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[dujour13]

Ooh how about rose?

Thank you and thanks to @cassynite too! 💕💕

Rose this time! I’ve finally gotten around to thinking about a new OC to romance Sosiel. He isn’t fleshed out enough to have a definitive name but I do know a few things - he’s Qadiran raised in Rahadoum, an ifrit-touched fire sorcerer, and probably going demon at least up to a point in the story. (sorry Sosiel)

[milk-crafting]

Bust comm of @cassynite's KC Sparrow~ (I love drawing feathers so she was a real treat to get to draw heheh <33)

If you're interested in a bust comm like this feel free to dm me!

[outeremissary]

🏰 for balthazar?

🏰 for a scene at their childhood home

Thank you Harper and @cassynite, and thanks for the patience! Now to hope that this posts without the formatting getting messed up...

[prompt list]

(As a note: I realized after posting the prompt list that I was going to need to deal with the matter of Balthazar's name because he didn't start going by Balthazar until his later teens; I apologize for any confusion caused by this. ^^;; Lu is a childhood nickname. His deadname is rendered here as Lu-. It's an imperfect workaround, but the compromise I've come to- I'd rather not write it out in full for these.)

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When his father returned from work, the stew pot was boiling over again. This was unusual- not because it was an unfamiliar battle between Lu and the wretched, flavorless broth, but because his father was never home early enough to see the boy’s near daily struggle.

“You need help with that, sweetheart?” his father called from the entrance, pausing with boots half off to watch fretfully as Lu wrested the lid off the pot.

He clenched his teeth, calling back, “I’m fine.”

The boy’s arms never seemed long enough to keep the edge of the lid from brushing against his sleeve, uncomfortable heat soaking into his skin through the thin fabric of his clothes and the ragged old cloth he’d wrapped around the pot handle. The breath forced through his teeth as he bit back a yelp matched the hissing sizzle of the broth dripping down the side of the pot into the flames- one more mess to take care of later.

The heavy lid balanced precariously as he swung it around towards the table, then with airy lightness stabilized: calloused fingers had caught under its edge, and arms encircling him carefully lifted it out of his grasp. He looked away as the lid was set on the table with a soft thunk, studying the broth as the angry roil began to fade to a more manageable simmer. He didn’t ask if it hurt his father to grab the lid barehanded. The backs of those large fingers that now gently brushed his face were a testament to the deadness of the palms after so many years of labor.

“You work too hard, Lu-.” Not a scold. Not a tease. Never either, just gentle, murmuring concern. “I worry about you.”

Then cook dinner some time, Lu wanted to say, stomach twisting. Come home early tomorrow and cook.

But he knew better than to ask. He didn’t want to look at his father’s dark, sad eyes for the rest of the night. He didn’t want his father to squeeze him in useless apology before bed, or to lay next to him knowing they were both awake, both studying mirrored patterns on the walls of the room. He didn’t want to see the mournful exhaustion when his father dragged himself home the next day with more apologies because of Lu. Besides, he’d already asked the lady next door to bring something by tomorrow; there was no point when he’d already bartered away the time she’d spent in cooing, tongue-clucking pity. No, Lu knew how to solve his problems without crying and clinging like a child.

He ducked away from his father’s hand, avoiding his eyes, and snatched up the broom from its eternally dusty corner.

“I’m finishing the bedroom,” he announced, conscious of how loud his voice was without the bubbling to cut its edge. “I’m tired of sneezing.”

He could hear his father’s voice echoing after him as he fled, but it was too late: the door had already slammed behind him, and once more he was safely alone.

[loderlied]

How about 6 for Ven, 23 for Ollie, and 41 for Sol?

6. If they were badly injured, and for whatever reason couldn't go to a hospital, who would they go to for help?

ven uhm. wouldn't even go to the hospital in most cases. bad injuries she has are almost always treated by others spotting them and forcing her to get help. she usually just pretends they're not there lmao. admittedly she does get a little better at taking care of herself but only for reg, so he's the person she'd go to.

23. How would they want to die?

feeling like he accomplished something. like he did everything he could to change the world. also, he would not mind getting killed by camellia, would find it extremely romantic even. though he doesn't bring it up around her because he knows how much this scenario stresses cam.

41. Do they learn from their mistakes?

oooh this is complicated for sol. so, they KNOW that what they do is terrible and awful but they believe it to be necessary. they make these mistakes aka kill hundreds of people (genuinely sol has a higher kill count than any of my ocs) in the name of justice and law, cry about it, drown themselves in drugs in alcohol, but they never stop, no matter how guilty they feel.

[spyridonya]

💎💎💎!

Send "💎💎💎" and My Muse OC will say three things that comes to their mind when Your Muse's OC/Canon Character's name is mentioned (Send gems and a name if it's a canon character or you have multiple.)

"I feel safe in saying that I see her as a guardian angel, though it might sound wrong to her. I know she was crafted to be a guardian and I know she guards what she loves though she won't speak it. I know that she loves singularly, because it's so often very hard to love the world. And that doesn't make anything wrong. She's fierce and her devotion was stolen when it should always been earned. I admire her very, very much, even before she started to realize herself again."

[another-heroine]

How about 6 and 23 for Katya?

Edgy/OC Ask

Hi Cassy, thanks for asking (and sorry for delaying)

6. How easily could your OC be convinced to do something that goes against their moral compass?

This one was replied here.

23. What emotion is the hardest for your OC to process? How about express?

I thought a lot about it and finally figured out: grief. And not only the grief for the ones who passed away, but the journeys and life circles that reached their end. As a druid, she knows the end isn’t 'absolute'; life keeps going on, and the old must go for the new come. But somethings are difficult to let go. Her childhood, dear people, tender memories, she can keep them in her heart, but not let them overwhelm nor haunt her. Past is past.

Ekaterina is used to be colected, and she feels the pressure to restraint her true emotions because people expect it from her (the wise druid). But when nobody is looking (or very specific people are around her), she curses and cries and whines because lossing is always painful for her. Before become a druid, she was just a mortal.

[cosmictide]

This is very silly and I'd like you all to do it with your OCs. Find the link here! Tagging...

@fantastic-mr-corvid, @cassynite, @desnas, @dmagedgoods, @dujour13, @tentiebear, @tenmillionbees, @jean-dieu, and if you wanna, please tag me back! As always, this is never expected, I'm tagging you because <3

[new-austin]

Wanted to try to do a chibi type style, so I made the DND party my experiments

In order, these characters belong to @dellamortethelesser @cassynite @amatres @tenmillionbees and me!

[dmagedgoods]

Knight Commander Salvadore

I was tagged by @spyridonya. Thank you so much. 🥺❤

Tagging @wonda-ch and @three-of-crows and @mylittlechimera and @cassynite and @chaosteddybear and @yunessa and @amatres and @starlightcleric and whoever wasn't tagged yet and wants to do it. ❤

[theheartmold]

OC Kiss Week (Day 5) (Worship)

Featuring my Adrigo Lebeda and @cassynite's Isore Cygnarus from the Pathfinder setting <3 I will have another piece up later today for this theme--a double feature--but here is the Worship theme for these two. well. practically war criminals

Adrigo exhaled shaky sighs of smoke and drank in Isore's breath instead, swollen lips meeting in the dark, shadowed corner of the room. Hands groping, grasping for purchase, no tenderness to be found in the touch. "You would make of yourself a god?" Isore questioned between kisses, a bite at his lips following. Adrigo laughed, low and rumbling in his chest. "I would. And you would follow me." "Doubtful," he scoffed. Something dark flashed across Isore's expression, and the next nip at Adrigo's burning skin truly hurt. "You would not worship me?" "What good does a god do me?" Isore demanded. "I would rather you here. Imagine the force we could be together." "Am I not here, now?" "Enough. Let us be done with this talk." Adrigo had no further complaints; instead, he took Isore by the waist and pressed him up against the wall, swallowing any further complaints.

[jean-dieu]

*smash announcer voice* EVERYONE IS HERE

Friends, mutuals and peoples' Pathfinder OCs, mostly their Knight Commander from Wrath of The Righteous! (and a lil bit of Kingmaker too I believe).

It was fun to draw!! I hope I didn't make too much mistakes in their design.

Who belongs to who:

-Raphaël : me lol

-Ariadne : @arendaes @alterdaes

-Ekaterina : @three-of-crows

-Vio : @mountainashfae

-Mahiri : @lexsnotdead

-Cascade : @eurekq

-Sparrow : @cassynite

-Emery : @knight-commander

-Layla : @amatres

-Salvadore : @dmagedgoods

-Hilde : @rollofleaf

-Len : @undyingembers

-Knave : @iwoszareba

-Aria : @bearvanhelsing

-Eddi : @molochka-koshka

-Rimrock : @arrow90-art

-Yunessa : @yunessa

-Gillys : @offsidekineticist

[dujour13]

8, 16, 27, and D for Siavesh!

These are such good ones Cassy! Thank you so much 🥰🥰

Some PWOTR spoilers under the cut

8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child?

“Sit still!” “Do your homework!” “Practice your arpeggios!” “Be careful!” “Clean your room!” “Don’t go down to the river by yourself!” “What are you wearing?” “Stop giggling, this is serious!” “No, you can’t run off and join the Desnans, you’re only 8” “Where did you get those cookies?” “Did you let the neighbor’s cat in again?” “It’s bedtime, no more stories!”

“If you would just be serious for one minute, think what you could accomplish!”

(He got payback for the last one by successfully leading the least serious crusade imaginable.)

16. What makes their stomach turn?

Answered here! But also Mendevian beer.

27. What causes them to feel dread?

Answered here but I'll add the idea of being trapped by grim duty.

He has a strongly negative reaction to discovering the true nature of the Wardstones, so much that it awakens a bout of demonic rage he’s barely able to suppress. It may seem ironic that he accepts the duty of the Crusade so happily but he has a sort of Desnan epiphany about wanting to lead a “Free Crusade,” and it inspires him enough that he doesn’t mind the burdens. I’ve said before he’s a bit of a boyscout and will put up with some hardships in the name of adventure.

It’s also ironic that he considers sacrificing himself to close the Worldwound at one point. That’s a grim duty if there ever was one. But at that point he’s convinced he’ll die of the wound anyway, and he needs to finish what he started to prove that it is possible for the Free Crusade to prevail.

D. Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look?

HA another one where I have to admit he started out with Tristian’s portrait. So yes, he has changed. His basic appearance is still the character model in the game complete with the bard outfit, but over time and with a lot of comms my mind’s eye has made a clearer and clearer picture of him. I think arnaerr’s portrait captured him the most realistically and in line with how I imagine him, although he has longer hair and it’s more dishwater blond than yellow-blond, and he has a little bump in the middle of his nose. Arnaerr sure did nail the smile and the light in his eyes.

[silversiren1101]

Nine images that capture your OC's vibe

Tagged by @dujour13 ! Thank you ♥

For Minovae

Tagging @thecuntynug @thedosianexplorer @kaleido-scope-lady @cassynite and whoever wants to~

[outeremissary]

Oooh how about 18 (if you want to, it looked like a funny question), 32, and 37 for Balthazar?

I fear I'm going to disappoint you on 18- I don't have my ex's encyclopedic memory of B99 even if thanks to them I think I've seen the whole show about five times over. ^^;; But I can do my best for the others!

[prompt]

32. Your character is having a prom night/debs. What kind of outfit do they wear?

Hm, a modern question. Balthazar is so weird to define in modern style because we live in an era where masculine clothing is rather enclosed. I think being trans in a modern setting vs. a fantasy setting also comes with a different kind of weight. But there's a fantasy element to prom, and certainly a certain kind of spite that queer teens bring to it (at least in my own experience). His outfit is cobbled together from a combination of thrifted oddities and ordinary formalwear. The pride of this ensemble is a bright red blouse with ruffly poet sleeves that must have been nearly fifty years out of style. He goes as friends with Linzi and both of them are called vampire lesbians at school for a week afterwards. It's a nightmare.

At this point in his teen years he would have been a true terror if he'd been left in the Catholic school he went to when he was younger.

37. Your character has been kidnapped. Who has kidnapped them and how do they escape?

Hm, a lot of possible answers here. To seize on one that nearly did happen: one of Balthazar's great fears when he was younger and homeless for a time was getting picked up by any of the various cults that valued having a discount celestial on hand for various gruesome reasons- there's a reason the average lifespan of aasimar is so low. He was never very capable of defending himself despite his sorcerous abilities, so he slept with one eye open and was constantly paranoid about anyone he spent the night with. He can vividly remember an evening that he was approached by a pleasant, well-dressed woman who seemed especially set on talking to him; when she bent forward he caught the briefest glimpse of a death's head moth tattoo under her shirt. Even after he made his excuses and left the bar she had cornered him in, he kept thinking he caught saw someone from the corner of his eye following him throughout the evening. He ultimately spent the night on the floor of a temple of Abadar with a concerned young cleric near him. It's frighteningly easy to imagine what could have happened if he hadn't picked up anything strange about that woman. He could have easily gone along with her to her home- or wherever she decided to lead him- and woken up imprisoned who knows where (if he'd woken up at all).

If he was stuck in a situation like that, it would be difficult to escape, and it would have to be done fast. He would seize on the first opportunity he had with one of his captors alone to attempt to charm them into either giving him the opportunity to get away or getting close enough that if he put them under with a spell he could get either the keys (ideally) or a weapon away from them. There wouldn't be much more for it then except making a break for it and hoping he got lucky. Who knows- somehow his abysmally terrible luck somehow always balances out in the critical moment. Despite everything, maybe the gods look out for him after all.

[loderlied]

👾!!!!!

i’m giving you one for ven :3

this is just so perfectly her with 99% of people. no matter how close you thought you might have been with her, there will always be that day on which she just get entertained by you anymore, and that day she will drop you like a hot potato to get her kicks somewhere else.

also this is the cover for the ven playlist

[spyridonya]

Ooooh 2, 11, and 27 for the ask meme!

Thank you so much for sending, Cassy! ❤️

2-Does this change over time? What things do they find “hot” about their partner after they’ve been together for some time, and have had more time to, well, notice and appreciate? (Question one is answered here, and should be read prior!)

Kadira for…

Lann still adores those hips and the sway of her tail, but he finds himself paying attention to her brows and how animated they can be. One of his favorite things to do post sex is stroke her eyebrows and kiss her forehead. He also likes the little spot at the base of her tail at the swell of her back and how she squirms when he presses his thumbs with the right amount of pressure. 

Daeran is always captivated by her eyes, though he harbors that to himself all this time. He’ll gush about her breasts and her thighs and he spends all the attention in the world on her hooves because it exposes her backside to him. Though, he really does love how her feet twitch and squirm when he’s done grooming her hooves. And he might hate all the gods, but whomever decided that Kadira should have a tail has his special thanks. 

Daeran for…

Lann: actually found that he likes Daeran when he’s got a little more meat on him. Before the Crusade, Daeran was a little under normal weight but much of that was fat. On the march he burned a lot of that fat, but Lann always found himself concerned at the defined rib flare on Daeran. When Daeran gained weight after the crusade, Lann loved how sleek it looked on him. 

Kadira: melts at Daeran’s smile. His real smile. When his dimples show and his teeth are a perfect white against his lush lips. Like Lann, she thinks Daeran looks more happy with weight on him. She also really loves Daeran’s body hair. She thinks the golden curls of his pubic hair, chest, arms, and legs are beautiful against his dark skin and she's delighted when Daeran stops overgrooming himself and just focuses on being ‘neat’. 

Lann for…

Daeran: So, yes, having two cocks HELPS but listen! He likes the jut of Lann’s jaw when he’s grumpy. He likes how Lann shivers when he strokes along his horn and presses a kiss at the base of it. He loves gripping that hard muscular ass and hearing Lann grunt in pleasure and how his back can arch when Lann trusts Daeran enough to top. 

Kadira: Very little changes about what Kadira likes about Lann, though she likes how he becomes more gentle and kind when the war is over and the world becomes bigger for him. She loves the little grooves between Lann’s skin and scales. She likes how he shivers when she toys with his claws on his feet or hands. 

11 - What fears, past traumas, etc. would be hardest for them to talk about with their partner? 

Daeran can’t tell anyone about the Other without risking his life and theirs. He can’t even speak about the profound grief of losing his mother, out of fear he’ll slip about how her death influenced his atheism and accepting the Other’s offer. He’s also afraid to speak about his earliest relationship with aristocrats that took advantage of him after the loss of his mother both physically and emotionally, leading him to doing the same things to others.

Lann’s trauma of seeing his siblings die is the hardest for him to speak about because losing siblings is so common to mongrels. Why talk about something that everyone has gone through, even if his is horrifically traumatizing due to the deformities and still birth of his brothers. 

Kadira has… a lot. The death of her mother who attempted to keep her from Areelu. The manipulation by Areelu, the casual interaction with demons that still could emotionally damage her despite the barriers placed on her, the trauma of being ‘put to sleep’ for decades before her mid teenhood when she spent ‘two years’ of her life in Alushinyrra for military training, and finding out that the Worldwound would close in her escape attempt from Areelu’s lab and all of it is in bits and pieces due to Areelu’s memory manipulation. She doesn’t know where to begin until it’s sprung up on her and even then it’s a very daunting prospect. 

27 - They have to apologize to their partner. Is this difficult for them? How do they approach it? 

Daeran, prior to the Other’s defeat, does not often apologize. The only person he sincerely ever apologizes to prior is to Ember, because Ember has been through enough grief without getting apologies from others who are far kinder than he. If he has to apologize during the crusade to Kadira and Lann, there is conflict, because he never wanted them so close that he could hurt them – because that’s almost too close to the Other. He is very offhanded in his apologies and seemingly insincere until the very moment the Other is gone and he remains. It’s hard, because it’s such a habit, but he does it with sincerity because he desperately wants to keep them in his life. 

Lann finds apologies much easier, but most people do when compared to Daeran. He’s embarrassed at his mistakes of ignorance and his slips into old habits, but when he knows he’s wrong, he will do the right thing. 

Kadira often over apologizes when stressed out or worried, which is unfortunately often during the crusade. It’s not that she finds it easy, but in the back of her skull she’s certain she’s doing everything wrong and she’s worried they’ll think she’s stupid or something is off with her. It might even stress out her lovers just a little bit, even if she is sincere. Kadee becomes less apologetic after the Crusade.