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The invitation envelope is sealed with blue wax, the outline of the Meriet royal seal carefully pressed into the the center. The invitation itself consists of a single letter that reads:
❝The kingdom of Meriburn cordially invites you to join them in celebrating the Festival of the Blue Moon.
We humbly look forward to your presence in ushering in a new lunar season that is set to begin on at . We advise that you dress in light, airy clothing and have footwear that will not be damaged by any amount of water. We also advise that you arrive by sunset on the first day of the festivities in order to fully experience the welcoming ceremony.❞
Along the bottom of the letter, the words “Please dip in water and turn over.” is written in neat lettering along the bottom of the invitation card. Once done, the rest of the letter continues as follows:
❝An additional, private gathering will be held at the Aichon Palace throughout the entire event. Overnight accommodations will be provided to all guests with this invitation. We advise you keep it in a safe place, to bring it with you on your travels, and to present it to castle staff upon arrival.
Your host,
Princess Cassandra Tetrarch of Meriburn❞
(for those that are attending the Meriburn party!)
@sansloii
"It looks like she was able to get it approved, after all!" Ezra's face is lit up as he looks over the invitation. Reading it once, then again, before looking to his father and Evan with a grin. "Last year when I went to the festivities, it was amazing, but if this celebration is going to be as big as it sounds, then I'm sure it'll be even better. You'll both be able to make it, right? She'd be really happy to see you both!"
Of course, he knew that having all three of them away from Exulan at once was a bit risky, but...when was the last time they were all able to enjoy a festival together that wasn't in their own kingdom? That wasn't something that they had to organize and upkeep throughout the duration of the events?
"We don't all have to stay the entire time, but...I think it would be nice."
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"We're going to Meriburn...? Why?"
"Alsina is busy with her research, so Sivel asked if I'd like to accompany him. I'd rather not leave you three behind."
The three knew that tone. Baphomet thought that they might find Nesa there...and if that was the case, he wouldn't have to hesitate on taking them back home again. Not to mention that he was worried after the four of them...ever since the Aegis, their parent had barely let any of them out of his sight.
Admittedly, none of them seemed all that excited about the celebration, but...
"I'll go. Some of our friends will probably be there too, yeah? It'll be a nice change of pace."
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"...Are you completely certain that you don't mind watching them, Antale? I was at Vanystea's party; Raelin and Thelrin are perfectly capable of attending this celebration in my stead--"
"They're mine too, Lea...you say that as though I shouldn't have to watch after them-- just like you've done every day that I've been gone, in Ahnia"
Gone working. Eleare didn't even have to say it. The look that they gave Antale said it all for them. Though really, most of this was just for show. It had nothing to do with the kids. Nothing to do with "inconveniencing" Antale...
Going to Meriburn meant that they were guaranteed to at least run into Roderick's youngest son...if not Roderick himself. Something that Antale surely knew already, as well.
Ugh, and he was giving them that look. Apparently, they'd have to go looking for some more appropriate attire...dammit all.
#sansloii#[Ezra -threads-]#[Simni -threads-]#[Baphomet -threads-]#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#[Eleare -threads-]#[Antale -threads-]#[royalty verse]#Aaaand then I can't decide which one Alkaid and Astra'alca would show up at...I was actually thinking Brecaea#Because if Tahariel goes to Meriburn then a few Irekoli might go with to dissuade people from making moves against him#but that'll depend on a coin flip or something later on#and then Ahnia and Setia will have representatives here as well but they'll be minor!
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....Huaxiu will..../tentatively/ allow a visit. Not right away though, things are still hectic.
"I understand, I just...when I heard, I got worried, and panicked a little. I know I don't have as much power as an emperor...or as much as Minglian herself does, I'm sure. But if there's anything that I can do, even if it's just something to cheer her up a little, please let me know?"
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"It's not like those two to fight...Wrenn has to understand that Yukaine probably kept from telling his family about his coronation to prevent Charidynn from being able to plan ahead for when he asks to take Wrenn, Lily, and Miss Allisae to Namodia."
"Wrenn had a point though. Miss Allisae wouldn't leave without all of her kids...it's wishful thinking for Yukaine to believe otherwise. But after all that time away, I'm sure he's been doing all he can to figure out the best way to see things through."
"...I just wish they wouldn't fight with each other like this. They both want the same thing, in the long run, even if they both have different ideas of how it needs to be done. Do you think we should check on them? Or...will they need space for a bit?"
"Maybe we should give them a minute...Yukaine will definitely need some time, and Wrenn would have come back out to get us if he wanted to talk. We can meet up with them again once the duels start."
#[Simni -threads-]#[Niesal -threads-]#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#[Qamis -threads-]#[Royalty verse]#Meanwhile I imagine#since they've been hanging around Wrenn for a lot of the party#they probably went with him when he confronted Yukaine and heard the whole thing#and they're worried! They'd definitely be closer with Wrenn than Yukaine#because that's who they grew up with and are closer in age to#but still! They care for Yuki too!!#Also side note: I'm not going digging through old stuff for their past life face claims#I'm just gonna use their regular verse ones asldfkan#...which means I should probably just go ahead and use their regular verse names too tbh
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🎰 this is a perfect way to make friends, trust me
@suizokukans | Crackship Roulette | No longer accepting!
Etoile & Death (I can see Death taking an interest in her, which means they'll poke around her asking lots of questions, and otherwise messing with/playing tricks on her. As long as they don't get on her nerves with their antics, it should be okay. They, uh...tend to be good at getting on people's nerves, though.)
"You should be careful doing that kind of thing when there are still humans around. They tend to be pretty weird about violence, after all!" The Horseman smiles as they hang upside down from a street sign, watching the curly haired woman with a smile that's likely just as eerie as it is amused. "What'd they do, anyway? Do tell!"
Tomio & Vanyllo (P robably not. Nyl honestly doesn't give humans the time of day, and if he does...it's usually because he was hired to kill one for some reason, or because they bugged him first. Both cases would NOT end well for poor Tomio orz)
He's sunbathing on a stony outcropping near the shore, tail tapping leisurely against the water below. It had seemed like the area was deserted at first, but a gasp nearby eventually had him raising his head and looking over to the source of the noise with a little frown...it seemed a human had seen him.
"It's rude to stare. I mean, I know I'm pretty and all, but come on. You act like you've never seen a guy with a tail before." He's being sarcastic. Trying to decide if the human would run off on their own, or if he would have to head out, instead.
Sybil & Zikiriel (As soon as I saw this one, I felt like they would have a sort of cute dynamic-- whatever that dynamic might end up being. I can see Zi trying to watch over her a little, especially with her troubles with memory loss!)
"Miss? Are you alright? You seem a little...lost." The angel had noticed her a minute or two prior, and the more he watched, the more he was convinced that something wasn't right. "If you need some help, I'd be happy to offer some assistance."
Kiyoshi & Alsina (I could see them getting along, though Alsina would probably poke fun at Kiyoshi here and there, with how gullible he is. That aside though, she's pretty easy going, and is more than happy to jump into a conversation about anything and everything!)
"Incidentally, I have never been somewhere like this, before. I am, ah...hypoglycemic (or close enough, anyway. She hoped she was remembering the right term!) so I simply came into the first restaurant I passed." Her eyes scanned over the menu for a moment, before ordering tea, alongside something sweet. "Is this place supposed to be for entertainment and food, then?"
Julius & Zeqyabin (I think they could balance each other out pretty well, even just in the fact that Zebi tends to be pretty lowkey, and quiet; happy to sit back and listen to others talk. Julius' flair for the dramatic would also remind him a little bit of one of two of his loved ones too, so he'd be relaxing around Julius pretty early on)
The demon is crouched down at the base of a tree, and seems to be collecting something growing on it. A type of moss, that he was carefully tucking into a bag. He probably looks pretty odd when the stranger notices him, but Zebi doesn't seem to mind. In fact, he even flashes the other a friendly smile, and a wave!
#suizokukans#[Vanyllo -threads-]#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#[Alsina -threads-]#[Death -threads-]#[Zikiriel -threads-]#Me over here ready to grab Nyl by the fins#because I don't want him to be mean to Tomio#that's a sweet and good child
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ZEQYABIN IS HUGE, OH MY GOD
"I'm actually a little short for a solar demon, but...thanks! I think? Most of us are a lot closer to 8 feet. Qai's got a friend that's about that tall, actually!"
"Oh, you mean Septe!"
#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#[Qamis -threads-]#(Yeah though Zebi isn't even my tallest muse#granted a lot of them *do* glamour themselves to be shorter in a lot of situations#just because there are definitely quite a few places that aren't made for people their size#but still!)
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💋 Wrenn is waiting for kisses.
@soraeia | Kisses! | No longer accepting!
"Oh? Is that your way of asking for them, then?"
Niesal's lips are poised in a knowing little smirk, and they tilt their head so it's rested a little bit closer to Wrenn's. One arm snaking around his waist as they gestured to Zeqyabin, then Qamis, and finally themself.
"You didn't say who you wanted them from, though. Are you trying to be greedy, or did you just want to see which one of us jumped first? Maybe you can't make up your mind...?"
Their voice is little more than a purr by the end, and their fingers have begun to tease along the witch's side when Qamis comes over with his arms crossed.
"Nesa, are you picking on him again? You're such a menace."
"No. Wrenn wants kisses, and I just so happened to be asking who from. I was about to offer him one from me, when you walked over."
...Ah, and suddenly Qai looked just a tiny bit jealous. Gaze flicking once more between Nesa's arm around Wrenn, to how close they were sitting to each other. In the next minute, they're sitting down on Wrenn's other side.
"If...if you want a kiss, then I could give you one. Or I could also give you one?"
He doesn't wait much longer than that though, to press a kiss to Wrenn's cheek. Nesa laughing and doing the same on his other side.
It's only when they're both pulling away again that Zebi comes over with the drinks they'd all been waiting on, and he lights up immediately. Passing out each of the boba cups to their respective owners, and stopping behind Wrenn to kiss the top of his head.
"Any longer, and I would have missed out on the kisses! Is Wrenn being cute again?"
#soraeia#[Niesal -threads-]#[Qamis -threads-]#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#(This is probably not at all what Wrenn expected#and also probably not *quite* what he wanted#sorry Wrenn)
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*also tosses an injured—but not severely so—Wrenn here*
@soraeia
"Wrenn! What's happened to you? You look like you got into a fight!" Right away, Qai is at the witch's side, almost seeming to be in a bit of a panic as he checked Wrenn over for any kind of injuries. "Just hold still, okay? I can heal you, and...Nesa! Where are you going?"
The elf in question, however, hardly seems to be listening as they walk off in the direction that Wrenn had come from. Looking almost like they were following the trail of something. "Don't worry about it, I'm just going to go and make sure he wasn't followed or anything. Not much of a healer anyway, so you and Zebi have got it."
Zebi too, is at Wrenn's side now. The usual rune marked pouch he carried expended now to reveal an entire bag of different goods and supplies. one bottle of which was in his hands along with a cloth. Pouring the contents onto it and using it to clean Wrenn's wounds, and negate any poisons or other such toxins that he might have been hurt with. Brows upturned with concern.
He may not be severely hurt, but the three were taking it rather seriously, nonetheless.
#[Qamis -threads-]#[Niesal -threads-]#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#(Nesa over here like acting like it's not totally obvious that they're gonna go kill someone real quick asldknf)
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You have no idea how much I love this—
Wrenn just gives them all a little smile and wink
"Hello, Wrenn! It's good to see you! Maybe stay away from Nesa for a bit, okay?"
Yeah, you'd better watch out-- they're over there plotting something evil~"
"Who, me? I would never! I was just going to squeeze him a little bit. Y'know, in a hug. Because I'm happy to see him! Wrenn, you don't believe them, do you?" Their snickering suggests, however, that they are indeed plotting something evil.
#[Qamis -threads-]#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#[Niesal -threads-]#(Literally the FIRST thing that came out of Nesa's mouth when they saw that he's 5'6“ or 5'5” was#'I wanna pick him up and spin him around. That sounds fun. ^ ^ ~'
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@arcxnumvitae
Minglian: Hum, that would make sense, wouldn't it? I'm likely still on edge from everything!
"I know I am-- it was a lot. And definitely not what I thought I would be doing, today." The half-witch laughed sheepishly, running a hand through his hair as though he were somewhat anxious, or uncertain. "Usually I'd say going on a walk might help you clear your head, but uhh...at this point, maybe finding a good book and a quiet spot would be a better way to take it easy for a bit?"
#arcxnumvitae#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#[royalty verse]#He can't tell if she's still upset with him or not#so he'll probably babble a bit more than usual alsdnf
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"It's just a little cut, it's not... oh. I guess that's deeper than I thought." (Wrenn @ a baby of your choosing)
@soraeia | Blood starters | Accepting!
Zeqyabin wasn't as good with healing as Qamis, or Niesal were. Even Simni was better, which is why whenever healing was needed, he usually just assisted. But, none of them were here right now, and Wrenn needed his help, so...so he just needed to try to remember what Baphomet and Poppy had taught him.
'Don't be scared, Innes, you're shaking like a leaf! It's just a little cut, just take a deep breath. Watch your Etre, okay? There you go!'
Now though, instead of harmless shaking, a haze of heat had started to raise from his skin. Worry and stress causing the demon's body to heat up to the point where it might hurt Wrenn if he were to touch the witch like this. He just needed to calm down and breathe.
In...out.
It took a bit, but soon he was grabbing a small bottle from one of his shelves and hurrying it over to Wrenn. Something to help with the pain, and to make the healing take more readily.
"Drink this for me, okay? And...just hold still. I'll take care of you-- you'll be fixed up soon, so don't worry!"
#soraeia#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#Zebi repeating 'I can do this I can do this I can do this' in his head the whole time he's healing Wrenn alsknaf#He's gotta show his crush that he can take care of him!#Make him feel better when he's hurt!
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Wrenn: *takes notes for cooking preferences later*
"And then Qai does alright with heat...maybe a little less than middle of the road, most of the time? But I think he can handle it fine, it's more a flavor preference type of thing."
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*places a Lily here for Wrenn's puppies just bc*
@soraeia
"Well, well, if it isn't little Miss Lily Merlow. Looking for Wrenn, dear?"
"You just missed him! Wrenn just went to grab a few things really quick, but he should be right back...you didn't come all the way here by yourself though, did you?"
"Yukaine brought her. I think he wanted to talk to Wrenn about something, and Miss Lily wanted to see him, too. I told him that we could keep an eye on her while they talk downstairs, since I kind of doubt the god of the Underworld has too much time to sit around waiting for everyone to finish visiting. Why don't we play a game while we wait, hmm?"
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Wrenn: You suck at cooking, Zebi.
Don't mind Nesa, who has run straight out of the room to laugh. Zebi tries to grab at them, but it's to no avail, as they're gone almost before he can even fully turn.
"I-I do not suck at cooking...! Just because I don't go shopping that often doesn't mean I'm bad! Is this because of what Nesa said the other day? Nesa...!"
"He's actually telling the truth, I was just messing with him the other day." They've tentatively poked their head around the corner, wiping the tears from their eyes with the satisfaction of someone that is obviously very amused that their teasing actually stuck. "Zebi used to work at that restaurant we ordered from, and the one that owns it taught him a bunch of stuff."
"Three was the lie, but it was supposed to be in the opposite direction from what you guessed...well...do Nesa's next, then! They'd better not win if I didn't!"
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(also it's nice to learn how Sivel's binding mark came to be. I didn't realize it utilized a conduit for the magic!)
I wanted to go a little bit more into this, because I know I haven't explained the whole process...except to Nova, I wanna say?
Anyway, yeah, because the vasyrus are beings essentially made up entirely of compressed magical energy, and because this magic is constantly being replenished and expended, and moving and changing...it's difficult for them to really have things to keep with them that will last.
Accessories will eventually be eaten away at, dulled, stained, warped, or otherwise ruined.
Marks that rely more on scarring (be it from a bite, claw, or cut, or even from something like a tattoo), will eventually fade as well-- if they show up at all! The only way they might is usually only via a very specific method...or by mortally wounding them. Either way isn't very pleasant.
It was by accident that the concoction that Zeqyabin is making in the thread was originally discovered, both in the main and royalty verses! It's a gel that was actually meant as an agent to increase the flow/gathering of magic in something, but was later found out to not only draw in magic, but solidify it!
At first, people tried to use them as catalysts, or as magical batteries, but when that didn't work quite as well as other methods that had already been developed, it was more or less abandoned for a while.
Until a vasyrus accidentally solidified some of their magic onto themselves with it. The result was that area turning glass-like in texture, but still somehow retaining full range of movement and flexibility...and the idea sort of developed from there.
Now during a binding ceremony, the gel is applied wherever the couple wants their markings left. One then passes their magic through that area on the other, and vice versa (Actually via their hair that's cut off as part of the ceremony-- I know I've mentioned that on here before!). Sometimes it's formed into a very particular design, but for the most part it's just allowed to flow freely into whatever shape the magic wants to take.
The couple then has a lasting piece of their spouse(s) that they carry with them everywhere. A piece that has now become a part of them, as well.
That magic can then only be reclaimed (removed, essentially) by the one that originally put it there...at which point, the marking slowly crumbles and flakes away over time-- usually leaving behind a sort of odd scar-like tissue in its place that also fades with (a lot of) time.
#[worldbuilding]#[Sivel -headcanons-]#Tagging him in here because it effects him#but this is pretty much what a vasyrus' binding ceremony entails and how it came about!
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[ question ] sender leans in and asks receiver a question. Minglian in the royal au if that's okay! Her asking an alchemy/apothecary question!
@arcxnumvitae | Leaning Prompts | No longer accepting!
A soft, curious hum slips from his lips as Minglian leans toward him-- almost glowing blue eyes flicking up from the mixture he was working on to settle on her face, instead. The eagerness she shows makes it impossible not to meet her gaze with an equally bright smile, and he reaches over to grab the edge of her chair and slide her closer to him so she can get a better look.
"Not a lot of people are able to make this; it takes a lot of babying, and even more patience for it to turn out. Here, try mixing it..." He pauses to hand her what looks like a glass pestle with a flat bottom, but has the weight of something made of crystal or stone. The gel-like mixture is slid toward her, and Zebi demonstrates the correct motions with his own hand. "You want to keep everything smooth and constant. You're not grinding anything, so you don't need to use much pressure. Any movements that are too short or sudden are going to make it dry out from the friction, and then it'll end up like flakes of chalk...which can't be used for much, unfortunately. It has to stay a gel like this, so it can be spread onto the skin."
This particular concoction was one he'd been taught to make by Naya and Sevinya-- the younger sister and mother of Vasyri's Luminary. Almost ceremonial in use; when it was finished, its purpose would be found in binding ceremonies between couples. Allowing magic from their partner to solidify on their skin into a lasting, glass-like mark that would signify their union, and strengthen their connection to each other.
He'd needed to make some anyway, and with Minglian visiting Vasyri, he couldn't help but want to show her, as well...not that she would have any use for it, more likely than not.
#arcxnumvitae#[Zeqyabin -threads-]#[royalty verse]#I figured this could take place when Tengmen goes to Vasyri for their friendly little visit!#Zebi would have all kinds of things that he'd want to show Minglian while she was there#Both things having to do with his alchemy and apothecary endeavors#and also just showing her cool things around Vasyri!#Whatever he thinks she'd have fun with!
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