#and the drawn on devil horns are hilarious

[biouxp]

(I looked through all your fairystuck stuff some time ago and thought it was adorable, but I didn't freshen up on my knowledge before writing this, so sorry if these are questions with already-given answers.)

anyways, other than relationship and emotional stuff, is there anything that karkat gains from dave's presence in his life? like does he help in the kitchen, do chores, garden, or do anything? or is he just a little sneaky stealer there to leech off of his goods :,) is dave just a parasite? </3

(also !! i did a wonky fairy dave doodle. karkat got the dry erase marker out and everything </3 I said it already but im gonna say it again— your AU is SO cute)

Omg omg omg I love it! Dave is put in jail for being a sneaky thief when he can just ask for things and Karkat will share with him lol

Dave initially is being a little moocher to begin with and sneaks into Karkat’s house during the day, since most trolls sleep during the day, but he finds out that Karkat is still awake because of his insomnia. Karkat catches him and scolds him but let’s him go. Dave comes back because he kind of likes being caught by the grumpy troll and eventually Karkat stops telling him to leave and let’s Dave keep him company during his bouts of insomnia.

I do think that Karkat just wants to protect Dave and enjoys his company (despite denying it). Also he can get things that fall behind/under the couch lol

[mightntbethebest]

cutely asks you to elaborete on your st oc

Holy fuck I forgot inboxes were a thing, sorry I accidentally ignored this

Song/VIII lore!

Physical description? [Haven't drawn him in a hot minute]

- Song is 32!

- He's 5'8. Shortass.

- Dark brown hair, he's rocking the curly mullet every hillbilly has now.

- Tired, brown eyes,

- Snake bite piercings

- Burn scarred skin from the watchtower.

- Various tattoos, some relating to Sleep.

- Elk horns. Yeah. He just gets progressively more cryptic as his time in Eden goes on.

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Backstory?

He grew up absolutely in love with nature, hunting, and pretty much every country boy hobby out there. He has a sibling we know as Veris [Who belongs to @that-unfortunate-crow 👍]

Song was a camp counselor in his teenage years, went on to be a park ranger.

When he first started his job, allegedly, a couple of teens thought it would be a grand prank to set fire to the watchtower. The blaze caught Song right in the middle. I like to imagine this was how Sleep found him / How he found Sleep?

During that fire he technically died, but Sleep kept him from fully going into the afterlife.

From there he got caught up in the cult we all know and love, and went missing. [To this day he is still considered a cold case by the Missing 411 foundation.]

Before being taken by Sleep, Song struggled with religion, knowing there was at least a semblance of a god out there.

The source of his name was Vessel. When Song finally woke up and learned where he was, he forgot his name [Luke Hernandez] The first time the two sat down to actually get to know each other, Song was playing the guitar, and Vessel gave VIII his new name.

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Extra!

He has an American Saddlebred horse named Benny, and a German Sheperd/Boxer mix named Loki. [In honor of our dog, Loki, who recently passed]

Song is absolutely terrified of Ghosts and Demons. He doesn't rock with them devils and spirits.

When he's not dressed like the most basic Texan cowboy out there, he's rocking his navy blue tactical uniform or Park Ranger uniform.

Me and Crow were talkin and came up with the idea that conspiracy/true crime youtubers have done videos on his disappearance, and he doesn't know about them. Veris does, Song doesn't.

[Veris Hernandez is fucking hilarious to me by the way]

His firewatch tower was called Tower Eight, because I'm so funny.

[automatismoateo]

Barista terrified of pentagrams via /r/atheism

Barista terrified of pentagrams

Another post reminded me of this.

(Spoilers: I’m on mobile and I’ve been drinking. Punctuation and spelling may be hit or miss.)

I used to live near a coffee shop in Portland. (A coffee shop in Portland? How rare!)

My drink of choice was $5.55. I would write $1.11 in the tip line then draw a pentagram in the total.

(Price + tip = $6.66 for those that are reading this in metric or whatever. Thus pentagram.)

I did this for months and months. The baristas would generally say, “The usual? Hail, satan” and give me devil horns. (The hand gesture. They wouldn’t physically manifest devil horns. Because if they could, I’d tip more.)

There was a new barista that only took my order once. Every other time she’d say that she was going on break or need someone else to take over so she could do a thing. And one of the veteran baristas would come take my order. (Devil horns!) (And it was awkward every time. She’d realize that it was me and then shout, “I need to go on break!” And then she’d sprint into the back room.)

This happened enough that I started to take it personally. (Insert Michael Jordan meme.)

I asked one of the other baristas why she always runs away when I try to order from her.

“Dude, she’s afraid of you.”

Wait. What? Why? What did I do?

“You drew a pentagram on a credit card slip…so she’s terrified…she asked the owner if we should call someone…she keeps asking all of us how we can “deal with you” when you come in. It’s honestly hilarious.”

So let’s go through all of this.

She’s terrified that I drew some lineses on a piece of paper.

She talked to the owner about who they need to call to intervene in this situation to stop me from “the drawing of the lineses.”

When the owner wouldn’t call “the authorities,” she started asking her coworkers how they were physically able to interact with me when they knew, they f—ing knew that I’d drawn the lineses, and I’d probably draw them again.

When everyone kept clowning her by showing her my credit card slips with “the lineses” she decided to stop doing her job so that she wasn’t directly responsible for me drawing the “lineses.”

Who were you planning on calling? The Spanish Inquisition? Nobody expects them…to take your call.

I don’t understand how someone can function with this level of fear. I mean she couldn’t. She was “unserviceable” as we say in the Marines.

I think that’s it.

Wait.

Hail Satan.

Submitted December 24, 2021 at 08:13AM by DrinkyMcDrinkerstein (From Reddit https://ift.tt/310T9A4)

[mermaidmafia-official]

A COLLAR OF SPIKES

“this world is full of dumbass rules, like ‘no drugs for breakfast’ or ‘put on some clothes’…” - Lucifer 4x06

   Name: Nessa ‘Pixie’ Lynch    Apparent Age: 27    Actual Age: 209    Birthplace: Galway, Ireland    Creator/Creatrix: O’Malley    FC or Features: Krysten Ritter

   Likes: combat boots, the Dropkick Murphys, being loud, whisky mixed with blood, drinking songs, motorbikes, following her instincts, playing pool, bar fights, lipstick, St Paddy’s, mosh pits, tongue piercings, wild nights, cats, impulse decisions, Gangs of New York (the film), silver jewelry, boxing matches, card games, teddy boys, gangster films, wireless headphones, not knowing what the future brings, Boston, sticky floors, racing, videos of people falling down

   Dislikes: sunrises, being told what to do, delicate things that break, boring people, knowing what weekday it is, paying attention to things, politics, stupid wolves trying to ruin her fun

   Goal(s): to enjoy herself as much as she can & never live by anyone else’s rules again - Nessa spent her ‘first’ life as a devout but bored Catholic girl, and when, on a stormy sea in a stinking third-class ship cabin, it all turned out to be a lie, she resolved to make the most of her second chance. While she can get territorial (a side effect from running Boston’s premier street gangs, moonshiners, rum runners, greasers, mobsters, and street racers, depending on the decade), she doesn’t like to be drawn into ‘the whole werewolf thing’, which she regards as other people’s politics. Soon, however, she might have no other choice.

   Fear(s): to waste her second chance at life - Nessa is not afraid of much, ever. In her two centuries on earth, she has chased every thrill and courted every danger she could find and she fully expects to bite the dust at some point - it’s what gives life flavour. Instead, she is more afraid of inertia, caution, and not feeling ‘alive’.

   Rumour(s): that ‘Pixie’ (he biker nickname) has her bikes run on magic, that her shenanigans were the cause of the Irish mob war of the 1960s, that she co-wrote Gangs of New York, that she was the mystery donor who saved Murphy’s bar downtown, that she drinks her blood mixed with whisky, that she turned a few soilders at USO dances in the 1940′s into vampires (out of pity or for a lark, no one knows, but none of those vampires have ever been heard from...

-Typicals-

   Wardrobe: leather jackets and biker boots, lots of silver jewelry, and usually some comfy black jeans and a band shirt. For more formal occasions, she has collected an eclectic mix inspired by her favourite eras - it comes off as boho but is mainly Victorian jewelry, flapper vibes, teddy boys, mob chic, and grunge thrown together.

   Places most likely to be found: in a bar downtown, at a concert, fixing her bike, racing her bike, waking up next to a stranger, sleeping off a hangover in cat form

   People most likely to be with: usually, Nessa spends a lot of time outside partying with strangers or chasing adventure with old friends (she is oddly fond of humans, for a vampire- they are so very alive). Meanwhile the coven members are patiently waiting for their disaster child to get it all out of her system & power herself out. 

   Strongest character trait: impulsiveness 

   Mannerisms: direct and hands-on, Nessa likes to grab the bull by the horns. She’s not one for elegance or drama and believes her afterlife is best spent having fun, racing her motorcycle, dancing, drinking, and leaving a bit of chaos in her wake. She likes flipping her hair and singing along, has a loud laugh and can be blunt, lazy when hungover, and impatient and grumpy when bored. She transforms into a cat, especially when sleepy, and then it can be hard to find her.

- Bio-

-the sleekest motorbikes in the garage belong to her- the fastest cars, too. and the latex-iest skirts. but for all of her edge, she thinks of herself as a simple undead woman, seeking her purpose in the universe as a semi-god. in a life now gone, she was a devoted churchgoing housewife (without children but with a brood of cats to look after). now, in this second run, she’s determined to “live” fully, to wreak havoc, and have a laugh while she’s about it. -

~ Nessa was created on a thunderous night in the hold of a ship bound from famine-ridden Ireland to New York by the raggedy vagabond O’Malley, himself a youngster made in Elizabethan London and widely looked down on by the more classy vampires. She still remembers him fondly, wherever he gallivants now

~ She found a new and excitingly bloody life in the outlaw underworld of Boston- from the street gangs of the 1800s to the 1920s moonshiners and the 1960s mob wars, she lived fast, partied hard, and didn’t want for blood

~ She was never in it for the politics, though - she likes to rebel, defy rules, and sow a little chaos.

~ She still digs the whole Boston Irish aesthetic, and feels very at home in it. She thinks it’s hilarious in an ironic way.

-Relationships-

   with THE BLOODMOTHER [likes and respects her as the matriarch of the coven, the only one she accepts ‘orders’ from]    with BLOOD GETS IN YOUR EYE [she definitely appreciates her bads.s energy but also maybe thinks she’s a bit of a drama queen?]    with FUNERAL FEAST [I think she likes her vibe]    with SLEEPING EVIL [tbh Nessa has probably forgotten about her? (for now?)]    With FACE LIKE A ROSE [finds her feral blood lust amusing & like not being the youngest/ the disaster child anymore]

-Extras-

   Playlist

Wicked Ones ~ Dorothy Smash Shit Up ~ Dropkick Murphys Drunken Lullabies ~ Flogging Molly Where the Devil Won’t Go ~ Elle King I’m Shippin’ Up to Boston ~ Dropkick Murphys The Gipsy Dancer ~ The Rumpled Trouble Finds You - Juliet Simms Hot Blood ~ KALEO Rose Tattoo ~ Dropkick Murphys This Is Our Day ~ The Roughneck Riots …

[gandalfsbignaturals]

AMLETU

i tried for so long to figure out if this was supposed to be a word or something skfksjxbs

A - Ships that you currently like a lot.

ill do friendships this time cuz why not!! dave and terezi, dave and rose, rose and roxy, roxy and terezi... strilondes, terezi, and kanaya are my fav characters and i want them all to interact dammit

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

undyne!!!! big, strong, fish...... love her

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves.

john tries to be nice its not his fault hes a fuckin blockhead

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

one time i ran a terezi roleplay blog with the url w4lu1g1 and all of her assets and backgrounds and stuff were rly crunchy jpegs of waluigi with terezi glasses and horns drawn on

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

i rly love the idea of trolls and cherubs being inexplicably genetically compatible tbh its one of my favorite things. earth c dave having to explain how he got pregnant to rose is fav

 U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

venus from we know the devil - shes me, basically. like, i look at venus and i see basically a carbon copy of the person i was during my teenage years. big fav

nightwing from the dcau - i really love mullet nightwing ok. the weird wingsuit thing is really so so but i love the mullet. give dick grayson a mullet again pls dc im begging u

glados from portal - what a perfect character. like, genuinely, glados is just so good and i love her.

[raisingsupergirl]

Trick-Or-Treating—Four Reasons Why You Should NOT Let Your Child Go. Ever.

We all know the joys of Halloween. The laughter. The games. The tricks. The treats. The life-long memories we get to share with our children during those first few years of magic. They're all well and good, but what good are they really with such high risks involved? Yes, I'm talking about the piles of razor blade-stuffed Snickers bars and the myriads of kidnappers stalking the streets after sundown. The danger is real, people! And I'm here to shine light on this most perilous of holidays.

Reason #1: Booby-trapped Candy

Aside from being a hilarious word, there's nothing funny about booby-traps. A carefully placed nail on a step or a hole drawn into a mountainside can be useful in taking care of a Home Alone bandit or a Wile E. Coyote, but sabotaged candy can ruin your child's evening, or worse. While no reports of poison in candy have ever been filed, there WERE over a dozen claims of everything from nails in Kit-Kats to cocaine in Pop Rocks in 2017, and at least half of them might be true! And with only $2.7 billion spent on Halloween candy each year in the USA, that gives YOUR child something like a 1 in 4.5 billion chance of getting high or cut when biting into a sugary morsel this Halloween. That's only 7,7000 times less likely than getting struck by lightening this year! And remember, checking your candy is as useless as checking your facts. Better safe than sorry, I always say!

Reason #2: Boogeymen

The only thing more dangerous than candy is a kidnapper. And on Halloween, they're a dime a dozen. Well, not literally, of course, but there have been at least SIX cases of child abduction on Halloween night over the past one hundred years or so. That means YOUR child is only ten times less likely to get abducted than to get drugs or sharp things in his or her candy! These are the facts, people. And no amount of parental supervision or curfews will change them!

Reason #3: Sugar

It's everywhere. Spreading like the plague. Only worse. Much worse. Why? Because it tastes way better than the plague, and it's much more deadly. Not only does it cause euphoria and hyperactivity, which can both lead to nasty bruises and lack of sleep, but it's known by some as the real gateway drug, eventually leading to the very things you're hoping WON'T end up in your kids' candy (see #1 above). But more importantly, sugar will, without fail, lead to cavities, obesity, diabetes, and even death if consumed exclusively for as little as 2-3 months. "2-3 months? But Halloween is only one night!" you might say. And you'd be right. But just because kids can only collect candy for one night, that doesn't mean they can't eat it for several days afterward. And if left unchecked, those habit-forming sugars can turn days into decades. It all starts with one piece because, with kids, there's no such thing as moderation. And as parents, we have absolutely no way of stopping them once they start.

Reason #4: The Devil

Christmas has Santa, Easter has a bunny, and Valentine's Day has Cupid. So who is Halloween's poster child? Why, it's Lucifer, of course. With that spikey tail and red horns, he's impossible to miss, but our nation's youth have been so desensitized by his tricks that they have no problem dressing up as him, themselves! Talk about scary! These kids have no idea who they're pretending to be, and thanks to YouTube, they're never going to listen to their parents long enough to find out. Next stop, hell. Never mind all of the other costume possibilities out there. If Satan is even whispered about in a holiday, how can any good come of it? Honestly, it was hard for me to even include this particular reason in this list because I prefer to pretend "he" doesn't exist. Everyone knows if we ignore him, he'll go away.

I've limited this list to the four main reasons to avoid trick-or-treating, but I could go on for days. There's just so much that could happen, both during that blasphemous act and in the days and years that follow. No, it's better to stay in this Hallows' Eve. Oh, and don't be tempted to hand out candy either. Not only are you fueling the fire in doing so, but you also run many of the same risks you would if you were to go trick-or-treating. I mean, what if you hand a child a candy bar, and he puts a razor blade in it and cuts your throat?  IT COULD HAPPEN!

In the end, I sincerely hope this handy list has helped you make an educated decision this Halloween. Because, when it comes down to it, the guarantee of creating family fun and life-long memories just isn't worth the 1 in 4.5 billion chance that something bad could happen to your little precious angel, right? Plus, if you stay in, there will be more candy for ME! Mwahahaha… Oh, uh, is this thing still on? Screw it. Happy Halloween!

[redwylde]

I'm on a devimega choukei mood, and since you're the queen of choukei headcanons... Got any for Devil Oso and Priest Kara?

You had me at Devimega Choukei~ (also omg, thanks!!)

- If you DON’T think Father Kara sports a very fashionable holster under his robes for his SPRAY BOTTLE full of HOLY WATER for when the Asshole of the Night comes for a visit, you are DEAD WRONG.

- His weapon of choice for devil shooing varies between a flyswatter, the collection plate, stale baguettes from the kitchen or a crucifix tied to a stick.

- The only reason Kara didn’t try to exorcise Oso right away is because he believed he should try to convert Oso rather than condemn him, wholly convinced that he was just a lost soul in need of help. Oso, naturally, thought that notion was HILARIOUS and officially dubbed Kara the funniest Priest he’d ever terrorised with the way he keeps offering Oso “purifying hugs of righteousness” instead of trying to put out his burning robes.

- Oso likes swapping the service bible with fanfiction. He either swaps it completely or laces a few pages into the bible itself so Kara will be halfway through a very touching sermon before he notices they’ve jumped from the Old Testament to Lake Guardian Choro’s latest amorous adventure.

- Oso also likes turning invisible and messing with the church organist while he’s playing so that he’ll mess up and slam the keys in very creative and inharmonious ways. Kara is guilty of hiding his face behind the good book to giggle/snicker at this. (He doesn’t have the heart to tell his faithful organist that he plays like grim reaper decided to get married anyway on the best of days)

- As long as Oso isn't defiling the very name of the Lord or trying to embarrass him during mass, Kara thinks Oso's jokes and tricks are actually pretty funny. He usually excuses himself to pray for forgiveness and sometimes he giggles through his prayer. Oso: [laughing, talking to Kara from outside the booth of shame] Kara-kuuuuun, come on, it’s not a sin to laugh!

- They stopped having debates about their religious standing after a, literally, heated discussion almost got the church burned down. Kara promised to stop trying to convert Oso but he would still low-key sprinkle some sage in his general direction when he thinks he isn’t looking.

- Oso was SO SHOCKED and completely speechless when he found Kara’s ero stash (for some reason I always see him living within the church or at least on a property within the premises) and he was even MORE shocked when Kara just turned his back and said “I can look at the menu, I just can’t order anything”. Oso literally shed a tear and made off with Kara’s stash for himself, and then the spray bottle came back out.

- 742 dicks in total have been drawn around the church.Kara: [scrubbing away at the caricature on the podium] Despite the inappropriate subject, I have to say you’re quite an artist, Osomatsu. Have you considered painting more.. tasteful themes?Oso: Nope. Just dicks.

- Besides messing with Kara, Oso’s favourite pastime is terrorising the head choir boy, Todomatsu, who is fussy, high-strung and holds a very high opinion of himself. Kara begs forgiveness for looking the other way that time Oso put a mouse under his bonnet.

- Kara, after posing, reciting poetry and being generally painful for the entire service: Heh, another wonderful service! It brings me joy to see so many faces eager to listen to the Lord's wisdom.Oso: You'd be a pretty great devil.Kara: Eh!?Oso: Yeah! Y'know, since you like torturing your victims so much.

- Kara: Osomatsu, I have to ask. This is a Holy Place, built from the very earth to embrace and reflect the image of our Lord... how are you able to survive in here?Oso: Pure spite.

- Oso cursed Kara’s leather jacket so that whenever he wears it, blue horns, wings and a sharp tail pop out of him. He thinks it’s just the obvious solution to wearing something THAT metal.

- Choro tried assigning a guardian angel to Kara to help chase Oso away (YOU KNOW WHO I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT) but Kara insisted he was able to handle it, and didn’t want to take the opportunity of a guardian away from someone who really needed it. Choro yielded, but the angel visits anyway because he too had taken a liking to Oso’s pranks. As long as he doesn’t stand too close to Oso, all three of them hang out together in and around the church.

- There was a “Daddy” incident once. Only once.

- Though Kara puts up a fight concerning Oso’s misdeeds, he always covers for him when good Samaritans from within the church circle come calling to exorcise the demon they heard resides here. He’s not sure when the unholy infestation became his friend. Oso expresses his gratitude by sitting still for a whole five minutes.

-  When Kara prays, Oso stands behind him and waits til he's done. He used to poke and prod him, try to interrupt him because his reactions were funny, but on a day where Kara was weak and desperate, his forehead pressed to the carpet and tears streaming from his eyes begging for a cure for a terminally ill family member, Oso ceased. Since then, Oso stays quiet and when he's done, he asks Kara if there's anything he can help him with. "Well, y'know, the Big Guy's got a full inbox, might not even get to yours for like, a WHILE - sick orphans and whatever - and my office is open". He's hesitant at first but Kara quickly got into a groove of praying privately and then talking to Oso about what he's worried about afterwards, and though Oso's advice isn't always the best, being able to talk about it does make him feel better.

- Oso has the ability to appear as a mortal human and has taken to posing as Kara’s “twin brother” when he’s bored of hiding or holding his invisibility while the church is full. Kara chokes on his soul when well-meaning parishioners suggest they both share out responsibilities within the church and Oso gets THAT GRIN on his face.

- Kara converted an old storage room on the lower floors into a space for Oso to live in. Oso was too surprised and touched to bother telling Kara that he doesn’t technically live on this plane of existence, and he warmed up to it quickly. He was like a puppy relishing in the soft pillows, bedding, his own property spaces and ended up hoarding things found elsewhere in the church in his room (including Kara’s stash). When asked, Kara only said that it was to stop Oso from following him home every night and rearranging his house.

- Oso decorated his room just like you’d imagine, like a torture chamber, and he likes to play loud heavy metal music. It “chills him out”. One time Kara came down to fetch him and when he walked in, he paused for a minute and said “Oh, I like this song”, grinning.

- When Oso keeps trying to bring alcohol into the church, Kara insists they go out to bars instead so that Oso can drink his fill without tainting the sanctity of the church. Oso joked that he spiked Kara’s barley tea with some beer and when Kara collapsed under the bench wailing about how he’d been poisoned, that God will forsake him forevermore and that he can feel his inhibitions fading into the void, Oso has to wait until he’s stopped crying with laughter to tell him “it was just Coke, genius!”

- Kara doesn’t know it but Oso spends a lot of time making sure no other devils/demons/evil spirits come near Kara or the church. He always maintains it’s just because he’s territorial.

- One time Oso found Kara praying for him, not to convert him or to banish him, but to ask that he’d remain healthy and in high spirits. Oso didn’t know how to feel about it, but the same day Oso found himself hoping the Big Man up there was legit, and that he’d look after Kara too.

[arcanacouncilrp]

      “ Addiction to substances or material pleasures can also       be the reason for your feelings of powerlessness and       entrapment.”

Upright: Materialism, Playfulness, Luxury Reversed: Freedom, Release, Establishment Astrology: Capricorn ♑︎ Element: Earth 🜃 Power: Summoning

Faceclaim Suggestions: Amber Rose Revah, Michael Trevino, Megan Fox, Sidharth Malhotra Name: UTP Gender: UTP Age Range: 32-36 Years with Council: 8 Council Role: Supplier

FIRST - Frenzied fiddle music filled the midnight air as The Devil roused a tavern into wild dancing and laughter. It was tame for one of their revels; their more hedonistic pleasures had become stale with overuse. As autumn approached, what was better than a lively party? Perhaps their fancifully magicked ram’s horns were a bit much, but it wasn’t as if anyone there was oblivious to who they were. One look at those eyes and anyone would be hypnotized, drawn into the dangerous freedom The Devil promised. At first they were content to play and party with humanity, but that lack of inhibition quickly spiraled out of control, further and further until all of life became a fun little game to them. Indulging their every desire became their only goal. The Ambitious Three rose with their perilous whims and fell with their treacherous hunger. The beguiling music they had given the world was silenced for a time, all because they, like their most misguided followers, pretended they could not remove the lead guiding them down their path to destruction.

FROM THE WORLD’S JOURNAL - The Devil was, in many ways, everything I was not. Our priorities were aligned on different axes from the very beginning. That in itself is not a judgment of their character—when we were young and still green, they did more for humans than I knew how to do. They let people indulge themselves without shame, at least for a time, and taught the value of knowing one’s limits. They simply forgot their own lesson after a while, pushing the limits of their power until they decided they could take it all. Knowing that, every time their new iteration has been someone without easy access to the world’s many luxuries, I’ve been relieved. Perhaps I should feel guilty about hoping they suffer just enough misfortune to strengthen their common sense, but can you really blame me? After the Cataclysm, it’s a blessing we aren’t all suffering in perpetuity. This Devil is not so well-grounded, though they seem open to learning how to be. They have their old talent for music. That does make me truly nostalgic; it transports me back in time for a little while, like we are all still happy and stable, with no darkness lurking in corners around us.

NOW - You’re not washed up. Some people might say that these days, and maybe a few entertainment news outlets too, but they’re all wrong. You’ve still got plenty of that musical spark in you that made you such a hit when you were still practically a kid. You’re just older now, with other things on your mind, and new responsibilities to think about. After all, magic doesn’t just come to no-talent hacks! In fact, all this Council business has been a great way to channel the energy that would otherwise go toward fretting over your career rut. The music will come back to you when it does. Probably. Right? Until then, you’ve got money and charm and a little innovative flair. You sort of wish you could do more for the Council, in fact. You feel a little sidelined. Could you be more useful, or are they just waiting for the perfect moment to let you shine? You’re not used to being ordinary or sharing the spotlight—not that you need to be the boss or anything. God knows you’re aware of how that went the first time around. It’s just…  Who are you if you aren’t the star?

Connections

THE MAGICIAN - You felt threatened when they first arrived, but that very quickly faded.  When they bared teeth towards you, all you could do was laugh and play their game.  You’re too valuable, too smart to waste time on things like grudges and hatred.  So you indulge in their little rivalry.  It pays off though.  While they’re pushing themselves to out-do you, you’re getting a challenge out of it as well.  You wouldn’t be half as good without them around, and sometimes you even tell them so— but they never believe you.  They don’t play into your smirks or fallacies like some of the others, so for that you can at least admire them.

THE EMPEROR - Proof that you have friends in high places sometimes comes in hilarious irony. You never expected them to be involved in this mess, but you're glad that they are. You never were one to go into things blind. They gave you their insight and you kept their secret. There are few that would call you loyal, but for them you feel a sort of kinship. They may not understand your motives but they certainly understand your desires. You appreciate having someone on your level by your side, even if they weren't necessarily your first choice.

THE HIEROPHANT - It may or may not be true that you find excuses ranging from insignificant to outrageous to go visit your resident physician. When your doctor looks like they do, acts as cute as they do, though? Who can blame you? It’s no secret you’re into them. Frankly it would make things a lot easier if they just admitted they notice, but they seem determined to pretend like you don’t spend half your time coming onto them. It’s fine, you enjoy the chase, and they haven’t said they want you to stop--and you’ve definitely asked on several occasions. Maybe it’s time to ask again. Or, maybe, they like being chased as much as you like chasing… You can hope, anyway.