#the devoraks

Wishing everyone a Happy Hanukkah^_^

Hi!

This became firstly endorsed in the ask-arcana era (in 2018 and 2019 the devs used to take questions from the fandom in the game’s tumblr).

However, when Julian’s future tale was released it was confirmed through the narration and actions in some parts of the tale, most notably with the food preparation and the kitchens in Nevivon being conditioned in such a way that would allow kosher cooking. A couple of examples about this last thing are the appliances being doubled and the grandmas’ explaining what for.

I know this was not part of your question, but for context: the issue is people take p much at face value that they were Slavs or at the very least Eastern European (since not all EEs are Slavs), but the Devoraks being Jewish, which was endorsed and then confirmed, is where people suddenly have a problem with.

It’s understandable not everyone is familiar with kosher conditioned kitchens and other details, but it having to be explained over and over gets suspicious.

(Your question isn’t tho! And I want to thank you for clarifying it was a genuine question, as I am sorry the circumstances with this whole ordeal have made that clarification necessary).

The first snowfall that actually sticks, Julian and Portia’s single shared brain cell wakes up. 

Julian thinks he’s going to surprise Portia and is waiting at her cottage for her to get off work, snow ball in hand. 

She manages to sneak up behind him and shove a whole snowball down the back of his shirt first. 

He yelps. 

Julian has the long arm advantage, but Portia is shorter and sneakier. 

Julian always makes snowballs that are sort of oblong and egg shaped, but whatever does the trick. 

Portia always makes quick and dirty snowballs that hardly hold together and you can see the imprints of her fingers in it. 

She says it “doesnt matter what it looks like when its splattered on Ilya’s face.”

Neither of them spend much time making walls or any sort of snow forts. They both opt for tactically using the environment around them. 

Ducking behind trees or shrubs, running around the cottage. 

Oftentimes Julian will take off running into the palace gardens, with Portia hot on his heels, scooping up snow as she goes. 

There are oftentimes bystander’s that get hit with errant snowballs, mostly from julian. Just because Julian’s hands are as sure as the sunrise, does not mean his aim is. 

Portia is not above enlisting Pepi to trip him so he falls face first into the snow. (Sure its a snow ball fight, but to Portia, as long as Julian is covered in snow, its been a successful day)

Oftentimes they’ll run all around town together, throwing snowballs at each other and innocent citizens of Vesuvia. 

Portia AND Julian are banned from at least 3 food carts in South end because Julian used them for cover and Portia hit the owners in the face with snowballs. 

Julian tries hard not to aim for Portia’s face, he’d feel bad if he hurt her or if the snow stung her skin, but she knows Julian’s hardy and isn’t afraid to aim for the face, the back of the neck, the chest. 

(She told him a million times to button up during the winter and if he’s going to be stubborn and not Listen to her then he’s going to suffer the consequences) 

Mazelinka’s house is the end goal of the great snowball fight chase, and it is also a safe zone. 

Mazelinka got hit with a snowball...ONCE. Neither of them ever confessed to it, neither of them ever will. But they both drop all snow in their possession within 10 feet of her door. 

Julian: I just wanted to say that Nerissa and I are dating!

Portia: WHY ARE YOU ON THE ROOF

Julian: I wanted to make it more dramatic!

Caspian: W H Y WOULD YOU NEED IT TO BE DRAMATIC?

Nerissa: THATS MY DRAMACTIC IDIOT!

Ilya and Y/N are on Mazelinka’s couch (Y/Ns) head resting on Julian’s lap as he plays with thier hair

“Ilya.”(Y/N) smirked.

“Mm?”Julian Responded

“What do you think Asra would do if I taught Faust to say Swears?” (Y/N) wondered aloud.

Julian just chuckled barely containing himself.

“I wouldn’t do tha..” Julian starts

“No...No... I wouldn’t either I’m just picturing Faust with her high pitch baby voice going FuCk. I’m just saying Faust is everywhere so close you’re eyes and picture this. It’s the dead of night.” (Y/N) explains

“Ok. Dead of night I like where this is going.” Julian smirks.

“Its the dead of night and Lucio has to go from his room to the bathroom. Yeah and all of a sudden. In the dead of night. He just hears a high pitch voice go BiTcH. right in his ear and he is too scared to finish peeing because he thought a ghost who wasn’t him just called him a bitch.” (Y/N) elaborated with hand movements and noises.

“How soon can we start teaching Faust to cuss!?”Juilian questioned

“No,I was kidding.”(Y/N.) stated

“So not one part of you would like to hear Faust call somone a DeViL WoRsHiPiNg DoUcHeBaG?”Julian questioned.