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cpanther · 7 months
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Slipping between two trees he watched the old camp. “Huh they came back.” Or another group picked the sight. It was a pretty good one, close enough to the main road to provide them easy targets, yet far enough in the forest few would want to chase after them. If they moved a few miles to the west they could use an old mining cave system instead. It’d keep them out of the weather better and make it harder for those like himself to rob them blind.
There were two sentry's, four by the fire and one at what might be a table. That’d be the leader. He considered his options. It was dark but the fire cast shadows in odd ways. He could try and sneak closer but the odds of not being spotted were slim. No if he was going to lighten their burden he’d need to get over to the chest close to the boss without being seen, take the key of him or pick the lock and then scram before the alarm got raised. “Best option…” was to make some noise in the direction e wanted them to go, send the bulk packing that way and then deal with the leader if he didn’t take a hike. His other option was to wait. “But if I’m leaving.” He breathed pressing his back to the tree he was hiding by.
What made he opt to try his hand was the remark he heard one make to themselves. “Once the boss sells that fancy piece we grabbed we’ll be free men. Wonder how much he’ll make off it. Should be enough tp pay my bounty.”
Ah, so most of these men were escapees form the local jail, looking for a way to clear their names and get out of area before the guards decided they didn’t have anything better to do than hunt a few low level thugs down. “A crown huh?” that might be a nice piece to add to his collection.
Waiting for the sentry to move past him he slipped out form his hiding place, grabbed him by the throat and chocked until the other stopped moving, then he eased him down out of view. There was one other but as long as he didn’t look around too hard and kept to the other side of camp things would be fine. Now he just had to stay out of the fire light and get close to the boss.
It turned out things were easier than he expected. Those about the fire were more interested in the stew he could smell cooking than anything else. To Scáth’s nose it smelled burned, and over cooked but he wasn’t a bandit who lived off jail slop and crappy cooking. He watched as one of the men pushed another who half tripped knocking over another who’s stew spilt. There was an angre shout and the one who’d spilled his meal pushjed the one who’d caused the problem. Before he knew it the boss was rising getting in the middle of things as someone threw a punch. He watched as the boss was hit. “Works for me.”
With them all distracted he headed to the chest. It seemed Tymoresn was smiling on him today as the chest was unlocked. Without really looking at what he was grabbing he tossed everything into his bag, save the coin purses which were added to his own before he closed the lid and hurried out of camp. He was just in time as the boss thumbed them all on the head made sure they knew he was in charge and that he didn’t want to be disturbed by the likes of them again. “You want to be paid, you keep it down.” The oger roared as he marched back to his makeshift table.
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kazz-brekker · 1 year
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it’s 10 pm on a saturday and instead of doing something productive i am thinking about my unwritten heist story i first came up with in middle school and the characters from it which occasionally surface in the back of my brain like krakens from the depth of the sea
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ecoamerica · 1 month
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do you- do you think that maybe, sometimes when Sally's feeling sad or overwhelmed she makes an offering and Poseidon sends rain to let her know she's not alone?
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mydairpercabeth · 5 months
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unboundprompts · 17 days
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Hi! Have you done any thief/rogue x princess writing prompts? If you haven't, could you make some please?
Thief x Princess Prompts
-> feel free to edit and adjust pronouns as you see fit.
They first met on the night that he broke into the palace, intending to rob the royal family blind. She had caught him coming in through the window. The princess opened her mouth to scream, but he moved like a shadow, and pressed a gloved hand over her lips to keep her quiet.
"Where did my bracelet go?" the princess asked, raising a brow and looking at the thief as they walked together through the garden. He chuckled, reaching into his pocket. "You caught me," he answered, voice low. He clasped the bracelet back onto her wrist.
"I'm going to be a Queen one day," the princess said. "We can't keep doing this." The thief planted his lips on hers. "Worried I'll ruin your reputation, Princess?"
"Run away with me," the thief whispered softly in the ear of the princess. "We can be free and live the life we want to live. No rules and no guards to follow us around."
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katabay · 3 months
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original thief series basso & garrett :)
ngl, it's about quality over quantity for me. an npc can have a total of three minutes of screen time, but if they have a cool name, they can live rent free in my head and I'll spend several hours trying to decipher drawable features from a blurry screenshot of pixels
there is a vague hint of a story here, and that's because every time I try to play thi4f, I get incredibly frustrated with how Not Fun the game play is. like, is the story good? well. but it has a PLAGUE. that should've given it instant 'I'll replay this once a year' status in my heart, but the game play sucks so bad that I've never finished it. I can't believe Not Fun gameplay beat out my obsession with narrative plagues.
anyway, the idea is basically if the original era had a game with a plague centric narrative and some other stuff I liked out of thi4f thrown into a narrative blender, with a heavy dash of horror thrown in because some parts of the thief games were scarier to me than entire dedicated horror genre games.
⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app
#if i had a laptop and the skillset i would attempt a story mod because the thief modders who create whole mission stories#are GENIUS and also somewhat terrifying. love them! xoxox#anyway im actually kind of obsessed with parts of thi4f but its also like. not at that sweet spot of almost good enough to be fun#to talk about. which. for the record. has not stopped me from talking about it at length to people#the city itself actually fucking fascinates me. its almost alive and im SO mad that not a single part of that game is actually terrifying#it should be gnarlier and instead it feels a bit like it doesn't quite want to be trapped in the story it has to tell?#but between the level that has the bodies on the meathooks#and the scene with the bodies hanging from the rafters or whatever that was and garrett living in a clock tower#because the game is very much ALMOST about changing times and authoritarian violence and capitalism#(like. by virtue of how the story sort of spins out i think it misses it's mark on a lot of stuff here#in the sense that i dont feel like it actually wants to tell that story. it wants to. go in a different direction. or at least walk on top#of those themes instead of through it)#ANYWAY between all of those things. it does kind of live in my head rent free. they did create a compelling setting#SHAME THEY DIDNT WANT TO ACTUALLY EAT ANY OF IT#unrelated but i would've given thi4f a 10/10 if they kept garrett's fucking nail polish from the concept art. cowards. unforgivable#thief the dark project#i still have no idea how to tag the game series as a whole RIP#sorry for the dedicated dark project fans. if you know what the general series tag is. please let me know#garrett thief#basso thief
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ecoamerica · 2 months
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annamaryllis · 4 months
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the show hasn't been renewed for season 2 yet right so I feel like they're haphazardly cramming as much "dark" and "deep" themes from the entire series (like including luke's whole backstory...which is a book 5 plot and the heightened anger at the gods in general) into this one season, I guess in an attempt to intrigue people? but they don't really understand the books and what makes them so good and why people love them so it's getting a mixed reception. and now the only people totally loving it are the ones who don't want to think critically about anything and probably didn't even understand the books in the first place (if they even read them). it's not even like the show is dumb but entertaining like it's so boring and bland. the writing is so mid and juvenile but the tone is so gray and serious so it's awkward and all the characters do is walk and yap in a way that's really contrived for 12 year olds. so half the time all of their anger at the gods feels like edgy teen writing to me and they're beating us over the head with these lessons. and still the story and characters aren't half as compelling and complex as they are in the book
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thepenultimateword · 4 months
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Not That Special
"Good evening."
Detective cursed loudly, tea splattering the wall as they whipped around to face the thief lounging, ankle crossed over the knee, on their sofa. "What are you-- How did you get in?"
"Key."
"What key? There is no other key, I have the only set."
"Ah, the only set you knew of. I asked your landlord for the spares when you moved in. He thinks we're married."
Detective let that sink in a moment before forcing their mouth shut and running an exasperated hand down their face. "Alright. Ignoring that for now. Why are you here? I could have you arrested with one phone call."
"Oh, please don't do that. I'd have to make run for it, and I'm really trying to stay off the streets right now." Detective raised their eyebrows inquiringly, and they continued, "I'm on the downlow. A recent target really did not like being robbed. Two of my places are being watched, and I would not like to risk the third. You see I'm rather attached to my skin."
They slid the back of their hand down their cheek, turning their head haughtily to the side, almost like an invitation to admire them.
"So you decided you'd put me in danger?" Detective said.
Thief scoffed. "Nobody even knows who you are, let alone that I crash here in my off afternoons."
"You what?"
"Landlord thinks we're married, remember? You think that was a one-lie assumption? Keep up."
Detective had to sit down. Everything sort of felt like it was spinning out of control. Before they could think better of it they'd sunk down to the cushion on Thief's left and ducked their head between their knees with a long groan.
"I'm going to have to inform them I'm very much single. Then I'll have to change the locks. Probably change all my passwords--who knows where you've been snooping. Then there's the police."
Thief reached over their back and began massaging their neck. "Why. go through the stress? It's just a few measly days. I'll even return my set of the keys. As for the police, why is any of their business?"
Detective didn't have the energy to swat them away. The day had been exhausting enough all on it's own, and now all this...
Villain hit a knot, and they practically puddled at its gentle unraveling.
"Maybe because they're paying me to catch you? Besides, they already think I treat you specially. If it got out you were in my house and I didn't report it--"
"Like you said, if it got out I was in your house. Many times at that. With an eye witness. You really think they're going to believe I got in on my own?" Thief leaned against their shoulder, breath hot in Detective's ear. "After all. I am special."
Detective jerked out of their grip, their stomach dropping to their toes as they wheeled on Thief's pouted lips and innocent-seeming dark eyes. "Are you blackmailing me?"
Thief surged forward, wrapping their arms around Detective's neck. The scent of rosemary and mint wafted up from their hair. "Only a little. And only if you call someone."
Detective moved to shove them off, but Thief clung tight.
"I would like you to leave," Detective said, squeezing hard on Thief's wrists. "Now."
Thief still did not unlock. "I told you, I'm in trouble!"
"So? That's your thing! You love danger. Your court it so often your practically a suitor."
"But I went too far." Thief shifted a little. Detective didn't notice they'd climbed into their lap until their legs were wrapped as tightly around their waist as their arms were around their neck. "I robbed Corvina Sedero."
Just the name made Detective shiver. Dragging hidden criminals into the light was one thing. But the ones that stood in plain sight were quite another. Detective had been young when they realized that mere knowledge of wrongdoing was not enough. Evidence was one manacle and decent law enforcement the other, and Corvina Sedero with all her reputation remained chain-free. The rumor was that she skinned the people who crossed her. Detective had never taken it as hyperbole.
"If she catches me..." Thief drew out a hairbreadth from Detective's face, dark eyes shining. "I'm scared."
Detective probably would have taken it for a lie if they couldn't feel the rapid pound of Thief's heart against their chest. For a moment, they considered making the call anyway, telling Thief that the safest place for them was behind bars. But even if Thief didn't run for it, Detective doubted any prison was truly outside the reach of Corvina's claws.
"A few days," they sighed.
"Really?"
"But we come up with another solution in the meantime."
"Of course, it's not as if I planned on moving in." Thief snuggled against Detective's chest, limbs loosening into less of a death grip and into more of a real embrace. "I knew I could trust you."
Detective jolted a little. That was not a good thing. A Thief should not feel comfortable with the person actively trying to jail them. Yet they couldn't stop the warmth flooding their chest cavity. "Don't get used to it. I'm still telling my landlord I'm not married."
Thief did not argue.
"You're not going to say no? Tell me what a mistake I'd be making?"
Their only reply was soft breathing.
Detective flicked their gaze to Thief's face, eyes closed and tucked snuggly against their shoulder. They must have been as exhausted as Detective, holding on for confirmation before finally letting themselves drift off. Detective couldn't imagine how much running they must have done, how many dead ends they faced, before they got here.
Their arms hovered awkwardly over the criminal's thin back, stuck between ideas of guiding their wiry figure to the couch cushions and holding them back. They'd once read that hugging made the body release the oxytocin hormone to combat anxiety, and Thief probably could use as little anxiety as possible. But that didn't mean Detective needed to be the one to do it. The weighted blanket on their bed probably would do just as well.
Detective braced one palm against the couch back and gingerly rose to their feet. They turned off lights as they went, brain growing drowsier out of habit with the dark hall and spattering of wall lights ahead. They'd tuck Thief in and then collapse on the sofa.
It was just one night.
It wasn't wrong if they weren't in the same room.
And these were extenuating circumstances.
Anyone would be swayed.
Thief was not special.
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wizardysseus · 4 months
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it's been said before but here it is again
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not for nothing that hespira's story is the longest godlore passage in the book:
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aphel1on · 5 months
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neuvillette's lore is actually insane. we all took one look at him and went "haha dragon🫵" but i significantly underestimated how big of a role he would play. he's the incarnation of the original hydro sovereign. he took back his rule right under the heavenly principles' nose. he's the one handing out hydro visions now (not even because he has to, he doesn't, he just grew so fond of humanity that he chooses to). he gave away the hydro gnosis bc he straight up doesn't need it. he's planning to DETHRONE ALL OF THE ARCHONS (in a few hundred years, when the traveler's not around to see it, so it won't be awkward for them). he's kind and soft-spoken. he's full of vengeful rage. he's a father to hundreds. he found his purpose after feeling lost for 500 years. skirk pulled him aside for a super-secret convo and when he saw us again he immediately spilled the tea. as far as i can tell, he spawned into existence fully formed. no other character can fucking compare
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romancemedia · 5 months
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cpanther · 8 months
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Mid-evil thief
There wasn’t much within, a pedestal, a sarcophagus, as well as three chests. There was no red lines to connect anything yet he bet that as soon as he picked up the orb the coffin would open and he’d be set upon by some foul ag siúl marbh. “And me without my bow.” Not that he had a bow, he’d tried to use one once but unfortunately he hadn’t gotten the hang of it nearly snapping a finger. After that mishap he decided to stick to knives. They were safer for him and less likely to result in the lost of a digit. Still without a bow or even a cross bow he’d have to deal with the walking dead while it was aware of him. “Options?” He asked the room as though it cared what he wanted.
While he thought he raided the chests. The first was large enough to hold a whole suit of armor. He got excited as he picked the lock on that one. When he opened the lid his hopes were dashed. Inside was twenty gold, a few arrows which had seen better days and a gem of some sort. The gem he pocketed. Let Jareld deal with what it was and if it was worth anything. The next chest was even sadder, it might have held a cash of old weapons with as large as it was however all that was within a handful of dried herbs, a book and more arrows. He flipped through the book and decided it might be worth something so he bagged it. After the last two he didn’t bother to get his hopes up that he’d hit paydirt. When he cracked the lid though he was shocked. While it was the smallest of the three it held the most. There was a nice stack of things, gold on top, below that were three different weapons, each one in fine shape. One was dwarven make. As the dwarves were no longer around this was a fine piece indeed. Under that was a very impressive orcish blade. “If I was into swords.” He breathed sticking it into his bag as well. The last was a magical bow. Using the glove he checked to see what sort of magic it had. Again there was no charge counter so this must have been made before that was implemented.
One spell this time, slow, not useful to him but to another it might be. He stashed it in the bag then went over the four different pieces of armor. There was a pair of boots, gloves and a chest plate at the bottom, No magic on any of them but they were each of a different race. The gloves were made by goblin hands. Another race which wasn’t around any more. The boots had been crafted by another lost race, the Hissvorbus. They were either snake or lizard people. He wasn’t clear on which, and the name didn’t help. The chest piece was made by the most interesting of the dead races.
The Illiad were an ancient elven race long since dead. Every elven race would trace their origins back to them. There had been many an expedition, mostly lead by the high elves, to find their cities, temples or other ruins. So far only three had been discovered and explored properly. He’d been part of one and pocketed a good many important finds. Jareld had been most pleased, though the expedition had been rather put out when they learned. Well if they weren’t quick enough to grab the good stuff that was on them.
When the last chest was empty he turned his focus to the orb. He needed a way to get it without having to face the walking dead. He looked at the chests, now empty and wondered. Grabbign the handle of one he nodded it was heavy alright. Dragging it over he lifted it, droppign it on the lid close to what he thougth of as the head. Grabbign the second one he added it to the feet area and then the finally one, the smallest of the three he dropped in the middle. “Let’s see if that holds you.” he nodded dusting his hands off.
Approaching the orb he studied it, made sure there was no trap and then reached out. He blinked as his hand slowed on it’s approach. Pulling it back he studied it. No, his hand was find. Stepping back he found a stone and threw it. As it reached the edge of the pedestal the stone slowed, barley touching it it bounced off falling slowly until it got passed the field and then it dropped like a, well, stone.
“I guess the information is good it is a time orb.” Well with that in mind he wasn’t about to drop it into his normal bag. Who knew what might happen if the two forces came in contact. Before he made another attempt he pulled out a cloth, one which was suppose to dampen any magical affects. How well it’d work he didn’t know as he’d yet to find occasion to use it. With it in hand he reached out again. There was a moment of tension as though he fought against a more powerful force then he was moving normally. Dropping the cloth over the orb he nodded. No more time problems.
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kazz-brekker · 1 year
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actually quite interesting to reread the notes for my unwritten fantasy heist book from middle school that i came up with in a a pre-six of crows era. i feel like it’s an fun little time capsule look into the ideas i had about that genre prior to that book deeply influencing my brain and therefore actually has a lot more originally than i expected
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Reading physical copies of The Queen's Thief series for the first time and realizing that the maps in them are inconsistent???
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mydairpercabeth · 4 months
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everyone saying episodes 7 and 8 are going to make me cry WHAT IS GOING ON??????
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angst-is-my-solace · 4 months
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Nobody is talking about “What Is Love” being Hephestaus’s theme song and I WILL be screaming about this from the rooftops
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