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“Ya don’t understand how dangerous this is.”

     Jellie couldn’t help it. She laughed. It was a cold laughter, without any of the sincerity she’d once had. Kahra’s threat had had the opposite of the intended impact, it seemed. 

     Then her face fell back into a practiced neutral, as if the laughter had never happened at all. 

“Kahra,” she replied. “You still don’t get it, do you? It’s not that I don’t understand the consequences. It’s just that they don’t actually matter.”

     She traced a hand idly along the handle of the sword at her side, but made no motion to draw it. In fact, she looked utterly unthreatened.

“See, the problem is, you or your goons could kill me right now. But if you did that, I would just be back later, like nothing happened. It would be a waste of your time, and a waste of your energy. You know you can’t stop us. Nothing you could do matters, least of all killing me.”

#theirassassin #An oath of Loyaty: IC #V: To Serve and Slaughter #((Set this one in red sea verse to shake things up from our other thread hope thats ok))

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     The jellyfish growled, choking on cold tears that were already running down her face. Foolish. Foolish and reckless, to let Kahra see her like this. But it was too late now; there was no putting the genie back into the bottle now. 

“Idiot,” she snapped. 

     Almost unbidden, the flat of her palm reached up, with the full intention of smacking Kahra across the face. It wasn’t a vicious blow, like those she’d dealt when they were properly fighting. It was mostly just...frustration and pain. 

“You still think- think ANY of this is about what happened between you and Lumi?” she choked between sobs. “Don’t be a goddamn fool, Kahra! I know you didn’t try to kill them!” 

    She tried, in vain, to wipe the tears from her face, to seem more pulled together.

“Do you think I’m just fine with the fact that you abandoned us for a new family that visibly TERRIFIES you? You’re not safe there! Let alone the fact that you let us think you were dead, or that I barely recognize you anymore, I’m just scared for you!”

#theirassassin #An oath of Loyaty: IC #V: To Love and Protect

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“you can’t keep me safe from everything.” (Lumi) HAHAHAHA

     Reflexively, Jellie’s fists balled, her whole body language tightening in frustration. 

“The hell I can’t,” she growled, a kind of barely restrained anger she rarely showed in front of her witch.

     It wasn’t that she was angry at Lumeira. No, she could never be ANGRY at them. They were too dear to her, too important to lash out at for no reason. No, her anger was more formless, directed vaguely at a world that DARED to presume that she couldn’t keep her witch safe from anything that dared to harm them. The prospect was almost offensive to her.

“Lumi, you don’t have to worry, okay,” she muttered, trying to bring her heart rate down. “There’s nothing I can’t handle out here. Nothing’s ever gonna hurt you.”

#godofwhite #An oath of Loyaty: IC #V: To Love and Protect

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protector / protectee starters

“no. you can’t go, it’s too dangerous.”

“it’s not dangerous. i’ll be fine.”

“i’m not going to let anything happen to you.” 

“you can’t keep me safe from everything.”

“just be careful.” 

“i’m always careful.”

“you’re going to get yourself hurt.”

“i won’t get hurt, i promise.”

“i won’t let them hurt you.”

“you can’t save me from this.”

“please try and stay out of trouble.”

“if anything happened to you…” 

“i’m not sure how to keep you safe.”

“i’m not going to let you out of my sight.”

“this is the only way to keep you safe.”

“you can’t keep an eye on me twenty four seven.”

“everywhere you go, i go.”

“it’s not your job to protect me.”

“it’s my job to protect you.”

“don’t worry, i’ve got you.”

“no one will hurt you as long as i’m breathing.”

“you don’t understand how dangerous this is.”

“please come back in one piece.”

#Without a Path: OOC #((i dont have a memes tag whoops))

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viderxanima:

“Okay, I trust you Jellie…” Otti takes his stance once more, still a bit hesitant.

It’s painful obvious he doesn’t really know anything about fighting. His posture shows doubt and there are plenty of openings, he raised his fists but it doesn’t look like he knows what to do with them.

“L-Like this?”

     Jellie examined Otti’s posture carefully. As expected, his stance really needed some work. But nitpicking the details could come later. Right now, she needed to teach him an important lesson. 

“Okay. Now hit me. Don’t worry about hurting me, I’m very tough. Just hit me as hard as you can, and watch out for my response. Okay?”

#viderxanima #An oath of Loyaty: IC #V: To Love and Protect

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lumivacant:

   Indeed, the Ice Floe was fairly tame in regards to entertainment, but the little that came was just enough for the witch to handle. Her family, along with the occasional passing faces, satisfied their needs. Most days.

   The one passing day called for some sort of fun, and with Otti off playing elsewhere, all that was left at the home was Jellicent, a perfect target of ‘spying’. What drew her to such? A familiar melody.

  ❄ [“ I think you play it better than any time I ever sang it, how long have you practiced now?  ”]

   You’ll startle the poor familiar, sneaking up to her like that…

     Jellie’s bow skipped along the string, making a quick screeching sound before falling into silence. She wasn’t startled for long though; the moment she heard her witch’s voice, her posture relaxed and she was calm once more. 

     She lowered the violin to her side.

“I’ve mostly lost count,” she whispered softly, turning to the doorway. “It just never seems quite right. Like there’s something missing from the way you sang it.”

#lumivacant #An oath of Loyaty: IC #V: To Love and Protect

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viderxanima:

“Right right! Awareness! Serious Otti on!”

“…Wait what?” Otti’s serious facade quickly drops as Jellie mentions the fight being between the two of them. “But, I don’t wanna fight you Jellie!”

“You aren’t going to hurt me,” Jellie promised, giving Otti a reassuring smile. 

     At least, she sincerely doubted he was capable of hurting her, considering his relative inexperience in combat. It was really more a demonstration than anything else.

“Hey. I promise. Just stand as though you’re going to fight. Show me what your stance looks like.”

#viderxanima #An oath of Loyaty: IC #V: To Love and Protect

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((Hey, also, the rules page has been updated with a (completely optional) password, and I have a brand new tags and verses page if you want to take a look!))

#Without a Path: OOC

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Tag Dumping

#An oath of Loyaty: IC #Without a Path: OOC #TELL ME HAVE YOU SEEN THE MARVELOUS BREADFISH: Crack #Images reflected in Ice: Art/Aesthetic #Fragile moments in a frozen Life: Headcanons #V: To Love and Protect #V: To Serve and Slaughter #V: Memories of a Broken Past

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hervillain:

it wasn’t him that she was after . while , yes , he was sure that wadanohara would have cleared his name after he’d left the blue sea , it was only now that he was able to relax a bit . the explanation was brief , and yet , the way that the jellyfish spoke gave him quite a bit to reflect on .

“ abandoned you ? sounds terrible . “ a pause , before he allowed himself to cast his gaze upon her , watching her expression . “ did she ever say why ? i had to do something similar for … a while , and didn’t get back with my witch until recently . “

and then he left her again , for this journey to the dead sea . that was an explanation that would come later , though , if only because the jellyfish had proven herself to at least not intend to harm him .

     Jellie’s face hardened at the shark familiar’s words, her body language visibly closing off. Her hands folded tightly across her chest, unbidden. 

“Ha,” she muttered. 

     Maybe she’d misjudged this stranger. Maybe he was less like her, and more like Kahra. Or maybe she and Kahra weren’t as different as she’d hoped. Either way, this conversation was about to be very....interesting.

“Well. She swore an oath of loyalty to the mafia, of all things, so if she has a reasonable explanation for that, I would love to hear it. Or at least, one better than ‘I wanted to get stronger!’“

#hervillain #ic

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viderxanima:

    He pouts a bit as she reaches to pet him gently in the head. Despite loving the gesture, it still got him flustered whenever someone would do it without warning. His tail on the other hand, quite enjoyed the attention.

     His eyes light up almost instantly. “R-Really?! Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!” The young otter brought Jellie into a big hug, too overjoyed to even consider about the painful consequences.

He braves the pain of his friends stingers which he should be more careful off and pulls away, tail wagging wildly. “I’m ready I’m ready! Teach me stuff teach me stuff!!”

     Jellie quickly whipped her tendrils out of the way, letting them hover above her just in time to avoid injuring him. She patted him gently on the shoulder and allowed him to pull away. 

“Careful, Otti. Awareness of your surroundings is the first step to combat readiness. You could have hurt yourself.”

     She stepped back, standing an arm’s length away. 

“Okay. Stand like you’re going to fight me.”

#viderxanima #ic

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viderxanima:

    “But I’m not the kind of strong that matters! I don’t have stingers like you do or knives like Kahra…I don’t know if I could wield magic like Lumi…”

     His voice was starting to sound desperate. The same scenario replayed in his head over and over again, where he just got in their way and in the end there was nothing he could do to protect his family. Once again, his family was torn apart…

    “I can’t be the small child that needs protection forever! I want to fight too!”

Jellie looked dismayed for a moment, then hurt, then almost guilty. She bent down a bit, reaching out to ruffle the otter’s hair. The motion was tender, as always, but troubled.

“I can teach you a thing or two,” she said finally, “but you have to promise me you won’t use them unless you absolutely have to. I don’t think I could live with myself if you went looking for a fight and got yourself hurt.”

   She couldn’t help herself. She’d gotten quite good at covering her feelings over the years, but she’d never been able to hide anything from Otti. She didn’t want him to fight. That much was plain as day.

#viderxanima #ic

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hervillain:

a traitor ? the label made him tense , briefly , before he forced himself to swallow it down . no , if she were hunting him , he could explain now . wadanohara was SAFE now . there was no need to be afraid of sal’s curse any longer , not now that he was on the run .

at the jellyfish’s offer , he glanced about , spotting the driftwood . not the best of places to most , but after how long he’d been walking , his tired bones weren’t exactly up to caring right now .

“ right . “

he strode over to the driftwood , sitting down , a sigh escaping him . he was more tired than he’d thought , he realized . however , he couldn’t let his guard down entirely just yet . not without an answer .

“ you said you’re after a traitor . ex - familiar ? or something else ? “

“No, you’re right. An ex-familiar.”

     She sat on the driftwood gently, sitting with both knees together and giving Samekichi more than enough space of his own. She folded her hands neatly on her lap. 

“She was a close friend. We served the same witch once, but she abandoned us. Let us think she was dead. There’s more to it, of course, but that alone is unforgivable.”

#hervillain #ic #((jellie: im hunting an ex familiar shark who abandoned their witch)) #((samekichi sweating profusely: YOU DONT. SAY.))

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     You can’t get to ᴛ ʜ ᴇ ᴍ unless you get through ᴍ ᴇ . 

#musings tag tbd

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Repost, don’t reblog

Tagged by: @theirassassin

Standard theme: Colouration

Battle theme:  Tchaikovsky (Remix)

Emotion theme: Terror Adhaerens

Boss battle theme: Danse Macabre

Tagging: please steal this

#ooc #headcanons tag tbd #((FINALLY IT IS COMPLETE))

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viderxanima:

       “I want to be strong” The otter now in human form gazed at her with determination. He had already made up his mind and was ready to not let anything get on his path.

       “I wanna be able to protect you and Lumi if anything gets to happen. I can’t keep being the small kid you guys have to protect. I wish to be strong like you and Kahra!”

     Jellie flinched, as if she’d been stung. Oh, poor Otti. She didn’t even know what she could say to him. She didn’t want him to have to do this, but she could hardly stop him.

“Oh, Otti. I don’t blame you, but....” She paused a moment. “You know...you’re already strong, right?”

     Not strong like her and Kahra, but that wasn’t a kind of strength she would wish on him. Not Otti. Hell, she hadn’t wanted it for Kahra, either.

#viderxanima #ic

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     Jellie frowned, the ends of her tendrils twitching a little bit in reaction. They really did have quite similar situations, after all.

“We’re the same, then. I’m also hunting someone. A traitor.”

     She stopped, glanced around for a moment, and spotted a long piece of driftwood by the side of the road.  “You should sit. You look like you’ve been traveling for a long time.”

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“ i am a familiar, yeah . “ a pause , before he finally stopped in his tracks . a few minutes couldn’t hurt , although his brow did knit together at her question . talk about what ? the red sea would still be at large if samekichi didn’t catch up to them , talking about it wouldn’t do much of anything .

a breath escaped him . it certainly couldn’t hurt . it might even … help .

he turned to look at the stranger , evaluating her before speaking . “ i’m going after someone who hurt my witch . she’s at her home , safe , but that … bastard is still out there . i can’t rest until i finish him off . “

#hervillain #ic