[ she says it like it’s the most natural thing in the world. her voice wavers just slightly, and momentarily sounds as if her mind is far away from the room they stand in. she blinks once, twice, ice-blue eyes darkening to pale brown. she wonders if he’ll notice. it feels nice, wearing her natural eye color. ]
‘You could kill anyone, I didn’t even see a drop of blood on the sheet as I sawed through his spine.’
[ a smile curves up on her lips. why she accepted his offer—– she doesn’t know. she felt drawn to him, perhaps, like a mystical hand tugging on her wrist. maybe she’s just saying that now that she knows they share a hobby. ]
‘I wanted to see your face. The lights wash you out so terribly I could scarcely make out any features.’
“ I COULD. “ he’d laugh at the casual tone of her suggestion; hell he likes this one. “ It’d be harder to cover up… you’d be willing to help me with that I’d suppose? “
His head cocks to the side as hazel eyes observe her, he had to bite the inside of his bottom lip just to keep from grinning like a smitten school boy. She’s quite striking, and would draw a fresh crowd should she join him on stage every night. It wasn’t just the promise of a bigger audience that tempted the idea, but the thrill of such a beauty at his side each night. He’d needed an assistant for a while, bless poor Nancy six feet under, and good god… she was PERFECT.
“ AH –– “ he steps back, adopting a showman’s posture with that prideful grin that decorated his tattered posters, “ Magic! “ He laughs for a moment, hands raising to unhook two buttons at his throat for comfort, and turns so he might locate the near empty bottle of Absinthe. Jon looks to her, brows risen to offer, he’s not always so willing to share, but alcohol might relax her tongue a tad more.
“ Oh I see. “ he laughs harder and louder now, the bottle neck clinks against the rim of the glass ( that’s too large for an average dose of absinthe ) as his concentration is briefly lost, “ You wanted to get on stage to get a closer look at my face. Alright. “ he approaches her again, glass absentmindedly held in hand as feet cease directly before her, close enough to note each imperfection upon his face. “ Better? “
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.