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𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.

basically i was looking over the protective prompts and the hero prompts and it hit me that like. the unbridled angst and vibes of the whole “post-battle” scene, or a scene set after an attack or a disaster or smth, needs to be ADDRESSED!!! and so y’all get the full weight of my angst today, sprinkled with a lot of teamwork and selfless and sacrificing vibes. i hope you enjoy! do NOT add further contributions to this list!!! i will curse your potato crops!!!

DIALOGUE PROMPTS.

“ can you hear me? hey… [NAME], can you hear my voice? “

“ come on… wake up. please… please wake up… “

“ oh! oh, thank god! i thought we lost you… “

“ hey, hey… look at me, okay? you gotta get up now. you think you might be able to walk? ‘cause they sent for back-up, and if they find us… we cannot let them find us. understand? “

“ go, go! save yourself! i’ll buy you some time! “

“ we both know i’m not walking out of this one. it’s okay, alright? it’s okay… just… do me a favor, will you? will you make them pay for this? i don’t care how. but… don’t let them get away with it. “

“ hey, how badly are you hurt? can you move? you think you can walk? “

“ if you can’t walk, i’m gonna have to carry you, alright? we can’t stay here. “

“ hey, look at me. i’m slowing you down, we both know it. it’s okay. i’ll hide and wait for back-up; you get yourself out of here. “

“ you’re gonna need to climb up on my back, you’re slowing us down with that injury. “

“ will you quit talking like that?! i’m not leaving you behind! “

“ what the hell are you doing here?! i told you to get out of here! “

“ you’re shivering… hey. hey, listen to me, okay? everything’s gonna be alright, i promise. here… take my jacket. don’t worry, i’m warm-blooded. “

“ i’ll get blood on your shirt… “

“ hey, don’t you dare close your eyes, you hear me? you die in my arms, and i’m gonna stick the dry-cleaning bill for this shirt in your coffin, that’s a promise! “

“ i know we almost died just now, but… am i the only one who’s hungry? “

“ we need to get you to a hospital… “

“ hey, come on now… you’re okay. you’re good, right? “

“ i must be hurt pretty bad if you’re being this nice to me. “

“ quit playing the martyr. we’re not leaving you behind. “

“ you know, i hate to be the negative voice, but… did… did we just lose? “

“ look at me… i’m not gonna make it. it’s okay, i’m fine with that. but… you can’t stay here. you’ve got a good long life ahead of you. and you’re smart, too; too smart to wait around here and waste that long life. so you get out of here, and you go live that life. live it for both of us. will you promise me you’ll do that? “

“ back-up isn’t coming. is it? we’re on our own, right? “

“ can’t sleep, huh? it’s okay. it’s probably all that adrenaline and shock; i can’t sleep, either. wanna keep each other company? “

“ i don’t give two shits about the back-up; i’m just happy you’re alive. “

ACTION PROMPTS.

as always, add a “+ REVERSE” to switch the roles!

[ CARRY ]:     having found the receiver in an injured/weak/unconscious state, the sender carries them in their arms to safety.

[ TILT ]:     the sender gently tilts the receiver’s chin up so that they can check to see if they’re okay.

[ PULL ]:     sender takes the fallen receiver’s hands and carefully pulls them up so that they’re standing once more.

[ WAIST ]:     sender, while physically supporting and steadying the receiver, loops an arm around their waist for extra support.

[ BACK ]:     sender crouches down slightly to let the wounded receiver climb on their back, giving them a piggy-back ride to safety afterwards.

[ HAIR ]:     while in the process of checking the receiver for injuries or other signs of harm, the sender gently brushes several strands of hair from their eyes.

[ TEND ]:     sender begins to care for the receiver’s injuries.

[ LEAN ]:     the wounded sender leans against the receiver for physical support.

[ SUPPORT ]:     the sender encourages the wounded receiver to lean against them for physical support.

[ PUSH ]:     the sender gently pushes the receiver back to lie down so they can check them properly for injuries.

[ COAT ]:     sender removes their jacket and drapes it around the shoulders of the trembling receiver.

[ BLANKET ]:     just as they’re all about to go to sleep, the sender covers the receiver with their own blanket.

[ AWAKE ]:     the sender, unable to sleep, gets up to go for a walk, and finds that the receiver is also unable to sleep.

[ TOGETHER ]:     when the receiver awakens, they discover that the sender has been sleeping next to them, arms wrapped around one another for warmth, comfort, protection ( or something more… )

[ BANDAGE ]:     the sender sits down across from the receiver and begins to bandage their wounds.

[ DRAG ]:     unable to leave them behind, the sender drags the wounded receiver out of danger and into a safe hiding place for both of them to wait until help arrives.

[ TOUCH ]:     the sender nudges or touches the receiver to check and see if they’re alright after the attack.

[ CLEAN ]:     the sender gently and carefully begins to bathe the blood/soot/ash/dirt from the receiver’s skin during a moment of calm.

[ PRIORITY ]:     when they arrive at a designated safe place, the sender refuses to be examined or cared for until the receiver is taken care of first.

[ PROMISE ]:     before leaving to get help/food/water/a rescue mission etc, the sender assures and promises the receiver that they’ll return safely, refusing to bring them along or to stay behind.

[ BROKEN ]:     after having promised the receiver that they’d return, it’s learned that the sender died during their mission. how does the receiver respond?

[ TRAPPED ]:     after having promised the receiver that they’d return from a mission, the receiver learns that the sender has been kidnapped or otherwise trapped, requiring a rescue mission to bring them home.

[ RESCUE ]:     the sender and receiver reunite after the sender embarked upon an infamously perilous rescue mission to save the receiver.

[ FOUND ]:     after a massive rescue mission to try and find the missing receiver, the sender is the first to find them just as the efforts are about to be abandoned.

[ HOPE ]:     just as the receiver is about to lose hope in ever finding the sender again, a message or clue of some kind is discovered that essentially guarantees that the sender is still alive, restoring the receiver’s hope once more.

[ CLING ]:     having finally been reunited, the sender pulls the receiver into a tight, overwhelmingly relieved embrace, clinging to them and burying their face in their shoulder. the whole deal. make it EMOTIONAL–

[ TEARS ]:     having finally found the receiver, or having finally been found by the receiver, the sender breaks down in tears of relief, fear, and many other emotions as they officially reunite.

[ SACRIFICE ]:     knowing that the circumstances only allow one of them to survive, the sender sacrifices their life in order to guarantee the receiver’s survival and safety.

I’m currently stuck between “let a grumpy wizard snark affectionately at you” and “let a god fawn disbelievingly at the brightness of your mortal soul”

The Moon & Art by Théodore Gudin 🌙⭐

Am I the only one that occasionally imagines my muses/ocs in like, mockumentary-style sit downs

Complaining about their life or the people around them or making fools out of themselves

@celestieu​ : " admittedly . . . it is a strange concept to me. to not be innately in tune with the arcane. when i tire myself, i feel so empty. so to think of existing entirely without that connection is very odd to me. yet many people thrive like that! they live, they succeed, at times their fingertips graze the same magic that flows in my blood. there must be some innate sensitivity there, then, right? to harness it through other means? "

          “𝐓𝚮𝐎𝐒𝚬 𝐖𝚰𝐓𝚮𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝚨𝚴 𝚰𝚴𝚴𝚨𝐓𝚬 𝐒𝚬𝚴𝐒𝚬 𝐟𝛐𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝛐𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝛐𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 '𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠' 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝚰𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝛐𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦—𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝛐𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝛐𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛, 𝐩𝛐𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝛐𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝛐𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝛐𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝛐 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝛐𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝛐𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝛐 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞.” Speaking from personal experience, at that point. But hers was no simple question, at least, not so easily explainable to those less versed in the specifics of the arcane as a scientist.

          Veric hummed. “𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝛐𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝛐𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝛐𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝛐𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠... 𝐚𝐧 𝛐𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝛐𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝛐𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝛐 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝛐 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝛐𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝛐𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝛐𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝛐𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝛐. 𝚰𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝚰 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝛐 𝐬𝐚𝐲. 𝚴𝛐𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝛐𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝛐𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝛐𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝛐𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝛐𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝛐𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝛐 𝐬𝐭𝛐𝐩 𝐢𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭... 𝐭𝛐 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝛐𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝛐𝐜𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝛐𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝛐 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝛐𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝛐𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝛐𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝛐𝛐 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝛐𝐮𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝛐𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝛐𝐫 𝐦𝛐𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝛐 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝛐𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝛐 𝐝𝛐 𝐬𝛐 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚; 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬.

Ridiculously early in the morning will be my time for romance posting instead of NSFW posting here we go

Veric has a number of ways in which he tends to show his affection through letting people into his ‘spaces’ —he’s a private person in general, so coming into his home, or being told specific things about his life or past, sure. But... probably the biggest, I think, is when you see him without any kind of glamours, or makeup, or obscuring who or what he really is, in a sense.

Sure, appearance is kind of important in most mage societies and arcane scientists aren’t that different in the end, even though they like to believe they’re more about the pursuit of knowledge than anything so superficial. But for Veric specifically, it’s because... he’s known for the image of strength he presents, and how frail and lifeless he can look at times when he’s overexerted himself and not using glamours to obscure it can be a startling contrast. His skin goes pale, he looks sickly, even his hair and eyes lose their luster and he gets a little more sluggish, a little more irritable than he already was (sounds hard to do, I know lol) not to mention he usually doesn’t wear his prostheses just because it takes less energy to simply use his wheelchair when he’s feeling that way, since he won’t be leaving his home in that state.

So if he willingly allows you to see him that way? I don’t think there’s a more grand show of trust from him, if I’m honest. He doesn’t like being vulnerable when it can be helped, so many of his formative years were spent learning to hide any and all signs of weakness so that he can survive.

                  Knowing neither life nor death,

                        Therefore, I call thee be this name

                                THOU ART THE 𝐃𝚰𝐒𝐓𝚨𝚴𝐓 𝐎𝚴𝚬

Persian Muslim scientists aesthetic

“Dangerous men turning into malewives around their SOs” solidarity