#eda mesmer

[etsukiharu]

[10/10]

To the new beginning

Happy birthday Eda and Emil Mesmer

[saikoscreams]

Eda and Emil doodles

(14/07, 03 and 05/08/2021)

[douyinvids]

by 斯斯 @ WCNDSMZ

Choose your Ada

[crowpathic]

tracy reznik x ada mesmer as an early bday gift for my friend :3 beach episode themed

[icantrememberwhoiwaslastdecember]

kotlc adult headcanons :D (and theories i guess)

warning: kind of long

I also got off-track quite a few times

but enjoyy

grady and kesler were best friends all throughout their time at foxfire (their friendship was even stronger after kesler got booted out before elite levels)

kesler dated juline for a bit, then introduced grady to her sister (edaline)

grady was heads over heels for her but edaline was an oblivious sweetheart

cassius and edaline previously dated

they were cute together

they broke up bc of reasons (which may or may not include a mystery sencen sister~)

grady and cassius were also really close friends for years. and years. cassius became a lot more hostile after oralie got elected as a councillor (which is part of a theory of mine that i might talk about in another post) and the two of them drifted apart

and cassius kind of insulted edaline in front of grady, which resulted in him getting mesmerized to slap himself :D

grady and edaline moved in together on the day of their 10 year anniversary of being together

he surprised her with a new addition to the animal reserve (edaline was over at havenfield 90% of her time)

VERDI!! grady knew edaline loved t-rexes, and she instantly fell in love with verdi

verdi fell in love with her

grady was scared verdi was going to steal edaline from him

so he proposed to eda :D

their wedding was in the paddocks because edaline requested it

kesler was the best man, juline was the bridesmaid

ofc jolie was the flower girl

verdi crashed the afterparty

edaline's parents screamed while grady's parents laughed

after everybody left, grady, edaline, kesler and juline hung out together

kesler proposed to juline

the lost cities went SCREECH

their wedding was on a pretty beach

at midnight

because they wanted it to be special

jolie was flower girl. again.

grady was best man, edaline bridesmaid (yep grady and eda's wedding but swapped)

there wasn't a large collection of guests bc of the bad match scandal

kesler wore a bright yellow suit

juline wore a neon yellow dress with green glow-in-the-dark makeup

their wedding was eccentric and beautiful <3

time to move on from weddings

alden and grady were colleagues and they developed a friendship

edaline and della met when shopping one day and they developed a friendship

one day edaline and grady both accidentally invited della/alden over and that's how the two of them met

della got her match list a couple weeks later

number 1? alden vacker

she was astonished and tried not to dwell on it

but her and alden grew closer after that

then confession stuff and they dated for 5-ish years.

before proposals

they had a wedding in the everglen reception hall

jolie was excited this was her first wedding that she wasn't the flower girl at

best man + bridesmaid were close friends of alden + della's

the bridesmaid was a relative of alina's

gave her all the info (when the wedding was happening, where)

alina went and crashed it we all know what happened :)

okay back to the childhood of characters

ELWINN

a-hem. elwin's parents fought a lot and didn't pay much attention to him :(

he had a cousin named amarelle sencen

she was a couple years older than him and they were so close :D

elwin spent most of his time at amarelle's house

when he was 15 and amarelle was 18, amarelle's parents had another child

elwin was happy, he had another cousin :D

the child was named cassius (>:D)

amarelle moved out after she completed elite levels (she was an empath~)

elwin's parents literally forgot he existed most of the time so he moved in with amarelle

cassius was 2 at this point and ANOTHER child was born (elwin had another cousin!)

the name..? ahah no.

elwin saw his aunt and uncle a lot, and cassius looked up to him.

elwin babysitted cassius and the mystery child a heap, until he went to elite levels

it was around then he began to take an interest in physician and doctory stuff (look at me using scientific words /jj)

amarelle supported him every step of the way

she gave him a stegosaurus stuffed animal

he named it stinky >:D

elwin was so grateful for that he began to grow a stuffed animal collection

but stinky was always his most favourite

elwin went and got qualifications after elite levels and stuff

but he still lived with amarelle

she owned a place called splendour plains

amarelle was working as a jeweller, she often made jewellry for elwin to wear

(also when keefe was temporarily living in splendour plains, amarelle still owned it but elwin knew that the two of them had never met so he claimed it was his own house. amarelle was on a trip with a close friend while keefe was there.)

amarelle didn't have the best relationship with cassius

but she showed up to the opening ceremonies thing for Foxfire when he became a Level one :D

elwin came as well

he cheered cassius on the whole time

elwin gave cassius a special stuffed animal after that (it may or may not still be in cassius possession~)

elwin began to get really busy and he didn't have much time to hang out with cassius and the mystery child

he managed to make it to the mystery child's first opening ceremony tho

he gave HER a stuffed animal as well >:3

it was a unicorn

she named it sparkles

bc she thought the name 'queen pink of all things pink' sounded kinda weird

mystery child loved pink :)

uhh this elwin part's gotten kind of long now-

elwin became foxfire's physician

mystery child always got fake-injured (or exaggerated her injuries) to come to the healing centre to see elwin

cassius would sometimes drop by during breaks with grady

elwin had recently gotten a blue elephant stuffed animal in a hawaiian shirt and he wanted to find the perfect person to give it to

it took years to find that person-

also aro/ace elwin :)

he doesn't wanna get involved with any romantic-y stuff

not for himself anyways

he gives the best romantic advice to cassius tho

and his other patients

especially one who got a really bad injury one time named kenric

he was pining over the mystery child

mystery child and kenric became friends :)

cassius was sUsPiCiOuS (older brother instincts)

he didn't like kenric

until one day mystery child almost died in some sort of accident

kenric saved her

cassius liked kenric now :D

cassius and kenric weren't friends tho

cassius, grady and kesler had sleepovers with edaline and juline

chaos

pure chaos they were

cassius + edaline began dating the next day

grady was lonely bc kesler was dating juline

he was a single pringle

ages later (wayy after cassius + edaline broke up) grady asked edaline out

shit we're getting back to grady and edaline-

tiergan and prentice were besties

they would have been the perfect cognates

but tiergan didn't want to fall in love with sOmEoNe

so they stayed besties

then cyrah came along

prentice fell in love but it didn't feel right

he loved cyrah tho

tiergan was a single pringle

for a year

two years

three years

ten years

twenty years

thirty years

has been a single pringle his whole life :')

let's go to gisela now

she grew up with a few close friends, she did moderately well in school and she kept noticing the things that were wrong in the lost cities

after elite levels she met mr arson (a.k.a fintan) and he felt good vibes off her

a couple months later gisela is officially a neverseen member

she is really dedicated

fintan loves her (platonically)

they're bestiess

fintan puts on mini fire shows for her

gisela helps him with his noxflares

she was sad when he was taken off to exile

lol she took over the neverseen leadership position

but then fintan was back

and they were besties again

then fintan was arrested again

and she took over the neverseen leadership position again

and uhh this is kind of getting into canon things now-

okay I think this is enough for now

...i'm tempted to write more for elwin

ANYWAYS YEAH

....mystery child reveal may be in a post to come

[thegunssawyerstole]

Before the Storm Chapter 4 — Grady

tag list (ask to be added/removed): @the-beloved-genloss-niki @camelspit @valentinerose529 @mushroom-snake-coding @x-bella-angel-x

Grady's head was reeling. It wasn't the party, he's been to larger, louder, more crowded parties and suffered less. It was something happening mentally. And he knew exactly what it was. He swore under his breath and thought it's happening. At least give me something good. 

Fic Below cut or on AO3

Grady's head was reeling. It wasn't the party, he's been to larger, louder, more crowded parties and suffered less. It was something happening mentally. And he knew exactly what it was. He swore under his breath and thought it's happening. At least give me something good. 

Grady finally found Alden. When he approached Alden, he smiled “I hate to steal your thunder,” before quickly dropping to a whisper and stating, “but I think I am manifesting. And it's not looking good for Team Grady.” 

“As we say, ‘tis the season!” Alden joked. His laughter quickly turned to concern when he saw Grady wasn't laughing. He looked sick. And felt sick, too. Sick and very dizzy. 

“Look, Alden. I feel really pasty right now, like I'm gonna throw up.” Grady stated, no emotion in his voice.

“And you're not joking right now, this is bad, isn't it?”

“Very. I'm running through possibilities in my head, and I have it down to three.”

“Well let’s leave before someone hears—”

“We can't leave” Grady cried out, almost desperate. “It’s your night, you need to stay.”

“Ok, just tell me the possibilities here.”

“Well, with the headaches and paleness it's definitely a psychic one,” Grady started. “I have it narrowed down to Telepath, Beguiler, and Mes—” he stopped himself before he could speak that last one into existence. Beguiler would be bad enough. He turned to Edaline, looking at her. “Eda— could you-” but before he could finish, Edaline was walking away. 

“Well, we can rule out Telepath.” Grady sighed, his lips forming a straight line.

“Rule out Beguiler too,” the girl that Grady was dancing with earlier said, “Alina Prossben, at your service,” she smiled. Her brown hair was put in an elegant braided bun, and there was a certain ring in her voice, “it was rough when I manifested, but not that rough.”

“How did you hear us?” Alden asked, skeptical of this girl. 

“Grady is a very loud person, plus I was going to ask you for a dance,” she looked at Alden and bit her lip. “So I was close,” she smiled. 

Edaline came back with Mallowmelt in hand.

“How did you know I want Mallowmelt?” Grady asked, terrified. 

Edaline didn't respond, just collapsed into Grady's arms, eyes wide open. Grady laid Edaline down on the steps, hoping she would wake up alright.

“I’m right,” Alina said, before walking away to dance.

“Grady— you need to head home,” Alden warned him.

“NO,” Grady yelled out, knowing how bad it would be if what Alina insinuated was true. 

“Grady, I'm hailing your parents. I have to, sorry,” Alden said as he turned to leave.

But then, he didn't.

He didn't do anything. 

“Alden?” Grady cried. He stayed completely frozen. His eyes were glazed over, and it didn't even look like he was breathing. Grady eyed him up and down. The only thing with liveliness on Alden was the emerald necklace. And even then, there was a particular irony it it being green.

Oh no, he thought, it's that one. 

“Alden— Just, snap out of it!! For the love of God!!!!” Grady was screaming, and everyone was looking. People were murmuring and gasping, everyone had put it together.

Except Grady— who couldn't bring himself to. 

But just like that, Alden was gasping for breath, his eyes growing large.

“Grady, what did you do?”

“I… don't know.” Grady could feel the tears building up. He knew exactly what he did. 

He had mesmerized the two people closest to him.

[bicsbec]

Natural Melodies

Chapter 1: don't tell me not to worry (ao3 link)

Eda had promises to keep. Hell was over and once the terror dissipated, all Eda could do was bundle up her kids in a tight hug. She didn't let them go for a long while.

The Isles progressively stopped being the hollow carcass of the Collector's playground. Witches and demons resettled into the Titan's familiar bones, everyone where they should be—or in some cases, used to be.

Raine drifting back to their cottage in the Knee made Eda restless. She wanted to march up and knock down their door, drag them back down, hold them close. But she also knew Raine needed time. Time to settle into reality, come to terms with what they went through, what they didn't do, what was out of their hands.

Eda didn't hold any of it against them, but she was sure it weighed on them anyway. But Eda could wait. What was a little more time?

And life was busy enough as it was.

Eda settled into her bones, too, arm missing, curse ever persistent. 

Sure would've been handy if it could regrow limbs.

Eda snorted at her own joke as she juggled through the set up of her stand. The economy in Bonesborough was slowly picking up, which meant suckers to swindle. It was a comfortable routine, familiar. It brought a sense of normalcy to the market floor, almost making business boom.

She'd sort through garbage, keep the shinnies for herself, and bag the rest over to the market.

The waves of customers were the predictable ebbs of the old days. Fussy mornings, slow noons, and bustling afternoons. As busy as they were, the afternoons were Eda’s favorite part of the day. Her kids and company got out of school to hover around the stand, bringing wandering eyes with their presence (and being free child labor). But most of all, Eda got to hear Luz talk, it never really mattered what it was about, Luz would talk and Eda had stopped taking that for granted a long time ago. 

"We still don't have class class," Luz was saying this time. She'd arrived with only Bossy Boots, Hunter and his posse having Flyer Derby practice. Boots was mesmerized by the spinning star pinched between Luz's fingers, a fidget whatever; Luz was mesmerized by Boots as she talked.

They were sickly sweet to watch. But she supposed she'd been that way once, too.

"The preschoolers are still hunting in packs—like, they go home and everything, they just come to school feral," Luz continued. "And Willow is still trying to figure out how to humanely kill her orchids, but—"

"No class," Eda finished.

"Yeah. Mostly clean up. I don't think the cafeteria will ever smell the same, though."

Eda laughed. "And how's the fella?"

Luz brightened. "Still stubborn," she giggled, pulling out the egg out of her bag. "I'll get through to ya, buddy."

Boots smiled at that. "You are something else," she said, endeared. Luz's determination was more than admirable. It was truly a wonder why her palisman hadn't hatched yet.

Luz blushed at her tone. "Y'know, when I said I wanted to earn my staff the hard way, I never thought it'd be this hard."

"Maybe they're testing if you meant it," Eda nudged her encouragingly. "Now let's pack up and head home. I want to be in my slippers and have a glass of apple blood in my hand."

"Yes, ma'am," Luz and Boots chorused; Luz, playfully and Boots more seriously. Boots elbowed Luz then.

"Oh, and I forgot to ask," Luz said with a start. "Ami— we wanted to know if I could go over to Amity's for a study date later tonight."

"And study what? You just told me you didn't have class."

Boots got bright pink.

"My palisman?"

Eda snorted. "Sure, yeah. Alright, fine, go be in love and all that mess," Eda ruffled her hair, curls longer than they used to be.

It was a relief to hear Luz sound more like herself. The first few weeks there was a lingering sadness in her eyes. It didn't take a genius to figure out that Luz had run herself into the ground trying to find a way back to the Boiling Isles. That she dove in head first the moment she could. That a sense of guilt hung around her, clung to her even as she got her friends back home. Some of that sadness still lingered, but it was easily overshadowed by her tenacity and sunny disposition. Settling back into familiar bones.

The door to the Owl House swung open as Eda and her two shadows hauled in the market goods. The house was mostly back to its normal self, only a few furnishings having been replaced.

"Luz!" King rushed to hug her leg and crawl up her shoulder. "I missed you! I'm going insane in this house, and not in the good way."

"What am I? Stale bread?" Eda protested, stuffing the goods in their rightful closet.

"You're the one who left me here in the first place. Hooty and Aunt Lilith are insufferable. It's diabolical."

"You balance them out," Eda said, scooping him up and tickling his belly. He started rolling in her arms, laughing and pushing her hand away. It was difficult to not drop him with all his squirming and her inability to hold him properly.

"Weh! Wait, s-stop. PLEASE." King squirmed too hard and dropped to the floor.

"Oops. Sorry, kiddo."

He crawled back up Luz's shoulder, this time hiding from Eda. She smiled.

Truth was, she didn't want King out on the market floor. People were weird about him being a Titan. They either wanted to kiss his feet or chop them off. She'd rather have her son alive for the time being.

The house rumbled and from upstairs Hooty's voice came screeching down. "HUNTER'S HOME, HOOT." 

"Hooty! Inside voice!"

"TOWER ROOM."

"LILY, MAKE HIM LISTEN!" Eda called. She heard a faint voice and something similar to Hootsifer, which was good enough for her. "Alright, I'll go check on him. You kids start dinner."

"But we have the study date," Luz reminded her.

"And I'm left with your aunt and two growing boys. Help and you can head out."

"Okay…" Luz grumbled, but it was mostly for show. They mostly bickered for the novelty of it, how mundane it was; there was an unspoken satisfaction that came from that familiarity. 

The study in the tower had never been tidy, but the corner that Hunter had taken up was neater than most of the house in general. Eda supposed it was some remnants of his scout training.

"Hey, kid," Eda knocked on the door frame, stepping inside. "Watcha working on?"

From her spot in the room, Eda could see little blocks of wood scattered on the surface of the otherwise neat desk, clippings and sawdust littering the perimeter. Perched on his shoulder was a patched up Flapjack, Hunter's handiwork having sealed his fractured wood. The little red cardinal was supervising its witch's work, chirping in soft approval. Leather gloves on, Hunter was making crude little figures with the old chisel she'd given him, sharp thunks heard softly from across the room.

"Just practicing, Miss Eda."

She made her way across the room and inspected the rough figures.

"Want a crack at the real deal?"

"Wait, really?"

"Yeah. All you gotta do is put bevel to bark, like my old man used to say."

Hunter's eyes lit up, excitement creeping its way into his eyes.

"Yeah, okay."

"Just put bevel to bark, pumpkin," her father said soothingly. "The rest will follow."

"As long as I follow the grain," Eda finished.

Her dad smiled, eyes bright. "Precisely."

He took a block of palistrom wood and placed it in one of her hands and a gouge in the other. "Go ahead."

She'd practiced on red pine wood for days, she could almost carve the shape in her sleep. Eda could feel the difference between grains immediately, adjusting the angle of the bevel accordingly. She guided the gouge over the surface, creating the initial contours of the palisman.

Dell mostly gave her pointers or gentle reminders. This was her project, his hand would only point, not steer.

The form of an owl slowly made itself clearer, becoming smoother and more defined the more she worked on it. Sandpaper smoothed out the remaining irregularities over the palisman's surface.

The dad took it to give it a final wash, turning it over in his hands appreciatively. 

"That's a proper owl."

Eda beamed, something soft fluttering in her chest. Her father toweled off the wood and handed it back to her. "You know what to do."

Hunter's hands were steady, meticulous. Eda smirked at his extremely proper posture, bevel away from his body, keeping the gouge aligned with the grain of the wood, fingers tucked away from the gouge's path.

Chips slowly peeled away to reveal a creature Hunter called a wolf. Eda thought it bore some resemblance to King. She took it from his hands for a final wash, which proved harder now that it had a more detailed surface. 

As Hunter toweled it off, she said, "That's a proper palisman, kid."

Eda watched him cradle the wolf in his hands, watched him turn it over in his hands in silent awe.

Flapjack walked down his arm, inspecting the petrified figure in his hand. He made a faint chirp and Hunter smiled.

"Thanks, Flap."

The cardinal didn't chirp as much as he used to, but Eda had a sneaking suspicion that the pair still understood each other.

Eda's eyes stung, her heart warm at the sight of a brand new palisman, at the sight of the Clawthorne legacy taking flight right in front of her eyes. The Clawthornes had always been wild witches, learned in the natural ways of magic, wielding a wonderfully loud melange of power. 

Eda was immensely proud of Hunter, of his natural curiosity, of his determination to learn wild magic, to bring new magic into the Isles. 

"You give wild witches a good name, kiddo," Eda said earnestly.

Hunter beamed, like he'd just received the highest praise in the world. "Thank you, Miss Eda."

Eda gave him a reassuring pat on the shoulder, almost a side hug. She was getting better at the whole motherly-displays-of-affection thing. Hunter sat upright, like he'd suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, Titan," he said excitedly. "I have to show Luz!"

"She might be on her way to Amity's."

"Got it!" He stood and grabbed his staff, Flapjack already anticipating his needs. In a glitching yellow flash, Hunter was off, racing after his sister.

Life was good at the Owl House. Her kids were safe, happy, alive . She couldn't ask for more.

Okay, she could ask for one more thing.

It was curled up in her nest that the thought trickled in most persistently, scrolling through Penstagram. Blight and his newest monstrosity, Gilbert and his home projects, Bossy Boots and Luz, and Raine. Their posts hardly ever contained them, but Eda knew from the scenery of the sunset or the assortment of neatly placed instruments that it was their post.

Eda hardly resisted clicking on their profile every time they crossed her screen. Her heart stuttered stupidly in her chest when she saw their picture. Their lively smile, eyes bright and focused, the age lines on their face served as proof of how much they tended to laugh. Her Raine. Her Raine that hadn't been hers in over twenty years. That had reignited something in her heart a couple of years ago. That kept slipping away when they were just within reach. 

Eda cycled through these thoughts most nights, as infuriating as it was becoming. Nauseating, really. She tossed her scroll out of her nest and curled herself comfortably among the soft twigs and thin branches. Sleep came slowly and densely. 

Mornings were once a circus; now, Eda didn't really have a word for the proper disaster mornings were, especially on days when Lily stayed over.

King was loud and animated if he'd woken up before Eda, which was usually the case; he was too bright for her grouchy state after just waking up. Lily had her obnoxious morning rituals which she'd tragically kept well into adulthood; Eda hadn't missed them. Luz and Hunter had picked up a nasty habit in the Human Realm of arguing throughout the whole morning. 

Mornings were loud, far too loud for Eda to be any kind of polite.

That was why she entered her kitchen with extreme aversion. Her children were scattered around the space, each suspicious of interrupting the eerie quiet of this morning. King was walking on the table and launching himself out through the window. Luz and Hunter seemed half asleep still, their clumsy movements making their dishes clatter as they gathered their breakfast, glowering; if Eda was careful enough, she could get her coffee and avoid their impending fight. 

The floor vibrated slightly, the short peace in the house about to be destroyed. Eda braced, already irritated. 

"RAINE’S HOME," Hooty squawked, the loudest sound on the Isles as far as Eda was concerned. 

Eda marched to the living room, temper hardly contained.

"Hooty! How many times have I told you—"

The door swung open and the rest died in her throat. Hooty's words sunk in. Raine was standing at the entrance, fist raised, like they'd been knocking. 

"Raine. You're h—" home "here."

They gave her a half smile. "Apparently, I hated the cold on the Knee, too."

Eda felt herself smile. Apparently my parents always hated the cold on the Knee.

"Come on in."

Raine stepped through the threshold and all Eda could think was that a piece had fallen into place, something calm and ecstatic washing over her. It was a perfect morning.

"It's literature , Hunter!" Luz shouted from the kitchen.

"It's degeneracy!" Hunter shouted back, something clattering like he'd pounded the table.

"Is everything okay in there?" Raine asked with a smirk, looking past over to the kitchen.

Eda shrugged. "I dunno. Kids, y'know?"

"Yes, I can hear."

"It's a disservice to O'Bailey's character!"

" It's not that deep. "

"I'm calling Gus."

"I'll just call Mamá."

"Mamá would agree with me!"

"I was gonna get myself some coffee. You want some?"

"Only if you can survive going in there."

Eda winked and waved them into the kitchen.

"Alright, ya weirdos, that's enough. We've got company. Behave."

"Hey, Raine," Luz switched easily to a more civil tone.

Hunter straightened in his chair comically. "Coven Head Whispers." The tips of his ears were pink. 

"Not anymore," Raine smiled kindly.

"Right. Sorry."

"Don't you have school or something?" Eda asked as she pulled out two mugs.

"Grudgby semi finals," Luz said. "The season started up again almost immediately. Bump is flying us over to Glandus to watch."

"I've got practice with the team," Hunter piped in. "Professor Hermonculus booked up our competition schedule."

"Hexside always did drop everything for its athletes," Raine said with a lilt of humor in their voice.

"Came with its perks," Eda shrugged.

"I'll say."

Eda shook her head with a smirk, pouring the hot liquid into the mugs.

"You need help over there?"

Raine was asking, but they were already picking up the mugs. Eda felt her face warm at the sudden proximity.

Owlbert peaked his head out of Eda’s hair and hooted at the sight of Raine. He took off, flying circles around their head. Raine chuckled, making Eda’s heart squeeze.

"Hello, Owlbert. Long time no see."

Eda tore herself away from the scene for a moment, turning to Luz.

"Luz, why don't you take King to the game. Sneak him in your bag or something. He's starting to climb the walls and it's tearing the wallpaper."

"Sure, no problem," she said easily. "Why haven't you been taking him to the market, though?"

"Yeah!" King's voice came, his head popping up from the kitchen window.

Eda huffed. Raine gave her a curious glance.

"It's filled with crooks."

"You're a crook," King countered.

"Fair. There's a new dress-code?"

"Ha! I'm not falling for your tricks! The market square would never make people wear clothes."

" Fine , I don't know how people will react to you. Last time, they almost ran over the stand to get to ya."

"I thought you were just more popular now."

"They were trying to cook you."

"Oh. Well, that's unsettling."

"Well, I think that settles it," Luz said, standing from the table. "Come on, we'd better head out if Hunter doesn’t want to be late for practice."

King jumped through the window, climbing into Luz's bag, his little feet kicking until he settled inside. Hunter cleared the table and Luz and him shifted into the part of the day where they got along just fine. Time in the Human Realm made them weirder than they already were.

"Have a good day," Eda called after them.

"Bye, Eda. Bye, Raine," Luz waved.

"Weh!"

"You, too," Hunter called as he opened the door for Luz.

And they were off.

"Empty nest," Raine commented.

"Yeah," Eda chuckled, looking over to them. Raine stood with a half smile, their glasses steamed over from the mugs in their hands and Owlbert was perched on their shoulder happily. It would've been the perfect sight if that snapshot of domesticity were real and not just painfully circumstantial.

Even so, Eda smiled back.

"Wanna talk?"

"I'd love to," Raine said easily.

Eda could've talked with Raine for hours. It was easy. They talked about schemes and the last RATS concert they'd caught, about their parents' pestering and living together, about what felt good during sex and what could've been better, about the steeping times of teas and ' No, Eda, you can't just boil the shit out of it. ' 

There were some things they didn't talk about, like Eda’s curse, a lingering shadow that hung over them whenever Eda got squirmy, being clever with her words, twisting and weaving until the subject was almost naturally dropped.

But talking was something they could do, usually. They could laugh and it was easy, mostly.

Until it wasn't.

Eda’s stomach was a nervous pit. She felt the few sips of coffee she'd had swirling around her insides, threatening to come up. She hadn't felt that kind of anxiety in years . It felt silly to be sitting at her dining table with the nervous energy of a teenager that didn't know how to act around their crush. It was ridiculous. She should've felt like an adult that didn't know how to act around their crush. 

Talking used to be easy. So why did it feel like she couldn't get her mouth to work properly?

Raine seemed at ease at the table, amused by Owlbert as he sat up and down on their shoulder, playing with the weight of their earring on his little head. 

"Some things never change," they chuckled. Their hands played with the mug, shifting the handle from one side to another. Idle fidgeting. Eda felt like sprinting out the window.

"So, um," Eda worked her mouth around actual words, "cold up there, huh?"

Raine snorted. "Yes, very. The stiff joints in the mornings were getting harder to ignore."

"And how are you doing?" Eda would've honest to Titan twiddled her thumbs; instead, she rapped her fingers against the table. She wanted to smack herself.

"Better, I think. A change of scenery will definitely do me some good. Stiff joints are a little too close to, well, that , for comfort," they cleared their throat. "Being down here will help. Familiar faces and all that. Check in on the kids, y'know." They waved a hand, like it explained everything away.

"Well, it's good that you're taking care of yourself," Eda said rather lamely. It was taking all of her self control not to blurt out something even stupider like, 'Move in with me.'

Raine was looking out the window, enjoying how the sunbeam cast on the table warmed their hands. They seemed to be indulging in the moment, like they weren't sure the next time they'd be next to Eda in her kitchen. Something quiet and desperate in Eda wanted that next time to be every day that followed for as long as Raine would tolerate her.

Raine smiled. "Yes, no need to worry."

"Raine Whispers, don’t tell me not to worry," the words left Eda without permission. But they were true. Eda lost sleep worrying about Raine, about how they were coping after they'd been the Collector's plaything.

Eda had stood by helplessly, watching Raine suspended in a stiff posture, blank eyes and permanent smile plastered on their face. She'd talk to them endlessly, easy enough when she knew she didn't have to hear their answers, their rejection. She'd visit them constantly, hoping naively that that alone would've been enough to free them, that every confession that she'd uttered was a step closer to having her Raine back, that her love would be enough . 

It hadn't mattered that she'd only received silence, it hadn't mattered that Hooty could talk back to Lilith, it hadn't mattered that it had destroyed Eda’s heart in contorted and painful ways. She'd still visit. Still worried. Until their eyes cleared and they took their first real breath in nearly a year, Eda worried.

Raine’s hand reached out, covering her fidgeting fingers. It was warm and rough, the fingertips hardened by years of playing their violin. It was suffocatingly familiar. It felt like drowning in honey.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean—" Their thumb circled gently over the back of her hand. "I mean I'm here now. For good. I don’t want to go back."

"To the Knee?"

"To the Knee. To being alone. To being cold," they looked up, searching her face. "I'm tired of—"

"Chasing?" Eda would never admit how desperately hopeful she sounded.

" Yes. " Raine took Eda hand in both of theirs, their palms fitting together and tugging at Eda’s heartstrings. "I'm tired of being silent, too. Of pretending I didn’t hear your every plea, of wishing it had been a nightmare." Eda's stomach sank . Their grip tightened on her hand. "It was torture, Eda. I wanted to scream, to fight you, to tell you you were wrong, reassure you that it was impossible for me to not love you. Because of course I love you. I've never stopped loving you, Eda."

"Raine…"

"Yes, Eda?"

"Move in with me."

< prologue | chapter 2 >

[radio-silents]

I'm sorry, I did find where you'll post your prints in due time, but I was wondering if you have any idea of pricing for Stan when he becomes available for a print? I was surprised he was going to actually be made as a real print, and it's just mesmerizing to me. You made him gorgeous. I just wanted to set aside money for when the time came the print would be available on your link. Sorry, I'm just on pins and needles that this is going to be available, so I've got the zoomies 👉🙃👈 All the same, if you don't have a set price or idea, I'll still be hoping to pick up one of him. It's a freaking great picture.

Thank you so much!!! And the print will be $20 for an 8x10 print, with the set of him and the Eda print for $35 if you are interested in both!

[eaudeeuphoria]

thinking about adamil and honestly i just love them so much!! it really bothers me when people hate on that ship. i can understand some of the reasoning why people would feel uncomfortable with it, but i also definitely think people fail to consider everything about it, and i personally have a few reasons for why i ship it.

they met before emil's hospitalization. according to emil's wiki and ada's deductions, ada saw emil while he was panhandling and noticed that he was starving, so she bought him a loaf of bread. this is one of the reasons he was so comfortable being treated by her; he remembered her kindness.

ada treats him like an equal. emil was literally treated like an animal during his time at the dog fighting pit, and when he first arrived at white sand street asylum, he was traumatized and his violent responses caused the staff to lock him in a cage and subject him to electroshock therapy and constant sedation. his entire life, he has been treated as subhuman. however, when ada meets him, she treats him with kindness and administers treatment gently. she sees through his current state and recognizes his humanity. she also tries to lower his dosage of sedatives, so that he can be conscious and think for himself. he is more than just a test subject to her. she sees him as a person.

ada asked for emil's consent. she realized her hypnotherapy was an effective way to help emil heal and recover, and she was excited to test her theories, but she asked emil whether he wanted to continue using the sedatives or work with her. emil chose to work with ada, and chose to leave the asylum with her.

ada resigns from her position as a psychologist. while she does still use hypnotherapy to help emil, she no longer works for the asylum. even though she still performs treatment on him, there isn't the same power imbalance that he would have with a staff member at the asylum.

the relationship itself is healthy. ada encourages emil to think independently, socialize with others, write in a diary, and participate in other healthy coping mechanisms. ada does have to take care of him a lot of the time because of his severe trauma, but she isn't possessive or controlling and her main goal is for him to recover.

also, identity v is a horror game so it would make sense for them to have some darker and sadder themes!! in most situations, real or fictional, i would never condone a doctor/patient relationship, but adamil is obviously a very special case. everything in this post is probably common knowledge by now but i just love them and wanted to infodump!! that's all have a wonderful day and if ive converted you to adamil let me know lmfao

[adaitia]

i worked on this for nearly a week straight and by the end i was too fed up to do a real background or make it "fully finished"

dont tag as kin

[ievan98]

They don’t care about the young folks ;; 

[kirivon]

Meow meow

[dr-mesmer]

I like to think that they leave each other hidden love notes.

So if they miss each other they can read them again- Emil just???

He just doesn't want to forget that Eda loves him

[jaxsterrapp]

if ada and emile were a 2-in-1 survivor 😋

[skomoroh666hehe]

[kyodelika]

i like my edamile a little dark