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Hello Elle,

If you had to spend one week living in the body of one of the other Larks, whose body would you choose?

Sincerely, a misplaced fan.

Moving aside the part where I’d like to think that morally, I’d draw the line at hijacking the body of one of my other teammates—if I had the option of choice here, my reasons for taking any of them would… vary.

At least the good thing about this predicament is having the chance to understand my teammates fully from their perspective—each person has their own… quirks, abilities, unique circumstances… and if I were in their position, I could, say, take a hit that was meant for the real Fleance, Calypso, Ophelia, or Pearl. Some pain is… inevitable, but many of them have to deal with it on a daily basis. So I don’t mind shouldering it for a change. Fleance can have a break from the curse for a week… Pearl can have something like her voice back… and if I was in Ophelia, could I see—

…

I’d like to think that I have enough sense of self to be recognizable in another person’s body. But naturally, I’d never tell Andros about this whole debacle… and for an entire week, it’ll feel strange to look in mirrors for another reason this time.

Oh, but—! The other big issue would be—if I, in this hypothetical scenario, were in someone else’s body, who would be in mine? Argh… the idea makes me want to rip my fur out again… I’d absolutely loathe seeing someone else walk around with my face, in my body…! Despite everything, this is still my body! I can reckon with the consequences of my own actions, but to see someone else act as me, puppeting me around, watching me, having to watch myself, seeing and experiencing all of my private matters over and over…! The look on her face, any of the words she could say that aren’t mine— It’s humiliating, and infuriating, and—and—

And I'm certain that the Larks wouldn't mistreat my body or anything outlandish like that... I can put my feelings aside for the sake of the mission, and for whichever Lark in this hypothetical scenario was put into my body, as it wouldn’t even be their fault that they landed in it, but... well, I don't know how I'd feel about it in the first place... it hasn't happened to me because I can't sleep. I suppose that condition of mine came in handy once again... it has its various benefits, even now.

In the end, I would… probably choose Fleance or Ophelia. But regardless of who I’d end up in, I’d try to take good care of them. It would just be… regrettable, having to invade more of their privacy like this.

….

…….

Why... why did my body change without my say again?

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crossposting from bsky - glad I stopped using spotify when I did and that I unlinked it from my discord, but still

[ reddit thread | bsky post ]

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i love OCs. like this is my emotional support dressup dolly that i beat the living shit out of

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now its time for these three

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good morning :)

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sleepovers save money on hotel rooms while on missions 👍

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Eternity is longer than you think

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apotheosis has two meanings

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Nova Stella OCs Masterpost!

✦Nova Stella

✦Gladiatoria

✦Pandemonium

✦Dragon Tree

✦Owl Feather

✦Lunar Flair

✦Cobalt Heart

✦The Timber Scouts

✦The Sisters

✦Tartarus

✦Royals & Zodiac Knights

✦Misc. Family

✦Arion, Eris & Atlas

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Okay here's my real idea for a new ocverse. Still a wip.

The setting is a sort of... Futuristic fantasy? Idk if that's the right term for it. In this world, "ether" (might be a placeholder name bc it's kinda generic, but that might not be a bad thing?) is a tangible energy source in the air. It's more magic than sci-fi, but the people in-universe consider it a basic fact of life. It's treated as both a hard science and a thing of worship- people believe it to be divine, sent from heaven. (I've considered calling the religious aspect of this "Aerism" just slightly misspelled to avoid Uniqlo copywrite lol)

Ether is used to lighten mass, power things from homes to engines, run communication, nudge crops and help with healing illness and injuries. It's mainly sourced from the air. When concentrated, it can be made into liquid or crystals.

Long ago, people overused it, setting the ether balance off, and a chain reaction cracked the earth. Chunks of land drifted up into the sky, while the planet below became unhabitable toxic ruins (Too much ether is poisonous, you'll overdose like any other medicine).

Now life happens on scattered floating islands with patchwork tech (not quite steampunk, but I'm thinking more ghibli-esque. Laputa inspired modes of transport and such). A high council controls the energy wells and the history books, most people scrape by under their rule.

The Islanders higher up are generally more privileged than the ones below, even though that's where most people live. I wanna explore a lot of different themes in this world.

The council hoards ether, unevenly rations it, and uses “safety” laws to turn artificial scarcity into obedience. Information is fenced off and travel is restricted (not banned, but difficult).

The military enforce stability, which mostly means protecting monopolies and punishing islands that won’t play along (the reason the disaster happened to begin with is capitalist greed and warmongering). High islands write the rules (and they're not high by coincidence, they literally have more energy!), low islands eat the risks (refinery blasts, sickness, debt).

Then the religion aspect lends moral cover to rationing, sends inquisitors after heresy, and helps control who gets the right to breathe. (I do want to be careful with this and not say it's being faithful that's the problem, but rather the way it's used as a form of governmental control, the same way religion (specifically Christianity) irl is used to control things like freedom of choice (wrt abortion), which is really a masked way to control women's bodies. It's a cover of morality. That kind of thing)

Anyway I have a group of unnamed characters so far. I won't get into all of them tho. There's two Main ones. First is a young man from the lower islands- he's a thief who got ahold of a small ether ship and protective suit, which he uses to scavenge things from the earth ruins below, often old tech absolutely leaking in ether he can sell (he also sells the old tech itself). He's kind of a cocky asshole, generally a bit of an edgy "loner" type. Until he meets someone on earth. Someone who definitely shouldn't be there, and definitely shouldn't be so... Completely okay, despite getting blasted with so much ether on ground zero.

She's a young girl with very, very bright hair. Glowing, even. And she shouldn't be here. And she shouldn't exist. She doesn't know who she is, or why she is. But she is. And he should just leave her, but he doesn't. Because he's the first person she's ever met. And he's not cruel enough to leave her to die on an empty, hostile planet, without ever once knowing a person.

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Reminder: russia keeps attacking Ukraine every single day. After a brief pause they attacked Kyiv today, taking the lives of 12 people as of now (including three children) and injuring 48 more. The fires are still raging and the rescue operations are still underway, more casualties may be uncovered later.

russians never paused their attacks in other regions, and they keep occupying new villages. They crossed the border of Donetsk region, they are re-occupying or completely demolishing villages that were previously liberated by UAF in Kharkiv region. The attacks on civilian population in Kherson are also constant and will probably get even worse.

Despite all the media circus, the US made absolutely zero progress on "peace talks" all they did is legitimized and glazed a war criminal. It's humiliating that the biggest presense of Ukraine in foreign media right now is all of this instead of reporting on what's actually happening here. I want war to be over so badly. I want to know with 100% certainty that we'll never have to experience war again in our lifetime. But with current state of affairs this possiblity seems completely out of reach. The world will force us into "peace", give us "guarantees" with zero intention of honoring them and russia will attack us again in 3-5 years. Everyone will act surprized and the cycle will repeat. For some reason russia has endless amount of benefit of the doubt despite showing time and time again that they act in bad faith. Man, it's so tiring.

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Gentle reminder about Ukraine 🕊️

The war in Ukraine did NOT start in 2022, that was merely an escalation into a full-scale invasion. It began in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea and their green little men invaded Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine (which they have been incapable of fully conquering to this day). The war has been ongoing for 11 years now.

The Baltic countries were practically SCREAMING a warning at everybody's faces about what was about to come, but Western leaders chose to do nothing about the situation during this time and instead continued to shake hands with Russia for economic reasons (e.g. Nord Stream 2). Apparently, the Baltics were "too paranoid".

Trump has boasted that he would end the war in 1 day, then in 50 days, etc. He was elected President of the United States of America from 2016-2020 (with the help of Russian influence), when the war was already ongoing. He had 4 years to do something. He didn't. (Except for licking Putin's boots during these 8 months in power starting from 2025.)

Trump has promised multiple times that he would harden sanctions against Russia if they don't stop bombing Ukraine. He hasn't. Russia is still bombing Ukraine. If anything, the pressure is always put on Ukraine and Russia always manages to get a free pass. Putin is stalling to keep the war going (in hopes that the West will get tired of supporting Ukraine and they are ultimately forced to surrender) and Trump is falling for it every single time. But we will not tire.

Trump rolled out the red carpet and welcomed the dictator (Putin) of the country that is solely responsible for committing these heinous war crimes with an applause. He attacked, threatened and accused the leader (Zelenskyy) of the country who is the victim in this war (in case it wasn't clear: Ukraine) that THEY are the ones "gambling with World War III". Disgusting.

Ukraine hasn't been able to win this war because WE aren't doing enough. By 'we' I mean Western Europe and the United States of America, who have NOT given Ukraine enough weapons and ammunition since day 1 that would give them the upper hand against Russia. In turn, Russia isn't losing this war because WE haven't put enough pressure on them that would force them to give up.

Germany is all weapons, but indecisive about handing them over to Ukraine. France is all talk, no weapons. At least half of America is OK with being in cahoots with Russia, saying that "we don't care about Ukraine" and withdrawing (or completely halting) military aid whenever they feel like it. Also, these countries have jumped at the opportunity to defend Israel's airspace (who is NOT a NATO member either and is now evidently committing genocide against the Palestinian people out of pure revenge by hiding behind the 'we are only defending ourselves' argument), but are afraid to close up Ukraine's airspace to defend their civilians and infrastructure. Western Europe and the United States of America are duplicitous cowards.

The leaders of Western European countries (I'm pointing a finger at.. let's say Germany, France, Italy and Spain) have chosen the welfare of their own people over aiding Ukraine. They have failed to communicate to their people why it is necessary to help Ukraine NOW, and instead, they are trying to ensure the support of their voters by maintaining a "normal everyday life" without raising taxes or spending more on defence or doing anything that would upset the electorate. This is a deliberate, political decision that is ultimately failing Ukraine. (Meanwhile, Estonia has become the country with the highest inflation in the European Union, the people's resentment towards the government and overall frustration grows day by day, but at least we understand WHY we must suffer and still do all of these things.)

President Joe Biden and the Democrats withheld Ukrainian aid for MONTHS prior to the elections in 2024 because they were scared of losing votes. They lost anyway. This was also a deliberate, political decision that cost Ukraine valuable time and countless lives.

When talking about ceasefire or a solution, Russia keeps referring to the fact that the root causes of this war must be eliminated in order for "peace" to prevail. One of the root causes being that the former Soviet Union member states in Eastern Europe should leave NATO and be united to the Russian Federation again. We NEVER wanted to join the Soviet Union during World War II, our region was divided into zones of interest by the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1939 and we were taken BY FORCE by the Russians. Russia has NEVER had to pay any reparations nor apologized for this occupation because they were seen as "the good guys who helped defeat Nazi Germany" by the West. We were forgotten for almost 50 years.

Russia will NOT stop in Ukraine if we let them win this war. Any Eastern European country could be their next target (including NATO members). The only thing they respond to is FORCE.

Eastern Europe (including Scandinavia, the Baltics and countries with a border running alongside Russia or Belarus) are the biggest supporters of Ukraine (both militarily and financially) because we KNOW what it is like to live under that oppressive regime and that this sh*t will come our way if we don't help Ukraine stop Russia right now.

Fuck Putin (& his Russia). Fuck Trump (& his America).

Happy (belated) Independence Day, Ukraine! 🇺🇦 🌻

(24th August 2025)

Here are some trustworthy charities working towards that goal in Estonia: 🇪🇪 (Likes are welcome, reblogs are helpful, donations are invaluable! 🫶)

NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade

Official Estonian organizations:

Estonian Defence League

Estonian National Defence Promotion Foundation

Estonian Rescue Association

Estonian Food Bank

Estonian Red Cross

Estonian Refugee Council

Estonian NGOs:

NGO Mondo

NGO Vaba Ukraina

NGO Will For Victory

Universities supporting the studies of Ukrainian students in Estonia:

Tallinn University of Technology

University of Tartu

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Leiris how did you feel when Pearl said you resemble her dead mother (and that she may see you as one)? What are your thoughts on motherhood?

I did-not feel much of an-y-thing.

I know ve-ry little about Pea-rl’s people, but I can-not i-ma-gine that I share many phy-si-cal similarities with her mo-ther. 

I-am not sure why Pea-rl would pro-ject any such fee-ling of mo-ther-hood to-wards me. I can-not recall an-y-thing I-have done to act mo-ther-ly towards her. 

Then a-gain…. I under-stand that the way I-was raised was not ty-pic-al for most children. To say I have e-ver been a child would-be inaccurate. Per-haps I do-not know what it is like to be a mo-ther. 

Thought I can un-der-stand the joy of be-ing loved by one. So I su-ppose in that sense I can un-der-stand Pea-rl’s desires. 

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I did not feel much of anything.

I know very little about Pearl’s people, but I cannot imagine that I share many physical similarities with her mother. 

I’m not sure why Pearl would project any such feel-ing of motherhood towards me. I can’t recall anything I’ve done to act motherly towards her. 

Then again…. I understand that the way I was raised was not typical for most children. To say I have ever been a child would be inaccurate. Perhaps I do not know what it is like to be a mother. 

Thought I can understand the joy of being loved by one. So I suppose in that sense I can understand Pearl’s desires. 

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Dearest Team Of Vitaliers Who Were Sent To Secure The Astraea Group,

How did that go y’all? Did you have fun? Encounter any suspicious notes on your little excursion?

Sincerely,

No one in particular

Lead “investigator” of the Astraea case here (as if all the investigating wasn’t done by the higher ups and the wizards, I’m practically just glorified muscle), here to answer your questions in reverse order.

Yeah, there was a note, a pretty clever one too. The whole team wasted an hour before realizing that it was fake. 

So no, not a particularly fun excursion, personally. 

Suffice to to say that it did not go well, which is what bothers me. this should have been one of the cleanest operations I’ve ever been on. 

She was in the city earlier that day. There where no signs that she or her allies where leaving. She just so happens to leave the day we plan our operation of capture her? She might have known that she was being observed…. But that wouldn’t explain how she knew we where coming for her that day. Could just be a coincidence but it feels like there’s more to it than that…

There might be someone still the church who tipped her off. The question is who would have known about our operation, and would have any interest in keeping her free?

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D&D characters sitting.

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Between commissions I finally managed to finish this OC set of parent characters! If the looks aren't enough to show you who their kid is, the background colors match them ^_^ but of course more details below!

Name: Thuban

Name origin: The former pole star, before the north star (Polaris), it's name means "Large snake" and is referred to as the “Dragon's tail”

Pronouns: He/him

Age: N/A

Relation: Raised Polaris, though they're not related by blood and have a somewhat distant relationship, until he suddenly went MIA

Weapon: Spear (Same as Polaris's)

Ethos (Power): N/A

Flaw power is based on: N/A

Notes: Make no phallic jokes about the large snake thing and you'll be rewarded

Name: Ananke

Name origin: A moon of Jupiter, named for the mythological spirit of necessity, inevitably, and compulsion

Pronouns: She/her

Age: -

Relation: Bella's mother, she raised her to be a warrior

Weapon: Bardiche

Ethos (Power): Indomination (The ability to freeze the movement of objects and people, and lock them in place)

Flaw power is based on: Her strict enforcement of obedience through authoritarianism, and a lack of concern for the wishes of others

Notes: She believes in tough love. It's better in the long run to give your kid strength rather than affection.

Name: Rhea

Name origin: A moon of Saturn named after the Titan known as the mother of the gods

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 38

Relation: Saiph's mother, though she gave him up to the guild when he was very young

Weapon: None

Ethos (Power): None

Flaw power is based on: N/A

Notes: Was unable to take care of a baby at the time, and gave Saiph to the guild. She wishes she'd visited beyond that but it's probably too late now...

Name: Arche

Name origin: One of Jupiter's moons, it's name comes from the muse of new beginnings and is associated with springtime

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 7

Relation: Saiph's half-brother. Neither currently knows the other exists

Weapon: None

Ethos (Power): None

Flaw power is based on: N/A

Notes: He's just a little guy. He likes flowers and playing with toys. He wants to be a cool hero like his dad

Name: Poerava

Name origin: A star in Tucana, the Maori word for a black pearl of mystical beauty and perfection

Pronouns: She/her

Age: -

Relation: Al's mom. She mostly raised him on her own while her husband was with the knights.

Weapon: None

Ethos (Power): None

Flaw power is based on: N/A

Notes: Probably the best parent of the bunch if we're being real.