#adie-dee

tagged by @asher-orion-writes and my words are: Breathe, Eyes, Step and Glass, and also tagged by @adie-dee with their words: Bunny, Call, Night, Bottle.

Doing this for Bad Influences again <3 it’ll be a long one here <:)

BREATHE

I shifted onto my other foot and continued, “Brownies cannot use such symbols-” “Brownies can use many symbols, not all, but many. Especially ones concerning humans. None of us saw which symbol it was.” I swallowed around a dry throat and her honey brown eyes followed the movement. The hairs on the back of my neck rose at the attention, my skin burning, my breathing quickening. I flexed my hands and tried to breathe out slowly, evenly. “That was on my land-” I growled. “Rules are rules, Diana.” Her voice was strong but this time there was a more violent undertone to it. “You of everyone should know this. What I want is for Hannah to-” “You know her name?” It was my turn to interrupt.

EYES

I scrabbled at the unforgiving glass then my knees buckled and I dropped onto the rough carpet. My breath was coming in ragged gasps and I knelt there awkwardly pressed against the wall on my knees, letting the distress and confusion wash over me finally. My eyes were fixated on a single thread on the carpet but I couldn’t see it, my throat burned at my harsh breaths, my hands clenched and unclenched periodically. I couldn’t see, I couldn’t focus. My ears echoed with my heartbeats. My shoulder ached all the while I sat and hyperventilated, I must have reopened it.

STEP

“Unfortunately. She had some choice words about her ‘confused’ daughter spending time with a known bisexual. Although she was very calm when discussing it.” Mackenzie goes quiet again, barely acknowledging any of my words. I really didn’t want to think about what happened after Hannah and I spent the afternoon in the greenhouse, but I still felt a little bitter about the past few days. It definitely shut Mackenzie up quickly too. I step onto my porch and dig into my jean pockets for my keys while turning to Mackenzie, one eyebrow raised. I wait until he is gone into the fading sunlight before opening my door. At least this time I didn’t need to shout at Jasper.

GLASS

“I don’t suppose you can clean that yourself? You know how I hate dirty hands.” I frantically nodded and turned hastily towards the stairs. “Not up there, girl! You’ll get blood on the carpets! Clean in the greenhouse,” she hissed before trailing up the stairs herself without a backwards glance. I hurried to unhook the keys by the back door then hurry inside the greenhouse. Once the glass door closed firmly behind me, I let the tears fall freely and sniffled into the cool damp air. I’m not a child, I reminded myself forcefully. Suck it up, clean yourself up, wrap it up, you don’t need help.

BUNNY

“I’ll go find the other contestants.” He finally says too loudly to nobody in particular and turned stiffly for the door. Just before leaving, he stops to wave to me, a soft smile on his lips showing off his bunny teeth, then strides away. I sighed and put the guide book down. The woman stared hard when she gave me the contact forms back. I tried to tell myself that I was on edge and her sharp eyes didn’t mean anything but she was beginning to peel away at my walls.

CALL

My phone did have a missed call from Mackenzie and a follow up text message that said that Jay was on her way. I forced myself to take a slow and steady breath to calm my stilling racing heart. They couldn’t possibly blame this on me right? I could still talk to Hannah. I could still fix this spell. I frowned and let my phone drop onto the floor. I will fix this damn spell.

NIGHT

Mackenzie growls now, brows furrowed dangerously low and stared directly at me. I held his gaze, fingers flexing on my biceps. And to think I'd just painted them last night. "Continuing to degrade the keeper of the court will not get your voice heard sooner." “Maybe so. but Ive been repeating myself for a week now. maybe some degradation will get her attention." Mackenzie scoffs and stands abruptly. If he needs to go cool off over some snide remark, fine.

BOTTLE - found none ;-;

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I will now tag people :D Your words are faith, height, food and heat.

Of course! This one will be fun to do!

Send an ask with two names of my original characters and I’ll give a summary of what they think of each other!

These two would not like each other. They would appreciate the other's strengths, but would not want to be in the same room if they had the choice.

Acheflow would think Scarlet is too impulsive, too loud, too big of a presence for her to deal with. She would also likely think Scarlet is childish and petty, which are not traits that she would want to tolerate for long... if at all. However, she would admire and appreciate how honest Scarlet, and how she won't compromise her values to fit society's norms.

Thank you, friend! I appreciate you taking the time! 

💕: What has your favorite scene been? Gosh, for Hallowed, I think my favourite scene was one I’d written recently when Paisley and Mollie admitted their feelings to one another. It was a very emotional scene because it allowed Paisley to verbalise her feelings not just as a lesbian coming out, but also how she feels under the pressure of her parents. It’s gone through an awful lot of revisions and probably will go through a lot more, but I’m very pleased with it so far! 

🖤: What are your MC names? MCs are Paisley Harwood, her friends Brennan King and Mallory Patton, and the “Ridgeway Six” - Evangeline Perez, Sean Buckley, Kianna Mayfield, Madison Fletcher, Bayley Murphy, and Paisley’s sister, Violet Harwood. 

💔: Give a brief character bio of your 3-5 MCs  I’ll pick just three for this one as I don’t want this to get super long :) 

Paisley Harwood The younger sister of Violet Harwood who died two years ago in the Ridgeway Woods. People used to say there were never two sisters as unlike each other as Violet and Paisley. Popular within her social circle, Paisley secretly wrestles with the worries of fitting in, especially as she comes to term with fancying a girl, and wrestling with her parents’  favouritism of her dead sister. 

Bayley Murphy One of the six teenagers of Ridgeway Woods. Seventeen years old, Bayley came out as nonbinary at the beginning of the year. Runs several social media accounts and blogs, but is prone to sickness and has frequents bouts of absence from school. Two weeks ago, they posted on their blog that “Someone knows more than they’re letting on about Violet Harwood’s death”. 

okay mood though 😂 this sounds delightfully cathartic and potentially very well deserved, so I say go queen! graffiti up his face! I’m also super curious as to the surrounding plot like ‘add’ to the wall? so they have a wall of pictures of...suspects maybe? I’m excited!

Day 8: Lies in the Lilies

Author: @adie-dee​

Genre: contemporary fantasy

What first piqued my interest: MC with magical curse + multiple ominous secret societies + not knowing who you can trust = I’M ON BOARD.

What I want to learn more about: The pro-magic and anti-magic factions sound like loads of fun, so I definitely want to see how their various motives play out. And of course I want to know more about Bethany’s curse and why there are so many secrets and lies surrounding it.

What I’m excited about: I have Deep Feels™ about characters who demand a better future for themselves than the one that’s expected/prophesied/etc., so I’m 100% down for Bethany’s journey, wherever it takes her. I also really love the ironic character conflicts (e.g., Blake doesn’t believe in magic but also has some himself??).

WIP intro

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The WIP Shout-Out Project is a challenge I created for myself to give a brief virtual high-five to one WIP a day for the first two weeks of February. While these shout-outs aren’t super in-depth, I’m hoping they’ll still help spread a little love and encouragement to the writeblr community. If you want to follow along, I’ve tagged all related posts #wip shout-out. Feel free to give your own shout-outs, too!

Does Daniel know Issa is only posing as a grad student? And is he aware Tiffany may be considering him as a snack? Does he manage to have a decent night out or does the calibration issue continue to plague him?

Daniel: I had an excellent night out--including letting said demon have a little nibble. It the least I could do, after she spent some of her energy healing my arm after somebody took a more literal nibble. *glares at Liselle*

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