Four of Coins

Four of Coins {Greed, Fear of Loss, Material Succes}

The Four of Coins is a lover of material wealth, one who hoards things of value with no prospect of sharing.

“Failures is a side effect of effort and can be learnt from.”-Lunar Mother

Here is how the dice roll affects your scenario
6: Lost from the heat and nightmares, hallucinations leave you flirting with the idea of death’s sweet embrace.
5: You’ve been cornered and injured by a wild pack of desert beasts. Those bites leave you with a nasty infection.
4: Heat drives your thirst to desperation as you bite into a cactus fruit. Caution: they cause violent hallucinations.
3: You’re met with an impossible decision only you can make. Act quietly for it is a matter of life and death. 
2: Your instincts once again serve you well, but you have trouble distinguishing reality from illusion. 
1: The Moon flows through you as no foe, obstacle, nor prophecy stands before you and your progress.

 

 

♆ Ten [A] 1 week ago
Ten is greeted by the ceiling of the sanctuary when he opens his eyes once again. He’s back in his corporeal form, laying on a medical cot as a nurse tends to his wounds.

“Ah, finally awake, are we?” The nurse says as she continues her work. “I have to commend you, that was some impressive work you did. Haven’t seen many people of any race able to stave off desert beast venom the way that you did out there.”

“...Venom?” Ten asks. He hadn’t felt ill when he’d sustained the wounds at the beginning of the trial. Was it possible he was immune..?

“That’s right. Turns a person’s own power against them. Terrifying when you really think about it.” 

Ten’s stomach drops and his whole body feels heavy.

Illusions. All of it. And all thanks to his own ability to manipulate dreams.

Ten doesn't say anymore after that.

He just fights back the constant urge to vomit as silent tears well up in his eyes, threatening to fall if he moves too abruptly.
♆ Ten [A] 1 week ago
When Ten comes to, he’s in a bedroom that’s both strange and familiar all at once.

“Morning princess,” a sultry voice whispers in Ten’s ear as an arm wraps around his waist to pull him closer. Ten melts into the warm sensation of skin against skin while kisses are pressed against the length of his neck, slow and tantalizing. Ten closes his eyes again, basking in the familiar touch.

“Thought you had something to do this morning,” Ten mumbles, body still laden with sleep.

“Indeed. And that something is right-” a hand snakes to the front of Ten’s boxers, palming at the bulge that’s forming beneath the fabric, “-here.”

A giggle escapes Ten’s lips. The sound is light and bubbly and… foreign.

When did he last laugh like this?

The hand begins massaging him before any words of protest can leave Ten’s lips, morphing his breathing into moans and gasps of pleasure as he’s worked up until . 

“Feel better?”

“Hmm?” Ten replies with a blissed out hum, head too hazy to pretend to understand the question.

“You sounded like you were having a nightmare last night. Wanted to get your mind off of whatever was troubling you.”

Troubling him..?

“What did I say…?” Ten asks cautiously, his eyes blinking open to stare at the wall while he awaits the answer. Something is wrong.

“Not a lot - at least, not a lot that I could actually understand. You did keep repeating the word ‘trials’ over and over, though.”

Trials…?

Trials…

…TRIALS.

!

Ten rolls over to look at the demon behind him, ice blue eyes looking at him with both a notable confusion and a fondness that Ten in no way deserves. Ten’s heart drops into his stomach, his desire sinking into a pit of acid, ready to eat him up alive.

“My love…?” Ten says, his hand trembling as he the cheekbone of the face before him, his voice shaky. “I can’t stay here.”

“What?”

“I…I have to go.”

“Tennie, what are you talking about? Go where?”

‘Tennie’…? He hadn’t even been called ‘Ten’ yet… Not back when he was still an angel…

Ten’s heart shatters like broken glass as reality fully sets in, shaking his mind loose of the hallucination’s hold.

Ten doesn’t know how he got here, but he knows that there’s no way he can stay. Not in this lie.

“I have to go become the person I always wanted to be when I was with you.”

The demon’s eyebrows furrow in confusion but Ten ignores the expression as he takes the demon’s head in both of his hands and kisses him fiercely, like it’s the last time they’ll ever be together.

Because Ten knows it is.

The demon’s body disintegrates beneath his fingers until Ten is left kissing nothing but ash.

Ten feels a familiar presence behind him, an energy he still remembers, even after his fall from Heaven.

“Iophiel,” Ten’s former brother calls to him.

“Michael,” Ten growls as he whips around, rage instantly building up inside of him, boiling under pressure. He shifts into his demon form without hesitation. He doesn’t tower over Michael the way that other demons might, but what Ten lacks in height he makes up for in speed, his wings cutting through the air faster than Michael’s sword, bringing them face to face within a matter of seconds. Ten’s blue eyes bore into Michael’s, the feelings of betrayal, exploitation, and contempt all creating a vicious whirlpool inside of him.

He wraps his clawed fingers around his brother’s throat and shakes him, a shrill, feral shriek exploding from Ten’s throat as he squeezes so tight that bruises begin to form as Michael tries to swing at him.

Ten doesn’t stop choking Michael until he can see the light leave his eyes.

The world around him slowly catches fire, and he allows it to scorch every inch of his body until he fades into nothing but ash himself.
♆ Ten [A] 1 week ago
A guard rips Ten’s blindfold away just before shoving him through the portal that drops him into the middle of a desert. He stumbles to his feet, investigating the magicked handcuffs that bind his wrists as he walks in a randomly chosen direction. Whatever the cuffs are imbued with is suppressing his ability to transform - an intentional handicap, he presumes, due to the maximum strength of his Lunar Blessing.

The sun bears down on Ten as he pushes onward, sweat trickling down his face and gluing his clothing to his skin. He considers using his levitation powers to move quicker, but with the heat sapping his energy with each passing second, he thinks better of it. Trudging through the endless sands on foot is awful, but it beats not having any energy reserves for defense against potential threats.

The sun finally begins setting below the horizon, providing a drop in temperature that allows Ten to pick up his pace. He’s near fainting when he miraculously arrives at an oasis that he doesn’t even think twice about drinking from, his thirst too great for him to ignore. He continues to gulp down his fill until he’s met with a sharp, clenching pain around his ankles. He tries to flip around to see what’s happening over his shoulder and catches a glimpse of a giant beast at each of his legs, the two of them working together to drag Ten somewhere.

Ten struggles against them until one eases off his ankle and lunges towards his face in an attempt to subdue him. He blocks the beast with the handcuff chain, and when the beast clamps its jaws down there’s a shockwave that shoots the creature back as the chain breaks. Ten stares in disbelief, but only for a moment before trying to shift into his demon form again. This time he’s successful and he battles the remaining beast until it’s sent home packing.

Ten hobbles away from the fight, not even entirely sure where he is going, and he doesn’t get far before he blacks out.
♆ Ten [A] 3 weeks ago
* rolls dice * gets a 3
♆ Ten [A] 3 weeks ago
* rolls dice * gets a 3
♆ Ten [A] 3 weeks ago
* rolls dice * gets a 5
♆ Ten [A] 3 weeks ago
Strengths & Weaknesses

STRENGTHS
+broad-minded
+resilient
+justice-seeking

WEAKNESSES
-self-seeking
-opportunistic
-headstrong

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Keikeu 1 month ago
Gimme me Kohei Higuchi as a cyborg pls
studentofmagic 1 month ago
can i please reserve giselle as human?
JungHyunki23 [A] 1 month ago
In Effect as of 9/25/24

We appreciate your application to the Ivory of the Mist community.

Until further notice, we are currently not accepting any more Demons, Wolves, Vampires, Kistune, Hybrids, or Shapeshifters due to the imbalance of races. We are currently seeking Angel, Humans/Mages,Dragons, Ghouls, Merfolk, Fairies, and Cyborgs. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Once the population in the 12 Kingdoms is balanced, we encourage you to reapply for your desired race.

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Keikeu 2 months ago
Hallo, everyone. Long time no see :)
higuruma 2 months ago
heya! can i reserve kim yerim pls?
direraven 2 months ago
can i request lee taemin as merfolk please?
bvbbles 2 months ago
Can I please have Ok Taecyeon as a vampire?
Keepyouwarm 2 months ago
is it possible to get Choi Seunghyun as he is before ( a demon)? Thank you
direraven 3 months ago
can i reserve hongjoong as my second please?
SeHYUNG 3 months ago
Been eyeing this place for a bit. I checked the wishlist, but it seems pretty dated. Any updated wishes? Male muses pref.
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