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shinobinvku · 4 months
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@hatredcurse asked: [ BLOCK ]  for the taller muse to stand in front of the shorter one to prevent them from having to see something. — Izuna and Shinya
The Ghost Tiger rests leisurely in a wooden pergola by the water, peeling a persimmon he plucked off a nearby tree when he notices Izuna briskly walking through the gardens down the gravel path. Curious. What’s got the Uchiha princeling in such a hurry? Shinya smirks, feeling a familiar itch to be nosy in his friend’s business. Stuffing two pieces of the fruit inside his mouth, he sucks on his fingers and decides to investigate. 
Shinya stealthly moves down the second aisle of shrubbery hedges, cutting off Izuna once he reaches the end of it. Whenever the Uchiha tried to move out of the way, Shinya would block his path with a smirk. 
❝Whoa there—where are you off to in such a hurry, Prince Uchiha, looking so well dressed?❞ Shinya asks, his tone playful. ❝Expecting your lady friend, hm?❞
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dirtyoldmanhole · 14 days
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extremely self indulgent little writing exercise because the brain worms wouldn't let go :P
FEH-verse drabble. The summoner hires Zihark to investigate anomalies about Gunter.
Coins clinked, and not for the last time Zihark thought they sounded remarkably like the metal of a prison. "I don't like this." He said suddenly, drumming fingers along the wall. "Now that's somethin' strange to say when you've just been paid handsomely just to talk to a harmless old knight. Clean task even."
She smiled, but it was with a huckster's patently false guile, the kind he had seen before too many times. Unlike them, she at least could be reasoned with; the swordsman had discovered there were more commonalities than not despite the affected mask.
"There's an absence." The swordsman's fingers stilled, but his words continued briskly if he hadn't heard her reply. "You paid me to talk to this knight Gunter and find out what his motivations are beyond serving the Nohr noble. You paid me to find out how rumors of this Anankos are related to him---and all we have is a few scant words in burned books, whispers, and a notable lack of taking advantage of this power hole that the rumors and your suspicions imply."
At that, she chuckled, much like a cat holding a secret.
The sound irritated him, and more than anything he disliked the certainty that it implied. Evenly, he responded if only to puncture it.
"...Dare i say it sounds like you didn't tell me everything."
"I needed you to confirm my suspicions." This time, surprisingly, the smile was warmer, genuine. "There was no way in hell that one was going to crack if I asked him direct---soul contract or no contract." She waved her hand apathetically which told him, as always, that she cared a great deal for this little point. "I'm adverse to that pressure unless strictly needed as it creates more problems than it does solutions. i need willing minions eatin' out of my hand using the same logic that I do; not resentful ones aware of the leash around their necks. Aware of the obvious collars at least."
it's easier to lie with the truth, she had said once, in their first meeting. All the cards on the table was another peculiar turn of phrase used then, and he privately had to admit it had almost snowed him until---
The summoner stilled suddenly.
"Power."
This time it was his turn to raise an eyebrow poised as a silent question. Sometimes her wandering train of thought was as maddening as the crude honesty.
"Some people fold to power from above. Gunter only has one he would fold for." She let out a whistle. "...Or i thought he did."
"I don't follow."
"Corrin. He's shielded naturally from suspicion with his liege's influence since that one sure as shit ain't going to question his loyalty. What if that wasn't entirely by coincidence, Zi, considering how long he's had to shape Corrin." The summoner leaned back in the chair, staring at the ceiling. "What would happen if you pointed that dragon at him with ironclad proof he ain't who he says he is, i wonder…"
It was a remarkably cold, bleak thought. Briefly, he wondered if he had misjudged the summoner to have a heart of stone.
He was a man with blood on his hands and slept full nights knowing how much further he'd bend; but there were certian lines he was uneasy to cross, and the idea of pitting potential innocents against each other was perilously close to one.
"Unhappiness." He said with finality.
"Zihark, I'm as much of a romantic as you are believe it or not. But for a vaguely interesting project that I thought he was, he is shaping up to be a genuine threat if only through this external influence. An unknown-unkown to use another old bastard's words, versus a known-unknown."
"I need to know more." She hissed after a beat, but it was with focused bright-eyed restlessness rather than any frustration, and he let the heavy moment slide from their mutual hands like a fisherman's net.
"It'll cost you." Zihark said lightly, shouldering the door as hearkening to leaving. "Even if I give you a discount, which you know I won't."
The corner of her mouth quirked, at that. Strange, she was the only one to get his humor at times.
"I'm prepared, although Anna will probably shoot me for emptying Askr's coffers. I'll just tell her you're still the cheaper option compared to Volke. Which, let's face it, you are."
"What a glowing review." He blithely drawled on the way out, and he could still hear her laughter half a flight down.
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yarmiko-art · 1 year
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Meta Knight headcanons
Just to warn you, this is first time Im doing something like this, so it turned out to be a some sort of character study - a pretty long thing. English isn't my first language, so if there gonna be mistakes please let me know
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★ "Kirby, it's 4 p.m. time to get dismembered by my sword"
★ Vise mentor my ass, Meta. I mean, he is learning since he is pretty chill in Forgotten Land, but it's like the latest event at the timeline at the moment. 
★ He will lend a sword to a child and ask them to stab him as a training exercise. Meta actually believes that putting a high stress level on someone will make them learn better and faster
★ Despite extreme teaching methods, Meta does mean well. And he actually can give a good technical advice. The knight isn't hopeless, but he still needs to realise that teaching people to swim doesn`t equal yeeting them into a river. Metaphorically, of course. He didn`t push anyone there. Yet 
★ For a lone swordsman Meta has a lot of friends and people he cares about. His crew means the world to him even if they have a tendency to get on his nerves sometimes. Except Sailor Waddlle Dee, he can't be mad at Sailor Waddle Dee
★ Sailor and Meta have this Bilbo Baggins and Torin dynamic
★ Has a "secret" base near Orange Ocean even though locals are pretty aware of its existence ever since whole declaration of war on a Dreamland thing. Pretty secure place that serves him and the others Meta-Knights as home when Halberd isn't in a sky
★ Refers to the base as HQ to keep thing professional
★ He will never admit it but he LOVES dramatic entrances
★ Highly competitive borb. Completely unhinged on battlefield and there`s a lot of things that can be said battlefield 
★ Due to shame of his past tries to maintain his reputation as mature calculated, cool and stoic figure which isn't a lie, but 1/3 of Meta actual nature
★ Swears a lot, which is funny considering his usually polite and old-timey speech pattern. Still very snarky and creative on insults 
★ Despite that still the most mature member of a Dream Team. Which isn't a high achievement but it counts
★ Counties to be the most mature person on a ship in Star Allies until DMK enters the room. Then it throwing hands time. Dark has exceptional talent of breakdancing on Meta`s nerves and wont stop any time soon
★ Very unhealthy coping mechanism towards his fears. "Everything I'm afraid of is need to be stabbed, or I'm getting over it as quickly as possible"
★ He is a Nightmare creation. I'm a very basic bitch
★ In fact, Meta was conceived to be a copy of Galacta Knight, not just a replica of voidborn species in general. Which is ironic considering that Meta turned out to be an complete opposite: the color palette, the wings structure (the height in giginka-verse). Personality differences are in question since there isn't a reliable records of Galacta's life in general
★ Artificial voidborn baby turned out to be a disappointment, who ran away from Daddy Dearest at first opportunity
★ Fast forward to a crush landing on a Pop Star
★ Imagine the scene from Lilo and Stich, where Stich comes out from a wrecked shuttle in flames and laughs like a little shit he is. That's it. That's Meta.
★ It's basically Lilo and Stich from this point, but without Lilo, so Meta just does whatever he wants. And he wants nothing more than wrecking havoc on a land - nobody actually gave him a crush course on what's right and whats wrong
★ Cut to the meeting with young Prince Dedede. They`re not getting along at all. Therefore this is were the whole Sworn Rivals part comes from.
★ They would continue to be at each other throats (Quite literally on Metas end, this bastard had some SERIOUS teeth even as a child), but then there's Dark Nebula
★ In the best anime fashion they join forces to seal Dark Nebula away and Meta first time in his life experiences 🎉teamwork🎉 and positive interaction
★ "Did we just become best friends?"
★ First Friend™ obtained
★ Even though NME as organization in this timeline doesn't exist, monsters that Nightmare creates aka Wolfwrath and the others are pretty big threat, cause Dad of the Year sends a few of them after Meta to get voidborn back either dead or alive.
★ This is the reason Meta didn't stick at the castle After Dark Nebula incident and went on to make his own little home near Orange Ocean shore. Later this grows to be Meta-Knights HQ and a secret base
★ Remember scarfies? Those little bastards are not native to Dreamland or Pop Star in general. There was maybe a two or three of them sent, but they made a rabbit move and repopulated in a good Pop Star environment
★ Nightmare's beasts managed to influence planet ecosystem - they are not inherently evil, mostly are just animals with somewhat higher intellect than average, that left on their own when Sworn Rivals managed to seal Nightmare  away
★ Passed out when tried a chocolate bar for first time due to sugar overload. Scared Waddlle Dee's shitless
★ Reads chessy sappy romance novels as guilty pleasure. He knows most of them are pretty meh but silliness of writing is bringing him some enjoyment
★ At the time he just met Blade and Sword, Meta always had trouble with recognizing which of the two is Sword and which of the two is Blade. Not his fault tho - those two never specified who is who during introduction. And that`s how his Mysterious Silence™ was invented. He will take this secret to the grave
★ You can catch Meta whistling when he is bored and alone. He ain`t the best whistler and struggles with it sometimes. It`s better to pretend you didn`t hear him
★ “Halbert isn`t a playground! Ignore Kirby, this one.... This one doesn`t count“
★ Involuntary dad to the rapidly growing group of kids (which has a lot of parent figures). He is opposite of Dedede here. Dedede embraces new children, especially in Pre-Forgotten Land phase
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steggr · 2 years
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the  capital  of  king’s  landing  welcomes  shireen  of  house  baratheon,  the  lady  and  heir  apparent  of  dragonstone  and  the  seven  kingdoms.  news  borne  by  a  raven  sends  word  that  they  bear  a  resemblance  to  jessie  mei  li.  the  twenty  four  year  old  demi  woman  is  reputed  to  be  pioneering  and  undaunted,  but  with  the  eyes  of  court  watching  their  every  move,  they  might  turn  out  to  be  reticent  and  defensive.  when  songs  are  sung,  their  verses  speak  of  a  long  figure  breaking  through  the  thick  morning  mist,  dark  hair  damp  and  eyes  alight  with  wonder  ;  when  melissa  broder  said,  i  ask  god  to  send  a  swordsman  and  god  says  ❛  look  at  your  hands  ❜  ;  fingertips  calloused  by  the  sword  and  the  book,  both  scholar  and  aspiring  god - queen.  whispers  throughout  the  seven  kingdoms  claim  that  their  allegiance  lies  with  house  baratheon  of  dragonstone,  where  they  conspire  to  prove  themself  a  worthy  successor  to  their  father  and  safely  locate  the  rest  of  robert  baratheon’s  bastards.  but  in  the  end,  fealty  means  little  when  you  play  the  game  of  thrones.
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statistics  ⸻   
birth  name  :  shireen  baratheon.
monikers  /�� nicknames  /  aliases  :  the  grey  stag,  lady  adamant,  fawn,  reena.
gender  and  pronouns  :  demi  woman  and  she  or  they.
orientation  :  demisexual  demiromantic.
date  and  year  of  birth  :  19th  day  of  the  5th  moon,  276  A.C.
age  :  twenty  four.
titles  :  lady  of  dragonstone,  heir  apparent  of  the  seven  kingdoms  (  undeclared  ).
parents  :  stannis  baratheon  and  selyse  florent.
other  familial  members  :  robert  baratheon  (  uncle  ),  renly  baratheon  (  uncle  ),  mya  stone  (  cousin  ),  edric  storm  (  cousin  ),  gendry  (  cousin  ),  bella  (  cousin  ),  barra  (  cousin  ),  joffrey  baratheon  (  false  cousin  ),  myrcella  baratheon  (  false  cousin  ),  tommen  baratheon  (  false  cousin  ).
significant  other  :  none.
allegiance  :  house  baratheon  of  dragonstone.
character  inspiration  :  tba.
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trigger  warning  for  miscarriage(s),  stillbirth(s),  pregnancy,  deathly  illness  (  in  a  child  ),  outdated  medical  practices,  medical  torture  of  a  child,  blood,  bullying.
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introduction  ⸻   
you  are  born  after  much  struggle,  pain  and  lost  ─  before  you  (  and  your  siblings,  born  without  a  pulse  or  passing  through  as  nothing  more  than  a  smear  of  red  on  the  insides  of  your  mother’s  thighs  )  are  even  a  thought  in  either  of  your  parents’  eyes,  there  is  a  tale  of  disgrace  between  the  groom’s  brother  and  the  bride’s  cousin.  after  a  while,  it  becomes  easier  to  believe  that  the  deaths  that  follow  are  because  of  a  curse  on  the  matrimonial  bed  rather  than  lay  the  blame  at  the  feet  of  the  bride.  it  only  makes  your  birth  an  even  sweeter  sight  to  behold  and  though  neither  of  your  parents  were  ones  for  sentimentality,  it  does  take  them  several  days  to  find  a  name  for  the  newborn.  your  father  had  been  optimistically  hoping  for  a  son,  as  most  men  were  wont  to  do  with  their  first  babes,  and  while  it  would  have  been  easier  to  name  you  after  your  deceased  estermont  grandmother,  your  father  had  not  wanted  to  burden  you  with  the  expectation  to  live  up  to  his  mother’s  former  reputation  as  ruling  lady  of  the  stormlands  and  a  favorite  of  queen  rhaella  targaryen.
(  in  the  end,  it  is  a  dornish  name  that  is  chosen,  the  meaning  as  saccharine  as  the  child  that  slumbers  without  a  fuss  amidst  the  humidity  of  dragonstone,  the  curve  of  your  small  head  fitting  snugly  in  the  width  of  your  father’s  palm.  )
much  of  your  early  childhood  is  a  blur  of  memories  though  one  thing  that  is  decidedly  commonplace  in  all  of  your  recollections  is  the  lack  of  a  paternal  figure  in  your  life.  stannis  is  made  master  of  ships  on  the  small  council  of  king  robert  baratheon  almost  immediately  after  the  siege  of  storm’s  end  is  lifted  and  the  rebellion  is  won,  but  you  are  much  too  young  to  understand  how  high  of  an  honor  your  father  has  been  bestowed,  only  that  he  is  gone  for  too  long  of  a  time  and  returns  for  too  short  of  a  time,  missing  your  milestones  and  growth  spurts  that  by  the  time  you  turn  six  years  old,  he  is  all  but  a  stranger  to  you  ─  a  person  seen  in  glimpses  and  studied  through  idealistic  stories  told  by  your  mother  and  your  maester  alike.
perhaps  he  feels  something  guilt  over  his  absence  for  your  father  never  returns  without  a  gift  to  brighten  the  dull  interiors  of  your  rooms.  he  is  a  practical  man,  so  most  of  his  gifs  reflect  his  personality,  remaining  strictly  in  the  realm  of  enrichment.  you  pick  up  your  letters  quicker,  eager  to  use  the  writing  utensils,  books  and  different  colored  inks  that  he  purchases  from  the  port  of  king’s  landing,  but  on  the  eve  of  his  departure  to  crush  the  ironborn  rebellion  in  the  west  in  282  a.c.,  he  presses  a  little  doll  into  your  arms  when  he  oversees  your  bedtime  routine,  dressed  in  the  colors  of  house  baratheon.  at  six  years  old,  you  are  aware  that  there  is  something  different  about  his  departure  this  time  around,  a  sense  of  finality  in  the  way  he  presses  a  stubbled  kiss  to  the  crown  of  your  head  that  you  cannot  keep  the  fat  tears  from  rolling  down  your  cheeks  as  both  mother  and  daughter  wave  off  the  royal  fleet  from  the  safety  of  dragonstone  port,  but  you  hide  your  quivering  chin  against  the  doll  that  still  smells  of  soap  and  ink  from  his  fingertips,  already  knowledgeable  of  your  father’s  discomfort  around  public  (  and  private  )  displays  of  strong  emotion.
it  is  this  strong  streak  of  independence  that  delays  the  detection  of  greyscale  that  begins  as  a  small  blister  of  blackened  skin  on  the  left  side  of  your  neck.  as  a  rambunctious  child,  prone  to  exploring  the  depths  of  the  castle  and  returning  for  dinner  covered  in  cobwebs  and  soot  from  your  adventures,  it  was  not  uncommon  for  the  maids  to  miss  a  spot  (  or  several  )  of  dirt  on  your  skin  during  your  evening  baths  but  when  their  duteous  scrubbing  does  not  dissolve  the  mark  from  your  skin,  the  blister  growing  larger  by  the  day,  the  castle  maester  is  called  in  to  inspect  the  cracked  wound.  what  he  finds  sends  a  wave  of  panic  throughout  the  island  ─  greyscale  is  a  concerning  illness  to  discover  but  without  the  steady  calm  of  the  ruling  lord,  it  rests  in  the  hands  of  the  maester  to  issue  the  following  decrees  as  your  mother  falls  into  despair.
nothing  is  explained  to  you  as  you  watch  in  frightened  confusion  when  your  room  is  stripped  of  comfortable  linens  and  perishable  books.  you  cannot  understand  why  the  maids,  once  so  willing  to  carry  you  close  to  them  whenever  you  would  fall  into  a  fit  of  frustrated  tears,  scurry  away  from  your  outstretched  arms  with  a  cry  of  panic.  (  that  is  your  first  brush  with  clear  rejection  and  it  leaves  you  feeling  hollow  and  full  all  at  once,  a  conflicting  ache  that  roots  itself  in  your  chest.  )  you  are  locked  in  your  childhood  room  as  your  belongings  are  thrown  into  a  pile  and  burned  in  the  castle  courtyard  in  the  hopes  of  staving  off  an  outbreak  but  unbeknown  to  the  castle  occupants,  the  infection  had  already  began  to  settle  in  the  island.  the  maids  (  the  ones  that  had  been  wily  enough  to  escape  discovery  and  confinement  )  had  returned  to  the  villages  below,  spreading  the  disease  to  their  families  and  prompting  a  missive  to  be  sent  out  to  all  the  ports  of  westeros  and  beyond  the  narrow  seas,  warning  sailors  away  from  visiting  the  island  and  portmasters  from  accepting  ships  that  came  from  dragonstone.
while  you  were  made  aware  that  death  had  visited  the  villages  of  the  island,  the  people  within  these  small  settlements  were  not  as  fortunate  as  yourself  to  have  a  dedicated  maester  by  their  sides  though  you  show  no  gratitude  for  the  man’s  efforts.  what  you  are  subjected  to  beneath  his  hands  in  the  hopes  that  one  of  his  experiments  would  eventually  procure  a  solution  is  nothing  less  than  medical  torture  though  at  six  years  old,  you  cannot  understand  why  your  mother  is  kept  away,  dragged  from  your  door  for  her  own  safety  whenever  the  heavy  oak  divider  parts  to  unveil  the  masked  maester  ─  you  are  stretched  out  on  a  thin  mattress,  arms  and  legs  tied  to  keep  you  from  trashing  about  or  scratching  at  the  itchy  spread  of  greyscale  that  only  keeps  growing  larger  and  every  evening,  the  maester  peels  back  the  scaled  skin  in  the  hopes  of  healing  the  red - raw  flesh  beneath  the  infection.
(  your  screams  reverberate  through  the  castle,  muffled  against  the  gag  that  is  drenched  with  your  saliva  and  that  keeps  you  from  biting  down  on  your  own  tongue.  your  wails  are  echoed  in  the  skies,  each  cry  matched  with  a  deafening  clap  of  thunder  as  the  storm  rolls  in,  lightning  brightening  up  the  sky  in  flashes  of  white.  the  smallfolk  of  the  island  whisper  rumors  that  speak  of  a  stormsinger  and  curses,  but  most  of  them  pray  for  the  mercy  of  death,  if  recovery  seems  impossible.  )
in  the  end,  a  savior  comes  in  the  form  of  your  returning  father,  who  had  victoriously  crushed  the  ironborn  rebellion  by  commanding  the  royal  fleet  yet  who  is  helpless  in  the  face  of  such  a  devastating  disease.  out  of  the  woods  come  the  noble  lords  and  well - meaning  advisors,  counseling  him  to  send  you  away  lest  another  outbreak  occur  ─  ❛  it  is  a  kindness,  ❜  they  had  murmured  with  a  gentle  remorse  that  held  undertones  of  personal  ambition,  ❛  to  yourself  and  to  lady  selyse.  no  parent  should  watch  their  child  suffer  thus.  ❜  the  tales  of  his  outrage  at  their  suggestions  are  told  through  your  mother’s  whispered  reassurances.  you  are  told  that  he  sends  these  men  away  with  the  threat  of  death  looming  above  their  heads  should  they  return  and,  when  he  learns  of  the  experiments  that  the  castle  maester  had  been  conducting  on  you  without  sanction  from  the  citadel,  he  sends  that  man  away  as  well,  calling  for  the  maester  from  his  youth  to  attend  to  you.
maester  cressen  is  an  elderly  man  with  soft,  pruned  fingers  who  sees  no  need  to  peel  away  the  scales  from  your  face.  he  presents  to  choice  to  you,  as  scarring  it  almost  certain  if  the  scales  are  not  pulled  off  the  skin  routinely  to  allow  new  growth  but  you  choose  to  leave  them  on,  unwilling  to  bear  the  mindless  pain  and  the  restrains  around  your  bruised  wrists.  you  are  too  young  to  be  concerned  with  vanity,  only  wanting  the  pain  to  stop.  it  is  not  that  his  methods  hurt  any  less  but  you  have  a  choice  in  how  you  want  to  proceed,  the  grandfatherly  maester  explaining  his  reasons  and  movements  before  he  even  touches  you  and  after  two  years  in  isolation  and  under  heavy  observation,  you  are  allowed  out  of  your  rooms,  blinking  rapidly  at  the  onslaught  of  sunlight  in  your  eyes.
the  greyscale  robs  you  of  the  sweetness  of  childhood  and  the  accusing  stares  that  you  receive  as  your  family  walks  through  the  villages  below  the  castle  steal  what  little  is  left  of  your  blind  trust,  forcing  you  to  hide  behind  the  towering  figure  of  your  mother  with  a  reclusiveness  that  had  not  been  there  prior  to  the  illness.  you  are  tall  for  your  age  at  eight  years  old  but  it  is  not  your  height  or  fine,  high  collared  clothing  that  draws  attention  to  you  but  the  harsh,  black - grey  spread  of  scales  that  begin  at  your  neck  and  stretch  all  the  way  up  to  your  left  cheekbone,  coming  to  a  stop  just  beneath  your  eye.  a  small  part  of  your  left  nostril  is  covered  as  well,  making  it  more  difficult  for  you  to  run  around  as  you  had  before  seeing  as  you  were  easily  prone  to  breathlessness  now  but  while  your  mother  may  want  to  keep  you  hidden  and  safe,  it  is  maester  cressen  that  drags  you  out  of  the  shadows.  though  he  has  only  known  you  for  less  than  two  years,  he  has  witnessed  your  eagerness  to  appear  older  and  more  independent,  possessing  the  same  stubborn  streak  that  your  father  had  as  a  child  and  in  entrusting  you  to  assist  him  in  his  weekly  rounds  through  the  villages,  he  had  succeeded  in  drawing  you  out  of  your  shell,  exposing  you  to  the  scared  by  healing  island  while  acclimating  the  smallfolk  to  the  scarred  child  that  so  many  of  them  blamed  for  their  misfortunes.
it  proves  to  be  impossible  to  remain  wary  of  a  child  that  was  so  timid  yet  so  unabashedly  curious  and  your  darting  figure,  dressed  in  somber  shades  of  browns  and  blacks,  becomes  a  common  sight  among  the  smallfolk,  followed  by  your  towering  guard.  the  children  are  the  first  to  welcome  you  back  into  the  fold,  borderline  rude  questions  going  unstifled  in  spite  of  their  parents’  apologies  and  it  is  just  easier  to  talk  openly  about  your  scarring.  it  is  much  better  than  to  endure  the  whispers  and  pointing  behind  your  back,  at  least,  and  once  they  know  what  happened,  the  questions  die  down  and  you  are  simply  a  play  companion,  albeit  more  nobly  bred.
maester  cressen  makes  you  read  to  him  as  he  tends  to  the  rope - rough  palms  of  sailors  and  fishermen  wives  alike  and  you  soon  gather  an  audience  of  little  followers,  younger  children  who  are  eager  to  decipher  the  inky  black  wiggles  on  paper  ─  after  two  years  in  isolation,  you  have  a  patience  that  not  many  others  your  age  possess,  fingers  steadily  pulling  away  grasping  hands  from  the  book  that  you  drag  along  from  dragonstone  library  to  the  marketplace,  high - pitched  voice  drawing  attention  from  your  peers  as  you  taught  letters  and  words  to  the  common  children.  there  is  little  that  your  mother  can  find  to  complain  about  when  it  comes  to  your  new  friends,  relieved  that  you  are  comfortable  enough  to  return  to  some  semblance  of  normalcy  and  begrudgingly  accepting  the  presence  of  your  guard  when  he  follows  your  smaller  footsteps  from  behind,  his  looming  figure  casting  a  shadow  that  keeps  you  out  of  the  sun.
in  the  absence  of  your  father,  aurane  waters  becomes  something  of  a  paternal  figure  even  when  you  shun  the  presence  of  almost  all  other  men.  (  your  first  meeting  with  your  uncle  robert  after  contacting  greyscale  goes  as  disastrously  as  imagined  and  it  is  to  aurane  that  you  run,  dark  brows  knitting  into  an  angry  little  furrow  at  the  good - natured  teasing  from  the  king.  )  if  stannis  feels  any  slight  by  your  preference  for  the  bastard  of  house  velaryon,  he  says  nothing  of  it  and  even  permits  you  to  pick  up  a  sword  beneath  aurane’s  watchful  eye,  monitoring  your  progression  during  his  infrequent  visits  back  home.  you  are  a  hard  worker,  stubbornness  ingrained  into  your  very  sinews,  and  you  rise  back  up  every  time  you  get  knocked  down  until  you  are  as  unmovable  as  the  dragonmont  itself,  limbs  slender  but  strong  enough  to  pick  up  a  war  hammer  fashioned  in  the  likeness  of  the  one  that  had  crushed  rhaegar  targaryen’s  chest  into  pieces.
teaching  the  smallfolk  (  for  their  parents  soon  join  in,  wishing  to  know  what  secrets  their  children  write  down  and  pass  to  each  other  over  the  dinner  table  )  soon  becomes  your  duty,  along  with  penning  correspondences  to  the  lords  of  westeros  and  the  merchants  across  the  narrow  seas  as  maester  cressen’s  eyesight  worsens  by  the  year.  by  the  time  you  are  sixteen,  you  master  the  art  of  insulting  a  man  over  paper  in  flowery  scripture  and  the  ledgers  of  the  castle  are  as  familiar  to  you  as  the  callouses  on  your  fingertips  ─  you  might  never  be  beautiful  but  the  maester  and  your  mother  see  that  you  are  valuable  in  other  ways  that  are  more  important  than  pleasant  features  and  you  find  that  you  prefer  being  plain  and  free,  rather  than  pretty  and  protected.
by  the  time  your  father  returns  to  dragonstone  in  298  a.c.  following  the  death  of  jon  arryn,  you  are  rather  settled  in  your  role  as  his  heir  and  future  ruling  lady  of  a  small  spit  of  land.  you  know  and  love  your  people  and  they  love  you  but  the  thunderous  addition  of  the  formerly  absent  ruling  lord  heralds  trouble  for  the  island  as  your  father  brings  almost  all  of  the  royal  fleet  with  him,  the  foreboding  war  dromons  and  an  assortment  of  other  ships  darkening  the  horizon.  the  days  grow  shorter  and  the  evenings  grow  longer  with  your  father  brooding  in  his  study  and  your  mother  cautions  you  away  from  disturbing  him.  from  the  whispers,  you  understand  that  he  is  upset  with  your  uncle  robert  for  some  insult  or  another  but  it  is  not  until  he  calls  you  into  the  room  that  holds  the  painted  table  of  all  of  westeros,  your  mother  twisting  her  hands  together  by  his  side,  that  you  realize  that  the  whispers  were  wrong.
you  cannot  be  certain  what  gives  him  the  audacity  to  think  of  claiming  the  throne,  regardless  of  his  birthright  ─  a  part  of  you  blames  the  red  woman  that  your  mother  finds  and  brings  to  the  island  to  whisper  poison  in  your  father’s  ear  but  when  uncle  robert  dies,  gored  by  a  boar,  you  lean  against  him  to  subtly  offer  him  the  support  of  your  shoulder,  your  sword  and  your  mind,  and  breath  a  sigh  of  relief  when  he  presses  a  reassuring  hand  to  the  back  of  your  head,  the  touch  brief  but  warm.  war  is  for  men  and  robert’s  death  cracks  westeros  open  like  an  egg  as  the  north  rises  against  the  westerlands  and  ned  stark  is  arrested  on  the  charge  of  treason  but  where  king’s  landing  may  see  a  rebel,  you  see  opportunity  in  the  northerners  outrage  at  the  disrespect  shown  towards  their  lord.
your  mother  does  not  wish  for  you  to  get  involved  with  the  politics  of  your  father’s  quiet  (  for  now  )  campaign  for  the  throne,  driven  to  points  of  fanaticism  in  her  sudden  desire  to  produce  a  male  heir  for  his  legacy  but  he  charges  you  with  the  king’s  orders  while  he  masquerades  beneath  a  guise  of  loyalty  in  king’s  landing  nonetheless,  to  find  and  secure  your  uncle’s  bastards  to  support  his  suspicions  and  his  claims  before  the  lannisters  kill  them  all  and  though  he  does  not  ask,  you  are  determined  to  reform  his  reputation  as  well  ─  the  red  woman  may  believe  him  to  be  a  messiah  reborn  but  you  know  that  even  gods  need  their  supporters  and  you  catch  more  flies  with  honey  than  vinegar.
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locating  the  bastards  :  shireen  has  been  entrusted  with  the  task  of  locating,  gathering  and  securing  as  many  of  robert  baratheon’s  bastards  as  possible.  stannis  knows  of  three  which  are  mya  stone,  edric  storm  and  gendry,  and  while  mya  and  edric  are  safe  for  the  moment,  the  disappearance  of  gendry  is  worrying  especially  after  the  massacre  of  the  bastards  in  king’s  landing  following  robert’s  death.  unbeknown  to  house  baratheon  of  dragonstone,  gendry  is  safe  and  potentially  under  the  protection  of  house  stark  ─  if  that  is  true,  the  northerners  may  use  him  as  a  bargaining  chip  to  secure  the  support  of  stannis  for  a  northern  independency  while  also  throwing  their  support  behind  stannis’  claim  to  the  throne.  beyond  this,  they  need  to  follow  the  rumors  of  the  other  bastards  while  collecting  edric  and  mya  from  the  stormlands  and  the  vale  respectively.
right  of  succession  :  with  stannis’  desire  to  locate  the  bastards  to  support  his  theory  against  the  legitimacy  of  cersei’s  children,  shireen  is  understandably  concerned  that  one  of  robert’s  bastards  may  get  it  into  their  heads  to  try  for  the  throne.  while  the  laws  of  westeros  will  never  put  a  bastard  over  them,  renly  baratheon  is  also  pushing  to  be  considered  stannis’  heir  over  them  and  he  does  have  a  claim  and  the  support  of  the  storm  lords  behind  him  ─  if  renly  then  chooses  to  legitimize  edric  storm  and  make  him  heir  to  the  storm’s  end,  shireen  will  be  robbed  of  their  birthright  to  the  throne  and  to  the  stormlands.  they  adore  their  family  and  edric,  especially,  owing  to  being  cousins  twice - over,  they  have  made  so  many  sacrifices  already  and  will  continue  to  do  so  in  support  of  their  father  and  while  they  would  never  demand  payment  or  recognition  for  doing  what  they  feel  all  children  must  do,  the  idea  of  stannis  choosing  renly  over  them  or  one  of  the  bastards  getting  legitimized  to  inherit  over  them  or  both  sits  like  an  anchor  in  their  belly.  shireen  is  desperate  for  paternal  approval  and  if  this  were  to  happen,  it  may  be  what  breaks  their  resolve  and  potentially  might  send  them  in  a  downwards  spiral  of  desperate  betrayal  to  prove  their  worth.
team  dragonstone’s  pr  manager  :  this  is  touched  upon  briefly  above  but  out  of  all  of  team  dragonstone,  shireen  and  davos  are  perhaps  the  most  friendly  of  the  bunch.  it  is  very  likely  that  stannis’  return  to  king’s  landing  to  ❛  support  ❜  joffrey  following  a  change  of  heart  after  robert’s  death  was  an  idea  concocted  by  shireen  to  keep  the  ambitions  of  team  dragonstone  under  wraps.  they  have  been  keeping  up  with  correspondences  to  the  lords  and  ladies  of  westeros,  as  well  as  the  noblemen  and  merchants  across  the  narrow  seas  and  while  their  letters  have  been  mostly  trade  talk  owing  to  dragonstone  being  one  of  the  main  ports  of  the  capital,  shireen  now  has  these  names  as  acquaintances,  at  the  very  least.  their  challenge  now  is  to  push  pass  their  reclusiveness  to  reach  out  to  make  new  friends  ─  it  is  not  difficult,  as  they  are  generally  very  pleasant  but  their  wariness  and  added  pressure  from  keeping  their  father’s  aspiring  kingship  a  secret  might  prove  to  be  a  disastrous  combination.
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shireen  has  a  black  raven  called  aegon,  after  aegon  the  unworthy,  as  it  is  a  rather  plump  and  pampered  bird.  it  does  not  fly  around  very  well  and  spends  most  of  it’s  time  on  their  shoulder,  cawing  loudly  or  snapping  a  few  choice  words  ─  fat  aegon  (  the  bird  )  repeats  the  same  three  cuss  words  and  is  known  to  fly  at  people  that  it  doesn’t  particularly  like.  for  it’s  own  safety,  fat  aegon  has  been  left  behind  in  dragonstone  for  the  time  being.
shireen  has  been  tutoring  the  smallfolk  of  dragonstone  since  the  age  of  12  and  while  most  of  their  students  are  children,  they  do  have  two  or  three  adults  that  pop  in  every - so - often.  through  their  endeavors  to  make  education  more  accessible  to  people,  dragonstone  has  become  a  rather  progressive  island  with  half  of  the  population  being  literate  and  they  have  used  their  allotted  funds  to  start  up  a  small  school  that  is  being  ran  by  one  of  their  childhood  companions.
shireen  was  a  member  of  the  royal  court  from  the  ages  of  18  -  20  (  294  a.c  -  296  a.c.  )  where  they  served  as  myrcella’s  lady - in - waiting  but  after  an  unfortunate  encounter  with  joffrey  where  he  attempted  to  corner  them  in  order  to  inspect  and  pull  off  one  of  their  greyscales,  they  returned  back  to  dragonstone  and  swore  off  court.  their  uncle  robert  sent  them  a  necklace  that  had  belonged  to  their  grandmother,  cassana  estermont,  as  an  apology  for  his  son  and  that  insufficient  punishment  of  the  prince  began  to  sour  their  father’s  opinion  of  court,  robert  and  joffrey.
shireen  has  inherited  the  gifts  of  a  stormsinger  and  air  mage  from  their  ancestral  blood  relations  to  house  durrandon  which  earned  it’s  beginnings  from  the  union  of  the  goddess  elenei  and  durran  godsgrief.  these  are  not  gifts  known  to  them  as  their  only  display  of  stormsinger  tendencies  was  as  a  child  when  their  cries  would  often  be  followed  by  brief  but  violent  storms.  presently,  their  gift  for  air  magic  is  more  prominent  albeit  similarly  untapped  ─  it  has  become  commonplace  for  winds  to  begin  to  pick  up  roughly  whenever  they  are  upset  and  their  laughter  is  often  followed  by  a  gust  of  tickling  air  across  the  neck.
shireen  discovered  a  calcified  dragon  egg  when  she  was  eleven  in  aegon’s  garden  in  dragonstone.  it  was  hidden  beneath  a  cranberry  bush  and  was  likely  laid  by  one  of  the  last  dragons  on  the  island  as  it  is  no  larger  than  a  chicken  egg.  blood  red  in  color  with  hints  of  white  at  the  ends  of  each  scale,  the  egg  is  usually  tucked  in  a  pocket  or  kept  close  to  their  heart  as  a  good  luck  charm  ─  it  will  never  hatch.
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saywhen · 3 years
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muses by doc under the cut!!!
TOM ‘ICEMAN’ KAZANSKY; TOP GUN
perfectionist navy pilot, winner of top gun 1986, will write him from teen to present day as admiral and chief naval officer of the entire us navy
JOHN HENRY ‘DOC’ HOLLIDAY; TOMBSTONE
former dentist, has tuberculosis, currently a gambling man who moves from town to town making money and sometimes, when the need arises, murderer, *shrugs*
NICK RIVERS; TOP SECRET
international heartthrob edgy rock ‘n’ roller. think elvis but spoofed.
LUKE McKENNA; OC - FARENHEIT 451
after beatty burns montag alive bc he mad af, beatty gets removed from his post and mckenna comes in to replace him as captain. (i utilize val kilmer in spartan as the fc).
LIAM ANDERSON; OC - TAYLOR SWIFT’S ‘WILDEST DREAMS’
hot headed actor in his prime filming a movie in africa and ready for an intensely passionate affair with his co-star oOP
MASTER GUNNERY SGT BOBBY SCOTT; SPARTAN
he is a no nonsense, unquestioning his orders marine to his very own death. once he has a mission, literally nothing will stop him from completing it. he suffers from PTSD and is covered in scars from head to toe. he has night terrors from the PTSD and as such, does not allow himself to sleep often. he runs on caffeine and spite.
JOHN HOLMES, AKA JOHNNY WADD, PORNSTAR; WONDERLAND
addicted to drugs and an adult film legend w/a 14 inch... you know...
BRUCE WAYNE AKA BATMAN
burton verse obvs
RAY LEVOI; THUNDERHEART
former fbi agent, part cherokee who is just trying to discover his ancestor’s roots and spirit
SIMON TEMPLAR; THE SAINT
orphan, thief for hire, master of disguises, he has no idea who he really is
MADMARTIGAN; WILLOW
expert swordsman who lost a random, very important baby to a hawk. it’s a long story.
CHRIS KNIGHT; REAL GENIUS
actual genius, party god, avid slipper collector. college senior or college professor (verse dependent), twin brother of montgomery knight.
MONTGOMERY KNIGHT; THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU (1996)
former neurosurgeon, has become more of a vet these days on the island of dr. moreau where there are genetic experiments on animals. twin brother of chris knight.
JAMES T. DAVIS AKA JOKER; FULL METAL JACKET
recast of joker to kilmer bc i do what i want
BEN AINSLEY; OC
his family is from old, old money and he uses that to book up time on hunter reserves in africa so actual hunters can’t hunt. he hates hunting and has never killed an animal. instead, on his trips, he explores the reserves.
WAR; SUPERNATURAL BASED RECAST OF ONE OF THE FOUR HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
on a red motorcycle... he’s comin for you!!!
CASTIEL; SUPERNATURAL RECAST
to val kilmer because again, i do what i want
LUCAS MATSSON; OC
lucas is a history professor at a large university. his favorite things are egyptian and nordic lore. he has originals and replicas of armor, royal garbs, and weaponry for every period of world history. single ship with thxwxlf.
ROBBY GALLAGHER; RED PLANET
with three ex-wives and an elvis obsession, robby was chosen to be the first group of astronauts to colonize mars after the introduction of algae to mars in 2025.
KING PHILIP; ALEXANDER
king of macedonia. drunk. asshole. father of a bastard.
WILLIAM ‘SPOOKY’ MCPHERSON; CONSPIRACY (2008)
marine with horrific ptsd that he tries to chase away with drugs and alcohol to no avail. shell of who he used to be.
CHRIS SHIHERLIS; HEAT
caught up in the mob life. now on the run.
DR. NICHOLAS PINTER; DOUBLE IDENTITY
doctor without borders physician, framed, blackmailed, untrusting.
JOHN SMITH; FELON
after his wife and daughter were rxped and murdered, he found their bodies and a reckoning happened. approx. 17 people were murdered which included the two men that did it and their entire families. he has no regrets about it. 
JOE MANDITSKI; KILL THE IRISHMAN
cleveland pd detective who is Tired™ and desperate to bring the mob down in his city
PAUL PRYZWARRA; DEJA VU
tired TM fbi agent. divorced. works WAY too much.
JAKE HARRIS; MINDHUNTERS
fbi instructor at quantico. thinks outside the box. loves cake.
MARK CORNELL; HARD CASH
corrupt fbi agent working to launder money with the local mob.
TOM VAN ALLEN / DANNY PARKER / JIMMY FINN; THE SALTON SEA
after tom’s wife was murdered, he became danny and seemed to be spiraling into drugs and alcohol, but it was all a well-thought-out ruse to bring down the two corrupt law enforcement officers who were responsible for his wife’s death. after he got his revenge ten-fold, he became jimmy and moved away from the salton sea. you can find him anywhere but california.
MOSES; THE TEN COMMANDMENTS MUSICAL/PRINCE OF EGYPT
the actual moses. i do not rp with animated fcs or use one and i will be using val kilmer as the fc and not accepting discourse on this matter. he did an amazing portrayal. my decision is final. ope
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pride-of-azkets · 3 years
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Nijad Lore (and fact) Dump
(for lil nonnie who asked nicely)
So, for reference, Nijad is one of my oldest characters without question. Created sometime in the 2013-14 range, he's only become more of a bastard since, though his original form wasn't that at all. In his OG days he was a lanky, tall, pale-as-fuck emo kid with swoopy bangs and raccoon tails (do y'all remember that scene trend too?) and at least 5 piercings in his bottom lip alone. He's certainly... changed a bit. This likely happened in the 2016-17 era, where I conceptualized a novel/graphic novel I wanted to work on at the time where he was a prominent character. This is the time where he morphed closer into what he is now, though the version of him that I write with has been cleansed in some regards to avoid troubling and potentially triggering subjects.
To break the ice though, how about some fun facts?
He is the eldest brother of three canonically, but I play him as an only child (unless otherwise discussed)
As he evolved in the '16-17 period, he split to form a secondary character, Andgriel
Now, canonically, only his ears are pierced (lobes)
He has distinctive port wine birthmarks covering the entirety of his left hand and up his wrist some, and another from the back of his neck down his back and over his shoulders
Canonically he's an accomplished equestrian, though the relevance of this information varies on verse
Additionally, he's a well-practiced swordsman/fencer, verse depending as well
He comes from an affluent background of wealth and status, with a very much 'designer' pedigree
In his "intended verse", i.e. the novel/graphic novel I aspired to in high school, he's the crown prince of a nation (think the Monarchy of England but as an active role as figurehead and ruler) with two younger twin brothers. In this verse, though, the twins are estranged as bastards and he's none the wiser, thus for his whole life he's raised as the single heir to an affluent nation. This breeds his greed, ego, and need to be the center of attention at all times.
He's a decorated commander in the ranks and not without reason--his headstrong tendencies and brazenness often led him to victory for being unwilling to back down (even stupidly so) and for being innovative in the field to come out with the upper hand.
Anything less than perfection he doesn't tolerate in himself, and will work himself to the bone and push himself well beyond his limitations as a form of self punishment and in attempt to better himself. It annoyed his peers to no end and eventually led to people not wanting to spar against him, and not always for his superior capabilities but at times simply because he would not accept no for an answer or wouldn't know when to stop, having to be physically restrained as he'd not only push his own limits but push his partner's far past their own. Combined with being a member of the royal family and thus "of the Gods", those around him didn't aspire to get their own heads put on spikes and wouldn't go after him with their all and would instead incur Nijad's wrath when he'd feel they'd "given up".
In modern verses/verses where he isn't affiliated with a position of that level of status, he retains many of the same characteristics though to a lesser degree, often coming off instead as self-centered and self-serving, and catty. Which, to be fair, are also true of him in the Intended Verse as well, lol.
Alright, I'll leave this chonky block of text for now, but feel free to ask questions whenever you're curious about a character, or anything else for that matter! I love to rant about my bastardous children.
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I Have Come Hither To Die
- A Historical Fiction Short Story about Anne Boleyn -
This is an original piece of historical fiction written by me, do not steal this. I also do not claim that all or any of this content is historically accurate.
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“I am sorry, my lady Anne Boleyn, but your execution has been delayed again, for the swordsman is running late.”
I heaved a sigh. “How long is it delayed for?”
“We will be ready tomorrow at dawn.”
I forced a shaky breath. “Thank you,” I say, starting to pace the room once more, a sweat developing on my forehead.
The man left the room, and I immediately dropped to the floor, hysterically sobbing. My ladies immediately rushed to my side and Catherine, my dear niece, gripped my hand. We sat there in silence, aside from my vicious sobs. I screamed a little. None of them knew what to say.
All of a sudden, Catherine stood and announced: “We must distract ourselves. This truth is too heartbreaking to wade in for so many hours. Come, aunt, let us play cards.”
I shook my head, descending once more into tears. She grabbed my hands and pulled me up.
“Come.” I swallowed hard and she lead me to the small table in front of the cold fireplace. She threw a new set of logs into the pit, and lit it, illuminating the large, wooden chambers where I once awaited my coronation. This time I awaited my demise.
Catherine shuffled a set of cards and slowly my other ladies trickled over from the door. The cards were split, and she played the first move, placing a pair of queens in the middle of the table, as well as two golden coins. She drew another pair.
“Your Majesty,” she used my old title, “I bet you two gold coins that you have no better pair than these two queens.” I looked at her pair and thought of my predecessor, Katharine of Aragon. Now that I had been eclipsed by a Seymour girl, and a stupid, big-nosed one at that, I had some sympathy for Katharine. She must’ve thought I was a ninny too.
Catherine looked up at my glum face to remind me to play. I glanced at my deck and smirked wistfully, placing a pair of kings next to her pair of queens. 
“I win,” I announced. 
“Not yet, Majesty.” She added another gold coin to the pile as well as another queen, a queen of spades this time. I placed a pair of 10’s of hearts and a coin, and took all the coins.
“Well played, Majesty.” She smiled at me with her honest, caring smile. It reminded me of her mother, my sister. I hadn’t seen her since I banished her from court when she married a commoner for love. Now, well, I couldn’t blame her. I married for power and look where it brought me. I thought she was stupid all the time when she would speak of “true love” and never understood the Howard family ambitions, but now I yearn for some of that blissful ignorance. But what can I say, I’m a Howard girl, born and raised to be ambitious, but not too ambitious for a girl. 
“Let me tell you all a story,” I said, picking up my sewing. “Once upon a time, a teenage girl was brought to the English court from France, where she had spent her girlhood. She quickly became the center of the court, possible lovers constantly battling for her praise, for her favor, for her love. She must’ve turned down some fifty men for marriage, for her father never would have let her marry anyone the family didn’t pick. Her younger sister, however, gave the king her favor, accepting treats and gifts from him like they were simply children of farmers. Eventually, their relationship grew and she became his mistress.” Giggles and tiny gasps spread around my ladies, but I continued. “Their parents became obsessed with getting as much power as possible from her sister and the king’s courtship. The older girl had to be her sister’s servant to serve the family ambition. Any marriage arrangements that were being made for her stopped. Until the king’s eye landed on the the older girl herself.” I paused as Margaret took my hand. 
“He quickly tired of her sister, you see, so he looked to the older sister. They began courting, but she, feeling guilty for her sister, denied many of his gifts and refused to love him until she could not do so without being accused of treason, and until her father told her she must. The girl finally started accepting the king’s love, and soon the whole court knew of their relationship. The girl found herself in her sister’s shoes, with her father playing her like a puppet on a string, a pawn on the chessboard of the court.” I took a moment to rethread my needle. 
“Then, somehow, it was silently agreed between the girl’s father and the king that the girl would marry the king, setting aside his wife, the queen. The king had grown tired of his wife, as he had of the girl’s sister, and of many other women. His wife could not give him a son. The girl could not refuse, and at this point did not want to, for she was approaching the time when she would be considered a spinster. It took many years for the king to set aside his stout and devout queen, but he did, and the girl married the king, becoming the queen. She had a beautiful, golden-haired daughter. But, alas, she could not give the king a son. Despite how long it took to put it on, the crown fell from her head as quick as the snap of a finger.”
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The sky began to darken, and me and my four ladies still sat at the fireside, some reading, some sewing, some crying and trying to hide it.
I picked up my  bible and began reading. Accidentally, I found myself on the verse in Leviticus that Henry used against Katharine when he was trying to get a divorce. I always knew the accusations against her were false, but to please Henry and my father, I swore she must have been lying. What fools we were! Why would Katharine of Aragon, of all people, lie in an exchange with the Pope? And again, I find another way I am similar to Katharine: we are innocent of all the ridiculous accusations against us, no matter how much it would please the king for us to give him an excuse to torture us.
I cried the night Henry proposed. I didn’t want to hurt Katharine. Sure, we were quite different, she being raised by the devout, conservative and pious Spanish court, and while I was raised by the risque and chaotic French court. But we were both inspired to be more than just wives. We were inspired to be women. Katharine’s mother, Isabel, was a queen in her own right, and ruled jointly with her husband over Castile and Aragon. Isabel raised her daughters to be strong, educated and not let others limit them. I hardly knew my parents. I was raised by all the women I encountered in the Austrian and French courts, Queen Claude, Margaret of Austria, my good friend Margaret. I read books, so many books. Theology, history, religion. I formed my own ideas about God, and the meaning of life. I found that if all anyone else would do is pick my life for me, or judge my choices, there was no point not to reach for my dreams, no matter how strongminded my father and uncle were. No matter the difficulty one must face when born a girl. I would reach my goals, no matter what it took.
Sadly, my revelations meant nothing once I reached the English court, where the power hungry patriarchs of my family dictated my life. And now their choices will be the end of me.
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“What will become of Elizabeth?!” I cried as the ink of the night cloaked the sky in darkness.
“Your friends will protect her. Even a royal bastard is cared for. Remember Henry Fitzroy?” Catherine said, trying to reassure me.
“A royal bastard, sure, but not a Boleyn bastard. And she’s only two! I always imagined her as queen. A queen monarch, I mean. But-” I interrupted myself with a small scream. “I think Henry shall never want to see her again.” I sobbed out, dropping to the floor again.
Catherine moved to the chair next to me, and gently rested my head on her lap. She pulled out a kerchief and before I knew it she was crying too. We sat there, the bastard daughter of the king, and the disgraced queen of England. What a picture we must have been.
Eventually, I drifted into a light sleep, leaning on my wise niece. 
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I flew awake from a dream of my body laying headless in the cold ground of the Tower. I took a few deep breaths, steadying my heart rate, and turned to look out the window. The sun was just peeking over the horizon line. I stood and looked in the mirror at my pale skin, dark hair, and deep, falcon eyes. I silently resigned myself to death, and the hands of God. I would soon be elsewhere, and my presence on Earth would not affect my afterlife. 
Margaret broke my reverie, tapping my shoulder from behind. “We should start getting you ready. I am sorry, Anne Boleyn.” I almost laughed at her casual usage of my name. The name of a queen. I will be known in history as Anne Boleyn, the headless queen. The queen who wreaked havoc on England. The queen who tricked the king into loving her. Little would they know that they were wrong.
I heaved a long, hefty breath, and nodded, signaling for my ladies to get out my gown for my execution. My final armor.
With their help, I stepped into the grey gown with pearls and jades sewn onto the collar, and French lace at the cuffs. All my ladies were crying. But I had let out my hysteria. I was ready for my final battle.
Soon after, the confessor came. I had already pled innocent yesterday, but he offered me one more chance to plead guilty.
“I plead innocent of all charges against me,” I began with my single sentence from yesterday, but decided to continue. “I may have not been most gracious to His Majesty, but I never committed anything cruel or unholy, other than speaking my mind.” He crossed me, and blessed my soul. I rose, my whole body cold with dark acceptance.
Catherine, shaking with sobs, placed my ermine cloak on my shoulders, and secured my signature pearl necklace with the B initial in gold on my neck. She pulled my hair into a tight bun, and stood in front of me, still crying vigorously. I ran to her and locked her in an almost motherly embrace. 
“It is alright, child. I will be alright. I must die, it is the king’s will.”
She hugged me back, and her breath started to steady. When we split, she had the same face of depressed acceptance I knew I was wearing as well. 
I quickly wrote a little scrawl in my bible, left for Catherine:
“Remember me when you pray that hope doth lead from day to day. For my dear Catherine.”
The same man who alerted me of my delayed demise came through the door just after, and told me that it was time.
He led us through the cold halls to the private courtyard where I would meet my end. Henry had offered me two luxuries for my execution: a professional French swordsman instead of the lazy English axe, and a private execution, without the dirty cries of peasants. Only nobles, such as Charles Brandon, my parents, and the king’s sister would be present. As soon as I walked into the hall, with inclosed stone walls and open ceiling, I knew that Katharine was there. Watching. Waiting for my ghost to join her so we could sew together once more.
I mounted the scaffold and looked about the crowd. I recognized most of the faces from court. The Spanish ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, Princess Mary’s one friend, was there. I think I may have even seen Mary herself, who was either there to see her mother’s enemy’s death, or out of respect for me.
I took a breath, and began. “Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it.” I paused, feeling the breeze on my face, and regurgitated my script, written to suit Henry’s wild fury. “I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord.” I clenched my jaw, biting back my retorts. “And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best.” I smiled genuinely, thinking of the many historians and conspirators who would bake up wild and complicated theories about my story. I hoped that someone would take it up, and show that it was not so. I took a final deep breath and finished: “And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.”
Margaret removed my cloak and necklace. I stopped her for a moment as she secured my linen cap on my head.
“Make sure those are given to Elizabeth as soon as possible.” I muttered, motioning to the cloak and necklace. She nodded, crying. 
The executioner asked forgiveness, I nodded, and knelt. My eyes looked up to the sky, at the great sky that I passed under on my highest and lowest moments. That I passed under my  whole life. 
The sky went dark.
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The messenger
Word Count: 4,532
Pairing: Kidd x fem!reader
Warnings: swearing, akwardness
Annotations: (W/O/C)=Weapon of choice, Freya is my friend´s OC
A/N: this used to be a self insert, so this is based in my headcanon verse, meaning it´s packed with world Building, OCs and noncanon ships (like Mihawk x Shanks)
Summary: You´re the vice captain of the Whitebeard Crew (a title you hate since you´re really just a messenger), Ace is your best friend and you like that one band with the lead singer Ace seems to hate. What happens when you run into each other?
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It was sunrise when you arrived on Sabaody and you were beyond excited.
You see, it wasn´t often that you had a free day, let alone one where it was possible to go the amusement park and see your favorite band.
Everything was just going so well, it was almost too good to be true.
Ace and you were sent to make sure your relations with Fishmen Island were still good and nobody was attacking the island.
You were sort of the messenger of Whitebeard´s crew, being the vice captain and all.
Though you didn´t like that title, it was too great for someone like you, yet Pops had faith in you.
He was the only father you had ever known and he was the best too.
You grew up on his ship after he found you on an island, abandoned by your mother right after birth.
The crew quickly became your family and you loved being there, being on the crew was the greatest thing that ever happened to you.
Especially since you met Ace, he was like a brother to you.
Though you had to admit it wasn´t always as nice as it is now, you didn´t trust him at first.
In fact you tried killing him when he came to murder pops.
But then you learned all about his background, his ambitions and dreams, his little mannerisms and the way he could make you laugh and ever since then you´d do everything to keep him next to you and safe.
Nobody fucks with you or your family, that´s your credo so to speak.
And you had a pretty big family, also outside of the crew.
You met many great people on your journey and you were grateful to every single of them.
You would never forget meeting Shanks on Hell´s Bells for the first time, it was your first time on his island as well.
You were so uneasy, you have never been to another Yonko´s territory before and honestly it scared the shit out of you.
Not being allowed to bring your (W/O/C) it was even worse, you actually thought you were going to die.
And then you met him and his crew alongside the best swordsman in the world and the woman who you accidentally called mom every now and then.
They were drinking in a bar, having fun as you walked in with wobbly legs, staring at the ground.
“Excuse me for disturbing, Whitebeard sent me” you said with shivering voice.
Shanks and the others looked at you dumbfounded before the redhead burst out into laughter.
Mihawk just shook his head, rolling his eyes while Freya gave you the warmest smile you ever received.
“Shanks, you´re scaring the girl” Mihawk warned him, shooting him a glare, making Shanks be quiet.
This was the most intimidating man you have ever met, his sister was even worse as you found out later.
“But I´m not doing anything, babe” he whined, giving his lover puppy dog eyes, the swordsman just sighed.
“What brings you here, little girl?” Freya was the first to speak up about the reason you were here.
“M-my captain sent me to discuss some matters...” you mumbled, not meeting their eyes, you were too scared.
“Sit down, lass” the woman gestured you to sit down next to her and you did.
Talking business wasn´t as bad as you thought it would be, in fact from then on you found yourself in this odd group of friends quite often.
You grew close to them and added them to your family.
They all told you about their story and you looked up to them.
You didn´t meet Ayumi up to two years from then and fuck was she scary, she seemed even more cold and numb than her brother, you never saw her smile.
Well, that was until you witnessed her with her girlfriend, but that´s a story for another time.
You met Luffy, Ace´s brother, too, you accompanied him in Alabasta for a bit, but you had to leave early since you had some other business to attend to.
The great thing was that you kept in contact with all of your friends and family, you were always scared of meeting great people and then never seeing each other again.
But it wasn´t like that at all.
You met up regularly and exchanged stories and alcohol.
But today was a day you and Ace were alone, just the two of you.
It wasn´t bad, you liked those days, you were on the same crew but had so many different missions, you barely saw each other.
Of course you called each other and sent letters, but that wasn´t the same as actually having a day off to yourselves.
“I´m never gonna get tired of this island” you sighed dreamily, walking through the lawless area was scary the first time, but you were well known enough for people to fuck off.
“I´m hungry, let´s grab some food” Ace suggested, making you chuckle.
“You´re always hungry” you teased him.
“Well yeah, but that´s not the point” he pouted, crossing his arms, you always had to laugh when he pouted.
“Alright you big baby, let´s get you some food” you grabbed onto Ace´s arm and dragged him to the next bar.
He ordered food for the both of you and when he fell asleep you checked the newspaper for new information on the concert tonight.
Aside from the usual bullshit that he pulled as a pirate you also found the location and time of the concert.
Okay, he was an asshole as a pirate, yes, you has to admit that.
The thing was this: he was hot and could sing like a god, you never heard such powerful words.
But then again, to you he wasn´t the super rookie, he was just an attractive lead singer from a nice band.
You highly doubted you would ever run into him professionally, though if you would and he did indeed spell trouble, you wouldn´t hesitate to fight him.
In all honesty you didn´t think he was as stupid as the newspaper depicted him, yeah maybe you did want to meet him, maybe you did have a slight crush on him, but you were rational enough to know it would never go anywhere.
He probably didn´t even know you existed.
And it was good this way, if you were ever to run into him privately, you wouldn´t even know what to say, you were the most awkward person to exist, you overthought the hell out of everything, how the fuck should meeting the hottest bastard on earth work without you embarrassing yourself in front of him? So you might as well leave it be.
The article in the newspaper was about their arrival on Sabaody. You never would´ve thought you´d be on the same island as Stale Rose.
Of course you were excited, they were your favorite band goddammit.
“What´re you smiling at?” Ace yawned, he finally woke up.
“They´re here!” you squealed and Ace just sighed.
“You know Kidd´s an asshole, right? I´d rather we avoid them” Ace grumbled and you just shot him a glare.
“You don´t know that, Ace! You know I hate it when you talk about him like that” you defended him, of course you knew Ace was right, but a girl can dream, eh?
“I can read, (Y/N). I know what they say about him in the newspaper, all the awful things he´s done” Ace added, highly annoyed by the redhead.
“Do you know all the shitty things they write about you? About me? Pops? Shanks? All of us? And you know as well as me that those things aren´t true, so why are you so quick to judge him?” you didn´t know why you even bothered defending someone you didn´t know, it was weird but you guessed it was normal since he was in your favorite band.
“I just don´t want you hanging around with him” Ace said, the thought made him beyond uncomfortable.
“I´m just going to his concert, for fuck´s sake!” you raised your voice, you got why Ace was worried, but still, to this extent?
You two spent a bit of time in the amusement park, attending the rides and eating way too much candy.
“Ah! That was fun!” you sighed dreamily, stretching your arms, smiling.
“Yeah it was, I wish we would get more days off” Ace said and you nodded.
It really wasn´t easy getting any free days nowadays, especially with such a big crew.
You walked a while longer until you coincidentally came by Shakky´s bar.
You grabbed Ace´s hand and walked faster until you arrived.
Rayleigh was the one who taught you Haki, he was family and so was his wife.
She was always there for you, you could always call her and come to her if you needed anything.
Shakky was like a cool grandma.
Little did you know Kidd was in the bar you were about to enter.
He was pissed off at the newest article about him and how his crew was proud of it, he just really needed a drink now, how the fuck was he supposed to know the owner of the bar was the wife of the dark king?
“Holy shit! You´re Rayleigh!” he had this habit of talking without thinking which to be honest could be blessing and curse.
You´d find it cute if only nobody would talk shit about Kidd.
Rayleigh just laughed, Shakky chuckled as well, resting her face on her hand.
This wasn´t uncommon, Rogers fans always came here, but most of them were arrogant idiots who thought they could surpass him.
Kidd wasn´t.
He knew his place all too well.
Of course Roger was his idol, but so was his whole crew, he loved the old generation, they had real guts.
He wanted to be just like them, there were only few people he´d wanted to meet, but pirates from the old generation were totally one of them.
“What do you want to drink, boy?” Shakky asked, readying two glasses behind the counter.
“Oh fuck, right! I´m sorry, I just didn´t think I´d meet any famous people today, I´ll just have some whiskey, please.” Kidd tried to sort his mind, which always ended in him rambling.
Sure he was a loud mouth, but that was only when someone insulted him, the old generation or his friends. It was only in few moments he couldn´t control his rage and thoughts, in the other moments he preferred not to talk so much.
Ironic for a singer who yells his emotions out onstage, isn´t it?
“Coming right up” Shakky smiled and prepared the drinks.
“I know you get this a lot, but you´re seriously amazing. You and Roger and all the others from your generation, you just did all the awesome stuff without sprouting too many words about it. I mean you defined what being a pirate really means, you defined freedom and the real meaning of wealth and values, all those virtues. I admire you so much… I know to you I´m just another stupid rookie who doesn´t know shit and is obnoxious but I want to thank you. I´m grateful for everything you did, because if you didn´t and if Roger never told us about the One Piece, it would mean that the government would´ve won. It would mean a world full of despair, a caged life really. You fought for us so we could have freedom and I think what we´re all trying to do, at least in my case, is to impress you. To live up to you, make you proud” Kidd stated, leaving Rayleigh and Shakky quiet for a moment.
Nobody ever thanked them. Nobody ever acknowledged the hardships they went through and yet this rookie did.
He really was smarter than the newspaper made him out to be.
“We´re not so different than you might think. You guys fight for the same thing we did back then, I´m just glad there are good guys like you out there, most pirates who come here are disrespectful and don´t know anything about this world we live in, they think they can do everything on their own, take people on who are obviously out of their league. You know, kind of like you are depicted in the newspaper. But then again, I never was someone who believed in them. If you would know what they wrote about us back then” Rayleigh took a drink with Kidd and laughed at the memory.
Shakky rested her hand on his shoulder, sentiment could be a good thing if it stayed like now. Remembering happy days with Roger and the others could turn into sadness quickly though.
“Remember when we celebrated Rogers birthday and in the next day we apparently competed with Whitebeard who could kill more civilians?” Shakky chimed in, giggling, those were times…
Kidd couldn´t believe it and made big eyes, almost choking on his drink.
Rayleigh laughed even louder now.
“What?! That sounds like a great story… that´s why you´re my heroes, no matter what you did, it was awesome, everything´s such a great story” Kidd told them, smiling sadly.
The government really had nothing better to do than frame pirates for killing innocents.
To be fair though, most pirates were like that.
“If you want to hear good stories, you really should ask that brat Shanks, he´s always in some sort of trouble. I wonder what he´s up to these days, I haven´t heard from him since that battle against Hawkeyes.” Rayleigh thought out loud, he really needed to meet up with him more often.
“Yeah, Redhair really is amazing… he hasn´t been a Yonko for so long, but he´s so powerful. I really want to fight alongside him someday….” Kidd let his thoughts run wild and Rayleigh gave Shakky a soft look before smiling at Kidd.
So much for him wanting to start a fight with Shanks and taking him down.
“I can also recommend a good source for great stories” Shakky smirked at Rayleigh who could barely hold his laughter in.
He sensed Ace and you coming from a mile away.
“Her and Ace were in the local newspaper today actually, have you read it, Rayleigh?” Shakky got a hold of it, the local newspaper was just gossip really, gossip for pirates to bad mouth each other.
“What´s it say this time? Ace and her break up?” he laughed and Kidd frowned.
Of course he knew you, how could he not? But the things they say about you in the newspaper weren´t all lies, sometimes you wished they were.
The things they said about you in the local newspaper though, it was all bullshit, except for the wanted posters.
“Says she burned down a ship of Big Mom´s. And she´s got a new mugshot, her bounty also rose up...” she sighed, she wondered what you were up to.
“Whitebeard and Big Mom fighting? I don´t think so, especially not at this time. Show me the poster, dear” he faced it so that Kidd could see it too.
It took everything from him not to blush like a mad man, fuck you were so beautiful.
“700,000,000 beri?!” Kidd exclaimed, that was 500,000,000 more than him. Impressive.
“Like I said, bunch of good stories” Shakky giggled.
Kidd was in awe.
“I bet she has… I always wanted to meet her but for someone like me that´s just impossible. Besides, if I ever did I´d only end up embarrassing myself. I suck at talking to people I admire” he was brutally honest, something Rayleigh treasured more than anything and he knew you did too.
“Not to brace myself but did you think you´d meet me today? And I don´t think you´re embarrassing yourself at all, I think you´re presenting yourself in a good way, you´re honest and even if the truth is ugly, you still say it as it is. Not many people do that. An honest person deserves my respect. And you don´t have to worry about (Y/N), she´s a sweet kid, not like the mugshots depict her. Really, how is it that those marines always get the worst angles?” Rayleigh chuckled.
He knew how much you hated your mugshots.
“Thank you, that means a lot, coming from you” Kidd smiled as the door opened and you entered.
“Could you maybe not dash every time you see someone you know?!” Ace groaned out of breath and you just shook my head.
“Could you maybe stop being an antisocial baby about it?!” you yelled back, crossing your arms and glaring at him.
“Don´t give me the mom look” Ace pouted.
“I don´t have a fucking mom look!” you whined, finally looking ahead to the bar.
You choked on your own breath as you started punching Ace´s arm and trying to keep your inhumane screech down.
“Ouch, ouch! Stop that, what the hell? Oh, him.” Ace followed your view and looked Kidd dead in the eye.
Kidd felt like he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, why was this guy so intimidating?
“Hey you two, what do I owe the honor? Did Ace finally change his mind about the haki situation?” Rayleigh joked and you just had to laugh too, never minding Eustass fucking Kidd sitting in front of you looking like a goddamn snack.
“I didn´t, sorry Rayleigh, but I think I´m good with just my devil fruit” Ace smiled shyly and scratched the back of his head.
“You know that´s what´s gonna get you killed someday?!” you groaned and shook my head.
“How´s the old man?” Rayleigh asked and you felt glum all of a sudden.
“Holding up. He´s not gonna kick the bucket so easily” how you wished those words were true.
You knew his health wasn´t good, but he never let it show, you didn´t know what you´d do when the time came.
“Have you seen Shanks lately? I´ve been wondering how he´s doing” Rayleigh asked further.
“Actually yeah, Ace and me visited him a few weeks ago. He´s good, real good actually. Is that today´s paper?” you gestured to the newspaper in Shakky´s hand and she handed it to you.
“What the hell? Why did they raise my bounty again? I didn´t even do anything...” you pouted but then you faced Ace.
“Ace! Luffy just declared war on the world government!”you exclaimed, what an absolute mad man.
“For fuck´s sake, Luffy!” Ace was always worried about his brother.
“It´s good that you´re here, (Y/N). This lovely man is a fan of good stories, I´m sure you don´t mind sharing.” Shakky knew all about your little crush on him.
You were sure your face was very red right now, thanks Shakky.
“Um...I don´t know if they´re good actually….I can retell the ones pops told me...uh...” you looked to Ace and Rayleigh for help, but Ace was too busy worrying over Luffy and Rayleigh was laughing.
“I´m sure you´re aware of this lovely man, as my wife worded it” Rayleigh teased.
“Yes, yes I am aware of this lovely man and yes he´s very lovely indeed! But I can´t think of any stories right now” you rambled and Kidd thought he just misheard something.
“(Y/N). You just called him lovely. In front of his face. Without even talking to him” Ace pointed out and you blushed even more.
This was too much for you.
“I know what I said Ace!” you yelled at him.
“Just make sure Luffy´s not getting into too much trouble, we don´t have time for that right now” you warned him.
“I know I know, you just get back to your lovely man” Ace snickered, he was so gonna get it later.
“Shut up, Ace!” you yelled again.
“We´re gonna leave you two alone, it was nice meeting you, Kidd” Shakky dragged Rayleigh and Ace with her to the back.
Amazing.
Kidd and you stared at each other way too long, you were getting dizzy.
“Hi, you know this is really awkward right now. I thought I was seeing you only tonight. Wait, that came out wrong. Tonight´s your concert, you know and I wanted to go. I´m a really big fan of you, your band´s my favorite. I love your music” you rambled again but at least it was the truth, no matter how embarrassing it was.
“Whoa, hold on a sec… you, vice captain of Whitebeard´s crew, know who I am? I´m a lucky bastard today….” Kidd mumbled, smiling to himself, making your heart beat faster.
“Not to be rude, but I think everyone knows you. Well, at least the bullshit they say about you in the newspaper” it felt so unreal, talking to him, but you never wanted this moment to end.
“How do you know it´s bullshit? You don´t even know me, what´s against it being real?” Kidd asked.
“Because the stuff you allegedly did is stupid. So stupid that only no names would do it. It´s stupid and without a plan, you have a crew so why would you ignore their well being and go up against strong people alone? It doesn´t make sense. But the lowlifes who attempt those stupid things don´t end up in newspapers. The government makes it so that only big names appear, scaring the people. They need their antagonists, we´re just perfect for that apparently” you explained.
Kidd smirked.
“You know, I never thought anybody cared about my music, about what I had to say, about me as a person. But today the person I admire told me I was a good man. The dark king himself, that´s the biggest compliment for me. And now you. The vice captain of the fucking Whitebeard pirates, the strongest and biggest crew there is right now, tells me she likes my music. And not only that, you tell me you believe in me. This is way too much for my small brain” Kidd laughed off his nervousness, but his heart was beating fast.
“I don´t think it´s small. You´re a tall man. Besides, I agree with your opinion on the world government. And someone who writes powerful songs like that can´t be an idiot. And that´s coming from a real idiot. And sorry for embarrassing myself, I never thought I´d ever meet you.” you told him honestly.
“Don´t worry about it, besides the only one embarrassing himself is me” Kidd chuckled.
Meanwhile Ace finally agreed to Rayleigh teaching him Haki and Shakky listened in on your conversation with Kidd, she thought it was cute how awkward you were.
Well, you didn´t think it was cute at all, you couldn´t even utter a single word without stuttering.
You went over thousands of things you could say right now in your mind and then thought if you really should say them or not and that resulted in the silence you two found yourselves in now.
Shakky sighed and sent Ace back to you to refrain things from getting more awkward, she really was your savior.
“We need to go, otherwise we won´t make it in time” Ace told you and grabbed your arm in urgency. He was right, if you talked more with Kidd, you´d miss his concert.
And you didn´t want that.
You sighed and stood up with a heavy heart.
“I know, I know… you´re right.” you answered, whining.
“It was nice talking to you, see you later” you cast a bright smile at Kidd who only responded in stutters and blushes.
Your trip to Fishman Island was the quickest you have ever done, everything seemed fine, the royal family was doing great too, so you could come back to the surface.
It was already sunset when you got back, so you ran all the way to the location, dragging Ace behind you, who didn´t have time to protest.
“I´m gonna wait at Shakky´s bar for you” he mumbled bitterly, he didn´t like the influence Kidd had on you.
“Alright, I´ll be back in a few hours!” you smiled brightly, hugging him shortly before running all the way to the location.
As soon as you arrived you could already hear the groupies and the band hasn´t even started yet.
You couldn´t shake off the huge smile that has plastered onto your face ever since you met Kidd earlier, and you also couldn´t stop your heart from racing, well you told yourself that it was because you ran so much.
The bar was damp from the fog coming out of the machines, the crowd started gathering in front of the stage, the screaming groupies making it impossible for everyone else to get a good place.
You settled for a place at the bar, it wasn´t the front row, but you preferred a good view without the groupies. You felt as if you were the only one who really cared about the music.
Not to be entitled, but you doubted the intentions of the front row.
When the show started, the front row threw their bras on stage and showed their tits, you just stayed to yourself and danced and sung your heart out.
You were really proud of yourself for knowing all the words, you didn´t think you would.
Not that you could blame the front row, Kidd was looking absolutely ravishing.
He was wearing a black tank top and had his hair down, you swore you could get pregnant by just looking at him.
Okay maybe that was a bit exaggerated, but you didn´t have time for dating or even one night stands with the amount of times you were gone.
And damn, did he look good with his hair down and did his arms look big, so muscular  and the way he sung so deep, low and gruff.
It just made emotions and horniness in you arise.
Fuck´s sake were you glad that nobody could see the mess you were right now.
To be fair, it was really hot inside the bar right now. And not only because of the handsome lead singer.
You were out of breath after they finished. The groupies were waiting intently for the band to come out so that they might get lucky.
You didn´t know what to do, the immediate time after a concert always left you feeling empty and not knowing what to do.
It was weird, so you just stayed where you were, at the bar, looking and smiling like an idiot.
You didn´t know why you stayed, but soon enough the band did come out to meet the fans.
Usually this should have been your cue to leave as they just chose who to fuck this night, but not this time. Tonight Kidd smiled and waved when he saw you, coming over to you with the rest of the band.
You spent the rest of the night drinking with them and exchanging stories, you complimented their way of playing their instruments, listened to them talk about the craziest tour stories.
It was so much fun and all the while you questioned why they even stuck around with you instead of fucking some groupies, but maybe you would find that out sooner than you´d like.
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zcldrizes-a · 5 years
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tiny meta prompt based on that gifset - when Jon says "i don't", what does Dany take that for? is she thinking "he doesn't enjoy fighting" or "he doesn't enjoy ruling/being king" or is it something else entirely?
"You'vebeen talking to Tyrion.""He ismy Hand.""Heenjoys talking.""We allenjoy what we're good at."”Idon't."
In show canon, void of our verse and if I take just the show details of this scene, then the necessary backgroundis likely what they know from Tyrion and Varys – they’ve told her he’s anexcellent swordsman, and that obviously he’s King In The North, andthat’s the only context she truly, really has of him, other than him being an honourableman. But also, she inevitably knows that he won the Battle of The Bastards(even if the details haven’t been made clear) – so I actually think her firstinstinct was something else entirely, with all of that in mind.
I think her first instinct was to assume he was talking about killing –inevitably, he’s good at fighting, and killing goes hand in hand with that, butit’s clear he doesn’t enjoy whatever it is he’s referring to, and I think it’sa logical conclusion then that whatever he’s good at is something that is atthe very least a little distasteful. And I think in that brief moment ofhesitation before she speaks again, she’s flickering through the options – does he mean killing? Fighting? Ruling? He’s good at each. And given that’sthe conclusion she reaches, I don’t think it’s lost on her that men she’s knownbefore (and I mean known, so we’retalking about Drogo and Daario) prided themselves on how good they were at killingother men, and at fighting. They were good at it, and so they relished it, and this is not a man like she’s met before.
Regardless, his admission that he doesn’t enjoy it surprises her – she genuinelybelieves her words to be true, that everyone enjoys whatever it is they’re goodat, and suddenly here is someone who doesn’t. The only way that makes sense iseither if what he’s good at isn’t something that should be enjoyed – or that he doesn’t want to be doing it, butdoes it anyway.
Whichever he’s referring to – we see it very clearly then, that he earnsher respect.
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CHARACTER INTERVIEW
BASICS  !
NAME . Lazare Friedrich Moreau NICKNAME . Laz, Lazzy  AGE .  38 SPECIES . Human
PERSONAL  !
MORALITY .  lawful / chaotic / good / neutral / evil / true . RELIGION .  Agnostic, no organized religion. SINS .  greed / gluttony / sloth / lust / pride / envy / wrath . VIRTUES .  chastity / charity / diligence / humility / kindness / patience / justice . KNOWN LANGUAGES . French, German, Spanish, English, Italian, and some Russian. Learned in that order. SECRETS . Lazare is surprisingly open for a Spy, but he does keep chunks of his past well-hidden. His murders, which he feels immense guilt over, and the fact that he was at one point suicidal.
PHYSICAL  !
BUILD .  scrawny / bony / slender / fit / athletic / curvy / herculean / pudgy / average . HEIGHT . 5′11″
SCARS  /  BIRTHMARKS . Not many scars, a few ones on his hands from failed balisong tricks. Freckles, but those are different from birthmarks, right?
ABILITIES  /  POWERS . Not really powers, but Lazare can play the ukulele and piano, sing, and bake incredibly, and he’s a great reader. Can learn languages in a snap.  RESTRICTIONS . Very sensitive emotionally, hates conflict, may run from fights.
FAVORITES !
FOOD . Nearly everything, but his favorites are any and all desserts. He’s a true sugar fiend.  DRINK . Coffee and hot cocoa, some teas. PIZZA TOPPING . Just cheese. COLOR . Yellow, blue, and gold. MUSIC GENRE . Classical, jazz, some alt-pop. BOOK GENRE . Fantasy, mystery, or nonfiction. MOVIE GENRE . Romance, or rom-coms.  CURSE WORD .  Damn, bastard, merde.  SCENTS . Coffee, baked goods, cinnamon, the smell of rain
FUN STUFF  !
BOTTOM OR TOP . A verse. SINGS IN THE SHOWER . Quite frequently. LIKES PUNS . YES.
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@menageriexfmxses​ said: plots please to hear some plot ideas I have for our muses.
okay first off i love you so much and I want all the plots and rps with you.  I can list so freaking many.  I wanna be stingy and be ray cause lbr she had hearteyes for your muses but I’ll do my best to make it a variety.
My Toshinori with Deku and/or Bakugo.  Just let him try to be a good mentor to his sons.  he so proud of them and just wants to support them and make them dumplings.
Au!Yuki Sohma & Kirishima where he is in the mha verse.  his powers would basically be like Tsyu cept he is a mouse man.  idk.  Kiri is so sweet and he could make a friend.  I just want it.
Mirajane & Lisanna sister bonding.  Lowkey them plotting a wedding with Freed & Mira or whoever.  I just need more of this.
Mirajane & Gaj just them bonding and him playing his guitar and Mira singing for him.  They would be cute together and you know it.
We need an arranged marriage plot and i don’t care with which muses but please gimme.
Feitan Portor & Twice or Dabi.  Feitan is a swordsman and a bastard.  he is yandere af too.  So I just feel he would work with them pretty well so let him create problems with the LOV.
Kurama in the MHA verse as a student and just getting to interact with any of your characters.  I feel him and Iida would be very interesting.
Ray & Bakugo sparring together.  Let her get her ass kicked and still enjoy him then them patching each other up after.
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The mask he wore was the de Chevin design, though greatly simplified and without ostentation. Combined with his sober – though Remi himself would have preferred the word dashing – black silk and velvet with its slashes of silver, the garb proclaimed him to be someone’s by-blow. A bastard, just favored enough by his family to earn entrée to a soirée like this one and to wear fine clothing – but not legitimized, not in line to inherit.
It wasn’t true, but it was close enough. And it was safe. There were so many de Chevins, in the main line and the several cadet branches, that they didn’t even all know one another by name, let alone face.
The fact that Remi himself was a de Chevin and thus entitled to the mask he wore – or to its finer elder cousin, more precisely – was a delicious bit of icing sugar on the frilly little cake.
Thus cloaked in a sort of invisibility – the blacks made him beneath common notice, even as the mask proved his right to be there – Remi strolled the various salons and corridors and dining rooms through which the Duke’s party had sprawled. He held a glass of something of a delicate rosé tint in one hand; his other rested upon his hip in a casual way which any well-versed swordsman would recognize as the absence of a hilt. (Daggers, not his preferred weapon, were nevertheless secreted upon his person; Remi Vascal, dashing outlaw of Orlais, was no fool.)
He exchanged words here and there with those whom he passed. He paused beside the tables groaning under their weight of hors d'oeuvre and canapés and nibbled delicately at them; just because he was here to work did not by any means imply he could not enjoy himself, now could it? To that end, he also cast approving glances toward any number of the sparkling young women and strapping young men around him, favoring some few with a wink and his trademark rakish grin – the one which dimpled an old scar on his cheek most becomingly beneath the half-mask – and watching as delicious blushes spread across heaving bosoms and delicately bearded cheeks alike.
In the back of his mind, he could almost hear his mother’s voice chiding him to stay on task and not be distracted by a pretty face; his mother’s bardic training methods had been strict but effective, and Remi could perhaps admit that the version of her in his head had a point. After all, Duke Cecil de Montfort was hiding a secret. All the rumors Remi had been able to uncover pointed to it. And now, Remi had decided to find out just what that secret was.
After he’d spent a little while enjoying the particular expanse of creamy bosom currently occupying his attention, of course.
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The Osiris Of This: Celebrating The 25th Anniversary Of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s ‘Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version’
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The Wu-Tang Clan shifted the recording industry in the 1990s by not only emerging as an unstoppable collective but also securing solo deals for the nine members of the group’s top tier. Ol’ Dirty Bastard emerged as a star for the New York crew by way of his debut album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, which was released 25 years ago today (March 28).
RZA, GZA, the aforementioned Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa transformed the Hip-Hop landscape with their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993. The single “Protect Your Neck,” which introduced much of the world to the Wu Swordsman, featured a verse from ODB that, alongside Method Man’s scene-stealing turn, burned itself into the memory of fans for good reason.
Hip-Hop fans approached ODB’s solo album with hopes that it would feature more of the same left-field styled coupled with the “what will he do next” personality the rapper born Russell Jones became famous for. They were not disappointed on that front.
After an intro that puts all of the zaniness of ODB at the front of the mind for the listeners, “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” blares through with RZA’s signature thump and ODB’s performance set the tone early. The following track “Baby C’Mon” features more of that Ruler Zig Zag Zig Allah dust, and the album’s first single “Brooklyn Zoo” sounds as timeless as ever with True Master delivering one of the few tracks not helmed by The Abbot.
Rapping in stunted growling grunts and breaking into off-key song at times where it doesn’t even make sense, ODB appeared larger than life. He instantly became an undeniable presence across the album, most certainly propelled by RZA’s guidance on the tracks. The production is decidedly muddy as if it were recorded in a Brooklyn closet; the bass bleeds on even the best-quality speakers and it sounds that this was the intention.
By the time listeners reached “Raw Hide,” there are still dips and turns left in ODB’s rap arsenal:
Tired of sittin’ on my f*ckin ass N*ggas I know be runnin’ around with mad f*ckin’ cash Who the f*ck wanna be an emcee If you can’t get paid to be a f*ckin’ emcee? I came out my momma p*ssy, I’m on welfare Twenty-six years old, still on welfare So I gotta get paid fully Whether it’s truthfully or untruthfully
In past interviews, Method Man stated that a bulk of the album consisted of old rhymes from RZA and GZA’s rhyme books but he did admit that ODB did know how to write his own verses. But because of his voice, style and natural charisma, it didn’t matter what the source of the lyrics, especially with the level of performance ODB presented across the album.
A remastered version of Return to the 36 Chambers has been released to commemorate the 25 years since its release, along with a mini-documentary from Amazon Music that features words from RZA, Raekwon, his widow, Icelene Jones, and his son Barson “Young Dirty Bastard” Jones. ODB is a sorely missed voice in Hip-Hop and would probably still find a way to bulldoze his way onto the airwaves despite the genre’s many shifts in sounds in the years since his untimely passing.
For now, we’ll hold on tight to the audio memory of Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Hopefully, tonight somewhere in ODB’s beloved “Brooklyn Zoo,” a 40 or two will be cracked, safely indoors of course, with the speakers blasting the record in Ason Unique Allah’s honor.
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Amatsu Kaze: Full Bio
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Name: Amatsu Kaze (ah-MOTTS kah-ZAY) (Hingan: 天つ 風 )
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Race: Raen Au Ra
Height: 7fm 1im
Build: Long and lean; swimmer’s build. Weighs about 155pz.
Skin: Not as tan as you’d think, from the time he spends in the sun; rough, spiky opalescent scales
Eyes: Irises dark blue; limbals bright blue
Hair: Platinum blonde
Nameday: 22nd sun, 2nd Astral
Occupation: Nominal Confederate; part-time bodyguard, mercenary, odd-jobber
Orientation: Gay??? Who the hell knows, really
Alignment: Chaotic good
Criminal history: Somewhat extensive, though no serious crimes; smuggling controlled substances; petty theft; brawling and/or dueling...
Relationship status: Single and fine with it, mostly??? Though things have become somewhat complicated with...
Sweet on: ... his pupil YT.
Favorite…
… food: Fresh fish in any form
… drink: Sake
… artist: Very old Hingan poetry; he especially likes translating these works to Common
… scent: The sea, even after all these years
… person: His Confederate brothers, Kami bless their drunken, illiterate souls
Randoms: Ten Facts
He rises before dawn compulsively -- no matter how much sleep he stands to lose in the process -- to meditate and train.
Although (being Raen) he derives great pleasure from being in the water, he hasn’t been more than a couple yalms below the surface of the Ruby Sea in over a decade.
Though a swordsman by trade, he’s rather adept at what most Eorzeans would recognize as conjury. He eschews shields and heavy armor, dressing lightly for mobility and _protect_ing himself with aether drawn from his communion with the Kami.
A dream of his is to become a published poet; he spends large amounts of his spare time composing original material and/or translating old Hingan poetry to a form (he hopes!) Eorzeans would find pleasing.
He’s proficient with multiple sword types, including katana of various sizes as well as Eorzean broad-, long-, bastard swords, and rapiers. For actual combat, his preferred arm is a custom-made hand-and-a-half Magitek swordhilt that produces a blade attuned to his personal aetheric signature.
While soft-spoken, he can project his voice very loudly when necessary, making himself heard in the midst of a crowd.
In an effort to distance himself from the place where he grew up, he’s gradually expunged his Eastern accent. He now speaks very even-keeled-ly, with a hint of a Limsan drawl.
He’s been offered promotions in the Confederacy, including even the opportunity to have his own crew, but he’s willingly stayed at the lowest rank so that he can come and go as he pleases.
This is one of his most closely-guarded secrets, even from the Confederates: He’s never been in a romantic relationship or lain with a woman. He’s more experienced (and thus comfortable) with men due to all his time spent aboard ships, but gorgeous women still make him deeply uncomfortable.
Having had a privileged upbringing (to a certain point) in Sui-no-Sato, he’s highly literate, in contrast to most of his Confederate brothers.
Five Things…
… they like:
Crowded places (good people-watchin’)
Deserted places (good meditatin’)
Poetry (art in general, really)
A good fight (“I’m only myself when I’m fighting!”)
The sea
… they dislike:
Extreme temperatures
Sand (it really does get everywhere)
Staying in one place too long
Taking orders (a necessary evil to get paid)
Ostentatious displays of wealth (part jealousy, perhaps, part disdain for snooty behavior)
Five good habits:
Stays in excellent physical shape.
Regular meditation keeps him emotionally centered.
Rarely overeats or gets sloppy-drunk.
Good personal hygiene; bathes regularly.
Soft-spoken, generally tactful, and respectful of others’ personal space (unless specifically riled).
Five bad habits:
Extremely rebellious; unable to control his tongue around authority figures.
Highly competitive: never refuses a challenge.
Easily baited into confrontations: would rather fight about differences than talk it out.
Doesn’t get near enough sleep.
Bah-humbug attitude towards relationships & sentimentality.
Five personalities they gravitate toward:
Competitive spirits
Salty nautical types
Art lovers; creative spirits
Social outcasts; the poor
Nearly anyone who seems like they have a story to tell
Five personalities they avoid:
Beautiful men and women (his inexperience shows, he fears)
The fabulously wealthy and/or nobles in general (see dislike #5)
Teetotallers (no fun!)
Know-it-alls
Nationalists and/or political zealots of any stripe (even Hingan ones)
Five fears:
Intimacy (tends to keep people at arm’s length)
Commitment (prefers to drift than to be tied down in one place)
Garleans (the war in Doma makes him nervous about his home in Kugane and the Ruby Sea)
Poverty (he’s perpetually broke, sure, but he makes sure hedoesn’t go hungry anymore - because he did for awhile in his teens)
That his poetry’s no good, or that his creative pursuits will amount to nothing
Five things kept close:
A sword (he owns several)
A knife.
A good pair of boots.
A hand-sized wastebook filled with verses, snippets and ideas
Something with which to write.
Five places frequented:
Kugane, Hingashi
Onokoro, The Ruby Sea
Limsa Lominsa
Isari, East Othard coastline
Horizon, Western Thanalan
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I finally met Zoro after 2 years! It was truly an unforgettable experience. He was passing by on Grove 42 on Saboady Island by himself. I couldn’t help but to bring him into my brace. It’s been 2 years... 2 years ever since the incident with Kuma! I couldn’t help but wonder what hardships they must’ve encountered and faced. I’ve heard about it all via newspapers and broadcasts. I missed the Straw Hat crew. The only reason why I was able to meet them was because of those troublesome Hollows. They travelled in and out of the Bleach verse, which is frightening. I don’t know who’s responsible from the Soul Society, but that gate from the other side should’ve never been opened. Now we have to pay a visit to different universes to slay the Hollows.
2 years ago
By the time I reached The Grand Line in One Piece universe, A group with monstrous strength was already battling a hollow. I couldn’t describe the amount of shame that ran through my body. Hollows just get to bad from worse. There is no salvation for them. I drew my sword and flew through its head, ramming my weapon straight through, cutting it clean like a breeze. The hollow slowly evaporated shortly after.
“I’m so sorry! This is my responsibility!” I apologise for this incident. “You guys should’ve never been caught up with this...” I paused, then I remembered that they might not be able to see me. “It’s no big deal!” I sighed and carried on walking to the portal. But it seemed that I was wrong. A man with green hair walked up to me. He was quite handsome indeed. Just when I was about to draw my sword away, he stopped me and lightly held onto my wrist.
“Oi, where’d you come from? You appeared from out of nowhere just like these ugly bastards.” He spoke with his husky voice. It rumbled through my ears. My eyes opened in shock.
“You can see me? You can touch me? How is this possible?! No one’s supposed to notice a Soul Reaper! Just who are you!” I growled at him. He grunted in response.
“Why don’t you tell us who you are and we’ll tell you who we are!” He argued back. “No, you first!” I shout back. This mini arguement seemed to turn into a long battle of stubbornness. I was itching for a fight and clearly so was he.
“Just because you’ve got 3 swords doesn’t mean that you’ll win... you overconfident brat!”
“Who’s a brat?! You look about 12!”
“But I’m lifetimes older than you!”
“Oh yeah? Well let’s see if your swordsmanship lives up to it!”
“Oi, Zoro! You idiot of a swordsman! You dare to hurt a lady?” A man with blonde hair and large swirly eyebrows interrupted us. Zoro drew his swords away at the same as me. Looking at him, his eyes were in shapes of a love heart and I could’ve sworn that he had a nosebleed pouring out of his nose... not only that but did he just say “Zoro?!” I accidentally spoke out loud, causing him to turn around and grin.
“Oh, so you’ve about me from your universe? Guess I’m quite famous!” He turned my way smiled largely. But no way... Zoro? He’s such a big shot over here in the soul society. He is the talk of the Seireitei! He is a pirate and a great swordsman at that!
To be continued...
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for a prompt from @torosiken, abo-verse; ao3
“Duval,” Sanji says through gritted teeth, something heavy settling in the pit of his stomach. “What the hell is this disgusting list?”
“They’re market prices for the slave trade,” Duval explains, and his tone is way too cheerful for the subject that Sanji wants to land a kick on his stupid face. “You see why everyone’s after mermaids? They’re so rare and expensive that they’re on a whole different level.”
Before Sanji can fully process that revolting information, Duval adds, “the only thing more valuable than a mermaid is probably a male omega.”
Sanji’s breath catches in his throat.
Duval probably doesn’t mean anything by it. It’s a throwaway comment of a fact that everybody knows — male omegas are rare. Much rarer than female alphas, actually, that people sometimes joke about how male omegas are an endangered species. It’s not surprising that the slave trade would thus value them higher, probably thinking they’re some kind of a rare collection to parade around. Stupid, offhand comments.
Sanji still feels like he’s being stripped bare. Like someone, somewhere, has looked at him and seen the omega in him, and they’re going to lay that secret for the world to see.
“What do they do to these slaves?” He blurts out before he can stop himself.
“Well, they’re free to do whatever they want with the slaves…humans are usually forced to work for free, but exotic species like mermaids are usually put on display as trophies by the rich,” Duval says. “They are going to spend the rest of their lives in a small cage.”
Sanji thinks of the cold, dark prison of his childhood, the way its narrow walls seemed to bear down on him, and he thinks he’s going to throw up.
“Then what are you waiting for, we have to save Keimi!” He yells instead at Duval, and ignores the way his hands tremble, ever so slightly.
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We’re going to be fine, he tells himself. It’s going to be fine. The market rate of a mermaid is only 70 million berries, and the ever wonderful Nami is currently in possession of more than 200 million. They’ll play by these bastards’ rules and get Keimi back. They will.
He almost believes it — doesn’t know what it’s like not to believe in Nami — that he feels his entire body freeze as soon as the celestial dragon calls out, “500 million berries!”
He hears Nami gasp beside him.
“What was that,” she says, face paling; she looks as awful as Sanji feels right now. “We don’t have enough.”
“What do we do, Sanji?” Chopper turns to him, panicked. “Isn’t there anything we can do? Isn’t there another way?”
Shit. Sanji grits his teeth, crushing the cigarette in his mouth. Shit, he’s fucked up — he leaned too much on this one strategy without ever considering a backup plan, and now Keimi is going to be taken away by these disgusting bastards and it’s going to be his fault. Fuck, fuck, if only there’s another way —
He blinks, remembering the conversation he had with Duval earlier. There is another way.
You’re worthless for being born as a weak omega, he remembers his brothers saying, and he thinks, no. Not anymore. Not here.
Here, where human lives can be quantified under some sickening logic and their biological makeup can influence those numbers. Here, where the only thing that matters, the only thing that can make them listen to you, is how much money you can offer.
Here, where male omegas are more sought after than a mermaid.
Sanji steps forward just as Zoro catches his arm.
He half-stumbles, throat choking on nothing. “What the hell?” He glares at the mosshead. “Let me go.”
Zoro stubbornly keeps a secure grip on Sanji’s arm. “No,” he says, glaring back at him. “You’re going to do something stupid.”
There’s always been something between him and Zoro that Sanji is secretly grateful for, a kind of bond he can’t quite put a name on yet. He treasures it, wouldn’t have wanted it any other way, but in this moment, he hates how Zoro can read him like a book.
“What?” He lies, feigning ignorance. “What are you talking about?”
“I don’t know,” Zoro admits.
“Then let me go,” he says, trying to shake Zoro off again. “You’re being weird.”
“No.”
“Zoro, I swear —“
“No, because I’m not going to lose you again!” Zoro snaps, voice raising loud enough to make Nami glance at them in concern. “You have this — this look, in your face, as soon as things go South. Like suddenly you’re responsible for everyone’s safety at the cost of your own, and you think you have to —“ Zoro’s grip on Sanji’s arm tightens, and his voice is rough when he spits out, “bleed yourself dry like it’s nothing.”
It’s rare, to see Zoro so…affected. Sanji’s omega is more attuned to an alpha’s emotion, and right now he can sense Zoro’s distress in the space between them, almost suffocating. Their relationship has been strained ever since the event at Thriller Bark, and this is some kind of a weird, fucked up culmination of it.
He feels indignant, considering he wasn’t the one who ended up almost bleeding himself dry, but this isn’t the right time to have this shitty argument. He also won’t admit out loud, but there’s no way he can argue with Zoro when the swordsman looks so hurt, so lost. Sanji would’ve mistaken the expression for concern — for love — but that’s one unrealistic, stupidly hopeful train of thoughts he isn’t going to pursue.
“Listen you stupid swordsman —“ he tries to argue instead when the wall behind him explodes in a bang and Luffy comes crashing down into the hall.
“Can’t you land any better?” He hears Luffy complain at one of Duval’s men behind him, and Zoro finally releases his grip with a reluctant scowl on his face. Sanji makes a show of cleaning imaginary dust from his sleeve, just to piss Zoro off.
“This isn’t done,” Zoro growls, and Sanji simply cocks his head towards Keimi. Zoro acquiesces, and they both stand side by side, conflict forgotten, facing a common enemy.
They have a friend to save.
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