Rogue Sloth

~Bonsoir~

No words were spoken, but Vail could sense a tangible shift in Victoria’s determination as she took first one step and then another. He watched her closely with his hands still resting loosely against her body, prepared to catch her if she stumbled but not holding her up while she tried to walk. Although he’d only told her to try taking two steps, he remained quiet as she pushed herself to take more. If she was strong enough to handle it, there was no reason to stop her from trying. He was impressed by her resolve to recover as quickly as she could, shuffling tentatively forward until she couldn’t hold herself upright any longer.

The excitement in her voice brought a smile to his lips, and he nodded. “I knew you could,” he responded confidently. Her firm squeeze of his hand had been reassuring too. Already, her grip was stronger than it had been when she was mortal, and it was exciting to think about how much more powerful she would become once she had fully recovered from the ordeal of being turned. She hadn’t even touched human blood yet. He shook his head faintly to himself, marveling over her potential. He never would have considered it before, but it was starting to seem like she was going to be a vampire to be feared once she came into her own as an immortal.

When she collapsed into his arms again, he caught her, true to his word. Her laugh was melodious, and it coaxed a chuckle out of him as well. Carefully, he brought he back to the bed, where he sat her down next to himself on the edge of the mattress to rest for a moment, wrapping one arm around her midriff to pull her into his side. He was still eternally relieved that she was awake and moving about again. Ever since the sound of her first heartbeat, all of his fears that he’d lost her forever were washed away. She was alive, and they were safe in Scotland, far away from the vampires who had tried to take her away from him before.

“Let’s break for now,” he decided, wanting to give her weakened body time to rest before she went at it again. It was still hard to tell if she would be able to make it all the way to the summer house before the end of the day. If worse came to worst, they could always borrow a walking cane to give her some support if she was determined to come with him to see his family though. And he didn’t mind carrying her if she became tired while they were out of the manor.

Turning his head toward her, he studied her fair-skinned face for a moment before cupping her cheek in his free hand to guide her into his lips in a kiss. He wanted to let her rest after trying to walk, but that didn’t mean they had to sit perfectly still until she was ready to try again. Having missed her dearly while she’d been a corpse, he would indulge himself in her familiar touch at least a little.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

For the rest of the day, Caspian managed to forget about his psychiatric appointment and the impromptu meeting to which his father had summoned him. Being with Iris and Miles had been the distraction he’d so desperately needed. Caring little about what was on the TV, he watched whatever shows they chose to put on, ordered lunch at one point so they could eat, and talked about random, mindless topics that didn’t have much purpose other than keeping them all entertained. By the time the clock passed eleven pm and his curfew was approaching, he was in a much better mood. He wished he didn’t have to go home though.

Putting his shoes back on to leave, he nodded when Iris asked if he would come by at the same time tomorrow. “As long as I don’t have any plans thrusted on me at the last second, I’ll be here as soon as I can in the morning,” he assured her with a smile, righting his posture. Anything to stay away from the king. “I like card games, so I’d be happy to play with you. I’ll put up more of a fight than Miles, that’s for sure.” He casted a competitive grin at his friend, who snorted in response.

“You’re all talk,” the other high born asserted brashly, crossing his arms over his chest. “We both know I’m the best at card games, and I taught Iris everything she knows. We’ll wipe the floor with you.”

“You do know those games are mostly luck, right?” Cas pointed out dryly. “You literally can’t be ‘the best’ at a game that relies almost entirely on chance.”

“That’s what you think,” Miles grinned back at him.

Cas shook his head amusedly and turned back to Iris, “Anyway, I should get going. It was good to see you again. I’ll text Miles when I’m on my way back over, okay?”

With a few more parting words among the three of them, he turned and headed back to his car in front of the estate with a tired yawn. Though they had lounged around for most of the day, it had still felt busy, and he looked forward to laying down in his soft bed to get some sleep. Hopefully the next morning would be better than the last one had been. Spurred by the thought, he settled in behind the wheel and drove back to the Maydestone mansion, turning the stereo up and rolling the windows down to keep himself alert on the highway.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

Hope you're feeling better! My weekend was super busy, but I just took my friend back to the airport a little while ago, so I'll be catching up on posts today and tomorrow! I got super behind because so many people posted over the last three days xD

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EDIT: Finally got one done! I still think I'll have the fight between Cas and Atlas happen in my next post before Cas goes to bed :)

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

Sorry that took so long! A friend came over on Wednesday, which ended up throwing off my schedule a bit (in a good way). I finally got my post done though! Feel free to skip ahead if you want. I have nothing planned until Cas goes home and talks to his father.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

“I knew you’d come around,” Miles grinned when Iris said that the reality shows were growing on her. “No one can fight it forever. These shows are just too good.”

“Except for Jay,” Caspian reminded him. Though he and Miles found some of the shows entertaining, their friend always slouched with his nose in his phone if they put one on the TV. The other high born was more of a fan of shows that were more action-packed and thrilling.

“I don’t buy it,” Miles folded his arms skeptically. “He says he doesn’t like them, but I’m pretty sure that’s just because he’s trying to look like he’s too manly for dating shows. I’d bet money that he watches them when he’s alone.”

“I doubt that,” Cas disagreed. “If he’s watching any reality TV in his free time, I’m sure it’s shows about random trades like metalsmithing or glassblowing or something.” That was where he’d put money down in a bet. Knowing his friend was fascinated with trades that weren’t taught at the capital university, he was sure he’d win.

When Iris smiled at him, discreetly confirming that she did care about him for who he was, Cas returned the expression affectionately. He’d already known that she wasn’t after him because of his status. When they’d met, she hadn’t even known her own last name, yet her feelings had formed and persisted all the same. It was why he loved her and was determined to fight as hard as he could to be with her. He still didn’t have a plan as to how he would get his father to accept that he was in love with a former member of the rebellion, but even if it took time, he wasn’t going to give up. He cared about her too much for that.

“You know, you’re a lot cheesier in real life than the gossip writers make you out to be,” Miles snickered, referring to all the articles that came out about Aspiria’s “playboy prince.” The writers were so far off their mark, it was comical.

“I don’t tell them what to say,” Cas rolled his eyes. “They just know what gets them more readers. Girls in the capital are way more interested in reading about a hard-to-get guy who drips with sexuality than they are in hearing about the real me, who spends most of his time with two idiots and has never been in a long term relationship. Since the lies they put out aren’t slandering, I just don’t do anything about them. It’s not worth my time.”

“And it gets you lots of attention from hotties around the city, right?” Miles added, waggling his brows suggestively. “Don’t try to deny it. It’s nice to have gorgeous women fawning over you.”

Cas shook his head exasperatedly, wishing his friend wouldn’t keep pushing the subject while Iris was around. It would have been a lie to say that he never liked the attention. It was a nice stroke to his ego to know that there were so many people who were interested in him. However, he didn’t actually want to date any of them. The amnesiac rebel girl was the only woman he wanted to be with. So, trying to move on from the uncomfortable conversation, he turned back to the TV and changed the subject, “Do either of you have any favorites this season? The couple onscreen now look good together.”

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

That's cool. I don't know many people who like working on weekends, haha. When I was in school it was really draining to have to work on projects when I wanted time to relax.

Oh yeah xD I call it the Storm lmao Whenever everyone replies within 24 hours of each other I want to curl up in a ball and question my life decisions.

Good luck searching! A trick I tend to use is reading some of the other 1x1s on the site to find people who have a writing style that I like. Then I'll PM them to ask if they want to start up a new story with me and see if we have any common interests :) Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

I don't think I'll need too much of a break :) If I don't get a post up today at some point, I most likely will tomorrow. I probably won't be online much over the weekend though because a friend from out of state is coming to stay with us for a few days.

Yeah, the good thing is that only 3 of them are fairly active right now. One of my partners is on hiatus and 4 others are only writing about once a month or so recently.

Hopefully you can find someone to do that plot with you! I'm surprised no one has grabbed it yet, since pirates are fun to write. I tried one of those RPs last year but it didn't last long because my partner dropped it. She was one of the few people who've left RPs with me that actually told me she wasn't interested anymore though, so I appreciated that. Ghosting sucks.

That's cool! Congrats to the company, haha. Have you been doing anything fun to celebrate?

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

Definitely. I enjoy writing more often than not, since it's my main hobby (I have 9 active stories now, yikes) but every once in a while I'm like 'eh, I need a couple days off to rest my muse.' Sometimes I get cool ideas when that happens though, so maybe I'll think of something interesting for this one.

I definitely did that a few days ago xD I decided no more new RPs when I was at 7, and then one partner reappeared from the void from over a year ago, and we picked up our old story, and last week I caved and started one more because I had a character I've really wanted to use for a long time as a MC lol I have no self control ^^;

I've been good! Just giving lots of attention to my needy cat and talking to some people over text. How about you?

Tell me how you met your S/O or Best Friend. Meet-cute stories please!

I've got a couple stories that could be interesting. I dunno, but sure, I'll share because I have nothing else to do xD

My ex boyfriend and I sort of knew each other since we were in 7th grade (maybe earlier?). Our families sat next to each other at church for years. I didn't pay much attention to him until high school, when one of our mutual friends brought us and some other people together into a bigger group. That friend group formed a band because all of us were into music and happened to play different instruments. My ex wrote all the lyrics, and I wrote the instrumental accompaniments for everyone. This went on for about 3 years, during which time we never thought about dating. I only saw him as a platonic friend (assuming he wasn't interested in me), but I guess something changed for him because out of nowhere senior year, he asked me to go with him to his school's prom. It was ridiculously romantic, and apparently he'd planned the whole thing with my mom for the past week or so. I came home from marching band practice, and he was in the living room wearing a suit and holding a bouquet and a sign asking me to the dance. I was completely blindsided because I had no idea he was going to do this, but I ended up going with him, and that's where he asked me to be his girlfriend.

Side note: After I said yes to the prom-posal, my mom had him stay for dinner and whipped out the embarrassing baby photos...

Now for my husband, the story is a little more funny. According to him, we met at a huge bonfire in the woods during my freshman year of college. I don't remember that at all. Being the social butterfly that I am, I had met probably 40 other people, getting phone numbers and making friends with anyone I found interesting. The next day, we ran into each other again at a Starbucks and a mutual friend introduced us (me having already forgotten we met the night before. Oops). That was where we became friends. At first I wasn't at all interested in dating him because I had made a personal decision not to be in a relationship for a year after my ex and I broke up (despite the cutesy start, that relationship ended up being toxic af for me). He also had decided not to date that year because of different personal reasons. Still, we were just... drawn to each other? Even though neither of us planned to be in a relationship, we fell into one without even meaning to after about three months of hanging out. It was during Thanksgiving weekend. Everyone else in our friend group had already left campus to be with their families, and we ended up hanging out because we weren't leaving until the next morning. We spent the ENTIRE day together and stayed up until 5am playing games and talking until he eventually put his arm around me (he's always been a cheeseball and I love it) and we almost fell asleep on his sofa. After Thanksgiving, we kept our relationship a secret from the rest of our friends for about a month because we were afraid of drama. It sounds kinda braggy, but I'm not exaggerating. All the guys in our group were into me and all the girls were into him, so when we finally told them we were together, most of the group left. It was awkward, but I ended up marrying him and he's my best friend, so the loss of those relationships was worth it in the long run.

My stories are longer than most because I only dated guys after I had been friends with them first, but I hope there's material here that you find interesting!

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tl;dr: Apparently I'm really bad at remembering guys I meet and need mutual friends to introduce me to them after we already know each other from other places.

Amnesia [Suki & Summer]

Good so far, just slow going. Also sorry it's taking me a little longer than usual to reply! I've had a lapse in motivation for some reason. My muse tends to take vacations sometimes without giving me any notice, and I'm pretty sure it did this week ^^; I'll still be getting a reply back to you as soon as I can! Just have to push through the writer's block.