Firefly

Terzo and Cirice.

Cirice is another underrated character of the Ghost lore.

I used to consider her a concept, but I must admit that @blackbird5154 and her fics where she is a real character, inspired me to explore her and create my own vision of her. In this drawing she is about 10/11 with a 12/13 Terzo (I don’t know how to draw kids, but I like that terzo looks like a long triangle), and in the canon I used for The Third Law, she was abandoned at the Ministry at that age, possibly due to her hallucinations, and she has a passion for animals, especially insects. Terzo was fascinated by her, and he describes her in his own words under the cut:

Circe has an unholy grip on my brain!

can you see that I'm lost without you

There is such a spiritual unity between them and a willingness to follow and lead T___T Not even trust, but faith

As always, I thank @osirisiii-bc and @van-goghs-smoking-skull for their help with the translation. What a small text and how many problems! Thank you for still being with me despite my pedantry! <3

Tags: 18+, Angst, Loss, Farwell, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Love, Foreplay, Petting, Manual stimulation, Mention of Religion

Characters: Papa Emeritus III x Cirice

Soundtrack: This fic is written under the impression of the song by Spiritual Front 'Choose Death'. Please listen to it, it's just amazing.

Ghost // Cirice

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Love to re-visit this now and again, its so lovely

I drew this over a year ago and have been feeling a little flat so I decided to revisit an old piece it's not that much different but their faces look a lot better and, most importantly, I gave Terzo a lot more chest hair

Tercirice! Finally!

Thank you so much for doing my request! This is so beautiful!

Thinking about the drum leitmotif in Cirice. The 'dun-dun' sound appearing throughout the song, you know. Imitating not only a thunder but also heartbeat, as it's always an eighth note.

When Papa asks 'Can you hear the rumble?' for the first time, the drum is not there. When he asks again, 'Can you hear the rumble that's calling?' it's there and at the foreground too, impossible not to hear. The thunder in your heart.

Perhaps it's always been there but you never realized until he told you to listen to it. Or maybe he only wants you to think it's there. Either way, you are paying attention now.

He extends his hand and you accept it.

Going further, at 2:14 there is a sudden change in the dynamic range. We only hear the piano, the drum (less prominent now), and Papa's voice. The minimalist instrumentalisation makes the whole experience feel very intimate. It feels as if Papa is speaking directly to you. There is no one else.

You are entwined together.

The verbiage he uses now further strengthens this feeling - you and I see eye to eye; now there is nothing between us, from now our merge is eternal. The words feel like a warm embrace, a comfort.

Except... he is manipulating you. Isolating you. Coercing you into forming this emotional bond.

Notice how the music constructs an emotional setting within this context when at around 3:20 a sudden dramatic break occurs. Papa asks, 'Can't you see that you're lost?' and almost all the music goes dead. This is what it feels like to be alone. No sound, no warm embrace, no comfort. Nothingness. 'Can't you see that you're lost without me?' This will be your life if you don't follow him.

But you will. Because he just convinced you there is no one else.