the sun dawns anew
two drawings by me in a month? good heavens!
anyway, this is Solis Nenammu, one of my two cultists of Miraak who appear in my fic, i fear no fate (for you are my fate). some years ago, he was taken as a thrall, causing him to lose his memories entirely. he has no recollection of his original name, his family, his House, his ancestors. when he "woke up", killed his captors, and escaped, he chose a name for himself and added "Nenammu", which in Dunmeri effectively means "Not-Nameless".
he's soft-spoken, a little snarky, and makes a mean bowl of ash yam stew—as long as you don't mind it served piping hot, that is!
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Oracle Trance -- Caught in The Moirai's Threads
I haven’t talked a lot about Milo’s power of clairvoyance yet, which is as shame because it’s such an integral part of her character! So many of her choices and so much of her personality are informed by this power, for better or worse
So.
Milo has foreseen the return of The Shredder since she was a literal infant. And as a literal infant, Milo couldn’t exactly articulate what it was about her “dreams” that distressed her so much. She woke up crying a lot, which her birth parents hated greatly because to an outside perspective, it seemed like she cried for no reason.
Those visions got graphic. As in, “experience the brutal deaths of yourself, your loved ones, and the entire world” levels of graphic. Her visions are primarily visual and tactile (you know how sometimes if you get hurt in a dream, you not only feel it in the dream but you get this weird phantom feeling where you got hurt when you wake up ? It’s basically that). When Milo was young, the content of the visions were poorly defined. Anything but the MAIN subject of the vision would be hazy shapes and blobs of color. This changes as she grows older and grows more in tune with her power.
The way it works is that Milo can perceive the unwoven threads of time and chance. Each thread represents a possible outcome and is made up of hundreds of thousands of variables. The aesthetic for time that I'm going for is--obviously--that of woven fabric.
The past is the pattern that's already been woven.
The present is what is currently being added to the overall fabric.
The future is the threads that have yet to be added and incorporated.
For her part, Milo can only see the unwoven threads.
Since there's so many loose threads and possibilities, it's easy for Milo to get "snagged" in them and have to view these futures continuously until she untangles her consciousness from these endless possible futures. This is what a waking vision (or an oracle trance) ultimately is. While in this state, if people ask Milo questions pertaining to the future, the threads with the answers to those questions become magnetized to her (like static, really), and only serves to entangle her further and make it harder and more difficult for Milo to separate her consciousness from her power. In fact, it would be insanely easy for Milo to get permanently stuck in this state because the threads of possibility she gets entangled in are unbreakable, so the only way out is to untangle herself (and anyone who's ever worked with thread or yarn knows how easily a Gordian Knot can form when you least want it).
What's more, being in a waking vision/oracle trance is not unlike having sleep paralysis. She's still somewhat conscious, her visions projecting themselves to her on her surroundings, but her thoughts outside her visions are sluggish--unable to fully divorce the visions from reality as she would normally--and her body is fully paralyzed.
(Eternity trapped in a waking vision is an unfortunate fate that many oracles have fallen prey to as in most cases, the people around them would value access to their power over them as people.)
The best way to deal with waking visions is for Milo to be left alone with minimal stimulation, so she can untangle herself in peace. The process can still take a while depending on how tangled she is, but it usually takes at least two days.
Milo gets her visions when she sleeps, though they don't happen every time she sleeps. She generally can sense when a vision is coming, especially if it's going to be very intense (those ones are proceeded with what Milo has dubbed "prelude migraines"). She doesn't have much control over what her visions show her, but the things that she thinks of most can influence them. And since Milo thinks a lot about The Shredder's return and keeping her family safe, these things feature frequently.
Being exposed to abrupt stimulus during these visions is what triggers a waking vision/oracle trance.
(Her brothers learned that the hard way when they were young. After experiencing one of Milo's waking visions for the first time, they collectively became pretty protective of her when they know she's having visions now that they are aware of just how vulnerable she is during this time)
ALSO
I've finally decided on what Milo's true origins (i.e. pre-Draxum origins) are! I've mostly been defaulting to my crossover origins, but I figured one out that is no crossover required!
(I'm still keeping Milo's universe DC adjacent because I have some very specific funny references I want to include)
So. Where did Milo come from? Why does she have such a frankly OP/meta power from birth?
Well...what race of people do we know of from the TMNT universe that collectively have mystical time powers and mysterious origins?
Time Masters, babyyy~~
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An Odd Night At The ThunderRiders' Base (Part 3)
MY MAIN GOAL IS TO FINISH THIS BULLSHIT BEFORE/BY HALLOWEEN SO YEAH LEGGO
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"Technicolour! Where the hell are you?!"
Pupa's voice echoes through the hallways as he walks through it, his eyes darting from one direction to the other, trying to find the man in question. "Gosh...why is he so fucking stupid...? Didn't Aleph told him to stay with us the entire time?" He asked himself, but obviously he can't give an answer to himself either.
"Technicolour! Technicolour!!!!!!" Pupa yelled louder, but still no response came from Technicolour. Instead, he heard something else.
"Huh?! Who's there?! Show yourself!"
"What the- Wait....Fate?!" Pupa called, his walking turned into a full on sprint. He looked around, before spotting Fate in the end of the hallway, looking around for the source of the voice that called out to her. Alongside her, is none other than Hikaru.
"Oh, thank god I found you guys. You guys aren't even the ones I'm trying to find, but this is nice too." Pupa said. "Wow. Really? Did you really had to mention the part where we're NOT supposed to be the ones you're looking for?" Fate asked him, her voice indicating that she's very irritated by that fact for some reason.
"Whatever. Mr. Pupa, when did you came in here?" Hikaru asked, turning his head to look at the man in question. "Just a few minutes ago. I was with, uh, Aleph, Jakarta, Pamolia, and Technicolour, but Techni's missing, so I'm trying to find him right now." Pupa explained, scratching the back of his head as he glanced to a different view (a literal wall).
"Wait, who's Jakarta?" Fate asked, and Hikaru could only laugh a little at that. "Ahaha, he meant Arta." He told her, and she just made an "oooohhh" sound. "Can you guys at least help me find Technicolour?" Pupa asked. Hikaru was about to answer, but then immediately got interrupted. "Wait- no. I mean, it's not like I can't find him on my own, but maybe a little bit of help wouldn't hurt." Pupa added, glancing back to the two Gods.
"Haha! So you're scared of being alone in a situation like this~?" Fate teased, a smug look on her face as she watched the butterfly man's face turn bright red. "W-what?! NO! I-I'M NOT SCARED! I JUST- Ugh....!" His response made the Goddess of Fate laugh even more, and Hikaru could only facepalm at this sight.
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"I never knew they had a fish tank here...Ah...such cute fishes...!" Technicolour muttered, his hands pressed onto a fish tank as he happily looked at the fishes in it swim around. The fishes are all sorts of colours, which made Technicolour even more happier at the sight.
"Hmm....wait. I've been here for too long! Oh no." He then said, before getting up, looking around his surroundings. However, upon further inspection.....he's the only one here. "Ah! Oh no! I got separated from the others!" He cried out, looking around a little more to make sure his suspicions were true.
"Mmh.....and it's dark here too...." He muttered sadly, before sighing. "Ugh, shut up, Techni. You're old now. Get your shit together—Ah! Wait! No! I wasn't supposed to say that word...!" Technicolour whined even more, feeling so much embarrassment as he continued complaining about his current situation.
"Shut up!!!! I gotta find the others before—"' Technicolour didn't had the time to finish his sentence before he was immediately cut off by the sound of footsteps. "Huh? What noise are those—Ah." Eventually, he managed to (sort of) see who is approaching him.
"Aye! Techni! Never expected you to be here! You weren't one of the people I invited to that demon summoning ritual." Trojan's voice could be heard as he stops infront of the man with blue hair. "Oh, wait...Mr. Trojan. You're Mr. Trojan, right? I don't wanna mistake you for someone else..." Technicolour asked.
"Yep, yep~ That's me, alright! Ah! Wait. I wanna test out something. It's an ability I haven't used in awhile. Gimme a sec." Trojan then closed his eyes, though Technicolour couldn't see that because of how fucking dark it is right now.
Suddenly, a pair of light blue eyes appeared infront of him, startling him completely.
"Hey, Colour!"
"AGHH WHAT THE HELL?!"
"Oh- Shhh!!!! Don't make too much of a fuss about it, please!!!! Just don't freak out."
It turns out those eyes belong to Trojan. Seems like he can make his eyes glow somehow. But how is that even possible??? "I-I...Nevermind that. I'm just glad someone else is with me......and I'n glad that I can see you clearly in some way." Technicolour said, muttering the last sentence nervously.
"Yeah, uh...anyways! I'm trying to find Temporal Shifting! Wanna come?" Trojan offered, extending his hand out to the other man as if he's telling him to take ibuprofen with him. "Temporal...Shifting? Who's that?" Technicolour immediately asked, ignoring the "let's take ibuprofen together" pose Trojan is striking right now.
"Oh! Uh, whoops. Forgot to tell ya who that is. Ehehe~ I meant Tempo and Shifta." Trojan replied sheepishly, his arm lowering for a split second before going back up, making that stupid offering pose again. "Sooooo? Wanna come or not?" He then asked, both of his eyebrows raised as the most stupidest smile he could ever make made it's way onto his lips.
Technicolour was rather silent at first, but then he managed to make up his mind. "Alright. I'll come with you." He said. He didn't take Trojan's hand, though. He has way more common sense than Arghena would ever have. Noticing this, Trojan completely lowers his hand. But the smile he has on his face is still there, as if it was plastered onto his face with glue. "Sweet! Let's go then."
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27. "about how many hours of sleep did you get?" for Gyro and CH4OS (I miss Gyro so much 😭❤🖤)
1"who is/are your comfort character(s)?" and 16 "can you drive?" for Boreal!
31 "what type of music keeps you grounded?" for Cranberry, Twins, Enginee, CH4NC3, F473 and D3S71NY!
27) How many hours of sleep did you get?
" ergh... Something between 1/4 and 5... In the past week."
" Also, miss me? I haven't gone anywhere! Haha... " - Gýro.
" None. " - CH40S.
1) Who is/are your comfort character(s)?
16) Can you drive?
"... If I had to pick: Zuko, from Avatar The Last Airbender, to be honest. "
" Of course it's this one! " - Contrast.
" Projecting much? " - Gýro.
" Shut up both of you, I will throw you off this ask post! " - Boreal.
" And drive? If I need to. " - Boreal.
31) What type of music keeps you grounded?
" Ooh, I like nearly all types! But I suppose electric! All sorts of high speed, with lots of beats I can focus on!! " - Cranberry.
" hm... Hard question. I enjoy calm music, though I'm not opposed to something I can dance to! Not... Disco-like dance though ... Fair music, if that makes sense. " - Fade.
" I like tavern and folk songs; Like the old-timey ones ... Medieval rhymes and stuff. " - Rise.
" My tastes are very volatile. Anything I can tune out, I guess. Remixes, for example." - Enginee.
" Oh? For me? I never gave mortal music much thought. Ambiences, I believe. :) "- CHANCE.
" Dramatic Boss Music for just about any dark game. I find it very relatable. =) "- F473.
" ... You're both weird. I like songs that have stories in their lyrics: Ballads and the such. "- D3ST1NY.
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Rating: Explicit
Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Relationships: Warrior of Light/Thancred Waters, Thancred Waters/Original Male Character(s)
Characters: Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Thancred Waters, Alisaie Leveilleur, Alphinaud Leveilleur, Y'shtola Rhul, Urianger Augurelt, Ryne | Minfilia, Ardbert (Final Fantasy XIV)
Additional Tags: Suicide, Blood and Gore, Body Horror, Vomiting Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Angst and Tragedy, Bad Ending, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Lightwarden Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Alternate Universe - Lightwarden (Final Fantasy XIV), Hurt No Comfort
Summary:
After absorbing too much Light, Phoenyx cannot cope with the reality that it's only a matter of time before he turns.
In a desperate attempt to eliminate the threat inside him before he can harm anyone, he instead seals his own fate.
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