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when the fic is good but uses first person pov
when my favorite writers respond to my asks/reqs
(photos or edits on them do not belong to me)
the fact that Izzy did his makeup is so cute.âĄ
me: im not into the blue eyed blond type.
randy, Michael, Eric, duff, bret and James:
He can shake me all night long iykwimđ€
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TĂŽ pensando em fazer uma histĂłria no universo de Ordem Paranormal, apartir de uma sessĂŁo de RPG que tive, ela seria uma histĂłria com uma pegada meio sinais do outro lado com um toque mais sobrenatural e profundo, sobre a equipe harpa, com os seguintes personagens:
SebastiĂŁo Oliveira de Assis â O Pilar da Equipe
SebastiĂŁo Ă© o mais velho e o mais resistente do grupo, tanto fisicamente quanto emocionalmente. Ele nĂŁo se considera um lĂder oficial, mas sua experiĂȘncia e instintos de sobrevivĂȘncia fazem dele o alicerce da equipe. Age como uma figura paterna de maneira nĂŁo declarada, especialmente para Keiffer, a quem protege com um cuidado que ele mesmo nĂŁo admite.
Sua relação com Clarice Ă© de respeito mĂștuoâele confia na inteligĂȘncia dela, e ela confia na brutalidade dele. Contudo, hĂĄ momentos em que seus mĂ©todos entram em conflito: enquanto SebastiĂŁo prefere soluçÔes diretas e agressivas, Clarice acredita em estratĂ©gia e planejamento. JĂĄ com Juno, hĂĄ uma amizade baseada em experiĂȘncia de campo; ambos conhecem o peso de segredos do passado e tĂȘm um entendimento silencioso, compartilhado por olhares durante as missĂ”es.
Clarice Nakamura â A Mente por TrĂĄs das OperaçÔes
Clarice Ă© a estrategista e analista da equipe. Calculista e meticulosa, ela enxerga padrĂ”es onde ninguĂ©m mais vĂȘ e sempre tem um plano B (e C). Sua relação com SebastiĂŁo Ă© um misto de respeito e frustraçãoâela admira sua força, mas frequentemente o repreende por sua impulsividade.
Com Keiffer, a relação Ă© mais protetora. Ela vĂȘ nele um jovem perdido e, mesmo sem admitir, tenta orientĂĄ-lo, oferecendo pequenos conselhos e puxĂ”es de orelha quando necessĂĄrio. JĂĄ com Juno, hĂĄ um certo atrito. Clarice respeita o conhecimento ocultista da colega, mas considera sua abordagem "intuitiva" arriscada demais. Isso gera discussĂ”es ocasionais, mas no fundo, ambas sabem que se complementam.
Keiffer â O Elo Perdido
Keiffer é o mais enigmåtico do grupo, não apenas por seu passado desconhecido, mas porque ele próprio sente que não pertence a lugar nenhum. Apesar disso, encontrou na Equipe Harpa algo parecido com um lar. Ele é próximo de Sebastião, que age como um irmão mais velho, e sente um misto de respeito e desafio por Clarice, que o trata como um novato que precisa de orientação.
Mas Ă© com Juno que sua relação Ă© mais complexa. Desde que se conheceram, hĂĄ uma tensĂŁo entre eles que vai alĂ©m de simples parceria de trabalho. Os dois compartilham uma conexĂŁo silenciosa, uma compreensĂŁo mĂștua que se manifesta em gestos pequenos, olhares prolongados e uma proximidade que nunca Ă© plenamente definida. Keiffer Ă© atraĂdo pelo mistĂ©rio de Juno, e ela, por sua vez, vĂȘ nele algo que nĂŁo consegue explicarâtalvez uma sombra de seu prĂłprio passado.
Juno Santos â A GuardiĂŁ dos Segredos
Juno Ă© intensa e pragmĂĄtica. Ela nĂŁo tem paciĂȘncia para hesitaçÔes e odeia lidar com burocracia. Sua relação com SebastiĂŁo Ă© de camaradagem respeitosa; os dois se entendem sem precisar de muitas palavras. JĂĄ com Clarice, hĂĄ uma constante tensĂŁo profissional, pois suas abordagens ao paranormal sĂŁo muito diferentesâJuno segue seus instintos, enquanto Clarice busca lĂłgica e estratĂ©gia.
E entĂŁo hĂĄ Keiffer. Juno o protege, mas nĂŁo sabe exatamente o porquĂȘ. Talvez porque o vĂȘ como alguĂ©m que, assim como ela, tem buracos no passado e carrega cicatrizes invisĂveis. Talvez porque se sinta responsĂĄvel por ajudĂĄ-lo a encontrar seu lugar. O fato Ă© que sua conexĂŁo com ele Ă© carregada de sentimentos nĂŁo ditos, de uma proximidade que beira o inevitĂĄvel.
ConclusĂŁo: Uma Equipe Unida Pelo Destino
A Equipe Harpa nĂŁo Ă© perfeita, mas funciona porque, no final das contas, cada um deles entende que sĂł tĂȘm uns aos outros contra um mundo repleto de horrores invisĂveis. Eles discutem, discordam e atĂ© se desentendem, mas quando o sobrenatural se manifesta e a realidade se distorce, nĂŁo hĂĄ dĂșvidas: eles lutarĂŁo lado a lado, atĂ© o Ășltimo segundo.
Se esse post ter alguma relevĂąncia, eu siga em frente com essa histĂłria đ€
Part 2!
Finally finished moving house so hopefully Iâll be updating semi-regularly again.
Content: brief and non-descriptive explanation of Rasputinâs backstory (injury and illness)
Agatha is over again.
You donât know why. She doesnât like you, your cats, or anything as far as you can tell. It seems her primary motivation for talking to you at all is to exercise her role as neighborhood matriarch. She âkeeps tabsâ on everyone, but especially you - the unmarried woman living alone that keeps odd hours.
A rebellious part of you wants to roll your eyes and make snarky comments whenever she sniffs at your life choices. The same part of you that would make scenes at holiday dinners or slam doors when you were a teenager. That girl has long been smoothed and polished - or maybe just worn down. Itâs so much effort to make rude, nosy, traditionalists clutch their pearls. Much easier to smile in their face and do what you want anyway.
Still, that part of you itches at the surface sometimes. Makes your eye twitch.
âI know your generation is different but thatâs just not the type of neighborhood we live in,â sheâs saying.
Youâre a bit foggy from a late night patching plotholes and havenât registered much of anything sheâs said. You really just want to go inside and stare at the TV until words make sense again.
âWhat do you mean?â you ask, for once not feigning your confusion. But of course this is the one time she doesnât buy it.
She looks down her frail little nose at you, cornflower blue eyes baleful. You donât feel scolded, but you sense that youâre supposed to.
âNow you know just what I mean. People will talk.â
People always talk, itâs an unfortunate byproduct of the human condition. Like a deaf bird, youâve never understood all the chatter.
âTalk about⊠the buttercups?â you wonder, pointing at the blossoms. Youâre quite proud of them actually.
Agatha puffs up and hisses out a breath. âYou ought to keep to this side of the street. Away from those men.â
You blink. Men�
A bang comes from across the street, followed by rough German cursing. (At least you think itâs cursing.)
Ah. Those men.
âI was just welcoming them to the neighborhood.â
It comes out of your mouth automatically, innocent excuses for something you remind yourself you donât need to justify.
âIâd rather they didnât feel welcome,â she snips. âBetter they sell that awful house and go somewhere else.â
You flick your eyes over her bony shoulder. Konig passes by a window, massive biceps on display as he lifts something outside of view.
âTheyâre nice,â you say. Nice to look at. Kruegerâs face alone quite makes up for his conversational shortcomings.
âThe only reason men like that act nice is because they want something,â Agatha snaps. âThis is a respectable neighborhood.â
Yeah, soooo respectable when Bertram rifles through your mail or Lisa looks into your backyard.
âWell,â you muse, âbetter to be on good terms with them, I think. They're not the type you want to piss off.â
That defiant streak lights up at the way her face sours. If only she knew what sort of words you use when itâs just you and the cats.
âYouâve just proven my point. Those are not the type of men young ladies should associating themselves with.â
You have to try very hard not to scrunch up your face. One blessed day, people will stop referring to you as âyoung ladyâ in that insufferably condescending tone. You canât wait for that day.
Some of your mounting irritation must show on your face because she takes on a sickly sweet âteachingâ tone.
âNeighborhoods are like gardens. Everything grows best when the rows are kept separate. Thatâs why the farmers plant them that way.â
You glance pointedly at your own yard, where the flowers are blooming in haphazard sprigs wherever you tossed the seeds. Agathaâs lips get thin.
âBest that you stay on this side of the street, missy. Thatâs the last Iâll hear of it.â
She spins on her heel and stalks off like a particularly drab bird. You stand on your porch for a second longer, face contorted in annoyed confusion. You donât even have strong feelings about the three men; the simple act of someone - Agatha of all people - labeling them as âOff Limitsâ makes them instantly more appealing.
Maybe you should see someone about that or something. Then the pathetic cries of Guy through the window lure you back inside.
Itâs nearly sundown when thereâs a knock at your door. Still agitated from your talk with Agatha, you puff up like Shithead when Rasputin sits on her favorite toy. March up to the door, fling it open - and come up short when you see the three men looming on your doorstep.
Before you can recover, a little gray blob scrambles past your ankles, crying like the sky is falling.
âOh!â Konig gasps in pleasant surprise. âHallo, Bubchen!â
And all 6-foot-plus of Austrian instantly folds to scoop Guy up. Youâve barely managed a now-useless shout of alarm when Shithead wedges her fat head between your calves. Behind you, Rasputin politely screeches his little chainsmoker call.
And somehow, in the chaos of fumbling for furballs, you end up with all three men in your foyer.
Guy is purring away in Konigâs thick arms. Shithead is attempting to scale Kruegerâs tight cargo pants. And Rasputin is pawing the air at Nikto, visibly calculating the jump to his wide shoulders.
Which leaves you with the clean serving platter you dropped off just yesterday. You blink at it for a moment, then glance at them.
âSo⊠the cookies were good then?â
âVery good!â Konig rushes to say. Krueger and Nikto each nod, almost comically solemn.
âWe have no baking or cooking skills,â Krueger continues, âso tell us what needs fixing.â
It takes you a moment to understand what he means. The house. He wants to fix your house. Itâs surprisingly sweet, and you laugh a bit, shaking your head. âYou donât need to do that, I was just-â
âIs custom,â Nikto interrupts.
Konig nods with all the enthusiasm of a bobblehead as Krueger crosses his arms. (Whatever effect heâs going for is ruined by Shithead clinging to his pocket and screaming.)
âIn our country, we bring gifts as guests. Our gift is repairs,â he explains.
You arch your brows playfully. âI donât remember inviting you to be guests.â
He arches his brows right back. âWe did not invite you either.â
Well shit.
âOkay, okay. I guess thereâs a couple thingsâŠâ
Konig perks up. âWe would be happy to help, Biene!â
Itâs strange having men in the house. You think you should be more nervous about it, canât remember the last non-family man allowed into your space. Especially alone.
Thereâs a sharp awareness, of course. Hard not to be aware of them. Itâs not just that theyâre big, dwarfing all of your you-sized furniture. Thereâs a presence to them, something felt but not seen by your untrained eye. Maybe itâs in the set of their shoulders, the way they stand with both boots firmly planted. Maybe itâs the precise way they speak and move, not just separately but as a unit. Acting more like a collective consciousness than as individuals.
Whatever it is, you couldnât ignore them if you tried. And youâre definitely not trying.
You set Krueger to work on the kitchen cabinet youâve been meaning to replace. He clicks his tongue at the tape-and-lean method youâve been using to keep the old one in place. Shithead immediately sets to work helping by gnawing at his shoelaces.
Konig is stationed in the guest bathroom, where the sink doesnât run right. Guy comes mewing into your arms when heâs set down, effectively tattling that his new friend is mean and awful for withholding affection for even a moment.
You try not to visibly hesitate when you corner yourself in your own laundry room. Nikto has followed you right in, seemingly unaware that heâs invading your personal space. Heâs not even looking at you though, eyes zeroed in on the dryer you point to.
âItâs not heating up, so the clothes stay wet or take forever to dry,â you explain.
He grunts in acknowledgement, then nods to Rasputin, who has taken up residence on the washer. His one golden eye blinks slow and serene at the two of you.
âWhat happened?â he asks.
You hum, softening in pleasant surprise at the question.
âIâm not sure how he lost his eye. It was infected when I found him. But I know for sure the tail and leg are from getting hit by a car.â
You sigh, scratching at Rasputinâs chin. A rusty purr starts up as he tilts his head, revealing some nasty scars around his throat.
âThe vet said that thatâs probably from a fight with another cat,â you add.
Guy steps from your arms to cuddle up to Rasputin, shoving his face into his ragged ear. Grooming time, then. Thatâs as good an indication as any that Niktoâs probably safe enough.
âI ran down from an office building to save him.â You blink hard, eyes stinging just from the memory. âBut anyway, he gets to rest and be pampered now.â
When you glance up from Rasputinâs happy little face, you almost startle at the sharp blue eyes pinning you in place. Your face feels warm, even though youâre not embarrassed.
âIâll, um, get out of the way,â you say, clearing your throat. âKeep an eye on things, Ras.â
With the men occupied, you find yourself once again at loose ends. You drift towards the den, but it feels awkward to sit on your ass watching TV while your neighbors fix your house.
You check the time on your phone - ignoring the text from your mother - and figure itâs not too early to start dinner.
âWill I be in the way if I start cooking?â you ask Krueger.
He flicks you a dimissive glance. âA little thing like you?â
You scoff and cross to the fridge. âYou could have just said no.â
âNein,â he snorts.
Rude bastard, you think - though not without fondness, unfortunately. The surly attitude is already growing on you.
Thereâs meat and spare boxes of pasta and veggies - thatâll work. You start tugging out ingredients, mentally doubling portions for your guests. They look like they work out even beyond the construction labor, hopefully youâll have enough to satisfy their appetites.
âSo whatâs the plan with the house?â you ask as you get to work. âJust fixing it up to sell orâŠ?â
âWe will live there, the three of us,â Krueger answers. He swipes a screwdriver from Shitheadâs batting paws. âSomewhere to stay when we are not working.â
You hum, biting back the next obvious question, loathe to become as nosy as the rest of your neighbors. Still⊠getting to know people, right?
It sounds like they expect to travel a lot. You canât imagine them as business types - not in the traditional sense anyway. Though the image of Konig sitting in a tiny cubicle does make you smile a bit. Between their statures, their clothes, their shoes, and the occasional nasty scar, you take a guess.
âAre you guys military?â
âContractor,â Krueger corrects.
You perk up. âWait, really?â
He scowls. âDoes it sound like a joke?â
You huff and turn back to the veggies youâre cutting. âNo, no. I just - you know about guns and knives and things, then?â
He pauses. You shoot him a curious glance, only to quickly look away at the intense scrutiny directed your way.
âYes,â he answers slowly.
âThen⊠could you maybe answer some questionsâŠ?â
His eyes narrow. âQuestions?â
You keep your gaze on the cutting board. âOkay, wait, it's not suspicious. Iâm a writer and itâs hard to google very specific questions sometimes. Itâs just easier to ask an expert in person.â
Never mind that majority of your readers would never know the difference. It bothers you when things arenât accurate.
He makes a considering noise. âA writer?â
You flush. âThatâs what I do. Why Iâm always home? I publish fiction.â
He stands, brushing his hands off on his pants. You peek his way, shocked to see a task youâve been putting off for weeks already done. Hell, it looks sturdier than the rest of the cabinet doors, too.
âAnd your fiction requires knowledge of guns and knives and âthingsâ?â he asks.
Your face feels like itâs on fire. âSometimesâŠâ
âFine. I will answer your questions,â he allows.
You beam. âThank you!â
He grunts, snatches a slice of pepper and pops it into his mouth.
âWhat else needs doing?â
Dinner ends up much more pleasant than expected. Nikto abstains from eating, you assume because he doesnât feel comfortable removing his ever-present mask, but he sits at the table with Rasputin in his lap. He speaks little, and has that intense gaze that prickles at your freeze instinct, but you grow used to it as the meal progresses.
Konig, however, becomes chattier with food in his belly. Heâs much more forthcoming when he answers your polite and totally casual questions - though you notice Krueger kick him under the table once or twice.
You suppose he gets you back by effectively announcing to the others what your career is. Which just kicks off the usual line of questioning about how and why you got into writing. Still, thereâs no judgment from these men that make their living in labors of blood and sacrifice, where you expected censure. You only find genuine curiosity and intrigue, good-natured questions. Not even Krueger makes backhanded comments about it not being a ârealâ job.
Before you know it, the moon is high and youâre sending the three of them off, bellies full and a little friendlier than before. Nikto nods to you (and Rasputin) as he leaves, a big Tupperware of his dinner portion in hand.
You tell yourself itâs not anticipation that goes through you, knowing theyâll be back with it soon.
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