tagged by @serpentarii , ilysm my computer spouse 🙏

rules: share one sentence/excerpt from your WIP(s) that starts with each letter of the word you're given! my word was lace.

l

“Last I heard, Hauenstein, you’ve never had anything to lose in the first place. Unless the Arcantum has suddenly decided to raise your wages to be worth an inheritance.”

a

“A lone shipwreck, Hannes? That’s hardly a strange sight for the Rift,” Lamoury said offhandedly.

c

Cautious not to disturb the argeometer, Ezra drew the revolver hidden in his coat, bone handle a familiar weight in his hand, and rose to his feet.

e

Each rib was apparent beside the next, the notches of its spine stark enough to count. Fungi sprouted along a weeping split in its abdomen.

tagging @writinglyra, @sometimesnat, @helioselene, and @lasbrumas <3

tagged by @asablehart, ily !

rules: follow the prompts, change one if you like, and tell us a little something about your wip! answers to the prompts can be in the form of quotes or anything you’d like!

one three words to describe your wip

woke indiana jones (inspired by this)

two characters talking in a short excerpt

“What do you mean, what am I doing here? Where else am I supposed to be?” “But Brother, I thought you weren’t allowed to come to parties anymore. Not after you got caught with your hand up Ottavia Merlo’s skirts at the last one,” Julian said, eyes wide and tone earnest. Ezra promptly choked on his champagne. Coughing past the sudden burning in his throat, eyes watering, “And who—who told you that?” “Kostya.” He stared at Julian for a moment. “Juli, don’t listen to your brother.” “You’re my brother. Do I get to not listen to you too?” “I think it’s time for you to go to bed.” “It’s not that late,” Julian argued. “It is late.” “Why?” “Why? Because I said so, that’s why.”

three chapter titles

chapter 3 - ERSATZ

chapter 17 - WYRMSBANE

chapter 29 - MARTYR'S BLIGHT

four tropes featured

jerkass gods

always second best

thicker than water

who wants to live forever?

five songs from your wip playlist

bitchboy - the oozes

eat you alive - the oh hellos

the woods - san fermin

frankenstein - rina sawayama

mr. brightside - the killers

tagged by @ofgoldenfools , tysm !!

rules: share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an oc, ideally lines that capture their character/personality/vibe. bonus points for just using the dialogue without other details about the scene, but you're free to include those as well.

i gotta do my worst boy ezra for this i fear

"I want you to get rid of him for me."

"How cruel, Grete. You'd deprive me the pleasure of your company?"

"To think you've lasted an entire year of wearing the Magisterium's leash, I'm impressed. I can't imagine the taste of its boots is all that appealing."

"You'll simply owe me a favor."

"The beast will die regardless, but it's up to you how long and painful those last moments will be. Put it out of its misery, will you?"

"It certainly wasn't my fault he was convinced he was in love with me. You lend the man a hand and he thinks it's a marriage proposal."

"You're delusional."

"If you trip and fall, I'm leaving you here to die."

"I knew you were clever."

"Did you truly think I'd thank you?"

tagged by @writinglyra, tysm !!

words to find: scent, broken, water, feather

scent

He didn’t like to be home, then. The screeching of gryphons and the barking of scent-hounds was impossible to escape, and he’d never been much of a hunter.

broken

A hand upon Yevgenia’s shoulder, and Ezra finally noticed his father standing beside her, expression not the burning rage he’d expected, even hoped for. Instead, all he saw was something broken. Something pitiful.

water

Overlapping chatter and creaking horse-drawn carriages and the steady hum of airships above her, air laced with smoke enough to catch in her throat and make her eyes water.

feather

Alva looked like she was about to say something else when the sharp hiss of steam sounded off in the distance, her feathers puffing out comically as she all but jumped.

tagging @xiyais, @sourrcandy, @vitrichor, and @lasbrumas <3

tagged by the sexiest person on writeblr @ikilledmyocs love u dani

words to find: changing, rage, red, deserve

changing change

“Why would you go to such lengths? To murder? Dirtying my name won’t change the fact that your father is a criminal, so why this obsession?”

rage

Florizel’s face was flushed with rage, and Ezra couldn’t resist going one step further.

red

The taste of iron, and a sting where he’d bitten his tongue hard enough to draw blood. He resisted the urge to bring his hand up to where his own Praecant's Mark lay, the curling red lines on the side of his neck barely hidden by his collar and cravat.

deserve

“I hear you’re about to earn a promotion,” he added. “The Martyr be on your side; you deserve it.”

tagging @thatswhereiwanttobe, @ayzrules, @helvelloides, @pseudepigraphic, and @charlesjosephwrites