thread that binds them together must be this ——— the eight tails blooming from his coccyx are to him as earned wings are to an angel , as dazzling jewels are to an agèd dragon . they symbolize his power , his wisdom , his prestige & all he has spent just under a century attaining with hope to achieve enlightened perfection & meet the fullest extent of his potential .
yet , for kakyoin , his tails are also a burden . the one that still evades him has rendered him mad with frustration at times & woeful with desperation at others . his elders offer little help , only hinting that he may find what he seeks among humans . how annoyingly broad a solution . what more are humans good for than entertainment ?? rarely ever does he meet one concerned with anything other than themself & their petty little needs . perhaps , even with all his intelligence & grace , he has failed to study them close enough .
vernal daylight beacons the image of the yokai among a thick canopy of green . he sits alone , clawed hands weaving harvested willow branches into a basket more out of boredom than necessity . still , he thinks it will serve him nicely as he gathers fruit at some later time , indulging in the bounty of the flowering season . upon hearing the footsteps drawing nearer to him , he thinks not to be afraid or on - edge , as he senses no ill - intent in the other’s spirit ——— it closer resembles the scent of curiosity , of wonder , & perhaps even enchantment . kakyoin has grown used to all of these responses .
& even with the presence of expectation , he still finds himself stunned by the other being’s audacity . surely they know better than to approach a kitsune so recklessly , let alone to reach out & touch one without the security of explicit permission . deft hands delicate only in appearance halt mid - weave , ebony - tipped ears standing straight up as soon as a single strand of a particular tail’s coat registers the faintest touch . slowly , the violet - eyed vixen turns his head to catch sight of the culprit , glaring at them with a gaze at the intersection of disgruntled & aloof . ah , that explains it .
“ lyric , ” he begins , turning back to the basket in progress . “ your scent is different than usual . if i hadn’t recognized you in time , i would have killed you . ” such words are spoken with perhaps too much ease for a fox that nearly dispatched his own friend , though it could simply be that he’s not in much of a murderous mood today , anyway . “ & how many times do i have to tell you not to touch my tails without asking first ?? ” probably many more .
“ anyway . just what are you doing , slinking around the woods like a weirdo ?? ”
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