if you try and chase the sun you're never gonna catch it
Vesper doesn’t flinch at the threat—not from the sharp glint in her eye or the casual hand on her dagger. If anything, his smirk deepens, the shadows of the Celestine catching in the angles of his face as he tilts his head to glance down at her. "If it was a blink hare, I’d have called Nova," he drawls, voice low and velvety as twilight. "I wouldn't dare to bother you for anythin' less than a dragon."
His hands stay in the deep pockets of his coat, sleeves pushed up, collar open, exposing the faint shimmer of starlight that catches on the constellation freckles crawling lazily across his throat. The Celestine glows soft around them—moonflowers trembling open, distant birds preening on their perches—but there’s something sharper beneath it now. Something hungry.
"I’m serious, though," he adds, tone quieter now, as the footpath winds between swaying trees and bursts of silver blossoms. "This thing’s not like the rest of what they’ve got here. Looked half-dead. Worse than that. It’s in one of the shaded enclosures, near the back—looked like it might’ve ripped a man’s arm off before someone got it caged." Then, just as she passes beneath a trail of glowing ivy, he leans in a little, his voice brushing her ear. "Thought of you immediately."
His hands stay in the deep pockets of his coat, sleeves pushed up, collar open, exposing the faint shimmer of starlight that catches on the constellation freckles crawling lazily across his throat. The Celestine glows soft around them—moonflowers trembling open, distant birds preening on their perches—but there’s something sharper beneath it now. Something hungry.
"I’m serious, though," he adds, tone quieter now, as the footpath winds between swaying trees and bursts of silver blossoms. "This thing’s not like the rest of what they’ve got here. Looked half-dead. Worse than that. It’s in one of the shaded enclosures, near the back—looked like it might’ve ripped a man’s arm off before someone got it caged." Then, just as she passes beneath a trail of glowing ivy, he leans in a little, his voice brushing her ear. "Thought of you immediately."
And now it's turning out to be the worst of my bad habits
☆ has a pale star tattoo beneath his left eye, and freckle-sized constellations move across his skin
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
