“easy, my sweet. burning ourselves down will help no one in this moment - come, sit. we must be careful in this.”

smoke curls from red lips easily, matches the other woman’s set in a straight line, body tensed and ready to attack in comparison to her own languid lounging on chaises of sleepers, legs crossed easily.

she expected no less from a thing made of rage. no matter, she has enough patience for them both, eyes flickering to the clock above the door before returning back to the pad of paper in her lap, pen poised, still waiting.

“and none of your men saw anything leading up to the fire? were they situated more on our cryptids or ilya’s - certainly, you must have had one on ilya himself. my sources confirmed michael’s presence in russia, but even he wouldn’t be so much of a fool as to set up a scheme like this - his precious show monkeys injured and thousands in damage costs.” words are clipped, more report than emotion in how she speaks of the devastation that wrecked their home mere hours ago.

(as expected of a woman who bled black and gold - while her dear cryptids were weeping in the fire or for those trapped in it, woman was letting flower petals graze skin, soft lullabies echoing in the bath matching their screams)

“i looked at ilya’s books before the starlight carnival was shut down - absolutely dreadful. and michael’s will soon match after this.”  

boy may be more blood than skin at this point, sticky with it clinging onto shirt, clinging onto skin. it trails down arm and neck, spatters on face and there is more of the colour on him than much else - more blood than moonlight, more blood than boy.

smoke curls from lips, a heavy exhale through surely-bruised ribs as lighters flicker then disappear, ash added to the rest of the carnage of boy sitting on the curb, sitting by the gutter as dirtied things like him should belong.

“want one?” he offers the box to the woman before him, hardly sparing her a glance as he breathes out smoke. “‘s the only thing you’ll get for free from me, so i’d savour it if i were you.”

he leans back languidly, lets bones crack through the night before resting back on his forearms to look up at the woman before him, lazy smirk curled onto his lips. “you sure do know how to pick ‘em, don’t you, nadia? some of your guards in there were terribly tasty, if i do say so myself. put up more of a fight than i thought they would.”

“all a touch bitter, but i would expect no less from people working under you. i sure hope you won’t miss ‘em.”

002 | give me a character & I will tell you

for li hua - 

how I feel about this character: ashley u already KNOW i love li hua??? like you said, she’s a stubborn teenage girl and i’ve said that i honestly would smack this girl over the head for being so stubborn but at the same time she’d be like my best friend and i’d Mom her always?? the way you’ve so intricately developed li hua and her perception towards herself and the world is something i can only dream of for my own characters, and she’s such a fleshed out character that makes it so easy for you to understand her and sympathise with her even if you are like gURL WYD sometimes. i love her, u know this??

all the people I ship romantically with this character: li hua x carter bc contrary to all of my characters’ thoughts, i lOVE THESE TWO SM

a headcanon with my character: hrhhhgh there’s so many okay, you already know i scream forever over sol giving li hua that charm necklace for her bday and li hua just never knowing and still wearing it and thinking it’s a sign of her father when it’s really sol??? and soren and li hua as those friends who love to hate each other, eternally competitive, shut up and fuck me relationship, i’m dEAD okay?? but soren teaching li hua how to lap dance, the closest they’ll get to friendship without being piss drunk -- still needs to Happen

my OTP: li hua x carter, soft rebellion couple OKAY

my OT3: li hua x emme x lenny, also li hua x noah x xue birb squad ;))))

for nadia - 

how I feel about this character: girrrrl ok nadia is a menace and a half and wow i’m so gay for her?? i love her take no shit attitude - i’ll take what i want and you’re either with me (or under me) or in my way - truly my everything goals??? ik you haven’t developed her as much as you did for li hua just yet but gOD i’m so excited for you to really branch out with her and discover all her different sides of rage and patience (or impatience) as well as her softer and uncontrollable sides??? a bitch is Ready for her??

all the people I ship romantically with this character: nadia x sweet sweet vengeance JWJEJGKWEG, but also nadia x marci as Monster Girls (enemies with benefits, gUYS)

a headcanon with my character: u already know i want nadia to step all over theo but??? for her to potentially one day have him rEALLY under her thumb and not just because of his fear but because he wants to be?? -insert longest YEEEE BOOOI ever here??- and pls nadia x soren, i need this double crossing plot bc of soren has some dirt and knows a handful of people’s soft spots and he’d be more than willing to work for nadia for the right price - while ofc being the worst kind of shit and having nadia 2 seconds away from knocking him out always???

my OTP: honestly idek for nadia, someone just give her someone either who can challenge her or someone who’ll make her softish??? someone that she DOESN’T want to behead, tHANKS

send “slurred words” to hear my muse describe yours whilst ridiculously drunk.

LI HUA.

“pretty bird. all fire, isn’t she? bet she could fucking burn alive over and over again, think she’d know then? always - always talks too much, thinks she knows shit, think she can fuck off if she wasn’t such a pretty, pretty bird. ‘m hungry ‘n i think i still have that knife, just as a keepsake. ‘s under my pillow, i think. talks ‘bout scars like she knows - ha! carter’s an idiot and i think - ‘m think i - i’d pick her over me too.”

NADIA.