#knowledgesought

@knowledgesought asked: “ face it, i know you better than anyone else. ” / for oz, ozma, or any variation therein.

After everything that had happened with Salem…., Ozma had had to come to terms with the fact that he was going to have to fight the woman he had once loved. Though part of him wondered just how long that woman had been gone. He'd thought that part of her had still been present when he'd first returned, but…., the god of Light's warning still rang in his ears. He had not truly known to what he was agreeing…., a mistake that would forever haunt him.

Because no matter what happened to him now…., as long as Salem lived…, so would he. And he was going to have to learn from his mistakes, so that he would not let the world down again.

But he knew he was just a man…., and not even a very good one, and he would make more mistakes than any man, woman, or child who had ever lived. He just had to hope they weren't as costly as his first ones. And it was those mistakes that he would never be able to correct.

He had failed his daughters so completely…., and he could never make it up to them. Ozma's heart still ached when he thought about them. He had tried to save them…., but in the end, they had paid the price for his failure.

Ozma had summoned Jinn, intending to ask her a question, but instead he just stood, lost in thought, sorrow practically radiating from him.

prompts ** selectively accepting

oh, sure, sure. little miss relic spirit of knowledge spouting universal truths at qrow, as if it were the same as wisdom.

don't have to tell him twice, he's lived through loss enough times over, and again, and more to come. looking at him with those all-knowing saucer eyes and spouting the obvious does nothing to make it feel any better. a simple fact put so succinctly, dug up from the depths he drowns it in, hurts and that's all; throws salt on still-open wounds unable to heal through alcohol-thinned blood.

was it supposed to be comforting or some nonsense? nah. he takes another swig through a scowl.

"oh, buzz off," qrow didn't ask. and he already knows what she does, when it came to all that. probably the only reason she could give something unsolicited, a freebie.

prompts ** selectively accepting

❛ of course you have. you feel guilt. you want redemption. ❜

qrow took a deep breath and let out the biggest exhale ever, emptying his lungs full of wind from so many travels, all the way back to the forests of Anima, sparing no sound to it.

"certainly a succinct way'a puttin' it."

redemption. made it sound like he was some sort of villain rather than a huntsman hero. but that's what he really felt like in the end, wasn't it? a bad luck bad guy, no matter how hard he tried. of course Jinn would know that, even if he didn't want to admit it.

he remembers Clover's words.

"i just want t'leave th' world a better place than i found it, but..."

qrow shouldn't feel guilty, shouldn't place blame, shouldn't sound so pessimistic, but it's just. true. the only constant in his life.

"but my semblance makes that an uphill battle. every day. new little faults t'make up for. t'say nothin'a th' big ones. i keep movin' forward, but there never seems t'be any gettin' ahead."

Send hearts for how your muse feels // Accepting!

@knowledgesought asked: 💞 ( for ozma. their relationship is ✨ complicated, ✨ even if it isn't physical in any way. )

💞: Feels attracted to them, but can’t work out if it’s platonic, sexual, or romantic attraction they’re feeling.

@knowledgesought asked: after all this time… here you are. / for oscar

Despite the fact that Oscar had never met Jinn before she had revealed all of Oz's secrets, she was far more familiar than he was comfortable with. It certainly felt like they'd known one another for quite some time…., but he supposed slowly losing yourself to the ancient person your soul was slowly merging with would do that to a person.

"Here I am," he responded, looking up at her, his mind racing. The first time they had met….had been rather traumatic, if he was being honest. He had helped to hold Oz back so that she'd be able to tell her tale, but he hadn't realized just how much had happened, everything Oz had been through.

And part of him felt guilty for airing …. everything, when he hadn't been ready. He understood a lot better why Oz kept his secrets….; he just wished he hadn't felt like he had to.

“ i know , ” summer replied , crossing her arms . she had known for a long time that there would have to be a sacrifice made in order for peace , & summer was more than willing to be the one to make it . to be that sacrifice .

Summer crossed her arms over her chest, giving Jinn a very unimpressed look. The look she used on her children whenever they were very clearly lying to her but thought they were doing a good job hiding it.

Oh she is just the worst.

Qrow knows that it's not her fault that Ozpin's secrets got out. That Ruby is the one who asked the question in the first place. That showed them there was no way to beat Salem, that everything he'd done had been for nothing.