#nileguard

❛ hey, i got you something. ❜ there’s not much fanfare, because what joe has to give nile isn’t exactly easy to hide. he’s still grinning though, hands it over with a raised eyebrow. the sword is the right size for her, weighted properly for her proportions - it’s one they already had, but between himself and nicky they’ve got decent metalworking, and adjusting it wasn’t all that hard. they’ve been doing it for years.

he has time to worry ,  however ,  and the sound of an intruder elicits a smile through bloody patchwork of injuries .   stares between the two assailants ,  a truly pitiful army against a superpowered individual ,  yet strong enough to capture an Asgardian .        ❝      better arm yourselves .   this fight won't be easy on either of you .      ❞

@nileguard​ asked ‘  i’ll sit here in the silence.  ‘ 

“Why?” Booker blinks for a second - silence is for deaths and after-fight awkwardness, betrayals and loneliness and everything Booker doesn’t want to think about right now. He’s lived in silence for far too long, allowing the noise in his head to swallow him whole. “Make as much noise as you want to, ma chérie, you won’t disturb anybody who doesn’t want to be disturbed.” 

@nileguard​ sent:  ❝ The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. ❞ (For Nicky :3)

          Nicky's lean frame is curled almost delicately in a cafe chair, the very image of repose with one bare ankle propped on his opposite knee. He cradles an espresso in his hand, long fingers dwarfing the cup, seeming unbothered by the scalding heat of the ceramic. From behind borrowed sunglasses (Joe's, naturally), he smiles and tilts his chin in acknowledgement. 

         "..'they can sit at their ease and gape at the play'..." The Genoan murmurs slowly, finishing the quoted line for Nile. Shifting so the glasses slip down his aqualine nose, Nicky peers at her with fond, overcast eyes. "... do you agree, amica mio? Is it like the saying, that..." He pauses, searching for the words, his body preternaturally still, "that 'Ignorance is Bliss'...?"

        It's not quite what Oscar Wilde meant, Nicky knows this better than any scholar (over a hundred years and he still smiles to think of long nights spent drinking with the playwrite, watching him wind himself up). But then, Dorian Gray was always meant to be an unreliable narrator, and the layers of such a novel cannot be encapsulated in a single quote from its pages. Contemplative, the Genoan sips from his cooling espresso and eyes the scene across the river, of the ongoing reconstruction efforts for Cathédrale Notre-Dame.

         For all that Nicolo does not favor Paris, he has seen the Cathedral through many renovations in its 800 year lifespan. Nearly as old as he, it seemed... wrong.. not to come now, when her spire will finally stretch towards the sky once more. Glancing back at Nile, Nicky smiles indulgently. 

as soon as red has found out nile is into art, she made a mental note to talk the younger immortal into having a road trip at some point and visit as many museums as possible.  they do not exaclty do that, but after missions it become their little tradition to visit cities nearby and take pictures to make a scrapbook / memories book.

nile’s religious beliefs even after discovering immortality prompts red to become more costant with her own beliefs.  before nile joined the group red wasn’t that much of a practicant anymore but post movies she’s remused to say grace & prayers every day and keep at least a sunday per month free in case nile feels like doing something mortal like going to mass.

nile introduced red to so much pop culture content it’s almost unbelievable.  red ends up quoting vines and tik toks during the worst situations she becomes even more annoying than usual.  in their free time they troll boomers on socials.

red thinks that nile is a fashion icon and havig her around is a blessing, since most of the time red’s outfits look like she’s stuck between the 50s and 80s.  they don’t go shopping a lot but it’s a nice distraction from the burden of immortality.