bakerstreet | Unintended

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Unintended

UNintended

You know exactly what to expect: out there, in that big wide word, is the person who's just for you. A soulmate, maybe. A destined lover. The story's always the same. The princess falls for the prince, her knight and shining armor. The heroes will grow to love one another. Happily ever after.

Except, somehow, a chapter from another book got put into your tale.

You have the one you know you should be with, or you know where or who they are...yet somehow, somewhere, your heart got stolen by another. A heroic soul loves a bandit. Snow White is charmed by a dwarf instead of good-looking royalty.

So maybe you do have a choice. Will you follow your script and be with who the fates intend, or take a chance and go where your own desires lead?

— basically, with all the ~destined~ couples and SOULMATES4lyfe memes floating around out there, I wanted to do a #teamfreewill fuck destiny!!1 one.
— comment with your character, canon, prefs, etc.
— reply to others.

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[ No kidding, I'm absolutely in love with this concept. Let's skip the prince and go for Snow finding happiness with a commoner, a huntsman, a bandit, an outcast - even a dwarf! Just about whatever you come up with, I can play. ]

OOC: Do you want to AU things so this guy fits more into Snow's canon and he's an enchanted doll of some kind, or AU Snow into Connor's canon and have her be a human who falls in love with an android? I'm happy to do the intro in either case.

[ ...you had me at "enchanted doll." All the fairy tale curses and tragic love potential have my heart aflutter.

I vote for this. I stuff the ballot box, in fact. ]

[Queen Ravenna’s hunter is widely feared, but no one can quite agree on what he looks like. They say he’s a shadow who steals young, beautiful women away from their homes. They say he’s a demon that always finds those who speak against the queen without fail and drags them to the dungeons to rot. They say he’s a former general of the king, enchanted by the queen’s beauty as Markus was and devoted to follow her every whim.

There’s a kernel of truth in all of it. Connor is devoted to the queen, yes, but not because of her beauty. After Ravenna took over, she found a doll being made by the noble seamstresses for a noble child—equisitely detailed, almost human in every way. She gave it life, and enchanted it to always obey her commands. Connor is just the name he was given to blend in to crowds when he’s sent on missions elsewhere, and he has a curious ability to hunt targets and bring them back to her.

But his primary function is to look after Snow White. It’s supposed to be a cruelty, allowing Snow White contact only with a fake man, but he never tries to be cruel when it’s not ordered of him. Instead, he shows kindness, doing his best to make Snow comfortable and cheerfully carrying on conversations and finding books and other things to keep her occupied. He was never ordered to be unkind, so he is not. Although at times, he reminds Snow that he’s not real, and Ravenna’s magic can grant him life but not emotion or autonomy. He is just as much a doll now as he always was—simply a moving one. And the day Ravenna wills it, he won’t even be that.

(Though he can tell himself, secretly, that he likes spending time with Snow much more than kidnapping women. She’s kind to him like others aren’t. She’s engaging and treats him like a person, even if he reminds her not to. He tries not to examine too closely what it mean s for him to have a preference at all.)

And then Snow escaped. Connor only found out that Ravenna wanted her dead when he was ordered to hunt her down and cut out her heart.

He hunted her as he was ordered. He tracked her to the dark forest, and he followed her tracks. He could practically feel her in the air. She is hiding underneath a tree. He knows where. He can always find his target.

But something makes him hesitate. The awful feeling that’s been building in his abdomen since Snow escaped makes it impossible to raise his knife. He stares at the underbrush hiding her, fingering his knife, struggling to make the awful feeling go away.

He doesn’t want to do this. He doesn’t want to do this.]

Snow.

[It’s a warning. He never gives warnings, but he will for her. A warning to let her know she’s been discovered.]

Edited 2018-07-02 03:27 (UTC)

[No, for real. OTA. I ship her with all the people - human or otherwise~ Mamorus will be shown the door, sorry in advance~]

[ooc: Modern au of the Hades/Persephone mythos? Casey's kind of a bright, springy ditz, so Hades might be amused with him.]

(OOC: Yes, please! Hades values his amusement above all else.)

[It isn't uncommon for Casey to lose track of his surroundings, whether it be during sex or talking on the phone or shopping. He becomes focused on what he's doing an not much else. Today he's even multitasking, sitting in the middle of the shopping center on a large planter. He's in the shade of one of the trees there, which lends its shade also to brilliant marigolds and swathes of honeysuckle curling about.

And he's ignoring them, talking on his phone while he picks boredly at his nails. His discussion is pleasant, at least.]

Alright, well, I'll be home in, like, a couple of hours, so I'll water the plants for you. Yeah, yeah, don't worry about it...

(The shadows stretch out - far more than they should. Surely the trees are not so talented! The darkness does not go on forever, however; it pauses at the feet of a strange being. Hades's form changes depending on what the onlooker thinks of death (for example if they are frightened of it, he might be a monstrous beast). Usually he does not care how others react to him; soon they will join him within the bowels of the Earth. But when his gaze alights on Casey, he feels...a stirring.

This soul is different. For the first time, Hades is hoping this one doesn't scream. Tucking his large wings against his back, he closes the distance between them and gives the man a small smile.)

You will not be going home.

Edited 2018-07-02 03:20 (UTC)

...um...excuse me? Hang on, Moses, I'll talk to you later.

[He hangs up, an eyebrow raised at the...person...before him, A potential customer maybe...? Casey looks them over, judging their appearance... He is awful pretty, but...are those horns? A cosplayer?]

Says who? You willing to pay me for it?

I will give you whatever you desire. (Only not his freedom. Not yet, at least. Hades holds out a hand.) Come with me and forget this world. I will make you happy.

(He doesn't want to kidnap him, but if he must...)

Pfft--

[A little chuckle bubbles out of Casey, as he reaches out to take Hades's hand.]

Everyone's got their kink, I guess. You must be real into roleplay...

(He knows about role-play, of course. Many do it within the shadow of night - or in the shadows period. That is part of his realm. But what Hades offers is real; not a fantasy.)

I will show you my palace.

(In a blink, he transports them to the dim depths of the Earth. There, an odd, enormous structure has been built. Casually, Hades guides Casey down the pathway to it. Don't mind the spirits floating around. They are friendly - for the most part.)

.......

What the fuck just happened?!

[He tries to tug away from Hades, looking at the surrounding spirits with panic. This isn't happening. This isn't real. What the HELL is going on?]

(Hades remains calm and he does not allow Casey to tug away from him. There are too many places the man could get lost; he could even hurt himself. No, Hades had other plans in mind.)

I transported you to my realm. I am Hades. (He pauses to let that sink in.) Do I look horrible to you?

[ Thoughts on a low-born lady Knight who has pulled herself up through the ranks? Up for both royalty/commoner or hero/villain routes. AU is fine by me. ]

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𝒔𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 ( snow white and the huntsman ) ota

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