Was evelyn ever ALMOST caught by witch hunters?
I WROTE IT, BECAUSE DRAWING IT TAKES TOO LONG.
For some reason, I forgot I could just...... Write these little shorts with little illustrations alongside it, instead of drawing out the whole thing and it takes forever. So... here ya go! Two more little drawings beneath the cut with some text!
Roger growled through the gap amongst his ivory. He could not wrap his head around why his rival was standing there with bow and arrow, willing to.. What? Shoot him? For this woman. Barely a Christian woman, even.
"What are you going to do?" Roger gestured at Caleb's homemade weaponry. "You're going to shoot me if I don't leave?"
"Maybe." Caleb said, still not tensing the bow. "My brother's a real clever guy, he knows a lot about the body. Did you know that arterial bleeding is the most fatal?"
"Uh-"
"Looks the most accidental, too."
Roger furrowed his brows.
Caleb's brown eyes were void of warmth.
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying I'm holding a bow. I'm saying I'm pretty good at using it. I'm saying I'm a woodsman, you're not. I'm saying that if I wanted to accidentally shoot you and hide your body, I could. And if you were discovered, it's an arrow in you, not an English pistol wound, or a knife. And nobody knows you were ever here."
"...You're not serious."
"You can always find out."
"You're bluffing, I've never seen you use a bow and-"
"Leave my property." Caleb repeated. "And if you are going to accuse my friend of witchcraft, you better have more than suggestive or spectral evidence."
Roger glowered back, held his hands up in peace, and backed away. "Fine, I will." And left the way he came through the woods.
Caleb waited until he couldn't see him any more, before locking the door and pulling the curtains.
Roger had never liked Caleb, but before his rival took a break from witch hunting, Roger had at least had a competitors respect for the man. But respect turned to suspicion. Caleb had been acting strange for awhile... Glum and a lot more quiet. Then that woman showed up. And now the cove were against spectral evidences?
Caleb had been the most frequent and outspoken about how witches found a lawful loophole by using supernatural means to get away with their crimes. As it was difficult to prove that a witch had tormented someone in their dreams, for example.
And Roger agreed! Sure, Caleb was annoying, but they had both been amongst the best and the worst of hunters, being the same age only meant the two lads butted head to stay in their spot as head of a patrol. Being a witch hunter was a competitive sport, almost, it was hard to explain unless you participated.
They were not friends, but Roger was sure if the roles had been reversed, Caleb would've been suspicious too and, honestly? Caleb would've tried to save Roger. It was just good sportsmanship.
And this whole thing smelled wicked.
Caleb turned to Evelyn. "Are you alright?"
"I don't know.." She said and looked at her hands. Artemis had crawled out onto her shoulder to give her a comforting little spider hug. "My magic.. It didn't work."
"What?" Caleb abandoned his bow by its place next to the backdoor. "It's not working?"
"I don't- I was trying to make it work, he saw me. I'm sorry."
Caleb lift her chin up. "Hey no, it's alright. Maybe.. You've just been here too long?"
"No that's not it. I know it isn't."
"Maybe you're ill?"
She smiled up at the crease of worry on his forehead. He was trying to sound calm and proper, and she knew that tone of his. That rougher, almost demanding, serious tone. That tone he used with Philip and his friends when they were turning to him for leadership and give them orders - even if he was just as anxious as them.
His eyes flickered away, noticing that she had caught him spiralling with worries. He shook his head to get out of it and straightened his back.
"Are you ill?" He repeated with a softer tone
"No, I dont think so."
"Not witch-ill, human-ill?"
"No... I don't have any symptoms."
"Hm.." Caleb thought back at when she had visited him at his job. "Oh, was it the sprig of dill tea?"
Evelyn's eyes lit up. "Oh! Oh right that did taste awful!"
Caleb couldn't help but break out into a soft scoff. "Well, good to know that folktale is true."
"Huh?"
"It's said sprig of dill keeps witches and evil away. That's why we drink it at the morrow' meeting."
Evelyn's lips pressed into a line, feeling a little silly that she had so readily accepted tea from a bunch of woodsmen-slash-witch hunters. Of course they would be drinking things like that out of superstition.
"Right." She brushed her vest.
Caleb snorted.
"Stop it! I was afraid!"
"Sorry, sorry. I'm sure it's only temporary."
Evelyn looked at her hands. "You think so?"
"Yeah. But.. Why don't you stay here, just in case, until it comes back. Yeah?"
"Appreciated."
"Of course."
Evelyn swayed her skirt bashfully. "Caleb?"
"Mh?"
"Thank you." She pulled him in so she could plant a kiss on his cheek. "You've been my hero today."
Caleb's limbs were full of pink and red butterflies. He laughed nervously and swatted his hand around in the air.
"Oh! PFSH! O-Of course! I can't just- You're a maiden in distress! It's only the right thing-! Anytime, milady." And theatrically rolled his hand before bowing to her.
And that got him in the right height for both of her hands to cup his face.
"I think you deserve one more then."
And kissed him on the side of his nose, his forehead, and when his smile spread his lips wide across his face, she kissed the dimple by his side. And that was enough. Caleb crumbled, and turned away from her with an incoherent sputtering of words.
She smiled.
Caleb put his face in his hands to cool, stroked them through his hair and coughed. "TEA?" He offered, gesturing at the stove. "Er- not, that tea, better tea."
"Sure."
And took a seat nearby him.
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//body horror? Maybe even eyestrain?.?
I started to rant about making belos into a ramen noodle cup while I drew this and also about baby eating demons,, very safe to say I did take my meds after drawing this and came to my senses ‼️
Wiggly belos
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Hey! Something I wanna try out! :'D
From detailed artworks to silly wee ones! Mostly fandom stuff atm, I'll do IBWR stuff in the future if this seems to be anything worthwhile to put energy into! :P
I don't know if this is of interest to anybody, but I figured it could be a safer dice-throw than purchasing a bunch of things nobody buys. :')
Right now, I got two up on my ko-fi atm! of Caleb and Evelyn! :D
It should be accessible to anyone who makes a one-off ko-fi donation (I think any amount should work?)
And soonish I can put things like these up too! Some for free (like these) and some other ones behind a pay-wall for donators only.
But only if this is anything people would be interested in, haha!
if you're confused, just ask! :)
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them…THEM…🥲💖💕
(AU explained : Luz and Philip and Hunter and Caleb + a few others switch places in the narrative so Luz and Hunter are siblings born in 1600. Luz becomes Empress and has her Golden Guard Caleb. Evelyn takes Willows place as well in modern day. Comic in the works currently!)
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