bakerstreet | You have much to learn.

APPRENTICE-SHIPPING

From the moment we begin our lives, we're learning. It's imperative to surviving, to growing - don't walk in the shadows, it's dangerous, don't touch the fire, you'll be hurt. These days, most continue to hone this natural instinct with formal schooling, but that's certainly not the end all, be all of knowledge. If you go to school or not, if you have the opportunity or otherwise, you won't stop sharpening your mind after those formative years. That's just not the way our incredible brains work.

You, specifically, have actually decided to something equally incredible: you want to really dedicate yourself to learning a skill, and what better way than an apprenticeship? Formal or informal, you're under someone's tutelage, absorbing everything they can teach, growing closer to them in the process...

...unfortunately, though, you've gained a little something extra with that bite from the fruit of knowledge. You've fallen for your mentor.

Do you realize this pitfall immediately, or will you have to learn the hard way?

Comment with your character, preferences, what role you'd like them to fill, and any information you'd like to include.
Like it says up there, the situation or setup can be strict or loose, and there may or may not be an age difference involved. Be specific in your preferences.
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A dashing rogue wizard dedicated to order, justice and looking cool. Is also secretly a boring antique expert.

While I'm down for the obvious approach of Sam having the apprentice, but what I'd really love would be Sam being an adult apprenticed to an older master, preferably in the ancient immortal type that really wasn't expecting to catch feelings for a brief little mortal.

(( probably the apprentice! can be an AU HPverse or just full-on AU of any sort~ ))

[Retired Inquisitor and part time Red Jenny looking to take someone under her wing.]

[the master. he's got 1500 years of magic under his belt.]

( OTA, she would be the apprentice. Doesn't have to be any age difference, just a difference in skill. )

The reincarnation of a demon king from another dimension, who has become a serial killer human.

I'd enjoy a dark take on this in which Eiji is training someone to become a killer in preparation for turning them into a demon themselves.

((definitely one to crush on his senpai. doesn't only have to be canon teammates, ftr, i'd love to AU him onto another team, into another sport, or basically into any situation where he'd need a senpai showing him the ropes!))

[ooc: I cannot offer you sports teams, but I can offer you a Star Wars AU where Starkiller is his jedi/sith master if that's something you'd be interested in!]

[Can be either the apprentice or the master, depending on canon point.]

[Can be either!]

( mentor, for any aspiring practitioners looking to focus on banishing and warding malevolent things, or demons specifically. age gap is fine if it's 18 or older. canon muses, OCs, assumed cr all fine, no medium preference. PM if you have any questions or want to plot! )

[ Let me know if this works for you ]

Victor knows he's not supposed to get into his mentor's things without the older man being there. There's far too much he still doesn't understand. He still has so much to learn. While his analytical mind has picked up the science of what Professor Dearborn does, Victor still doesn't have much in the way of "faith". He could easily do something and make things worse because of that lack.

But his shadows have come back to haunt him again.

He's seen the looming figure in the fog more and more often. He doesn't think it has anything to do with the needle. No. He's certain it's real. The Creature has come back again. For what, he doesn't know, but Victor is desperate to have the tools he needs to get his creation gone. Whatever demon he brought to life, he needs to banish.

He pages desperately through notes and books that are in Professor Dearborn's private study. He'd let himself in with the key he had earned only a few weeks prior. He shouldn't be challenging that trust. Because he does like the professor. He likes the man a lot. He's one of the few people in Victor's life that he truly enjoys being around.

The man is brilliant. He's handsome. He's interesting in so many ways and he's been patient at teaching him about demons and exorcism. He hasn't felt this way about anyone since...well, since last time he had been in college, before he had built the Creature.

He feels a bit guilty about using that key and going through the man's things, but he is desperate. "Where would he have put it..." He wonders softly, thumbing through another book, looking for a ritual he remembers the professor talking about.

[ the apprentice role! happy to do a canon type scenario or an AU! magic user AU maybe? ]

((New muse, be gentle. He could go either way, master or padawan.))

[ the mentor. i can't lie, this hit me with silverflint feels bigtime, but open to other pairings/ideas! ]

You have much to learn.

Samuel Solomon / Y the Mystic ✨ Superhero OC m/f

Sirius Black | Harry Potter | m/m

Medjine Adaar | Dragon Age: Inquisition | OTA

Obi-Wan Kenobi (padawan) | Star Wars

Mordred | Arthurian AU | OTA

grea | granblue fantasy

Naito Eiji 👹 OC

kunimi akira | hq!!

no subject

Starkiller | SW: Force Unleashed | OTA

Jin Guangyao (Meng Yao)| The Untamed|ota

benedict dearborn — original (academic, exorcist) — m/m

no subject

tanizaki junichirou | bungou stray dogs | ota

Anakin Skywalker | The Stars and the Wars

james flint | black sails