#stay safe opeli

[jelzorz]

147.

mad at @raayllum for this post

The chaos is the worst part. They can see it from the castle: the wave of corrupted elves and soldiers overruning what's left of the Katolan army; the common folk scrambling for safety as anyone able herds them towards the castle gates; the bodies falling and rising again, just as terrifying, just as corrupt.

Opeli has lived through sieges before. They have been far and few between, but she knows the terror of being trapped in the towers and the uncertainty of whether the kingdom will last the night. She was a novice last time: fifteen and afraid, her hands shaking as she assisted Phoebe, the High Cleric at the time, lead the common folk in prayer.

Justice and her sisters have been kind in the past. Opeli doubts that even they can help now.

There's movement to her left. A blur. A flutter. A flash of light and a flurry of feathers, and Callum all but collapses against an embrasure in his exhaustion.

"There's no stopping them," he manages. "They keep getting up like it's nothing. I don't know what Claudia did to make them stronger but I don't know what else to do!"

Opeli's face tightens. She glances at the gates below, drawn shut and locked tight. She looks at the fires on the horizon and knows there's nothing else to be done.

"You need to go," she says shortly.

Callum stares at her. "What?"

"You need to go," says Opeli again. "You and Ezran. Soren and Rayla too. Prince Azymondias can carry two of you, you can carry the last."

"I—Opeli, what are you saying?"

"You know exactly what." She gives him a hard stare, hoping the severity of it is enough to hide the fear clawing at her heart. Callum stares back, confused, or perhaps reluctant to understand, because she can see the conclusion dawning in his eyes, and then the refusal to accept it.

"I don't understand—you don't mean—We're not going to leave—"

"You have to," says Opeli. "Ezran is the last of your father's bloodline. He cannot be lost to this. Neither can you, and there is no one better able to protect you both than Soren and Rayla. The four of you have to go. Now."

"Opeli—"

"I won't argue with you about this, Your Highness."

"You can't be serious—"

"I am, and you're wasting time."

"We're not leaving you!" bursts Callum. The frustration in his voice makes her heart ache: there's no other choice and he knows it as well as she. There's nothing else that can be done now. There are no more options. And yet—

"We're not leaving you," he says again, his breath heavy, his eyes damp and frustrated in the dimming light. "You, and Barius, and Corvus, and the rest of the people behind the gates. We're not—we can't—"

"You can," says Opeli gently. "The gates will hold for some time but if all else fails... Katolis can't fall tonight."

"If we leave, it will! Ezran and I—we'll have failed, and there'll be nothing left to protect—"

"Callum." Opeli offers him a smile. It's grim, and despite it all, unafraid. She swore an oath when she became High Cleric to serve the Crown, and swore another, quieter one when Ezran and the others came into her care that she would protect them in their parents' stead. Sarai and Harrow and Lissa are all gone. Viren caused this. Rayla's family abandoned her when she chose the truth and justice over petty revenge.

There has been no one to watch over them these few years but her. How can she live with herself if she didn't do what was best for them now?

"Callum," she says again. "You and Ezran are more than the Crown to me. You know this. I am not asking you to leave for the sake of it. I'm asking you to leave because I need you to be safe. You have to go now, do you understand?"

"I can't—we can't—"

"Yes, you can," says Opeli. "And you will. And you'll protect each other, and keep each other safe, and perhaps when you come back, we'll still be here—but you have to go now. Okay?"

Callum scowls. He kicks a stone across the flagstones. He rubs furiously at his eyes. Then he pulls her into his arms and hugs her tight, afraid it might be the last. "Swear to me you'll be okay."

"You know I can't do that," says Opeli, chuckling ruefully against his shoulder.

"Do it anyway," snaps Callum. "We'll—we'll go, and maybe we can get to Duren and find reinforcements in time and—swear it, Opeli."

She sighs. "I swear it," she says, even if she knows it's a promise she can't keep.

Callum tears himself away from her then and leaps over the embrasure, his wings materialising over his arms. He dives towards the keep and then he's gone and Opeli is alone on the tower bridge watching the horde come tearing towards the castle.

She takes a breath.

She swore an oath the Crown once, and then another to the boys who would have to bear it. What's one more sacrifice to keep them safe?

#in anticipation #the dragon prince #a guardian and her wards #listen nothing ive written has or ever will be canon so theoretically the existence of this fic should keep my girl safe #THEORETICALLY #stay safe opeli #god I'm so scared of this trailer

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 294

Danny has found an… interesting corner of the Realms, avoided by all. There’s a bunch of ghosts, and a couple demons, angels, and a couple things that he’s never seen before. It’s actually really fun, and no one else ever comes so it’s kind of peaceful even with the chaos the family there does. There’s even a couple doctors who are happy to help him out, and apparently several dozen of them were vigilantes during life. Honestly this shadow area of the Zone is great!

Or, Danny stumbled across the Realms area where the bats of Every world and timeline have set up. He hasn’t realized the only reason he’s not already ghost-adopted is that the different versions are arguing over who gets to be the first to do so. 

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Prompts #Yes this includes Flashpoint Thomas #Look do you think ANY Batman would just let themself die and stay down? Yeah no #There’s also an entire army of Jasons ready to teach Danny street tricks #And several Graysons teach him some acrobatics #He’s their lil halfa boi #He doesn’t realize how OP he’s becoming by being trained by literal hundreds of Bats #Space Core Danny #Which seeing as how most of the Bats have Shadow or Star or Sun cores? He’s learning So Many Tricks #Not to say some don’t have other ghost core types but that’s still the majority #All of Team Phantom are now learning from the ghost Bats & Dani was instantly pseudo adopted as well #These are the people that accepted Kon & Bizarro & Damian even straight up had an island for his clones to live safely on #No one is prepared for this random team of teens in the middle of nowhere Illinois- nevermind the GIW

[turtletoads]

he is so gross. love him to death

#drawing him gives me temporary happiness in these shitty times. stay safe. #my art #fanart #digital art #sketch #one piece #one piece fanart #op fanart #sir crocodile #op crocodile #crocodile one piece #inject the trans crocodile headcanon straight into my veins

[themgfujoshi]

My take on the bang bang meme since i cant animate haahaahahaha

#day 2 of wondering how the hell did i do this #like- ngl this one is soo pretty?? #didn’t know i had it in me lmfaoaaoaoa #sanuso #usopp one piece #usopp #straw hat pirates #sanji op #black leg sanji #sanji is not a vinsmoke #i hit my head and when i woke up the pen is moving by itself #the sanuso wom is real yall #stay safe! #you wouldnt believe me if i say i had to draw all the damn wood byhand #cursed things #Spotify

[harrypotterfuryroad]

oh of course the "let's have trans women use 'terfs' as breeding slaves" guy only cares about the chess thing because it might hamper his professional overwatch career, it all makes sense now

#this is from the chess article #op blocked and stayed safe™️ or i wouldve added this to the actual post

[54prowl]

I'm going to try to be as kind as I can with this.

so ok I've been seeing this more often than usual recently but please try to be normal when reblogging stuff especially creative works. avoid putting hateful tags on reblogs because the original poster sees that.

you wouldn't want a random person saying "#wow I hate this character but---" on your works, right? (and that is not the compliment you want it to be btw.)

and stop seeking content on this site just to shit on it. go make a post about it instead of reblogging something to put mean tags on. someone worked hard on that, don't be a dick.

don't spout community on this site while being the cancer that causes creators to stop sharing their works.

please be normal. ok ily bye.

#fandom #ooc #once more happy blogging everyone #i know nobody will see this but i need to get it out of my chest #like primarily it's fucking cringe #I'm not vaguing anyone here but if the shoe fits then fucking take a walk #like I say huzzah haterism but not like that #don't let the original poster see it #go on a private discord or make your own post or shut the hell up maybe #you can just dislike things ok thats totally fine #just don't let op see it??????????? #not a difficult request im sure #anyway stay safe #psa #update

[klaasje]

residents of gun barrel city texas i can’t believe your town exists

#some BEEFY supercells out there today stay safe my dear friends… #op

[snekdood]

if ppl telling you "jewish ppl in israel were already kicked out of other countries and have no where else to go" makes you feel compelled to call whoever said that a "zionist", I really just dont think you give af about jewish ppl's lives quite frankly.

if your "free palestine" means "getting rid" of all jewish civilians in israel I think you're probably just a heartless asshole.

#two state solution ftw #or at least something along those lines #yelling at average jewish ppl who ARENT in israel is antisemitic #anti semitism- no matter how 'big of a deal' you think it is naturally makes jewish ppl feel unsafe by default #where do they go when theres nowhere else thats safe? you guessed it- probably to israel. #which is WHAT netanyahu wants. he wants scared controllable civilians to think hes the only one who can protect them #so you being anti semitic and not checking yourself on it or being 'whatever its nbd' about it is making everything so much worse #STOP BEING SO FUCKING APATHETIC FUCK ILL BEAT YOU UP TO MAKE YOU FEEL SOMETHING IF I HAVE TO #i dont feel like i can in good conscious reblog your 'free palestine' posts bc idk wtf the op thinks about jewish ppl being in #israel. and at this point i dont have faith in leftists to not notice the antisemitism in some of these ppl and call it out #its not something we can 'push aside and deal with and apologize for later' its ACTIVELY MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE AND NEEDS #TO BE ADDRESSED RIGHT THE FUCK NOW #maybe jewish ppl wouldnt be calling it 'self defense' if yall didnt keep being antisemitic and making them feel like they have to cling #to israel to stay tf alive. fuck. #OBVIOUSLY the response to what hamas did is disproportionate and affecting more people than israel says it intends to target #but thats the govt. and actual regular people are worried about their families. its disproportionate and probably being used as an excuse #to genocide palestinians but this wouldnt be happening if hamas didnt basically GIVE the israeli govt the excuse to do it. #free palestine. from hamas and from the israeli govt. and dont have genocidal intent toward jewish ppl. #thats all i want. #hamas' escalation did nothing but hurt everyone and make things worse especially for palestinians.

[shitty-proendo-blackout-posts]

Anonymous asked: ur not even a system stay out of syscourse jfc

I will

#you openly admit that you were wrong in thinking that you were a system. meaning that you were NOT A SYSTEM. #SO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STAY THE FUCK OUT OF SYSCOURSE #if op of the original post responds to this im not even going to entertain them im just gonna block them from this blog. #im just so fucking tired of these people. #lol.exe #blackout poetry #pro endo #endo safe #endo friendly #tw syscourse #<- for my tags

[kyrakyrakitty]

this is the funniest way to advertise your scam

#i audibly laughed #dont bring my girl into this!!! #blocked the name & all that bc its probably an mlm or something #plus adding a picture from a popular series doesn't give you the right to advertise something unrelated in its tags #its just spam with extra steps #it is funny tho #op have u watched pmmm? she DIES in every timeline until she becomes a CONCEPT instead #i dont think thats the transformation u were thinking of #anyway dont post spam in tags like this & have a wonderful day ♡♡ #madoka magica #oh also in general id suggest you never trust weight loss supplements (especially if they're advertised by strangers on social media) #stay safe!!

[doomdaysdecays]

#op is bisexual block & stay safe

[scoutpologist]

i cannot believe i have to say this but if you’re on campus protesting please do not say shit like “go back to poland” or “there is only one solution”. like please avoid explicit references to the holocaust, because that’s what those are.

i literally cannot believe im saying this. what fucking year is it

#op #its so fucking easy to protest for a good cause #and NOT make it about how much you hate jewish people #but apparently that’s an olympic fucking task for a lot of people!!! #anyway everyone stay safe and wear sunscreen and don’t talk to cops #shoah mention

[novorehere]

I have SO many messages and asks and mentions right now that I need to catch up on but I just wanted to give an enormous huge thank-you to everyone who came out to my game night! No matter if you played the games, drew in the aggie, or just popped in for a sec to say hi, you guys really made my birthday a special one :)

I’d love to start doing aggie.io drawings more often with you guys, I need to practice digital drawing and messing around in there is always a highlight of my game nights. If I’m ever in the mood to draw, I’ll let you all know!

Happy Valentine’s Day, and stay tasty!

(Especially you, Feet-First Squad!!)

#op #you guys are seriously the best omg #also apologies for the craziness with the big gulp stream #my boyfriend burst through the door with a giant bouquet of flowers completely by surprise while the podcast was playing and I FREAKED #Also I may or may not have a very stupid thank you video in the works so stay tuned for that I guess! #soft vore #safe vore #vore talk

[turtletoads]

havent even seen doffy yet but holy hell would they be funny together

#i know they fight in a future arc or something but doflamingo annoying croc as warlords is a funny concept #my art #fanart #traditional art #sketch #one piece #one piece fanart #sir crocodile #donquixote doflamingo #op doflamingo #op crocodile #op fanart #anyway happy pride month stay safe

[femmefatalelf]

Larian were so funny for creating Gale Dekarios like they really made a stereotypical white milennial male gamer™️ who definitely knows what Reddit is a main character. And then if you romance him, the game just relentlessly makes fun of you for it.

#not me of course… you stay safe though #op #baldur's gate 3 #gale dekarios

[mammonprotectionsquad]

Little PSA for my genshin people!

Guys, be careful when you play in co-op rn. There's a hack going around where people can use Nahida or Kaveh to make stuff like the trees from artifact domains permanently dissappear. I saw videos of it and it's wild... Apparently it's mainly affecting the Asia server but it's better to be safe than sorry when you let strangers into your world.

Re-downloading or playing on another device won't fix it either from what I've heard...

#becky rambles #As long as you don't let people into your world it's fine #if it should happen while your in another world for co-op it will not affect you #stay safe everyone! #genshin impact