#I’ll probably hunt down some of my mutuals ocs and draw them when I have time

[imreaallyasorry]

Late night doodle….

[thecrimsonvalley]

001 | Send me a fandom: Fatal Frame 2, 002 | Send me a ship: Gascoigne/Henryk, 003 | Give me a character: Jennifer (Rule of Rose) ♥

001| Send me a fandom and I will tell you my: Fatal Frame 2

Favoritecharacter: Oh that’s really a hard one but I would have tosay Itsuki. I feel terribly sorry for the poor lad and I suppose Isomewhere can relate to his idealism. He tries his best even thoughit ends up making things a whole lot worse!

LeastFavorite character: Mayu. Just… Mayu. To explain mythoughts: she was made to be this driving force, for you to want torescue her and make it out but when this little shit gets “possessed”for the five millionth time and continues to whine about you leavingher behind, I’ll gladly go to the hellish abyss and shove her inthere myself.

5Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): That’s gonna be a nofrom me. Most of the cast is either dead or underage, so it is not mycup of tea to ship stuff.

CharacterI find most attractive: See the last point.

CharacterI would marry: Last point again.

CharacterI would be best friends with: That’s kind of a hard one but Ithink I wanna say Itsuki or Mio.

Arandom thought:Am I the only one who thinks that the designs in the remake were atad inappropriate? I know they aged them up from their original ageof 15 but I really did not fancy the cleavage, big boobs and cutebutton nose appearances ^^’

Anunpopular opinion: Don’t know if this is an unpopular opinionor not but I don’t think this is the best Project Zero/Fatal framegame. I know this is generally a fan favourite and I like it but Ithink that some of the others are way better/better story.

MyCanon OTP: There isn’t any what I know? So this one goesblank.

MyNon-canon OTP: See above.

MostBadass Character: Mio, hands down. She’s in a situation wheremost people would probably drop dead of fright yet here she is,yeeting ghosts left and right to save a sister that seems a tad toomanipulative for my taste.

MostEpic Villain: Sae. The writing really came off good here,through the notes you get that she has been feed an ideal from birthand that it motivates her to unthinkable places. This makes her bothsympathetic and really bad ass. Her boss fight is about as fun asdoing Pilates on top of acid though…

PairingI am not a fan of: Everyone can do what they wish butpersonally I’m no fan of underage ships, specially not in the sexualsense.

CharacterI feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Mayu.It makes it hard for me to fully enjoy the game when I see what theywere going for. For me, if they had just added some scene/plot of Mioloosing her shit with her and actually showing that there might besome friction from Mio’s side about Mayu’s complete dependence onher, it could have worked so much better. Heck, have Mio tell Mayuoff for being a burden and then have Mayu try to help and getcaptured. This could work to show that Mio were acting under stressand regrets it and drive the player to want to find Mayu more thanbefore and not just see her as an overbearing burden with a strangesister obsession.

FavouriteFriendship: The friendship between Itsuki, Mutsuki, Sae andYae seems to have been rather sweet when they were all younger. Also,the sibling relationship between Itsuki, Mutsuki and Chitose isreally sweet.

CharacterI most identify with: My own head canon has made Mio kind ofa 100 % done character and I guess I identify with that. But that isnot the canon appearance of her so take that with a pinch of salt.

CharacterI wish I could be: Can I say Sae? Can I just get to… floataround, laugh like a maniac and bring a bit of fuck up to the world?

002| Send me a ship and I will tell you: Gascoigne/Henryk

WhenI started shipping them: Honestly,almost from the start. I was really into a ship with Gascoigne and anOC but slowly this one grew on me as one of my ships between canoncharacters. When I ship this I also keep Viola in there, as a partnerthat joins at times and at times not, just like Henryk sometimes doesnot join Viola/Gascoigne.

Mythoughts: Justtwo old dudes being hunter pals am I right? I adore them because Iimagine such a lot of warmth and kindness between the two, not tomention the mutual understanding of how hard it is to go throughhunts and all what that means.

Whatmakes me happy about them: Thethought of them being dorks when hunting. Of a tricky situation inwhich the solution was Gascoigne taking Henryk on his shoulders andhe runs through the town while Henryk throws poison knives ateverything within a 10 mile radius.

Whatmakes me sad about them: *Grosssobbing as I look at canon fates*

Thingsdone in fanfic that annoys me:Any jealousy or implications that Viola is a bitch who destroys thegay ship, boho. I really hate love triangles, let them all be in themost wonderful of polyamorous relationships dang it!

ThingsI look for in fanfic:Hurt/comfort without it going into “crawling in my skin”territory. Fluff and goofy situations, I love to see charactersactually have flaws and be able to be dorks and mess up without itbeing a big deal aka I hate when characters are portrayed as flawlesshunks who’s only flaws is that they are so brooding TM .

Mywishlist:Hm, hard one. There is very seldom fan art of this so, more of that.Also, more Henryk of colour (fun fact: personal head canon were thatHenryk were black which was later confirmed in his model, which mademe very happy :D )

WhoI’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:Gascoigneis obviously always gonna be paired off with Viola and I love that tobits! For Henryk, I had a headcanon that him and Eileen were verysweet on one another so that is a pairing I could go off with.Perhaps some Henryk/Valtr as well.

Myhappily ever after for them: Theyall live! Big house! Raise kids! Goes to pub on Saturday and spendSunday hungover during church sermon as Viola makes hushedinappropriate comments and enjoys watching Gascoigne and Henrykshivering with held back laughter.

003| Give me a character & I will tell you: Jennifer (Rule of Rose)

HowI feel about this character: Iwant to protect her so bad. As someone who has been the meek weakbutt of all jokes for bigger part of their childhood, I just want toprotect Jennifer so gosh darn much!

Any/allthe people I ship romantically with this character:My answer is Jennifer/Wendy but I want it known that I see this as apuppy love. There is a difference between the romance that you haveat that age (and I mean this is canon) and how adults view romance.

Myfavorite non-romantic relationship for this character:I always liked to imagine that Jennifer had some sort of silentfriendship with Eleanor. The sort of thing where she would beconvinced Eleanor didn’t even know she were there but then besurprised that she were included in her drawings or were given somelittle trinket. (It all ties in with my own headcanon that Eleanor ison the autism spectrum and have a hard time expressingemotions/connections over all.)

Myunpopular opinion about this character: Don’tthink I have any but the closest I can get is probably, I wish thestory had actually been child!Jennifer instead of the morepsychological but nonsensical retelling. I understand why they didNOT go for that though: imagine trying to pass a game through thatages censorship on “yeah a young girl gets constantly bullied andchased by monsters!”. Would probably never have gone over well.

Onething I wish would happen / had happened with this character incanon: Can’treally think of anything on this one.

Favoritefriendship for this character: Ilike to imagine that there were actually friendship between thecharacters and not just cruelty. The entire game is highlightingevents such as Jennifer interpreted them as a child but with anobviously over exaggerated tone to it. I like to imagine that inbetween the cruelty of children there were actually some genuinefriendships. That and I totally wanna headcanon that Jennifer andClara got along very good as Jennifer were a quiet child that didn’tpester with too many questions which Clara probably appreciated. Alsolike to imagine that since Clara had her own issues and feeling leftout as a young teenage girl she would take pity on Jennifer for beingthe runt of the litter around the orphanage.  

Mycrossover ship: Acrossover friendship between her and Mio from Project Zero 2. Thanksto thesaeseries.

[maiden-of-wolves]

OC Interview: Venna Lavellan

No one tagged me, but I wanted to do these for my OC’s anyway.

So, have the fourth one below.

name ➔ “Venna, of clan Lavellan.”

are you single ➔ “Uh. Kinda?” she offers a short laugh.

are you happy ➔  “Sure?”

are you angry ➔  “Sometimes. Plenty to be mad about.”

are your parents still married ➔ “As far as anyone who respects the Dalish are concerned, yes.”

NINE FACTS

birthplace ➔ “In the Anderfels, I’ve been told. But our clan was moving a great deal at that time to avoid skirmishes.”

hair color ➔ “Red.”

eye color ➔  “Green.”

birthday ➔ “10th of Cloudreach.”

mood ➔ “I don’t know,” she answered at first, quirking a brow. “Bored?”

gender ➔ “I’m a girl? I’d’ve thought that it’d be obvious...”

summer or winter ➔ “Summer! Lots of fresh food and easy game.”

morning or afternoon ➔ “Morning. Early morning’s best - sunrises give me hope.”

EIGHT THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE

are you in love ➔ “Sure! With life, with my friends-” she paused, realization dawning on her face. “Oh. You meant a lover. Yeah, that too.”

do you believe in love at first sight ➔ “That’s for child’s tales. Real love takes work, no matter if it’s with a partner or friend.”

who ended your last relationship ➔ “It was mutual.”

have you ever broken someone’s heart ➔ “Yeah... well, technically our clans separating did.”

are you afraid of commitments ➔ “No? If I decide to commit, I’m in for it ‘til the end.”

have you hugged someone within the last week? ➔ “Uh-huh!” she answers with a big grin. “Hugs are great.”

have you ever had a secret admirer ➔ “No idea. And I think that’s the point.”

have you ever broken your own heart? ➔ “No? Not sure how you’d do that...”

SIX CHOICES

love or lust ➔ “Love! Having fun is great, but it’s not as fulfilling as really caring.”

lemonade or iced tea ➔ “I’d drink either. If I’ve got to choose... lemonade.”

cats or dogs ➔ “Definitely dogs. They’re just so much fun!”

a few best friends or many regular friends ➔ “Friends are friends, does it really matter? As long as they’re good to you and don’t cause drama with your other friends, the more’s the merrier!”

wild night out or romantic night in ➔ “Wild night! You never know what can happen and it’s usually good!”

day or night ➔ “Night. It’s when all the fun stuff tends to happen. The day is for work, for hunting, for recovery.”

FIVE HAVE YOU EVERS

been caught sneaking out ➔ She furrows her brow as she stares. Eventually she answers, “I would have been a horrible hunter if I couldn’t sneak.”

fallen down/up the stairs ➔She looks up and to the left, brow slightly quirks as she thinks it over. “Probably have, just don’t remember.”

wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? ➔ “Yeah. Though it’s bad to do that and I try not to. Doesn’t help you get it.”

wanted to disappear ➔ “Once or twice I guess. Everybody’s been really embarrassed at some point, right?”

FOUR PREFERENCES

smile or eyes ➔ “Eyes. It’s amazing how much you really understand someone when you know their eyes’ expressions.”

shorter or taller ➔ “Taller - that way I can demand piggyback rides and be even taller than they are!”

intelligence or attraction ➔ “Better to have a smart person than an idiot who draws attention.”

hook-up or relationship ➔ “You make it sound like relationships don’t have sex. I mean, I guess some don’t... but still.”

FAMILY

do you and your family get along ➔  “Yes! I love my clan and I can’t wait to return. All this stupid shem business has to be dealt with first, though. I’m not about to bring attention to them in all this chaos. Maybe I’ll bring Ariel with me!” She seemed thrilled at the prospect, even wiggling a little in her seat like she was about to get up and do just that.

would you say you have a “messed up life” ➔  She shakes her head. “Nah. A little weird, especially right now with all this shem shit I’m dealing with...” she pauses to hold up her Anchor-stained hand. “And this crazy magic...”

have you ever ran away from home ➔  “No. I was asked to attend the Conclave. That was really the only time I went far from my clan.”

have you ever gotten kicked out ➔ She opens her mouth to answer, but cuts herself off with a sharp, short laugh. “I guess you could consider what happened at the Conclave getting ‘kicked out’ physically. All the way into the Fade!”

FRIENDS

do you secretly hate one of your friends ➔ “No. I might get mad at them sometimes, but I wouldn’t be friends with someone I hate.”

do you consider all of your friends good friends ➔ “Most of them, yeah!”

who is your best friend ➔ “Right now? Probably Ariel.”

who knows everything about you ➔ “Just me, really. Lanalin knew most about me before I was selected to investigate the Conclave.”

[bkanvas-fairy]

Could you tell us a little about your characters?

Y E S !

but due to me having at least over a thousand characters I’ll just give a quick summary of the 25 I manage to dig up over 3 sketchbooks.

Y’all can pick and choose which of them interest yall or who you wanna hear more about!

Also because I’m extra, I made sketch icons for the 25 characters, info under the cut

I’ll talk a bit more about my actual Original Characters first, starting with

Aiko! Otherwise known as Echo

- A marked individual in a steampunk world that gets mixed with magic, because I like both of those things

- Echo runs an underground lab that does helps the underground world with replacing body parts, illegal surgeries etc etc

- Even though she marked, which puts a bounty on her head already, she is well respected by the community for not cheating for your money, stealing your cash, or shanking/killing you mid-surgery

- however, Echo does long for adventure and sometimes do get bored in the lab

oh yeah,, Echo like stealing eyeballs, so if you’re low on cash and wouldn’t mind losing an eye, you know who to call!!

Bonus:

Here’s Echo’s boring, undeveloped sidekick!! I don’t like her and I don’t know how to make her better. Yes, she doesn’t have a name.

here’s my god playboy that left “heaven” due to having an early mid-life crisis, I call him God boi cause;

- He goes by many names! 

tbh, he’s probably the closest character I have to being genderfluid/-neutral? I’m not sure,,

- The god has many powers, from lightning to shapeshifting

- The shapeshifting part allows him to change every part of himself, allowing him to change depending on his situation.

- God boyo, or originally Aristide, is obsessed with the idea of perfection. A god should be perfect, if a god is out of line, he is no god. 

- Same goes for him, which means whenever something is wrong with him, it affects him, extremely

However, leaving the land of gods to live among humans aren’t all perks

- Aris isn’t immune to diseases or injuries. In fact, he actually fell down and died on impact when he came to earth, being reborn into another child immediately.

- He doesn’t gain his memories back automatically tho!! He has to have a major shock to the brain in order for him to remember his previous lives

- Sometimes the shock isn’t enough either, when you have a thousand over lives, you won’t remember every single one of them. So forgotten lovers coming back to haunt because your brain hates you? That’s everyday for him!

i just,, i like playing with the concepts of god,,

Up next we got Ayeka Himura! A japanese student going to a neighborhood, but still a pretty good, school living close to poverty due to her father’s constant spending habits and obsession with art supplies. With the household lacking a mother due to wacky shenanigans, Ayeka takes care of her two younger siblings and the house, all while maintaining a very well-paid job and slowly loosing interest in actually studying for a good, honest job.

also she likes birds!!

Yes her design is heavily “based” off Toga but I love her current design too much to change it, h e l p

So like,, I suck at chinese and I made ocs that exclusively spoke in chinese to help with that but I’m still stuck at 40~marks

I forgot his scar but remembered his earring i hate myself

my og chinese kiddo! he was was first to come and I love his design ever since

he radiates fuck you energy except the girl below. He’s neighbors with her and they acknowledge each other existence ever since. he has a dumb cliche crush on her and is a bit protective of her because nothing says having issues than latching onto someone that makes you happy

Only this girl got named!! even tho she was the second character.

Li Shen, yes she doesnt have a surname, is apparently main ho now, according to my old oc chart of my “main” ocs

She’s the group’s resident sweetheart and really does not want you to do stupid shit, stop doing stupid shit. She tutors my son up there ^^ even though he’s actually smart and just refuses to do his work properly. But she still deeply cares for him.

As well as the girl below shdifhd

the last girl of the ching chong trio and the reason I had to switch up my son’s design is this girly over here! Her design was too business-y and formal so I enrolled all of them into college. A rich girl who doesn’t know how to deal with her g a y thoughts. Tried sending Li Shen some flowers once. She didn’t realize attaching her name would be a good idea and son got a good laugh.

i like paranormal stuff so they apparently look into that shit in their spare time. They’re all actually really fun characters to do prompts with I swear!! send some in and I’ll write them

I had a previous concept for son and Li Shen before last girl came and if yall want me to talk about it,,, i found my sketchbook with the old ideas,,

NEXT UP IS MY OLD GIRL ELORA!!

Elora herself used to be a fan character but I pulled her out and wow\

cant fucking believe she used to be straight for Vylad

shes the outgoing, fun adventure type! bit of mommy issues here and there tho,, I don’t want to say too much since I have an entire for her +

her now upgraded bro, Vincent

i really like the name vincent,,

also now he has mommy issues

Ead, the knight who used to have armor

I hate drawing armor 

he also have issues

AND IRIS MY SWEET GIRL IM SO SORRY

she doesnt have that much issues tho

basically I made elora and her bro have mommy issues, I’m sorry in advance if that spoils anything

I, sometimes, post about these 4 over on @eloradiesismydocsname​ and its a gay ol’ time

not that gay tho because uhh,, medieval times,, but I need prompts for a modern au of them and I am happy to talk about their personalities and even go semi in-depth for any of them!!

here we have ghoster.png,, which is her file name cause I didn’t name her,,

A horror enthusiast + film student that goes to a supposedly haunted shack to film her upcoming project with the boys. wacky shenanigans occur and the boys left leaving ghoster here to starve and eventually fall to her death. But because it’s my oc i get to bring her back from the dead, now hungry as ever and will fucking eat you, its not a kink thing, shes just that hungry and angry

tax fraud.png

a robo girl that i created during social studies cause they were talking about taxes and i just went, “what if,, a robo runs on taxes,,, and like,, she haunts you down for not paying your taxes,,” thus she was born! I don’t know what to name her but she is set in the future so-

Time to go future-apocalypse style because I love that setting too and was upset that I didn’t have any ocs in that style. So I created Alex A. ! A cybrog filled with memories of the previous generations as a sad attempt to preserve human life.

He’s accompanied by his sister/cousin idr i didn’t draw an icon for her, didnt like her design. they go on a hunt for food and to return with nothing. She gets to meet this other dude who has a plant arm im pretty sure i based him off someone’s elses oc but i cant remember. The 3 are forgotten. Kinda want to bring them back tho.

Neon! A character set in the future utopia of lazy people, where gamers rise up. its the best I can describe her story without getting too deep. She the new hacker on the block, joining the underground gang of elite hackers. She’s another one of those wacky characters that just has fun. I mean, when you know your way around codes and the world you live in is full of it, would you not take advantage of that?

as for fan characters,, uhh,, i have em

STARTING WITH MY WIFE!

Alexzandra Zara oh my god i forgot to draw her necklace and shirt

anyways,, Alexzandra is one of the more older ocs I have that didnt get a big revamp. Only an au I develop to the point I forgot the actual shows and the original cast are a little different from the source haha what? She’s the emotionally unstable german war veteran, yes the wife thing isn’t mutual, and haha shes only 27~. I cling onto her so much?? She’s hits a lot of “edgy” points but I still love her cause idk,, the story I made for her is something I hold dear cause Alexzandra was one of my first ACTUALLY DEVELOPED CHARACTER. Is it wrong to say I hold her really close to my heart? Is that weird? probably a little cringy sorry haha. I probably project a little into her which might have strengthened my love for her ack. Her story delves more into the depression very unstable needs to talk to someone side and i get scared talking about my wife’s story online so uhh, idk ask me specific questions about her, I’ll be more inclined to talk.

Dr Watts! The spoiled ass dick that stole dst Wilson’s house and yes this is a dst oc, yes im slightly sorry.

He’s just fun?? almost ran a blog with him and a friend’s oc. He’s your typical uptight old science gramps that took advantage of the fact that no one knows his real name that he calls himself a doc. He’s not. I put everything about him up to a 9-10? He’s one of those wacky characters and I love him for it! His story is really wonky tho so might need help solidifying that part 

and from the angry old man to my sweet man that will adopt you even if you’re noisy or call him ginger. Pilot here is a TF2 OC I made to interact with other tf2 OCs cause some of them are fun and i wanna join in :((

He’s the Canadian stereotype, and yes, he adopted scout, that was one of my character notes. 

Like the actual cast of tf2, there’s barely any real story to him. I only gave him a vague I don’t know my past but hey, i fly really really well. He participated in war unlike certain men but he’s still really nice and will only kill you if you hurt his family. Which he doesn’t know so he just considers the cast his family. He keeps mentioning a wife though, pretty sure he doesn’t have one but you do what makes you happy son.

Ai! an oc I HEAVILY revamped oh my god i hate her old vers. So if yall remember my random shouting of missing my og son, Aru. Here’s his bff. cause he barely has any actual friends that give a shit. And I just cant have that. but here’s your yandere revamped into a last minute addition. I actually feel like I did Ai a lot of justice. I don’t want to delve too deep cause I will start making charts. I’ll do that in a separate post if yall are keen

Isamu Aena! a mp100 oc I made by accident cause idk,, I was thinking about lolita fashion and all of a sudden, the actual oc I was going to make turned into a mob psycho oc. She’s one of my few ocs where her sexuality matters (she’s gay yeah) cause it plays a role in her storyline. She went from being “manipulated”/used to Mob’s wingwomen. She spots out things that can help him in the romantic department cause she’s into romance. A student of the school Mob infiltrated and a fantastic tailor, not to mention a pretty decent pyschic. wait where do models get their lolita stuff from,,

im gonna ignore that and move onto Lillian Yi! Who, i swear i did not meant for it, is very close to lloyd. I mean,, none of the ninjas were with him after s3, who you think he’d meet. Lillian is a survivor from the Great Devourour and yes I’m still pissed LEGO stole my backstory for Lillian to use for Harumi. FUCK YOU LEGO, i still love both of em tho,, The event did leave a big scar and it made Lillian job jumping for a bit, ending at Chen’s Noodles in S6~, where ya know,, stuff got better. She was a medalist for gymnastics and continue the activity, even after her parents’ death, to please others. She was already lost at the time so staying in the sport would help, right? Needless to say, after being rejected at a cop academy for youths, or something similar, she gave up for a while but got back into the idea of saving people by using her skills she already had. It helped with the weight and feelings and meeting the green ninja was a very big bonus. Also Lloyd dubbed her the “mysterious stranger” when she refused to speak in fear of her identity, slight shame, and maybe a bit of being star struck. It helped Lloyd too in a sense where he had something to distract him from Zane’s passing.

 Their relationship was eventually formed, strong and almost unbreakable, except for harumi but uhh thats a different story. Throughout the seasons, they stayed close and lloyd was always comforted by Lillian went times get ruff.

Also Lillian is my most light-hearted characters and I think that says a lot

Then there’s Nite “I don’t want to be your dad”. A character that is supposed to be in the ninjago world but barely interacts with the main story and only stays in his self contained plot. He was supposed to get a bf but uhhh idk. He’s the master of shifting and streams that online, taking out small crimes, and is actually really shy and doesn’t like interacting with people.

also haha fortnite

Nora Akino, the sin of despair! its an ad thing, I think. She speaks only in a foreign language that only Odin understands and is either big gay for Ava or Maggi, she can’t pick. And yes she did drink the vial, when TITAN attacks your planet and you accidentally die, how else can you meet your family again? also my grandpa walked in and said she looks like royalty. cool-

she wouldn’t leave my hand for like,, 3 days or something

Petri, a fellow troublemaker at camp campbell’s music camp. She managed to pick the camp because apparently a parent who doesn’t acknowledge your hard work don’t read the fine print! Please let David adopt her,,

LASTLY! Yukimaru Atsuko, hero name; Gummie. She goes by Yuki and is a big dick. She’s a studious student but gets more thrills on the actual battlefield. Living with her uptight grandma and her big bottom energy bro, she has the dom energy thing going. and apparently folks on G+, or the people who comment about her, thinks she’s really pretty, which was oddly a thing back before UA. She’s the dick you can like, not like Bakugou but she will definitely want to fight Bakugou. 

A gum-related quirk is not full of perks when its only your hands. I’d dive more into her like her insecurities and stuff but I’ve been here for probably 3hrs. Sorry anon.

Also I’m so sorry to anyone who reads this all the way through.

[boo-yar]

Treasure Pursued In Ruin 2

Dragon Age AU fic inspired by The Mummy.

Featuring: my Inquisitor OC Maia Lavellan, @kurosmind‘s OC Fael Lavellan, Dorian Pavus and Felix Alexius.

Words: 2653

Parts: 1/2/3/4

“We’re late.” Fael noted, it wasn’t said out of worry or annoyance; it was merely an observation. Looking over his cleaner appearance in the mirror he debated slicking back his hair to fully show his vallaslin markings to the people of Tevinter to annoy them. While he and Maia were now considered the property of this Dorian Pavus person, it was on paper only. No one else needed to know they were guiding him and the other Tevinter to the ruin. He looked over to see Maia finish strapping her new blades to her hips and loop her scarf around her neck, signalling she was ready to go. “How angry do you think they’ll be?” he mused, thinking of the pair waiting for them. As they walked he noted the foul looks they were receiving as they walked. Hearing one mutter a slur under their breath, Fael pushed his hair from his face. Maia scowled at the person and quickly nudged his side with her elbow to distract him.

“Bet you two sovereigns he’s insulting us by the time we get there.” Fael considered it for a moment. They weren’t too late and it wasn’t going to take long to get to the meeting place. He couldn’t be that impatient, surely.  

“Deal.”

 Looking around they seemed to near the meeting place and picked up on the voice of Dorian getting closer. Maia and Fael turned to see their ‘owner’ pacing and rambling. For a moment they chose to watch and listen with interest. They did have a bet on this after all.

“Probably didn’t even stop to bathe too I bet. They enjoy all that grime and dirt don’t they, if they’re Dalish they definitely do!” he rambled. “Not taught any manners or proper hygiene, it’s unbelievable. You saw what he did to my clothes, didn’t you? Such a rough, thuggish-”

“Anyone we know?” Fael stepped up watching in amusement to see Dorian freeze and slowly turn to face him and stop in his tirade to stare at him with widening eyes. Unable to help himself, Fael smirked at Dorian and tilted his head, which only seemed to prolong the dark-haired man’s sudden affliction of muteness. “Are we ready to go or are we waiting on any more for this trip?” he asked, looking to the Tevinter man he had yet to learn the name of.

 Dorian was thankful for the break in the eye contact and looked to see Felix approach while shaking his head at the question. “No, just the four of us will be going. We’ll be taking a boat from here in Minrathous that will take us to Qarinus. From there we’ll be going into the Arlathan Forest.” Felix then paused and looked from one elf to the other, both nodding.

“Which is where our jobs really begin.” Maia added with a casual shrug. The plan was simple enough. Really they just had to travel with the two men until they got to the forest and take it from there. Setting off, Maia fell into step beside Fael and snickered. Arching an eyebrow Fael glanced down at his companion not needing to ask.

“So it’s not just treasure you’ll be pursuing this trip Lethallin.” She mused in a soft tone that only he could hear. When Fael’s response was a dramatic roll of the eyes she laughed and added. “Just don’t forget you owe me two sovereigns.”

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 They were led to an overtly expensive ebony table with entwined golden serpents -acting as both support and decoration- to gaze out at the Nocen Sea as it began to carry them to their destination. Dorian waited for their appointed servant to finish pouring the drinks and leave them before he looked to the two elves. They were to be travelling together after all and getting to know more about them and the ruin would be nice. Gently he cleared his throat.

“In all the excitement, we forgot to get properly acquainted with one another.” He began carefully, watching for their reactions. “I’m Dorian Pavus and this is Felix Alexius.”

“Fael.” The man greeted with a small nod.

“Maia.” The woman mirrored before reaching for her glass to take a drink. Dorian took a moment to look at the markings on their faces. Both were different in both design and colour. He honestly didn’t know much about Dalish elves or their culture.

 “Are you both from the same clan?” Felix spoke up in his usual gentle tone of voice, with his own curiosity undisguised.

“We are now. Clan Lavellan.” Maia answered, looking up as more passengers on the ship walked by. “Fael’s clan took me in when I was younger but I wasn’t born into it. I can’t recall the name of that clan, actually.” She added and looked out at the waves as the sky began to dim as they moved closer to late afternoon while Fael stared intently into the dark liquid of his untouched drink. Both Felix and Dorian sensed asking more about their lives in the clan would be ignored or be met with a firm refusal to answer so asked no more for the time being. Swiftly Dorian moved on what he knew would be an easier topic.

“You were both in the ruin. What was it like? What did you find?”

 Maia and Fael both seemed to still and in what Dorian could see seemed to be a pattern between the two, they turned to look at each other in a silent exchange. Finally Maia pressed her lips together and nodded once before returning her attention to the darkening waters they sailed on. Fael set his drink back on the table and leant forward to answer the two men who also moved closer in order to keep the conversation as private as possible.

 “We’ve been in countless ruins and there’s always some element of danger, but in this one it was different. There’s something about it, the longer you’re there the more you notice it. We had split up at first but the paths we took connected and both of us had heard things, felt the same heaviness in the air. Whatever’s in there it’s very old magic. If it wasn’t for the tunnel we were in collapsing and getting captured near our camp we would have found out what it was by now. You two better prepare yourselves just in case.”

“We can look after ourselves, try not to worry to much.” Dorian told him with a confident laugh. “Our staffs aren’t simply for show you know.” Fael allowed himself a small smile and sat back, lifting his drink as he did so.

 - - - - - - -

 A week had passed on the ship and while the atmosphere around the group had become slightly more relaxed, both Fael and Maia tended to keep themselves guarded at all times. At first Dorian believed it to be because they were on a ship surrounded by his countrymen and women who constantly directed looks of disdain and arrogance their way whenever possible. However as time went on he noticed even when they were alone in their quarters and discussing trivial matters or the trip they still kept a wall up. It was obvious they all still had a long way to go in order to establish mutual trust.

 He turned the corner to see Fael standing with his back against the railing and staring up at the night’s sky. Dorain stood for a moment at watched how the moonlight glinted in his compelling purple eyes and pale hair that he had stopped pushing back from his face. The subtle disarray of this hairstyle suited him so much more than the forced neatness. Stopping himself from spending the entire evening watching Fael from the shadows like some clichéd villainous character in a bad work of fiction, he continued to walk heading straight for the elf.

 On his approach, he saw Fael’s ears twitch and he turned to look intently at Dorian as he drew closer. Dorian offered him a smile in greeting and stood against the railing while keeping a respectful amount of space between them.

“Another few days and we should be at Qarinus.” He began simply but it was hard to fight the eager smile tugging at his lips. The closer they got the more excited he felt at the prospect of discovering something that had once been lost to all manners of civilisations and cultures. To keep the shine on this adventure, he had purposely pushed all thoughts of the prospect of others finding the relic before he and Felix did. He was confident that Fael and Maia would get them there first.

 Fael nodded at the information, smiling at the gleam of anticipation appearing in Dorian’s eyes. He knew that look all too well. Both he and Maia would get it too when they neared ruins ripe for exploration and treasure hunting.

“Still thinking of that one item?” he asked with a knowing grin when Dorian nodded. “Still not going to tell me what it is exactly that you’re looking for? Not even a little clue?”

“Honestly I don’t know for sure what it looks like but I’ll know for certain once I see it. I can feel it.”

“Don’t you ever doubt yourself?” Fael asked causing Dorian to laugh. He knew there was no cruelty in his words only genuine curiosity and light teasing.

“Oh of course I do, I’d be a fool not to doubt myself but I do it out of the public eye and usually drown that pesky doubt with a good drink.”

“Good plan.” Fael laughed, unfolding his arms and turning to face Dorian fully.

 Suddenly the boat lurched and he stumbled forward, managing to steady himself quickly thanks to his hand already being against the railing. Blinking he noticed both he and Dorian were a lot closer than they had been. Close to the point they could feel each other’s breath on their face. Glancing down, Fael saw that on instinct Dorian had put his hand on his chest to prevent them both knocking into eacho other and toppling into the dark waters below.

“Sorry, didn’t think the sea would be this rough.” Fael apologised taking a small step back but frowned when Dorian shook his head.

“It shouldn’t be.” He told him as the boat lurched again, only this time the two were prepared. What they weren’t prepared for was the sudden screams that filled the air.

 - - - - - - - - - - -

 Maia leapt out of the way as the sword swiped at her. Drawing her blades from their sheathes, she countered with an attack of her own; managing to block the sword as it arced downwards for her head as the sounds of panic and pain surged through the once peaceful air. Standing her ground, Maia pushed back against her attacker for as long as she could. When she felt them push down harder she quickly ducked under the blade and pulled her own weapons away. The sword user tumbled forward now that their resistance was gone. Taking advantage of their imbalance, Maia brought her blades down precisely, killing them instantly.

 Cleanly she removed the blade and hurried to look for Fael, Dorian, and Felix. Glancing into one room she saw three dead elves; two were killed in their sleep. The third lay on the floor, a look of fear frozen on their face. Following the sounds she saw both the aftermath of bloodshed and the continued pursuit of it. The boat was now a slaughter, strangely dressed masked fighters all on the hunt for what seemed to be any elf they could find. Through all the carnage and chaos she couldn’t find many-if any- human corpses. Of course they wouldn’t step in to protect their servants and slaves if there was a risk to their own lives.

 Gripping her blades tightly in her hands, she rushed to meet any of the strangely dressed killers that got in her way. While regrouping with the others was a priority, she wasn’t going to ignore those that had no means of protecting themselves.

 - - - - -  - -

 Fael summoned a stream of electricity, manipulating it to spread out and hit the multiple targets in his sights at once. It was nice of them to dress similarly and give him a discernable idea of who the enemy was. As he gathered more magic for his next attack he could hear many of the passengers throwing themselves into the safety of the waters. The smell of blood and smoke was getting heavier as time went on and he could see the thick plume and the bright amber light of a raging fire from the opposite side of the vessel. Glancing at Dorian -who was quick to fight alongside him- he contemplated suggesting they abandon ship too.

 “Dorian!” “Fael!” Fael and Dorian looked up to see Maia and Felix heading their way from different parts of the boat. The sound of splitting wood and raging flames swallowed all other noise but both could see their companions shouting for them to jump. Fael acted first, grabbing a fistful of Dorian’s clothes he leapt over the destroyed boat railing, dragging the other man with him.

 The cold salt water hit them hard and they were submerged in the dark waters. Kicking and pushing, they broke through the surface, coughing and looking around wildly. Dorian couldn’t make out much. The smoke of the fires on the ship had all but covered the moon from view.

“This way!” Fael told him strongly, Dorian jolted in the water to see the strange, almost glowing quality of Fael’s eyes. He knew elves could see in the dark but he certainly not expecting that. Trusting him without question, he began to swim. Finally slumping on the land, Dorian looked at Fael’s dimmed outline. After a moment he sat up and created a small ball of fire to act as a guide for those still searching for land. He noticed Fael’s unwavering stare directed at the sea and licked his lips.

 “Can you see them out there?” he asked worriedly. Despite both Felix and Maia telling them to jump, they hadn’t seen them jump from the ship. What if they had been attacked before getting that chance? What if they had been wounded before hitting the water? Dorian listened to Fael’s steady breaths, waiting for an answer. Looking ahead at the burning ship on the dark sea, Dorian flinched when the flames suddenly burst outwards, growing suddenly as the structure buckled inside it.

 The two waited unmoving for a few tense moments that felt like an age but finally Felix trudged towards them up the shore with Maia close behind. The four began to walk, searching for a town or city nearby to rest and hopefully resupply now that all was lost on the boat.

“They were after us, Fael.”  Maia suddenly spoke, not trying to keep the information from Felix or Dorian especially since it was something they needed to hear too. “They wanted to stop us from guiding you two to the ruin. It’s the only thing that makes sense. Whoever sent those people is willing to kill to stop anyone else finding it, finding what’s inside.”

“If that’s the case, I don’t think they’ll stop at just us the next time our paths cross.” Fael said looking to Dorian and Felix. “Seems you have competition. Do you really want to keep going? You can turn back now.” Dorian shook his head almost immediately. When he first learned the relic was a viable possibility, his first worry was what would happen if it got into the wrong hands. He was motivated more than ever to keep going.

[zacfaq]

PLEASE DON’T SEND ME “PASS IT ON” MESSAGES !! as sweet as some of they are they can be really annoying. i don’t check my PMs here! if you need to get ahold of me either send me an ask, or email me.

apparently necessary reminder: google exists! i’m not a know-it-all source, honestly i shouldn’t even be your second plan after google unless it’s a question specifically based on me or something relating to me

i try to avoid fandom drama as much as possible and keep a generally positive space, so please don’t come and ask me about stuff like that. thanks. 

if you want to commission me please send an email to zacharyjackbaron@gmail.com. do not email me through this address if your intentions are purely social and not work related

-what do you use to record and edit your speedpaints?

i use OBS to record, and edit in sony vegas

-what do you use to draw?

huion gt-191 and clip studio paint

-what are your pen settings?

just the default settings. all my custom stuff/things i’ve downloaded from CSP assets are just things i think look neat but probably never end up using. 

-a blog called papersans is claiming to be you! are they a thief?

that’s literally me, i use it to archive my art so i can find stuff easier without having to hunt through my tag. also available for people who just want to see my art n not my other posts

-when is your birthday?

february 6th!

-what is your sexuality?

gay. i like men.

-how long does it take you to draw?

idk like. awhile? sometimes 45 minutes sometimes four hours sometimes a week. 

-can i draw you/your ocs?

of course! pls show me after it would make me very happy !!!!! 

-favourite band/singer/musician?

i don’t know a damn thing about myself here’s a spotify playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zk5o5g7nMnGt0vrJVEcDq?si=7cd248a0b64046ee

-will you do art for cheap/free?

nah. art is currently the only job/income i have, if ur interested in commissioning me you can either find my prices on like, any of my pages, but if not ur more than welcome to email me @ zacharyjackbaron@gmail.com and i can give you prices there !! -(venting or something involving abuse, suicidal thoughts, self harm, bullying, eating disorders, or other similar things in real life situations. even in fiction i’m iffy.)

i hate to sound rude or not be of help, but please don’t send these messages to me. they send me into horrible anxiety  for several personal reasons. if you’re having such negative thoughts i implore you to speak to someone you trust without an anonymous mask, or do your best to seek help from a professional. i have my own things to worry about and as much as i’d like to help, i simply can’t.

-(asking for advice that isn’t related to art)

i would love to help but i’m not an ~all knowing source~. i can’t give you tips for school. i can’t give you tips for life. not only will i probably not know a solution for you but there’s likely a chance i’m in just as bad a situation as you/going through the same problem, as silent as i am about my personal life. also don’t use ‘asking for advice’ as an excuse to vent about things or to send me a paragraph describing in depth something listed above/that’s potentially triggering. thank you.

even if you’re looking fr art tips i’m not a great source i’m still learning, ur best bet is looking for already existing sources and reading through those bc i don’t preach the word of Art God. i’m also awful at explaining things

-why didn’t you answer my ask?

Main reason is i’m just really really bad at socializing, so it’s not anything on u. i’m almost always low on energy and when i do talk to people it wears me out really quick. i’m also just. not gr8 at talking in general so if i can’t think of a reply i tend to just leave things n then end up forgetting about them

-how do you draw [blank]?

honestly my art style is such a fucked up thing that’s so personalized to my own use i can’t do or make tutorials. the best i can do is direct you to my youtube.

-can we do an art trade?

sorry, i’ll have to say no. i’m not necessarily busy but i get stressed very easily, so i try to keep my art to either personal stuff or work ! if you would like art from me, please considering commissioning me! mutuals and friends may be the exceptions here if they catch me at a good time or we make plans well ahead to do smth when we’re both free to work on stuff

-can we be friends?

please don’t ask this. i’m awful enough at socialization as is and i just don’t fit well with most personality types. not to mention this is just overall a bad question. it backs the person being asked into a corner where they either have to say “yes” and end up in a friendship that actually isn’t working out and is maybe only good for one side bc they’re getting any and all of the benefits, and if they say “no” they look like a total dick bag and come across as an ass. don’t ask this question. it’s not how socializing works. it’s not how friendships work. thanks. -can you tag [blank]? unfortunately i’ve been a real bad place in terms of memory so i can’t tag tons and tons of things. i try and tag more general/basic things but i’m sorry i’ll have to pass on specifics. if i post or reblog things that trigger u or harm you it might be best to unfollow for ur own safety!! very sorry

if it’s specific words you’d like tagged please consider blacklisting the word itself. 

-how tall are you?

i’m 5'11".

-can you promo me?

i’d rather not, doesn’t sit well with me. if you have a commission post you want me to reblog i’m happy to! but i won’t just do text based handouts, y’know? not a fan of being used for visibility for no reason, and chances are if i do it for one person it’ll happen with hundreds of others and i don’t want my blog to turn into a free advertisement zone that just floods peoples’ feeds with promotions.

-you reblogged something from someone extremely problematic/unsafe

thank you for letting me know! tell me what it is they did, even better offer proof on it. i’ll likely delete the post and blacklist their url to hopefully prevent their name popping up on my blog in the future. i won’t publish these asks mostly to avoid discourse or in the event false information is provided. sorta just safety precaution i guess

-you’ve done something bad

again, thank you for letting me know! if i post or say something questionable please feel free to message me and i’ll try my best to address the issue and adjust accordingly. i’m aiming to grow as a person so critique is welcome, both on me and my artwork. don’t just come up and call me an asshole or a prick or something, actually point out the errors and explain why they’re wrong so i can better understand and it doesn’t just turn into a defensive round of who’s worse, because i tend to be a very defensive person.

-i think someone is stealing/reposting your art!

thank you very much for telling me! don’t message them right off the bat, come to me first and i will deal with it. i’ve dealt with this shit tons of times and it’s tiring as fuck but i’d rather repeat the same stupid civil message over and over again than start a giant calamity over something and end up with someone getting hurt. if you do get involved please stay polite about it don’t throw insults just a simple “hey this art was done by princeofmints/tv-headache/zachary jack/dirtypip/(etc my other account names) and he doesn’t want his art reposted, please take this down or add proper credit.”

-can i use your art as an icon?

sure man. only on places like instagram, tumblr, or twitter though, and proper credit in an easy to see place must be given. if a piece of art is of my ocs or especially vent art though never use it for icons. thank you.

-can i repost your art?

the answer is “no” but i know you’re going to do it anyways. easy to see credit is mandatory. if you see somebody reposting my art please let me know and i’ll talk to them. if you want to use my art in things like image edits, i don’t allow that. want to use my art in a video? if it’s something like an AMV sure fine just credit me and inform me beforehand, if it’s something like a cringe/comparison video. no. i don’t want any association with work like that whatsoever. you may not use my artwork for fanfic covers.

-can i colour/finish one of your sketches?

no. even if you don’t intend on posting it. 

-what is [insert some form of media/fandom]

https://www.google.ca/

-why do you have an entirely separate blog for your FAQ? you know you can make blog pages, right?

i’m well aware of that and originally my faq WAS set up on a blog page, but unfortunately many folks proved to be either lazy or just couldn’t figure out how to get to a blog page on mobile so i had to set it up this way for accessibility purposes.

-tons of your videos are gone, what happened to them? will they come back? can you repost them?

i set old videos on private for my own sake, i don’t like having my old content available bc it just looks old and stale and i don’t like it. there’s nothing deep about it, i just don’t want people interacting with my old stuff. as deep is it gets is i just deleted videos related to fandoms i’m sick of bc the association is fuckin annoying. these videos will not come back into public. i do keep them posted for my own reflection sake, but that’s it. don’t ask me to bring them back. don’t whine about me not putting shit back out just bc ur a little sad n gonna cry. guilting people is gross, reevaluate yourself.

if you want a song from an old video, just ask me! I’ll happily let you know what the music is in case u liked ‘em and can’t remember the titles or artists. i’ve also got a playlist full of the music i listen to so u can comb through there n see if the songs u want are there