I Like To Tell Myself That, Because Of The Increasing Presence Of Arcana Machina In Veric’s World,

@therelentless​ : “ i wouldn’t do that if i were you. ” | x

          𝐓𝚮𝚬𝐑𝚬 𝐖𝚬𝐑𝚬 𝐅𝚬𝐖 𝐓𝚮𝚰𝚴𝐆𝐒 𝐓𝚮𝚨𝐓 could give Veric deliberate pause, but he faltered then—not because he had been caught in the act, per se, but because he explicitly hadn’t been doing anything to warrant such a warning, not that he was aware of, at least.

          ( Except, perhaps, the trespassing part. )

          “𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝛐𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝚰 𝐰𝐚𝐬–” No... no, actually, he clearly didn’t want to know. Uncertain eyes flickered back to the previous subject of his attention, lips twisting in disdain. It was a true internal conflict, debating if he was possessed of the mental fortitude to dare ask but his curiosity, it seemed, won over any hesitation. Under his breath, eyes drifting back to the man in question, “𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝛐𝐮 𝐠𝛐𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝛐 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞... 𝐭𝛐𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝛐𝐧𝐬 𝛐𝐟 𝐚 𝐰𝛐𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝛐𝐦𝐲? 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝? 𝚨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝛐𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?”

@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.”

𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄: 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐍𝐎𝐒, 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐔𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘

Though indistinguishable to most from an average human, Veric is but a splinter of the soul of Domnos, the youngest of the Enlightened. None of the Enlightened have ever appeared in the mortal realm including Domnos, however the figure painted by the numerous stories bearing his visage is, surprisingly, not very far off from the god’s true character.

Compared to his siblings, Domnos is a sociable and curious sort who often seeks to expand his horizons far beyond the sciences he governs, much to the chagrin of his brothers and sister. His forays into the mortal world are but a recent development and, outside of an intimate knowledge with many areas of magic both within and outside of arcane science, even interacting with mortals is still a fresh experience he has yet to adjust to. At times he can be astoundingly ignorant of social propriety on the most basic of levels, and is known as well to be quite fickle in a number of ways, but his interest in the humans and their world is near-limitless—even the most mundane things are capable of catching his attention, if not for long.

As one who created the arts of attunement and artifice, Domnos is exceptionally skilled in both arts and creates for himself a number of vessels, from those meant to serve as familiars and companions to mortal-passing bodies for he himself to occupy, if only in part. His true body, suspended in a realm beyond the mortal world just as his siblings are, is far too large and cumbersome to navigate planets in person, on top of appearing highly alien and strange to the eyes of mortals; despite this, the vessels he possesses are all but impossible to distinguish from those of an average mortal, in spite of their more ethereal properties. While his appearance is alterable down to the atom, most often Domnos takes the appearance of a dark-skinned young man, tall and well-built, framed by opalescent curls and observing the world through bright, golden eyes, not unusual features for a mortal mage on their own.

Just as Veric is capable of assuming control of vessels scattered across various worlds and planes through the use of metaphora, Domnos too is capable of exploring a number of universes at will, albeit with a greater degree of control and intent in choosing where and when he appears.

The most NSFW Veric will usually ever get is the unspeakable violence he causes on occasion

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:

Oh but also, I’m doing other stuff simultaneously but 🔫 hi, come plot with me

witcher: the last wish starters

❝ oh, what’s the point of explaining? you wouldn’t understand anyway. ❞ ❝ don’t grin like an idiot. there’s nothing funny about it. ❞ ❝ you’re losing your reflexes. ❞ ❝ they say the wisdom of ages is to be found in fairy tales. ❞ ❝ this sword can always be drawn again, faster than you can imagine. ❞ ❝ if i’m to choose between one evil and another, then i prefer not to choose at all. ❞ ❝ i don’t have anywhere else to run. i don’t know where i could hide. ❞ ❝ i’ll fill your evenings with tales of ever more astounding events from the past few years. ❞ ❝ i killed to avoid being killed myself. ❞ ❝ the world is changing. something’s coming to an end. ❞ ❝ are you really not frightened of me? ❞ ❝ talking and regretting won’t get you anywhere. ❞ ❝ don’t come back. never come back. ❞ ❝ how much of the rumours about you are true? ❞ ❝ people like to invent monsters and monstrosities. then they seem less monstrous themselves. ❞ ❝ it’s got nothing to do with you and that’s that. ❞ ❝ you need more than words to frighten me. ❞ ❝ what’s going on here? can’t i leave you alone for a minute? ❞ ❝ there’s something not quite right with you. i can sense that. ❞ ❝ am i supposed to give you advice and teach you how to live? am i your mother or something? ❞ ❝ evil is evil. lesser, greater, middling, it’s all the same. ❞ ❝ i’m not surrounded by any vortex or fate. ❞ ❝ i was beginning to worry. you didn’t regain consciousness for so long. ❞ ❝ the forest isn’t the safest of places at night. ugly things are heard and seen. ❞ ❝ there’s a grain of truth in every fairy tale. ❞ ❝ yes, i deceived you. i’ll deceive anyone if i have to, why should you be special? ❞ ❝ you’ve made your choice. are you sure it’s the right one? ❞ ❝ for some time now i’ve had hideous dreams. ❞ ❝ virtue is rarer today than a rock dragon. ❞ ❝ i haven’t got anything sharp on me. have a look for yourself. ❞ ❝ the day will come when people will learn, and get the better of you. ❞ ❝ it would be great if the cruelty of rulers could be explained away by mutations or curses. ❞ ❝ and to think that there are people who don’t believe in destiny. ❞ ❝ if you think i feel sorry for them, then you’re wrong. ❞ ❝ you’re talking nonsense while making wise and meaningful faces. ❞ ❝ i’ll confide in you, if you like. ❞ ❝ look at you — ethics, codes of practice, morality. who are you to talk? ❞ ❝ now, that, should really be of damn little concern to you. ❞ ❝ you look as if you are already a corpse. ❞ ❝ there’s no shame in fear. ❞ ❝ what do you desire? immortality? riches? fame? power? ❞ ❝ you underestimate my strength. ❞ ❝ do you want to burden your conscience with blood and death? ❞ ❝ now it’s as quiet as a grave. ❞ ❝ i know that, deep down, you like me. ❞ ❝ don’t leave yet. stay. a few more days. ❞ ❝ don’t do unto others what you would not have them do to you. ❞ ❝ i know my fate whirls about me like water. it’s hard on my heels, following my tracks. ❞ ❝ i’d prefer you not to make any sudden movements. ❞ ❝ help me up, please. ❞ ❝ i’ve never run away from anyone and i’m not about to change my ways. ❞ ❝ it’s my problem. my life and my punishment. ❞ ❝ the fact that you’ve arrived here exactly at this time can’t be a coincidence. it’s fate. ❞ ❝ slaughter and bloodshed can be avoided. ❞ ❝ you’ve got the devil in your eyes too. ❞ ❝ nobody’s ever called me that. say it again. ❞ ❝ humanity. that’s what you want. that’s what you dream of. ❞ ❝ what’s it to you what happens to me? ❞ ❝ you do realise that a sword alone will not defeat destiny? ❞ ❝ no, nothing’s wrong. i’m fine. quite fine. ❞ ❝ stories, well, i’ve heard them too. half are either made up or exaggerated. ❞ ❝ i could go where you’re going. i could keep you company. ❞ ❝ mistakes? of course i’ve made them. ❞ ❝ enough of this, we should go. it’s already dusk. ❞ ❝ maybe it’s customary, wherever you come from, to threaten people with swords? ❞ ❝ if it goes badly, i will defend my life. ❞ ❝ go on, thrust the sword into me. ❞ ❝ has loneliness got the better of you after all? ❞ ❝ everything can be dealt with. it’s only a question of price. ❞ ❝ you know my principle: duty then pleasure. ❞ ❝ i’ve never killed people for money, regardless whether it’s for a good or bad cause. and i never will. ❞ ❝ love and blood. they both possess a mighty power. ❞ ❝ i’ve got some medicine. we both need it. ❞ ❝ you’re embittered, hungry for revenge and conscious of your own powerlessness. ❞ ❝ what’s happening to you? i don’t recognise you. ❞ ❝ do you take me for a fool? ❞ ❝ i always get what i want. ❞ ❝ i manage because i have to. because i’ve no other way out. ❞ ❝ you can’t stand in the way of my happiness. ❞ ❝ to hell with destiny, oaths and irony. ❞ ❝ they hunted me like a wild animal as long as they could. until i became the hunter. ❞ ❝ i understand your hesitation, but i need an answer now. ❞ ❝ there are offers you can’t refuse, that the consequences are so terrible, and this is one of them. ❞ ❝ true evil is something you can barely imagine, even if you believe nothing can still surprise you. ❞ ❝ i’ve seen too much to laugh at things like that. ❞ ❝ maybe i’ve not had enough to drink. ❞ ❝ you may kiss my hand. ❞ ❝ don’t pull that face. it doesn’t suit either your good looks or your complexion. ❞ ❝ if i want something, i don’t dream of it. i act. ❞ ❝ are you in pain? what’s the matter? ❞ ❝ i prefer to look after others. it turns out better in the long run. ❞ ❝ you haven’t got enough strength left. ❞ ❝ bravery isn’t going to be of much use to you. ❞ ❝ it doesn’t rhyme. all decent predictions rhyme. ❞ ❝ listen. you’re starting to get on my nerves. ❞ ❝ don’t do this. i want to help you. ❞ ❝ you’re a very interesting dinner companion. ❞ ❝ i’ll avoid that place like the plague. i’ll never go back there. ❞ ❝ you’ll soon see what i’m capable of. ❞ ❝ i do like you, although i don’t know why myself. ❞ ❝ it’s got nothing to do with me. i’m just asking out of curiosity. ❞ ❝ have you never heard of a sense of responsibility and plain honesty? ❞ ❝ you’re going there because you have to, aren’t you? ❞ ❝ we are what we are, you and i. ❞ ❝ did you see…did you see that? ❞

Tonight seems like something of a sneepy night, so I’ll probably just be lurking on disco and wire for moots and chilling for the rest of it, but I’ll maybe queue up some memes and be here tomorrow around whatever hours I end up working!

As I’ll be spotty here while working, mutuals can feel free to hit me up on either~

Alchemy and Astronomy student in Uagadou Moodboard

"I often think that the night is more alive and richly colored than the day."

- Vincent van Gogh