Locarda's Links
"I picked my own battles. If you like what you see, I can pick yours too."
My boss. He and I get up to all kinds of mischief! He's my way into the criminal world and at the same time kinda a teacher to me. Guess you can say we're partners in crime!
Dalena's bro. I've never told her I've been with him. Most of the time when I do get with him it's to do Octavius a favor or to steal something to sell. I still don't know what Oct see in this drunkie. And I hate going behind Dalena's back but I need to do something to get what I need.
Caspi always comes for my amazing Gossip! He asks a lot of my "boyfriend" and I'm happy to tell all! I love talking about Nathan and Capsi tells me even more about him! we both tease him and just have good laughs!
Charlie is my perfect opposite! I wanna go out and have fun, he wants to stay in and read. I like sky diving he likes to read on a beach. We're Perfect together though! I drag him out to do stuff, he keeps me from dying! See? Perfect!!
She once swore to herself to find love in the real world, have something genuine and normal and hide it from the spotlight. While it's definitely genuine, being with Alex and Ander is far from normal, because... have you met any of the people in this trio? Anelia is pure insufferable sass and grit, Alex is a disaster with walls around him and Ander is usually trying to get through without having an aneurism, one day at a time. But they make it work, between unbearably long trips, tours and concerts, and Nelia realizing she can't interfere with their lives by flying them out to wherever she is whenever she feels like it, but desperately missing them, always. Now they're on the downlow, away from the public eye and living together finally. But what did anyone expect, she'd planned to bag them both and put that big empty house she'd recklessly bought to good use as soon as possible. Two of the three best things that ever happened to her. Third one's just arrived!
Shes our popstar, our shining star huh?
We love her with all of our hearts.. even if one of us is too shy to show it sometimes.
I love to tease ander along with her, its fun..
Alex is such an recluse though! I cant see how they get along so well.
We love hanging with her and letting her spoil us rotten, shes our angel and we love her dearly.
"I love Livien! He's like a father or big brother to me! Whenever I started to learn magic and after I was separated from my parents he was there to take me under his wing. I hope someday we'll meet again. I do miss him.
A relaxed and... kind match to my... darkness, I guess. They keep me... calm when... I'm on edge. They're trying to.. prove that the world isn't as scary as I think but... is it?
Bit of a thorn in his side, the infernal policewoman, but he's had his fun at her expense before so he guesses it's only fair.
The middle child. Younger sister to Vladimir.
The only one who had a chance out of the three of them, far as he's concerned, and, well... lotta good that did her. He doesn't blame her, he's just on the same page with her as he is with Iolani, you know, stripper and escort businesses aren't the safest bets out there and the way Magdalena nonchalantly introduced her partner to him really made him want to hire both of them a bodyguard. An older sibling can only do so fucking much to not catch a heart attack ok..
But if you truly ask him she's his biggest failure in life after leaving Kalama. She had the chance, she had the smarts, just didn't have the right people beside her to diffuse that perfectionist streak in her. Save her some headaches and nights hyperventilating about tests. And now he's making up for it, not meddling in her life too much other than to check if she's happy. At the end of the day, when he was turning tricks and emptying pockets to help keep the family's head above the water he wasn't thinking 'doctor' or 'scientist', he was thinking 'happy'. And that's good enough.
He's still side-eyeing Malach so fucking hard though...
His baby sister. The absolue youngest out of all three. An entity of sass and headaches.
He still remembers the absolute panic he felt throughout most of Iolani's life, all things considered. Honestly, putting him in charge of someone must've been a cruel, hilarious joke on fate's part and he knows he did his level best and HE KNOWS it wasn't enough. Part of the reason he refused to become a father was his absolute failure to help either of his sisters achieve anything close to a decent life.
He'd die for either of them however way you spin it, he'd also murder for both. He's still got their backs - financially, physically, generally, except when it comes to contributing mental stability to the table. In fact, if you put all three of them together the table would still be pretty empty. Bummer. Well, least they all have fun at reunions right?
If she could have taken anything with when she left the Juuou clan, it would have been Livien. The memories would have to suffice.
When Gana was getting his stupid face punched by Gina- or at least so she hoped, she'd find time around Livien. Talk. At first about nothing in particular, then about what little she remembers about Kiiai clan. About the mines of Raki, about what might have happened to her parents. It kept her in check to see him, as much as it secretly stroked the vicious anger she had towards Gana and whoever must have separated her and her parents.
She regrets not listening to Livien more. Aside from the advice, and thoughts- he must have had a few things bothering him too. Just never said.
And now she's too far away, on the mainland and taking her problems to a Pakkeli doctor who doesn't give her the same patience. Still, free.
Reina met Yacob when she had first started her travels on her hunt to find out who her bio parents are. They bonded immediately over their both shared mixed heritage and he helped her build her self-esteem. She enjoys their talks and finds herself always making her way back to Mantasa to visit and bringing back any obscure relics he would fancy. She does wish he would join her on her travels to find answers though....
The man she's been hot on the tail of for years on end. She'd reopened countless cold cases and connected them in the attempt to trace his patterns. The eerie portrait he sent Victorianna only made Ellis double her efforts and ferocity in her search for him. She'd pinpointed a few suspects when Iho Palla got her. The stack of paperwork is still in her empty desk in an empty room...
RIVAL: Ellis chased Zozo for many years until her death. He loved the chase and outsmarting her and misses that fun challenge.
Adopted father. The man that raised him and his sister. The man who taught them morals, kindness, forgiveness and intelligence in war. The man who looked at the children of his captor and didn't smother them in their cribs. Caspian knew he and his sister started out as tools for Livien and he thanks the goddesses he was a sentimental fool and grew to love them. It's too much to ask him to love them now, so he doesn't bother.
And how could I ever forgive you? You who never learned that your love will not negate others' hardships? And that my love for them never meant forgiveness for you.
And while I could never hate you either, by the love of Grashia get out of my sight.
The man that actually raised her.
My adopted daughter. ...Oh, how many headaches you've given me. And how many jokes about greying have been made at my expense and yours. And yet it was worth putting aside my biases.
The other charming brother. He ain't a prince charming, he's goddamn SnowWhite, but Vlad doesn't comment on it, since he's a bit of an Evil Queen himself. Although may as well be a running joke how well Vlad dodges any and all compliments and how easily Eero dishes them out. The war is on and it usually ends with Eetu and him causing havoc.
He'll get him to visit the club sooner or later, mark his words.
FRIEND:
With an eternal vip pass to Vlad's club and a lounge always ready for him, Eetu's one damn valued customer and treasured friend. Has that fun, could-care-less vibe, if a bit soured by the sweet personality. Vlad wouldn't dare order the guy a stripper in case he up amd takes them out on a date instead. Hopeless, honestly...
FRIEND: Eetu loves to visit Vlad's club and have a bit of fun.
Anna's adopted brother and the closest person to her. They both lost someone to Iho Palla but ended up gaining each other. A most trusted confidant and a consolation when she has no one to turn to, both of which are returned and topped with a fierce protectiveness from Anna. The sweet woman can turn into a nightmare if you look at her brother wrong.
There's something raw and painful in his smile that she recognizes. Most days she just wants to pull him into a hug and try to figure out what to say to make him feel better. He's a shy one, so shy in fact he makes her seem bold, and maybe she does try to compensate around him, be more outgoing so they don't end up sulking together. But sometimes a good book and some silence while they read in either her spacious library or his is just as nice.
He has that portrait of himself in his favourite red suit. He knows where most of the 'paint' on that piece came from and he can guess for the rest.
CUSTOMER: Zozo loved painting Vlad. His midnight goo was stunning to work with and he may have taken some extra to use for more paintings than his.