#emptyvictory

[onupgrade]

"Congratulations, You’ve Won $1,000,000… But You Can’t Spend It on Your Family." "$1M with no one to celebrate. This isn’t just about getting rich. It’s about building with the ones who stayed when you had nothing." #MoneyIsntEverything #SuccessVsLoneliness #SilentMillionaire

Hashtags: #MillionDollarDilemma #MoneyWithoutMeaning #BuiltButAlone #SuccessReflection #EntrepreneurTruths #TheCostOfSuccess #MillionaireMindset #WealthAwakening #BeyondTheBag #EmptyVictory #ChooseWisely #SilentSuccess

[moonglittering]

✨ ❝love.❞ 🌙 niko & vi.

✨ @emptyvictory surprise! ft. ❝life’s what you make it.❞ by talk talk.

Why was it that everything sounded so much clearer in the dark? The evening sky was the color of plums and dark, burnt orange. It was even darker inside the penthouse. They stretched out their legs on the floor and listened as Talk Talk’s ‘ Life’s What You Make It ’ filled the room. Quick, pure notes. Wonderful vocals. The full moon spread its cold light slowly across the nighttime sky and leaked through the curtains. Osenya demanded most of Niko’s attention, pawing and toothlessly biting at his hands with a playfulness reserved only for him, while Virote laid by his side, staring at the whirling ceiling fan above them.

❝Hey,❞ Virote said, shifting to catch a glimpse at Niko, Osenya still gnawing on his hand—suddenly, he couldn't speak. Whatever was on his mind came to a screeching halt and made his voice crack; it was too tense for how relaxed they were. A breeze blew in through the crack of every window and Virote took in a deep breath, giving himself the courage to continue. ❝So... Like, I was thinking. About a lot of things. Like, you know, about how we've been together for a long time.❞

Oh... Now, he was getting nervous. That was semi-remedied by Kikimora padding by and walking across his chest to get to her scratching post. It was a welcomed distraction. ❝I think it’s pretty fair to say we’re stable, right? We always handle things better than the typical couple, uh huh? I mean, look at Michael and Amanda. They’re, like. Awful. Like, even with Michael’s bullshit aside, they’d still be a horrible couple. So, I was thinking...❞ Where was he going with this, anyway? He almost forgot.

❝What if we got married? Before you crawl out of your skin and evaporate into the abyss, just, like, picture it. A nice little ceremony on the beach and stuff. What about it? Don’t you think that’d be pretty cool?❞

[fehlicitaes-archived]

@emptyvictory​ asked: Diana + sunset kiss? It's very Los Santos-y lol P/alette C/hallenge | Accepting.

forget about ittttt...

[romancemoved]

🌙 a beautiful view from vespucci beach.

every day i rise up with the sunshine tapping on my window i close my eyes and i’m right there with you every single step that i’ve taken fallen dancing laughing crying in the rain it was right there with you but everything is changing and you’re still on my mind and i don’t know if i’ll be the same my love my life i want to be right there with you and i knew it when i first heard your name.

kate havnevik / ❝you again.❞

soulstice / ❝fall into you.❞

etro anime / ❝first heard your name.❞

esthero / ❝breath from another.❞

caroline polachek / ❝pang.❞

imogen heap/ ❝a new kind of love.❞

love echo / ❝hush.❞

poison girlfriend / ❝love is...❞

sade / ❝love is stronger than pride.❞

for @emptyvictory whom we stan! you are loved in a very downtempo, trip-hoppy kind of way! enjoy this nirote playlist. it’s moody and beautiful.

[romancemoving]

🥞 + 🙉

✨ @emptyvictory. meme. still accepting!

🥞 PANCAKE - what is their comfort breakfast?

he has a few of those... but let’s just go with the top three. ehehe niko will find virote going straight to these when he has time to enjoy something that isn’t just a quickly whipped together smoothie and prepackaged fruit / cheese tray from the market.

- congee, chinese rice porrige. he likes to throw all sorts of stuff in it... cilantro, chives, scallion, dried shrimp, ginger, orange peel, celery, goji berry... depends on his mood. salted duck egg, edamame, ham hock, celery, kimchi, mushrooms. the possibilities are endless! he makes the biggest bowl of it... and it’s especially good on rainy days. <: )

- gaeng som pla / gaeng leung. a soup that’s potent af  -- like a bowl of orange juice set on fire. in thai, it means sour curry though it covers a much larger range of tastes. the soup is usually made with a liquid fish base combined with curry paste and turmeric, which turns it into a yellowish orange color. commonly cooked with bamboo shoots, green papaya or slices of pineapple!!!

- just a really good fuckin’ charcuterie board. sometimes he don’t wanna slave over the stove in the morning. sometimes he just wanna chill on the roof with some wine first thing in the morning and a buncha nibbles.... fruits galore like strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, orange slices, pineapple, grapes. cheeses like brie, triple cream, goat cheese, havarti, burrata..... prosciutto, salami, ham, cured chorizo, capricola, soppressata, summer sausage, etc for meats. dried fruits like apricots, cherries, figs, pineapple, mango. crackers. chocolate. just throw it all on a big ass tray, head up to the roof, and enjoy...

he also really likes ordering cuban takeout... like ropa vieja with some eggs... some thick bread... yea babey.

🙉 HEAR-NO-EVIL - what is the worse thing your oc could hear from someone?

oh... simple!!

‘ it’s like you didn’t even try. ’

[crystalpower]

Niko wasn't good with presents, honestly. So, he always approached birthdays with a bit a strangeness. However, Vi didn't seem to want to make a big deal out of his own, and he could honestly respect that. So, he figured the best middle ground was a plant. Which was what he placed down on the table beside Vi, a pot of small, purple flowers still in their nursery pot. "Srećan rođendan," he said, "this is a Serbian bellflower. I had to dig around a bit to find some, but they are easy to grow. Do not demand much. I figured you might like them."

✨ @emptyvictory birthday romance...

❝Oh—! For me?❞

They were the prettiest, most daintily scented, periwinkle flowers he’d ever seen in his life. The potted bellflowers half-swayed from the breeze coming through the nearest open window and Virote took a quiet moment to appreciate them, spritzing the blooms with water and letting them sit in the 10am rays—the drops of water looked striking in the morning sunlight, like they’d been dusted with glitter. Shiny dew that almost looked rainbow-like when light hit them the right way; it almost took his breath away and he took one more moment to collect himself.

Then, he had to remember what srećan rođendan meant. Happy birthday, right?

His skill in speaking Serbian, for all the practice he had, still suffered every now and again.

Virote moved around the table, straight to Niko, and immediately reached out to grab his hands. They were always warm. Not soft, but warm. ❝Hvala od srca.❞ He looked up to him for approval. Did he say it correctly? It was a little sappy and formal, but he figured it was the right phrasing. ❝I know I’m annoying most of the time and I dunno how you put up with me, but... This is the best birthday I’ve ever had. Every day is special with you, but this one even more special. Hehe, isn’t that... Gross? Am I being ridiculous? I’m sorry.❞

❝Anyway.❞ He pulled himself closer. ❝They’re really beautiful, Niko. I’ve actually never seen a bellflower, before. I promise to take good care of them! Now, do you wanna help me get them to a nicer little home? Can they do well in a rooftop type setting—? Should we put them by the marigolds? You’re the leader on this one.❞

[pcsitivibee]

positivity for emptyvictory : @emptyvictory is like. literally the coolest cat since cool came to cool town. i love rory with my entire heart and soul, and it’s thanks to them that i have been provided the opportunity to explore all kinds of interesting new narratives and AUs that i’d never thought i could before. they’re a good friend and they deserve the whole frickin world and it still wouldn’t be enough. i love you sm, boo. you’re my favorite.

[bulletballet-arch]

        “ You looked too small in their big black car to be a threat to the men in power.” // @emptyvictory​​

Lyric Starters!​ // Kate Bush, “Cloudbursting”

[wolfkcst-archive1]

Starter Call. || @emptyvictory​

                 ❝You took a rather harsh hit, Niko.❞        Eivor spoke gently, but held deep concern in their voice. Eyebrows furrow, squatting down near him where he was resting on the ground.                      ❝Do you need help up?❞

[ctyperspective]

@emptyvictory​ asked: “I admit, I kinda got a little angry.” - Diana! G/TAV sentence starters

          a bemused smile tugs at her lips in spite of herself, coyly resting her chin in the palm of her hand as she leans against the bar, as she says, “ can’t say i ev’a took ya as the jealous type... ” her tone is laced with coquettishness. it’s impossible not to tease him a little.

          “ here, ” she finally says, straightening up again, and sliding her white russian towards him. “ looks like you need this more than i do... ”

[tabathajul]

Feels like I'm not ready.

I want to change my life,

the way I feel

the way I perceive.

And it's either my little faith

or the lack of motivation.

So... wanting to change my life is not enough.

That will not get me out of bed.

what will? What do I need? What do I lack of?

[fehlicitaes-archived]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RORYYYYYYYYY!!! i hope you have a fantastic day!! we get to be the same age for a whole month! can you believe it???? anyway- i love you and hope that you have the best birthday imaginable! 🎉🎊🎂🎁🎈🥳❤️ @emptyvictory

[mercyxkilling]

starter for @emptyvictory​, my beloved.

leave it to her mother to make the most ridiculous choices involving her life. mercy should have come to expect this much from the woman, but it didn’t mean that she was going to be happy about it. she hated that woman with a fiery passion, but until things fell into place the way she had been planning them to, she had to follow along until the right opportunity presented itself. 

following along meant that she’d had to play a part, but really, that was also something she should have been accustomed to; mercy felt like she was always dancing to someone else’s tune most of the time anyway. her mother’s latest scheme involved not only ingratiating herself in the financial world of some… theme park, but also finding a way to use it to gain some kind of financial foothold, to use this place as a way to clean money offshore, away from prying eyes. she was also supposed to keep an eye out for valuables, but really, mercy couldn’t see herself finding much worth taking. not yet anyway. besides, it was hard to focus in on something like petty theft when she had her hands full pretending to make nice with her counterpart. she imagined that this was another way her mother was trying to gain influence with other families, by pawning her only daughter off to one of the sons of the bosses or something, but it wasn’t working. mercy despised the man that she’d been sent here with, and no amount of ‘bonding time’ was going to change that fact.

he was utterly repulsive and hid behind bravado rather than displaying any actual fucking skills. if push came to shove, mery imagined she’d be on her own if it all went sideways. she’d cross that bridge if and when she came to it, though. for now she was just trying to remember that she was playing a part, and that no matter how much she might have wanted to, she couldn’t hit the man at her side with a jab to the throat… even if it would have been really easy to do.

nick vitalone wasn’t an unattractive man by any means. he was tall, broad-shouldered, with muscles that suggested he spent more time cutting the perfect physique than doing much else, if the stupidity that fell out of his mouth weren’t enough of an indicator of such a thing. tall, well-dressed, with an uncanny symmetrical face, it was a wonder why he didn’t just forgo all his criminal activities and choose a career in modeling, the man might have been considered more than conventionally attractive to most, but his personality was more than lacking. by all accounts… he was dumb. just plain stupid. and because he’d grown up learning to model himself after other men who placed so much value on being ‘a man of honor,’ he was mired in traditions that mercy simply didn’t agree with. couple that with the fact that he’d never had to do an honest day’s work in his life, having been born into one of the wealthiest families back home, it made for an incredibly annoying combination of personality traits and behaviors that mercy often found herself clashing with. behind the scenes anyway. at present she was simply having to endure his incessant yammering about how he could improve the overall look of the place if he just added a little of this, a little of that, bing-bang-boom, instant wow factor. or something like that. she was only halfway paying attention. her focus was drawn to the fact that, despite how many times she’d told him that she didn’t want to be touched, his arm was firmly wrapped about her waist.

she was smiling, but it was incredibly forced, though she hoped no one could tell. already they’d gone through the introductions, of being shown around the facilities buildings and having the park’s vision explained to them. now it was time to meet with their guide and take what she hoped would be a short trip around the godforsaken place so she could sign some papers and go back home. this was fucking miserable. the heat and humidity were making her sweat and her hair frizz, and with nick pulling her ever closer to him she found herself sweating even more. 

“lighten up, mercy. this’ll be fun as fuck,” he offered her cheerily, though his smile instantly disappeared when he saw her shoot him a look. “right. i forgot. you don’t like fun.”

“i like fun just fine, honey,” her tone was friendly enough, though the force behind each syllable suggested something else entirely. “i jus’ think we might wanna step it up a bit. they said the weather’s gonna get bad and--”

“do you ever just let yerself enjoy somethin’ without havin’ to worry ‘bout what could go wrong? damn. yer such a fuckin’ buzzkill.”

buzzkill? her? if he knew anything about her he wouldn’t have said anything like that, but whatever. at least it had gotten him to detach himself from her. and now that he had, she made it a point to step away from him, out of his reach, in case he got any ideas of trying to pull her close like that again.

“nothin’ wrong with bein’ cautious…” 

she may as well have been speaking to a wall. nick wasn’t paying her any mind.

“the fuck is this guy anyway? i wanna get goin’. this is gonna be fuckin’ awesome.”

mercy heaved a sigh that visibly shifted her shoulders, then pinched the bridge of her nose in an obvious display of annoyance. as she’d thought, she was going to have to be the voice of reason here, and provide the discerning eye that they would need to determine if this was a sound investment or not. nick was going to be too busy being a fucking moron to be of any help. not that she’d suspected anything differently.

“will ya jus’--” she was feeling her anger rise and start to burn, but she bit her tongue when he turned to look back at her, eyebrows raised as he gave her a pointed look. right, right. remember the part to play. “i’m sure he’ll be here soon. jus’ relax.”

“yer so boring, ya know that?”

mercy had to, yet again, quell the rising urge to simply deck this man in front of her and walk away from the whole thing. with any luck this little tour wouldn’t take long and they could be on their way.

[romancemoved]

🌙 a night at the neon lit pier.

i know that my face is only too familiar to your sleep i can see it in your eyes and i can tell by your body why are you taking so long? do you need me to come and find you, honey? to set your mind at rest and let your dreams run free come here, boy.

everything but the girl / ❝low tide of the night.❞

the night of seokyo / ❝walking in the moonlight.❞

moonchild / ❝cure.❞

kate bush / ❝the morning fog.❞

imogen heap / ❝come here, boy.❞

me'shell ndegéocello / ❝tie one on.❞

bliss / ❝remember my name.❞

skye / ❝love show.❞

for @emptyvictory but i realized that viko is a better ship name and i’m too lazy to reopen the graphic in ps so. here we are. and i have egg on my face like a fool.

[romancemoon]

✨ VIKO PLAYLIST #3.

we untie do i space babylonia chase come on give us up yes and i lie when the moon is shinin' bright the world can't find your peace of mind livin' in man-made space and time, tides-a-fide creation is a lie, takin' a walk within a sunday on city streets and city light you are my love and i'll always be by your side when ever you need me i'll be strong, give my best for you.

i’d like to call this the ‘ a sex playlist for two very sad guys who found love within each other ’ playlist. for @emptyvictory because viko consumes my brain all the time. a little downtempo, trip hop, chillwave, flavor. we love that in this neighborhood. the energy is grown. it’s grown.

ananda project / ❝kiss kiss kiss.❞

monday michiru / ❝the right time ( jephte's ambient reprise. )❞

michael e. / ❝fall in love with me.❞

love echo / ❝lovecats.❞

thievery corporation / ❝until the morning.❞

mandalay / ❝i don’t want the night to end.❞

endless blue / ❝lilacs.❞

celeste lear / ❝then the moon caught fire.❞

mich gerber / ❝by your side.❞

[romancemoving]

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✨ @emptyvictory. meme. still accepting!

🌙 cyberlust / ❝dont care.❞

okay so fun fact about this one. this one’s sampled from a really, really, really, reaaaaallllyyyy obscure r&b cut by rena scott called ‘ love thang ’ i left a link so u can compare anyway.... i listen to it sometimes when i’m writing our threads. anyway, this one’s sinister af i love it. it’s somehow romantic and pretty yet... uncomfortable to listen to.