within the confines of the contract

//All the Snowdown 24 muses! (I am not tagging people...theres too many X'D)

Thank you for all the asks! These were fun!

please

Since I'm told I draw facial expressions in an interesting way, I wrote down a bit about how I decide which lines to draw for eyes! I enjoy adding all the additional lines the surround the eyes in order to enhance the believability of emotion.

This includes:

At the stroke of ten, when daylight has left and the world has quieted, a book of that very description would slide through the mail slot. Disgruntled by the interruption of his perusal, he nonetheless sets his preferred reading aside to collect the book.

Returning to his bedside, Caine flicks the book open.

"Place has a lot on offer... I wonder who's worth what?"

Send my muse one or a few of these questions (all of them related to death, life after death, etc. so please read with that warning in mind)

Have you ever come close to dying?

What do you think is the worst possible way to die?

Do you think there’s life after death?

If you were reborn as someone/something new, who or what would you want to be?

If you do believe in the afterlife, what kind of afterlife do you think awaits you?

Have you ever taken someone’s life?

Are you afraid of dying?

Do you ever wish you were immortal?

If you are immortal, do you ever wish you were mortal instead?

Name one (or a few) people in your life whose death would ruin you.

Who do you think would miss you most if you were gone?

Name one person you’d protect even if it meant sacrificing yourself.

If you had to choose a way to die, what would you choose?

Have you ever seen someone die (but you didn’t cause it)?

Has someone ever tried to severely hurt you?

Could you kill someone if it meant protecting yourself or someone else?

If you could meet someone who has died, who would it be?

Do you believe the dead ever come back to walk the earth?

Have you ever seen a ghost/spirit?

If you’ve ever had a near-death experience, describe what happened and what you saw/experienced.

BONUS: FOR UNDEAD/SPOOKY MUSES

How did you die?

What’s the last thing you remember before death?

Is the afterlife/undeath exactly as you pictured it to be?

What do you consider yourself (ghost, zombie, spirit, etc.)?

Do you wish you were alive and mortal again?

Was death frightening to you?

What have you learned since your death?

When you meet living people, are they afraid of you?

If you could be brought back to life, would you accept?

A night meant as a nothing more than a kind gesture at first- offering solace to the cryptic man, swayed by an honest plea and a new, soon-fleeting feeling…

Now tense.

An idle conversation halted by the pressure of a steel barrel against her neck; his sultry, gravel tone whispering calm promises….

"Don't move… don't relax."

As he slides the weapon down her back- as Mich's breaths focus to a steady, slow pace- a hand folds around her throat; calloused fingers taking the measure of her neck. They feel the ridges of her diaphragm, the flow of air and a warm, quickening pulse. Caine's face comes near to Mich, his dark cologne cutting through the lingering scent of liquor and spice.

"Hello, Mich."

"I know you're not afraid."

"….Look at me."

Mich's gaze travels gently to meet his. The once-fleeting feeling returns… rises. It's name is told by the dull, longing look in Caine's olive eyes.

Want.

The weapon flicks across her elbow, his arm wrapping around her. Careful fingers dig down to find her shirt's base, causing Mich to flinch. The barrel of the gun presses against her flat stomach. The hammer clicks back, and his grip tightens.

Her hips press into the counter, her fingers gently rap the marble countertop.

Caine's torso sets gently against Mich's shoulder, his pulse echoing into her as a rapid beat of passion. The gun slides down.

WHAT

1. What have you learned about people in the recent years of your life? 2. What got you started in your current job and how does it compare to your first job? 3. What’s your story? Give a paragraph statement (or two) about yourself and/or why you are roving the RP internet. 4. What do you feel most fulfilled doing? 5. What do you hope to see at your funeral/wake/burial/cremation? What do you think you’ll actually see? 6. What are you going to do after this rp session? 7. What’s the first thing we’d see in your fridge? 8. What of yourself has surprised you in these recent years? 9. What is the last thing you remember dreaming about? 10. What does your everyday, average day look like?

WHY

11. Why did you last take a risk and what was it? 12. Do you like having many friends, just a handful, one, or none? Why? 13. If you could live in a movie or movie franchise, which would it be? Why? 14. Think about one of the things you would really like to do, try or learn. Do you plan to do it eventually? Why haven’t you done it?  15. For working people, why are you doing the job you’re doing now? For students, why are you studying the course you’re in now? For working people who are studying, why are you doing so and what are your plans? 16. Do you find communication easy or difficult? Why? 17. Why is this year better than last year? Or why was last year better than this year? 18. Why did your last relationship (friendship, romantic, work-based, etc) end? Did you burn the bridge completely? What did you learn? 19. Why did you quit your last job? Are you in a better place now? 20. Why are you really RPing? 

WHO

21. Who do you go to for help? Do you often try to handle things yourself? If you’ve needed help before and not asked for it, why? 22. Who haven’t you met in person before and would like to? 23. Who are you meeting this week? 24. If you could have any neighbour you wanted in the world, who would it be and why? 25. Who is someone you admire? 26. If you were a superhero, who would be your archenemy? 27. Who was the last person who gave you something and what was it? 28. If you could switch lives with anyone for a day, who would you be? 29. Who are your favourite characters? 30. When you go for a meal with friends, who pays? How do you split the bill?

WHEN

31. When was the last time you did something for someone and what was it? Did you have a motive behind it or was it something you did out of being genuine? 32. When do you usually go to bed? Do you fall asleep immediately? 33. When is the right time to say no? (Choose your topic) 34. When was the last time you thanked someone and why? 35. When was the last time you took an exam and how was your preparation for it? How was your exam? 36. When was the last time your tried something new and what was it? 37. When was the last time someone texted you and what about? 38. When was the last time you had a mental breakdown? 39. When was the last time you told someone something no one else knows about; a secret? 40. When was the last time you were hugged or gave someone a hug?

WHERE

41. Where do you see yourself in five years’ time? 42. Where would you go for a holiday if it was your last chance to on this earth? 43. Where do you go for the best tea/coffee/lunch/brunch? 44. Think about some strong opinions (about anything) that you have. Could be about RP, life, school, work, people. Where did that come from; what happened to make you feel or think that way? 45. Where else would you like to live? Why? 46. On a scale of one to ten, how happy are you with where life has taken you so far? What are the areas you want to improve in? 47. Where did you go last week? 48. If you could time travel, where and when would you go?  49. Where is your least favourite place and why? 50. Where would be the scariest place in the world to you? Why?

HOW