Originally Posted by Celesti4
Oh my god, thank you. I needed this today. galehearteyes That made my day much better 😘

Thank you, I'm glad to hear that! hug

Some more love from the gentle Lord... smile

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Originally Posted by Celesti4

Finally got my DarkUrge a tent:
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I see she's been making sketches of him in her diary. I also see red ropes there in the top left for those special times Durge needs to be restrained. laugh

Oh, it's so cute! I love this exquisite journal so much! The portrait of Astarion is very touching. Astarion would probably be happy to look into the tent and see the diary with his portrait on it (on the left, I think it's written about him too... astarionhappy)

Originally Posted by Sini
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Hehehe, I love that look on his face! astarioncool

Originally Posted by Sini

"Oh Dad, that was great how the cat surrendered to you. Will I be able to do that too?"
"Of course and so much more, even if you don't have to manipulate cats, they can't help but love you."
"I can't wait to learn all these things." Junior smiles happily and hugs his father's legs tightly. "I'm now looking for Sceleritas into the garden."
"Here, your candies and the sugared beetle for Sceleritas, which he hates so much." Astarion smiles slightly.
"Thank you Dad."

Once in the garden, Sceleritas sits waiting on a step, still holding the shovel in his hand. "You can put down the shovel, my dad won't punish you." He sits down on the step next to him. Junior puts a candy in his mouth, "Here my friend, a sugared beetle for you" whispers the little boy. Sceleritas smiles and bites off a piece of the beetle. "Very friend...ly."

“Meow, and that boar's leg is for me! I see you're quite good at welcoming guests, Lord Astarion! And what an exquisite scratching post...” The cat sat on Astarion's shoulder and glanced from the roast boar on the table to the luxurious couch covered with scarlet velvet, but in the end he made up his mind, preferred the food and jumped on the boar with a predatory rumble. Half an hour later, Astarion discovered that the black cat lying on the table had a very soft white belly... “I haven't surrendered... Purrrr... I just... I just... I can't move... The boar is too fat... Such an opponent is not easy to digest... Purrrr...” The cat struggled to maintain his dignity and contain his purring while Astarion, who had always loved cats, exploited the helpless state of the overfed cat by stroking his soft fur and looking out the window, watching Junior and Sceleritas playing in the garden with a slight smile.


Originally Posted by Sini
Sceleritas is the voice in the background, whispering from the shadows. Just like he's always been with the Dark Urge...he has many talents. He fully expects that when Astarion is gone, the Dark Urge, Junior and he will go back to the Temple of Bhaal and he will have the Dark Urge and Junior to himself. rolleyes

Unfortunately or fortunately, his plans are usually not particularly sophisticated and underestimate Astarion's abilities. So he will certainly often incur the wrath of Astarion. He actually likes Astarion, but the Dark Urge is his life in the truest sense of the word and his rotten little heart is consumed by jealousy. So he will take every risk to get rid of him.

Astarion then has to fight through situations like this, but yes, his biggest concern is looking good. hahaha He sees Sceleritas as more of an annoying little evil. Such an uprising by townspeople can't be worse than killing hundreds of goblins, it just takes a while. cry

Yes, Sceleritas seems unable to control his jealousy! grin But really, the intelligence of those townspeople on whom his plan worked is hardly higher than that of the notorious goblins, if they went with torches to the castle of a powerful vampire, so it won't be hard to deal with them, Sceleritas miscalculated a bit! wink And looking good Astarion wants at all times, at all hours of the day and night (and he definitely manages it). shadowheartgiggle

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of town in one small house...

- Hey, wife, what's that noise? Where did our neighbors go with torches? They're probably drunk again, they're going to get into our pigsty again, I'll smash their faces in! There's dry manure there, I'll shove this torch in one place before they start a fire...

- Quiet, quiet, there's a fight against some vampire... Like, a vampire in the castle, evil, stuff like that... Go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow...

- What vampire? That Archduke Ravengard, is he? Because he's a bloodsucker who raised taxes!

- Nah, it's not Ravengard, it's this, what's-his-name, Astarion...

- What, are we paying him or something?

- No, we don't pay, he's not an archduke... Well, like, vampires kill people, stuff like that. Go to sleep, I'll have to bring a rooster to your ear again tomorrow, you won't wake you up...

- Killing, you say? And they're gonna kill him?

- Yeah, what's it to you? Are you going to bed?

- I have to save! I'll be right back, honey!

- Who are you saving, you fool! Go home now!

- Like who? To save the neighbors' potatoes from the barn! They'll be eaten by a vampire, but what about the potatoes? Should it be lost? It'll rot away for nothing!

So city life after this uprising will be back to its usual peaceful routine pretty soon...

Originally Posted by Sini
I like her paintings very much.

This one's gorgeous, too:

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One life, one love - until the world falls down.