#sacrecean

there was still so little he understood.  about the world — about himself.  he carries a unique type of light, one that could illuminate the deepest of shadows  —  so his mother told him.  little sigurd wanted to ask her more about this light.  yet, each time he tried to she would fight back tears, resting a gentle hand to his head before saying, ‘ soon, my love ’.

there was so little he understood. 

elaine kept magic at a safe distance for as long as she could.  she learned that sigurd would spend his entire life worrying about magic.  for now, she wanted him to be a child.  for his worries to belong to that of a child and nothing more.  until he was old enough to enter that world, the only magic he experiences is the occasional entity whom he might witness.  one entity in particular.  she trusted her to prevent encouragement to his curious mind.   although, she did spark the young boy’s fascination more than his mother imagined.

there were times that couldn’t be helped.  with the growing conflicts within stella and the migrations of dragons, travel from the country wasn’t always safe.  just this once, she humbly requested aquarius to wait with her son for a few moments.  she hates to ask this of her, but desperate times call for desperate measures.  elaine disappears into the temple by the sea, the final time she would intend to see those walls, whilst the other two linger along the coastline.

the boy’s gaze fixates on the ground, the way the white sand pushes and pulls with the tide. he is hesitant to pass his stare to the woman he’s only seen briefly before.  he finally does so with caution.  sigurd’s glance is met with something unexpected.  a smile, an ethereal aura emanating from her.  

the young boy’s expression relaxes, hazel eyes widening before he too smiles back.  amidst his look of awe, he speaks with a small voice,   ❛  mum says you’re a . . . celestial.  does that mean you’re like a star and you live in the sky ?  ❜   eyes brightening with intrigue, he continues — how he loved to keep on talking once he started.   ❛  you know, she calls me her star.  does that mean — i’ll grow up to live where you do someday ?  ❜   

before he had the chance to hear the woman’s response, elaine returns to call him away, her gentle voice urging him to not bother her ‘colleague’.  his mother was usually considerate about keeping personal matters away from professional ones.  since her letter from anna heartfilia, that feat became rather difficult.  ‘ come on dear, it’s time to go board the ship. ’ 

elaine beams a look of silent gratitude to aquarius, before pulling sigurd away by his tiny hand and closing her gate for the last time until they arrive in fiore.

thalassa / aquarius aesthetic

shifting lightly so his arms remained at her shoulders, alexius heaved out a greater sigh than he needed. “That’s it. I’m ready gamble my life savings - this is chaila’s fault, one way or another.” 

arin is a sweet boy, there’s no way to deny that. somehow, being raised by the two people with the most aggressive energy alexius has ever met, resulted in a kid who got stars in his eyes every time he saw a butterfly, or dessert, or a glowing sign, or ayse, or - well, the kid was easily excited “I’m pretty sure arin is serving as chaila’s enabler, co-conspirator & therapist all in one. gods be good, arin will learn to step over chaila crying on the carpet, and chaila will learn to remind arin there are more movie genres than just romantic comedies.” 

really, it was a surprise it’d taken this long for the kids fascination for love to rub off on ayse. erida && caprian’s idea of a romantic date probably involved more tax fraud &&& acrylic paint than  any other couple, so arin had learned to turn his attention elsewhere. 

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DJ Hook Wizard Puppy smiled brightly at the other. they may have just met, but DJ had a feeling that this woman...she was something of a friend. and yeah, he accepted pretty easily she could snap him in half but that was fine with him because she didn’t do so yet and he thought there was a reason for that. 

or maybe she just didn’t wanna bother with the act of killing him and it had nothing to do with the way their conversation was going. eh. DJ could roll with that too.

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1. his top three karaoke songs are: super trouper - abba / anaconda - nicki minaj / don’t stop me now - queen

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he may have just met her and she may have lightly threatened him before, but this did not matter to DJ. at least, not right now because he was attempting to show her some of his music and the idea that someone could be...too old to enjoy music was not something that just computed to him. 

he wasn’t about to make her, though! that would be uncool. and he felt like she could blink and he would die. but that’s fine! as long as he didn’t give her a reason. besides, he thinks he’s been pretty chill with this chick. 

“personally, my dude, i don’t know how anyone could be ‘too old’ for music. it’s all in the wildness of the soul.” he sighed heavily, letting the air build up and let out. “but like, i get it. ya don’t wanna listen! it’s cool!” he smiled at her then. “just, if ya change your mind, DJ Hook Wizard Puppy is ready with the recs!”

ARIES had never owned much, before. there wasn’t much opportunity to, when you lived out of a backpack. an old, stained pink one with missing sequins in aries’ case. & the quality of the bag had relayed the quality of what was inside. she had clothes, but they were well-worn && plain, &&& she’d always done her best not to treasure them because she knew, better than anyone, how quickly things could get taken away. 

( the only thing she’d ever really valued before was a mp3 player she’d stolen from another child in one of the early houses & she kept it buried beneath the clothes unless she knew she was alone. ) 

IT was strange, really, that after spending a not insignificant amount of time making meals of thrown out scraps, that Juvia sometimes forgot how beautiful the castle really was. She supposed there was something to be said about the human condition, growing used to a place that stole other people’s breath. the festive season though, when the castle was coated in silver & joy - it was a good reminder. 

ADMIRING the beauty of it all, as well as dwelling on her own gratefulness for getting be here even, Aquarius’ entrance was a bit startling. A welcome interruption, however, because Juvia always walked a thin line between nostalgia && melancholy when she allowed her thoughts to wander. The smile that rolled over her face was soft, but unmistakably fond &&& it grew into something of wonder when Aquarius handed her the present.

OPENING it quietly, not wanting to disrupt the peace of the morning, nor attract the attention of any staff that was bound to be bustling around - Juvia was glad for the relief of knowing Aquarius wound’t expect too much of her in terms of words. At least, not until they were somewhere more private. 

UPON seeing the gifts, she felt her eyes begin to water & closed the box gently. There’d be plenty of time to admire them more in-depth later, but she was so, so happy. Perhaps it’d been a mistake to spare thoughts to her past, as it only made her more susceptible to her emotions now. Drying her eyes with her coat, she gave Aquarius a shaky, but oh so sincere smile.