@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.”
also if you date him I hope you like spices because cooking is his love language and in this house we ain’t unseasoned
Me: don’t come here expecting romance with Veric, he doesn’t often fall in love very easily
Me sitting here at almost 4 am already thinking about romantic or borderline-romantic shipping:
❝ how are you feeling today? ❞ ❝ what have you done? ❞ ❝ you speak of monsters, superheroes. that’s the stuff of myth and fairytales. ❞ ❝ are you stalking me or something? ❞ ❝ i know it’s a lot of blood, but you’re going to be okay. ❞ ❝ it’s like you’re not even here anymore. it’s like you’re a ghost. ❞ ❝ i can only help you if you’re truthful. if you open up to me. ❞ ❝ it’s okay to not be okay. ❞ ❝ even with it staring you in the face, you can’t admit it. can’t admit you’re wrong. ❞ ❝ it’s just scary to open up like that. to say how you really feel. especially to people you care about the most. ❞ ❝ i think maybe a part of me died that day too. ❞ ❝ it looks like a fairytale. a dream. ❞ ❝ everyone looks at me like…like i’m a monster. ❞ ❝ you start to believe all the things they say. that this place is cursed. ❞ ❝ do you ever feel like you’re losing your mind? ❞ ❝ look, i’m just trying to turn that frown upside down. ❞ ❝ this year is my year. i can feel it. ❞ ❝ i’m afraid you can become lost in the darkness. ❞ ❝ why do you keep pushing me away? ❞ ❝ i want today to be about me and you. ❞ ❝ if they wanna find out who you are, they will. ❞ ❝ please, just go away. ❞ ❝ only by facing all of ourselves, the good and the bad, can we become whole. ❞ ❝ i play that moment back in my head all the time. ❞ ❝ so much has happened since you left. ❞ ❝ did i survive? no, i assure you, i am still very much in hell. ❞ ❝ you are scared. you’re tired. you are injured. ❞ ❝ you’re not what i thought you’d be like. ❞ ❝ i just want to say thanks for saving my ass back there. ❞ ❝ hey, we don’t need to do this. ❞ ❝ you think because you demonstrate some talent that you’re somehow immune to the rules? ❞ ❝ why is this on me? why am i the bad guy? ❞ ❝ never tell me the odds. ❞ ❝ i don’t even know how to describe it. i’ve never seen anything like it. ❞ ❝ there’s nothing to worry about. okay? ❞ ❝ sorry. didn’t mean to scare you. ❞ ❝ now, where does it hurt? ❞ ❝ this place and the people here are not what you think. ❞ ❝ i am different. i do not belong. ❞ ❝ so, um, are we just not gonna talk about it? ❞ ❝ just try to take some deep breaths. ❞ ❝ if i show you something, you wouldn’t tell anyone, right? ❞ ❝ people just change, okay? that’s it. ❞ ❝ you gotta stop pretending to be someone else. ❞ ❝ i was so excited to see you, it was hard to breathe. ❞ ❝ i’ll smile as i watch them die a slow, agonizing death. ❞ ❝ thirty seconds or i leave without you, okay? ❞ ❝ well, well. aren’t you a sight for sore eyes? ❞ ❝ i…i didn’t mean to scare you. ❞ ❝ looks like it’s gonna be up to us again. ❞ ❝ i’m sorry. i’m having trouble understanding any of this. ❞ ❝ i believe you are our best hope. our only hope. ❞ ❝ you’re bright red in the face right now. ❞ ❝ i think it’ll be easier if we’re a team. ❞ ❝ you can’t run from me. ❞ ❝ we’re running out of time here. the world is running out of time. ❞ ❝ everyone i love, i hurt. ❞ ❝ you don’t even seem nervous. i’m impressed. ❞ ❝ what if i’m not good? what if i’m the monster? ❞ ❝ do you flee or stand your ground and fight? ❞ ❝ in dark days like this, we need something to believe in. ❞ ❝ what you’ve been through, what you’re still going through…it’s a lot for anyone. ❞ ❝ i’m not moping. ❞ ❝ there’s not that many. we can take ‘em. ❞ ❝ you remind me of someone. someone i used to know very well. ❞ ❝ we have a big fight ahead of us. ❞ ❝ so, that is it? you give up, then? ❞ ❝ did you get some rest? i have a feeling you’re gonna need it. ❞ ❝ it’s okay. you can admit it. no more lies. ❞ ❝ sounds too good to be true, yes? ❞ ❝ you’ll have to excuse the staring. you’re a bit of a celebrity. ❞ ❝ do you really expect me to believe anything you have to say? ❞ ❝ the way you looked at me. you…you were scared of me. ❞ ❝ small world, isn’t it? it’s a small world. ❞ ❝ i promise i’m gonna stop asking this, but…you’re seeing that too, right? ❞ ❝ i’ve really missed that. your laugh. ❞ ❝ i will do anything for you. ❞ ❝ you have demons in your past. ❞ ❝ you have more important things to worry about. ❞ ❝ i actually thought you’d be kinda mean and scary. ❞ ❝ i don’t want you to go. ❞ ❝ i’ve given you everything you asked for. i’ve compromised my principles. i’ve risked my life. ❞ ❝ you didn’t think it would be that easy, did you? ❞ ❝ or what? are you gonna shoot me? ❞ ❝ they’re laughing. at you. they think you’re weak. ❞ ❝ i know. you’re frightened of me. ❞ ❝ like i said…we’re alike, you and i. ❞ ❝ who knew something so small could cause so much trouble? ❞ ❝ you know, i think there’s a part of you, buried somewhere deep, that wanted me to die that day. ❞ ❝ if you want to make it out of here alive, you must do exactly as i say. ❞ ❝ i understand the stakes quite well. ❞ ❝ you can’t hurt me more than they already have. ❞ ❝ whatever comes out of there…hold your ground. ❞ ❝ you…you’re not supposed to be here. ❞ ❝ you know you can talk to me. ❞ ❝ i know what it’s like to be different. ❞ ❝ you helped me. now i help you. ❞ ❝ i don’t believe in all that supernatural crap, all right? ❞ ❝ why are you staring at me? ❞ ❝ imagine what we could do together. ❞ ❝ the more you move, the more this is gonna hurt. ❞ ❝ no one ever comes out here. we’re safe. ❞ ❝ i’m going to try to forget you said any of that. ❞ ❝ my heart can’t take it anymore. ❞ ❝ for a while i tried to be happy. normal. ❞
Veric’s situational husband might be making an appearance on tumblr and if he does Veric is gonna become the most annoying motherfucker in the world
@misfortuneds : "why should i trust you?" / from yen :-) | x
𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 to stop the sigh before it slipped from his lips. Veric was a stranger in a land foreign to him, and knew better than to let slip such useless hostility over nothing. It wasn’t the first time his trustworthiness or motivations were questioned and wouldn’t be the last, but what was more...
“You have little reason to, regardless of what I say.” What was this person’s connection to this place? It figured his rotten luck would have him stumbling upon a stranger without having even found his footing in this odd corner of the world. “All I can say is that I’m merely a traveler passing through, and whether you choose to believe me or not, well...” Dark hands smoothed down the front of his robes, oddly spared of grime or disarray for a supposed wanderer, but if it was his intent to look out of place, he more than managed it. But he couldn’t allow himself to be chased away, if there may have been a reason this newfound vessel of his had been placed here, of all places.
Veric straightened. “Regardless, I have no intention of staying here. Just as soon as I... discover where it is that I’m going.”
I’ll be reblogging this periodically, like a number of the calls I post, but please like this if you’d like me to come harass you @ you in IMs for plotting! Where I can go over the verses I have (both already on the blog and unofficial/unlisted ones) and we can figure out how best to interact for some full-fledged threads 😌
I’m sorry y’all I am thoroughly distracted by designing Veric’s common spaces in Dungeon Alchemist
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