#VERSE POST.

[shamsazari]

call me sweet is your voice: sweet is the foliage of the strange plant grown in the farthest edge of sorrow ... jujutsu kaisen.

before tengen created the barrier, a few other jujutsu societies existed. there was a span of time where the rest of the world had regular access to cursed energy and techniques, in addition to significantly stronger curses due to the turbulent, dangerous, constantly warring, fear filled time pre - modernism was (about 1850 - modern day). one of those societies existed in iran. now, decades later, the existence of their society is not as prominent, but shams' family, the azari family was one of the more known figures that existed back in the day.

that is also why many of iran's cursed tools were safely sealed with the azaris as curses and cursed energy became scarcer and scarcer, in case they're ever needed again. one of those tools was one shams personally uses. the shamshir - e zomorrodnegār ('the emerald - studded sword') is a cursed tool that very few knew of its actual origin, but legend said that it has originally belonged to a king. the sorcerer used his abilities to make his body invulnerable to all weapons except this specific sword. despite shams' collection of cursed tools and objects, she tends to carry this one the most.

outside of her natural cursed technique and cursed tools, shams has her own innate technique, an ability that allows her to create, shape and manipulate energy. that energy can be transformed into a number of forms that may each manifest and be measurable in differing ways. the law of said energy states that the total energy of a system can increase or decrease only by transferring it in or out of the system, thus the total energy of a system can be calculated by simple addition when it is composed of multiple non - interacting parts or has multiple distinct forms of energy.

shams, however, lost her innate technique, after getting attacked by a curse user. not only did she almost die, but she was no longer able to use her technique as it was drained from her by the curse user. if asked, she would describe it as being able to feel it but unable to properly use it— almost like there's some sort of fog in her mind. for a while, she decided to focus on her weapons and swordsmanship, which were already part of her skills due to her family's training and traditions. she did grow tired of it, however, and decides that she wants to find out how to retrieve her technique back.

which is why she decides to go to tokyo. due to the optimized cursed energy in japan, shams feels like she might be able to get an answer from there. until she manages to regain her innate technique, she works very mundane jobs outside of sorcerer society. she does make it a habit of getting involved in case there is help needed, whether that be for sorcerer or non - sorcerer, but she has a focus in finding more information about the issue she is currently facing. later on she finds that the same cursed user who took her technique from her was roaming around tokyo, which is how she gets one step closer to finding a solution.

by the time she gets her technique back and becomes more familiar with the place she is in, she becomes a sorcerer mostly by association. despite the fact that she does take on missions, shams doesn't agree with the way the higher - ups handle things and does end up helping in her own way.

[gravesung-moving]

WELCOME TO SHELTER ISLAND.

There is a city in upstate New York, glamoured and hidden from the rest of the US, where magic flourishes in secret. No, it isn’t the small coastal strip of land in the same state with the same name. Shelter Island, this Shelter Island, is accessible to strangers only by accident. Fell asleep on the R train in NYC? Wound up there inexplicably one morning when you opened a door that wasn't there before? Teleported in from another universe on accident and got stuck there because the City won't let you go? Possibilities are endless! 

Shelter Island is a reclusive place, welcoming its own but near-impossible to seek out. Some theorize that the city chooses its residents. Some chalk it up to magical anomalies. No matter their stance, those who live there agree that in some strange, unexplainable way, the City is alive.

Genre(s)

Shelter Island as a setting contains many possibilities for stories of different genres. While no theme is off-limits, some are stronger and easier to pull on than others. For example, here are a few of the inspirations for building the setting:

early 2000’s techno-kitsch (leetspeak, over the top hacker counterculture, etc.)

Gothic Americana

absurdist comedy & satire about the modern age (capitalism/advertisement culture, memes, life on the web)

uncanny-valley atmospheric horror (think Night Vale, The Magnus Archives, SCP, etc.)

street crime, gangs & the mafia (peaky blinders, many many mob movies, six of crows, etc.)

Residence

Those who end up in Shelter Island by accident are henceforth welcome into the city, so long as they don’t enter with the intention of exposing it. The City knows. Trust that it knows. Most of the citydwellers were born there, but every year there is a steady trickle of new residents as well.

Because of this, there are New Resident Info Desks peppered around common entry points throughout the city. Here, you can get temporary housing, an ID card, and other resources to help get you started as a citizen. Geography and Demography

Despite the name, Shelter Island is actually not an island. Legends say the city once sat in the middle of a lake. After some geographic event over a century ago, the water around it receded, leaving a sunken halo around the city. The name stuck, however, and now it’s considered a bit of an in-joke among residents.

Shelter Island is laid out like a three-ring target. The central “bullseye” (called citycenter) contains the 1% — both literally and figuratively. The middle ring (called cityproper), home to roughly 40% of the population, is made up of suburbs, apartments, shopping districts, and other highly metropolitan middle-class neighborhoods. The outer circle (the Ring), containing nearly 60% of the population, is shoddily constructed and tightly packed with buildings, alleys, and people.

OTHER INFO: FULL SETTING GUIDE PINTEREST BOARD PLAYLIST

A Note from Raine

All of the characters in my muse roster (including on my other blogs) either exist in this setting natively or have a verse within it. Shelter Island is the ever-evolving product of many, many years of work by Reu and me, and I'd absolutely love to craft SI verses for your muses if you're interested!! Come on in, the water's fine(?)!

[shayneysides]

hobie: kill yourself

pavitr: WHAT THE HELL BRO WHAT DID I DO

original format from @ha-youwish in this post!

[lullamiine]

Ramshackle dorm got a new member‼️‼️‼️

Bonus:

[oblique-lane]

From Anomaly Diversion For the upcoming Chapter 4.

[pokimoko]

I can't keep being fundamentally changed as a person by animated movies, it's just not sustainable.

[shepscapades]

I hope you’re happy, I hope you’re happy now /ref

[fanaticalthings]

the muskification of twitter except it's lex luthor instead of elon lol

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[tecochet]

mary jane's husband and his boyfriend

[lil-vibes]

my beloved beasts 😭

[zorangezest]

(switcherooau) your new everything :)

im retreating into my cave to work on some big ol oc projects now—have this while I’m gonee

[valtsv]

filial cannibalism // matriphagy

[gravesung-moving]

ok here's what i've come up with from thinking about it at work:

suguru opens a bakery/cafe after his career as an executive chef crashes and burns

he and the girls live upstairs so that suguru can get up at 2 AM and bake bread (and blast music, because they're heavy sleepers and they don't have any other neighbors except the building's third floor kjsdfhjksdhfk)

which means ur muse can absolutely live on the third floor js

cafe's known for its unique tea-based drinks because suguru's always experimenting — buckwheat ginger tea latte is the most well-known one

small stock, sells out early. open late on weekends but just for coffee/tea/whatever desserts are left. occasionally for customers he really likes, he'll just like, bring down stuff from his apt upstairs and cook them something

[treef-greef]

filling the space between us with some sense of normal

[bittsandpieces]

seven minutes in heaven but that's how long each person at the party gets to spend inside my cunt

[cherrywhite]

hey silt verses? I just want to talk