#ＭＩＳＣ ( ㅤ 🕇 ㅤ ) ㅤ ㅤ — ㅤ ㅤ ask ㅤ .

[fearsgod]

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。@nameaprice ——    [ DARE ] :  for  your  muse  to  approach  mine  on  a  dare (silly but different)

It was a CHILDISH drinking game , one of which she'd normally dominate at if it hadn't been for the higher than usual alcohol count in mysterious drink her friends had insisted were mixed with the utmost skill that contained flavor that was worth the unknown.

Swallowing whats left of her drink , Marceline walks over to the woman sitting alone and clears her throat .

     ❝  Sorry to bother , was dared to get your number ...   ❞  

[fearsgod]

𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝  ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。@llunarum ——   ❝Does he mean the sad man with nails in his hands?❞ Waving around wooden cross like it was nothing, and to him it was nothing. With no faith the cross was nothing more than some wood scraps in his hand. ❝It's a fallen tree. Whittled by the simple for the simple. The same tree made a table leg.❞

Even though she finds the words he spoke AMUSING , any laugher is withheld as the crucifix is promptly snatched away and placed back in its position on the wall ; the only vain attempt in the dwelling of a HERETIC at looking DEVOUT despite losing the faith long ago .

❝ Remind me, again, why I EVER let you into my home ... ? ❞

[fearsgod]

𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。@nameaprice ——    “Hey, why are you walking like that?”

Quickly fixing her posture , the added weight forced upon her injured leg causes Marceline to wince but only for a moment ; her expression of pain easily missed if the other were to blink .

❝  Like what ... ? ❞

[fearsgod]

𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐅𝐔𝐋 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。@tearenola ——    “Stay.” (From Juno)

The show of VULNURABILITY in a single word forces her to pause , back still facing them while brows furrow in confusion: why would anyone ask that of her ... ? She would react the same way whether it be a stranger or someone she had dared to let close making the request , a friendly invitation as if sitting down for tea or a one worded plea in a moment of desperation ; Marceline is caught entirely of guard.

❝  ... Why ?  ❞

[fearsgod]

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。@gluttons ——    [ BAR ]  :   for  your  muse  to  join  mine  at  a  bar 

Normally ALOOF , Marceline preferred to stick to herself most nights whether she be working a job or staying up late drinking like tonight ; but something was different and the presence next to her was not one she instinctively shied away from .

Whether it be due to the drinks she'd already had numbing her senses or the exhaustion from the job she'd just finished preventing her from putting up her usual walls ; another drink is downed before she turns to look at who'd been sitting beside her this whole time .

     ❝  Hm ... out of all the people you could've chosen to sit by ... why me ?   ❞  

[fearsgod]

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。@girlcyclone ——    [ ROOFTOP ] : for your muse to find mine on a rooftop

Despite learning how to mask her footsteps at a young age to avoid detection ; Marceline always makes sure to let the other know she's near with loud yet calculated strides to avoid STARTLING her ; Jinx's trigger finger a bit too EAGER when it came to sudden movements .

Much like a cat , the blue haired girl seemed to prefer rooftops ; whether it be for the vantage point or a sense of SAFETY in the unreachable Marceline was still trying to decipher .

     ❝  Another shipment was attacked last night ...   ❞  she begins , a seat taken a few feet away from the other ,  ❝  You wouldn't know anything about that ... would you ? I hear you've come across the FIRELIGHTS more than once .   ❞  

[fearsgod]

𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝  ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。@tacetferrum ——    "Do you consider your occupation aimless? Without purpose? Not that it should trouble you, if it's just a job to you, same as others."

THAT WAS NOT A QUESTION SHE WAS PREPARED TO HEAR; let alone one she had an answer to. SURVIVING was all she'd ever known , doing the bidding of those who held the strings to her freedom in some pathetic effort to one day regain some of what was no longer hers . Honesty like this was considered WEAKNESS , a vulnerability that one was to never share yet beside him as they peer down at the city beneath ; Marceline feels inclined to answer .

     ❝  The purpose , I'm afraid , is borne of selfish reasoning ; so while it has one - I am not proud of it . I simply wish to ... SURVIVE .   ❞  

[fearsgod]

𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。  @seakiumi  ——    As Sea walked through the busy streets of the city, his mind was preoccupied with the long hours he had spent at the hospital. He was on his way to grab a quick lunch when he suddenly bumped into someone, nearly knocking them over. He quickly apologized and looked up to see a young woman with striking blue-gray eyes and platinum blonde hair. For a moment, he was taken aback by her beauty, and he couldn't shake off the feeling that she reminded him of someone from his past.

Already late for work : she couldn't afford another INCONVENIENCE, and had intended to brush of the stranger who had collided with her until they locked eyes and something in the back of her head clicked . Any and all background noise dissipated as neurons began rapid firing in an attempt to put a name to those uncannily familiar features . Wanting so badly to stay there and finish together the puzzle they had unintentionally begun piecing together , the sound of her bosses ringtone becomes the cold bucket of water that wakes her from what was once a dreamlike state . The only answer he receives to his many apologies is a muttered 'it's fine' before she is once again rushing off in the opposite direction while silently begging whatever and whomever would listen that she'd make it to her shift on time .

[fearsgod]

𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。  @xamassed  ——    The idea of giving her a kiss on the cheek always made his stomach knot and his heart fluttery with excitement, but he could never bring himself to do it. Instead, he took her smaller hand into his and grazed his lips against the back of her knuckles. ( beel )

SIMPLE yet intimate , the act of Beel pressing his lips to her knuckles evokes a feeling comparable to standing in the warmth of a sunray ; something she'd never take for granted seeing as her poor circulation often left Marceline feeling colder than others despite the environment , but no longer despite the COMPANY .

[fearsgod]

†  ° 。  @foliarsanct  ——    “ you’re either really desperate to be coming to me, or you think i’m a lot stupider than i am. ”

     ❝  I'm not FOOLISH enough to doubt your intelligence and instincts , I'm just hoping you will aid me in spite of them .  ❞  

Already injured with more enemies than she could handle alone on her tail , Marceline found herself at his doorstep with both her PRIDE and a bloodied sword in her hands ; the heavy iron ringing out against the ground as she dropped it in favor of clutching at her wounded abdomen , crimson seeping through pale fingers and dripping onto his porch .

     ❝  You are free to leave me here , Alhaitham , though I warn you ; the fight I put up in this state may end with your door covered in gore .  ❞ she sasses , the smirk she had become so used to sharing with him quickly replaced by a grimace elicited by the PAIN .  

[fearsgod]

𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。  @endhell​​​  ——    "Have you ever had a crush on someone?" He wonders, sitting with her together and going through some magazine about celebrities, very picture heavy, just how he liked it. "Well, not towards those now, someone you actually knew."

     His  question  almost  seemed  out  of  place  between  two  adults ,  the  way  it  was  worded  befitting  a  sleepover  where  two  teenage  girls  had  stayed  up  past  their  bedtime  gossiping  over  junk  food  and  soda  cans  . Smiling  at  the  ground ,  she  begins  to  recall  many  blurred  faces ;  TEMPORARY  infatuations  that  never  went  beyond  imagining  what  life  would  be  like  should  they  look  past  her  PROFESSION .  

     ❝  OF  COURSE  I  have ,  why ?  ❞  

[fearsgod]

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𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。  @hellguarded

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends  /  work buddies or coworkers  /  family friends  /  friends with benefits  /  smoking buddies  /  adventure buddies  /  fake friends  /  recently friends  /  party buddies  /  friendship of need  /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  /  [ your muse ] is the good influence  /  [ your muse ] is the bad influence  /  [ my muse ] is the good influence  /  [ my muse ] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  /  penpals  /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  /  other

ROMANCE.     childhood sweethearts  /  [ your muse is mines ] childhood crush  /  [ my muse is yours ] childhood crush  /  exes  /  exes to lovers  /  forbidden lovers  /  highschool sweethearts  /  secret relationship  /  opposites attract  /  long distance  /  unrequited [ from your muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from my muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from both sides ]  /  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  /  enemies to lovers  /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ]  /  soulmates  [ literal ]  /  awkward  /  turning toxic  /  toxic love  /  cheating [ on your muse ]  /  cheating [ with your muse ]  /  other 

FAMILIAL.     siblings [ half ]  /  siblings [ step ]  /  [ my muse ] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /  [ my muse ] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /  [ my muse ] is a parental figure to yours  /  [ my muse ] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /  [ your muse ] is taken under mines wing  /  [ my muse ] is taken under yours wing  /  other

ANTAGONISTIC.     dangerous to each other  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into sexual or romantic tension  /  based off family matters  /  based of off circumstance  /  based of professional matters  /  based off misunderstanding or lies  /  conflict of ideology  /  betrayal  /  hero - villain dynamic  /  enemies  /  fight club  /  friends turned enemies  /  lovers turned enemies  /  exes turned enemies  /  other 

[fearsgod]

𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。  @sweethurtss​​  ——   “i want to kiss you. can i kiss you?” from Raihan

     As  slurred  words  are  spoken  with  half - lidded  eyes ,  Marceline  could  smell  the  alcohol  on  his  breath ,  Raihan  bringing  himself  close  enough  for  her  to  feel  the  heat  RADIATING  off  his  tanned  skin .  A  night  spent  laughing  and  drinking  with  their  shared  friends  left  the  two  of  them  stumbling  home  to  the  same  front  door ,  two  muscular  arms  trapping  her  against  the  wall  the  moment  it  had  closed  behind  them   . 

      Mouth  hangs  open  while  words  become  hard  to  find ,  a  simple  nod  the  only  consent  she  becomes  capable  of  giving  due  to  her  own  mind  being  FUZZY  with  both  inebriation  as  well  as  EXCITEMENT  at  having  his  lips  mere  inches  from  hers ;  a  DESIRE  she’d  never  have  the  guts  to  voice  aloud  but  always  wished  for .

     Any  INHIBITIONS  surrounding  the  PLATONIC  nature  of  their  relationship  were  at  the  bottom  of  a  shot  glass  left  behind  at  the  bar ,  the  fear  that  he’d  regret  this  nothing  but  a  WHISPER  that  was  easily  drowned  out  by  a  CHORUS  of  emotions  that  all  sung  YES  in  a  harmonic  symphony .

[fearsgod]

𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝  ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。  @dilucisms​  ——   tonight, the angel's share is so crowded that it's hot inside; the air is thick and heavy with the scent of fine wine and mixed drinks.   diluc is working the bar counter ( sometimes, one has to wonder if the bartender himself is just as much of an attraction as the drinks he makes are ).   his hair's pulled back into a high ponytail, blouse half-unbuttoned and sleeves rolled up to his elbows in a ( futile ) attempt to keep himself cooled off; there's sweat beading in the v of his chest."what can i get you tonight ?"[ accidental thirst trap diluc ?   8)c ]

     The  smell  of  freshly  spilt  blood  emanates  from  jet  black  armor  like  a  morbid  perfume ,  her  usually  worn  steel  protection  traded  in  for  the  traditional  garb  of  MONDSTAT  as  Celine  finds  herself  entering  the  renowned  ANGELS  SHARE  PUB .  Flowing  red  hair  catches  her  eye  almost  immediately  due  to  its  resemblance  of  a  well - fed  flame  that  she’d  love  to  test  the  warmth  of  with  her  fingertips ,  icy  blue  hues  trailing  the  bead  of  sweat  that  glides  down  his  chiseled  jawline  before  it  disappears  between  his  muscular  cleavage .

       ❝  Hm ...  SUPRISE  ME .  I’ll  take  one  glass  of  your  PERSONAL  favorite .   ❞  

[fearsgod]

𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭  ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。  @championselect​​   ——      “  𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐇   𝐎𝐑   𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒  ” - all of the shield breakers  

     ❝  no  need  to  even  think  about  it ,  SMASH .   ❞    

[fearsgod]

𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭  ‖   𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒  𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

†  ° 。  @knightshonour​  ——         𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐇   𝐎𝐑   𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒  (fuuggit!)  

 ❝  hmm ...  SMASH .   ❞