#[ and evermore amongst our mirth ]

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But stand brave, life-liver, bleeding out your days in the river of time. Stand brave: time moves both ways,

in the nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating joy of life...

Elisabetta Mounteverde Dmitrou (also called Elisa) is my sona for Pentiment! More info below, though there's huge spoilers for the game </3 (art credits: photinus (TH), last two are by me)

As the game's story transpires over 25 years, Elisabetta's age changes alongside it. While she is introduced at 24, she is 49 by the end of the story. She's about 5'3, and was originally born within Ethiopia during the Solomonic dynasty. As her parents were both recent converts to the Catholic church, it was thought Elisa's blonde hair and green eye (singular) were a blessing from god. Soon after being born, she was taken to the Holy Roman Empire, and "adopted" by a Italian noble family. Seeing potential in her from a young age, Elisabetta's adoptive parents gave her all she needed for a proper education, and Elisa soon developed a deep love for art and poetry both...! She was also very aware that she was considered something of a "spectacle," something people would point at as proof of god's glory. She hated this, but felt powerless to do anything. As the years went on, she retreated into her world of literature and paintings, always wary of the intentions of others. When she was of age, her choices became either to marry or join a convent. Elisabetta choose marriage... but choose a man who ran a printing press and was a member of the guild. This was a way for her to have access to new books as they were being made, as well as connect with writers and artists from across all of the Holy Roman Empire. As she settled into being married, however, something unexpected occurred... when her husband decided to commission a portrait of himself and Elisabetta to celebrate their union, he asked Elisa's father for recommendations on a painter. He recommended the son of Josef Maler, a long-time family friend, who had recently become a master artist. And so, the Dmitrous would become the first official clients of Andreas Maler in his new role as master. Even though it was supposed to be a painting of both of them, Elisa's husband was away more often than not, which of course slowed Andreas down </3 but it wasn't such a terrible thing, however, as he found Mrs. Dmitrou to be much more interesting... and Elisabetta found herself warming up to him in a way that she didn't often do with people. It didn't take long for the feelings between them to become romantic in nature, but with both of them being in (complicated!) marriages, they couldn't do much about it. Despite this, even after the portrait was finally finished, they kept in contact thru the post for the next 7 years... one day, however... the letters from Andreas stop coming.

(It is believed that Andreas Maler died during the fire of the Kiersau abbey, trying to save what he could of the library's books. in a way this is true; he withdrew from the living entirely. Those who caught glimpses of him thought he was a ghost. But hiding away within the forest, or within the Roman ruins beneath Tassing, Andreas Maler was very much alive... and one day, some 19 years after the fire, and some years after her own husband passed, Elisabetta receives a letter.)

Umm sorry this is already long I just love writing about their soap opera ass story </3 anyways as for her personality, Elisabetta tends to come off as a bit cold. She's incredibly wary of other people, to the point where even so much as holding a conversation is difficult. Her being very suspicious and analytical is partly due to the natural curiosity she holds, though. She loves learning about the world, despite everything. She is also fairly headstrong, and tends to do things her own way despite how others may object. When she's older, she starts to be a bit more open. She craves warmth and kindness and wants to feel as if she's a part of a community. The people of Tassing are kind to her... (and they don't go ratting off about when Elisabetta sometimes spends the night at Andreas' home, despite the fact that such behavior is improper for an unwed couple)

Silly funfacts: ~ Despite having such a serious personality, she has a lot of love for fairytales. She wants to believe at least some aspects from them are truthful, even if it's silly. ~ She can sing fairly well, but is awfully shy about it. She's willing to sing during Christmas celebrations so long as she's not the only one doing it, though. ~ One of the first things she did upon arriving within Tassing was fix up the old guest house which was no longer in use after the abbey fire. ~ She loves cats, specifically white ones. It didn't take long for her to make friends with all the strays living within Tassing as well. ~ When Madga returns to Tassing from Prague alongside her friend Esther, they quickly make friends with Elisabetta, both curious about what such a fancy lady was suddenly doing there, and Madga was especially curious about the person who was now using her dad's old printing press. Elisabetta in turn treats Madga as something of a daughter. Elisabetta is also friends with Veronica, Brigita, Ursula, Anna, and Paul. She figured out that Veronica and Brigita were in a relationship in no time (but also quietly let them know she's had crushes on girls before, too, and that their secret would be safe with her). ~ Anna and Paul's children call her "Auntie Elisa" !

[hanyjar]

the magnum opus and the muse.

yaguchi yatora x reader

notes: [818 words.] geidai yatora makes me question everything fr ): anyways pls give blue period the love it deserves!! i am literally scraping the floor for crumbs

disclaimers: university au! yaguchi, mentions of smoking & drinking (they discourage it tho), brief mention of underage drinking, reader & yaguchi are probs depressed, friends pining for each other, questioning the future & reminiscing abt the past!!

masterlist.

“How does it feel to hate the things you love?”

A puff of smoke escapes his chapped lips, eyes glistening with a sense of mirth from your question.

Yatora Yaguchi has always been an enigma. From the moment he dyed his hair and pierced his ears, to when his love for art blossomed into an almost self destructive endeavour.

You wonder why he did it. Why would he go through such lengths for it all? For his definition of love.

Even more so now, as he stood in front of you. Yatora looks different now, you thought. Clad in nothing but an all black hoodie and weathered jeans gifted to him during his high-school days, one would think he looks the same as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary.

But you know better. He knows better.

His usually bleached hair is showing his natural roots. The whites of his eyes are bloodshot; Yatora walks with a sense of lethargy instead of self-assured confidence, a feeling you know all too well.

He, too, is hit with the feeling of sullen dreams.

“It fucking sucks. I have no idea what I’m supposed to be doing.” Yatora brings up a hand to his face, covering the bags that rimmed his eyes. “Pass me another smoke, would you?”

A reluctant grimace finds its way onto your face, hand reaching into your pocket for the box of poison anyways. “You’re killing your lungs that way, y’know.”

“And you’re killing your liver. You’re one to talk.”

Downing the liquor you would once steal from your parent’s cabinets, and were now legal to buy it with your own money, you reminisced.

Back to your youth. Back to when Yatora was encapsulating a blue Shibuya - not living amongst the colour. Back to when you and he didn’t lay in shards of crushed hopes that pierce through the very cores of your beings.

“It would be easier,” you turn to him, watching how the evening glow of Shibuya painted his face with warmth. “If you lived without passion. Like me.”

A beat of silence passes through the air. “No thanks,” he interjects.

“Hey! Why?” You punch his shoulder half-heartedly, “I’m serious. I almost died trying to create a so-called ‘magnum opus’, and now you might too. That’s the last thing I want from you.”

Another cloud of smoke enriches the air around you. And with the smile he gives you, one with the brilliance of a thousand stars, Yatora makes you realise. Within this ghost city, so devoid of life, there was still hope. Hope that came in the form of an ex-delinquent boy, now a Geidai student.

“Because, you said it yourself back in our second year of junior high. That’s the worst way of living. And eventually, you’ll lose sense of yourself, right?” His hand reaches to readjust the scarf he placed around you, delicately. Like he always was, with you. “I believe you still live with passion. You just refuse to believe it.”

Yes, you thought to yourself. Yatora’s right when he says you do live with passion.

But it’s not what he may think.

It’s not in the form of art, not in the tangible, literal sense anyways. Not in the way society thinks of what art is.

It’s in the form of love.

In the form of him.

Yatora is your magnum opus. And you hope to see him bloom into something magnificent.

So, you partly know the answer to your own question. To feel hatred for the things you love? It is to feel hatred towards the man you dedicated yourself wholly to, for he is the one who is slowly leading himself into turmoil.

But, just as before, you will wait. Forever, and evermore. The words lingering on the tip of your tongue will remain unspoken until he, too, sees you in a similar light.

You sigh. That’s enough thinking; you’ve drunk too much again.

A slight tug to your hands snaps you back to reality. “C’mon, daydreamer. My mum has been wanting to see you again. How does spending a night at my house sound?”

The slight desperate tone in his voice makes you realise that maybe, just maybe, Yatora is clinging to the past too.

Little do you know, he views you as something incomprehensible too. Why does he always search for a glimpse of you in the Geidai halls? Attending class would be the last thing you do. It is all unknown to him.

Yatora’s love burns. He is able to paint even through tears; he never feels as if too much is enough. And maybe that’s why he refuses to let you go. He can never get enough of you.

He can never get enough of the person that historians would dictate as his muse.

And maybe that's why he refuses to say the words which cling onto the deep crevices of his heart so very deeply.

[maureenoharra]

See how the Lord of heaven and earth Shew’d Himself lowly in His birth A sweet example for mankind To learn to bear an humble mind For to redeem our souls from thrall Christ is the saviour of us all

Let all your songs and praises be Unto His heavenly majesty And evermore amongst our mirth Remember Christ our saviour's birth

Let all that are to mirth inclined Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending His beloved Son For to redeem our souls from thrall Christ is the saviour of us all

[kingsbride-moved]

Finally drew them together... two background options cuz I'm indecisive 💘

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Saw this chart on twt and just had to fill it out with the s/is... Please enjoy

Blank version below the cut 🙏🏾

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Quick symmetrical ref... Her dress design changes every time I draw her 😭

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Another Andreas and Elsebe doodle 💕

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Now that I've drawn her a few times I'm going to officially introduce my penti.ment s/i... Her name is Elisabetta Dmitriou, maiden name Elisabetta Monteverde, though close friends call her Elsebe.

More info below the cut, TWs for mentions of death, religion / c*tholicism, and like a semi vague allusion to racism. Details are subject to change of course 💕

Elisabetta was originally born somewhere in the Ethiopic, but was adopted by a noble Italian family

Rumours claim that her hair was originally dark, but turned blonde by the grace of god after her conversion. This is untrue, but Elsebe has made no effort to dispel the rumor. A similar rumour surrounds her heterochromia, an "otherworldly" feature that harkens back to Alexander the Great himself.

She received an education thru several tutors, and eventually began creating art and poetry. She became fairly well known at a young age, but remained reclusive despite it all.

When she was an adult, her family married her to a Greek-German baron living in Northern Bavaria. She doesn't quite love her husband romantically, but he's a good man and she cares about him...

When Andreas returns to Nuremberg to marry and become an official master artist, Elisabetta and her husband are some of his first clients.

Elisabetta and Andreas really hit it off, but they are both married 💔 no good could come from them pursuing anything, and so things are left unsaid. Andreas returns to Nuremberg.

A few years later, Elsebe's husband passes away... While she is able to keep their estate, the tragedy takes a toll on Elsebe, and she becomes even more closed off to the world than she already was.

More time passes. At some point Elsebe receives a letter... a message from Andreas, who last she'd heard had passed away when an abbey was lit aflame. He decided to stop running away from his problems and start reaching out to the world again; he took over his deceased friend's printing press, and was wondering if an artist like herself would be interested to see what they were doing there. And so Elsebe comes down to Tassing, Kiersau.

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Me thinking I should just give Elda glasses vs. the one time I tried to and she looked weird with them to me 💔 anyways picrew credit

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Messy doodle of post game Andreas and Elsebe 💕 I'm a little indecisive about how older Elsebe should look (other than that she 100% wears a black veil 💔) though! Andreas is about 51 and Elsebe is about 49 here.

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I think of my s/is as embodying different parts of myself.... Dianthus is the most likely "me" irl (or as close I can get to that, my perception of myself and how I actually am probably aren't 1:1 💔). Honey is Me but if I lost all my inhibitions and was more of a party girl.

Elisabetta and Nerine are both the kind of "overly serious / takes everything literally" part of me, but Elisabetta still has a sense of whimsy to her..... Nerine isn't 100% serious 100% of the time, but she's definitely someone who isn't all that expressive and comes off as intimidating due to it... 💔

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Draft design for penti.ment s/i... I want to add more detail to the dress and perhaps another accent colours but I do like the hair and jewelry 💖 finding ways to translate the more interesting aspects of Elsebe's design to a "normal human" was challenging but fun, I'll probably mess around with that more tho!

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Wanted to see how well I could replicate the style 😭

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Did the math and learned Elsebe shares a birth date and year with the longest reigning sultan of the ottoman empire 😭

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Re: putting all the S/Is in a room together

Dianthus would easily befriend Elisabetta and Augusta. Her and Honey are in the same category of sorta rude pushy girl, but Dia is better at hiding it and so they'd bicker 😭 she'd be a bit intimidated by Elda and Euphrasia.

Honey would see how shy and meek Augusta is and immediately wanna try and get her to be a bit bolder which means of course putting her in a new outfit (gyaru restyle!) Augusta wouldn't necessarily be against it but it's very different from what she's used to!!! So she'd feel a bit shy.

Elda is too weird and energetic to be a cool "stands in the corner and watches the world go by" girl like Euphie but her attempts at talking to the other girlies would be a bit awkward. It would make Elda feel a little insecure because she already feels like a monster masquerading as a girl, but once a conversation starts to actually flow she finds she gets along well with them... Her high energy self would get along with Honey best

[kingsbride-moved]

11, 14,and 16 for Augusta? (you can post outfit screenshots, if you want. I'd love to see them)

11. what kind of outfit(s) does your self insert wear? As u can see she has a few staple items she wears with almost every outfit... </3

Answered 14 and 16 with Auggie already, so I'll do them with Elisabetta instead since no one has asked about her yet ^.^ 14. what hobbies does your self insert have? Art, poetry, singing and reading... despite having a very serious personality, she's a big fan of gushy fairytale stories with happy endings. She's rather cynical, and these happy stories distract her from her cynicism! 16. freebie! name a fact about your self insert you want everyone to know.

If she marries Andreas, her full name will become Elisabetta Mounteverde Dmitrou-Maleryn. Very long!