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❥   *   GRAY. & —  aisumadoushi.

               unabashed awe coaxes gazes descent & jubilant miens withdrawal. a muted sigh escapes & drags on as he’s forced envision the potential mayhem of sherry & lyon’s oh so delightful offspring. ❛  tax evader… interesting little rascals…  ❜  gray remarked, while silently confirming they’re to never visit the guild hall- as it is guaranteed they’d pick up a whole lot more. nevertheless, ones biased endearment readies taut & broad; nary a drop of enmity towards them. he’s as intent now as he was before their blessed arrival in this world, to cherish & covet the prepubescent duo for as long as life permits.

                  ❛  yeah well, can’t say i was having any doubts about that.  ❜ he proclaimed with words weaved of pure credence, ensuring his gaze befalls sherry’s line of sight. contrary to their thunderous brawls & infamous rivalry, gray holds the elder quite high, & has long since perceived his compassionate, caring nature (buried beneath an obtuse piece of shit).  ❛  still, suppose it’s been a good while since the whole gang gathered though.  ❜

ocean blues rested on her brother-in-law’s face and amusement spread across her way just as the sun began to peek into the garden, slowly daring to sneak around the corner. ‘ ‘ i do agree --- it has been much too long, ’ ’ she said as she stirred more sugar into her almost cold tea; it was beginning to get bitter, once more. ‘ ‘ i do feel more comfortable with the idea of travelling with the twins to stay somewhere that is not jura’s apartment overnight. we’ve been managing the terrible twos quite well, so far. but i am not bringing my children within twenty feet of your guild, no offense. ’ ’

she had always been protective --- of the somewhat odd family she had found after her parents and grandparents had died, of her guild, of lyon. and just when she had thought she could not be more protective, she had found out that motherhood meant that there was no limit to how far she would go to keep her children safe. and while she did trust gray around her twins, she could not say the same for his guild, its rambunctious reputation was something she had been acutely aware of since she had been seven and nothing had ever managed to disprove it. 

‘ ‘ speaking of--- ’ ’ sherry paused as she heard the familiar, muffled tap-tap-tap of damaris’ tiny bare feet against the stone. it was almost unbearably cute, the way dark silver brows were knitted together as her daughter struggled to get a hold on the empty bench to keep herself from falling. ‘ ‘ ma chère fille, ’ ’ the woman addressed the toddler as she offered a hand, an arm as a pillar, ‘ ‘ i believe you are supposed to nap with your brother and your papa, non? ’ ’

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❥   *   GRAY. & —  aisumadoushi.

               ❛  ya don’t say? the lil’ buggers are comin’ into their own.  ❜  gray remarked in ones usual boyish charm, granting a charm-bound curve of lips means to flourish. wintry countenance was suddenly aglow in the hovering essence of a mans silent contentment. their seemingly mundane conversation quite easily gave great comfort in the mage. taking her up on her offer, gray leisurely became seated- not breaking eye contact for so much as a moment. notwithstanding prolonged absences & arguably withdrawn demeanor, his interest in this family, his family, is now & forever without question.

                  ❛  yeah, whatever you got.  ❜ a barefaced grin accompanied gray’s words. unabashed gaiety nestles taut & subdued hues of rose embellish his cheeks. glancing around & soaking in all the unfamiliarity, gray ruffles up his hair before returning his gaze to sherry.  ❛  no surprise, but you seem to be doing pretty well for yourself. what about that bastard you’re shackled to? how’s he been keepin’ up with all of this?  ❜

watching him sit down, she procured a fresh cup from the tray behind her. it would be nice to have some company for her afternoon tea, for the first real break she would take all day. still, she sighed softly as she tapped her fingers against the tea pot, her gaze tired. ‘ ‘ gray, please adjust your language, ’ ’ she groaned, ‘ ‘ you would not believe how easily the twins pick up fun new words, ’ ’ she added. and it was true. it seemed as if the kids  ( like most children sherry had ever come across of )  had a radar that went off the moment someone slipped and cussed in their presence and an inborn talent to almost immediately be able to repeat the words. 

shaking her head, she had to suppress a grin because she could not deny that sometimes, it led to hilarious situations. or at least: situations she found hilarious. ‘ ‘ it was quite funny when mari kept calling everyone a tax evader and jules was trying to say ‘corrupt’ after jura looked after the twins when lyon and i were in era, ’ ’ she mused  as she poured him a cup of tea. ‘ ‘ speaking of lyon, he is doing great. and he is doing an excellent job at being a dad. ’ ’

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❥   *   GRAY. & —  aisumadoushi.

              ❛  so i guess there’s a lot for me to catch up on, huh?  ❜  murmured words of self-reproach accompany ones slight shift of gaze. on the rarest of occasions, minor guilt & the like do nestle & bud amidst our heroes usual pondering. communication, or lack thereof is but one of many of gray’s ever growing drawbacks. nevertheless, his presence is now accounted for, & the mage is on a mission to make up for time spent apart.

                                                      ❛  i’m all ears girly. lay it on me.  ❜

her eyebrow rose on its own, but --- it was fitting. she had not seen him in ages  ( and it was not her fault! she had been in zinnia, raising a family and working and trying to still be in touch with her closest friends), and there he was, drifting towards her just as aimlessly as a fallen leaf would drift away from a tree and towards the ground. ‘ ‘ a lot would be an understatement, i am afraid, ’ ’ she said primly, taking a bite of her cookie and chewing it thoughtfully.

she would not be mean, she decided as she washed down any crumbs with her tea. ‘ ‘ pull up a chair, gray, ’ ’ she sighed. ‘ ‘ jules and mari have started talking so things have been . . . interesting. ’ ’  the kind of interesting that had made her want to scold tobi for trying to teach her kids long, complicated words that were terms for concepts of highly specialised magic theory. ‘ ‘ want any tea? ’ ’ 

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❥   *   CHELIA. & — amourias‌

dear sherry,

words can’t describe how much i miss fiore. iceberg has been incredibly welcoming. and for that, i have you to thank. but i still miss being back at the guild. although .  .  . i can’t say if it’s the guild itself that i miss, or how things used to be. i’m sure that sounds a bit selfish of me. but i guess i’ve grown tired of holding it in. maybe writing it on paper would help? i miss how things were. how i was. but i know i can’t wallow in the past anymore. that’s why i’m here now, right? a fresh start. 

i spent a lot of time exploring this beautiful capital. queen annabelle has been especially helpful in finding me a place to stay. she tells me about opportunities for people like me. non-magic people who still want to heal and help others. i’ll be looking into an apprenticeship job tomorrow, actually. wish me luck, because i’m actually really nervous. this is all so new to me, but it’s comforting to know i have you to talk to about all this.

i do hope you can find time to visit me soon! with the holiday’s approaching, it’ll be nice to have some family around. you should bring lyon as well. think of it as a fun winter getaway! anyways, i won’t keep you. i hope the wedding planning goes well! and of course, i will definitely be there. i’m still deciding on what to wear, since i don’t have the best eye for formal dress. what would you prefer, ms. bride-to-be?

i miss you tons, sherry. all of you. give my love to everyone back home, and stay safe!

––– love, chelia

p.s. those macaroons are literal ‘love’ !!

dear chelia,

as painful as it is, it takes time to recover from such a deep cut. i wish i had something else to say to you, that i could tell you of a shortcut, but there is none. i can only repeat my belief that opening an entirely new chapter will ultimately be the best step. i do not think you are selfish; your loss is real and you lost more than just your magic. we all lost our  normalcy  in the war, but you cannot get yours back. i will not lie to you --- it will hurt. it will hurt for a long time, but . . . it will get better, too. you are strong.

banquise  is  a beautiful city, possibly even one of my favourite cities in the entire world; i was there when i was your age and brought back a bottle of ice wine --- if i can find it, i’ll bring it along when i visit you. the taste is exquisite, very different from other wines. perhaps we can do some sightseeing the next time i am in iceberg, in fact . . . featuring famous sites such as the bridge where i slipped on ice and got a bloody nose. and i am glad that princess annabelle is welcoming you in her country --- i had hoped to get in touch with her mother, queen consort mailys, as she  is  a certified healer, but this proved to be more difficult than i had anticipated.

if opportunities in the capital do not pan out  ( which i doubt, they’d be fools not to take you on ),  you could try to find a placement in the east; it is where our grandmother came from. she studied medicine in banquise, later, but i think i recall her saying that she had an internship in one of the eastern cities  ( it was part of a longer anecdote i can tell you when we see each other next, if you'd like ). in fact, we may have relatives in the east now that i think of it.

the wedding planning --- i learnt that i'll never get married again after this is done. i almost called it off when i sat down to pick napkins for the dinner. there were so many colours, chelia, so many  almost identical  colours. but now that the napkins have been chosen  ( blue, don't ask me what the exact shade is called, i’ve already forgotten )  and i have a dress, i am getting excited. if i get the solo job i have my eye on, i might be in banquise in two weeks or so and if you'd like, we can buy an outfit together. icebergian fashion is so different from fiorean, i think we will find something you'll love.

------ love, sherry

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in the morning i’ll be ten feet tall solid gold not sorry for anything

Nicola Maye Goldberg, from “One for Blair Waldorf,” published in Electric Cereal (via lifeinpoetry)

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                                       WHO IS IN CONTROL?

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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐓 .

▌ 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄  :    sherry ava blendy ▌ 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐍  :     married ▌ 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 / 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒  :   marionette magic, martial arts, strategies  ( esp. regarding logistics ) ▌ 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑  :     dark blue ▌ 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑  :     dark pink ▌ 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒  :     lyon vastia ( husband ), damaris blendy-vastia ( daughter ), julius blendy-vastia ( son ), chelia blendy ( cousin ), dr lily blendy ( mother / deceased ), dr robert blendy né somerlow ( father / deceased ), lucille blendy ( aunt / dead to her ) ▌ 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐒  : carl ii ( cat ), carl i ( goldfish, deceased ) ▌ 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄  :     hypocrisy ▌ 𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒 / 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒  :     gardening, reading, drinking tea with jura and occasionally doing origami as they chat ▌ 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄  :    yes ▌ 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌  :   a serpent ▌ 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒  :     she really does not care much about the opinions of most others. this is a strength of hers as she does not lose sleep on what most people think of her, but it can make her dismissive of those she does not care as much about. she is also somewhat controlling in her need to deliver the best possible result. ▌ 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐒  :     her parents, jura ▌ 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍  :    she identifies as heterosexual, but has admittedly never really invested much time on the matter ▌ 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄   /   𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒  :     she never considered marriage to be a necessary part of a romantic relationship. until she decided that she would propose to lyon, her stance was that it could be nice, but that she did not necessary  need  it in her life. children are a different matter --- she always wanted them, but used to be worried that she would not be a good mother with nirvana in the mix ▌ 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒  :    failure. ▌ 𝐒𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒  :    in this house, we pretend her gmg outfit never happened.  she likes clothes that can take some damage without falling apart immediately and that still flatter her. she likes her accessories --- she is rarely seen without either gloves or bracelets that cover the scar on her wrist where her first guild mark was. ▌ 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄  :     lyon, their children, her cousin, her best friend jenny, jura, her teammates, her guild . . . she loves many people ▌ 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒  :      most of the time, she is not looking for friends when she finds herself unexpectedly  clicking  with someone on a fundamental level. this is important to her, very important --- she does not see a sense in pursuing a friendship if there is not  some  common ground they can build on ▌ 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊  :    coffee ▌ 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐓  :   her home, especially on the couch with her family. her office at the guild and the guild library and the guild garden. northern fiore and other cold places like iceberg. ▌ 𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐌 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐍  :   neither, frankly. it used to be both, but after almost drowning, she has started to avoid swimming as a pastime activity ▌ 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄  :    someone she can trust and rely on, someone who is honest with her and still mindful of her feelings. as a young teenage girl, it used to be someone  pretty  --- she had a couple innocent crushes on older lamia scale mages who were gorgeous and powerful and  so smart  that she could not help but admire them, but in retrospective, she has figured out that she wanted to be them. ▌ 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑𝐒  :      she does not have any standards for a sleeping space aside from it being dry; living in a ruin for at least a year made very sure that her standards never became lofty

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“I say, you do have a heart!’ ‘Sometimes,’ he replied. ‘When I have the time.”

— Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days (via thelovejournals)

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i have bitten my tongue  many times  and tried to avoid making this post, but considering that my younger sister has just seen n.sfw content on the dash and we had a vaguely awkward conversation about it, here we go. i have made a similar post about ship tags, not too long ago, but to reiterate my point:  

MY BLACKLIST DOES NOT CATCH (TAG) / TAGS.  

this means that both n.sfw and ships along with triggers  ( and when i get triggered, you can find me on the floor, unconscious )  that i block appear on my dash, unless they are tagged by their name, without any addendum such as / or // or whatever else the current fashion is. 

considering that my rule page clearly states how i block these things, i’ll move on to unfollow in the future.

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OH MY GOODNESS I'M SORRY I MISSED IT !! BUT I HOPE YOU HAD A HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANA! I LOVE YOU V MUCH ! ♡♡♡♡♡

i did!! it was kind of exhausting  ( as parties tend to be ), but i had a lot of fun! and it’s okay — i wasn’t online a lot recently anyway so it’s fine!

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before sherry was recruited by lyon as a necessary part of his team --- a girl capable of moving things many times her weight was just too good not to recruit --- she was considered a mage aspiring to join one of lamia scale's many fractions.

originally  ( this is to say: two centuries in the past when the guild was first founded ),  these fractions were called  schools  and the mages who were part of the same circle typically shared common magical interests such as, for example, earth magic. as time passed, the lines blurred and things became more complex as instead of branches of magic, the schools had shared  philosophies. 

as the guild was always one of the bigger and thus diverse ones, this was only a natural consequence --- mages who shared a similar background could easier see common ground than two fire mages from very different corners of the world. towards the end of the sixth century, the unnamed fractions within lamia scale had become veritable powers within the guild as they spoke with a shared voice, something that could influence the master's decisions.

when sherry turned twelve in her fifth year of being a member of the guild, it was almost expected that she would follow jura into his fraction as she had, in the words of some older members, been following him around like a duckling for the past five years. it was also generally assumed that jura, being the head of his fraction, would likely be disappointed if she chose differently --- he  had  invested a lot of time and effort into overseeing her training, after all.

but perhaps those expectations were why she decided against it, why she instead stuck to the few icebergian mages who were, at the time, part of the guild, learning from them instead of becoming part of the almost cerebral fraction jura belonged to until he was called on to serve as part of the council.

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character outline !!

FULL NAME :  sherry ava blendy NICKNAME :  cherie, others

╳   FLAWS.

moody | short-tempered | emotionally unstable | whiny | controlling | conceited | possessive | paranoid | liar | impatient | cowardly | bitter | selfish | power-hungry | greedy | lazy | judgmental | forgetful | impulsive | spiteful | stubborn | sadistic | petty | unlucky | absent-minded | abusive | addict | aggressive | childish | callous | clingy | delusional | cocky | competitive | corrupt | cynical | cruel | depressed | deranged | egotistical | envious | insecure| insensitive | lustful | delinquent | guilt complex | reclusive | reckless | nervous | oversensitive | blunt | irritable 

♔   STRENGTHS.

honest | trustworthy | thoughtful | caring | brave | patient | selfless | ambitious | tolerant | lucky | intelligent | confident | focused | humble | generous | merciful | observant | wise | clever | charming | cheerful | optimistic | decisive | adaptive | calm | protective | proud | diligent | considerate | compassionate | good sportsmanship | friendly | empathetic | passionate | reliable | resourceful | sensible | sincere | witty | funny | pragmatic 

🖌 SKILLS & HOBBIES.

art | acting | astronomy | animals | archery | sports | beach combing | belly dancing | bird watching | blacksmithing | boating | calligraphy | camping | candle making | casino gambling | ceramics | racing | chess | music | cooking | crochet | weaving | exercise | swordplay | fishing | gardening | ghost hunting | ice skating | figure skating | magic | engineering | building | inventing | leather-working | martial arts | meditation | origami | parkour | people watching | swimming | puppetry | pyrotechnics | quilting | reading | collecting | shopping | socializing | storytelling | writing | traveling | exotic dancing | singing

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HAPPY BIRTHDAAAY JANA !!!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕

i am back today, three days after my birthday, but i am still grateful!! i hope yours was great, too!!

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due to personal reasons i’ll be going back to sleep