#wiltingbeast

[firehrt]

⠀⠀⠀THERE'S ⠀something assuring about a denizen's scream. … Not the sound itself, of course — that was grating. Bone-chilling, even. But regardless of her personal feelings about her former life, she was an assassin; it was an impulse, that tightening of the stomach when you realized you were alive and your opponent was not. And despite those aforementioned, pesky feelings, this island would always have a need for her to keep her skills sharp.

⠀⠀⠀So she spends ample time in the Mistwood when it suits her, going to places her instinct tells her she shouldn't, telling herself it gives less-capable travelers one less thing to worry about each time she fells some inky horror. No sooner had she flicked jet-black blood off her daggers, leaned her back against a rock to survey her surroundings, than those very surroundings were bathed in red. This particular shade of crimson was of the near-blinding variety, and although she's never seen it in person, the spike in energy felt familiar to her. She follows the tug in her gut, head canting toward the man matter-of-factly sheathing his sword as the wave passes; it was easy enough to spot him, considering he'd briefly parted the mist itself.

⠀⠀⠀❛ ⠀Hm. Can't you ever just give a polite 'hello' ?⠀ ❜⠀

@wiltingbeast : starter call.

[isolaradiale]

Without prior reservation, I'll be reapping Adam Taurus from RWBY. I'd like to take up his old housing as well, thank you.

Welcome back to scenic Isola Radiale, Adam!

You will be housed in your PERSONAL HOUSE.

You will retain everything you had in your previous stay.

– mod pleiades.

[kxrei]

@wiltingbeast​

            ‘ festivities this time of year always bring out               a certain careless joy in people, no? ’

      fairies flying around, snowflake catching, carols and various arts and crafts.       it was a holiday for cheer, to enjoy oneself to the fullest without having to       carry the weight of the world on their shoulder. he had nothing to celebrate       nor wishes to make (short of learning the secrets this city keeps), but it would       not stop him from taking a passing interest in the many activities offered       throughout the city. even if that meant introducing himself to some of the       more reserved looking individuals.

                   there wasn’t much else for him to do anyways

            ‘ though that’s not to say that’s a bad thing. there               is always something worth celebrating. ’

[petaltrail]

              ❛   Is it really true ?   ❜   HER   voice would almost be too flat to qualify as a question if it weren’t for the occasional tremble in it. She closes her eyes when she initially speaks, steeling herself for a conversation she’s been avoiding... In many ways, with too many people.   ❛   Are you really trying to better yourself ?   ❜

          Ruby’s mind briefly flits back to that final normal day at Beacon --- well, mostly normal. Blake had made Yang look in her eyes, then, hadn’t she... ?  She doubts he would bother to remove his blindfold for her; he always makes an attempt to conceal his face, and normally, she finds no reason to press the issue. She normally finds no reason to associate with him in the first place, beyond the occasional fortuitous run-ins during this city’s strange disasters. But still, maybe then she could gauge it... She could see whatever it was Blake was looking for. She could feel a little bit better, just a little, about being more open. 

              ❛   Look me in the eyes and tell me you’re really trying. ‘Cause if you are, then... I can tell you. We can talk.   ❜   She didn’t seem intent on elaborating on what she was going to tell, exactly. 

@wiltingbeast​  :  STARTER CALL. 

[ribellaione]

     “ I know you saw-- when you were in my body. Atlas-- the mines. “

 it’s the only thing she can think of as to why he’s been acting....strange. for him, anyways.and that was understandable, given his past with the dust mines in Solitas. but that wasn’t the reason why she asked him to meet her in a more secluded part of the Bamboo Grove. she wasn’t there to talk about the mines and what she saw, or to even ask him about what he went through as a child. that was the LEAST of her concerns at the moment. no, it was...much like what Ruby would no doubt soon do with Roman Torchwick. 

               and that was telling them...everything.

     it didn’t sit right with her, but it was a decision she made because in the end, IF Salem showed up here? then that’s one possible ally against her. Adam already knew of her, so that saved Blake a lot. but....he didn’t know everything. she was worried what some information might cause him to do, but if he did try anything-- well, she’d just have to stop him once more. hopefully, it doesn’t go that route.

           arms remain tightly folded across her chest, an almost permanent expression of worry mixed with fear accompanying it. but the fear wasn’t directed at him, nor caused by him. not this time.  “ But that wasn’t all of it. “

@wiltingbeast​ don’t make me regret this???

[pyrhass]

wiltingbeast: I will end everyone's careers over this

[whohassummonedme]

wiltingbeast replied to your post: ooc: the event open means nightie could make you a...

but can his good looks alone stop these nefarious invaders??

obviously

[sustray]

              ❛   Well, well --- look what the cat dragged in.   ❜

       IT’S   not like she’d ever expected to run into Adam Taurus again --- but at a bookstore, of all places ?  She makes no effort to hide her amusement; that smug, insufferable grin so reminiscent of Cinder, reaching all the way up to the crinkles in the corners of her eyes. 

              ❛   I was wondering whatever happened to you... You just ran off without any warning. Pretty bad timing, too, if you ask me.   ❜   Emerald inspects her nails, tone nonchalant --- but just remembering returning to Salem empty-handed like that, the pins and needles that had blistered her face and body...   ❛   I’m sure she would’ve loved to hear how things went for you. From you.   ❜

@wiltingbeast !    🖕

[gunchucks]

💢

nonverbal starters // accepting💢 Bang on a door/wall/table to get my muse’s attention- angrily

         sun was well aware the bull faunus was there but… he chooses to ignore him instead. perhaps because he wanted to see how far the other was willing to go just to have sun acknowledge his presence. leaning his back on the opposite end of his house door, he folds his arms, whistling as if to provoke him further. 

         from the incessant banging, sun’s quick to pick up the reason why adam opted to confront him face to face instead of sending a simple text ( not that they were on texting terms, but still ). luckily for sun, he wasn’t the one to face the heat of the aftermath of a certain series of events. at least, for a while now he’s managed to avoid it as best as he can – changing topics, literally dashing out of certain situations – you know, the typical sun deal. so for adam, an accomplice of sorts, to show up at his door, he was probably fuming about something. as always.

         honestly, the guy just needed to take a chill pill.

         after another looooonnggg minute, sun finally decides to open his door a tiny peek. why? for one, to check if he was even still there, and two, to gauge his reaction at his little provocation. and boy was he not happy. even under his mask, sun could tell that he was probably death glaring at him. instead of apologizing or offering the other to step inside, sun simply smirks – pearly whites flashing through the crack of his door.

         ❛ wrong password, try again. ❜

[goldipunch]

     “ Oh, you have got to be KIDDING me. “

  there are a few things in her life that Yang would have absolutely no problem with never having to deal with again in her life. and at the top of that list would be one Adam Taurus. she was positive her problems with HIM ended that day on the cliff, washing away with the current. of course it wasn't that simple-- it never would be. the trauma still lingered -- as she was sure it would for a long time -- and there was never any satisfaction gained from having to drive Blake's broken blade through his back. but it was a matter of life and death.

and she'd always choose the lives of her friends over someone trying to hurt them every single time.

    she has no intentions of fighting him once more, but she was far from pleased at having to see him again in this place. one would think she'd be shocked that someone dead was walking about perfectly fine and perhaps she would have been, if not for already being given the rundown on how this place works by Ruby. so instead she lets her displeasure show-- lips pulled into a scowl, arms folded tightly across her chest, annoyance practically radiating off her entire being. why him ? do the gods really hate her that much?

        “ These people really scraped the bottom of the barrel when it came to snatching others up, huh? "

@wiltingbeast​ shops at hot topic

[suplex51]

Guess who decided to (temporarily) break away from Team STAB-M and use his actually-legit stealth skills to go around and threaten each and every booth-owner in the immediate vicinity with physical violence should they make their games rigged for Ruby and Neptune? 

... 

This guy. 

Sure, two Huntsmen/Huntresses - why weren’t they just called Hunters? It’d be a lot more simple. Anyways, Ruby and Neptune probably didn’t NEED help. 

But it couldn’t hurt.

[firehrt]

                ❝   I made this, you know.   ❞

        SHE   announces it with her chin jutted forward --- all the haughty air she can muster, a small box held between two ( mostly ) steady fingers. She can’t stop swaying in place, and in her terribly buzzed state, slinging an arm around his shoulders seems to be the best way to conceal just how deep in the Hearts Wake specialty drinks she is. Still, Aelin’s impressively coherent --- not even the slightest slur of speech to be found. She’s found a good balance, she thinks, between being warm inside and... Well, too far-gone to even walk sideways.

                ❝   I finally know how to make my own. ... Ha--- !  Me, of all people, creating something. It’s so satisfying... Anyway, it’s for you. There were quite a few extras, so I saved some.   ❞

@wiltingbeast​​   —————–  CUPID SHUFFLE.

[isolaradiale]

Bit of a slip up there. Reapping Adam Taurus from RWBY, back to his home in Cotes please.

Welcome back to the lovely Isola Radiale, Adam!

You'll be put back into Adam's Manor in the Cotes Ward. You'll be given everything you had during your previous stay.

PLEASE NOTE: Because you were removed in an activity check, you have one week to make two in-character posts or else you will be considered inactive once more.

Welcome back!

-- the island stars

[dawncrests]

          “This is admittedly much more difficult than I’d anticipated.” There must have been some secret to the method she’d yet to uncover — perhaps the consistency of the milk, the speed at which she poured it into the cup, the angle at which she held her hand... And though she took care to adjust some aspect of her technique each time she made an another attempt, it seemed that each latte looked even worse than the last. Others were effortlessly creating heart shapes, leaves, and even flowers within their cups, and yet here she was, embarrassed to show these failed creations to her partner during the peer review portion of the class.

            “I do recognize that these designs... pale in comparison to some others, but I am prepared to accept any constructive critique.” As much as it pained her to allow someone else even look upon them, she couldn’t help but feel determined to improve.

@wiltingbeast​ ✦ (sc)

[petaltrail]

           SHE   told herself she wouldn’t say anything with this deeply, truly cursed knowledge --- that it was a lot better than having some kind of awkward, mostly one-sided conversation. But Ruby can’t help it --- the moment she sees him, it’s like it’s... What do people say here ?  ‘On sight’ ??  Yeah, it’s on sight.

                ❛   Wehwha--- Don’t ---- Don’t you have anything better to do with your Sunday nights ??  Do you just not feel  COMPLETE  unless you’re following someone  AROUND  ??  Also, on the subject, betting against someone’s just  RUDE ----  You wouldn’t have done  ANY  better--- !   ❜

@wiltingbeast​  //  STARTER CALL !

[ribellaione]

       sometimes, she thinks the gods really and truly do hate her.

  honestly, what other reason could there be for her to have to deal with THIS? either she had the absolute worst luck in the world or someone out there enjoyed in her suffering. whatever the case, blake was not the least bit happy to have found herself no longer in her body, but in his-- Adam Taurus’s. the one person the whole time this damn thing was going on she was hoping she wouldn’t have ended up playing switcheroo with. swapping with strangers was one thing-- her friends was another. both were bearable, if not awkward and at times, embarrassing. but this was a whole other level that she did not want to deal with in the slightest.

    but, as always in this type of situation, she didn’t have a choice.

   eyes that aren’t her own narrow, arms crossing tightly against his chest that aches in two very significant areas and she doesn’t suppress the grimace at that. of course pains would linger-- no matter how healed the wounds, the aches never would fully subside. she knows that very well and the discomfort she feels is partially from being on the receiving end of a blow she delivered herself months ago. the cold December air stings against the exposed brand as she forwent the blindfold all together-- it wasn’t like anyone else would be seeing it, so why bother to hide it?

    " I don't like this anymore than you do.” understatement of the year. “ But we can’t do anything about it-- unfortunately. “ blake doesn’t even bother to let her displeasure be known, already knowing that he most likely felt the same if the scowl on his-- well, her-- face told the faunus anything.  

@wiltingbeast​ this is the worst thing ever and i demand a refund from the stars