Had he known she couldn’t swim, he wouldn’t have let her go planetside with him. Considering the planet’s large swathes of water. She had somehow managed to fall from the shore and into the lake they’d been walking beside, and for a moment he’d thought she’d be able to swim back to him. How wrong he’d been.
It took Kiat’re no time at all to dive headfirst into the water to grab Kaida and tug her to his chest with one arm while the other helped paddle them to safety. “Easy, easy kid! I’ve got you.” Stars was he grateful he hadn’t worn his armor.
WIth a grunt, he pushed her onto the shore ahead of him, before he clambered out beside her. Instantly, his hands were on her, gently checking her over to ensure that she wasn’t hurt. “Are you okay? Didn’t hurt yourself, did you?”
“are you alright? you hit your head pretty hard…” Shiro @ Elara
Elara groaned, ears pressing back as she registered the pain shooting through her skull. The details of what exactly had happened were still a bit fuzzy, though the voice above her seemed to come through clear enough.
“I...think so? ‘m still kind of off--” She carefully propped herself up on her elbows, and turned her head to get a good look at the owner of the voice. It took her a moment to register exactly who it was, but once she had she gasped, scrambling backwards. The sudden movement had her whimpering in pain and falling back with a quiet hiss.
“Wha--what happened?” And why was the former Champion leaning over her?
practices the rpc needs to Collectively Get Back Into:
commenting on peoples’ posts, threads, art, graphics, etc. just telling them that you see it and that it looks good / is entertaining / etc. – because content creators can’t read your mind and as nice as it’d be for us to always serve ourselves with our work … realistically we will lose motivation to continue creating without some kind of support. if you like something then say so !!
sending each other’s muses messages about muses they’re talking to or characters from their canon and just generally getting actively involved in the narratives other people create & encouraging those people to discuss them
asking people random questions about their characters without fear that it’s too outlandish, provided the question isn’t invasive or rude
sending honest, heartfelt notes of positivity and making loveposts about other creators and the work they do. not chainmail, not lazy generic shit, but real kindness, in our Own Words
drawing people fanart of their characters / ships / OCs !! please !! really !! i don’t know when that EVER became something people grew too nervous to do !! most people ADORE it. even if it’s just fucking stick figures, man, i PROMISE you that taking the time and putting in the effort to show someone that the work they do inspired the work you do will make their whole fucking day
telling !! each other !! that !! we’re !! doing !! good !! jobs !!
being NICE to each other OPENLY and FOR NO REASON with NO PROMPTING
making sure other people feel included in discord servers, roleplay groups, groupchats, multi-way threads, art trades, events, and just. like. overall
acknowledging !! each other’s !! art !! metas !! threads !! worldbuilding !! and !! style !! PLEASE !! PEOPLE !! DONT !! KNOW !! YOU !! LIKE !! THEM !! IF !! YOU !! SAY !! NOTHING !!
and NOBODY with ANY goddamn sense is EVER going to react negatively to you Just Being Fucking Nice so stop worrying about doing that !! PLEASE !!!!!
It wasn’t uncommon for him to wake up curled around Nat. In fact, it was becoming a regular occurrence. What was odd, however, was how her hand seemed to move with his when he reached across her to check the bedside clock. Kiat’re blinked, still not fully awake.
He moved his arm again. And hers moved with it.
They’d been handcuffed together. Now, he knew he was tired, but he would have remembered something involving handcuffs during their...nightly encounters. The only other answer--
“Fuckin’ cadets.” The commander groaned into Natalie’s shoulder, his mark glowing faintly at the contact. “Nat, babe, wake up.” He nosed into her shoulder, one hand gently shaking her. “My lovely cadets have decided that we need to spend the day together.”