#♫ ╯ a call by crow || asks ╰

[scngbard]

// freckles are my weakness i couldn't resist :'D

wAIT--! I THOUGHT YOU HAD JUST BEEN KIDDING IN THE COMMENTS?!! AHHHHHHHHAHDIQHDKAH! Oh my GOSH, GUYS LOOKIT THEM! ;;;;;; Ffffff, they're so cute and I just love them in your style too, Im-- !!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, FRIEND!!! 💜💜💜💜💜 I love it, but I don't even know the words to thank you enough for sharing this I'm QVDKQBDKQBDKQBKDBQKDHQKSJQ -just casually sits here and admires them- 😍

[brerosee]

Kate Martin dating a famous singer:

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Think big,think Ariana Grande

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Firstly how did yall meet?

You were in a red carpet for the vmas when a man stopped you for an interview “y/n over here!” You walk over to him with a smile picking up your dress to not trip

“Hello hi” you say smiling “hello so good to be talking with you tonight”the interviewer says “ so to start you dressed you tonight?”

5 mins later…

“Ok last question,who is your fellow celebrity crush?”the interviewer asked

“Oh my” you say thinking “hmm I’m going to have to go for Kate Martin,just love her game and find her extremely attractive”you says giggling

“Well you heard it here folks”the interviewer says

The video shows viral and Kate sees(shown to her by Caitlin) and goes crazy. You had been her celebrity for a while now and raved about you and your music so naturally she slid into you dms and the rest is unknown .

Anyways.

She is always sending flowers to your hotel room

If she can’t make it to a performance due to basketball she will send you good luck texts

Yk those flags ppl have for celebrities like “Taylor swift 2024” yeah she has one of you

When you go to her games you sit court side(she calls you a court side baddie)

Loves to just wind down and be normal with you after a long day of everything and just hold you in her arms again

You write songs about her.

Your fans adore your relationship and when Kate is in the crowed with them they ask her for pictures

Kate’s whole family loves you and your music

She even brought her mom to a concert of yours for her birthday

You bring her to all of your events,red carpets,galas,fashion events, everything

As does she

Her whole team is obsessed with you.

Your music is always playing at their practices

Even Lisa is a fan.

But when they find out yall are dating they go crazy asking how Kate pulled you.

But overall she is just out fav supporting gf

[breezingby]

Ray Wylie Hubbard ~ Count my Blessings (Live on KNCE)

Mama gimme a nickel and a deck of cards Said go on and play in the back yard Walking down the alley come my uncle lonnie Said lemme teach ya about 3 card monty Take the ace of hearts and two black queens Flip'em over so they can't be seen Spin' em around four or five times Bet a nickel find the ace and win a dime Ten minutes later I had thirty five dollars Singing ain't misbehavin' by the great Fats Waller

I believe I'm gonna count my blessings I believe I am gonna count my blessings

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Now I saw a black crow on a fence post Singing away like Sam Hopkins' ghost He sang when you see I ain't breathin' no more Nail my feathers to a old barn door Or drag my carcass out behind the shed Just make sure you're pretty sure I'm dead Ask a Ouija board if you can't quite tell Or if I start to stink like the floors in hell Go to Navasota after I'm done dying It don't do you no good sitting around crying

I believe I'm gonna count my blessings I believe I am gonna count my blessings

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So I got me a pencil and a moleskin book When I heard Bertha Franklin shot and killed Sam Cooke I Wrote down December 11, 1964 Ain't gonna be twisting the night away no more It took 15 minutes for the jury to decide Cause of death's justified homicide Liza Boyer wasn't called by the prosecution Later on she's arrested for prostitution La hacienda motel had a busted down door Sam's wallet and his money was never accounted for

And I believe I'm gonna count my blessings I believe I'm gonna count my blessings And everyday I believe I'm gonna count my blessings I believe I'm gonna count my blessings I believe....

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[gemma-collins-ily]

Please make a rec list with your favourites Jesper imagines (including yours 😁) I love him so much 🥰🥰🥰

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• APPEALING by @trashykawahq

Summary: There’s something that draws him in like no one ever has, the moment he sees her stumbling through those door. Maybe it’s the way she seems so out of place, a diamond stumbling into a sack of coal.

“Do you not see many new faces around here?” she raises an eyebrow, and she feels a jolt of…something, something nice, when he chuckles.

“I do. Just not people as striking as you.” He responds. “Jesper Fahey.” He adds, reaching for her hand. Jesper feels her hand in his, warm and soft, and he lets his touch linger a little longer than necessary.

Comment: 🦋🦋🦋 BUTTERFLIES AAH it was so well written and poetic and just generally so fantastic!!!

• GRAY by @sunny-reys

Summary: "Tell me you love me. I need to hear it just the once."

His shoulders are pressed against yours, trusting you to make sure he doesn’t take a round in the back of his skull. It’s a position you’ve taken many times before, the two of you against the world. You only wish you could love it as much as you did.

Comment: vv angsty and painful but in a way that makes me think omg your writing is just that good. yeah, in that way :)

• NEW INVESTMENT by @nottluvr

Summary: Jesper gets a bit jealous when someone who’s at his level of shooting joins the Crows in a new heist.

Why didn’t he think of that? Jesper thought, he had done something like this before in a heist three months ago. “So, are we doing this or not? Or are you just going to stand there with your pretty face and do nothing?” she asked him, he glared at her, but blushed slightly when she called him pretty. “Yes, let’s get out of here.”

Comment: rivals to lovers that was written so well ugh amazing 5/5😍

• FLIRTY AFFAIRS by @/nottluvr

Summary: He’s a flirt and you knew that and you couldn’t help but fall for him, even though you knew you weren’t special to him.

“You’ve been staring at him for a while now,” she heard a voice said from behind her. Inej. y/n turned around and gave her a slight smile, “I can’t help it. You know that.”

Comment: cute cute cute cute aah💞

CHOCOLATE CAKE AND GINGER BISCUITS by @brekkers-desigirl

Summary: You can't bear the disappointment of Jesper without his favourite baked goods, so you suppose putting them aside is the only solution.

“Hi.” he said, his voice merry.

You raised an eyebrow, “Someone’s in a good mood, Jesper.”

“I’m always in a good mood when you’re around, love.” he moved a little closer, his face mere inches from yours. Close enough so you could see the all the little ridges on his face and nose.

Comment: the "your the sharpshooter" made my heart go ansndnbsbs yk??? adorable!!!

BULLET REVELATIONS by @lovemenotplz

Summary: Hating someone but still saving their neck is hard. Especially when Jesper can’t stray away from trouble and y/n was paid to not stray away from him.

“are you seriously going to stalk me now?”

“don’t flatter yourself, fahey. i’m getting paid to babysit you.”

“you’re acting as if you’re not happy about it,” jesper fahey smirked as he walked towards the slat, his temporary shadow, tailing right behind, “can’t get enough of this,” he gestured to his face, “at the slat and the club?”

Comment: this- perfect amount of everything, literally so perfect🥺

SO PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER by @ellora-brekker

Summary: Jesper doesn't want to tell you something.

“You don’t dare tell her alright?” Jesper’s voice was breathless and panicked as he wrapped his arm around his side.

“Tell me what?”

Comment: all I have to say is... cuties💖

STRANGERS by @mad-elia

Summary: Jesper meets a rather unusual girl at his favourite casino.

“May I buy you a drink?” he asked, sounding far more flustered than he’d prefer as he sat across from you. You raised an eyebrow, tapping the almost full glass in front of you. “I think it’s rather obvious that I already have one, sir.” Your tone matched the teasing smile that graced your features as your eyes again connected with his.

Comment: this was so good wth I really smiled like an absolute mad lad whilst reading aww

BELONGING TO THE MAN YOU HAD BETRAYED by @/gemma-collins-ily

Summary: Unexpected circumstances cause you to turn to the worst, and be poisoned by the best.

Jesper had looked at you with such hatred but his eyes of chocolate hue had been sparked with a dash of concern and hope too. Maybe it was a hope that you would die for what you did: it should have been. But you grasped that small part of you that was in dire need to think it was because he loved you still, that the boy with the hazel hair still held you somewhat close to his heart.

Comment: it's my own fic I feel a bit silly but you asked lol it's just my favourite fic I've written

[firstaidspray]

♫ ♫ ♫ for reverie’s verse of your choice!

For the Righteous Gemstones Verse since its on my mind:

Halo by Soil

This one is really a song I associate with Reverie and Scotty, so much so I named their ship tag after it. It just has this aggressive energy, the themes of sins and, well, a halo given Reverie wears one, it really fits her and Scotty. Some lyrics:

I'm the man, I'm the king, I'm the one that's pure inside

Everyday, everyway I smell of suicide

Bitter sins how they grow within, so you tell me it ain't right

I am all sins and you're my reason for life

I will stone you, stone you

Wrap my arms around you

I will stone you, stone you

My little Halo

So obviously with these lyrics, Scotty's POV, he's very much a bad and aggressive person with an ego so that the first line fits. But Reverie is someone who supposedly heals people from sins, so she is his "reason for life" and his "little halo." That's what I interpret it as for them anyways- he's bad and unhinged but she brings him back. So it's more about them than just her.

Pain Lies on the Riverside by Live

This song has some pretty surface level religious themes, talking about baptism and all that. In this verse, Reverie is working for a church which she...doesn't believe in and is just doing for money, but I think this her like...trying keep up the lie. The "pain on the riverside" is the pain of living a lie constantly And living for other people.

I have forever, always tried

To stay clean and constantly baptized

I'm aware that the river's banks they are dry

And to wait for a flood

Is to wait for life

So this line speaks to me about her, the river running dry is her losing her touch with the persona she's created, an angel of mercy, a faithful person. Waiting for the flood, that's like her keeping that bullshit up and waiting for it to prove useful is taking a long time in her eyes. In the AU where Scotty lives, yeah she does give it all up but in the canon she does, as the song says later on, go for a "swim," allowing herself to keep up the faithful persona, mostly for Levi.

She Talks to Angels by The Black Crowes

This one is sort of literal in Reverie's case because she claims she gets her therapy advice from angels, literally talking to them. But also, I named Levi and her ship after this song, because I think he feels it about her- like even if she is lying about it, he really believes she is somehow affiliated with angels, or that she is one.

She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket

She wears a cross around her neck

They say that the hair was from a little boy

The cross from someone she had not met

No, not yet

Says she talks to the angels

And they call her out by her name

Well, she talks to angels

And they call her out by her name

The line of how she wears a cross and hasn't met who it belongs to (God) yet, I interpret as Levi being well aware Rev is not a believer, but he thinks that she could become one, or at least that she'll still go to heaven when she dies or because she IS an angel.

Sorry if this didn't need explanations, like if that wasnt part of the ask meme I just felt like explaining ahah 😅

[quccnnorth]

♫

considering i have two separate theonsa playlists this will not be hard for me so i’m going to do a modern and a canon verse bc well i’m trash sorry u have to put up w me for my ship’s sake

CANON

1. you are the reason - calum scott “i’d climb every mountain, i’d swim every ocean, just to be with you, and fix what i’ve broken. oh cause i need you to see, that you are the reason.”

2. hold on - chord overstreet - “you locked yourself in the bathroom, lying on the floor when i break through. i pull you in and feel your heart beat, can you hear me screaming please don’t leave me. hold on, i still want you. come back, i still need you. let me take your hand i’ll make it right, swear to love you all my life, hold on i still need you.”

3. i found - amber run - “ oh and i found love where it wasn’t supposed to be. right in front of me. talk some sense to me. and i found love where it wasn’t suppose to be, right in front of me. talk some sense to me.”

4. power over me - dermot kennedy - “call and i rush out, all out of breath now. you’ve got that power over me, my mind. everything i hold dear resides in those eyes. you’ve got that power over me, my mind. the only one i know the only one on my mind. you’ve got that power over me.”

5. you said you’d grow old with me - michael schulte - “but i can’t be sober, i cannot sleep. you’ve got your peace now, what about me? i thought we had the time, had our lives, now you’ll never get older, older. didn’t say goodbye, now we’re frozen in time getting colder, colder. one less word, one less moment, to ask you why you left me here behind. you said you’d grow old with me.”

MODERN

1. pillowtalk - zayn (this gives me fwb vibes) “i’m seeing the pain, seeing the pleasure. nobody but you, nobody but me, nobody but us, bodies together. i love to hold you close, tonight and always, i love to wakeup next to you. so we’ll piss off the neighbors, in the place that fills the tears, the place you lose your fears. yeah, reckless behavior in a place that is so pure so dirty and raw, in the bed all day, fuckin and fightin on - it’s a paradise, it’s a war zone. it’s a paradise, and it’s a war zone.”

2.i want crazy - hunter hayes “ i don’t want good, and i don’t want good enough. i want can’t sleep, can’t breath without your love. front porch and one more kiss, it doesn’t make sense to anybody else. who cares if you’re all i think about, i’ve searched the world and i know now that it ain’t right if you ain’t lost your mind. i don’t want easy, i want crazy, are you with me, baby? let’s be crazy.”

3. dress - taylor swift (realizing this fwb gets serious…) “say my name and everything just stops, i don’t want you like a best friend. only bought this dress so you could take it off, take it off, carve your name into my bed post, because i don’t want you like a best friend, only bout this dress so you could take it off.”

4. accidentally in love - counting crows “so she said what’s the problem baby, what’s the problem, i don’t know, well, maybe i’m in love. think about it, every time i think about it, can’t stop thinking about it. how much longer will it take to cure this? just to cure it, cause i can’t ignore it if it’s love. makes me wanna turn around and face it but i don’t know nothin’ bout love.”

5. i like me better - lauv “i don’t know what it is, but i got that feeling, waking up in this bed next to you,swear the room has got no ceiling. if we lay and just let the day pass us by, i might get to too much talking, i might have to tell you something. damn. i like me better when i’m with you, i like me better when i’m with you. i knew from the first time, i’d stay for a long time, cause i like me better when, i like me better when i’m with you.”

[brothersgrim]

♫ the boys and the girls honestly

Send me a ♫ + a name/url! || Accepting

And I’ll shuffle my playlist and use the first song that comes on as inspiration for a drabble with ours characters!

SONG: Somewhere I Belong || Linkin Park

It sounded like something out of a horror movie. Either that, or a bad joke. ‘The grim reaper, a demon, a witch, and two werewolves walk into a bar…’ Well, not a bar. A quiet little funeral home on the edge of town. The brothers couldn’t decide if that made it more or less ridiculous. The current vote was leaning towards ‘less’. 

“How many are we having?” Kane asked, leaning on the cabinet’s open door. The bottles glinted in the room’s low light. Taker reached around his shoulder and grabbed a couple bottles by their necks between his fingers. 

“Oh.” Kane shrugged and followed his example, pulling out a few more. The amber liquid swirled with the motion. 

“Fire going?” Taker glanced over his shoulder as he nudged the back door open. Kane raised an eyebrow and followed him to the porch. They stood side by side against the cool evening. Kane raised a hand, and a burst of fire shot upwards from the old fire pit. He looked over to his older brother.

“Is now.” He replied. Taker nodded and adjusted the bandanna over his head. He took the bottles from Kane, stepping off of the porch to set them in a neat little group by the lawn chairs they’d dragged out. Kane watched him work, then glanced back through the open porch door. He could hear the music coming through the radio, and the girls’ voices as they sang along. Jewel’s voice was growing louder, and she came around the corner, a plate of ribs in her hands. While Kane didn’t recognize the song, she certainly seemed to, staying in time with the lyrics with every step even as she nudged her hip against his. He snorted good-naturedly and turned to go see how the things in the kitchen were going. Taker gave Jewel a nod of greeting as he picked up one of the bottles and walked over the makeshift bridge to the yard’s gate. 

“Honey, where are you going?” Jewel called, following after him. “I thought you were taking the night off.” 

“I am.” He scrubbed his knuckles against the stubble on his jaw. “Solstice is coming up, so Ried’s gonna be coming back soon.” He stopped in front of a lamp post that had grown to be nicknamed ‘the Sheriff’s Watch’, and used his thumb to pop the lid off of the bottle in his hand before upending it in front of the post. “Figured we might as well give him a warm welcome back.” Jewel nodded, folded her hands on Taker’s shoulder and rested her cheek there. For a moment, they stood there - the medium and the reaper, surrounded by the stillness of the still-sleeping yard. His eyes strayed towards the old church where his parents had once been buried, but aside from a slight furrow in his brow, his expression didn’t change. She seemed to know what he was thinking. 

“Hey,” she snapped him out of it. “Let’s get back to the house. Can’t leave those three alone for too long.” He managed a huff of a laugh and nodded. 

“No, we can’t.” He shook the bottle to make sure the last few drops were gone, nodded to her, and walked out of the yard. Upon returning to the back yard, they were greeted by the sight of Blaez standing on Kane’s shoulders (held secure by the Machine himself), feeding bits of granola and fruit to one of the crows who’d made their nests in the eaves. 

“Ah- Careful, sweetie!” Jewel called. Kane glanced over to her as best he could without moving his shoulders. 

“He won’t drop her.” Taker didn’t bother looking up as he chained the yard’s gate closed, rattling the padlock to make sure that it wouldn’t budge. It stayed closed. Satisfied, he turned around and hooked his thumbs through his belt. “but if you keep feeding them, we’ll never get rid of ‘em.” Blaez gripped the edge of the roof for stability as she shot an almost guilty look to the not-quite-so-deadman, but she’d run out of crow food already.

“They don’t leave, anyway.” Kane retorts. He helps Blaez down, sitting her on his shoulder and walking over to the fire. Nat had already picked her chair, taking a moment to adjust her hair to allow her to drink without exposing her face. 

“You missed the ‘there are babies’ freak-out.” She said, taking a swig. ‘Taker collapsed into his own seat with a grimace.

“Good.” He accepted the drink Jewel handed him, popping the bottle cap off. He waited for Kane to do the same, exchanging a nod with his brother.

“So,” Blaez nestled into her chair, holding her drink between both hands. “I’ve never done this before. Do we say anything special, or…?” The brothers looked to each other and shrugged.

“Joyous solstice?” Taker offered.

“Chug.” Kane returned. Taker grinned and raised his glass.

“Yeah, I like that better.” He tilted his bottle against his lips, letting the burning alcohol pour down his throat.

“I thought you might.” Kane said. Without righting his posture or taking the drink from his mouth, Taker used his free hand to flip his brother off, and got a grin and a sarcastically blown kiss in return. 

“Pass me another one?” Taker cleared his throat and wiped his mouth on the back of his sleeve. Jewel obliged, pouring a bit of her own drink out onto the ground before slugging back a mouthful. Kane sniffed his bottle, then reached out to give his own offering, pouring the drink directly into the flame. The hungry fire roared to accept it. 

“Son of a bitch-!” Nat exclaimed as Blaez jumped slightly. “I was drinking!” She reached out to shove Kane’s shoulder, and he only laughed in reply. “I’m gonna smell like booze all week-!”

“You can use the shower.” Taker said between a sip. 

“Just not the one down stairs.” Kane added. Blaez looked at him with a curious frown.

“Why not?”

“It ain’t water that comes out. Not tonight.” Taker leaned back in his seat, kicking his feet up on one of the rocks, and caught the sight of fire glinting off Kane’s teeth in the dying light. Blaez’s eyebrows raised and she pursed her lips as she exchanged a look with her sister. Jewel laughed, raising her glass in a toast.

“Welcome to the valley, girls. It only gets worse from here.”

[scngbard]

anon sent: All im gonna say is eda tops both of them 🧍‍♀️

in reference to earlier camilraeda spamming

unprompted asks || always accepting!

You know, funnily enough, I’d say yes, but also no xD

Camila honestly gives me more of a switch vibe who might lean a small bit more to the top side of it. Aka, if she really wanted to, she could easily top Eda and no one would argue that. LOLOL

That said, both Camila and Eda would top Raine hands down. This bard might be able to be a switch, but they are a shameless bottom when it really comes down to it.

[scngbard]

@plasticsouled​​​ sent: Nonverbal prompts- #19 from Darta uvu

∗ 19﹕ sender  sits  in  receiver’s  lap .

100 nonverbal prompts || not accepting!

Eyelids heavy and drooping lower and lower with each passing second, it was getting harder for the bard to remain awake. The exhaustion had stayed its hand as long as it could, but Raine couldn’t fight it any longer. It had sunk heavy into their bones, weighing down their very limbs until their movements had been unsteady and sluggish. It’s what had brought them to finally sit themself down, slumping back against the bumpy bark of a nearby tree in the town square.

It might’ve been better to continue helping other friends and family find one another in the aftermath of this chaos, but... well, a short nap wouldn’t hurt, right?

Before the thought could finish it’s trail through their mind, the weight of another settled itself on their lap. Eyes snapped open, form tense and rigid as instinct prepared itself to shove off whoever had sat upon them, until green eyes fell onto the soft feature’s of the woman in their lap. Reaction still sharp enough to halt any hurried, brash actions, Raine gave an exasperated sigh, a weak chuckle mixing itself into the whispered sound.

“Dear Titan, Darta,” the bard mumbled, their flickering look of relief slipping instead to a tender smile. “You nearly scared me half to death.” Yet, despite their startled scolding, a smile had found its place on their lips, an arm gently looping around her waist. And, despite their initial startle, Raine found themself relaxing that tiny bit more knowing she was there. “Care to nap with me,” the witch hummed, their eyes already slipping shut as they weakly pulled the woman closer. And, if Darta gave an answer, the bard didn’t hear it. Instead falling into a light slumber with her in their arms. Just as they had what felt like ages ago.

[scngbard]

@hadilannn​ sent: People dont understand how down bad I am for Raine. Like im too in love with this person. LIKE JUST ONE DATE PLEASE. I am such a simp. I would die for them. I would let my arms get cut off it it meant one forehead kiss from them. IM THAT DOWN BAD.

unprompted asks || always accepting!

...cool story, bro.

[scngbard]

anon sent: Imagine a Belos possessed Eda talking to Raine. Them not knowing and Belos saying horrible heart wrenching things with Eda's voice.

unprompted asks || always accepting!

Anon. That is so mean and unnecessarily cruel to Raine....

I fuckin love it. KJASNFKJSDNFDS

Although, I do have a sense of confidence that, even if it took a moment as they’re being emotionally fucked with, they would be able to see through that similar to how Luz had with Amity. There might have been a good chunk of time prior to their first reunion that they hadn’t seen one another, but Raine knows Eda better than anyone else. Whether it’s from something she (Belos) said or did, they would be able to pick up that something wasn’t right, even if in the moment they aren’t sure as to what.

That said, though, depending on what was actually said, even if it was Belos that was saying it and they KNEW it was... It could still have a hard impact on Raine, especially if technically what he says is ‘true’. Similar in the manner that Belos had with Luz. Sure, TECHNICALLY, at face value what is being said is true, but obviously it’s so much more nuanced and not as clear cut as Belos always makes it out to be. Because Raine definitely has a list of things that they’ve done that they aren’t proud of. They’re very confident in their abilities and whatnot, but their self-esteem/self-image is buried 6ft under. And, if Belos managed to tap into that? Especially with Eda’s voice just adding to the psychological fuckery of it all? Even if they realized and knew it wasn’t Eda actually saying it, it would still absolutely be a hard blow to them.

[scngbard]

@heroesfaded​​ sent:  ∗ o7﹕ sender  wraps  their  arms  around  a  hysterical  receiver  to  calm  them .// eda with love hee hoo trauma hours

100 NONVERBAL PROMPTS || ACCEPTING!

No. Anything but this again.

Staggering back, Raine stared up at the vile, looming creature. The twisted, horrendous form of bones and muck that perhaps had once been a man, but the bard couldn’t imagine he had ever been anything else. But, perhaps that’s what made it all the more frightening. Knowing a man, whether human or witch, had been mutilated into such a grotesque state by his own merit, his own cruelty and greed.

“Stay away,” Raine hollered, jaw clenched and teeth bared as Belos creeped closer, his form appearing to grow larger with each crawling inch he took. Panic and fear pierced their heart like the freezing claws of a slitherbeast, trembling hands trying to quickly lift themselves up to their lips, producing a sharp, shrill whistle that echoed through the vast darkness that surround them.

It did nothing.

Belos was undeterred. His haunting laugh at their pathetic attempts to defy him ringing in their ears. Again Raine tried, and again their whistle spell failed. Their magic was useless. Leaving them without the chance to fight, without a way to keep Belos away. Powerless. Helpless.

He lunged. And once more, the bard could feel the sticky heaviness of the tar-like sludge upon them. It clung to their side, their skin. All Raine could do was thrash about, try to pull the tangled being off of them, but his form merely slipped through their fingers like mud. Firm yet unable to be grasped. They could feel it in their mouth again, in their nose; the stench familiar in a way they wish it wasn’t. Ingrained into their very senses. Raine could only gasp desperately for air, feeling him tighten his hold around them. Once more the bard tried in vain to push away at the encircling muck at their waist.

A buzzing began to hum in their ears. A buzzing that morphed into muffled shouts from somewhere within the shadows. A voice they knew... Eda’s. Yet, they couldn’t make out what she was saying. Couldn’t hear what she was trying to tell them as they were dragged further into the monster. They wanted to scream and shout to her, lead her to them to help them!

‘ Please... help me... ‘

.

.

R A I N E !

Green eyes shot open, a shouting cry rising through their throat as the struggling bard gasped for air. The space around them was still dark and heavy with shadows, blurred vision frantically trying to make sense of what was around them. He was here. Belos had just been there! So, why had he stopped?

Head whipped back and forth, shaky, straining breaths feeling tight beneath their ribs. So much so that they had failed to notice that something held them in place until that grip lightly squeezed them. Flinching, Raine trying to pull back, arm swinging back as a snarling ‘NO!’ fell from their lips. Hands pushed and shoved against whatever held them, expecting their fingers to sink once more into the filth that belonged to Belos. But this time their calloused hands were met with warmth and something solid, something... that wasn’t Belos.

Their lashing hands slowed, unfocused eyes wide and searching as they tried to make sense of where they were and who was holding them until their gaze finally fell onto Eda’s. Her features were blurred, but they knew hew silhouette anywhere... And they knew the sound of her voice.

“E-Eda,” Raine whimpered, their voice trembling along with every fiber of their being, shaking in the woman’s grasp. “Eda, I-I--”

Their words halted in their throat as they felt something streak down their cheek. Something that trailed the same path as the scars that had been seared onto their features. A strangled cry left them, hands furiously wiping and rubbing at their cheeks, their eyes to stop it, that all too familiar feeling. It hadn’t just been a dream, it hadn’t! It--

Eyes stared down at their hands that remained clean and unstained from the muck. Fingertips were wet, but not with the remnants of Belos, but with tears. Another tear fell from their cheek and into the palm of their hand, the slow realization and final awareness of where they were and what had happened settling in.

But, that did nothing to soothe or comfort the bard. The tears fell heavier, faster. A sob shook the witch’s shoulders as they hunched forward, wheezing through each gasping breath as they realized just how deeply Belos had cut through their very soul.

[scngbard]

anon sent: What would Raine do if a sexy stranger asked them to dance a slow, romantic song in like an event or something?

unprompted asks || always accepting!

Honestly? It would typically depend on what verse this happened in or at what point in the timeline this would happen in.

If in their main/blog canon verse, they would politely decline. They'd appreciate the offer and all, of course, but. They wouldn't really be interested in dancing with anyone that isn't their wife. xD

In other verses where they aren't currently in a relationship with anyone or possibly even their younger canon self, they might be more willing to accept the offer and dance with them. Not that that would guarantee that they would, of course. Lol! They may be a flirt when it comes to someone they're genuinely interested in, but they tend to get rather bashful and shy when the tables are turned on them.

[scngbard]

anon sent: Do u plan on answering anons anytime soon? I sent u an ask like a month or two ago and its still unanswered 😭

unprompted asks || always accepting!

I typically answer anons when I work through my asks with the priority on them purely based on my current inspiration. I DO have two anons still sitting in my inbox for the ‘Go on Anon as my muse’s child’ meme. However, if you had sent something over a month ago before I had truly returned to this blog, then I’m sorry, nonnie; it has been deleted. As I had wanted to come back to a clean slate and not immediately step into being overwhelmed by things owed. If there was something you wanted answered still, though, you’re more than welcome to send it in again!! Or, send in something new if you’d rather! My inbox is ALWAYS open. x3

[scngbard]

@double-knots​​ sent: Emerald green eyes narrow, white fur shaking off the remains of ash, and leaves; eight tails swaying as the Fox finally comes to a halt about three yards away from Raine and Eda. The tails wrap around the fox’s frame; hiding the shift from beast to human. The woman, however, takes no steps forward. Her eyes dart from them to the owl-beast and back again. It was clear how afraid she was: a predator unsure how much pressure to use in its fangs. As though she knew how fragile Raine was now, as though she had an idea of what had happened to them, and she wasn’t sure if she would just make it worse.

However, Xia slowly closer, and opens her arms to Raine. Allowing them to decide if they wanted to run into her open maw or retreat towards something less eternal than she.

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Everything within them seemed to a c h e.

As the filth of Belos continued to disperse, either in billowing clouds of rotted dust or washed away by the searing waters of the Isle’s boiling rain, the moment of calm after the storm had given their exhaustion the opportunity to sink it’s fangs into their very core. Limbs felt heavy and movements sluggish even with Eda’s assistance at their side. Raine would have done anything in that moment for a moment to simply rest.

But, Eda’s steps slowed to a stop, halting their own as heavy footsteps seemed to shake the ground beneath them. Blinking behind cracked lenses, tired forest green eyes rose up to look at the large white fox.

Xia.

Before she even began her shift, Raine lightly straightened themself up, hand grasping tightly at Eda’s shoulders to further assist them. If they were honest, the bard had wondered where she had gone, wondered briefly during their time pinned to the wall of the once Emperor’s Castle what she would be doing. It had been such a brief time since they had left her side to search for a way to help the others from the Collector, and yet so much had happened. So much had changed.

A tightness pulled at their chest as the smaller woman held her arms out to them. But, it wasn’t a demand. It was a gentle invitation, a tentative question if they wanted to return to her... They could see it in the flickering of those stunning green eyes they had always admired, in the way she held herself as if her confidence was cracked yet still only just balancing together to stay in one piece.

For a moment, Raine held on to Eda a little bit tighter, their weight shifting onto their feet. They knew if they so chose a life of familiarity, Xia wouldn’t have stopped them... So, that’s what they chose. Glancing up at the witch beside them, the bard offered a small, reassuring smile, releasing Eda as they took an uneven step forward. Each one following were just as clumsy, just as unsteady, but Raine hardly cared. Quickly closing the space between them, arms tightly wrapped themselves around Xia.

She was their life of familiarity, their path of comfort and security. She was the one they wanted. 

[scngbard]

anon sent: I can imagine someone seeing raines bites on their partner and theyre like "what happened to your neck?" And Raines lover is like "oh a fairy bit me" and theyre like "was the fairys name Raine?"

unprompted asks || always accepting!

KAJSDFKJSAF If this DIDN’T happen at some point, I’d be S O disappointed xD LMAOOOO Worst of all, though, while they might be visibly blushing at that final bit, they wouldn’t even be as embarrassed as much as they’d be trying not to laugh too hard at it. xD