#lyssa ryder

[slcknasty]

day 3 of @fuckyeahlabynight's fang fest! it feels weird drawing lyssa in less than 5 clashing colours, but i had specific inspiration for this outfit...

i also tried to recreate some of the symbolism from the ryder-waite card - stacks of boxes rather than the pillars, and the book of nod as the source of wisdom in her lap.

[crqstalite]

What can you tell us about Supernova?

Supernova is one I've had on my mind for a bit, but it's also one I genuinely just don't have enough knowledge about the universe to publish right now. I have an outline for it (it's certainly solid but not perfect), but the gist of it currently is a sort of flashback through the ages fic. Starting from Alyssa and Anders' youngest years, around the ages of six to where they are mid-Andromeda. I intend for the latter few chapters to be during the last fight of the game, when Anders is conscious again and for it to switch the point of view every chapter. How one or the other saw the same event compared to the other twin. How one character is viewed as pragmatic by one but cruel to another. That sort of thing.

I want to sort of use it to explore Alyssa and Anders as characters (or really, Ryder in general), as siblings and as foils to one another. How certain experiences with their parents shaped them as people, what pulled their family apart and what brought it back together. After all, they're twins, but terribly different people, and they grew up in a different era than any Shepard did and they'll be living in one far after them.

(I'm a bit predictable in that regard.)

Thank you for asking!

[amarmeme]

Mass Effect babes in picrew form

Faye Shepard Lyssa Ryder Casarra Ryder 

[shadowglens]

i was tagged by @chuckhansen to make my ocs in this picrew, thanks airika! tagging @radlurk, @jmcolt, @elaineettariel, @noonvvraith, @solasan, @fenharel & anyone else who’d like to xx

NOA • SIENNA • UNA • LYSSA

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Jumanji OC Masterlist

Name: Alice Vreek

Story: Fun And Games

Counterpart: Marlowe Bravestone

Face Claim: Kaya Scodelario

Name: Ally Gilpin

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Counterpart: Nova Ryder

Face Claim: Kristine Froseth

Name: Ash Kerrigan

Story: Game Of Survival

Counterpart: Darcy Lowder

Face Claim: Alicia Vikander

Name: Darcy Lowder

Story: Game Of Survival

Counterpart: Ash Kerrigan

Face Claim:  Danielle Campbell

Name: Gia Shields

Story: Game Over

Counterpart: Malia Flash

Face Claim: Meg Donnelly

Love Interest: Martha & Spencer/Ruby & Bravestone

When Gia Shields got detention - totally undeserved, for the record - it was the last thing she wanted.  Weekends were her time to stay home and read, her time to not pretend to be ‘Cheerleader Barbie’, her time to be herself.  But no, she has to spend her Saturday in detention, with four different people who all judge her for different reasons, and with the two people she’s had crushes on since she was twelve.  And then Spencer digs out a game called Jumanji, and perfect little Gia turns into adventurous photographer Malia Flash, and everything changes.

Name: Gray Morris

Story: Untitled

Counterpart: Lyssa Van Pelt

Face Claim: Jack Mulhern

Love Interest: Bethany/Shelly Oberon

Name: Lyssa Van Pelt

Story: Untitled

Counterpart: Gray Morris

Face Claim: Alycia Debnam-Carey

Love Interest: Bethany/Shelly Oberon

Name: Malia Flash

Story: Game Over

Counterpart: Gia Shields

Face Claim: Brie Larson

Love Interest: Martha & Spencer/Ruby & Bravestone

When Gia Shields got detention - totally undeserved, for the record - it was the last thing she wanted.  Weekends were her time to stay home and read, her time to not pretend to be ‘Cheerleader Barbie’, her time to be herself.  But no, she has to spend her Saturday in detention, with four different people who all judge her for different reasons, and with the two people she’s had crushes on since she was twelve.  And then Spencer digs out a game called Jumanji, and perfect little Gia turns into adventurous photographer Malia Flash, and everything changes.

Name: Marlowe Bravestone

Story: Fun And Games

Counterpart: Alice Vreek

Face Claim: Isabela Moner

Name: Nova Ryder

Story: Untitled

Counterpart: Ally Gilpin

Face Claim: Lindsey Morgan

[fateandfire]

the promos between zack ryder and mojo rawley are so awkward because it’s so obvious that they aren’t the biggest fans of each other and they’re trying so hard to be professional about it

[elveny]

Hi! ~ I would like to know if it's okay to draw one of your OC for the Oc Kiss Week please! Oh, and if yes, Which one? If you can put some reference it will be great! :) I could also draw one of your OC with who you want!

WHAT!!!

Ahem. Sorry.

OF COURSE!! Oh wow, I’d be SO DELIGHTED AND HAPPY AND HONORED! And as the artist, you have, of course, full control over who you draw and with whom ;) 

As for references, I have one post that has a picture of all my main OCs, so I hope it helps? Here. I’d be happy to provide you with more pictures for a specific OC, if you want to :) Just let me know.

They are also all tagged on my blog as follows (although not all of them have many pics):

(Dragon Age) oc: Fian Tabris, oc: Adriene Hawke, oc: Lyssa Lavellan

(SWTOR) oc: Jiune, oc: Mitena

Or if you want to grab MEA’s Caitlin, here you go: oc: Caitlin Ryder

The only thing I ask is to PLEEEEASE tag / @ me so I can see it?

[lunarkissed-a]

ship masterlist.

after many months of trying to get my shit together to do this, i’m finally here to post my ship masterlist. this is, as far as i know, comprehensive as of january 1, 2019, but if i’m missing any of our ships (or you’d like to start a new one), please let me know and i’ll adjust this!! this list is organized based on availability.

OPEN

singleship

april - appears 21, incarnation of aphrodite, sally fc

ariana - appears 21, incarnation of ares, yves fc

ella - 28, mutant, jessica fc

eunbin - 17, banshee, lee jinsol fc

kenzie - 16, demigod, heo yunjin fc

kyungmi - 20, banshee, chaekyung fc

laurel - appears 17, incarnation of lakhesis, hyeyeon fc

nicolette - appears 23, incarnation of nike, hana fc

penelope - appears 17, incarnation of poseidon, choerry fc

seoyoung - 33, demigod, hong jinyoung fc

tia - appears 19, incarnation of hestia, chuu fc

wonyoung - 18, banshee, rachel fc

dualship (no current ships)

blaire - 16, werewolf, lucy fc

brooklyn - 22, werewolf, heehyun fc

charlie - 20, mutant, eunseo fc

daphne - 27, mutant, tiffany fc

delilah - 23, mutant, seulgi fc

emma - 22, human, yoohyeon fc

eunjin - 21, demigod, nc.a fc

hallie - 23, mutant, seola fc

kendall - 25, mutant, jeonyul fc

kira - 25, werewolf, lee sunbin fc

layla - 25, demigod, luna fc

mads - 21, witch, exy fc

melanie - 20, human, park jiwon fc

nova - 29, mutant, jia fc

phoebe - 25, witch, jisoo fc

seola - appears 24, demon, naeun fc

sloane - appears 23, vampire, oh hayoung fc

sori - 22, mutant, yujin fc

stevie - 18, mutant, sohee fc

ursula - 24, witch, somin fc

van - 26, demigod, eunji fc

violet - 28, mutant, bora fc

xinyi - 30, mutant, fei fc

yerin - 27, mutant, coco fc

yumi - 26, siren, nana fc

zana - 17, witch, somi fc

dualship (one current ship)

ashton - 26, demigod, kyungri fc

simon (petalsmade)

open

briar - 25, demigod, kaeun fc

hanjae (moonhaerted)

open

brynn - 22, mutant, euijin fc

zee (thervnaways)

open

callie - 26, demigod, hyuna fc

brayden (welcometothezungle)

open

cherry - 20, demigod, rosé fc

seulbi (bloomedhearts)

open

choa - 24, demigod, sunmi fc

naeun & helena (welcometothezungle)

open

clara - 35, demigod, lee hyori fc

park (petalsmade)

open

elena - 27, mutant, nara fc

renzei (welcometothezungle)

open

ginger - 22, human, jiu fc

iseul (inncrtalis)

open

gwen - 21, mutant, elkie fc

woobin (moonhaerted)

open

hyebin - 21, mutant, yves fc

kihyun (thervnaways)

open

indie - 22, mutant, joy fc

kane (moonhaerted)

open

jackie - 21, mutant, roa fc

gina (welcometothezungle)

open

jasmine - 23, siren, chungha fc

sori (welcometothezungle)

open

jiaying - 18, mutant, yuqi fc

peizhi (inncrtalis)

open

jieun - 24, human, keumjo fc

reserved (petalsmade)

open

jinah - 25, mutant, kim seul gi fc

sage (moonhaerted)

open

kaeun - 26, human, chorong fc

reserved (petalsmade)

open

lily - 23, demigod, yooyoung fc

maxie (moonhaerted)

open

maggie - 22, demigod, jeonghwa fc

cyprin (welcometothezungle)

open

mandy - 21, mutant, yebin fc

neptune (petalsmade)

open

minnie - 24, demigod, hyejeong fc

daeyeol (welcometothezungle)

open

naeun - 22, demigod, zn fc

choa & helena (welcometothezungle)

open

nari - 21, mutant, rena fc

gaeun (bloomedhearts)

open

quinn - appears 20, vampire, soojin fc

sam (petalsmade)

open

rosie - 26, demigod, sungkyung fc

reserved (bloomedhearts)

open

ryder - 27, demigod, soyou fc

heejun (bloomedhearts)

open

sage - 28, mutant, woohee fc

ziggy (moonhaerted)

open

sawyer - 26, mutant, nam yujeong fc

seola (welcometothezungle)

open

tessa - 22, human, sana fc

reserved (petalsmade)

open

victoria - 19, human, chaeyoung fc

reserved (petalsmade)

open

yeoreum - 26, demigod, irene fc

youngjae (welcometothezungle)

open

TAKEN

ahyoung - 29, demigod, sori fc

dex (petalsmade)

angel (welcometothezungle)

autumn - appears 19, incarnation of atropos, kang mina fc

jixie (ineverlands)

beth - 28, demigod, yoona fc

jaebeom (cosmoborne)

cassie - appears 21, angel, cheng xiao fc

minzhi (ineverlands)

chaeyoung - 19, human, seoyoung fc

reserved (welcometothezungle)

dakota - 30, mutant, yang jiwon fc

risae (welcometothezungle)

dambi - 18, mutant, somyi fc

bijoux (welcometothezungle)

doyeon - 27, human, yura fc

woojin (ineverlands)

fallon - 20, mutant, lee hyunjoo fc

eloise (ineverlands)

finley - 23, witch, siyeon fc

blue (petalsmade)

frankie - 24, demigod, jiyeon fc

hyesung (petalsmade)

isabelle (welcometothezungle)

gigi - 18, demigod, xiyeon fc

gemma (welcometothezungle)

grace - 25, demigod, jung soyeon fc

taemin (moonhaerted)

hara - appears 17, incarnation of hera, heejin fc

zoey (petalsmade)

hazel - appears 17, incarnation of hades, olivia hye fc

primrose (petalsmade)

inha - 23, demigod, seolhyun fc

ash (welcometothezungle)

izzy - 20, demigod, yeeun fc

astraeus (welcometothezungle)

ivy - 31, demigod, victoria fc

reserved (cosmoborne)

jessa - 20, mutant, kyulkyung fc

roux (welcometothezungle)

juyeon - 21, human, jisun fc

jaehyun (bloomedhearts)

hyeok jae (cosmoborne)

reserved (welcometothezungle)

lucy - 26, demigod, sua fc

cillian (cosmoborne)

lydia - appears 19, demon, seoyeon fc

zekai (ineverlands)

lyssa - 23, demigod, hani fc

daeil (moonhaerted)

changmin (bloomedhearts)

mia - 25, human, iu fc

yoshimitsu (welcometothezungle)

michaela - appears 23, angel, kwon mina fc

lei (ineverlands)

miyeon - 23, human, d.ana fc

jihyuk (ineverlands)

molly - appears 21, demon, luda fc

feng (ineverlands)

nina - 24, human, gong seungyeon fc

nikolai (ineverlands)

olive - 22, mutant, chaeyeon fc

cassius (cosmoborne)

polly - appears 21, incarnation of apollo, jinsoul fc

dimitri (ineverlands)

raven - appears 19, demon, nakyung fc

jianyi (ineverlands)

remi - appears 20, angel, kyulkyung fc

ushi (ineverlands)

riley - 19, human, tzuyu fc

brooklyn (ineverlands)

ruby - 24, mutant, krystal fc

xiuying (cosmoborne)

sammie - 23, demigod, mijoo fc

dimitri (moonhaerted)

atlas (cosmoborne)

selene - 21, human, rosé fc

lance (welcometothezungle)

sera - appears 18, angel, xiyeon fc

shun (ineverlands)

tasha - 23, mutant, seungyeon fc

jax (moonhaerted)

tatum - 21, mutant, saerom fc

andrew (welcometothezungle)

valerie - 25, human, iu fc

ezra (ineverlands)

willow - 23, demigod, dan-a fc

hakjoon (ineverlands)

woori - 20, demigod, jane fc

raein (welcometothezungle)

yanmei - 18, demigod, shuhua fc

sebastian (welcometothezungle)

yujin - 23, demigod, sejeong fc

eunyoung (ineverlands)

[lunarkissedarchived-blog]

about the demigods: powers.

a majority of my muses have powers, but i rarely get to talk about them so here’s a quick post about them! some muses love their powers, some hate them, but all my demigods have them for better or for worse.

ahyoung, daughter of hermes

ahyoung’s powers don’t get used very often, though her ability to speak any language comes in handy when she’s trying to communicate with other companies and creators for work. she has decent control over her abilities.

omnilingualism

art manipulation

afterlife messaging

ashton, daughter of apollo

ashton’s active powers are very rarely used, but her passive power (performance art intuition) is so ingrained in her daily life that she isn’t sure she could ever stop using it. her control over her active powers is mostly unknown, as she hasn’t practiced in years.

solar manipulation

performance art intuition

truth inducement

beth, daughter of pan

beth most often uses her zoolingualism, especially in her job as a veterinarian. her other powers are occasionally used, but only once in a blue moon in order to keep herself from getting rusty. she has good control over her abilities.

zoolingualism

natural energy healing

forest manipulation

briar, daughter of athena

briar rejects her parentage for the most part, but since her powers are mostly passive, she’s found other ways to show her distaste for being athena’s daughter.  

adaptive mind

enhanced intelligence

fear masking

choa, daughter of zeus

choa only uses her powers recreationally. she doesn’t have much use for them in her daily life, but she has great control over them when she does use them.

electricity manipulation

semi-immortality

subordination manipulation

clara, daughter of hebe

clara has good control over most of her powers, but has a mental block when it comes to using her ability to forgive, both in terms of her powers and of her own personal grudges. 

forgiveness

age shifting

spring embodiment

eden, daughter of hecate

eden is often mistaken for a witch. she’s studied magic since her powers first presented themselves and is still trying to work on them. summoning is used most often, and she tries to avoid using the other two because they’re draining for her. 

summoning

necromancy

exorcism

frankie, daughter of eris

frankie loves using her powers. every chance she gets, she’s using them. mostly, it’s for petty reasons, but every once in a while, she uses them for justifiable things. 

karma inducement

revenge empowerment

punishment manipulation

gigi, daughter of aphrodite

gigi is still a baby so she’s still growing into her powers. they’re very erratic, especially her mind control. she’s afraid of what she’s potentially capable of and has a hard time making herself use her powers, so her control over them is very lacking.

mind control

supernatural beauty

relationship identification

grace, daughter of harmonia

grace’s powers are often more of an aura than actively or consciously used. sometimes, they’re pulled out if her class gets rowdy or if there’s a fight brewing between friends, but it’s definitely more passively felt than something she aims to use.

harmony embodiment

peace inducement

concord manipulation

inha, daughter of ares

inha, quite possibly, gets the most use of her powers out of all the demigods. she actively uses them to fight crime during the night, and has incredible control over them in order to keep herself in check while she’s not out on the streets.

enhanced strength

chronokinetic combat

anger manipulation

izzy, daughter of hades

izzy has very complicated feelings about her powers. when she’s in control of them, she loves how powerful they make her feel, but they’ve caused her much more pain and harm than anything else. her ability to control them is closely tied to her emotions.

fire & hellfire manipulation

darkness manipulation & transmutation

demon manipulation

kenzie, daughter of poseidon

mackenzie is another baby who hasn’t quite grown into her powers yet. maggie, her older sister, very rarely ( if ever ) uses hers, so kenzie has no benchmark or example to go off of. she’s trying her best to learn to control them on her own, though.

water manipulation

storm manipulation

earthquake generation

lily, daughter of demeter

lily uses her powers a lot, as she tends to help out at willow’s flower shop and doesn’t know much about conventional plant care. mostly, she uses one over the others, but they all do get used with some regularity. 

plant manipulation

respawning

winter manipulation

lucy, daughter of dionysus

lucy went through a phase after college where she used her powers almost constantly, but now that she’s a bit older, she doesn’t find that they really match with her personality. when she moonlights as a bartender, though, she does sometimes use her alcohol manipulation to cut people off without creating an issue.

alcohol manipulation

madness manipulation

transformation

lyssa, daughter of hades

lyssa has always had some control over her powers, but when izzy came to live with her when she was 18, she trained herself very strictly in order to help izzy learn. she rarely uses them anymore.

fire & hellfire manipulation

fear manifestation & empowerment

death whisper

maggie, daughter of poseidon

maggie hasn’t used any of her powers in years. after an accident, she forced herself to suppress her abilities and has no desire to use them anymore.

water manipulation

aquatic adaptation

aquatic life manipulation

minnie, daughter of aphrodite

minnie’s only use for her powers are personal gain, and she has no issues whatsoever using them to get what she wants. she still struggles with execution from time to time, but overall, she knows exactly what she’s doing.

persuasion

supernatural beauty

desire manipulation

rosie, daughter of demeter

rosemary uses her powers more recreationally than seriously. mostly to keep her garden looking lively and vibrant, though she sometimes uses them to give other people advice about their own plant growing ventures.

plant manipulation

agriculture intuition

spring manipulation

ryder, daughter of hephaestus

ryder uses her powers to teach self defense and in her work as a personal trainer. she does find some of her abilities a bit useless, but the ones she does use, she benefits greatly from.

enhanced strength

blunt weapon proficiency

volcanic field manipulation

sammie, daughter of ares

sammie, much like minnie, uses her powers for her own benefit more often than not. she loves fighting and she’s very good at it, so she has no problem with the fact that she’s naturally better at it than most anyone she’s going to fight. sometimes, she uses it for more selfless reasons, bu it’s rare.

enhanced combat

enhanced strength

combat empowerment

seoyoung, daughter of aphrodite

seoyoung loves love, and loves helping people find love by using her powers. she’s certainly high in the ranks of those who use their abilities for others and not themselves. 

cupid physiology

supernatural beauty

love manipulation

stella, daughter of dionysus

stella, being the troublemaker that she is, only really ever uses her powers to mess with people. it’s not often, but she most certainly does use them to play tricks.

alcohol manipulation

curse manipulation

insanity inducement

tarren, daughter of nyx

tarren thinks her powers are kind of useless, so other than being able to see really well without lights on, she doesn’t use hers too frequently.

darkness manipulation

night vision

night inducement

veronica, daughter of ares

veronica, like her sisters, uses her powers often and well. though she’s the only one who prefers using weapons over brute strength, she still finds use for all her abilities without much trouble. she’s the least trained of the three of them, but possibly the most controlled.

enhanced strength

weapon manipulation

fear masking

willow, daughter of demeter

willow’s powers are completely ingrained in her daily life. owning and running a flower shop, she finds the need to use her powers for assistance when she has too much going on to properly watch over everything.

plant manipulation

spawning

summer manipulation

woori, daughter of hestia

woori, as an aspiring chef, finds some of her powers incredibly useful and loves them. she does have a tendency to favor one over the rest, so while her control over one is above average, the others aren’t quite as well refined.

food manipulation

heat manipulation

labyrinth creation

yanmei, daughter of hermes

yanmei has only recently grown into her powers, but she’s doing very well in learning to control them. the only one that’s obvious is the fact that she can fly, so that’s the one she’s been focusing on honing.

omnilingualism

flight

marking

yeoreum, daughter of apollo

yeoreum’s powers come in handy, mostly during her job as a pediatric nurse. she often works longer hours than necessary to be sure her patients are taken care of and so she’s able to use her abilities to keep them comfortable and in recovery.

solar manipulation

health manipulation

pain manipulation

yujin, daughter of zeus

yujin will only use her powers once in a while. she doesn’t see a need for them in her daily life, but she has been known to clear the sky when she wants a nice day out and the weather isn’t cooperating.

sky manipulation

order manipulation

semi-immortality

[ao3feed-kandros]

The good doctor

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2vHF8F5

by Anonymous

Lyssa Ryder was sidelined by a fluke, sentenced to a coma for being the second twin awakened during the Scourge. She can't be too mad at it though, Harry Carlyle is a very good doctor. After coming back from the ordeal with the Archon and starting up her life for real, Lyssa isn't sure if she just wants Harry or something infinitely more complicated.

Words: 14600, Chapters: 5/5, Language: English

Fandoms: Mass Effect: Andromeda

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Harry Carlyle (Mass Effect), Female Ryder | Sara, Male Ryder | Scott, SAM (Mass Effect), Tiran Kandros

Relationships: Harry Carlyle/Female Ryder | Sara

Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, Mutual Pining, Oral Sex, Vaginal Sex, Vaginal Fingering, Loud Sex, Post-Game, Fluff and Smut

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2vHF8F5

[crqstalite]

♫ she's beauty, she's grace, she'll punch you in the face in space. ♫

pathfinder alyssa ryder + (ME5 probable PC) daphne kelly.

[amarmeme]

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Written for Leather & Lace 2018. Today’s prompt was “trapped together.” Before Day 5 ends, please accept my Habitat 7 AU where Harry Carlyle and Lyssa Ryder get stuck in a cave. 

The jarring sound of male grunting snaps Lyssa awake. The stranger’s determined efforts assault her eardrums despite her helmet, sore head pounding in time with her heartbeat. Lyssa wheezes as she rises to her elbows in caution, unsure if she’s injured. Her body hurts, a deep ache that echoes through bones, as if she's still falling, still hitting the ground over and over. The landing lights of the shuttle strobe on and off in time with her misery. Blue then green. Blue then green. What's visible in front of her is less than helpful. Her eyes follow the moss-covered rock face up, up, up to the crack in the cave ceiling where their shuttle wedged its way through. The small, white ship rests crumpled in its place, one side missing a wing and a door and the nose smashed inwards.  

The pilot...

Lyssa swallows her concern and eases her stiff body around to see who makes the racket behind her. This is not the time to get emotional, but practical. A giant palm-like tree obstructs her view and all she can identify is the person’s back. The entire Pathfinder team wears the same white and blue suits -- it could be any of her father’s crew. Except him; Alec Ryder always suits up in red. She thinks dimly that she should be concerned about not remembering who was in her shuttle.

“Hello,” she shouts. “Are you okay over there?”

The grunting stops. “Lyssa, is that you?”

Lyssa smiles to herself despite the situation. She knows that gravelly voice. “Yea, Doc, it’s me.” She tests getting up, taking it one movement at a time. Nothing feels broken, but if something is amiss, at least she’s stuck with a doctor. “Need some help over there?”

Harry grunts then sighs, sitting on a large rock as she stands erect at last, wavering like a new calf. “You could say that,” he deadpans. “I’m pretty sure I’m too old for this.”

Lyssa pshaws, creeping beneath the alien palm tree. “You’re not even as old as my dad. Stop complaining, Doc.” That comment gets her another undignified grunt, and Lyssa can’t help but laugh. She knew Harry would hate that.

“That man’s superhuman. Probably could get a door off his own damn leg.” A shuttle door indeed rests on Harry’s left leg, trapping him between that and a rock. She walks over, crouches down to inspect the scene, and sits back on her heels as Harry stares down at her. “It's not broken,” he gruffs.

“Let me try,” she says. “SAM?” The AI doesn’t respond. It seems her implant is useless in the bottom of this deep cave. It's up to her to figure out the best place to lift.

Lyssa walks around the battered door and Harry, sizing up the best place to leverage her strength. Had her scanner been working, SAM would have said where to exert the right amount of force. Head still garbled, Lyssa fumbles around until she finds it on her own. The suit takes a portion of the weight, but her insides still hurt like hell when she lifts. Harry scrambles back though and she drops the door quick, folding over after with hands on her knees.

“Don’t... think... I... have... that... in me... again,” she pants.

Sit down, kid,” he says. Harry pulls her gently by her elbow and Lyssa plops next to his side.

She turns to face him. “Don't call me that.”

“What? Kid? You're half my age--”

“I don't call you old man.”

Harry lets out a deep breath and pulls her in a single-armed embrace. “I feel it though.” He squeezes tighter. “Kirkland didn't make the crash. Neither did Greer.”

Some of her memory returns now; getting on the shuttle with Harry last minute instead of with Cora, the electric charges in the atmosphere, striking the cliff face sure they were going to die. Apparently two did. Three including the pilot.

Harry interrupts her thoughts. “How are you doing physically? Any specific pain?”

Her body still aches, but falling will do that to a person. The suit only absorbs so much. “I think I have a concussion?”

“And here I was complaining about a trapped ankle.” Harry drops his arm and swivels to look at her through her helmet. “What's your full name?”

“Lyssa Jane Ryder,” she says.

“Occupation?”

“Armed Combatant Specialist.”

“Address?”

Lyssa narrows her eyes at Harry, shaking her head slowly. “Really?”

“Sorry, he says. “Old habits die hard. I'd do a few tests, but I've already seen your reflexes, your coordination. It's probably a mild concussion at most. You got lucky, Lyssa.”

“Huh, then why don't I feel it?”

They sit silently after that, looking around the cave and its abundance of flora. Green shoots out of every square inch, swaths of moss covering the rocks, the floor. The twisted, reflective metal of the shuttle is out of place, jarring. So are the bodies of Greer and Kirkland, broken over a jagged shelf maybe ten feet up. Lyssa shudders. How had she missed that fate?

“Your comms work?” She asks.

“Not a bit,” he shrugs. “Yours?”

Lyssa shakes her head. “Maybe we should get out of here. Doubt anyone's going to find us hidden away like this.”

Harry nods, gesturing towards his ankle. “You're going to have to help me. Damn thing’s twisted. Can't really do much for it either.”

She helps him up. Harry leans into her and their helmets clack. “Sorry,” they both say at the same time. Lyssa takes his weight as best she can and they hobble over uneven ground. Once the strobe of the shuttle fades away, they turn their helmet lights on. The cave straightens out helpfully, yet the tunnel to the surface seems to be monstrously long.  

“What did your dad talk us into?”

Lyssa can't justify an excuse. She’d been asking the same question for months before the trip and now that they're here... It's too depressing. Levi’s not awake, members of her team have died, Habitat 7 is a complete bust. Instead of feeling sad, anger courses through her.

“Fuck!” she snaps. Her veins even feel hot. “Let's talk about something else. You got a wife, Harry?”

It was the first thing that came to mind. Once it's out, she feels a bit guilty.

He laughs though, teetering next to her as they climb over a log. “Never have.”

She smiles. For some reason that answer makes her feel a little better. “Consummate bachelor? Scam too many ladies in one galaxy gotta break hearts in another?”

“Hardly,” he says. “I’m in the business of fixing hearts, not breaking them.”

“Come on,” Lyssa teases. “With a voice like yours and that salt and pepper look? I guarantee someone's cried over you before. Plus, doctor.”

“Is that... hot? I thought that was reserved for people in uniform?”

She snickers. The way he says it, “hot,” as if it's some trendy term and not what people have been calling men like him for centuries. Harry is hot. Smoking hot in a way that's always distracted her. He'd been the one to put her under in cryo, and after his face was the last thing she'd seen, Lyssa would swear she'd been having sex dreams about him for the last 600 years. She’d followed him into the shuttle on the Hyperion after all. Not onto Cora's like she was supposed to. Harry had that pull on her and he really had no idea.

“Harry, your patients aren't coming to see you just for your medicine.”

“Whatever you say.” His words are dismissive, but he sounds slightly pleased.

They fall into comfortable silence for a long time, taking it as steady as possible. She's never been this close to him before, and although the situation sucks, Lyssa likes the feel of him there, arm over her shoulder, hers across his back. If only there weren't suits between them. She imagines he smells good. Something smoky with a little spice. He stumbles on a root and squeezes her hand tight. A flutter of stupid, stupid nerves run up her arm at it. Lyssa needs to get out of this cave before she acts any more like a lovesick kid.

Light floods their footfalls. Cracks of thunder echo through the widening cave. Together they shuffle forward faster; green is replaced by grey but they fail to notice. At the mouth at last, Harry stumbles, almost crashing to the ground. Lyssa strains to hold him up. Outside the electric storm rages, a burst of lightning strikes down nearby. It's a horror scene. Harry's wheezing, coughing. Confused, Lyssa wheels around in front of him, taking his head between her palms. A crack in the visor is finally visible in the light of day.

“We gotta go back,” she says, pulling him up again. Harry can't breathe enough to argue, but his body doesn't fight her. Scrambling, she half carries him to the point where the plants flourish again. His grip on her is vice-like and she grinds her teeth together, insistent on getting him back to breathable air.

At a certain point he refuses to move further, stiff arming the rock wall. “Lyssa, I'm fine,” he says. “I’m fine.”

She drops to the ground then, collapsing in a pile of relief.

“You have to leave me.”

She glances up too quick, horrified at the suggestion. Her head swims a little. “I'm not--”

“Look, you said it yourself. No one is going to find us hiding in this cave. I trust you'll not leave me here to die.” Harry slumps down next to her on the floor. “You'll be okay. Find Cora -- your dad. They'll know what to do about this.” He flops his useless helmet on the ground. They both stare at it.

She's sure they're both thinking the same thing, but Lyssa can't make the words come. But what if everyone else is dead?

Harry takes up one of her hands and squeezes it reassuringly. If she can't find anyone -- if no one's left... At least at the end she’ll be with someone she cares about. She’ll crawl back to Harry, tell him how she feels, has felt about him since they met more than 600 years ago, and then hopefully they'll screw themselves into oblivion while the whole planet destroys itself.

Before she can think better of it, Lyssa removes her helmet. Harry starts to speak and she covers his mouth with a hand. Replacing her gloved fingers with her lips, Harry whips his head back, shocked. They're laying basically intertwined, his right leg and both of hers in a tangle.

“Lyssa--”

“Just let me,” she insists. He blinks slowly and she surges forward again, kissing him deeply. He doesn't pull back this time, but angles into it, placing his hands on either side of her head. Heat coils up inside her, races up to flush her face. They find themselves getting more and more tangled with one another, Lyssa practically sitting in his lap.

He pulls away first, stroking her cheek gently. “What was that,” he murmurs in amazement.

Lyssa grips his shoulders then realizes she should climb off his lap. “Ahh...” She laughs nervously. What had she been thinking? They aren’t dying yet. “Maybe we shouldn't tell anyone about that.” Harry lets her go regretfully, hands following her path away from his body, grasping air.

“Especially not your dad,” he says. Lyssa flinches, cringing at her dad finding out what she’d just done.

“Don't worry,” another voice calls out. “I’m certainly not going to be the one to tell him either.”

So hot a moment before, a cold flush floods Lyssa’s entire body. Hair prickles the back of her neck. “Oh shit.”

“Yeah,” Cora says, hand resting on her hips in judgement. “But at least I came to get you alone.”

Weeeeeell, thanks Cora. :D

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Ya know i'm curious, you mentioned you don't delve much into astrology but do your ocs each have a unique sign?

A unique one? They all have their own signs, if that you mean :D! (I had to hunt around for a site that’d let me enter ‘February 2nd, 2160′ as a valid date without an actual location lmao)

Kodelyn is an Aries, as well as an Aries in Moon Citlali is an Aquarius, as well as a Sagittarius in Moon Mason is a Capricorn, as well as a Pisces in Moon Brione is a Scorpio, as well as a Leo in Moon Annika is a Cancer, as well as a Libra in Moon AJ is a Capricorn, as well as a Sagittarius in Moon Danny is a Pisces, as well as a Capricorn in Moon Nia is a Leo, as well as a Gemini in Moon Lyssa and Anders are a pair of Taurus’, as well as Pisces in Moon

Interesting, isn’t it? You’d have to tell me whether that’s in line with their personalities, I don’t know lol

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You've been visited by the random OC question fairy! :D ~☆

Is your character allergic to anything? If so, how do they react to it? If not, is there anything they might as well be allergic to since they hate it so much?

Lyssa Ryder absolutely despises Jell-O in all it’s forms. (whatever the Mass Effect-equivalent of the goo is). It doesn’t make her physically sick, but she is not a fan of the consistency at all. Makes her gag pretty bad, leaves a weird aftertaste that in turn makes her nauseous...she may as well be allergic considering how far she’ll go to avoid it. That pretty much goes for all similarly built foods (mashed potatoes comes to mind, those she can’t eat straight), and has pretty much never liked those foods as it is.

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why do you hurt?

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Kodelyn: ( you swallow pain & fold around it )

you have always hurt. you hold it carefully, and twisted in such a way that other people don't have to see it. you don't choke on it. you don't drown. you just have it, the way some people have freckles, this is a thing that lives in your bones. you fold instead of fighting because you know how to make yourself small, tuck away the places where they have clawed at, swallow the bruises so you seem clean. nobody needs to see it. you will live through this on your own. you know what you need, and relief isn't it. this doesn't mean you cannot reach out - it means it is not in your nature to do so. you should. hiding does not mean you won't be seen.

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Kodelyn is a survivor. A ‘natural leader’ is what’s usually attached to most people’s opinion of her, someone that is meant to be admired for her talents and skills. That isn’t how it always feels though. Hard calls have to be made. Decisions she’s agonizes over years later. Lives lost that she can’t rewind and bring back. Missions she made it back from that others didn’t. She lives, they don’t, and that haunts her. Yet, others suffer more than she has. Her family is still intact. She is too. There’s no reason to complain, no reason to yank others down to her pity party when they’re already reeling over losses far greater than her own. Her job might be stressful, but her job is to keep pressing forward. She inspires others, even when the words choke her.

People need her in ways that she has to adapt to. Even as she begins to wear away, she can’t give up and cry when so many lives depend on her making the right calls. If her own sacrifice is needed, she isn’t afraid to give it. She gives and gives and gives until there’s nothing left to give, and even then, she scrapes away at parts of herself to make up the difference.

Kodelyn perseveres. No one deserves to see her in pieces. They don’t need to worry for her, and they shouldn’t. She’ll put herself back together by herself, again and again, until the puzzle pieces are so raw that they don’t ever quite fit together right.

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Lyssa:  ( you're choking on how much you have to try )

you have tried. you have carried the weight of the world on your shoulders and accepted more responsibilities than you have ever wanted, even intended to gain. it isn't crushing - you are strong enough to hold it - but you are choking. you don't know what to do with it. you don't know where it goes, how to move this weight everyone knows you can hold onto, and do you even want to get rid of it? Never. You would not give this to - force this on - anyone else. but you /can't/. but you are choking on it. your body will hold it up even when you lose all the air in your lungs, and your footing, and your courage. it does not mind choking you. it seems almost designed to do so. if you weren't wrung out you wouldn't be doing this thing properly.

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Lyssa has never wanted anyone’s help. She’s determined to be the strongest and the one that people can look up to, and she’s not afraid of the responsibility that comes with being the pathfinder. No. She’s ok. She’s fine. She wants everyone to stop asking. She’s not a child, she’s a pathfinder. There’s a stark difference between the two, and she wants them to remember she doesn’t need to be coddled or hidden from the world. There’s a lot, she knows that. But there’s no reason to worry everyone else when this is her job, her responsibility. Forcing this onto someone else is an admission of weakness. What would her father say, if she balked under the pressure now? He made her better than that, and she intends to be just as strong as everyone needs her to be.

They all need her. And she needs to be there to provide, even through the late nights, the near-fatal missions. She may waver, but she can’t afford to give up. Not so close to finding home. She runs herself ragged but that’s fine, she can do this, she’s too damn determined, too damn stubborn. It hurts when she goes too far, but it’s another scar. She’ll heal.

She’ll heal until she can’t. Lyssa bleeds until its too much, but her shoulders are molded to take that responsibility. It’s her’s.

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lyssa ryder.