Relationship: Lord Arum/Sir Damien, Lord Arum/Sir Damien/Rilla, Sir Damien/Rilla
Characters: Lord Arum, Sir Damien, Rilla
Additional Tags: Second Citadel, Lizard Kissin’ Tuesday, Enemies to Lovers, Rivals to Lovers, Duelling, Sexual Tension, (because they’re IDIOTS), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mutual Pining, mutual IDIOTS
Fic Summary: Damien won yesterday, Arum won today, and now all that’s left is to break the tie. The only issue, however, is that neither of them are willing to do so, not until they are both satisfied that they have fought fairly, and honorably, and one of them has trulywon.
Chapter Summary: Damien loses his footing, for a brief time.
Chapter Notes: aughhghgh. arum. stupid lizard.
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Another duel. Arum pins his quarry, and Damien’s heart thuds hard and sweet, his sweat a heady taste on the air when Arum flicks his tongue. Another victory.
Arum grins, all pride and gloating even as he tugs the knight back to his feet, careful only to grip his wrist where his sleeve will keep Damien’s warm skin from touching his own scales. Another duel, another victory, another chance-
Arum is greedy. Arum is foolish, perhaps. Arum still wants more.
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Another duel. Another victory. Damien bites his lip, his back pressing into the dirt, Arum’s claws against his throat. Victory tastes… strange, this time. Dubious, at best. He tries not to let on to the feeling, his voice still smug as they arrange for their next duel.
Still more. Again.
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Another duel, and Damien falls again beneath his claws and his speed, gasping and flushed and refusing to meet Arum’s eyes, and Arum-
Frowns. He is short with the knight, but Damien gives nothing away, closed off and muted as they go through their familiar verbal dance.
[id: a rough digital sketch of arum and damien from the penumbra podcast. arum is carrying damien in a bridal carry with all four arms, damien in turn smiling bright as he wraps one arm around arum, and using the other to begin caressing arum’s face. little hearts float around their heads.]
cannot be assed to finish this sketch right now but i miss a them
I started listening to the Penumbra one year ago today, so here’s the scalies in fancy modern clothes to mark the occasion. image description is under the cut
[Rating: Mature Fandom: The Penumbra Podcast Relationship: Lord Arum/Sir Damien, Sir Damien/Rilla, Lord Arum/Sir Damien/Rilla Characters: Sir Damien, Lord Arum, Rilla, (others? eventually?) Additional Tags: Second Citadel, Lizard Kissin’ Tuesday, Rivals With Benefits, (I CANT BELIEVE THAT WAS ALREADY A TAG THANK FUCK), Mutual Pining, Secret Relationship, Denial of Feelings, Alternate Universe, (it’s not ROLE reversal it’s like. RELATIONSHIP reversal), (the timing is fucked with), (who knows who first), Sex with Feelings, Relationship Negotiation, (i literally never know how to tag things), (some miscommunication and mild angst in the future), Pining While Fucking, Porn With Plot Summary: Sir Damien is a committed, dedicated knight with a shining record and spotless reputation. Barring, of course, his one minor indiscretion, his singular, secret exception. It does not bear mentioning, of course. The arrangement is purely practical, purely physical, utterly inconsequential, of course. It is not as if a monster would- could care for him in any meaningful way, after all. The idea is impossible; as impossible as the idea of Sir Damien possessing any feelings whatsoever for the monster in return. Chapter Summary: New factors necessitate the redefining of certain boundaries. Chapter Notes:[sharp inhale] people did art for this fic and it made my brain go brrrr so hard that i finally kicked the next chapter into shape, love bless love joy joy joy and delight, KISS LIZARDS,
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The problem is, unfortunately, that not everything Sir Ector brought up can be so easily brushed aside.
He truly does not believe that Rilla is using him to lift her Exile. That passing worry still seems laughable, now. However-
Damien’s position, combined with Rilla’s own… it is troubling, isn’t it? For her, more than for Damien. Her future, her Exile- all of it rests on Damien’s word, and-
Rilla raises an eyebrow at him when next he visits, obviously noting the distress on his face, the way he wrings his hands after she relieves him of his basket of food, and she gestures him towards the table.
“Alright,” she says, sounding indulgent but tired, and Damien tries not to worry even harder at the idea that he is bothering her with his concerns. “I’ve got a full pot of tea. That should get us through… whatever this is.” She settles to sit, across from him rather than side by side, and then she catches his gaze and holds it. “What’s wrong?”
There is this one fic called “Out of Breath Standing Next To You”by@imustspeakmyheart on ao3 in which Rilla and Arum bake some goods together. And it was so lovely it inspired me to draw a fanart of it. Like honestly, it was so sweet and warm i actually forgot the setting of the fic was “a rainy day” and made it all sunny here.
[ID: two digital paintings of lord Arum, Rilla and Damien from Second Citadel of The Penumbra Podcast in warm yellow and orange and brown tones. The first picture depicts Lord Arum and Rilla from behind as they both bake and playfully push each other around. Rilla holds a bowl in right arm and a spatule in left hand and focuses it’s end on Arum’s face just like she’d want to attack him with it. They are both smiling, Rilla with a big grin on her face. The background is the kitchen in Rilla’s hut with jars and plants on the shelves, and with a view on the garden, barely visible in the bright light of the day. The second picture depicts Damien standing and leaning on the frame of a wooden doorway. He crosses his arms and smiles with love in his eyes and a wide smile. Next to him are shelves with jars and packages, and behind him there is another room covered with bright yellow light. End ID]
To anyone who thinks rad bouquet are trying to make a baby through the petrichorus. Look me in the eye and tell me you think Damien, Rilla and Arum have sat down and had a conversation in which all three of them agreed that they want to have a magic lizard baby in the rain. Damien and Rilla can’t even have a normal conversation about getting married after being betrothed for over 6 years. Damien still calls Arum “lord Arum”. They are not making a baby with magic rain
[Image description: a digital illustration of Sir Damien, Lord Arum, and Rilla from the Second Citadel.
Damien is a thin arab man with long hair in a half updo and a short beard wearing a blue tunic.
Arum is a green four armed lizard monster wearing a purple cape and loincloth, a thigh holster holding two long daggers, and a flower crown woven between his six horns. The shoulders of his cape and several spots all over his body have mushrooms and lichen growing on them.
Rilla is a stocky black woman with a very large, poofy braid wearing an orange crop top and a yellow and orange skirt with several large leather pouches on her belt.
The three of them are walking along, with Rilla pulling Arum along by his upper left hand and Damien hanging onto his upper right. His lower arms are crossed over his chest, and he rolls his eyes at his partners as they smile in amusement. End description.)
YesArum is polyamorous yeshe is also a tsundere they exist!!!
[Image description: A full colour illustration and several sketches of Lord Arum from the Second Citadel. Arum is a humanoid lizard monster with four arms. He has rough green scales and spikes along his brow and nose. He’s wearing four knives strapped to his legs, and a purple loin cloth and cape which is covered in mushrooms and other fungi. He also has a flower crown woven through the spikes on his head.
The sketches show four scenes of Arum featuring his two lovers, Rilla and Damien. In the top right he is standing behind Rilla- a black woman with voluminous natural hair- with three of his arms around her and the last playing with her hair as she fiddles with a vial. Not looking up from her work she says, “You are such a heat leech.”
In the top left he is leaning back with two arms behind his head and the other two resting on Damien- an arabic man with long hair worn in a partial updo- who is sitting in Arums lap, looking slightly nervous.
In the bottom right Arum is hissing at Damien, who has his back turned to the audience and holds his hands up to arum saying “My Lily, please…”
In the bottom left Arum is sitting by himself with a guitar made out of a gourd. He looks confused as it emits a broken note. End description.]
I’ve had this sitting in my folders for months now… not sure I’m happy with my Lizard man design.
ID: A digital drawing of Lord Arum and Damien the Pious from Second Citadel having a picnic in a swamp.
Damien is a wiry, bearded arabic man with long hair in a half updo. He is wearing a white tunic with a yellow sasha and leggins and red and yellow striped vest.
Lord Arum is a large, four-armed, green lizard monster. He has moss, mushrooms, and lichen growing over his body and clothing. He’s wearing a purple cloak with large mushrooms on the shoulders, a purple loincloth, and has thigh holsters for knives. The top of his head is heavily covered in vegetation.
Damien is sitting cross legged in front of Arum, holding a skewer of meat and looking up at Arum adoringly. Arum is leaning on a log behind him, holding a half eaten fruit in one right hand and gesturing with the other, clearly talking to Damien. In front of them is a woven basket full of fruit, meat skewers, rolls, and other food. End ID.
I’m so glad these past two episodes have been nothing but Damien and Arum having a nice lunch with no complications or southern accents
image description: A three panel comic of a scene from Second Citadel featuring Rilla, a black woman wearing a rellow, red, and orange sari and Lord Arum, a green, four armed lizard monster wearing a purple cape covered in moss and fungi.
Rilla rests her hand on Arum’s back as he turns toward his workbench and says “Maybe one of us should go check on Damien, he looks shaken up-”
Arum cuts her off, “Go,” he says.
“Arum, I’m sorry-” Rilla starts. Arum looks down pensively. “I am not angry Amaryllis. Just.. focused. I do not expect I will be very useful to Damien at the moment.”
Arum reaches up dramatically with his two left hands, “Not unless he needs help twisting the very coils and threads of nature itself between his fingers,” He says.
Rilla looks at him fondly, “Yeah I’m guessing he’s good there,” she says.
ID: A digital drawing of Lord Arum and Damien the Pious from Second Citadel having a picnic in a swamp.
Damien is a wiry, bearded arabic man with long hair in a half updo. He is wearing a white tunic with a yellow sasha and leggins and red and yellow striped vest.
Lord Arum is a large, four-armed, green lizard monster. He has moss, mushrooms, and lichen growing over his body and clothing. He’s wearing a purple cloak with large mushrooms on the shoulders, a purple loincloth, and has thigh holsters for knives. The top of his head is heavily covered in vegetation.
Damien is sitting cross legged in front of Arum, holding a skewer of meat and looking up at Arum adoringly. Arum is leaning on a log behind him, holding a half eaten fruit in one right hand and gesturing with the other, clearly talking to Damien. In front of them is a woven basket full of fruit, meat skewers, rolls, and other food. End ID.
I’m so glad these past two episodes have been nothing but Damien and Arum having a nice lunch with no complications or southern accents
i know the trend of redrawing this was a while ago, but i couldn’t not do it with these three
[image ID: two manga covers depicting the same scene but with different characters. the title of the first says “go for it, damien!” in blue, pink, and orange bubble writing. sir damien is standing in the centre, one hand clutched at his chest, the other at his side in a fist. he looks nervous and is blushing deeply. behind him in hearts and stars and three pictures of rilla and three of arum. they are making various happy expressions. there’s small blue text next to damiens shoulder that says “art by char awkwardfantasy”. the second is the original cover. end ID]
picking up your partner while working is a hugely important part of the scientific method it has to be done no exceptions
[image ID: a digital drawing of arum and rilla. arum is holding up rilla and she has her hand on his shoulder. they both have their eyes closed and are smiling. arum is a lizard monster with green scales, four arms, and horns. he has lighter green patches on the top of his head, his arms, and his frill. he has peircings below his mouth and on his frill and is wearing rings on his arms and horns. he is wearing a purple cape. rilla is a human women with dark skin, freckles, and brown hair which is half tied back. shes wearing a wrap style yellow crop top, a darker yellow skirt, and a belt with two bags attached. she has a piece of yellow fabric wrapped around her right arm and a small flower tucked behind her ear. the two are surrounded by plants and there is a stream of sunlight coming in from the right. end ID]
