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Hello everyone! Welcome to taghte, my independent, mutuals only, and private original character based around original lore named Alec Mackintosh. My name is Olivia, she/her, and i am in the eastern timezone of the US. Below you’ll find links to his google doc as well as other necessary things to get the ball rolling for interactions. Dark themes are present on this blog as a warning seeing as Alec has been through a lot in his long time on Earth. But I look forward to sharing him with you all and getting interactions going! Don’t be afraid to send a meme, ask, or even a random tag in a starter! Hope y’all love my boy here!

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Kyleigh was about to say something about Alec not being anywhere close to taking her ‘wee’ head off, but then she thought about it and stopped herself. He must certainly could have done it without her even having a clue since he was able to summon that beautiful sword at a second’s notice. Imagine seeing that in war, as if the man himself wasn’t intimidating enough! Thankfully it hadn’t come down to that, and out of it came what she was considering a very successful friendship. He could stand being around her and she wasn’t ready to just disappear off the face of the earth. And yeah the whole thing of her not having to hide what she was around him was really taking a lot of the pressure off of getting to know him. She hoped he felt the same, though she knew he probably had secrets that would take him years to reveal to her. If he wanted to of course, there was never any need for him to share more than he felt comfortable with. And now she wasn’t worrying so much about him leaving even though she knew eventually he would. The invitation for him to stay and for her to go visit him had been put out there, so she could relax in knowing that she would get to see him again. And maybe this time he could take her hunting or even show her that very infamous lake she had always wanted to see in person. “Ha! You said it, I’m the best company! You can’t take it back now.” She had to tease him a bit, though it did feel really awesome to hear him say that. The half lycan didn’t give a shit about most people or what they thought of her, but Alec was slowly gaining that importance in her life. Which was kind of exciting and kind of terrifying at the same time.

Letting her free hand fall to her heart she set her beer down and pretended as if she had just received the most shocking news of her life. “What! Hold up a minute! Are you telling me that the old man knows how to use the interwebs? And you have the wifi?! I need a minute to process this….”  She figured that most modern cities and countries had that kind of access, but with how Alec had described where he lived she just assumed that meant he was cut off from things like that. Which made her think of that saying of what happens when you assume anything about someone. The throwing of the ax forgotten for the moment, Kyleigh composed herself enough to see that Alec could laugh at the situation she put out there with the ice skating and honestly it was kind of cute. He let his guard down a bit around her and showed that he wasn’t all seriousness all the time. “I mean I haven’t seen you dance or anything like that, but you haven’t tripped once in front of me, your hair always looks like you’re about to go on TV, you have manners like no man I have ever met before and you throw that ax like it’s just a part of your arm or something. That’s grace and smoothness right there Alec. And if you say it isn’t the next target I’m throwing an ax at is your head.” An empty threat of course, even before they became friends Kyleigh knew she could never do such a thing but she wanted him to see that it was okay to take the compliment. “But if it makes you feel better I fall pretty much every time I get on the ice. Or even when it’s the dead of winter and some asshole hasn’t shoveled their sidewalk. That’s why we get back up and try again right?”

He could see her wheels turning in her head, almost bracing for a smartass comment back that would have fit how their relationship was going. It wouldn’t have offended him, if anything it would have amused him more than anything as it would have fit in with their fun banter. However, he wasn’t about to pry if she didn’t want to say anything. Whatever was going through her mind, he’d let it happen because he figured at some point she’d ask. She didn’t seem to have a problem with doing that in the past. Besides, he had told her he was open to answering questions and she’d been giving him some good ones too. No doubt there would be more but he at least was happy with that they shared. They were getting to know one another a lot more and that was for the best given the deal they had struck. That and the fact he had invited her over whenever she felt the whim to come over to Scotland. And it was why he was staying just a bit longer because he was having fun spending time with and getting to know her. In the end it was all something that was starting to work out. Though he probably should have seen that coming, making his head shake as he chuckled a bit. Another look was tossed her way as he did so before adding a little roll of his eyes. “Aye, don’t let that get to your head now.” He smirks slightly, unable to completely hide the amusement that came with it. “But I won’t take it back, wasn’t planning on it either.” Alec added with a small wink before moving on. 

           ❝ 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥, ❞ 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. There was no reason for them to be antagonistic with one another, when he wasn’t being this flustering, he was actually good company. Although, Alec couldn’t leave it alone, so of course, the next few words out of his mouth are things that only make her want to yell and possibly hit him this time. It’s why she doesn’t notice him leaving right off, but she scrambles to follow after him. Even with his back to her, she can tell he’s got a smirk on his lips and it prompts her to smack his arm. ❝ You couldn’t kill me even if you tried, ❞ she grumbles and comes to stroll beside him towards their mysterious destination. ❝ How did you even come across this? ❞ Far as she could tell, this wasn’t his usual haunt, so what brought him to this area?

Well wasn’t that the damn truth? Kyleigh did not get out to those upstate hunts as much as she would like, especially the last few years. Things with the human world were an absolute mess, and with them not being able to have as many workers in the diner as they usually did, she had been pulling so many twenty four hours shifts her head was spinning. Then with everyone else staying home she wasn’t picking up the extra money on the side from fixing cars and bikes, so she literally didn’t have the time nor the money to do anything but hunt locally. Hence the reason why Alec was there now. Thankfully for her he had been very forgiving and didn’t report her and her aunt like he could have done. But if it had been another like him, well she might not even be standing right here with him now. Something she would always be incredibly grateful to him for. “Yeah that’s the truth. The reason why you were brought over here, because we had to stay somewhat local. After all this shit with the humans these past two and a half years, I had to pull double time at the diner and couldn’t do my little side jobs so we had to stick around here. Can’t be all bad though, met you because of it!” That was the truth too, the only real silver lining the half lycan was taking from all of this. Alec admitting that he did enjoy some company after all his time caused her own eyebrow to shoot up. She could understand completely why he might want to keep everyone at a distance, but at some point that just wouldn’t work any longer. What shocked her was that he was actually enjoying his time being spent with her. “Duh, I’m the best company ever! I thought you knew that by now!” She had to tease, though there was a very pleased smile on her face. Anytime someone gave her the slightest bit of praise in any way the wolf took that as she had done something right, so she got all bashful and just tried to brush it off.

Making a ‘phhft’ sound at the mention of keeping score, because honestly Alec was winning by a mile, Kyleigh rolled her eyes and picked up her beer once more. “Um excuse me, if you look up subtle in the dictionary you will see my picture right there! I was just trying to be polite and let you know that I know you probably have more important things to do than stay here for a bit longer. I mean it’s not like I can’t talk to you over the phone or anything. If you get signal all the way out in the boonies.” Yeah she definitely wouldn’t mind Alec hanging around a bit longer, but those words weren’t about to come out of her mouth. “You’re welcome to think about it if you want though. I mean I’m not going to tell you not to stay longer. Just wouldn’t want you to get bored or anything. I know it’s a bit different than the last time you were here, but I’m not sure there’s a whole ton of things you could do either.” One could only go to the bar or do some outdoor activities for so many times before it got dull. And the last thing the half lycan wanted was to ever be associated with being that boring girl. Pausing to take another drink from her beer Alec just had to mention that she only wanted to ice skate to see him fall on his ass, and while she hadn’t had that thought before now it was the only thing she could think about. Almost spitting out her drink she doubled over laughing, her hand coming up to hide it from him. “Stop! No I wasn’t thinking about that initially but now I mean yeah I kind of want to! Just because it would be hilarious to see! You’re so smooth and graceful with everything else, just seeing you take one move and go out… honestly it would make my entire year.”

Life always had a way of causing someone to stop or at least pause from doing their favorite activity for a bit. A way to make them feel more like themselves and be happy, but something always getting in the way. Of course eventually one could get back to that time but there were things people had to go through first before they could. He’s had a couple of those, hard not to over the centuries he’s lived. Hell, he’s seen wars and plagues, persecution for being different, all things done that caused the world to stop. Of course he didn’t have to explain that to her, with how old he already sounded he was sure she could assume he’s seen all of that on her own. Besides he wasn’t about to divulge that information, putting a damper on their conversation and time together. If anything he would let her get there on her own, it was nice not being an entirely closed book with someone for the first time in awhile. “Exactly.” He says with a small shrug and chuckle, playing off his initial reason for being here because that  had changed. Alec just hoped they would do better with it as time moved on. “Well with things gettin’ better then hopefully you won’t have to deal with bein’ stuck around here for long. Get out up there to some fresh air.” His brow arched at her added ending, a smirk even accompanying it in the process. “That is a plus, even if I almost cut your wee head off.” He says that lightly even if it had been closer to the truth. It was the positive to look at after everything and he was glad to be able to give that after his initial reason for being here. He didn’t think after all of this that he would make a friend and yet here they were, drinking and throwing axes. And she was even greatly improving with his added advice. Though he couldn’t help letting out a laugh at her reply, making him shake his head afterwards as he gathers himself. “Right, definitely the best company. Couldn’t have said it better myself.” 

@taghte​​​​​​ ​ | title; how are your injuries? (Ree & Alec)

     Oh, she didn’t like this uncertainty, this doubt. It brought her back to a bad place, in Scintil. She’d rather put it behind her, lock in that place where she stored her worst memories and parts of herself. Had she gone too far in her neglect? Would someone really travel across dimensions, seek her out, and destroy her? Yes. She must never forget that again. She must never let down her guard.

     All this filtered through Ree’s mind during the span of his questioning. By the time he’d finished, she had made a new resolution. 

     “I can hold my own. Have all my life.” She smiled thinly. “But it’ll be a nice change to have someone else to back me up.” It might be like old times, when the other Peacekeeper’s had worked by her side. They lived together, fought together, defended cities together, and would ultimately die together. There were times when Ree missed that companionship and loyalty. Yet they had turned on her so quickly. That loyalty meant nothing in the face of corruption.

     She turned her head back, sighting the body again. “I would like to figure it all out,” she admitted, if for no other reason than to find security and peace of mind again. 

     When Ree turned back to him, she caught the smile and his dimples, surprised to see how boyish it made him look then. Adorable came immediately to mind and the thought sparked her own smile.  “I think I’ll stick around.”

If one thing was for certain, Alec could at least relate to the fact that she was alone and had no one to turn too. Well, he wasn’t entirely alone but it wasn’t like he went to those he knew that often. Each had their own issues to deal with, the two he did know. One had it worse than the other, but he also wasn’t the type to just vent and he wasn’t about to subject his best friend to that every day. And now with meeting her? Well, he wasn’t going to unload centuries of that onto her. Instead, he felt an obligation to help, as he often did. Not that he didn’t think she could take care of herself, but this wasn’t her home or her plane if she was to be believed. And how could he not believe her? He was over one thousand years old with gifts from the gods, anything seemed possible at that point. 

“Oh I’m not takin’ that away from ya, lass.” Alec replied, at least wanting that to be out there. There had been no intention to insult her and if she thought that or not, he wanted that to be clarified. His brow did arch a bit when she went on, seeing her come around to the fact that he would be there if she accepted. It was part of who he was, helping those in need if he had the ability to. “I think you’ll find you’re not the only one who can hold their own.” She had seen it herself, the body by his side to prove it. Which, now that he was registering that more, he would have to handle that soon. Before anyone else came around and saw them. 

That was the thing about humans wasn’t it? They always wanted to see things as either black or white, good or bad, but there were so many that fell somewhere in between there. She considered herself one of those beings; she was good for the most part but had to hide a very bad (or what she considered to be bad) part of herself from the world. True she only did those things in order to survive, but in the eyes of the world murder was still a bad thing no matter how horrible the person or people may be. It was nice to finally meet someone else that understood that. And someone that had way more experience in dealing with it. Not that she was looking to Alec as a teacher, but through his stories and the things he showed her she was learning so much. It really was opening her eyes and changing the way she thought, not only about herself but where they all fell in the grand plan of life. Surely the Scotsman never thought his life would take the turn it did, but in the half lycan’s view it made him a better person. Yeah it sucked to have to live longer than everyone else, to see so much suffering in his time. But it gave him the strength he had today to keep pushing forward and if nothing else, she was just happy that she was alive in this time to have met him. What a shame he would be leaving, but man what a country to go back home to! If she wasn’t so damn afraid of flying she would work triple shifts just to save up the money to go see him, if that was something he would be okay with. The last thing she wanted to do was become that creepy wolf girl that didn’t leave him alone. One thing she did notice was that he was very humble when it came to his warrior days, to his life in general and she admired that about him. Some of the modern day soldiers that came into the diner had an attitude about them that made her want to throat punch them.

“I think that’s why I like going so far upstate to hunt and all that. Out there there’s not that much human interference with everything. The sky can be so clear that you can see every star in the sky, hear the wild wolves calling to each other…” Kyleigh could only imagine what that would be like far out in the countryside of Scotland, only making her even more jealous that Alec got to call the country his home. Coming out of her little fantasy about life over there, she was very much impressed to hear that he had his own stables. “Oh excuse me then! You have your own stables! Surely you wouldn’t dare to be seen with such a novice as myself.” She teased him though she would gladly take him up on that offer is she did come for a visit. Which she was kind of picking up that he would be more than okay with it. Or was she just assuming again? Trying not to get her hopes up she kept that option open just in case, then he had to go and throw that whole thing at her about asking him to stay longer and she swore he could hear her heart beating out of her chest. “Alec, that is so rude to request of someone. I mean I wouldn’t tell you not to stay longer if you wanted to, but my Aunt would kick my ass if I just straight up asked you to.” Plus how would she even get the words out without turning the brightest shade of red she ever had? Thankfully she noticed how the ice skating question threw him off and she had to giggle. “Yeah I guess I didn’t think of that. If you go to a lake deep enough you should be okay, but see we have these things here called ice skating rinks that should support a man of your size. I was asking because it’s a favorite activity of us snow lovers here and I was wondering if you had ever done it yourself but you have not. I’m not even sure they would make skates in your size, but I happen to think it would be hilarious to see you give it a try.”

There were so many things they didn’t know, it was safer for them not to in the end but at the same time it also blinded them from the reality that things weren’t so simple. It was always walking a fine line when it came to letting them know what they should and shouldn’t know. But that wasn’t his call, preferring to keep things as simple as he could for them. He’d gotten used to that over the last centuries, mainly because he had to keep his own secret from others. Even if the town around him found it rather interesting that he himself looked as if he never aged, it seemed the stories at least passed down from generation to generation to protect his secret. They were the few people he had no choice but to trust, just thankful that it was a small town with roots that stretched back as far as he had been alive. Not that he expected himself to ever live this long, not before he had volunteered to be the weapon and defense for his people. A choice he never regretted and wouldn’t ever because in the end he had done more good with what he had for the people around him. He wasn’t entirely sure what effect he actually had but he liked to think he had some small influence when he did insert himself. Maybe he was having another good effect by being here, helping her understand that she needed to be better at hiding her tracks so another one doesn’t come after her. A way he showed he cared. Though so was the offer for her to visit if she wanted, not going to make her if she didn’t want to but it was on the table of she wanted. 

[HURT] - for receiver’s muse to be half-conscious after an injury, and not able to keep their nightmares separate from reality.

from any of my primary muses: Eskel, Jaskier, Lambert, Geralt

There were some nights that were easier after battles, where he could slip into a deep sleep and recover what energy he had expended during the day. Exhaustion slipping into old bones, well, as much as it could for someone blessed by the gods. However, not all nights had the iron grip of sleep on him. He’s been through so many battles, seen more things than a person should. Sometimes those dreams would blend into reality, not fully sleepwalking but making the Scotsman think the battle never ended. Shooting up from the comfort of what bed he could afford without being in his manor, blue eyes looked around but didn’t register the reality of it. Brow furrowed in anger as imaged sounds of footsteps caused his head to snap towards what he thought was the door. Believing to be alone, he reached his hand out and began to summon his weapon. A glow of white light began to appear in his hands, flashing before fading to reveal the claymore being gripped tightly by its hilt in his hand. “Who thinks it’s smart to sneak up on someone like me?” Alec half growls out, nearly leaping out of the bed in a flash and sending a swing in the direction of where the dream made him believe an enemy stood.