this is Salem, a land filled with magic and maladies. It is a place where witches and their elemental familiars gather, a home to legend and
lore that predates time itself. Yet of all the wicked and wonderful stories the past can tell us of, the most magical are the ones yet to happen.
This is Salem - this is the start of your very own journey. Welcome to starfall
Starfall is an animaga witch roleplay set in mostly modern times. Members play as witches in a world plagued by monsters, where the only safe spots are walled cities. Starfall strives to be a character-driven roleplay with expansive lore and a highly interactive plotline. We want to allow members to
create and look back on a magical journey, and mold the site and its plot as their characters grow.
downtown sundial is a big place. thank god downtown sundial is a big place.
he had gotten used to the press. used to their nagging, questioning, cross-examining. but just because you're used to being old does not mean you do not have the right to act childish. and just because you're used to the press does not mean you have to bear with their bullshit.
minutes before, he had slipped into a corner store and paid for a hoodie and a pair of shades. money was cheap, sanity was priceless. he thanked the counter lady and stared right back at her (with a knowing smile) when she gave him a look for wearing the hoodie over his shirt and immediately putting the shades on. as well as the hood.
"i'm feeling a little chilly, aren't you?" he had asked.
to his minor satisfaction, the girl had blushed.
now, he was positively (in both senses of the word) lost. to his right, there were several rows of restaurants. he didn't understand why people opened their businesses so close to each other. but then again, he wasn't the merchant. no, that was someone else's title.
and then he spotted a blacksmith's forge. whistling, milo pushed open the door. he had both hands in the pockets of his newly-acquired hoodie, and since his hands were just warming up, he leaned forward so that the sunglasses slid off his nose a little and he could view the items better.
when he saw that the door to the next room was ajar, he felt the ever-so-present tug of two separate consciences: the devil and the angel. or rather, curiosity and discipline. the later, he decided, had had her way with him enough times in one week. in between the crack of the door and its frame slipped milo, lips puckered into a low whislte.
"is anybody--" his voice started loud, and then dropped very suddenly into something audible only to the walls as his eyes fell upon a timeless masterpiece "---home...."
tag(s) : maddox rothscus ✨ !---- words: 000 --- notes: so this is happening
Post by maddox rothscus ✨ on Nov 25, 2017 3:11:32 GMT
he quite likes afternoons like this. it is quiet, but not silent; there’s the crackle of a fire in the living room and the clack of nails against wooden flooring as the giant crocodile that is his father’s familiar sprawls across the rug. moosely, too, is lying before the fire, legs tucked neatly under him, head resting on the reptile’s stomach. aeris is somewhere down the road, running errands; maddox is alone, cozied into a corner of the sofa drifting somewhere between the delicious warmth of sleep and consciousness. the latter is held in place only by virtue of half-hearted concentration on a book lying on his lap.
the text itself is whimsical in writing and near nonsensical in theory, filled to the brim with mere speculation on magical applications and the like. spells that could work ( in theory ) but seldom do ( in reality ). and, in the margins, counterspells and purification rituals to undo it all, meticulously and neatly written for some pages, messy scrawls and musing in others. his own writing is somewhere in that mess as well, amateur fresh ink against ancient family history.
a mild disturbance by the door is what awakens him. or rather, what alerts moosely to the presence of a stranger, ears swivelling towards the forge in sudden wakefulness. begrudgingly, maddox gets up. adjusts the sweater so he looks slightly less of a wreck. ( forgets that he dozed off with a pen tucked behind his ear ).
"is anybody--" the voice drops, and maddox’s pace quickens. he rounds the corner, rests a hand on the side of the door frame, and regards the stranger curiously. sunglasses, a hoodie -- huh. he offers a smile, uncertain, lopsided, but not unfriendly.
milo can feel the judgments as they are being made, so in the fashion of any other diva, he looks the stranger up and down in response and says nothing. when his eyes (presumably, the yellow irises are well-hidden behind the frames of his shades) meet back at the stranger's warm-enough face, he mirrors the smile. in the subtleties, though, the smile differs- it is more straightforward, a smile more used to the crowds and a warm reception. a smile that gets what it wants.
"funny you'd ask," milo says, removing a hand from his pocket to pull the shades off and readjust his face to the room. "and sorry for barging in, by the way. you'd left the door open a crack." he quickly backs off the threshold into the inner room-- he is not trying to be a threat, and he communicates that as quickly as possible.
"but back to the topic at hand...you could help me a great deal by inviting me in 'cause there's a bit of a mob outside and it'd be bad luck to get caught in that one." granted, what milo is saying makes very little sense, and if there is a mob then he is the root of it. but logic is not a prerequisite to persuasion. "plus i think i caught sight of something even prettier inside."
he does not bother mentioning what exactly it is prettier than.
tag(s) : maddox rothscus ✨ !---- words: 000 --- notes: so this is happening