I actually need to make a verse for Domnos but I’m too much of a coward.
"I often think that the night is more alive and richly colored than the day."
- Vincent van Gogh
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄: 𝐙𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆
i just played the stanley parable for the first time recently and this ending absolutely destroyed me, so i’m making a meme about it to cope. a few lines might have been altered just a little bit to fit a more vague setting, but most remain unchanged. feel free to alter further should you need to!
trigger warnings: suicide ( or at least a mention of it )
“ i think perhaps we’ve gotten off on the wrong foot here. ”
“ i’m not your enemy here. really, i’m not. ”
“ wha- REALLY? i was in the middle of something! ”
“ do you have zero consideration for others? ”
“ are you that convinced that i want something bad to happen to you?
“ i really do want to help you. ”
“ let me prove that i’m on your side. ”
“ give me a chance. ”
“ oh, thank god, you are willing to listen to me. ”
“ do you see that i have really wanted you to be happy all this time? ”
“ don’t you see that it’s killing us? ”
“ i just… i want it to stop. ”
“ we would both be so much happier if we just stopped. ”
“ i think i have a solution. ”
“ what are we looking for? ”
“ it’s beautiful, isn’t it? ”
“ i think i feel…happy. ”
“ no, wait, where are you going? ”
“ please, no, let me stay here! ”
“ don’t take this from me! ”
“ this is where we can both be happy. ”
“ promise me you won’t go back there. ”
“ you’re risking everything we achieved here! ”
“ are you… you are going to stay here, aren’t you? ”
“ you. will. die. what about this isn’t getting through to you?! ”
“ thank god you lived. ”
“ you had me worried there for a moment. ”
“ i can’t go back to what i was before! ”
“ why are you doing this? ”
“ see? this is what you want. ”
“ go back. there’s nothing good that can come from this. ”
“ do you just not believe me? ”
“ what can i say to convince you? ”
“ can you do that for me? ”
“ perhaps you finally see what i’m talking about. ”
“ my god… is this really how much you dislike me? ”
“ you are literally willing to kill yourself to keep me from being happy? ”
“ am i reading the situation correctly? ”
“ maybe you’re just getting a kick out of it. i don’t know anymore. ”
“ i just wanted us to get along. i guess that was too much to ask. ”
“ is it over? ”
Tentative thoughts of a low-activity canon muse... one I actually haven’t ever written before 🤔
You know what, fuck it
Domnos verse
Tonight seems like something of a sneepy night, so I’ll probably just be lurking on disco and wire for moots and chilling for the rest of it, but I’ll maybe queue up some memes and be here tomorrow around whatever hours I end up working!
@therelentless : “ i wouldn’t do that if i were you. ” | x
𝐓𝚮𝚬𝐑𝚬 𝐖𝚬𝐑𝚬 𝐅𝚬𝐖 𝐓𝚮𝚰𝚴𝐆𝐒 𝐓𝚮𝚨𝐓 could give Veric deliberate pause, but he faltered then—not because he had been caught in the act, per se, but because he explicitly hadn’t been doing anything to warrant such a warning, not that he was aware of, at least.
( Except, perhaps, the trespassing part. )
“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝛐𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝚰 𝐰𝐚𝐬–” No... no, actually, he clearly didn’t want to know. Uncertain eyes flickered back to the previous subject of his attention, lips twisting in disdain. It was a true internal conflict, debating if he was possessed of the mental fortitude to dare ask but his curiosity, it seemed, won over any hesitation. Under his breath, eyes drifting back to the man in question, “𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝛐𝐮 𝐠𝛐𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝛐 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞... 𝐭𝛐𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝛐𝐧𝐬 𝛐𝐟 𝐚 𝐰𝛐𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝛐𝐦𝐲? 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝? 𝚨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝛐𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?”
I’m currently stuck between “let a grumpy wizard snark affectionately at you” and “let a god fawn disbelievingly at the brightness of your mortal soul”
feel free to change pronouns as you please! ____ signifies a place where you can insert a name.
❝ You’ve got that look in your eyes…You’ve killed people. Or you will. ❞ ❝ No remorse, no mercy…Yes, you have the eyes of a killer! ❞ ❝ I know that you can kill. Now show me that you can obey. ❞ ❝ The lives of the innocent and the guilty alike are ours for the taking. ❞ ❝ I appreciate you finding a safe place for our meeting. ❞ ❝ Your people deserve so much greater than you. ❞ ❝ Despite your holy station, you have the same needs and desires as any other. ❞ ❝ Obey me without question and I’m sure we’ll get along just fine. ❞ ❝ You’re one of the family now…You might as well look the part. ❞ ❝ I’m blessed with good looks and a sense of humour. Just play along, dear, and enjoy~! ❞ ❝ I find life to be a complicated mess of pranks and pitfalls. ❞ ❝ Stay sharp. We’re not alone in the shadows anymore. ❞ ❝ I suggest you get used to this face, because you’re gonna be seeing a lot of me. ❞ ❝ It seems I’ll need to use something harsher than words to deal with you. ❞ ❝ It seems we’re at war with an unknown adversary… ❞ ❝ Your mead tastes like bee vomit…Think I’ll pass. ❞ ❝ You’re hunting the hunters, and that’s a game I have no desire to play. ❞ ❝ I protect my customers and their secrets. I’ve nothing more to say to you. ❞ ❝ I’ll tear your head off and mount it on my wall! ❞ ❝ I didn’t mean to cause so much trouble…or to put you in harm’s way… ❞ ❝ Make ____ feel pain before you kill him/her, alright? ❞ ❝ I assume you have a reason for approaching me while I’m working. What is it? ❞ ❝ I’m not quite sure I really want to know your trade secrets. ❞ ❝ Life is fleeting, an illusion, and everything in the end belongs to death. ❞ ❝ You’ve demonstrated skills and abilities that we’ll definitely need in the battles to come. ❞ ❝ I’m going to be a part of this mission whether you give the command or not. ❞ ❝ I’m getting a little tired of sticking to the shadows all the time… ❞ ❝ What’s a few more minutes when I get to spend it with such a deadly assassin… ❞ ❝ I’m unarmed. May we speak before you kill me? ❞ ❝ We’ll meet again, and next time I’ll be ready to deal with you! ❞ ❝ One day, your recklessness is going to get you killed. ❞ ❝ If I have to confront my past to shed light on the present, then so be it. ❞ ❝ This place may be abandoned, but such areas never stay quiet for long… ❞ ❝ What? Are those tears? Executioners aren’t supposed to cry. ❞ ❝ Were all these deaths truly what you wanted? ❞ ❝ Put away your weapon, child. We have much to discuss. ❞ ❝ You have no idea how glad I am to see a friendly face… ❞ ❝ Honestly, I’m extremely overqualified, but I’ll take whatever employment you can get. ❞ ❝ You can’t blame me for breaking a few fingers…You were touching my body, after all. ❞ ❝ Have you lifted anything heavier than a book in your entire life? ❞ ❝ If you falter in the slightest, it’ll be your blood that stains the ground. ❞ ❝ Heh…You always were a step faster than me. ❞ ❝ I’m ready to die. Let’s see if you’re good enough to kill me. ❞ ❝ You remind me of who I was. That’s why I’m going to kill you. ❞ ❝ ____ failed. Why mourn the loss of weakness? ❞ ❝ We have a certain connection, you and I…Don’t you find it to be intense? ❞ ❝ I have the kind of face everyone remembers – beautiful. ❞ ❝ Wakey wakey, darling! You can sleep when you’re dead, which will be sooner than you think! ❞ ❝ One of these nights, I’ll sneak into your room and– purely for a social visit, I assure you! ❞ ❝ A murder here, an assassination there, a girl needs to stay active! ❞ ❝ You have a way of making me act unprofessionally, you know that? ❞ ❝ That was…intense. I’m glad you showed up when you did. ❞ ❝ You’ve meddled in my affairs for the last time! ❞ ❝ I will not beg for mercy from the likes of you! ❞ ❝ Perhaps we could share a murder spree sometime soon, yes? ❞ ❝ I see your sense of humour is still in a state of disrepair. ❞ ❝ I need to ask a favour, and gold isn’t the only reward I’m willing to provide. ❞ ❝ Would you go away and leave me alone? I don’t want any trouble. ❞ ❝ Don’t you dare follow me! I’ve got some apples and I know how to use ‘em! ❞ ❝ When I said “be discreet”, this was not what I meant… ❞ ❝ I’m thinking this spy business just might not work out for you. ❞ ❝ These aren’t the most…luxurious headquarters, but I’ve had worse. ❞ ❝ Who am I to suppose I can avoid the fate that so clearly awaits me? ❞ ❝ I thought you’d realise by now that I don’t take kindly to threats. ❞ ❝ This is your fault. I never should have hired you. ❞ ❝ This place is too quiet…Almost too perfect for an ambush. ❞ ❝ One minute you’re flirting, the next minute you’re stabbing. It’s very confusing. ❞ ❝ Look who’s here! Afraid I’d leave without giving you a goodbye kiss? ❞ ❝ Don’t get all sentimental on me, hero. ❞ ❝ Step away from me or we’ll need a broom to clean up your remains. ❞ ❝ Forward? Believe me, this is my shy and unimposing side. ❞ ❝ Think you’ll find a better deal elsewhere? You’d be dead wrong. ❞ ❝ Why not take a load off? You look like you’ve been working yourself to the bone. ❞
@celestieu : ❝ i am different. i do not belong. ❞ | x
"𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒."
Hands kept tempo in their busy work, combing with deft precision through innumerable slips and curls of parchment. The spectacles hung low over the bridge of his nose, threatening to slip away with every twist of his lips in dissatisfaction the longer his efforts went unrewarded. “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭.” But in spite of his words, Veric’s expression remained even, neither hard nor sympathetic. Carefully, purposefully, blank.
“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝛐 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝛐𝐫 𝐲𝛐𝐮? 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝛐𝐧𝐞. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝛐𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝛐𝐫 𝐲𝛐𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝛐𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝛐𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝛐𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝛐 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝛐𝐟 𝐝𝛐𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝛐 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝛐𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝛐𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝛐𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝛐 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧?”
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