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Halloween ‘23 Poll#17

Halloween '23 Poll #17 Al as a hybrid of Gaz Membrane and the Zora aesthetic from BOTW. I consider myself blessed I didn't have to to also try to mix Darth Vader into this lmao (poll was almost a three way tie) Better hand over the game btw Next poll is open for voting and will end tomorrow at 9am Eastern: https://www.supercellcomic.com/poll.html Want to see your fave characters/costumes in future polls? Submit them here: https://supercellcomic.com/halloween.html

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al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1334

first posted in facebook august 9, 2024

steve locke -- "distance" (2006)

"god gave noah the rainbow sign no more water, the fire next time" … an african american spiritual

"i have never believed in inspiration or safety as a condition for work or for anything else. the former is unreliable and the latter is a stranger to me. if a sense of safety were a necessity to being an artist, i never would have become one" … steve locke

"not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced" … james baldwin

"a thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it" … zora neale hurston

“the distance between us, and i had never thought of this before, was that they did not know this, and i now dared to realize that i loved them more than they loved me. and i do not mean that my love was greater: who dares judge the inexpressible expense another pays for his life? who knows how much one is loved, by whom, or what that love may be called on to do? no, the way the cards had fallen meant that i had to face more about them than they could know about me, knew" … james baldwin

"not everything distant is far, but nothing can be changed that is forever unfair" … al janik

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pa kako da ti kažem - nisi mi, vala, ništa al' kad bi poželio mogao bi da mi budeš sve i noć i zora i sunce i hlad i uzburkano more i mirna luka al' nisi mi, vala, ništa

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On January 7th, we venerate Ancestor & Hoodoo Saint, Auntie Zora Neale Hurston on her 133rd birthday (updated 2024). 🎉

Novelist, Anthropologist, Folklorist, Scholar, Vodou initiate & Historian, Zora Neale Hurston's legacy is forever cemented in Hoodoo Culture (and beyond) as the masterful wordsmith who cast a shining light on black excellence in all everyday forms/spaces, our ATR roots, & the preservation of Black Voices during the prime of the Harlem Renaissance.

Auntie Zora was born in Notasulga, AL and raised on 5 acres of land in Eatonville, FL by her preacher-father and free-spirited mother ; in what would be the first all-Black township in the country. After the shattering loss of her mother, Zora turned up in Baltimore, MD where she presented herself as a 16 year old (10 years her junior) in order to access free public school education resources; thereby finishing school. From then on, Zora lived her life presenting herself as 10 years younger than she actually was. She'd go on to graduate from Barnard College in 1928. 

She published several novellas & articles, including "Mules & Men"; a collection of Hoodoo Folklore. She entered the zenith of her career in the late 30s/40s after publishing her masterworks: "Their Eyes Were Watching God", "Tell My Horse", "Moses, Man of the Mountain", & an anthropological study on Hatian Vodou .After publishing her autobiography, "Dust Tracks on a Road, "Auntie Zora finally received the public recognition & literary respect that was long overdue. Despite her successes, and unprecedented contributions in classic literature & anthropology, Zora never received the financial contributions that her work so deserved. 

Zora Neale Hurston passed away; penniless, alone, & drifting into obscurity. Friends and supporters from near and far raised $600 for her funeral service and burial. She was buried in an unmarked grave, in a segregated section, at the Garden Of Heavenly Peace Cemetery in Fort Pierce, FL. Over a decade later, in 1973 the Great Alice Walker found the unmarked grave and ordered a headstone to be placed on it; engraved with, "Genius Of The South" in Zora's honor. It remains in place today.  “Let no Negro celebrity, no matter what financial condition they might be in at death, lie in inconspicuous forgetfulness. We must assume the responsibility of their graves being known and honored.” - Zora Neale Hurston to W.E.B. Dubois Auntie Zora wanted to be remembered & demanded that the same honor and respect be given unto her peers & others. Never forget the infectious voice that defined & defied, inspired & struck fear in many hearts of her time & after. We pour libations & give 💐 today as we celebrate Auntie Zora for her enigmatic spirit, ancestral wisdom, labor of love for Hoodoo Folklore, & for the seeing the beauty in the dark, sometimes solemn, corners in Black Culture. Let her studies continue to inform our own. Let her spark a fire in us to reconnect to our roots & grow within our lineages.

Offering suggestions: money, music, read/share her work, libations of water, & flowers.

‼️Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.‼️

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So you want to learn about Louisiana Voodoo…

door in New Orleans by Jean-Marcel St. Jacques

For better or worse (almost always downright wrong) Louisiana Voodoo and Hoodoo are likely to come up in any depiction of the state of Louisiana. I’ve created a list of works on contemporary and historical Voodoo/Hoodoo for anyone who’d like to learn more about what this tradition is and is not (hint: it developed separately from Haitian Vodou which is its own thing) or would like to depict it in a non-stereotypical way. I’ve listed them in chronological order. Please keep a few things in mind. Almost all sources presented unfortunately have their biases. As ethnographies Hurston’s work no longer represent best practices in Anthropology and has been suspected of embellishment and sensationalism on this topic. Additionally the portrayal is of the religion as it was nearly 100 years ago- all traditions change over time. Likewise Teish is extremely valuable for providing an inside view into the practice but certain views, as on Ancient Egypt, may be offensive now. I have chosen to include the non-academic works by Alvarado and Filan for the research on historical Voodoo they did with regards to the Federal Writer’s Project that is not readily accessible, HOWEVER, this is NOT a guide to teach you to practice this closed tradition, and again some of the opinions are suspect- DO NOT use sage, which is part of Native practice and destroys local environments. I do not support every view expressed but think even when wrong these sources present something to be learned about the way we treat culture

*Start with Osbey, the shortest of the works. To compare Louisiana Voodoo with other traditions see the chapter on Haitian Vodou in Creole Religions of the Caribbean by Olmos and Paravinsi-Gebert. Additionally many songs and chants were originally in Louisiana Creole (different from the Louisiana French dialect), which is now severely endangered. You can study the language in Ti Liv Kreyol by Guillery-Chatman et. Al.

Le Petit Albert by Albertus Parvus Lucius (1706) grimoire widely circulated in France in the 18th century, brought to the colony & significantly impacted Hoodoo

Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston (1935)

Spirit World-Photographs & Journal: Pattern in the Expressive Folk Culture of Afro-American New Orleans by Michael P. Smith (1984)

Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals by Luisah Teish (1985)

Eve’s Bayou (1997), film

Spiritual Merchants: Religion, Magic, and Commerce by Carolyn Morrow Long (2001)

A New Orleans Voodoo Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau by Carolyn Morrow Long (2006)

“Yoruba Influences on Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo” by Ina J. Fandrich (2007)

The New Orleans Voodoo Handbook by Kenaz Filan (2011)

“Why We Can’t Talk To You About Voodoo” by Brenda Marie Osbey (2011)

Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System by Katrina Hazzard-Donald (2013)

The Tomb of Marie Laveau In St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 by Carolyn Morrow Long (2016)

Lemonade, visual album by Beyonce (2016)

How to Make Lemonade, book by Beyonce (2016)

“Work the Root: Black Feminism, Hoodoo Love Rituals, and Practices of Freedom” by Lyndsey Stewart (2017)

The Lemonade Reader edited by Kinitra D. Brooks and Kameelah L. Martin (2019)

The Magic of Marie Laveau by Denise Alvarado (2020)

In Our Mother’s Gardens (2021), documentary on Netflix, around 1 hour mark traditional offering to the ancestors by Dr. Zauditu-Selassie

“Playing the Bamboula” rhythm for honoring ancestors associated with historical Voodoo

Voodoo and Power: The Politics of Religion in New Orleans 1880-1940 by Kodi A. Roberts (2023)

The Marie Laveau Grimoire by Denise Alvarado (2024)

Voodoo: An African American Religion by Jeffrey E. Anderson (2024)

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This was based off of @cloudninetonine 's fanfiction called a players aid and honestly I loved it so much I started to write again so made a little fic about it in my down time if y'all got any comments or criticisms let me know.

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Across time

LU/oot link x child!reader

the guide is 11/12 during the events of the story

Tw: general angst,light body dysmorphia?, Poor editing, oot spoilers.

The hero of time had a child not physically but mentally in a way he dubbed them the guide normally the child be concerned a strange small voice talking talking to them like they had known him his entire life like he was there best friend and them in return and it was quite annoying.

Until he had to leave his home behind the first time he heard them go quiet was after he left the kokiri Forest for the first time saying farewell to saria and the place you've known as a home for all his life was not an easy task maybe even worse by the silence his guide presented after saying goodbye to one of his only friends he felt them he felt there warm tender embrace he could feel there kindness and empathy radiating within him.

"I'm sorry link I know this must be hard for you, to just leave everything and go on a journey like this but hey at least you're not alone you've got me and I'll make sure we get through this together, ok." The child-like voice spouted, sounding not much similar than his own.

"Thank you" he whispered

"What's your name?"

" I'm Y/N " they replied with childlike enthusiasm.

"Do you think we will really stay together through this" he spoke silently walking into Hyrule Field.

"Yeah well we got to, I know you have navi, but who else is going to watch your back." The guide exclaimed to the child hero.

And they did, even when link had went to the master sword sealed within it's pedistle anxiety radiating within him he pulled sealing his fate.

Saria was gone

Princess Ruto was gone

Dariunia was gone

Zelda was missing

All he had was navi and his guide

Y/N had proven to be a beacon of light in his dreary adventure' not to say Navi wasn't helpful but Navi never had any helpful puzzle solving skills and the guide had an odd but unique scence of humor.

Whenever the mood got dark and whenever link let his mind wander too much he could always count on his guide to make a off-color/strange, funny joke, awful pun or even just some reassuring affirmation to keep his Spirit's up.

But then it all changed as soon as the master sword was pulled out of its pedistle it all changed the young boy had the body of a young man, but not the mind to match. And everything, was changed not just the young hero but his land castle town was decrepit, a shell of its former self,Zora's domain a frozen pit, and gororn city all but abandoned.

Hyrule had gone to "heck in a handbag" as they said the one thing stayed the same, his only constant thus far his guide.

Y/n

But things never really got better after finding all the stages but y/n remaind through every hardship trial and quest no matter how bleak it got at least he had people to rely on navi and his self proclaimed "guide".

Until the inevitable end.

Zelda was taken by gannondorf, trapped in a crystal and taken to the remains of Hyrule castle.

This was the endgame he knew it and so did y/n.

"Don't worry link we'll rescue Zelda and save the day together ' we just gotta!" They exclaimed with the typical childlike nativity.

Link on the other hand was not so sure he couldn't escape the sinking feeling that something bad was going to happen regardless of how this was going to end.

"Ok then let's finish this and bring peace to Hyrule!" Link exclaimed.

The battle and escape was grueling, every attack from Gannon hurt tenfold however this was nothing with his guide and navi by his side the two people he could depend on most.

He could take on anything, right?

"Right, Y/n......"

"Y/n"

"Y/n"

" I'm sorry link The adventures over it's time for me to go" they sniffled.

Were they crying?

"Please I already lost navi I don't want to lose you too' don't go please." He sobbed did everything they went through together.

"I,m so sorry I don't want to go but the adventures over I wish I could stay longer but I cant"

"I'm sorry link, goodbye."

And then as if he felt his soul leave his body they left.

Just like that.

There warmth and tenderness he felt all throughout his very being was gone.

"Y/n"

"Y/n"

"Please come back."

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This was already submitted to cloudninetonine's blog but I was kind of proud of it so, it's going on mine now(⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥳Post Anniversaries because.... I like calling out my muses tastes and first starter interaction anniversaries🥳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

May 30, 2012 - Countess Bathory and V First Meeting

June 13, 2013 - Scott Pilgrim and V First Meeting

February 19, 2013 - Arthur and V First Meeting

Feburary 20, 2013 - Brendan and V First Meeting

September 3, 2013 - Chris and V First Meeting

September 9, 2013 - (vaguely via mentioned) Brendan and Vin First Meeting

October 21, 2014 - Paige and V First Meeting

November 18 2014 - Roxxan (et al) and Vin First Meeting

June 10, 2015 - Kira and Vin's First Meeting

June 14, 2016 - Blaze and V First Meeting

September 5, 2015 - Zora and V First Meeting

January 16, 2016 - Poison and V First Meeting

June 28, 2016 - Martin (et al) and V First Meeting

December 4, 2016 - Cassandra and V First Meeting

January 5, 2017 - "Atieno" and V (via vin) First Meeting

March 16, 2017 - Jason et al and Vigil First Meeting

July 26, 2017 - Jason et al and V (and later Einzelgänger) First Meeting

July 28, 2017 - Rose and V First Meeting

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March 8, 2018 - Jessica Jones and V First Meeting

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Farosh

Establo junto al lago - Faron, 14 mayo xx

Mi amado Sidon,

He cruzado el puente del lago Hylia y estoy por ir con rumbo a la aldea Lurelin. Después de ahí me embarcaré a una isla llamada Frontia. Esta región es más tranquila de lo que parece, así que no te sientas preocupado.Entiendo lo que me dices respecto a lo de nosotros, pero créeme cuando te digo que no tengo inconveniente en que nuestra relación permanezca en secreto. Lo último que quisiera es provocarte problemas o escándalos y de cualquier forma me gusta nuestra privacidad, añade un toque de adrenalina a la situación. Puedo mantenerme en las sombras porque es más cómodo para mí. No te preocupes Sidon, lo único que podría adolecer mi alma es no tener tu amor y ser impedido de amarte, lo cual sé que jamás sucederá. Si en algún momento me inquietara el anonimato, te lo haré saber.Una vez más has acertado en mis intenciones, zora astuto. Quiero que estudies bien ese libro porque pretendo replicar varias cosas que vienen ilustradas en él. Estoy con ánimos de experimentar. No sé si pueda perdonarte por romper mi pantalón gerudo, era nuevo y me costó algunas rupias… pero ya que has pasado por el bochorno de encargarlo con Beedle, está bien, quedas libre del cargo de tu consciencia. Volveré a vestirme de gala para ti, alteza.

Me teletransportaré de vuelta al dominio una vez que regrese de la isla Frontia. Es posible que me lleve un poco más de tiempo esta vez.

Te ama,

Link

PD. Vi un enorme dragón en el cielo, rodeado de esferas de electricidad.

Deku tree

Anexo cap. 9 - Cartas

Fanfic: Serenata del agua

[ladye-zelda]

Help I began thinking about Alphonse so here’s a bit about him:

- He grew up in a noble family who always taught him emotions were bad, hence he becomes a stone-faced husk (his way of dealing with trauma that gets passed down to his son)

- When he left to join the military camp at age 12 and made some friends he started to heal though

- Age 17 he joins the military and learns how to be agressive in specific situations, and so he has little tolerance for people’s bull (at least when it comes to his job)

- He met Link’s mother when he was stationed in Fort Hateno at age 18. They had rushed into a relationship too soon, got married, and had Link in about a span of a year (blinded by young love). They get a divorce three years later due to Alphonse’s position in the military having him moved around

- But they were able to have split custody of Link, and he was able to take Link all over Hyrule with him (including Zora’s Domain)

- At 25 he was promoted to royal guard, but got the night shift so during the day he could raise Link (seriously, this man gets no sleep)

- Link’s mother remarries Hateno’s blacksmith, and has a daughter two years later (when Link was 8 years old)

- Link spent most of his time with his father due to wanting to pursue swordfighting

- When Link was 12, before he got the Master Sword Alphonse dies due to an accident with his royal guard weapon breaking during an attack, so he self sacrificed himself (leading Link to go to the same military camp Al went and then finding the Master Sword from there)

- But don’t cry because in the Age of Calamity timeline Alphonse doesn’t die (because everything is different in that game) and actually lives. During the Calamity he meets a Gerudo woman and marries her finally healing him from marital trauma he had and maybe also having a daughter hehe

@skyloftian-nutcase @smilesrobotlover

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Shiny hunting the brothers ever rn so I had to doodle them for luck. I have never drawn either of these pokémon before so if they look wonky uhhh be nice to me

[imorphemi]

more morph brainrot hours presents:

FMA x BOTW AU i actually gave this so much thought and i really like it so les go

For our core cast we have Ed and Al as Link (kinda sorta) and Winry as Zelda.

Winry is in this AU actually the Queen of Hyrule, having inherited the kingdom in her teenage years when her parents died unexpectedly and before the Calamity she is still very much just a teen. The stress of that combined with the weight of the prophecy and her not being able to unlock her sacred power does not go well with her. She often escapes to guardian and mechanical research to ignore her responsibilities.

Ed and Al are Winry's childhood friends and personal guards. The two are exceptional swordsmen and they found the Master Sword in the Lost Woods at a young age. They try to help Winry whenever they can with her responsibilities and push her to go have a little fun every once in a while.

OK AND ON TO THE CHAMPIONS im actually most excited about this part

For the Zora we have Champion Maes, King Roy, and the head of the Zora Guard Riza. Ed, Al, and Winry often visited Zora's Domain and Winry is especially close with Maes.

For the Gorons we have Champions Sig and Izumi. Izumi was Ed and Al's old teacher who lives in Goron City. They failed to mention that Izumi is in fact a Hylian when talking about her to Winry, so Izumi was Winry's first pick for a Goron Champion. Sig and Izumi both fill the Champion role anyways haha

For the Rito we have Champion Ling, picked out of his many siblings in hopes of someday becoming the Chieftan of Rito Village. Ed and Ling have an ongoing rivalry.

For the Gerudo we have Chief May. May is especially close with Winry and the two often visit each other, aiding each other in times of any need both as young leaders of their kingdoms.

When the Calamity occurs, Ed and Al almost die protecting Winry from the guardians, Ed losing his arm and leg and Al full on dying. Winry activates her powers then and manages to save Al's soul in the Sheikah Slate (if Mineru can do it then Hylia incarnate can figure it out) and save Ed from dying. She brings Ed to the shrine of resurrection and tasks Pinako and Paninya to build Ed a new arm and leg and Al a new body from her blueprints in the Sheikah Slate. As much as she'd rather work on them herself, Calamity Ganon is still out there. So she heads to the castle alone to contain Calamity Ganon.

Al is given a new body and stays on the Great Plataeu waiting for Ed to wake up. Initially Pinako and Paninya stay with him, but Al convinces them that it's ok for them to leave. They still visit him every once in a while until they're gone.

100 years later, King Roy and Captain Riza are still trying to find a way into Vah Ruta in desperate hope that Maes is still alive in there somewhere. The Gerudo have a male Chieftain only referred to as 'Scar'. There is a rumor that Rito Champion never died within Vah Medoh and instead escaped (or became) the blight that plagued all the other Divine Beasts

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Ok gonna explain some of my thought processes behind these choices under the cut >:D

The issue with botw is that there are two groups of people who are both very close to the core protags but also exist in very different time periods. The only group that surpasses that is the Zora because of their long lifespan. That was my main motivation for placing Roy, Riza, and Maes as Zoras.

Initially I wanted Riza to be the Champion, but then I decided that Maes would be more fitting (mainly because he also dies in fma asdfjkladfs). In botw, King Dorephan holds on to the hope that Mipha is still alive in Vah Ruta and is part of his motivation to get into Vah Ruta. That perfectly matches with Roy's actions towards Maes' death so yeah!

For the choice for May, initially i did want to put her with Ling and Lan Fan as rito, but I decided I didn't want to do away with her relationship with Scar, especially since their relationship is a lot more important in fma. Scar being the pre-calamity Chief would, I think, also not work as well because he's hostile towards the main protags for like, 90% of fma and I also didn't want to break away that relationship. Him being hostile towards Ed and Al fits in a lot more if he was a post-calamity Chief and his anger would be spurred on by May's death in blaming the Hylians, similar to Mipha.

May as pre-calmity gerudo chief also gives more opportunity for a similar relationship like Urbosa and Zelda between May and Winry. The Champions are close, and May is the best choice out of my selections for gerudo :D

I had a lot of trouble with picking the Gorons and I really loved the idea of Izumi being the Goron Champion. However, I. could not think of a way I would design her being a Goron because the. her. the shapes are just sooooo so different :( so I added Sig instead! Sig is a goron and Izumi moved to Goron City to live with him :D In the Vah Rudania chase, Al with his new sheikah tech body is the one who acts as a human cannonball lol

As for Ling, he doesn't have as many siblings as in fma but enough to warrant him competing to become the future Chieftain. Lan Fan does not exist in pre-calamity. When the Calamity happens, Ling in fact does not die and instead absorbs windblight, fleeing and going into hiding. The blight gives him extended life and he lives on until Ed wakes up 100 years later. Lan Fan is the daughter of the Captain of the Rito Guard and found out that the rumors about the Rito Champion of old was indeed true. He was alive.

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Request from Discord: Can I get a fic where Zora seeing Odette in a dress dancing at a festival and surprising her by asking her to dance in private before she can change out of the clothes. It's surprisingly tender and romantic and they're not sassing one another excessively like normal. They slowly realize they give each other butterflies. Maybe with some jealousy of Zora seeing other men dancing with her. A private dance because he needs to show that he 'can', it's just that he has a reputation to uphold

Pairing: Zora x Odette (oc) Odette belongs to @hybridanafrost Fanfic type: Oneshot Genre: general to fluff Warnings: some snarky comments in the beginning but that's it Length: ~1k

It was a cool summer evening in Clover. The sky was clear, and the wind existed only in mere passing breezes that swayed the fireflies that flew through the air. It was the perfect night for the festival a nearby village.

Such events weren’t the kind that Zora would usually participate, not at least in any other form than perhaps lingering in the sidelines, drinking a cup of ale. Which was what he was doing. Just looking at the events, the activities from the sidelines, and side-eyeing the rest of the Bulls whenever they came into vicinity.

And then he saw ... Odette?

At least it looked a lot like Odette. Aside of the fact that she was wearing a nice dress, make-up and her hair was done. She was looking... like a lot of things she usually didn’t. But none of them were bad.

And... she was dancing.

She was dancing among the villagers with a smile on her face, as if having forgotten the worries that the world held. The troubles of the next mission. Or the chilling cold of the next winter. She looked like she wasn’t thinking about anything the harsh world might have to offer.

But instead, she looked... happy.

And in a strange way, Zora thought that... at that moment, Odette looked like she ought to look like.

Happy.

It was such a strange sentiment. But it was one that he couldn’t shake.

She should smile like that.

“Hey Zora!” She called out to him as he was staring into his ale mug, contemplating on what he was feeling.

“What is it?” He glanced at her.

“Care to dance?” She asked with a smirk and while extending her hand.

His eyes landed on the hand, delicate and smooth, unlike the life she had lived. And from there, it lifted to her eyes, only to return to the ale mug in his hand. “I don’t dance” he only replied before taking a sip from the mug.

“What? You got two left feet?” She asked with a smirk, but he didn’t comment, just took another sip, a longer one. With which she let out something that sounded like a combination of a hum and a huff, but waved it off with a shrug. “Suit yourself,” she commented before waltzing back to the crowd, and the numerous people who were more than happy to have her as a dancing partner.

He could see it. The way the other men there looked at her with admiration, and for some reason it really irritated him. It made him scowl at them, for they didn’t know what they were looking at. They didn’t know her, and they wouldn’t even try to understand her.

Not that he could claim to understand her either, not really anyways.

But still, his eyes lingered on her as she danced. As she smiled. As she laughed. Just making sure that she...

Actually, he wasn’t sure why he was looking at her.

But, as the dances ended, and she begun walking back to the base, Zora placed his ale mug onto the bar counter, paid and went after her. But he really hasted his steps only after they were outside of the city, away from under prying eyes.

“Hey, Odette,” he said while catching up to her, making her stop and turn around.

“Oh?” She smirked. “Scared to walk back all by yourself?”

“No.” He simply said, looking at her, as they stood there.

“Then... what is it?” She asked with a small frown. She wasn’t sure what.... what to make of the situation.

It wasn’t uncomfortable, but there was still something so... unnerving to the ... moment, the place, and the time. Like the butterfly swirling in her stomach would have begun, right out of the blue.

“Just that... you look... good.”

“...That’s sarcasm, right?” She asked. She had to ask, even if there was a part, a tiny part of her that she wouldn’t admit to having, that wished it to not be.

“No,” he replied, evoking the faint whisper in the back of her head. “For once, it isn’t,” he continued, while still looking towards her with half-lidded eyes.

“O-oh...” she uttered, taken aback by the honesty, the genuine sentiment of his statement in contrast to the usual snarky remarks that he made. This... this Zora she wasn’t sure if she had ever seen. And, had she been brave enough to admit it, this Zora she liked.

She might have found the usual snarky Zora amusing, maybe even captivating in a strange sense, but this... this one she... liked. In a way she hadn’t liked him before.

“So... care to dance?” He asked while extending his hand out to her.

Her eyes fell onto the hand, and then back at him. “You said that you don’t dance,” she commented with a curious frown as a moment of silence filled the air, after which he replied:

“That’s not a no.” Just like that. And... he had a point. It wasn’t a ‘no’. But it wasn’t a yes either.

The ‘yes’ was in her placing her hand onto his, and letting him take the lead into a dance in the quiet of the night, away from prying eyes.

His steps were secure and smooth, moving seamlessly on the ground, despite it being uneven. It was as if he knew the terrain by heart, or... that dancing was like second nature to him, which seemed very unlike of Zora. The rebel. The punk. The man in a leather mask.

“So... you do dance,” she smirked as they waltzed away in a tender, slow dance.

“Just not in public,” he spoke with soft syllables. “I have a reputation to uphold, after all,” he smirked.

“Mhm,” she hummed while sinking further into the moment, the dance, and his embrace.

Sure, she could have commented something back, but she didn’t want to. She didn’t want to break the moment. The peace and the quiet. The rare experience of dancing the night away with him, with someone she... could trust.

This night would be one that she’d remember forever.

[maimoncat]

Sono riuscito a finire e tradurre un altro fumetto, urrà! L’ho cominciato quando ho iniziato a giocare "Tears of the Kingdom". Poi mi è venuta un’idea per un meme, una per un altro fumetto, per un altro progetto, e alla fine ho dovuto occuparmi di una dozzina di altre cose. Ma ora è fatta! Ed è stato anche divertente.

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