Augustine sighing
"My lecture is over the hall, Sentry-"

Augustine is yelling
"LOUDER THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT-"

Augustine considers himself very much the luckiest one.

I'd go so far as to describe it as he still doesn't really believe he's allowed to be with/have Dolly.

Dolly sat here like the smittenest lil kitten who got all the cream like
🥰

Bahahaha, isn't that how everyone sits on boxes 😂🫠

He's so offended 😂

The unbeatable force field of the no Gullistans sign 😂

This silly mental image couldn't be ignored bahahaha

#ocqotd #tavqotd

Yeah, Dolly would build a treehouse.

#dollystine

He's always up first, a restless soul. A džezva on the stove, a plume of steam and the gentle crackle of a record player.
Dolly isn't much of a dancer, but they enjoy taking a moment to sway a little as the coffee brews, and Augustine holds his world in his hands.
#tavqotd #augustinetet #dollybard

The Augustine in my mind is screaming in a panic "don't let him talk-"

Ughhhh I know Auggie wouldn't want more blood on her hands for him, I know, especially knowing everything they've talked about,
but I'm over here like 😭😭

"I am in love," he says, "...and I am no stronger than any creature who loves, and finds that now the cost is no longer one they can pay."

There is something else in his expression, now. His voice quiet.

"We are so small, Ophelia. Tiny lights, clinging together in infinite, hungry dark."

"I know what that makes me."

He takes a breath.

"... and I know that I am no less a monster for the fact that I made the other choice, and failed."

He looks truly regretful.

"and I will live knowing that it is failure in my heart... for all that means, too."

"and pay the toll. I would carry the responsibility of catastrophe, and leave our world in darkness and ruin to give it any chance of finding the equal reality I believe in. Free. Every decision truly our own."

His eyes hold, but his expression falters, a flicker crossing them.

Augustine listens quietly to Ophelia's assessment, his expression tinged with a growing sorrow.

"I-"

He holds up his hands.

"For a very long time, I would have answered that question with what was once the truth.
That my answer is yes. That I would bloody my hands-"

💛 he's trying.

Thank you!
I actually kinda drew this because I wanted to show Dolly coveting Augustine's fur a little, haha, so I'm very grateful for that comment! 🥰 They celebrate his body hair hahaha

Thank you 😭 Auggie's much more vulnerable than he can seem, but he really does trust them. More than he trusts himself.

😭 picturing Ophelia giving this speech rn

Ooooooo this is beautiful!!!

Augustine wouldn't be Augustine if he didn't try, the very first opportunity he got, to kill him.

He had to try. 😔

That's very fair 😂 and thank you 💛

Oath of Auggie subclass! 😭😂

I'm putting that on their character sheet 💛

CW: violence

"Don't you understand it, yet? There's no escaping this deal."

(Pt 23) #dollystine

Hidden amongst nonsense - as inexplicable as the willful boy's ugly writing, this spite writ upon his spine.

"I don't want to solve this riddle of yours," Gullistan said, pulling his head back. "Show me. Show me what you did with it."

Only - when he reached into his thoughts -
(Pt 22) #dollystine

After all those years of running from an Oath, Dolly was ready, at last - to make it.

(Pt.21) #dollystine

"My devotion, the oath in my heart started here, Auggie."

(Pt.21) #dollystine #nsfw

As Tecothy slunk back into the city, getting to work on the first two parts - the allies, the plan - Dolly thought about the last one. About being ready.

Then they found their way back to an abandoned church, by the docks.

(pt.20) #dollystine

"You need allies. You need a plan. You need to be ready."

(Pt.19)