Crystal Exarch
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"But if I've gained anything from all of this, it is the courage to stretch out my hand."
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G'raha Tiah (Primal/Leviathan)
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IC RP blog for the Crystal Exarch || 🔞please || Not spoiler-free
G'raha Tiah (Primal/Leviathan)
Personal blog: https://bsky.app/profile/nobodysangel80.bsky.social
((Clearly your digital son got his good looks from you ♥️ ))
May 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
((Clearly your digital son got his good looks from you ♥️ ))
Few men could come through a war to liberate their homeland without scars on body and soul both, and he was not surprised to see that Hien himself bore some.
(Mental scars as well likely, but he was not one to presume.)
"Forgive me. I did not mean to disturb you. Shall I return another time?"
(Mental scars as well likely, but he was not one to presume.)
"Forgive me. I did not mean to disturb you. Shall I return another time?"
April 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Few men could come through a war to liberate their homeland without scars on body and soul both, and he was not surprised to see that Hien himself bore some.
(Mental scars as well likely, but he was not one to presume.)
"Forgive me. I did not mean to disturb you. Shall I return another time?"
(Mental scars as well likely, but he was not one to presume.)
"Forgive me. I did not mean to disturb you. Shall I return another time?"
He usually went to great pains to ensure that others would not see him like this. However, he'd lost track of time in the bath and forgot that T'asir would be arriving just as he was starting to dress.
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
He usually went to great pains to ensure that others would not see him like this. However, he'd lost track of time in the bath and forgot that T'asir would be arriving just as he was starting to dress.
Though he had not been unblemished before coming to the First, it was the crystal that replaced the flesh where wounds had been that truly drove home just how much of him had been lost. Without robes to hide it as he changed clothes, the advance of crystal devouring his body was obvious.
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Though he had not been unblemished before coming to the First, it was the crystal that replaced the flesh where wounds had been that truly drove home just how much of him had been lost. Without robes to hide it as he changed clothes, the advance of crystal devouring his body was obvious.
It was one thing to know academically that Amelia had been through more than her share of harrowing battles. It was another thing entirely to see them first hand.
He hesitated, setting aside the tray of food he had brought to her, eyes tracing the scars. "Do they still pain you?" He asked softly.
He hesitated, setting aside the tray of food he had brought to her, eyes tracing the scars. "Do they still pain you?" He asked softly.
April 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
It was one thing to know academically that Amelia had been through more than her share of harrowing battles. It was another thing entirely to see them first hand.
He hesitated, setting aside the tray of food he had brought to her, eyes tracing the scars. "Do they still pain you?" He asked softly.
He hesitated, setting aside the tray of food he had brought to her, eyes tracing the scars. "Do they still pain you?" He asked softly.
His whole body relaxed as her fingers scratched at the base of his ear, a low purr rumbling to life in his chest. Clearly the idea of her staying with him all night was a wonderful, comforting one.
April 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
His whole body relaxed as her fingers scratched at the base of his ear, a low purr rumbling to life in his chest. Clearly the idea of her staying with him all night was a wonderful, comforting one.
((I know how that feels, and it's definitely the brain weasels talking. I know I for one would be terribly sad to see you go.))
April 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
((I know how that feels, and it's definitely the brain weasels talking. I know I for one would be terribly sad to see you go.))
((Go for it! Raha deserves unabashedly smutty fun!))
April 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
((Go for it! Raha deserves unabashedly smutty fun!))
He giggled, a most rare sound to hear come from the aged Exarch's lips. "You shouldn't say that, Asir." He said, voice a little lilting and sing-song. "I'll ask you to stay with me."
April 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
He giggled, a most rare sound to hear come from the aged Exarch's lips. "You shouldn't say that, Asir." He said, voice a little lilting and sing-song. "I'll ask you to stay with me."
>That is quite remarkable, Urianger!
>Though I am not surprised they would befriend you.
>You are very charming and a pleasure to talk to, after all.
>But do be careful of the wine. It really does pack quite a punch.
>Or... so I'm told.
>Though I am not surprised they would befriend you.
>You are very charming and a pleasure to talk to, after all.
>But do be careful of the wine. It really does pack quite a punch.
>Or... so I'm told.
April 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
>That is quite remarkable, Urianger!
>Though I am not surprised they would befriend you.
>You are very charming and a pleasure to talk to, after all.
>But do be careful of the wine. It really does pack quite a punch.
>Or... so I'm told.
>Though I am not surprised they would befriend you.
>You are very charming and a pleasure to talk to, after all.
>But do be careful of the wine. It really does pack quite a punch.
>Or... so I'm told.
He looked down at himself, then up at her, silent for a moment. "I forgot. It's hard to remember when I don't feel much anymore. But I feel this. And it's nice."
April 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
He looked down at himself, then up at her, silent for a moment. "I forgot. It's hard to remember when I don't feel much anymore. But I feel this. And it's nice."
His eyes cracked open just a sliver before falling closed once more as he settled to curl up closer against her. "Thank you. I fear I may impose upon you rather often then. So long as it is not burdensome to you."
April 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
His eyes cracked open just a sliver before falling closed once more as he settled to curl up closer against her. "Thank you. I fear I may impose upon you rather often then. So long as it is not burdensome to you."
The message that came afterwards was simply a pair of hands, one crystalline and one not, making the shape of a heart, and a baby amaro chick sticking its head into the heart-shaped opening.
April 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The message that came afterwards was simply a pair of hands, one crystalline and one not, making the shape of a heart, and a baby amaro chick sticking its head into the heart-shaped opening.
I would normally say an adventure with you, getting to see the world once more at your side. But... I fear that may very well be beyond me at this point. I can scarce leave the Tower without weakening. So instead, I think I would like to spend a day with you, hearing of your many adventures."
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I would normally say an adventure with you, getting to see the world once more at your side. But... I fear that may very well be beyond me at this point. I can scarce leave the Tower without weakening. So instead, I think I would like to spend a day with you, hearing of your many adventures."
"You will lose me, yes. But there is the me who sleeps in the Tower back on the Source, the one who has not experienced all of this, who is awaiting you to wake him." He smiled softly and bowed his head, their question making him think for a moment.
"Anything at all? Hmm... that requires thought.
"Anything at all? Hmm... that requires thought.
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"You will lose me, yes. But there is the me who sleeps in the Tower back on the Source, the one who has not experienced all of this, who is awaiting you to wake him." He smiled softly and bowed his head, their question making him think for a moment.
"Anything at all? Hmm... that requires thought.
"Anything at all? Hmm... that requires thought.
He looks up as she bursts into the room,his eyes wide and tear-filled as his hands are wrapped around something unseen.
"I-I'm touching it, but I can't see it!" He cried despondently. However, his face was shadowed and his ears were likewise invisible - a sure sign of his glamour being active.
"I-I'm touching it, but I can't see it!" He cried despondently. However, his face was shadowed and his ears were likewise invisible - a sure sign of his glamour being active.
April 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
He looks up as she bursts into the room,his eyes wide and tear-filled as his hands are wrapped around something unseen.
"I-I'm touching it, but I can't see it!" He cried despondently. However, his face was shadowed and his ears were likewise invisible - a sure sign of his glamour being active.
"I-I'm touching it, but I can't see it!" He cried despondently. However, his face was shadowed and his ears were likewise invisible - a sure sign of his glamour being active.
[msg] I do remember, yes.
[msg] That event was a bit difficult to forget.
[msg] Nonetheless I am grateful for your apology.
[msg] And what of all that happened after the shooting? Do you regret that as well?
[msg] That event was a bit difficult to forget.
[msg] Nonetheless I am grateful for your apology.
[msg] And what of all that happened after the shooting? Do you regret that as well?
April 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
[msg] I do remember, yes.
[msg] That event was a bit difficult to forget.
[msg] Nonetheless I am grateful for your apology.
[msg] And what of all that happened after the shooting? Do you regret that as well?
[msg] That event was a bit difficult to forget.
[msg] Nonetheless I am grateful for your apology.
[msg] And what of all that happened after the shooting? Do you regret that as well?
He smiled, looking up at her as she draped her jacket over him. "Too scratchy. Left them downstairs. But it's alright now." Looking down at his crystalline arm, his smile faded to a slight pout. "I look half frozen already. What would the difference be?"
April 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
He smiled, looking up at her as she draped her jacket over him. "Too scratchy. Left them downstairs. But it's alright now." Looking down at his crystalline arm, his smile faded to a slight pout. "I look half frozen already. What would the difference be?"
It was rare to hear the Exarch giggle, and even more rare to see him in such an undignified state. "I wish it was. I haven't felt rain on my skin in decades."
He sat up as she approached, his tail laying across his lap and his legs swinging idly. "Or snow." He sighed dreamily. "I miss snow."
He sat up as she approached, his tail laying across his lap and his legs swinging idly. "Or snow." He sighed dreamily. "I miss snow."
April 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
It was rare to hear the Exarch giggle, and even more rare to see him in such an undignified state. "I wish it was. I haven't felt rain on my skin in decades."
He sat up as she approached, his tail laying across his lap and his legs swinging idly. "Or snow." He sighed dreamily. "I miss snow."
He sat up as she approached, his tail laying across his lap and his legs swinging idly. "Or snow." He sighed dreamily. "I miss snow."
many days in which I feel the trust placed in me by those that made this all possible was misplaced. But you are alive. The other Scions are alive. The world - all of our worlds - will continue on. It is enough for me. It has to be."
April 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
many days in which I feel the trust placed in me by those that made this all possible was misplaced. But you are alive. The other Scions are alive. The world - all of our worlds - will continue on. It is enough for me. It has to be."
There was a moment of hesitation, an ache that he could not banish even now at the sight of the wetness at the corners of their eyes. "It falls upon me, my failings and shortcomings, that I could not think of a way to save you and spare you this pain as well. A better man could have. There are
April 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
There was a moment of hesitation, an ache that he could not banish even now at the sight of the wetness at the corners of their eyes. "It falls upon me, my failings and shortcomings, that I could not think of a way to save you and spare you this pain as well. A better man could have. There are