#NPC drabble meme

[ranseiuniter]

flashback

Send "Flashback" for a look at something in my muse's past.

"As my strategist, aren't you supposed to tell me that this is insane and we shouldn't do it?"

"Maybe, but as your strategist, I think that it is insane, and that's exactly why we should do it."

It was late. Well past midnight. The ultimatum from Hideyoshi had been stuck in Hiroko's mind, keeping her from sleeping. Surrender, or Ignis will launch a full scale invasion against Aurora. She was given until the end of the month to make her choice—a scarce week.

And then, in a flash of brilliance—or complete madness, perhaps—she had an idea, and rushed to wake Taiki.

"If we fail—"

"Aurora will be fine. We may not be, but the citizens will be," Taiki says calmly. "Ignis is almost entirely dependent on Aurora for its food supply. He's not going to go burning the fields like that Dragnor bastard did when we were children."

"Still—if you, or Katsu, or—"

"Lady Hiroko." Taiki interrupts, "He disrespected all of us. He just told us, loud and clear, that our Warlord isn't worthy of our respect and that we're too weak to fight back. Not only that—your father has been dead for a matter of days, and what he just did is spit on his fucking grave."

Right. He was right. Aurora had been wounded, but her men still had their pride. And what was more, many of them held her father in high regards. Many owed him their lives. The insult that was not even giving them a moment's peace to mourn—surely, at least, not the oldest of her soldiers would take that lying down.

"You're right. Besides, it was my stupid idea. I should at least commit to it if I'm going to drag you into it before it's even light out."

Taiki grins. "That's what I like to hear. Now, let's figure out how to make this ambush work. I want to hear that bastard begging for your forgiveness."

[shimmerbeasts]

So, I gave this situation a lot of thought and given that it is the end of the year, that marks the ideal time frame to basically reshape the way, I wanna handle the blog and my muses, going forward. These changes include how my roster functions, certain limitations I am going to give myself, concerning the amount of drafts I have, and changes in verses and some alterations on the ask box. Basically, quality instead of quantity is going to be the name of the game, so hopefully, I can better organise my hobbies and interests and hopefully also my eventual career as an author.

That means first of all: Every single thread I have is dropped. I want a completely clean slate thread-wise, however, dynamics, which we established, can absolutely carry over. I am not gonna flush all the hard work, I did with so many of you (you are all amazing) down the drain.

Now, onto what changes. Let's start with the formal bullshit. I am going to limit myself to twenty drafts and try to adhere to this limit. Those drafts will preferably be plotted. That way, I hopefully can avoid getting overwhelmed, but also really dig into the meat of our threads.

That does not mean casual stuff or crack does not happen. It can still happen, but it will occur with less frequency and those things likely won't carry over much. If I happen to send you an rp related meme, then please just have fun with the drabble. I will try to limit how much I continue those threads.

When it comes to my ask box, I will prioritise unprompted asks and scenarios over rp memes. However, I will always accept headcanon-related memes or memes for me the writer. Again, all these changes will be done to limit the effects of being overwhelmed and to keep my rps at a manageable medium.

When it comes to my verses, I am going to do a massive cut in what types of verses I have. Specifically, I am going to stick to the verses, which basically form a narrative throughline. For most verses, this will basically be the pre-canon, the default and the post-canon verse. Ergo the past, present and future of a muse. This is done so I can focus on what I wanna explore instead of spreading myself too thin. After all, it is better to explore an idea and its ramifications in detail as opposed to expanding and adding five half-baked ideas at once.

My muse roster will have a bit of an update on its purpose. Because of the fact that I will lean even more into the concept of storytelling and character development, the split between primary, secondary and tertiary muses still exists. Except, there is going to be a crucial change now. The tertiary muses will now be rebranded as supports and are not technically muses on the blog. Let me explain what I mean.

Because of my desire to be more story-driven, certain characters will serve as the supporting cast for other muses. These characters help propel the plot forward but also give your muse a different perspective on the muse they roleplay with. They might also reveal information, you would not get otherwise. Think of them a bit like NPCs but due to the big role, they play in the muse's life or what they represent for the muse, they have a bigger chance of emerging. Your muses might even meet them before they meet the actual muse. There will also be other classical NPCs, which your muse might meet under very specific circumstances.

Now onto the actual muse roster:

My primary muses (who will be focussed on the whole Zaunite lore and story) are going to be Silco, Jinx and Vi. They are the ones, whose plotting will come the most naturally and easiest for me. Their supports are Sevika and Warwick/Vander.

My secondary muses (who have different thematic stories and lore as they occur outside of Zaun/Piltover) will be Naafiri and Ahri. Writing them might potentially require a bit more plotting and forethought. Naafiri's supporting characters will be Nasus and Rek'Sai. Ahri's supporting characters will be Yasuo, Evelynn and to a lesser extent Vayne.

I hope that these changes I am making will lessen some self-made stressors. Again, I do apologise for basically dropping everything right now. I promise, I still want to write with everybody here. I just need to sort out how I wanna make things work. So please, everybody do not be intimidated by those changes. I promise, that my enthusiasm for writing and roleplaying remains unbroken.

[mintymemesandrpshop]

'What would you Do?' inspired topics meme For starters or drabbles, feel free to include or make up NPCs if needed! Take care, some of these can be dark/upsetting, as they are real conflicts, and are meant to be uncomfortable and challenging. They can be played by the muses, or by NPCs in simply in the same venue/space as them.

💼 A person is discriminated by a hiring manager/boss 🍇A restaurant/business refuses service to a homeless person 🍼 A parent experiences burnout/postpartum depression 📸 A creep is sneaking pictures/peeking without consent 👠A person is criticized in public for prostitution, onlyfans, etc. (slutshaming) 💦 A person is crying in public 🏳️‍🌈 Someone is harassed for being LGBTQIA+ 🎀 A parent is criticized in public, or is harping on their child 💤 Someone has fallen asleep in public 🧸 A child is being bullied by their peers 💵 Person dealing with addiction 🛒 Someone is fatshamed in public, or their food purchases are questioned 🪢 Divorced parents trash-talking their ex in front of their child 🍺A person is intoxicated in public, and needs to be 'cut off.' 🍻A person is intoxicated while babysitting/with their children ⚽ Discrimination in sports 🎈 Nobody shows up to a person's birthday party 🩼 A person is rejected/discriminated against for ableist reasons 🪧 A child is wearing a sign/shirt, or other form of punishment 💔 Waiter or staff member flirts with someone's s/o 🚗 A driver is stranded and needs help changing a tire/a tow/stuck in a ditch/etc. 💊 A person is about to be drugged without their consent/urged by peer pressure to take some 📋 Staff or Waiter are having troubles concentrating 💍 A Spouse is criticized for her dress choice by family/their partner 🧤 A Parent can't afford a toy or nice meal for their child 🗣️ Partner/Child/Family Member verbally abuses someone in public 🥖 Grocery store employee is bagging carelessly, at risk of breaking/contaminating food 🕶️ Attempted kidnapper is goading someone 🐕‍🦺 A service animal is being questioned, and possibly distracted from their job 💅🏼 Person is trying something new, and gender nonconforming ❓ Stranger by their lonesome asks for help/reccomendations 🗑️ A brazen litterbug is lose on the streets 📱Person completely ignoring their company/parents/family/friends/etc. while on the phone 🎉Children wreaking havoc in a store 🩳 College students are hazing/partying 🧷 Brand new parents are criticized for having a baby in public (breastfeeding, baby crying, etc.) 💋 Parents/Peers disapprove of a new couple 🧶 Caregiver or child/elderly abusive to each other

[kin0th]

◣Kino ┊Interaction Guide ◥

——ℌ𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔫, 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔯.

Accepted asks:

Requests about Kino's role in a certain scenario or with a s/o or Yui.

⨳ Headcanons → Ideas or mini scenario in bulletpoint format. ⨳ Scenarios → These may have a drabble-ish or one-shot format, depending on the complexity. ⨳ Reactions → Dialogue and brief description of body language may be included.

Ask meme prompts.

⨳ You're free to send one or more prompt from ask memes! ⨳ To keep things in order, I will do my best not to reblog a new meme if I have prompts yet to answer. ⨳ That being said, please avoid sending prompts from old memes! Try to stick to the current one, or send a individual request if you want a specific scenario from a past one.

Roleplay

⨳ This blog is AU friendly. Canon characters and OCs are free to interact with Kino. Crossovers are welcome, but please contact me first! ⨳ I will not focus his replies on LE plot unless requested otherwise: He won't be out to accomplish any plan of stealing Yui away, killing all vampires or becoming King. His personality stays intact from LE with room for development, and his motive varies from interaction to interaction. ⨳ Interactions will not overlap or mix up without the consent of all involved parties. ⨳ Forming different relationships is fine as long as no one claims Kino outside of their personal interactions. In addition, have in mind that Kino is quite difficult to handle in general, so please don't take it personal if he acts rude, mean or hostile, especially with newcomers. ⨳ My own OC will not unironically participate in any RP thread on this blog, nor will I, the admin.

Explicit or violent content.

⨳ My personal interpretation doesn't consider Kino as lustful as other DL characters, but I can work with explicit requests. Because, in spite of that, might be kinkier than you think. ⨳ Needless to say, this kind of content will be properly tagged and labeled if needed. ⨳ I will not accept anything from or involving minors. ⨳ To avoid unwanted external NSFW tracking, the explicit +18 tag will be [ #;Focus On Me | NSFW ] and the violent, potentially triggering tag will be [ #;Look Away | Triggered? ], with its additional tw if needed [ tagged as #trigger tw. Example: #gore tw ]. ⨳ I personally don't have any hard triggers, but consider that I will refuse to answer if I'm uncomfortable with the ask or request in general.

Questions about Kino in general.

⨳ As the admin, I'd be glad to provide information about Kino's canon content (routes, CDs, etc), such as sources, where to find them, links to translations, and analyses or my personal interpretation to some of his decisions or actions! I love his character. I could ramble all day.

Not Accepted asks:

Anything regarding fandom drama or bashing someone else's blog, character or OC.

Promoting hateful ideas or aiming at a specific community.

Repeatedly sending the same request or ask. You are free to check in, but don't spam. Sometimes I'm busy.

Problematic anons will get blocked.

Taglist

;Zer0th Prince | Kino → General Kino tag

;Self aware NPC | Admin → OOC/Admin talk

;Socializing. . . | IC Interaction → RP Interactions/IC comments

;I want to play a game! | IC Games → Ask and dash memes

;You're it! | Tag game → Self explanatory

;Look at me go! | Art → Kino art and fanart

;Focus on Me | NSFW → Explicit tag +18

;Look away | Triggered? → Violent tag +16

;Who is in control? | Mun vs. Muse → Admin and Kino shenanigans

;Game Over | Saved -> Finished threads and saved replies.

[waltwhitmansbeard]

hello!

welcome to my blog. :) apparently most people call me walt, which you are welcome to do as well. my pronouns are she/her and i live in the united states. i like critical role, which is what you'll see the most of on this blog, but i've got some other interests as well, like dimension 20, art, science, and cute animals.

you might be here because of my critical role fanfiction, and if so, thanks for stopping by! my biggest work is called my fair lady and it's a vaxleth-centric medieval au. you can find more information about that on the mfl masterpost.

my latest longfic, i'm sending a raven, is available on ao3 here.

if it's shorter drabbles you're after, i've got those too! they're broken into separate masterposts because tumblr has link limit but they are as follows:

campaign one

campaign two

campaign three

the legend of vox machina

they're also available on ao3 in the work titled worse: we're family. you can also find all of my other writing over on ao3, where i also go by the username waltwhitmansbeard. i take requests for these drabbles! you can use any of the ask memes i've reblogged (just be sure to specify, especially if it's an older meme), or you can just put an idea in my askbox. try to only send me one at a time; it can be a bit overwhelming to have five or six requests in the askbox at the same time, though i love to have them. these are the ships i feel most comfortable/excited to write:

keyleth/vax

vex/percy

vax/gilmore

keyleth/vax/gilmore

caleb/essek

jester/fjord

orym/will

imogen/laudna

dorian/orym

ashton/orym

ashton/fearne/orym

ashton/dorian/orym

i also really enjoy writing platonic friendships between really any of the cr pcs (or npcs!) so feel free to float those my way as well! you can be as specific or as general as you'd like in prompts.

have you ever thought about what it would be like if keyleth and vax lived together and had a podcast about plants? me too! have you ever thought about what it would be like if the members of vox machina were vampires and witches? me too!

i am participating in critter genfic bingo! you can find my bingo entries here! i participated in perc'ahlia week 2023! you can find the masterpost of those fics here!

i liveblog each new critical role episode on friday mornings after the episode streams, so if you don't wanna see that, please block #cr spoilers. i liveblog each new dimension 20 episode as soon as it airs, so if you don't wanna see that, please block #d20 spoilers. i will tag posts and reblogs for each of those things for 48 hours after the episode airs.

i'm so happy to be part of this community, and i'm always grateful to anyone who wants to stop by and say hi! i promise i'll only bite a little. ;)

if you enjoy my writing, please consider donating to my ko-fi, if you're able to do so.

[ardenssolis]

drabble meme; no longer accepting || @nulltune

Scream: My character has caused yours to scream out for some reason /PERHAPS ?! SGKFHWKDJ

     HERE OZYMANDIAS WAS, JUST minding his own business and not bothering anyone (for now), when Hakuno had appeared out of literally nowhere. He hadn’t heard her approach, hadn’t sensed her… He had just been lost in his own little world when all of a sudden she had spoken behind him. It was one word, but that one word was all that was needed to have him yelling and nearly jumping ten feet in the air like any startled creature.

     ‘Rider.’

     Swiftly he turned, cape billowing behind him as he peered down at the familiar, stoic expression of a certain ‘NPC’. ❝Hakuno? Why did you not just call me earlier?❞ You know, not directly behind him! In the relative quiet, she might as well have been some specter coming out of the abyss! Clearing his throat, he attempted to at least play off what had happened moment’s prior. He stood straighter, usual regality now back into place as if it had never left at all. ❝Not that I did not know you were there, of course. A pharaoh’s senses are as vast as our reach. To say that it is near limitless would not be an understatement.❞ Was he just talking to save face? Probably. Maybe. Perhaps a little. However, surely Hakuno would be awed by this bit of information he tossed her way about the power of a pharaoh. Heh, no doubt she was overflowing with curiosity and wonder now – as to be expected.

     Reaching out, he ruffled her hair, his lips now curled into a wide grin before he pulled his hand back to his side. ❝Now that I have regaled you, I suppose it is best to get back to the subject at hand: the reason for your approach. By all means, tell me what brings you before me?❞ Whew, there. His reputation was saved.

     What a smooth recovery---

[coffee-or-murder]

First-lines-of-fic meme!

Tagged by @beingatoaster and I am......so late because I just learned how to search for people tagging you in things sorry lovely >>’ 

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written fewer than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway / Most of these are dnd fics, but some are fanfic I’ve been noodling with yes Sig I’m getting to them leave me be you mad little beastie you

1. "Lemon was nearly breathless from dancing between strangers and friends and back again, the magic in her gut simmering low and pleased and warm.” ((Burning, Lemon centric drabble about her crush on Cael and why she’s so damn ashamed about it))

2. The conservatory was always Rosalind’s preferred place to conduct her daily routine of large meetings, grandchild wrangling, morning and afternoon teas, and one on one discussions. ((Teatime, Rosalind confronting Ursula))

3. “Lemon! I’m not leaving you!” Isgrac called back as she ran ahead. ((The Sewers, Nightmare of the parties time in the sewers that just....refuses to be finished idk why))

4. Tadhgán wasn’t sure if he’d done something truly awful in a past life, or what deity he’d crossed, but he really did not understand why the Bakhouzin family felt the need to keep threatening him. ((Danya’s Request, Tadhgan gets a letter from Danya requesting a meeting at her estate))

5. “Lemon’s gone Doran. Left town a week ago with Bells for her own fuckin safety. Her own mother did this to her.” ((Tidbits, Benji talks to Doran about Lemon’s situation. Well rants mostly.))

6. Panic settled in the pit of her gut like a stone. Her breakfast tray sat in the little cubby beside the door to her lab, loaded with food and a pitcher of hot water, but there was no note. ((Unnamed intro to Bell’s (an important NPC’s) backstory, was going to be posted as part of a homebrew campaign that crashed and burned >>’ ))

7. He was used to not being noticed, despite being nearly six foot five in massive clanking orange and silver armor. ((Moments Past, Robin/Kellum/Donnel fic that I’m writing purely for myself lol))

8. The air of Tuchanka burnt his lungs when he stepped off the transport. ((The Flame of Tuchanka, a Wrex/Shepard story taking place during Mass Efftect 2-3 with flashbacks to 1 that Sig keeps bullying me about >:( ))

9. The motorcycle raced down the narrow road leading down into the valley, its headlight casting strange shadows against the tall trees arching over the cracked pavement. ((Doesn’t have a name yet, super in production. Stardew Valley with a protag focusing on the magic/mystery side of the game with Seb romance))

10. Commander Jane Shepherd of the Ferngill Republic Special Forces was an interesting woman. At least, everyone in the valley assumed she was. ((Also unnamed Stardew Valley/Mass Effect crossover, done entirely as a dare by one of my beta’s who said they bet I couldn’t figure out a way to cross over the two and have a Harvey romance. I’ve been using it as a pet project of genre mashups and how they can work together. Mostly having fun pictuing a retried Shep settling down to farm and romance a cute doctor lol))

Tagging whoever wants to do this! Everyone I would have tagged on tumblr ie the whole dnd group who writes was already tagged I think XD 

[gldnhrtd]

i was tagged by @lyriumsings in the last line meme! these still aren’t finished, but i figured i’d share regardless!

“Varg,” There was a wolf in that grin- teeth and all, “Call me Varg.”

“i refuse to mourn the person that killed our friendship,” Zuri shot back, their tone frostier than a blizzard, “if they wanted my grief, I would have given them my tears if they weren’t the one who held the gun.”

the first one is from a drabble i’m writing regarding my oc noire’s dynamic with an npc named varg. the second one is from zuri who’s a little peeved over the loss of an important friend. i don’t really have anyone i could think of to tag, so whomever sees this and wants to do it by all means!

[supportive-editor]

THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE; Meme.

Mun & Muse

fill out & repost ♥ This meme definitely favors canons more, but I hope OC’s still can make it somehow work with their own lore, and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multi-Muses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm.

tagged by: no one! I wanted to do this myself-- asjfsdh, AND ADVERTISE SHIBU HEHEHEHE >:D tagging: @coffee-stains-and-migraines @jestersclowns @iustitia-punientis  @jesterofinaba @booksilent​  u guys dont have to do it tho wwww

MY MUSE IS:   canon / oc / au / canon-divergent / fandomless / complicated. ( basically a minor npc that showed up in maruki’s confidant and was introduce as a friend of his?? i just grabbed the man and made him some sort of canon-oc)

IS YOUR CHARACTER POPULAR IN THE FANDOM?:   YES / NO / MAYBE ( probably amoung maruki stans aka me n like 3 people on this site)

IS YOUR CHARACTER CONSIDERED HOT™ IN THE FANDOM?   YES / NO / IDK. (again, maruki stans-- AKA ME n 3 PEOPLE)

IS YOUR CHARACTER CONSIDERED STRONG IN THE FANDOM?   YES / NO / IDK. 

ARE THEY UNDERRATED?  YES / NO / IDK. (hey a/tlus u cant just make this guy show up for 2 scenes aND NOT GIVE US BACKSTORY .)

WERE THEY RELEVANT FOR THE MAIN STORY?   YES / NO 

WERE THEY RELEVANT FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER?   YES / NO / THEY’RE THE PROTAG. ( spoilers tho!!! id say like kinda relevant but also kinda not )

ARE THEY WIDELY KNOWN IN THEIR WORLD?   YES / NO.

HOW’S THEIR REPUTATION?   GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL. 

HOW STRICTLY DO YOU FOLLOW CANON?: HE’S A BLANK SLATE MY CANON NOW HUEHUEUEHUEHUEHUHEUEHUEHUHEUHEUHEUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHE. In all seriousness, I’ve only revolved his canon with Maruki and Rumi aka being a friend of theirs. While Maruki says they’ve met in college, I say they’ve been friends since high school! 

SELL YOUR MUSE! Aka: try to list everything, which makes your muse interesting in your opinion to make them spicy for your mutuals.   —  @ Adult muses in their late 20s and 30s, Wanna Join an Emo-Metal Band? Also, do you want embarrassing secrets about MarukI? DO YOU LIKE DOGS? ESPECIALLY FAT SHIBA INUS? DO YOU LIKE FORMER-DELINQUENTS? ALSO DO YOU LIKE TIRED OFFICE WORKERS WHO ALSO HAPPENED TO BE LEADERS OF AN INDIE EMO METAL BAND!? AND THEN MISTER TATSUO SHIBUSAWA IS THE GUY FOR YOU!!!!!

Now the OPPOSITE, list everything why your muse could not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom perhaps think?) -- Honestly, he kinda seems like a boring office worker if you first meet him. Also he’s literally an npc-- Who only interacts with like 1% of the casts. So people might find it hard to connect with him. Unless we plot like a relationship!!! Then we can work on that!

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO RP YOUR MUSE?   —   His stupidly handsome face showed up in Maruki’s confidant and I’ve been bewitched ever since. Also, he looks like an older version of the FC I have for him! Who happens to be a huuuge comfort character! I also have an Akira-- So I kinda wanted to experiment with Shibusawa! And well, with the help with some close friends and various inspiration from various games and anime of making this weird canon-oc, I’m pretty happy with him!

WHAT KEEPS YOUR INSPIRATION GOING?   —   If people say they like him and wanna keep interacting with him!! Esp... if they wanna befriend him in some way....

SOME PERSONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE MUN Give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could lead them to get more comfortable with you or perhaps not.

DO YOU THINK YOU GIVE YOUR CHARACTER JUSTICE?   YES / NO / I SINCERELY HOPE I DO? (idek man im probably the only shibu out there jafds)

DO YOU FREQUENTLY WRITE HEADCANONS?   YES / NO / SORT OF (It’s technically canon since hes just.. an oc ! So anything i say goes >:3c )

DO YOU SOMETIMES WRITE DRABBLES?   YES / NO 

DO YOU THINK A LOT ABOUT YOUR MUSE DURING THE DAY?   YES / NO (I told u, I am bewitched by an NPC who shows up for 3 scenes )

ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN YOUR PORTRAYAL?   YES / NO / SORT OF ( NOT EVERYONE IS GONNA LIKE HIM I GUESS )

ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN YOUR WRITING?   YES / NO / A LITTLE BIT ( when inspiration strikes! I tend to repeat a lot of phrases tho. I hate that. )

ARE YOU A SENSITIVE PERSON?   YES / NO / SORTA.

DO YOU ACCEPT CRITICISM WELL ABOUT YOUR PORTRAYAL?   —   If it’s constructive yeah! again, Shibu is just a weird canon-oc. 

DO YOU LIKE QUESTIONS, WHICH HELP YOU TO EXPLORE YOUR CHARACTER?   — ABSOLUTELY!!!!!! I want to give as much character development for this guy.... 

IF SOMEONE DISAGREES TO A HEADCANON OF YOURS, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? -- This doesn’t apply to me lmao. 

IF SOMEONE REALLY HATES YOUR CHARACTER, HOW DO YOU TAKE IT? — I’ve had like one instance because of his association with Maruki. But I won’t get into detail about it. HOWEVER, if you don’t like him, the unfollow button is right there! 

ARE YOU OKAY WITH PEOPLE POINTING OUT YOUR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS?   —  I point out my own and fix it instantly because it’s embarrassing. 

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE EASY GOING AS A MUN? — I’d like to think so! I’m just very shy and very BAD at communication. d;kfjkalsdfj, ive been told way too many times I seem intimating BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU, I am just as intimidated as you are.  

[hcze]

Guidelines  ●   Mini bios   ●   Muses index   ●   GDocs | Cardd    ●   Memes

Promos  ●   Aesthetics  ●   Musings  ●   Visual one shots  ●   Drabbles  ●    

Moodboards  ●    Wishlist   ●   Edits  ●   Resources

Biography  ●  Stats  ●  Verses  ●  Aesthetics  ●  Chara Study  ●  Drabbles  ●  isms

One Shots  ●  Headcanons  ( NPCs  |  Personality  |  Habits   |  Past  ) ●   Visage

Biography  ●  Stats  ●  Verses  ●  Aesthetics  ●  Chara Study  ●  Drabbles  ●  isms

One Shots  ●  Headcanons  ( NPCs  |  Personality  |  Habits   |  Past  ) ●  Visage

Biography  ●  Stats  ●  Verses  ●  Aesthetics  ●  Chara Study  ●  Drabbles  ●  isms

One Shots  ●  Headcanons  ( NPCs  |  Personality  |  Habits   |  Past  ) ●  Visage

Biography  ●  Stats  ●  Verses  ●  Aesthetics  ●  Chara Study  ●  Drabbles  ●  isms

One Shots  ●  Headcanons  ( NPCs  |  Personality  |  Habits   |  Past  ) ●  Visage

Biography  ●  Stats  ●  Verses  ●  Aesthetics  ●  Chara Study  ●  Drabbles  ●  isms

One Shots  ●  Headcanons  ( NPCs  |  Personality  |  Habits   |  Past  ) ●  Visage

[anthologyoflucas]

Long ass tag reference post. If you don’t see a relationship tag with a character that should be there or you want there, message me and I’ll fix it.

General Tags:

(Open rp)

(Crack)

(Musings)

(Headcanons)

(Aesthetic)

(Wishlist)

(Memes)

(Answered)

(dash / tag games)

(Dash commentary)

(Thread commentary)

(Drabble)

(Promo)

(Psa)

(to be deleted)

Alya:

The freckled bard. (Alya)

v; main

v; past

v; young

v; Fvllnbcryl

v; abracaxfuckxyou

Otp; Elwin & Alya

Otp; abracaxfuckxyou [Magnus] & Alya

Brotp; abracaxfuckxyou & Alya

Family ties; Fvllnbcryl & Alya

brotp; Thyme & Alya

Family Ties; Marcus / Sophia / Thomas & Alya

Family ties; Emilia & Alya

Emilia:

The Changeling. (Emilia)

v; main

v; grief

v; redemption

otp; Elwin & Emilia

brotp; thyme & Emilia

Thyme:

The Plantmancer. (Thyme)

v; main

v; young

Family Ties; Elwin & Thyme

Otp; Abracaxfuckxyou [merle] & Thyme

Vale:

The Phoenix (vale)

v; main

v; older

v; Abracaxfuckxyou

Family ties; Abracaxfuckxyou & Vale

Ilia:

The Lab Rat. (Ilia)

v; Alternate

v; lab

v; anderson residence

v; abracaxfuckxyou

v; shouganai

family ties; Dr. Sung & Ilia

Family ties; Andersonresidence [Carter] & Ilia

Brotp; Andersonresidence [Mayson] & Ilia

Family ties; abracaxfuckxyou & Ilia

Jax:

The runaway. (Jackson)

v; main

v; anderson residence

family ties; Andersonresidence & Jackson

Liam:

The frogman. (liam)

v; main

v; Younger

Otp; abracaxfuckxyou [Jake] & Liam

Talia:

The Nephilim. (talia)

v; main

v; Amnesty

Family ties; Carlisle & Talia

Family ties; Kathy / Pete & Talia

Family ties; sugaraddictedarchangel & Talia

Family ties; Andersonresidence [taylor] & Talia

Iris:

The Seer. (Iris)

v; main

v; young

Family ties; Pete & Iris

otp; Talia & Iris

Request muses -

Gensou:

The Phantom. (Gensou)

v; main

v; with yume

Yume:

The nightmare. (Yume)

v; main

v; with papa

v; rehabilitation

Neon:

The rainbow. (Neon)

v; main

v; alternate

Cullen:

The scout. (Cullen)

v; main

v; young

Vyn:

The Bard. (Vyn)

v; main

v; young

Otp; strigdaeparliament [Hunter] & Vyn

Brotp; Dawn & Vyn

Family ties; Veggi & Vyn

Family ties; Grandpa Eryn & Vyn

Dawn:

The beastkeeper. (Dawn)

v; main

v; young

Sky:

The Spider. (Skyler)

v; main

v; before the bite

Ringo:

The gymnast. (Ringo)

v; main

Aries:

The brawler. (Aries)

v; main

Maria:

The engineer. (Maria)

v; main

v; before the outbreak

Vann:

The archer. (Savannah)

v; main

v; before the outbreak

Eir:

The healer. (Eir)

v; main

v; young

Cody:

The idiot cowboy. (Cody)

v; main

Kiara:

The Firefly. (Kiara)

v; main

Npcs:

(Marcus)

(Sophia)

(Thomas)

(Elwin)

(Dr. Sung)

(Dr. Crews)

(Carlisle)

(Kathy)

(Pete)

[eternitae]

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[sunbelieved]

wip tag meme

tagged by @elasticella <3333

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!

i usually write fic in one sitting and the few wips i did have were lost when my last laptop died so instead here is a needlessly in depth look at my IF wip folders!! (posting here instead of my writing blog which i never use in hopes i will actually start using this blog kjksjkfjnskf)

download a ghost

amara ↳ character sheet - amara ↳ drabbles - amara

casey ↳ character sheet - casey ↳ drabbles - casey

wallace ↳ character sheet - wallace ↳ drabbles - wallace

text ↳ chapter one - ywdag ↳ prologue - ywdag

ask meme fun time

loose text

NPCs

outlining ywdag

tidbits ywdag

untitled dndesque

character sheets ↳ barbarian ↳ bard ↳ cleric ↳ monk ↳ ranger ↳ rogue ↳ warlock

mechanics ↳ just dnd rules spreadsheets basically kjsnfksjndf

outlines ↳ general ↳ scenes ↳ water world

text ↳ prologue

characters dnd

whisper through waves

outlining wtw

romance

scene outlines

misc

1 pinch magic (completed, so not exactly a wip nksjndfks)

pzza

princessguard

public transit story

[waltwhitmansbeard]

drabble masterlist

these are all of the drabbles i have written for critical role or the legend of vox machina. they are stand-alone and should be assumed to contain spoilers for either cr or tlovm. they are also collected on ao3 in a work titled worse: we're family. want to prompt me something? see my ask meme tag or just send me an ask with an idea. (please be sure to specify the ask meme your prompt is from, especially if it's not the most recent one i've reblogged!) this post will be linked on my pinned post and updated as new drabbles are posted. i will take prompts for critical role, the legend of vox machina, or my longfic, my fair lady (see my pinned post for more info). i am willing to write characters from any cr campaign, but these are the ships i feel most comfortable/excited to write:

keyleth/vax

vex/percy

vax/gilmore

keyleth/vax/gilmore

caleb/essek

jester/fjord

orym/will

laudna/imogen

dorian/orym

i also really enjoy writing platonic friendships between really any of the cr pcs (or npcs!) so feel free to float those my way as well! you can be as specific or as general as you'd like in prompts.

critical role - campaign one - keyleth/vax

"I need to change the bandage."

"You don't have anything to be sorry for."

The first time they realize their partner will live a large part of their life without them

A near death experience involving the partner meant to live longer shaking the faith of the shorter lived partner

Being an expert in teasing each other

Kissing to make them stop talking

On a whim, pulling your lover into an alley and pressing your lips firmly against theirs, getting lost in each other's touch while the streets bustle outside

Smoothing your fingers down your lover's tie, fixing where your lover couldn't tie it right

Pushing your lover against a wall after one too many teasing comments, but being met with unsaid tension instead of the quiet. Both of you unable to continue with the jokes

Whispering jokes/loving words in a lecture/school/church/a meeting. Trying not to laugh/flirt back in fear of disturbing everyone else who’s trying to pay attention

A hello/good-bye kiss that is given without thinking - where neither person thinks twice about it

An accidental brush of lips followed by a pause and going back for another, on purpose.

"I'll sleep when I'm dead."

"I can't sleep if you're not here to cuddle with me."

Risking something in order to achieve something

Going to sleep as the big spoon and waking up as the little spoon

“I wouldn’t trade you for all the stars in the sky.”

critical role - campaign one - vex/percy

"They're gone, it's okay."

"It's not til death do us part for us, is it? It's until death takes you from me."

"Even if you’re sick, you’re still the prettiest girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse in the world."

"I'll sleep when I'm dead."

Ranting to friends or a relative about the other, only for them to agree and call you out on your wrongdoings

"What have you done to my heart?"

Using the made-up words of their child(ren) in all their conversations

"I think you should kiss me."

critical role - campaign one - everyone else

"Don't move, you're still hurt." (keyleth & percy)

Friends of a recovering person come over to celebrate their homecoming (pike & vax)

Always pointing out certain annoying behaviour (pike/scanlan)

Wet kisses after finding refuge from the rain (vax/gilmore)

Feeling so lonely that they have to call their lover/friend, just to get a sense and reminder that they're still there (keyleth & percy)

Hesitantly tugging the other's fabric of their shirt or sleeve, testing the waters (vesper & gwendolyn)

Lingering with your lips open, touching, but not kissing, and this one glance at their eyes and you say fuck it and pull at their collar to kiss them (vax/gilmore)

"Touch them again and I promise, it will be the last thing you ever do." (vex & vax)

Vex and Percy have to deal for the first time with their eldest teen acting a bit out (percy & wolfe)

"Leave the light on." (keyleth & vilya)

Seeing what the other needs without them having to say it out loud (keyleth & percy)

Sharing something personal (pike/scanlan)

Defending them in front of others (keyleth & scanlan)

Tucking strands of loose hair behind their ears, with a thumb caressing their cheek (vax/gilmore)

Kiss on the forehead (pike/scanlan)

Patching up a wound (scanlan & vax)

Protecting (scanlan & kaylie)

Near death experience (scanlan & vax)

"I looked everywhere for you." (keyleth & pike)

"I'm not going anywhere." (pike & scanlan)

"Holy shit. Are you okay? What the hell happened?" (vex & scanlan)

"You're not weak for needing people." (grog & percy)

Vax meets a young Orym in Zephrah (orym & vax)

critical role - campaign two

"Hey, leave them alone. They just fell asleep." (beau & caleb)

"C'mere, I don't mind letting you sleep on me." (caleb/essek)

"Don't you dare wake them up." (beau & caleb)

"I won't let them put their hands on you." (beau & caleb)

Reassurance in the form of food/movies/games, forcing them to take a second away and relax with you (veth & caleb)

"I am trusting you with that hand, darling. I hope my trust isn't misplaced." (caleb/essek)

Breaking down mid-hug because they just needed this so much (keyleth & vilya)

Helping each other out (jester & caduceus)

Collecting flowers on their way home (beau/yasha)

“As soon as I heard what happened, I dropped everything and rushed over here.” (beau & clara)

“What have I told you about getting into fights?”/“They were talking shit about you!” (beau & caleb)

Giving them their personal space (caleb/essek)

Person A and person B accidentally giving each other flowers at the same time (jester/fjord)

Interlacing their fingers with the other’s when they least expect it (caleb/essek)

Games (beau & jester & veth)

Platonic kisses (essek)

"Look, I made this for you. I also made one for mum/dad/parent." (beau/yasha)

"She's my date. Fuck off." (beau/yasha)

"Get some sleep." (caleb/essek)

critical role - campaign three

Mapping out your lover's features while they sleep in your arm, smoothing your thumbs down their cheeks, throat, collarbones, chin and nose (orym/will)

"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me." (keyleth/vax)

"That's been known to happen." (fearne & orym)

"Can I hold your hand?" (dorian/orym)

the legend of vox machina - season one

"I need to change the bandage." (keyleth/vax)

"I owe you an apology." (keyleth & vex)

Having a fight with just looks (vex/percy)

"Let yourself cry, I'm here now. You're safe." (keyleth/vax)

"Did you know you talk in your sleep?" (keyleth/vax)

Catching the other one crying shortly after and immediately feeling an overwhelming wave of guilt crash onto you (keyleth & vex)

Sharing a pillow and waking up with their faces only centimetres apart (keyleth/vax)

the legend of vox machina - season two

A missing conversation from 2x08 (keyleth/vax)

Another missing conversation from 2x08 (keyleth & percy)

Letting out their anger in front of them (keyleth/vax)

Doing something silly to cheer them up (keyleth/vax)

Kisses on the cheek when they leave the room (keyleth/vax)

"Darling, you're shivering. Come here, let me warm you up." (vex/percy)

Starting to heal (pike & grog)

Losing your mind when they tilt your chin to look you in the eye (vex/percy)

That glance at your body with their eyes subtly widening, almost gulping as they take in your attire (keyleth/vax)

Resting their head on the other's stomach, only to fall asleep there (vex & trinket)

Opening up about their own struggles when they see the other's problems (keyleth/vax)

Opening up about their own struggles when they see the other's problems (keyleth & vex)

Cold (pike & percy)

“Just say a word and I’ll kill him.” (keyleth/vax)

[morethanaprincess-a]

@trinitytalents​ said:  👫

Send ‘👫’ for the mun to introduce you to a npc in my muses life.

At least the day had started well for Valentina, Queen of Novoselic (nee Borghese, daughter of the Duke of Orelli). As soon as the clock struck five, Gabriel had slipped from between her bedsheets and tiptoed to the door after kissing her forehead. As usual, she'd lazily tried to grasp his hand or shoulders, sleepily uttering that she commanded him to return to bed. And as usual, he'd whispered something terribly naughty he'd do to her later if he wasn't otherwise occupied as the Head of Novoselic Castle security. As soon as she watched him retreat into one of the two hidden passages connected to her room, she'd rolled over only to awake at a far more appropriate hour of 10 AM.

At precisely 10:15, a maid entered with her breakfast tray, perfectly portioned servings of wheat toast with accompanying jam, a bowl of fruit, yogurt, and a vegetable drink, which Valentina pinched her nose before downing first. This had been followed by Daphne, her senior secretary (the other two had been consigned to email and letter duty until noon) and her tablet. While older and far too smiley for Valentina's liking, she could ignore the woman's graying copper hair in favor of her knowing when to be silent (during her Japanese dramas) and how to tell the difference between eggshell and cream when it came to table linens (Valentina had fired secretaries for less). But most importantly, she knew that when it came to their Head of Security, he was an off-limits topic in anything but the professional sense unless they were alone.

"Your Majesty will be pleased to hear that your fine arts charity for high school students in Novoselic has had a 25% increase in donations this year, with several patrons attributing your gifts and galas as the cause," Daphne beamed as she interrupted her reading of Queen Valentina's unusually light schedule. But in comparison to all of the appearances she'd put in lately with Alexandre busy in Council sessions, a moment to breathe was hardly slacking. "Naturally. Thank you, Daphne. That will be all until the afternoon." She'd replied loftily, but deep down she was near to exploding from joy, both from the news as well as the laptop that rested beside her on the bed. She had important personal business to see to that morning.

Important business that was now threatened by Emelia, the Queen Mother. Just as Daphne swept from the room with a bow of the head, she'd nearly bumped into Alexandre's mother and Novoselic's past Queen. Emelia was in her seventies, kept her hair far too long (and terribly raggedy in the morning), and now had a tendency to visit her daughter-in-law during breakfast ever since Sonia was sent off to Japan for school. When the Princess still lived at home, she commonly ate breakfast with the woman, if just to spare her mother from her grandmother (or the other way round). While she was intent to savor the peace of her toast and Christie's online auctions, the Queen Mother had her usual morning plan in mind.

"Yes, please set the tray there Henri," The septuagenarian insisted, gesturing to the low table she wanted the footman to set her own breakfast tray down on before, perhaps more insistently, pointing to the TV, "And move the TV closer so I can hear. Channel 5!"

"Emelia, I am otherwise occupied," Valentina shot her mother-in-law a stern look, setting down one of her toast points. For the past week she'd been in a bidding war during Christie's annual online handbag auction with, if the username was anything to go by, was that socialite bitch from Singapore made fabulously wealthy twice over due to her high-profile skincare line and equally high-profile divorce from an airline CEO. The Queen's last six trips to Hermes' Faubourg store hadn't resulted in the Himalayan crocodile Birkin she wanted, no matter how much both the manager and Pierre-Alexis Dumas, the brand's artistic director, phoned to apologize. So now she was stuck bidding at Christie's against her Singaporean rival, who somehow still looked twenty-five at fifty, married a man at least ten years her junior, and already had three Himalayan crocodile Birkins, two of which had diamond-encrusted palladium closures (Valentina may or may not have watched her closet walk-through several times and deemed real diamonds on handbags to be tacky and reeking of 'nouveau riche'). She wasn't about to let the woman who defied the test of time add a fourth to her closet when she'd yet to obtain her first. "Must you enjoy 'Wake Up with Wanda' in my presence?"

"One should never have breakfast alone if you want to maintain your health," The older woman nagged, settling into the sofa with her own breakfast tray of oatmeal and toast. "Besides, Wanda's interviewing that handsome Pokora fellow this morning and he'll sing after!" 'Wake Up with Wanda' was the new edition, if fifteen years of hosting could be called new, of the previous morning show 'Rise and Shine with Richard.' Both shows aired on Novoselic's secondary news channel, NTV2, and primarily focused on current events, culture, and gossip. Emelia had fallen in love with it the moment Richard, when he was still young and dashing, interviewed ABBA and had promptly taken the Queen of Novoselic's call when she'd telephoned to tell the quartet how much she adored their records. A private concert later and she became one of the show's most prominent patrons for the past 40 years. Emelia insisted it kept her up to date with 'the young people.'

"You only care for M. Pokora because he covered a song by Claude Francois," Valentina quipped, hastily punching in a new number onto the Christie's website. Take that, Singapore Bitch and monster-in-law.

"Who adapted the song from The Four Seasons," Emelia was elderly but not senile, and was determined not to be outdone. She gave her daughter-in-law a triumphant nod. "Could you pass the raspberry jam? Somehow the kitchens ran out this morning and poor Alexandre, he had to have his toast with only butter before meeting the Council."

Valentina scooted to the side of her bed to hand it gently to the woman, no matter how much she wanted to chuck it at her head. At least she hadn't mentioned ABBA, her true musical love. Valentina herself had enjoyed her playing 'Mamma Mia!' over and over until Sonia, as an infant, was given a paternity test. Now she suspected the woman played it in the Queen's presence just to remind her of the plot of the ABBA musical, where the protagonist's daughter could have been fathered by three different men. Before the test came back confirming Alexandre as Sonia's father, the musical's plot was perilously close to real life. Every situation Emelia could highlight Alex's misfortunes had been capitalized on ever since. "I shall speak to Daphne about ordering more after breakfast."

"Good!" She grinned, taking another bite of oatmeal as her gaze flickered back to the TV. "Novoselic Castle should always be kept up to standard, after all."

Valentina sighed, pushing down her desire to scowl and groan at the same time. The woman had never accepted her son and his wife were in a loveless marriage with no cure. At least, for now, she was 30,000 euros in the lead for her new Birkin-

READ THIS.

An email, sent to her personal account from Daphne, popped up as the auction entered its last three minutes. Finally letting out a groan, She opened her email to find only a URL in the body of the email, something that would take her to a Japanese site. "This better be important," She grumbled, clicking it.

It seemed to be a journal of some sort, written in Japanese with plenty of discussion about fashion and style for teenagers, popular culture, and so forth, with far too many 'kawaii' touches for her liking. Belonging to a dark-haired girl with a red bow, her content varied from her fashion to interviews, often featuring fellow teenagers likely close in age. Valentina felt her eyes glaze over until she tore her gaze from the sidebar to the first entry at the top of the page: Hope's Peak's Ultimate Princess, the Princess of Novoselic Answers YOUR Questions!

"Oh dear God," Valentina gasped, clutching the sides of her keyboard as she began to scroll. There was her daughter, bright and smiling in an outfit she'd never have let Cecily approve of for her as she chatted amiably on video with the dark-haired girl. The goal was to find the person behind the Princess and find out what being Royal was really like, according to the introduction. The Queen froze at the sorts of questions the girl's 'fans' apparently wanted to know: Did Sonia have a significant other? Did the Castle still have in-use torture chambers? How big was her closet? Nothing about her various charity work in Japan, professional appearances, or even the positive highlights of their country's history. Just glamour and gore. Exactly the sort of interview she'd been trying to fend off from Novoselic Daily News, who'd been promised Sonia's next interview once she'd finished with UK Tatler and Japan's NHK.

And if Daphne's capital letters were any indication, it was likely NDN's CEO had already gotten whiff of Princess Sonia's unauthorized interview to a complete amateur.

"What in the HELL is she thinking!?" Valentina cried, all but forgetting her precious Hermes and Emelia, reaching for her phone to fire off a phone call which, unsurprisingly, went unanswered. She had no choice: she'd have to corner her daughter by text.

I know you are ignoring me, Sonia. You will call me as soon as you receive this message unless you prefer to be put on your plane in the next hour and flown straight home.

[we-will-begin-again]

Memories of sorrow

(for Ava)

Send “Memories of Sorrow” to see a painful and tragic memory of My Muse

Once, Ava had hoped that the memories of those first days when people started biting each other would become blurred by the passing of time. Most of them did, you could only watch so many people die before the circumstances of each death started being reduced into mere categories: rotters, suicide, other people, the weather, or starvation. Those were the most usual ways to go nowadays. People didn't stand out in her memory unless their death was particularly unique, and even then she forgot certain details, small things that weren't important.

However, there was one, just one, that remained unchanged.

It'd been less than two weeks into the apocalypse when big cities began to fall, either to the dead or to Sunset Protocol. The military checkpoint Ava and so many others, her sister included, had been stationed at had quickly been surrounded by people, those who came from other cities wanted to get to DC in hopes of finding safety there, those who were in the city wanted to get out as the cases of this illness increased, both roads were filled with both vehicles and people on foot, more than they could handle; and with people came the dead.

Everything went to hell after that, there was no saving DC, there was just a chance to get as many people out of there as possible. At some point, she'd lost sight of Victoria while helping a man who'd proven to be an useful veteran two days ago, David García, and when she found Victoria again, the bite on her sister's shoulder left it clear to Ava that there wasn't anything they could do.

But Victoria wouldn't be her sister if she gave up so easily.

"You're not blowing my brains out until we're absolutely sure I'm turning," Victoria'd told Ava, despite being the youngest one, for once, she showed more authority than Ava, and Ava was just too overwhelmed to retort.

Victoria thought that if there was even a small chance she wouldn't turn, it was worth waiting; and Ava clung to that, she hoped, for once in her life she prayed to a God who before now she'd only ever turned to forcefully when her grandparents made them all pray before each family meal. She wanted this to be different, wanted Victoria to be some kind of unique person that wouldn't be affected. Her sister barely if ever got sick growing up, she'd always had a hell of immune system. So why should that change?

The symptoms started showing around eight hours after Victoria was bitten, excessive sweating, a burning feeling on the bite, like alcohol had been poured on it, and numbness on her limbs; twelve hours in and she'd passed out twice, each time awakening weaker than the last; Twenty hours in and Ava had to physically hold her up for her to walk, a nosebleed joining the other symptoms; twenty two hours and David was walking behind them while Ava carried Victoria on her back; Twenty four hours and they couldn't keep going.

David had left them alone, checking the perimeter to ensure they wouldn't be bothered. Ava held her little sister's hand and talked to her about stuff that seemed so small before but so important now: childhood memories, family vacations, dumb shit they'd said and done and argued about through the years.

"I love you."

"Me too," Victoria whispered, scoffing when a tear slipped down Ava's cheek. "Don't go soft, remember we promised to stay strong."

"We were going to stay strong together."

"Keep the knife," Victoria told her, voice a weak wheeze. "You better don't lose it."

"I'll take better care of it than you ever have," Ava taunted. "Not like that'll be hard, considering you lost mine."

They laughed, then their expressions fell again as Victoria coughed out blood. "Remember," she gasped. "Not until it happens–"

"In case it doesn't happen." Ava nodded, pressing her forehead to Victoria's.

"Exactly," Victoria nodded weakly, pressing back against Ava's forehead. "I don't want you stabbing my body for nothing."

Ava breathed with her until she stopped, held Victoria's hand even after it went limp in her grasp, and continued to hold it when, now cold and stiff, it squeezed her own again, attempting to pull it towards her mouth as Ava leaned away, her eyes cast to the ground.

The knife made it between Victoria's teeth before Ava's free hand could be pulled in, muffling the dead woman's groan. Ava squeezed her eyes shut as the corpse's teeth clicked against the metal, refusing to look this thing that was no longer her sister in the eye, afraid of the lifeless gaze that she knew would have replaced her sister's once lively brown eyes.

She pushed the blade further into her mouth, through flesh and bone until Victoria's body went limp, then pulled it out and let the body slump back against the tree.

Ava wasn't sure how long she spent just kneeling there, the knife still in her hand. She wasn't even aware of its weight, or if her hand sweating around the handle, until David returned and attempted from pry it from her fingers, Ava yanked her arm away, glaring at the man.

"I dug a hole," was all he said, giving her a sympathetic look. "You should say goodbye and bury her, it isn't safe out here."

It was a quick burial, so quick it couldn't even be called a funeral, definitely not what someone who'd died because she'd chosen to help people instead of saving her own life deserved. But it was all Ava could give her little sister in that moment, a hole in the woods and a name carved in a rock with the same knife that'd put her reanimated body down.

A minute of silent grieving, then they left.