prescribes | AMALGAMATION | 2023.01.28 "alhaitham was the true embodiment of a diligent researcher - he was used to predictability, rules, boundaries within which everything should operate. kaveh sat decidedly outside of any such rules and boundaries, always catching him off-guard with his passionately argumentative self, content to wear his heart on his sleeve for everyone to see."
wooow | LOVE THROUGH THE EYES OF ANTAGONY | 2023.11.03 "His wish: An ideal world. It's the flame burning inside Kaveh and the reason his pencil gives rise to cities. He builds people up even if he ends up falling behind, but let the wolves consume his bones. If everyone is full then he has no reason to feel starved, right?"
cashewlater | WHAT THE CAMERA SEES | 2023.08.02 "Kaveh is sitting in a booth at the local cafe, nursing a cup of something creamy and sweet and absolutely spiked (what the barista doesn't know won't hurt her), and planning out what he wants to do for the next month or so of his streams. Jackal destroyed his world record speedrun in their shared favorite Metroidvania just yesterday, and with the other currently focused on the newest Toyoverse game, Kaveh has time to claw the top spot back."
sapio | USER2.718 | 2023.10.04 "It's been a few weeks since then. By all accounts, he's still a new streamer, but he's already gained some small measure of popularity as "Pharos", a young man who keeps his anonymity protected by the lacy masks he tends to wear over his face, the lenses that change the color of his eyes, the careful arrangement of his blonde hair so that only the softest, loosest tendrils drift over his cheeks."
parries | DODGING THE QUESTION | 2023.02.11 "Kaveh makes his way into the study with all of his usual aplomb, picking up the book in question and leafing through it for the condoms he himself placed in there earlier, for reasons that he still hasn't entirely explained— and that, honestly, he's not entirely sure he fully knows himself."
subscribing | IT'S COLD IN THE DESERT | 2023.03.15 "It's a good thing that his irritated yell ("oh, fuck off, you jerk!") doesn't bring a gang of Eremites or a wild animal down on him, because the desert is spacious and empty enough that his melodic voice carries quite a distance."
diffract | SPOKEN UNSPOKEN | 2023.03.27 "Sometimes I think I truly hate you, but I don't, and that's the worst part."
admonishinginstruction | BREATHING FLOWERS | 2023.03.27 "The stories in that book, one he's now read possibly a hundred times in search of answers or even clues, talk of a surgery, the only cure outside that one more obvious one— the impossible one, that is— but Kaveh's not sure such a thing really exists in their world. Nor is he even sure he would want it, if it did. The idea, after all, stands polar to everything for which Kaveh has ever stood."
cashewlater | NEEDED IT | 2023.04.15 "He's halfway to waking before he realizes that he's not in his own bed. The mattress under him is harder than the plush softness he's used to, the morning sun falling across his face from a different direction than what is normal. There's a dull ache at the front of his head, a tell-tale sign all on its own that he imbibed far too much last night; the uncomfortable, sandy feeling of dry sweat coats his skin, the only thing between him and the bedsheets."
veardant | INTERVENTION | 2023.04.15 "By the time they're walking over Gandha Hill, Kaveh is pleasantly tipsy. He hasn't noticed Tighnari's eyes on him, but he's certainly had more than enough drinks during the day for his friend's watchful eyes to notice. After all, it's his first day free in a while, so why shouldn't he celebrate and enjoy himself? And in his defense, it's not until dinner that he drank more heavily, anyway. Cyno's jokes..."
veardant | THE MIRROR | 2023.04.22 "The invitation from Tighnari is entirely welcome, perhaps almost a relief. He feels like he's barely seen his friend at all this semester; after all, coming toward the end of their respective studies as they are, they're both busy."
ironwind | STARLIGHT, STAR BRIGHT | 2023.04.26 "One too many restless nights tossing and turning over his latest project have led Kaveh to where he is now, strolling along one of the many slopes of Gandha Hill, eyes trained on the sky: on the stars hanging like gems from the deep blue canvas above, on the moon shining its face down on the grassy fields and allowing him the gift of its blue-tinted sight."
veardant | FELLING TREES | 2023.04.28 "There are a lot of ways today could have gone, but in Kaveh's mind, this was never one of them. And that's not to say that he's never thought of Tighnari that way— to the contrary, the opposite is true if anything. The Forest Watcher is someone with his head properly on his shoulders. He knows what he wants out of life and how to go about getting it. Meanwhile, Kaveh is pretty much a mess. A horny, desperate mess."
subscribing | RELATIONSHIP STATUS | 2023.04.28 "The button reads: in a committed relationship with fucking himself over. Kaveh looks Very Displeased, but he makes no effort to remove it."
subscribing | EXHAUSTION | 2023.05.04 "He's so tired he can barely focus but at the same time he has no desire to sleep— or perhaps it's more accurate to say that he can't, with his attention drawn so intently by the things he has yet to do. It's like this that the hours tick away before without him really being aware of them doing so, and before long he's staring bleary-eyed at a design that won't do what he wants it to, no matter how hard he tries."
equipollent | CONFESSION | 2023.05.16 "Your muscles are the kind of thing wet dreams are made of."
haravatits | THE WOUND IS THE PLACE WHERE LIGHT ENTERS YOU | 2023.05.18 "Usually, Kaveh might complain about the supposed disinterest with which his roommate takes on such tasks. In the fragility of the moment, however, where a word too kind or a touch too tender might push him headlong into the spiral, he finds himself appreciating it— even as he grieves in his mind for the latest in a long line of hopes and dreams to be shattered by the cold touch of reality."
sapio | MAN-BUNS AND MOISTURIZER | 2023.06.28 "The way I see it, you have a couple of options, and mostly involving destroying the mood so completely they have no choice but to give up. Personally, I recommend sitting next to them and reading in your best monotone voice from the dullest chapter of the dullest textbook you own."
aptitudes | SPONTANEITY | 2023.07.06 "Do you really think that picture is going to inspire me to make a stop on the way home??"
aptitudes | BIRTHDAY | 2023.07.10 "Today is officially the worst day of Kaveh's life. The worst day, to be more specific, in thirty years, something he would much prefer to forget— something he hasn't been allowed to forget..."
ironwind | RIVALRY | 2023.07.15 "Kaveh himself has barely dared look at his Irminsul account; the antis on both sides have been more vocal than usual, their insults drowning out even the most supportive of fans."
localgrandma | BDMS | 2023.07.15 "Madam Faruzan! I assure you, that's completely unnecessary. He's not being rude at all, I swear. There is no need to... to find out who he is, or talk to him or his mentor—"
equipollent | FUCK, MARRY, KILL | 2023.07.18 "I'm obviously not planning to kill you, Alhaitham. Isn't this all hypothetical?"
desideration | 11PM APPOINTMENTS | 2023.07.28 "Uh... I'd rather start the work on the restoration sooner rather than later, so... 11pm is fine? I feel bad asking for your time that late in the night, though..."
linguaphilia | SICK DAY | 2023.08.08 "Gone is his plan to borrow one of his roommate-cum-landlord's belts (his own are all in the wash after an incident en route back from his latest project in the desert). Instead, he draws the other's curtains tightly shut to prevent the light from filtering in and waking him, sends word to the Akademiya that their Scribe won't be in today— and to this own clients that he will need to reschedule their planning meetings— and from there, keeps himself busy preparing cold compresses and teas and juices and soups."
juridique | LEFT BEHIND | 2023.08.20 "Which is how he finds himself that afternoon on an airbus headed for Erinnyes, looking out over the beautiful blue of the inland lake that everyone thinks of as ocean. Just before the vehicle pulls out of its station, another passenger boards— a tall man, ethereal and beautiful and well-dressed in a way Kaveh has never seen. The blonde greets him with a small smile, but doesn't say much— at first anyway, until the journey begins and the silence between them stretches for a little too long."
divestment | PENACONY DREAMS | 2024.02.13 "It's been a long day. With the Express having recently settled on Penacony, Kaveh has spent the majority of his hours going around and looking at the various structures, all the different kinds of architecture the place has to offer. And now that night has fallen, the bars— well, this is exactly what he needs to relax after a few weeks of more intense travel with the other Nameless."
vidyadharas | INTO THE DRAGON'S LAIR | 2024.02.17 "When he stumbles across the river for the third time in the same hour, he accepts that he's probably gotten himself lost, and decides there's not much to do other than wait for sunrise."
infernaltouch | LOST | 2024.04.10 "And, unfortunately for Kaveh (and somewhat ironically when he was just considering the dangers inherent in the jungle), with his focus and concern alike trained on the other man, he doesn't notice the Rishboland tiger stalking him from behind, intent on making a meal of him."
reignbows | SINK YOUR TEETH | 2024.05.30 "He might have overdone it this time, he thinks. There should be something left in his emergency stash, but he'll have to make it out of his room and down the stairs first, and he's not sure he likes his chances of making it that far right now without passing out. If he can just wait a little, get some kind of feeling back in his legs or his brain—"
scribals | EMOTIONALLY (UN)READY | 2024.05.31 "He shouldn't, but he gets up, storms his way over to Alhaitham's room on shaking legs, raps a hard fist against the flat of the door. He's shaking, but he's not drunk. He hasn't had a single drop to drink tonight— something he's regretting more and more as this mess progresses."
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