Storyline - Tumblr Posts
I don’t quite understand why most people think that the storyline of video games is not important. For me, that’s one of the most important aspects. It’s not just about how it makes you feel. it’s about what you learn or how you ended up feeling that way.
My Five Nights at Freddy's AU + Story line
Please note that there will be NO gay ships in my au. I have Nothing against gays, it’s just that gay shipping doesn’t fit in my au. With that said, I hope you enjoy my AU.
In my alternate universe of the five nights at Freddy’s, the animatronics are half animal, half robot hybrids. They have robotic like bones or endoskeleton but they have real organs they let them live and function. Since such technology exist, this au takes place in modern day Texas. Before Freddy Fazbear’s pizza there was Fredbear’s Family Diner, which is where these half animal robots came to be. The first animatronics were Fredbear , Spring Bonnie, and the Marionette. Fredbear was the main singer and was quite a gentleman around the female staff. Spring Bonnie (who’s later known as Springtrap) played the air guitar and was quite a nerd (the kind of nerd that plays Dungeons and Dragons). Last was the Marionette, she was created by a man named Peter Afton, to be a friend for a little boy named Jeremy Fritsgarold. Jeremy’s father, Henry Fritsgarold owned Fredbear’s family diner and was so satisfied with its success, that he paid Peter 10 grand for his work on the animatronics. Thrilled, Peter started his own factory called Afton Robotics (as in the silver eyes novel). But Peter’s obsession with robotics got the best of him, he didn’t sleep, he didn’t eat, his only focus was on his creations. When he was done his creations, he didn’t really name them nor give them any design. They were just metal animals known as Bear 1, Rabbit 1, Chicken 1,and Fox 1. He made them do anything he wanted. Peter thought they can do ANYTHING, even take a life. This is where the murders happen. Peter made the robots murder these innocent children who he found all by themselves. Why children? Because they were so easy to kill, so weak that it made himself feel powerful. After the murders took place, people began to fear animatronic animals. This sink the Fredbear’s family diner business, making Henry to shut down the restaurant. After the closing of the diner, Fredbear and Spring Bonnie went to separate ways. Fredbear actually became successful in himself and he was able to reopen him own restaurant with him as the owner. Fredbear even hired his own mechanic to build another version of Spring Bonnie, but only this Spring Bonnie was a girl rabbit nicknamed Spring Flower. As for the original Spring Bonnie, he grew out of his nerd phase and took a darker path on his life. He lived in the streets of Dallas, Texas where he joined a gang. His gang called him Springtrap instead of his actual name, because “it sounded cooler”. Until one night Springtrap got himself put in jail because him and his gang was vandalizing the streets . The time Springtrap spent in jail turned him into a cold person and sorta of a goth teen. As for the Marionette, she and Jeremy grew up together, still as best friends. Jeremy went off the collage during the time of the murders, leaving the house for the marionette. One night the marionette, saw the 4 metal robots kill a child. Heartwrenk, she went to confront the murderess robots, when she did, they listened to what she was saying, and realised what they did. They told the marionette that it was what the “Purple Guy"wanted them to do. After hearing this, Marionette went to the local police station and reported the murders. The 4 metal robots led the police to where the purple Guy was and arrested him. When Jeremy came back home he found the 4 metal robots with the marionette. She told Jeremy that they needed a place to stay, she went on a told him about Everything that happened. With his knowledge of robotics and engineering, Jeremy redesign the robots, giving them colors, personalities, coding, and names. Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie Bunny, Chica Chick, and Foxy the pirate fox. Proud of his work, Jeremy went to his father and presented the new animatronics, saying that it will bring him money once more. Jeremy’s father bought a old building and starting cleaning it. After a while month, Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza was ready to go. Ever since then, the business had been booming, bringing in tons of cash each day. They got so much money that the company expanded the building, putting in a new area in the pizzeria called Toy Land. Here we got video games, prizes and new animatronics known as the Toy animatronics. Toy Freddy (Ted), Toy Bonnie (Bonnic), Toy Chica (T-Chi) and the Mangle, along with the balloon boy and a special birthday animatronic known as Golden Freddy. As continuation, Purple Guy got realised from prison and starting training Springtrap to become a assassin to kill the creations that betrayed him. As for the nightmares and the shadow animatronics… they’re another story.
Anyway, I’m so sorry if this is really long, but I love writing. Hopefully I’ll do art for my au. I hope you all enjoyed
A little smth for my Batwheels AU:
Badcomputer seeks revenge on the Zoomers and sends an assassin to go after them and “kill” them, so now the Batwheels need to save them from getting unalived
Wattpad
☘Where I started at.☘
COMPLETED
THE STORY OF US. | Descendants (Jay)
PUBLISHED NOT COMPLETED
RAPUNZEL | TVD/TO (Klaus)
OUTSIDER | Lab Rats/Mighty Med/Elite Force (Adam)
UPUBLISHED
ETHEREAL | The Flash (Barry)
9-1-1 | 9-1-1 (Eddie)
InHuman | Being Human (Aidan)
UPCOMING
CELESTIAL | Charmed (Abigail)
CELESTIAL | Charmed (Harry)
EUPHORIC | h2o just add water (Zane)
REWRITE THE STARS | The Greatest Showman (phillip carlyle)
REWRITE THE STARS | Highschool musical (Troy)
MOTHER NATURE | Black Lightning (Khalil)
STARVED | Young & Hungry (Josh)
WIP | John Wick (John)
WIP | K.C Undercover (Brett)
WIP | Thor series (Thor)
WIP | Loki series (Loki)
WIP | Teen Beach Movie (Brady)
GREASE | Grease 1978 (Danny Zuko)
I… I just realized this also works with writing Fanfiction too! I was really struggling in writing one of my fics but looking at these worksheets really helped majorly! Thank you OP for sharing 🙏😁
I've had this little idea in my head for a while now, so I decided to sit down and plot it out.
Disclaimer: This isn't meant to be some sort of One-Worksheet-Fits-All situation. This is meant to be a visual representation of some type of story planning you could be doing in order to develop a plot!
Lay down groundwork! (Backstory integral to the beginning of your story.) Build hinges. (Events that hinge on other events and fall down like dominoes) Suspend structures. (Withhold just enough information to make the reader curious, and keep them guessing.)
And hey, is this helps... maybe sit down and write a story! :)
Love Story : Magical Princess - Walkthrough
Introduction
A romance fantasy adventure simulation game, free to play only for girl’s version, pay to play for boy’s version and available on mobile, created by Catcap Studios and Littlelover.
Originally in Chinese, but was later translated to English.
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If you’re looking for the walkthrough for Love Story : My Girl instead, click here.
If you’re looking for the walkthrough for Love Story : Legendary Twins instead, click here.
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This walkthrough has been last updated on 22nd October 2023 :
Succeeded in updating the Endings section for Girls and Boys Version - had to separate job endings from the romance, ultimate and other endings but both links can be found on each of those two posts.
Updated and added additional info to The Guardian ending for Girls version.
However, I’ll still update this walkthrough from time to time if anything else comes up.
Thanks to the contributors and players who use this walkthrough for their gameplay ♡ have fun !
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If there’s any submissions ( endings, images or information ) that you wanna share to this walkthrough, you can submit them to chowqing@ymail.com or the Post Office here.
Any questions that you wanna ask? Feel free to drop by Curious and Curiouser here.
Thanks for the submissions ! <3 It’s been a big help in completing this walkthrough !
Disclaimer & Notes
Use control F to search certain words or sentences in this long walkthrough.
Avoid the Spoilers section if you don’t wanna be spoiled (o˘◡˘o)
Do not copy/paste this walkthrough or/and repost and claim them as your own.
Creating this walkthrough takes a lot of time and effort, and my wish is to provide this walkthrough as an English reference for the players of this game.
However, the banner under characters featuring the girl and boy version of the Child belongs to Catcap Studios. This also includes any game illustrations throughout the walkthrough.
This walkthrough now covers the girl’s version and boys version.
Thanks for reading and have a blast ! o(>ω<)o
Sections
Characters
Storyline
Classes
Jobs
Shops
Vacations
Endings ( Girls / Boys )
Others
Q & A Corner
Fortune-telling Corner
Spoilers [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Credits & Sources
Chinese Version Walkthrough
Chinese Version Walkthrough 2
Catcap Studios Facebook Page
Littlelover Facebook Page
English Version Official Facebook Page
Hijiki’s Google Spreadsheet
Googleplay : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.catcap.ayc2en
IOS : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/love-story-magical-princess/id1032310173?mt=8
Trick and Treat ( Visual Novel ) Walkthrough
Introduction
A horror visual novel, free-to-play and available on mobile and computer created by Eternal Night Studios.
Characters
Alex - Main Protagonist
Steven & Alfred - Friends of Alex
Lilian - A manipulative and grudge-bearing witch who lives in the cottage inside the woods.
Ashley - An arrogant witch ( with tsundere traits ) who shares a body with a cat due to an incident of the past.
Storyline
On one dark Halloween night, Alex and his friends, Steven and Alfred decides to enter Oakwood forest, or better known as Wychwood in their town of Abingdon. The forest is rumored to be cursed by witches and over the courses of history, five men has mysteriously went missing after entering the forest on Halloween night.
Wanting to debunk or just simply curious of the forest, the three of them went it. Along the way, Alex gets separated from his friends. What fate awaits him?
Soundtracks
Endings
Unknown Aggressor
>Ignore the cat
Surviving the cat's attack
>Pick her up >Escape from the cat >No, it looks very dangerous
An eye for an eye
>Pick her up >Confront the cat >Kill her
Forgotten adventure
>Pick her up >Confront the cat >Just keep her captured >Trust her
The last sacrifice
>Pick her up >Confront the cat >Just keep her captured >Doubt >Kiss her
Lilian princess of destruction
>Pick her up >Confront the cat >Just keep her captured >Doubt >Don't do it >I can't trust her
Ashley the end of the curse
>Pick her up >Confront the cat >Just keep her captured >Doubt >Don't do it >Believe and help her
Lilian Ashley Trick and Treat
NOTE : Hidden Ending, Only Shown when all other endings are completed.
>Pick her up >Escape from the cat >Yes, I should take this path
Credits
Love Story : Magical Princess - Walkthrough
Introduction
A romance fantasy adventure simulation game, free to play only for girl’s version, pay to play for boy’s version and available on mobile, created by Catcap Studios and Littlelover.
Originally in Chinese, but was later translated to English.
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If you’re looking for the walkthrough for Love Story : My Girl instead, click here.
If you’re looking for the walkthrough for Love Story : Legendary Twins instead, click here.
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This walkthrough has been last updated on 22nd October 2023 :
Succeeded in updating the Endings section for Girls and Boys Version - had to separate job endings from the romance, ultimate and other endings but both links can be found on each of those two posts.
Updated and added additional info to The Guardian ending for Girls version.
However, I’ll still update this walkthrough from time to time if anything else comes up.
Thanks to the contributors and players who use this walkthrough for their gameplay ♡ have fun !
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If there’s any submissions ( endings, images or information ) that you wanna share to this walkthrough, you can submit them to chowqing@ymail.com or the Post Office here.
Any questions that you wanna ask? Feel free to drop by Curious and Curiouser here.
Thanks for the submissions ! <3 It’s been a big help in completing this walkthrough !
Disclaimer & Notes
Use control F to search certain words or sentences in this long walkthrough.
Avoid the Spoilers section if you don’t wanna be spoiled (o˘◡˘o)
Do not copy/paste this walkthrough or/and repost and claim them as your own.
Creating this walkthrough takes a lot of time and effort, and my wish is to provide this walkthrough as an English reference for the players of this game.
However, the banner under characters featuring the girl and boy version of the Child belongs to Catcap Studios. This also includes any game illustrations throughout the walkthrough.
This walkthrough now covers the girl’s version and boys version.
Thanks for reading and have a blast ! o(>ω<)o
Sections
Characters
Storyline
Classes
Jobs
Shops
Vacations
Endings ( Girls / Boys )
Others
Q & A Corner
Fortune-telling Corner
Spoilers [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Credits & Sources
Chinese Version Walkthrough
Chinese Version Walkthrough 2
Catcap Studios Facebook Page
Littlelover Facebook Page
English Version Official Facebook Page
Hijiki’s Google Spreadsheet
Googleplay : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.catcap.ayc2en
IOS : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/love-story-magical-princess/id1032310173?mt=8
Storyline
Click here to go to Main Walkthrough.
Love Story : Legendary Twins - Walkthrough
Introduction
A romance fantasy adventure simulation game, free to play only for girl’s version, pay to play for boy’s version and available on mobile, created by Catcap Studios and Littlelover.
Originally in Chinese, but was later translated to English.
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If you’re looking for the walkthrough for Love Story : My Girl instead, click here.
If you’re looking for the walkthrough for Love Story : Magical Princess instead, click here.
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This walkthrough has been last updated on 13 January 2021 :
Redid Shawn’s endings - 13th January 2021
Thanks to the lovely Sayuri for their contributions! ☆ ～('▽^人)
Also, happy holidays ＼(＾▽＾)／wishing each and everyone of you a blessed year ahead! 2020 was indeed a tough year with its ups and downs, hopefully all will be better in 2021.
Accepting submissions for boys version and girls version.
All walkthroughs for Love Story series are being revamped and re-check so they match the latest update. It might take a long time.
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If there’s any submissions ( endings, images or information ) that you wanna share to this walkthrough, you can submit them to chowqing@ymail.com or the Post Office here.
Any questions that you wanna ask? Feel free to drop by Curious and Curiouser here.
Thanks for the submissions ^_^ It’s been a big help in completing this walkthrough!
Disclaimer & Notes
Use control F to search certain words or sentences in this long walkthrough.
Avoid the Spoilers section if you don’t wanna be spoiled (o˘◡˘o)
Do not copy/paste this walkthrough or/and repost and claim them as your own.
Creating this walkthrough takes a lot of time and effort, and my wish is to provide this walkthrough as an English reference for the players of this game.
However, the banner under characters featuring the twins belongs to Catcap Studios. This also includes any game illustrations throughout the walkthrough.
This walkthrough covers the girl’s version.The boys version may be added later to the walkthrough.
Thanks for reading and have a blast ! (✧ω✧)
Sections
Characters
Storyline
Practice
Part-time Job
Mini Games
Dialogue & Conversations
Events
Endings ( Girls / Boys )
Others - Not yet available in the game
Q & A Corner
Spoilers
Credits & Sources
Catcap Studios Facebook Page
Littlelover Facebook Page
English Version Official Facebook Page
Chinese Version Guide by 雪蝶狐
Googleplay : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.actcap.ayc3en&hl=en
IOS : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/love-story-legendary-twins/id1087299727?mt=8
Storyline
Click here to go to Main Walkthrough.
Love Story : My Girl - Walkthrough
A romance fantasy adventure simulation game, free to play and available on mobile, created by Catcap Studios and Littlelover.
Originally in Chinese, but was later translated to English.
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If you’re looking for the walkthrough for Love Story : Magical Princess instead, click here.
If you’re looking for the walkthrough for Love Story : Legendary Twins instead, click here.
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This walkthrough has been last updated on 27th August 2023 :
Unfortunately due to game removal, we’re having some difficulty completing this walkthrough to the fullest. Previously when this game was available to play, there were known bugs include name change at starting, certain work requirements met but not unlock, etc hindering full gameplay for Android players.
However, for closure sake, we’ve updated this walkthrough with all of the CGs and images so everyone can easily view them. Many thanks to Gwen Reaper for providing them and for updating us on the discovery ~! Also, thanks to SP for providing the guide to Luna’s ending!
Do check out Gwen Reaper’s Tips & Tricks & SP’s Luna Ending Guide by CrystalWolf Studios if you ever need help on completing the game owo/
Q&A Corner will be updated soon!
If there’s any submissions ( endings, images or information ) that you wanna share to this walkthrough, you can submit them to chowqing@ymail.com or the Post Office here.
Any questions that you wanna ask? Feel free to drop by Curious and Curiouser here.
Thanks for the submissions ! <3 It’s been a big help in completing this walkthrough !
Disclaimer & Notes
Use control F to search certain words or sentences in this long walkthrough o(>ω<)o
Do not copy/paste this walkthrough or/and repost and claim them as your own.
Creating this walkthrough takes a lot of time and effort, and my wish is to provide this walkthrough as an English reference for the players of this game.
However, the image here featuring the thumbnail of the Child belongs to Catcap Studios. This also includes any game illustrations throughout the walkthrough.
Thanks for reading and have a blast ! (o˘◡˘o)
Sections
Characters
Storyline
Study
Work
Events
Vacations
Endings
Q & A Corner
Fortune-telling Corner
Credits & Sources
Catcap Studios Facebook Page
Littlelover Facebook Page
Gwen Reaper’s TIps and Tricks submitted by Lila :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13RWG-vW0U6e8exgc-WvXd52Nbrl7NViGA5XFx65U0cs/mobilebasic
SP’s Luna Ending Guide by CrystalWolf Studios :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Hp6swIhCum-eWzQCghECuOaJfJkcCC3Bh4qcR5qR4Q/edit?ts=5b63f106
Googleplay : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.catcap.ayc1en&hl=en
IOS : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/love-story-my-girl-dreamy/id1097706148?mt=8
Storyline
Click here to go to Main Walkthrough.
Liar! Office Deception is now available in English !
You can now find the new series inside the Liar! Uncover the Truth App. To access the series, tap News and look for the Office Deception Start banner there.
Summary :
Working in an advertistment agency, the MC ( Main Character ) is an ambitious workaholic who has a boyfriend and lots of love for coffee. Everything is smooth-sailing until... bam! Someone enters and shatters them.
That incident causes her to be transfered to the D-team. Called the Dream Team or rather more affectionately called Dum**ss Team by the rest of the office, she is forced to take the role of team leader with her job on the line!
Will MC survive in a team of conniving men and deceitful women? Will she find the one trustworthy partner that she is fated to be with and reach the ultimate goal? That's entirely up to you!
Welcome to Liar! Office Deception :3
꙳ Raven moon ꙳
Episode 1: pilot
(Warning gore)
Cold & desolate I lay here buried beneath the snow & Ice, near my death. Trial and found guilty for witchcraft, I faced punishment, my right arm & left leg were cut off while my left eye were plucked out, they left me for dead in the cold snow. I was visited by a Crow with his eyes fulled with blue, his seed felled in my eye. The little birdie apologize “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to drop my seed in your left eye. I’ll get you a gift, to apologize”. Before I could speak the little bird left. A few minutes later the bird came back with a little black crown with a blue stone in the middle. “I’m truly sorry that my seed has entered your left eye, I hope u can Forgive me. Please except my gift” The birdie say. “I need no gift, pretty birdie, your company is all I need” I said with woe. I began to close my eyes and drifted into a deep slumber. When I began to awake I saw that I was in a cabin. I quickly sat up on the bed I was laying in. I looked around then down at both my arms, my right arm was crystallized in some sort of black obsidian as well for my left leg. As I was panicking I heard footsteps. I quickly closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep. “I see you’re awake” A soft voice spoke. I slowly opened my eyes to see a human with, Dog ears !? She had long blond hair that look like it’s been taken care of nicely. Green eyes and wore a blue outfit that u could have mistaken for green. She had on glasses “Are you hungry? You have been sleep for about 2hrs. Luckily Antonio found you asleep in the snow. If he didn’t found you, who know how long you would’ve been here”. I look at her and asked “Who is Antonio”. “He’s the crow” she replied with a smile. “How long have u been out here”. I reply sadly “I don’t know how long I’m been out. They left me in the cold on February, 4”. As I finished my sentence her eyes widen in fear. “It’s February, 3” she said shocked. “What year is it” I replied stunned. “It’s 2023” I come to realize that I had been a sleep for 100 year or for a longer period of time. Many thoughts ran through my mind. The one that stuck out the most was How DID I SURVIVE!? As I was questioning myself I had nearly forgotten about both my leg & arm. They were completely covered with black obsidian. I shouted “What happened to me”. As many reasons went through my head one seems more likely than the rested. The one thought was that she had done this to me.
How the story originated form; I made this story for a backstory for a character I have. But many of my friends encourage me to make it a story and that what I’m going to do. I’m also trying to make it a webtoon in the summer. Cause I don’t got time this month cause of stupid testing. Wish me luck
Don’t worry this is part one there many more
Storyline master board
If the small link doesn’t work use the other one.
TADC Akira:
The world of dreams:
Demon slayer AU feat: @n0vatsu
Demon slayer Akira AU
By: Spac3_Lov3r_called_Nxy1134
Feat: @n0vatsu
Tw: mentioning of blood, Death
Note: I couldn’t complete a collab w/ @n0vatsu so here a little story I made for her. I also had A little help with AI for coming up with names and where the settings could be and etc.
Chapter I: The encounter in the demon’s house
As I walk in, the smell of blood hit my nose. “Well look like this demon has been on a killing spree” I said. As I closer the door of the abandon cottage that look nice even if it was abandon, with a little bit of an overgrowth with the plants near by, with the color scheme being coral white, pastel blue, and gray. As the interior has pots line along the walls with different patterns as I keep on walking. “Wow this demon really likes pots.” I said to myself quietly. The dark oak floors creak with every step I took. I noticed a pot I saw at the entrance of the house it had the same design pattern. I broke the pot. “Gotta make sure this demon isn’t playing any trick on me”. As I thought out loud. I thought that the demon in this house blood technique could manipulate the house as I have been walking for 37mins and still yet to find a single door. As I stated walking again after 20mins I hit the same pot I shattered.
I draw out the sword on my back. I broke every pot in the hallway until I shattered one that had a small demon. The demon smelled weak not like another one that was around here. As slashed the demon head off his neck. “That was pretty easy” I thought to myself. I continue walking after a few minutes, I hit a door. As I open the door I saw another demon slayer. She was wearing a pink long coat with with stars at the end. She worn a hood with gold encrusted embroidery as well as long sleeve that didn’t cover her hands but a mask that did cover her mouth all the way.
The masked girl's eyes are narrowed, and her lips curl up as she takes a glance at you. "Who are you." She says in a harsh, voice. She pulls out a long, sword, and raises it up as she approaches me.
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Heronie of the slaves - Song of fire and sand "I See you in another way"
Shapur (Pars Era 310)
Shapur (Pars Era 310)
Marzban of Pars, loyal, sharp, ambitious, hot-headed.
A man who at the age of 24 received from the king the highest rank in the Parsian military. A man who obeyed the rules and never broke them or shaped them to his will. A man who cared for his subordinates but also a man who knew that in war he would have to sacrifice them in order to achieve victory.
Shapur was a man who would never question the authority and the decisions of the king and he would defend this decision with all his might against outsiders. Even if he disagreed, because Shapur Marzban of Pars was loyal. Loyal to the royal family, loyal to the king of Pars. His comrades would call him an idealist, even uptight. If he was saw in a bar or a brothel with them after a battle and rejected any approach of a woman. After two cups of wine he already excused himself and retreated to his chambers. Such was Shapur Marzban of Pars, that was what his men, his comrades said of him.
But for Kayra he was more than that:
Kayra could see the sides of Shapur that his comrades, his men, the royal family, even the sides that his brother Isfan did not know. But Kayra knew them
She knew the small wrinkles around his eyes when the first sunlight fell on his still sleeping face, softening his striking features. His black hair, which fell like fine silk over his shoulders and shimmered in the light. His gentle smile, which he gave her when he noticed how she watched him sleeping.
His amused smile when he lowered his eyes and shook his head slightly when Kayra told him about a book she had just finished reading. His caring smile when Isfan played in the garden pretending to be a great warrior.
Kayra knew that Shapur was loyal, he was loyal to those he loved, to the people he cared about. Shapur was less loyal to the king of Pars than to his own people. But she also knew how afraid he was of losing the people he loved. The fear of incurring the wrath of the royal family by a thoughtless act, a thoughtless word, and losing everything. Not his title, not his castle, not his money, but the fear of losing the people he loved.
That is why Shapur kept his opinion to himself, that is why he rarely criticized the king's decisions. Kayra knew this, Kayra knew his thoughts, knew his concerns. She knew that Shapur often spent nights hanging over the king's orders, she saw the deep wrinkles that stretched across his face and looked like deep gorges in the light of the burning candles. Gloomy and frightening
She saw the deep circles under his eyes, the tired look when he looked for another strategy for the repeated time. A strategy that would be less risky and require fewer lives, a strategy to convince the king to deviate from his plans. Kayra knew he was doing this in secret, without much fuss, and without ever getting credit for it. He did it so that the king would save face and so that he would know the ones he loved were safe. Yes, Kayra knew this side of him and many more. She knew that sometimes he was hard on her and Isfan because he wanted to protect them. Protect them from the cruel world that ruled behind the high walls of the fortress.
He did not want them to see the things he had seen, to be forced to do the things he had done. He would never admit this to anyone, but Kayra knew, she knew because he had told her himself.
One night when it all came crashing down on him, one night when the deep circles under his eyes took their toll. On a night when Shapur Marzban of Pars looked not like a young man of just 28 years, but like a man who carried the weight of the world on his own shoulders. A man who had seen too much and done too many things to ever be forgiven for them. Kayra knew this side, the fragile side, the side when his eyes didn't shine with drive and determination, the side when he didn't look at her lovingly and tenderly brush a strand of hair behind his ear with his fingers.
The side when he didn't hold her protectively in his strong arms on the cold winter nights. She knew the side of him that was afraid, the side that knew despair. Kayra knew that some nights he could not sleep, the nights when he came secretly to her chamber. On those nights he didn't speak, he just stand at the edge of her bed as if to make sure she wouldn't just disappear. Sometimes when Kayra woke up, she would move a little in her narrow bed and he would lie down with her. He would hold her tightly, as if she would vanish into thin air at any moment, as if she had never existed.
Kayra knew all too well how stubborn Shapur could be, but she also knew how much compassion he could feel for someone. She knew how hot-headed he could be at times and how insightful he was when he had had time to review all the arguments. Yes Kayra knew that Shapur was like a little insecure boy when he apologized and how relieved he could be when he was forgiven.
Even if his comrades did not see these sides of him, she saw them. She knew that after a battle he did not party until the early hours of the morning, which did not mean that he slept. No, he would stay at his workplace until the early hours of the morning and write letters to the families of the fallen soldiers. Over the years these were many letters and many fallen, but she knew how important it was to Shapur that the soldiers he commanded were not just numbers or faces lost in the crowd.
They too had families, parents, siblings, lovers, children. They now had to deal with this loss, while for him it simply went on. Kayra did not know if this letter helped those left behind or if they would ever receive it, but she also knew that it was more for Shapur. It was his way of dealing with the loss of people he himself had sent to their deaths. Shapur knew how quickly life could be over, how quickly one wrong decision could cost the lives of hundreds, even thousands of people.
He knew it and he knew that Kayra knew it. Kayra also knew why he rejected the women who wooed him. She knew the women who threw themselves at him, it was not only the rich and fine ladies who were taken in by his reserved and friendly manner. No, it was also the prostitutes who waited for the men in the bars and brothels to give them a little pleasure after a battle won or a hard day on the training ground.
Kayra knew that Shapur rejected her, all of them. Shapur was loyal, not only loyal to the royal family, not only loyal to his men. No, he was loyal to her A simple farmer's daughter who had been sold into slavery, he was loyal to her because she knew how precious his time with her and Isfan was, how he soaked up every happy moment, how with every laugh his worries disappeared a little bit more.
Kayra knew this and she also knew that she was his anchor, even if he had never told her this, but she knew it. She knew so much about Shapur Marzban of Pars and for this reason she could tell him. For this reason and many more she could tell him "I see you in a different way than you ever could" and his astonished face, his incredulous smile, the eyes which he cast down and then he laugh out loud only to take her in his arms and steal a secret kiss that was for only for her
For Kayra this was Shapur, Marzban of Pars.
MY THOUGHTS ON MINHO AND THE BATHROOM SCENE
First you see the girl has taken Minho to the Bathroom, she is kneeled down in front of him, looking at him to see if he is okay. Did she take him in there to take advantage of him, or administer first aide? That’s a pretty grungy bathroom they are in, not much clean in there to use for first aide.
But if she is going to take advantage of him in the state he is in, why does she get up and go to the sink? Why not just take your top off right there in front of him?
Now she kneels back down in front of him again and puts her hand behind his head…BUT LOOK~ HER TOP IS IN HER HAND. SHE TOOK IT OFF AT THE SINK TO GET IT WET TO USE FOR FIRST AIDE TO MINHO’S WOUND HE GOT FROM THE BOTTLE
She touches her forehead to his in kind of a silent “thank you for defending me”, and he grimaces in pain as she applies pressure to his wound.
Now, that’s how I see it.