#the-composer

[abnormallynice]

What if he were to just... sneak up behind him, slither his arms around his waist, and scoop his wings around him to tuck him in close and shield him like a canopy. What if, into his ear, Joshua were to croon: "My heart's on fire and the flame grows higher... So I will weather the storm. What do I care how much it may storm. I've got my love to keep me warm..." ♪ (no need to reply! joshua just wanted to say hi ❤)

(How can I not reply when the image is so soft qvq)

[hopeful-hugz]

((Talk about some of your favorite interactions! It doesn't matter if you're directly involved in them or not, it's just nice to spread positivity.))

🥚 I've really enjoyed people coming into STM not only as patients, but as employees. It's nice to build the centre's staff community more and develop the other co-owners behind the scenes! I'm not able to do a whole lot in public cause of the laws in Canada regarding the mental health department, so a lot of that aspect I talk about over VC instead. But the physical health aspect has been fun to RP as well.

I've also really enjoyed my muses' interactions with Hope's main three Shibuyas. It's been really since seeing bonds grow over the past almost-year and seeing how well Hope fits into TWEWY as a whole. I can't wait to do more on that.

Honorable mention to Willow and the stuff we've been talking about behind the scenes and planning for the future. I can't wait for the dynamics with Hope and Dorian (( @afigitis )) and their other OCs to finally come to fruition!

As far as others:

💫🌌🎨 @the-composer @catncore and @dandybarista is always a fun trio to see on the dash. Willow and J's writing is always phenomenal and you can truly tell that these three have been through hell and back and that their bonds are unbreakable. J's focus on Joshua and his relationships with others really plays into this a lot and couples really well with Willow's story and world building and the intertwining lore that comes from not just these three, but other involved blogs as well. Especially when you factor in Willow's OCs into the mix as well.

🔫🍭 @lollipopsandgunshots Interpretations of Kariya and Uzuki and their relationship is absolutely on point and the way they intertwine their OCs into things as well to make this little community is such a breath of fresh air and adds onto that relationship's strength. As far as I'm concerned Katee's take on Kariya and Uzuki's realationship and families might as well be canon material.

💖 @hannah-the-small and I don't exactly talk / haven't talked too much but I really enjoy reading their content. Their current storyline with James and Hannah and the relationships they've built and are a part of are captivating and incredibly well written and their art only adds to that. Same with their HH stuff with Clem and Gritt's separate but still intertwined lives. They're the only person I will consume any sort of HH content from, because they're taking the established lore and making something entirely their own from the concepts it presents. It's always a joy to read their stuff! Can you tell I may look up to them a lil <<;

🐋 I've mostly lurked for the time being (AND DESPERATELY NEED TO CHANGE THIS) but I've absolutely been adoring the dynamics over at @narvvhal! The writing is dynamic and adds to the equally fascinating characterization of Childe and the bonds and relationships he has formed or is forming. Each is a joy to read and just as entrancing as the others to read. I never get bored learning more about this interpretation and how he interacts with the world and other folks, as well as how others react to him!

💜💙💗 And of course I can't go without talking about @kingsmedley, @pureposer and @strawberry-barista! The dynamics between Joshua, Haz and Hanekoma were my first experience with these three and I've enjoyed seeing how things have changed and evolved. Things conflict and clash, but can also be settled and it's fascinating to see just how three unstable people trying to get better can still have an amazing dynamic!

Now, I know Dusty and Kohi ((to an extent)) are drifting off to different paths and this timeline is gonna lay effectively dormant for the foreseeable future, but this still applies to their other muses as well, new and old. Same with Salem's! I'm confident that these three will find another way to connect and I can't wait to read ((and potentially be a part of)) what they create together.

[baphometed]

❝  you flatter me, symphonist. ❞ his laugh is slow, but warmer than his previous tone. he wasn't worried about breaking the ice. he knew that he'd be welcomed here and that wasn't an issue at all. usually he spent his time in L.A but he was looking for a bit of a change of scenery. see his fledglings and perhaps check on abel if he was back in town yet. it would be easy to track the pup down either way.

❝  either of them will do. i need to see both of them individually at some point. ❞ he'd start with the cafe if that was where eanas was. it was easier to handle him first. apichisi always got understandably tense when they were alone. ❝  i should also like to borrow you for dinner soon when you are free one day. i'll be visiting for a few days for personal matters before i return to my city. ❞ and he needed to purchase Soleil some different energy drink types since their usual staple drink was going out of production. shibuya was ripe with potential with things to try.

❝ though, i should ask. have my boys been treating you well? they haven't done anything i should have to reprimand them for, should i?  ❞ not that he was looking for a reason to do that, but he could make a teaching moment out of anything and know that they would listen. their composer was a primary focus next to the city; given their chosen position. he was keen to see that they were kept on track.

@the-composer / continued.

[catncore]

mommy and daddy shibuya are fighting again.

[yamuenai]

@the-composer : "You look fun." He's all unctuous smiles as he sidles up to his new target, looking him up and down. "You belong to the Shinjuku flock, right?" Joshua had only paid minimal attention to the Reapers, so it makes sense he would have overlooked him initially. "Who are you?"

the intruding voice breaks the still face of hishima's thoughts . perched at this remote zenith , the recursive loop of an exterior staircase hung above udagawa's knotted snare of roads & telephone wires , THERE EXISTS NO SUCH THING AS A CHANCE MEETING : he has sought hishima out with a purpose . 

there is no sharp gasp , nor snap-like pivot towards him --- deliberately , hishima straightens & rotates to face the stranger fully , like a stone monolith pivoting about its axis with earth-scraping slowness . " has my reputation spread even among the shibuyan natives ? " he asks evenly , schooling his features into an impassive mask with ease. " I AM HISHIMA SAKAZUKI . & you ... "

now it's hishima who looks with scrutiny , extended gaze scanning over his unassuming figure , finding no trace of malice except for the cloying way his mouth sinks around fun --- but hishima had been quick to learn of the outward antagonism present among the shibuyan reapers , the cat-like pawing at their mark until they can wring no more amusement from it . it's a sentiment that has ceased to trigger his guard .

" ... are unfamiliar to me , " comes his judgement , given flat . " WHO MIGHT YOU BE ? "

[abstractreign]

I am bride and groom in a darkened room Marrying anguish with one last wish Will you and I make a breakthrough?( Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh )

I have visited factories to see The best way to put together me Will you and I ever feel brand new?

[deacomposer]

❝ Jesus chr— ❞ Speak of the devil. After the comical jolt, he shrugs the nervous energy off and gives him a deadpan stare. ❝ That's a nice way to put it. Have you just been hanging around spectating instead of saying hi? Or is this your way of saying hi. ❞ / @the-composer / resume.

❝ if only we were so lucky.  ❞ his tone, for hazuki, is surprisingly lackluster and somewhat off. ❝  i just recently got back from a meeting from the great beyond with the supervisors and my producer about shinjuku. it went longer than intended. you can thank kubo. ❞

he was still learning to control his composer abilities and being in the higher plane for a longer than alotted time made his head feel fuzzy. maybe half under imprint given the fact he was still so human.

❝  you have my sincerest apologies for the heatwave. ❞

[pureposer]

@the-composer Replied:

"Will you kick my ass so I can hear that. For confirmation's sake."

"..."

"Actually what do you mean by that?"

[deifiedcomposer]

❝ You? ❞ Interpret it how you will. Joshua rests his chin on his upturned palm and regards his fellow blonde with one of those patented sultry-lidded gazes. ❝ You could entertain me by telling me more about your lovely self... See if we can't skip the formalities reserved for people who don't know each other, or don't share faces, and get to the good stuff. ❞ Little else was more torturous to Johua than small talk -- what an utter waste of time. Leave the superficiality and pussyfooting to the living. / @the-composer - ★

❝  me. ❞ acknowledgement.

it was true. it was torturous to go through the idle chit-chat when it was in the acquaintance phase. better to skip it all together because it wouldn't do any good here between them. not when they already had so much in common between their brief (albeit extremely telling) interaction prior. an excursion that told them both more than most would be comfortable as an introduction.

❝  gladly. ❞ he all but purrs the word, slotting himself down beside the other comfortably. ❝  I couldn't stop thinking about you after you left. something about seeing you in person, rather than in theory really resonated with me. can't say that has happened to me before... at least, not on that level. ❞

[nelcu]

the-composer says: "Soften that visage sweetie, you look constipated."

       “He wants me to soften my ... what, now ...?”

[valorxdrive]

"You island boys and your obnoxious natural beach hair. Has anyone ever told you it's very..." Scheming violet eyes narrow, bordering on leering. "Ruffleable?" Joshua's willing to risk getting his hand stuck in pomade to confirm if Sora actually does use any or if it's some otherworldy magic to maintain... whatever calamity this is he calls a hairstyle.

Now this was a topic that he found himself heavily well versed in. Trips that flipped upon natural boundaries, across endless seas of stars onto each particular world that hosts that universe's heart, one constant always succeeded in just being a thing that defied the world order.

Sora's quickly comes to learn how his hair and its mannerism of screaming away physics could draw attention. In truth, he's become completely adjusted, which is why an amused snort rises from him as his lips quirk to the hints of a smile. "Wouldn't be the first, far from it, that's for sure.

Thus, he gives full credence in letting Joshua study this 'anomaly' to his heart's content. It was now another hand that managed to dive into the wild liveliness of this spiky crown of auburn, letting the study be performed as the delicacy of their movements becomes Sora's best recorded note on the matter. The way they draw their experience through the ruffling, a single eye edges shut as he crosses his arms.

"If anything, I think I'm getting the idea how it feels to be a certain mouse king in one regard."

"Better watch out, the gravitational pull from a good ruffling makes it hard for a lotta people to pull away. Some folks even doubted it was real at one point."

Whether that was jealously or the rule denial of hair having 'life' of it's own can settle at the chopping block of questions.

@the-composer

[the-grim-heaper]

"He integral on my limit till I derivative."

"THAT'S THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY AND YOU KNOW IT."

[hopeful-hugz]

💡🧲 both maybe to see the progress?

💡First Impressions vs Current Impressions 🧲 || Accepting

🤍:

💡 Hope had honestly found Joshua as fascinating at first, as well as lowkey someone to look up to. He’s someone who has a makeup very similar to her (minus the whole being dead thing) and seeing how he kept his city stable got the idea in her head that maybe she was capable of more too. Already know how volatile Josh Alts can be though, she was also incredibly wary.

🧲 Currently? Joshua is one of, if not her only best friend. She’s finally got her silly crush in the back of her mind and has come to prefer what they have now. Preferring that love in a fuzzy but mostly platonic sense. She thinks Joshua is absolutely phenomenal and truly admires his perseverance. She has nothing but respect for the Composer and is more than honored to call him one of her Composers. At the moment there’s very few that come close to how safe he makes her feel. When she’s around him? Hope feels like nothing can hurt them and for once she can’t hurt anyone as well.

Bonus: 🖤 Pre-Book:

💡 Chamyle didn’t know too much about Joshua when she started coming around Shibuya in her late teens. Given her position as both The Archivist and as Api’s friend however, she knows about him. She personally tries to keep her interactions with the UG minimal unless someone comes to her or it involves work so… As far as she’s concerned Shibuya’s Composer is just that. The Composer and “Most Likely Api’s Boyfriend.”

🧲 Not much has changed on her opinion, other than “absolutely Api’s life partner” being her analysis. She’s noticed little things that have changed on the rare occasions he’s spotted, but still keeps her distance.

Honestly, she’s a little scared of how he would react to a soul like hers that is literally rotting and being eaten away at nowadays. Especially since it wasn’t like that when she first started to come by to visit Api. So she doesn’t want to potentially provoke him.

[kingsmedley]

"Oh, excellent news."

[catncore]

❛ make your good love known to me, or just tell me about your day. ❜

❝  an' how might my good love best be appreciated by you today? should i speak it plainly to you, or would you rather acts of service. how about i cook your favorite meal and bring you your favorite clothes for comfort, an' start you a bath an' once yer good an' relaxed i tend to your aching feet an' shoulders since you carry th' world with them. what way might i best show you my love for you. what way d' you need me t' love you loudest today? ❞

[simiasung-a]

DROPS HER FORK.