james bond    /    kill bill crossover when    ?    ft.    @abystal

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send me a ✿ and i’ll fill out the template below. bold for things i could definitely see or want, italics for things i could see or am unsure of and striked out for things i don’t want or cannot see. | @abystal

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends / work buddies or coworkers / family friends / flirtationship / friends with benefits*  / smoking buddies / adventure buddies / fake friends / recently friends / party buddies / friendship of need /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  / [your muse] is the good influence  / [your muse] is the bad influence  / [my muse] is the good influence  / [my muse] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  / penpals /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  / other

ROMANCE.*     childhood sweethearts / [your muse is mines] childhood crush / [my muse is yours] childhood crush / exes / exes to lovers / forbidden lovers / highschool sweethearts /  secret relationship  / opposites attract /  long distance  /  unrequited [from your muses side] /  unrequited [from my muses side] /  unrequited [from both sides] /  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  / enemies to lovers /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ] /  soulmates  [ literal ] /  awkward  / turning toxic / toxic love / cheating [on your muse] / cheating [with your muse] /  other 

FAMILIAL.     siblings [half]/  siblings [step]/[my muse] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /[my muse] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /[my muse] is a parental figure to yours  /[my muse] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /[your muse] is taken under mines wing  /[my muse] is taken under yours wing  /  found family

ANTAGONISTIC.*     dangerous to each other  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into sexual or romantic tension  /  based off family matters  / based of off circumstance /  based of professional matters  / based off misunderstanding or lies / conflict of ideology /  betrayal  /  hero - villain dynamic  /  enemies  /  fight club  /  friends turned enemies  /  lovers turned enemies  /  exes turned enemies  /  other

* heavy discussion and/or plotting required

disclaimer: i tend to default to co-wol interactions because i don't have a non-wol verse, so that's what i've kept in mind while answering this!

we very briefly talked a loooong time ago a bit about how their dynamic would start during the coerthas arc in arr, a place where both of them are at higher risk, helping each other out of some kind of heresy accusation related situation and bonding over both effectively being outcasts — koharu as an au ra in a place where au ra are rare at best (and in a place where they were massacred under the mistaken impression that they were dravanians), shivali because of their claw and their History™ with the cult. misfits finding solidarity with each other.

i'm bringing this up again because i loved that direction and also because it's a time in msq where koharu is extremely guarded and keeps people at arm's length, deliberately avoiding meaningful connection, so something like this would be very, very important to her that early on and would absolutely lead to regarding shivali in a very ride-or-die way end down the line because of this foundation, regardless of whether the relationship stays strictly platonic or they end up kissing in the gayest, most lgbtq way possible in front of the biggest halone statue at the holy see. vive la révolution, baby!

but more to the point, in a co-wol setting it would be almost impossible to not know each other before this and i feel like coerthas could be the turning point in their relationship from passing acquaintances with the same role to a genuine friendship. it's an opportunity to learn a little bit about each other on a more personal level and grow from there.

potential bonding moments outside of having a shared occupation:

both of them are competitive, which in and of itself is rife with possibility. not only is it something that can be fun, it can also push them both to do better. by having... not necessarily a rival, because i don't really see the relationship being so competitive that it's a rivalry, but someone to measure themselves against and strive to match. keeping each other on their toes. but obviously there's also the fun things like small, inconsequential challenges throughout their days, card/dice games in the rising stones with the scions, sparring matches to train. little things!

less of a bonding opportunity, more of a a potential plot point, but also kind of a (long distance) bonding opportunity: shivali's fear of drowning/open water no doubt poses a bit of an issue for them during stormblood. for better or worse, the story's decision to divide and conquer works very well in their favor: koharu heading east — heading home — to take up arms on the doman front, and shivali heading the ala mhigan front. linkpearls are probably a thing but i like to think there's a maximum distance for those, so instead of that: writing to each other. keeping each other apprised of the situations in their respective locations and providing moral support for each other with their letters.

i've always had a little headcanon for multi- or co-wol interactions where all involved have some kind of memory crystal made for them à la azem's crystal because canon is my bitch and i do what i want with it, but also because kore's memories (but also fray/her esteem) are a key part of koharu later on in her story, regardless of whether or not koharu is the azem shard. where shivali struggles with her darkness, koharu struggles with her sense of self. both of them have a need to be enough, to be themeselves, and i think they can both be very steadying presences for each other while struggling with these things, further cementing the ride-or-die theme.

bonus i'm-comfy-enough-to-suggest-this round:

listen. they both had a fwb with thancred in arr and i just think they can cut out the middle man, so to speak. or not, that's cool too. i'm sure thancred won't mind.

@abystal said:  ✍️ + urianger, for fun lol!

Sharlayan breeze is warm but Urianger’s affection for his friends runs even warmer. He contemplates just how lucky he is: to be trusted and trusted again despite his wayward behavior--to be gifted chance after chance for no other reason than “well you’re our friend, we won’t just leave you.” He’s come a long way from curling up underneath tree branches with a book. And if not for Moenbryda’s lasting influence, who knew what would have happened to Urianger Augurelt? Every day he is thankful, his heart just might burst, and he feels he does not speak his thanks enough.

Thancred says something beside him and an elbow pecks into Urianger’s ribs, jostling him from his thoughts and back into the present / and just like his affection, the warmest of smiles spreads over the sorcerer’s face. Now is the time to speak of his affection for his companions, when the horizon is lined with starshower and crimson and they prepare for a journey to the ends of the universe.   “Pray forgive me for mine inattention. I hath but been thinking on the past--’twould serve us well to acknowledge it for what it hath been: a gnarled, twisted line of fate that seems to unravel before our very feet and grant us little respite in the shade.”  He has come so far in this regard as well, so willingly offering up his thoughts to those around him,  “But with the succor and companionship of thee and thine, I hath been granted a little courage and more affection than I can bear. ‘Twould serve me wrong to abandon our cause here, when so much comes to rest on our shoulders. Thy resolve hath become mine own, and for that, I am exceedingly grateful.”  He turns a bit to smile at each friend in turn, hoping that despite the poetics, his love translates even half as much onto his face.  “If thou wilt have me, my power shall become thy own. 'Tis but the smallest of ways I can repay the kindness that hath been gifted unto me.”

@abystal​​

He can sense it before he sees it – feels the very air dense itself with a miasma that most would shirk away from. Jahliqai narrows his eye as he watches amethyst take a lambent turn – observes the bloom of twilight. He waits, and waits... until the darkness threatens to take a turn towards chaos, instead of something controlled. Then, he marches forward – grasping Shivali’s wrist, and forcing the power to die out himself.

      “ No, Shivali. “ Jahliqai’s growl is stern – born of caution, and care. “ The power must come in response to a need, “ he lets go – his frown deep, “ not a desire. “

9. Favorite trial? & 10. Favorite dungeon?

9. favorite trial

ooh, i'm not sure - there's quite a few so i will give five: singularity reactor, final steps of faith, royal menagerie, dying gasp, cloud deck.

10. favorite dungeon

also gonna give a few, i guess. dusk vigil ( for the story behind it ), bardam's mettle because i really like the second boss?, dohn meg, aitiascope, ktisis.

@abystal​ : smash or pass? 😳

----- 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐇   𝐎𝐑   𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒 (accepting)  

Oh. Shivali and her are close, of course - as much as Yotsuyu likes pretending otherwise at times - but to be asked so outright after everything that’s happened, after everything that Shivali has done for her… She can suddenly feel heat rise to her cheeks and she turns her head away, trying to hide her embarrassment with a click of her tongue. If only she could lie now. Instead, Yotsuyu but exhales a heavy sigh as though she’s annoyed by the question before finally giving her answer. “I wouldn’t be opposed, I suppose.” 

@abystal​ asked : ♡

it came as a bit of surprise , but the moment elidibus caught the other’s arms opening wide upon approaching him , the youth hadn’t hesitated a second and suddenly nestled himself in between , wrapping , in turn , his own arms around them and pulling them close .   it was sudden , yes --- uncalled for , but it was sweet nevertheless . the warmth it conveyed made his colorless soul pulse with vibrant colors , quite the addicting feeling if you asked him . and he let out a soft exhale , tranquility finally caressing him .

“ hehe ! ”   he stifled a giggle , half-lidded hues finding relaxation among their arms in an embrace that was lasting countless seconds --- but elidibus didn’t care . for what it was worth , it could’ve lasted an hour or two   ( zodiark , he wished it lasted that long ! )   ; he would still be there , standing and in between shivali’s arms : at peace , safe .

mismatched hues peered upward at some point , meeting shivali’s aureate pools , and a smile bloomed on his lips . whatever the embrace meant , elidibus welcomed it with his heart in his hands .

“ hmm ... ”   is it alright if we stay like this until dawn ?

✿ !!

relationship meme / @abystal / accepting

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends  /  work buddies or coworkers  /  family friends  /  friends with benefits  /  smoking buddies  /  adventure buddies  /  fake friends  /  recently friends  /  party buddies  /  friendship of need  /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  /  [ your muse ] is the good influence  /  [ your muse ] is the bad influence  /  [ my muse ] is the good influence  /  [ my muse ] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  /  penpals  /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  /  other

ROMANCE.     childhood sweethearts  /  [ your muse is mines ] childhood crush  /  [ my muse is yours ] childhood crush  /  exes  /  exes to lovers  /  forbidden lovers  /  highschool sweethearts  /  secret relationship  /  opposites attract  /  long distance  /  unrequited [ from your muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from my muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from both sides ]  /  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  /  enemies to lovers  /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ]  /  soulmates  [ literal ]  /  awkward  /  turning toxic  /  toxic love  /  cheating [ on your muse ]  /  cheating [ with your muse ]  /  other 

FAMILIAL.     siblings [ half ]  /  siblings [ step ]  /  [ my muse ] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /  [ my muse ] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /  [ my muse ] is a parental figure to yours  /  [ my muse ] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /  [ your muse ] is taken under mines wing  /  [ my muse ] is taken under yours wing  /  other

ANTAGONISTIC.     dangerous to each other  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into sexual or romantic tension  /  based off family matters  /  based of off circumstance  /  based of professional matters  /  based off misunderstanding or lies  /  conflict of ideology  /  betrayal  /  hero - villain dynamic  /  enemies [ with benefits ? ]  /  fight club  /  friends turned enemies  /  lovers turned enemies  /  exes turned enemies  /  other 

━━ ❥❥❥ @abystal  : 💋💋💋💋        send 💋 for a flirt ━━ accepting from anyone !!

      THEIR HANDS ARE TAKEN INTO THE DANCER'S OWN — warm && caring in their grasp && expression as if they hold the very star in them.

      ❝ my, my, now how could i begin to describe how beautiful you are inside && out ? truly, were i to find the word, the world shall meet its end. ah, no one knows such perfection for eyes to behold as i do, jaan se pyaara. before me i see a future where i was uncertain i had one; together, hand && hand with you. i would never ask for anything more. ❞

                                                    𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖   ( ft. @abystal​ )

                                 ❛   i’ve had not the chance to give you my thanks .   ❜

& oh , how deep does his gratitude lay ? atop his sleeve , it lives , as well as in the darkest traces of his heart’s healing animosity . he folds his arms & the sounds of clinking metal against metal can be heard in their current quarters . tataru had offered them tea despite estinien’s initial disapproval . because of this , he hardly touches the hot drink before him , as if it would shame him if he were to indulge in a declined gesture .

                                    ❛   my proper thanks , that is . for everything .   ❜

@abystal​         ♥‘d

@abystal​ said: 🎁  » a surprise for jelly

The macabre image of Midgardsormr’s corpse was the backdrop for the two warriors bound by his essence. Shivali had brought Jahliqai to the place of her ‘resurrection’-- the diamantine shores of Silvertear Lake-- crouching onto one knee and sifting silt between amethyst fingers.

❛  My sword is forged from the crystals here as well. Most came from Midgardsormr’s aether reacting with the ceruleum in the Empire’s ships. How much I scorn what my parents did to me that day, and yet I still find myself relying upon Midgardsormr’s strength, time and time again. ❜  Not often did Shivali pour her heart out-- and despite being comfortable doing so before the person she now deemed a brother-- honesty felt foreign on her tongue.

Shaking her head, the Warrior of Light instead shifted her sincerity towards Jahliqai himself.  ❛  I know this isn’t much, and it may not work the same for you, but. I hope you can find strength in him too. ❜  Thus did Shivali dig deep into her pockets, unearthing a sharp, obsidian shard attached to a silver chain. Indeed, it was a carving from the dragon king’s bones: and even in Jahliqai’s hand, was the shard still warm to the touch.

prompted // ALWAYS ACCEPTING ♡

Where the heart pours, hands come to a rise – cupping the spilling blood, lest it strain the ground beneath them. Jahliqai is careful to heed to words he knows not to forsake – to hold close the confessions Shivali makes. Jahliqai knows that what Shivali tells him with sincerity, he would most like not hear again. He knows – he knows of their hardships, and of what she deemed a curse, but he does not know the gentled way amethyst wade through the water’s surface. He does not know the lidded gaze that recalls the memory burning in her eyes. This is a silent testament to trust, and Jahliqai has long since learned not to break it.

He is silent, throughout – up until the very moment their words cease with an implication he did not understand... not until they presented unto him a remnant of Midgardsormr’s memory. Jahliqai’s eye widens – frost whittled into a thaw he could not stop. The warmth of Shivali’s actions, followed by the warmth of the shard... it bleeds into him, too. So helpless, is Jahliqai, to that warmth – to the ties of their souls that sung to the ancient dragon’s now-faded murmurs. Long since, has Midgardsormr’s presence dwindled into that faintness – slumbering in the nest of eternity. And yet, when Jahliqai brings the necklace close, he can feel the phantom of his tongue that cooed his chosen – born of his life and soul.  

The warmth spills in a drip straight into Jahliqai’s heart, and it’s slow pulse beats with gentled thrums as he melts under the weight of Shivali’s love. It turns the corners of his lips, and he cannot help the smile that blooms, nor the twinge of tenderness in his quiet voice.

      “ That strength, “ he hums as his chin bows, “ has always been an extension of your own. “ He unclasps the chain, and closes his eye. “ Just as his blood courses through me, does his aether envelope you – a part of us, but never defining our worth. “ Jahliqai separates both ends of the chain, and gingerly has them meet behind his neck as hands reach back to connect them once more. When he re-clasps the necklace, he lowers his hands – opening his eye to gaze upon the obsidian that rested against his chest. “ ...Though those are his words, rather than my own. “ Still, he remembers the low subdued hiss in perfect clarity: Strong art thou.

When his gaze finally lifts, Jahliqai’s eye finds Shivali’s – sincerity swimming in the frost. 

      “ Just as I treasure that strength, I would treasure your gift all the same. “ A silent testament: Shivali was wrong – it meant everything to him. She – his soulkin – meant everything to him. “ Thank you, Shivali. “

@abystal sent: ✿ !! for PRE-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP MEME

✤ for Shivali ✤

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends  /  work buddies or coworkers  /  family friends  /  friends with benefits  /  adventure buddies  /  fake friends  /  recently friends  /  party buddies  /  friendship of need  /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  /  [ your muse ] is the good influence  /  [ your muse ] is the bad influence  /  [ my muse ] is the good influence  /  [ my muse ] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  /  penpals  /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  /  other: you are more than a memory to me.

ROMANCE.     childhood sweethearts  /  [ your muse is mines ] childhood crush  /  [ my muse is yours ] childhood crush  /  exes  /  exes to lovers  /  forbidden lovers  /  highschool sweethearts  /  secret relationship  /  opposites attract  /  long distance  /  unrequited [ from your muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from my muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from both sides ]  /  both think it’s unrequited love  /  friends to lovers  /  enemies to lovers  /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ]  /  soulmates  [ literal ]  /  awkward  

FAMILIAL.     siblings [ half ]  /  siblings [ step ]  /  [ my muse ] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /  [ my muse ] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /  [ my muse ] is a parental figure to yours  /  [ my muse ] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /  [ your muse ] is taken under mines wing  /  [ my muse ] is taken under yours wing  /  other

ANTAGONISTIC.     dangerous to each other  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into sexual or romantic tension  /  based off family matters  /  based of off circumstance  /  based of professional matters  /  based off misunderstanding or lies  /  conflict of ideology  /  betrayal  /  hero - villain dynamic  /  enemies  /  fight club  /  friends turned enemies  /  lovers turned enemies  /  exes turned enemies  /  other

mun notes: hi!!! i kept in a bit of antagonism options because i read your carrd + posts about how shivali is very conflicted about being azem in a past life. i don't think hyth would mean to antagonize her or vice versa, but they might butt heads at first over The Azem Thing. i think that would really add another layer to any kind of relationship they have, too, because hyth knows that shivali isn't azem (both in elpis and in endwalker forward) and he would really just be so happy that shivali will get to have her own life after endwalker if he knew even a fraction of what she's been through. they can also be found family, i just don't rly care for any of the options in the familial list haha. i'd really be up for rping anything you'd like, your writing is so great and i adore shivali's character TuT thank you so much for the ask!!! and all of this goes for your azem as well, if you ever want to rp them haha ^-^ edit: I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU CUTE EMOTICONS!!!!! D: i fixed it now

@abystal​​ : ‘ TRUTH ‘  +  "What do you feel about me, spider lily? Honestly."

 ----- SEND  ‘ TRUTH ‘  +  A  QUESTION  AND  MY  MUSE  HAS  TO  ANSWER.  NO  LYING  ALLOWED. [accepting]

“ ----- I resent you.” Her words come nigh immediately. How can they be so fundamentally similar yet so DIFFERENT? Both mistreated in their childhoods, both guilty of patricide. Shivali stepped out of the darkness, gaining powers beyond measure -- beyond this curse forced upon them. Gaining people that care about them. All the while Yotsuyu stayed in the darkness, festering in her growing hatred for Doma and its societal structures that no one questioned.

Shivali, the Warrior of Light, and Yotsuyu, the Witch of Doma.

And yet -- she knows that it’s not all she’s feeling, not the ENTIRE truth. 

“It’s… My feelings are -- complicated.” She’s quieter now that her attentions turns away from the negativity she feels towards Shivali. How uncomfortable it is to unearth her genuine sentiments. “Initially I only wanted to get closer to you to learn of your weaknesses, to use them against you when the time came. I knew we were two sides of the same coin, but since it was impossible for me to become more like you, I wanted you to become more like me.” A small, bitter smile tugs at her lips. “Not that it truly worked. We’re still night and day in so many regards.” Shivali did get their vengeance on their father, just like she did, but even so... In the end, it changed so very little between the two of them.

“I still find it difficult to understand you and your motivations when it comes to me. I don’t understand why you don’t HATE me after everything that’s happened.” Yotsuyu pauses, her gaze wandering off to the side. “But you are the first friend I have ever had. And it’s confusing. I don’t know how to interact with you, what to think, what to do, what to feel… Still, perhaps I can… appreciate the experience. And perhaps I can truly understand you one day.”

@abystal said: 🎁 » a surprise for hermes.

Even if their creations didn't have the most practical of applications, Azem was ever the innovator: presenting a small velvet box to Elpis' overseer. ❛  At ease, handsome, I'm not proposing to you~  ❜ Hecate teased, opening the box to reveal an opalescent ring, similar in iridescence to the infamous Elpis flower.

❛  Cute, right? Like the flower, it changes colour based on the emotions on those wearing it. I was thinking of calling it something like... I don't know-- 'mood ring'? ... I'll have to workshop it.  ❜

Not that Hermes would have ever assumed marriage was in the realm of possibility for someone like him, but his face flushes deeply nonetheless, certain he is never going to be accustomed to such forward flirting no matter how many times Azem approached him with brazen words and a teasing disposition. A bit of a flustered cough escapes his vocal chords before he can regain his composure, a strained,  “How interesting,”  leaving his lips. The lack of retained cool only serves to embarrass him further and his hands go to pull at the fabric of his hood as if he might pull it up over his head and disappear beneath it.

But the moment passes and scientific curiosity wins out, although the blush lingers on Hermes’s face a second more.  “What a fascinating idea. ‘Mood ring,’”  he repeats the title back to Hecate, fingers leaving his cowl to reach for the ring as if to observe it further but -- ah, better not -- better not spoil such an idea with his misery. And so the hand retreats back down to hang at his side.  “Have you tried it out yet?”