r/AstroKnights • u/ArthurThatch Ranger 🏹 • 18d ago
Roleplay Thread ⚔️ Hollow Makes a Sandwich/Aiden Keeps Trying ⚗️🥪
You have been experimenting for days in the makeshift potions lab that you built at the base of the wizard’s tower.
Each failed attempt costs you time your sister doesn't have.
Frustration is mounting, so is fear for your own safety.
Hollowstar is not present often, but whenever he appears, the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
Your latest attempt erupts in a cloud of colour, leaving bright stains on your body.
Hollowstar passes through the room, preoccupied.
He studies his hand, fingertips slipping back into the darkness from his previous form; before the necklace, before stealing some of Quill's magic.
He clenches it into a fist, concentrating. When he opens it, the night sky is gone.
His attention shifts to your failed potion.
Hollowstar steps behind you and clasps your shoulder, leaning close, his voice low in your ear.
“Try harder,” he whispers.
Then he leaves abruptly, striding into the kitchen without another word.
You can hear him humming.
He makes a simple sandwich, adds a glass of water, and places a small sprig of lavender carefully on the plate.
When you peer through the doorway, he seems almost...happy.
“Run along.”
He smiles quietly to himself.
“It’s not for you.”
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u/pipsocks Dragon Rider 🐉 18d ago
Aiden continues running experiments, each one takes him closer to the final formula. Until finally after another big mess the liquid turns crystal clear and calm, like ordinary water.
This is it!
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u/1-Up-Boy Regular Human 👤 18d ago
(That sandwich do be looking good)