He’s been pacing across the floorboards of his dressing room for five minutes, flesh pink with rage. Hands are balled into tight fists at his sides that white his knuckles as limbs tremble. He’s already knocked an empty bottle of absinthe onto the floor, the remnants of alcohol that had been left at the base gathered upon the floor and boiled into nothing.
“ You don’t make friends with the DAMN enemy, Myr. “ he turns to glare at her, but won’t dare approach in his state. He fears what he could do, “ He’s a MAGICIAN. He wants the secret to my tricks and you’re an easy way to me. He doesn’t want to be your friend, he wants to fuck the secrets out of you, MY secrets. “
Hands are upon his knees as he obeys, but released an audible HUFF to express his reluctance, the magician’s not in an acceptable mood for games. A sudden sense of looming embarrassment came over him, and he shuffled upon the chair as deep furrows set upon his pallid brow, his nose wrinkles and lips part to object; but he’d keep hazel eyes shut as she’d asked.
“ This isn’t how the vanishing man trick works, you don’t tell an audible to close their eyes. “ fingers drum upon his knees as he awaits the outcome, “ The hell are you doing? “
she is the literal embodiment of a skeptic , button nose upturned at the slightest of magic tricks . devil’s grin finds her lips , dimples appearing on porcelain cheeks ; a glance is given to the man , with rolling hues & something akin to a chuckle leaving her lips .
His reply came all too quick, but it was an honest answer; it was hard to trust a magician, they’d claim wild things and proclaim the trick behind an act was a simple one, or the most difficult and dangerous one might dare perform before an audience. The most common were the simplest, the most innocent and boring, the tricks Alistair the Enchanter was known for were the most trivial and brutal. But secrets were secrets, and so they would remain. “ You’re not keen are you? “
in phryne’s experience, magicians were always a tricky bunch –––– deadly charming, skilled at making escapes, and they almost always had something up their sleeves. pun intended. it brings a smile to her lips, though it would no doubt elicit a glare from jack were he with her. leather gloves are pulled off and put away, so as to be able to brush any stray hairs back into her bob. couldn’t introduce herself to a ( presumably )murderous magician if she wasn’t ready to duplicate his level of charm, after all.
❝ miss phryne fisher –––– hope you don’t mind my being back here, but i was hoping to speak to the brain behind that wonderful routine i just watched. ❞
Her painted lips had a skill for words and an ability to match the charm Alistair the Enchanter was known for on and off the great stage, Jon thought her INSTANTLY likeable. Complimentary words would see him grin, though he expects they’re used to blind his caution and loosen his tongue to spill all manner of secrets under the weight of his fat ego.
“ A PLEASURE. “ he bows, exaggerating its depth as though he were on stage. The showman’s behaviour would be a permanent fixture while she lingers, a great magician is capable of concealing truths behind CHARM and a performance, only Jon thought it a necessity to continue his act until safely resting in his own dressing room beside his assistant; she too knew the foul details, and like Jon, adored them so. “ Oh no no, I don’t mind at all. A little curious are we now? “
01. Although he's inspired by The Prestige, Jonathan is completely my own creation. 02. Slow replies are very likely, I do have 3 months now until I start uni but I have 5 other muses and co-run a historic roleplay masterlist blog, so some days I might not be here at all. Unless I've posted something about a hiatus etc, then I will reply to things, just bear with me. 03. There will be triggering content on this blog, please see below for a list of triggers. I have one trigger, and I ask that you please tag anything relating to animal harm/injuries. 04. I'm 23, so nsfw is possible, see below. 05. All icons are made by me, as was the psd. I do enjoy making icons, so if you'd like some with different psd drop me a message and I'll see what I can do for you. 06. HATE FREE, I'm so sick a tired of drama and hate spreading on this bloody website so if you're going to post it, I'm going to unfollow.
WRITER
01. I'm Bea, and have too many sons to balance well so there's gonna be a lot of slow replies and (sometimes) low activity every once in a while. 02. /with passion/ I love history, so much, I can't even explain it. Yeah Jon's set in the Victorian period but I freaking adore the 20's (see my muse list and yeah I got me some 20's sons too h a h) 03. I'm English. From England. But crumpets are disgusting. 04. I've just finished 2 years at college, old student alert, studing film & tv media, and I'll be starting at uni this september to study a film production and screen writing joint honours. So it's likely I'll be taking Jon into my coursework, as well as my other two ocs, so expect a lot of sudden character development from september onwards. 05. I can be slow at replying to messages and asks, it's just me being me and unorganised, it's never you, I'm just s l o w. 06. If I'm not here, I might be found on one of my other blogs...
01. I format my posts, but I don't expect you to. I don't care if you do, don't or how you do it, as long as you're happy then so am I. 02. If you'd like to continue an ask on, please move it to a new post. Don't reblog the ask. 03. I don't make welcome starters, if you'd like to interact drop me an ask, tag me in a random thing, or like a starter call. 04. Don't godmod. I understand a tiny, tiny bit of it might be necessary to move the thread along, that's fine, but if you completely control what Jon does then I'll be pissed and probably drop the thread. This also applies to if he attempts to hurt your muse, reminder he's a murderer, and your muse suddenly 'moves out of the way just in time' when it's impossible to do so... g od just don't. 05. So because he's a murderer, he's likely to change quite quickly, particularly when triggered. If you're not comfortably with him hurting your muse, I suggest you a) don't do it, b) don't follow. 06. I do one-linders, short things, paras, whatever. I like the variation.
TRIGGERS
As Jon commits acts of violence on and off stage, there will be numerous strong triggers on this blog, each of them tagged appropriately ('trigger' tw). Triggers include:
VIOLENCE . GORE . BLOOD . MURDER ALCOHOL . DRUG USE
SHIPPING
To be added (i'm tired ok)
VERSES
Add tomorrow, I'm really tired.
BASICS
FULL NAME: Jonathan Alistair Botts OTHER: Alistair the Enchanter, Jon, AGE: 37 BIRTHDATE: 11th June 1860 BIRTHPLACE: New York, USA NATIONALITY: American GENDER: Male SEXUALity: Heterosexual Heteromantic SPECIES: Human, Witch OCCUPATION: Magician RESIDENCE: London, England ALIGNMENT: Neutral Evil FATHER: Timothy Botts MOTHER: Lavinia Botts née Cole
PHYSICAL
HEIGHT: 6'2" WEIGHT: 171 lbs BODY: Muscular, slim HAIR: Dark chocolate brown with a gentle wave to it, locks don't quite form a curl but give the impression of volume. Neatly set with light pomade when on stage, somewhat untamed and messy when casual. EYES: Thick hazel, but when cast in the lights that line the stage they can appear quite red, a crimson shade that exaggerates the terror of his tricks.
OTHER
VICES: Recreational drugs, alcohol, gambling, power, pride FEARS: Aquaphobia; or waterfright is a persistent and abnormal fear of water. Aquaphobia is a specific phobia that involves a level of fear that is beyond the patient's control or that may interfere with daily life. Fear began when he witnessed his father drown in a tank during a trick on stage.
LIKES: Power, popularity, feminine perfume, murder, (most) people, recreational drugs, alcohol, blades, the colour red, renaissance art, science, rain, clothing that costs more than he can afford, cats, magic, medieval torture devices, travel. DISLIKES: Water, dogs, opera, heat, overcrowded areas, boats, children. LANGUAGES: English, he believes he can speak French well but is only confident in the most basic of words, some Italian. ABILITIES: Liquid manipulation, telekiness HABITS/ADDICTIONS/ETC: Taps fingers when agitated, cocaine, opium.