work besties
They're taking over my mind rn đđ
(And yes I did take too much time out of my day looking for a collage of hugh jackman on pinterest what about it)
The residents of Jackson were certainly nice. So willing to help strangers, to accept refugees even with the risks that came alongside accepting people you don't know. They'd taken in Joel and Ellie, more than once. Gave them clothes, a home, food - gave Ellie the first taste she'd have of a normal life. No wonder Tommy had settled there, had decided to start a family. It was the closest to normal they'd ever get again.
" For a lot of these people, acting normal is coping. Everyone deals with things in... different ways, and most people aren't built for what this world demands. " Just because the world as you know it ends, doesn't mean people magically become violent, become killers. Most who do are only like it because something made them that way... Joel included.
He didn't know what happened to Hannah, that was something for the teen to share in her own time, on her own terms. But he did know that it likely wasn't easy for her. Hell, even Ellie had struggled for a while when they first came back to Jackson, reeling in the aftermath of whatever that asshole tried to do to her, and then with the loss of the fireflies.
" Tommy helped because he's a big softie at heart. He likes people, gets on with them. Wants to help everyone he can, " Joel's gaze travels, spotting said brother in the distance. Chatting away with a group of residents, laughing and smiling in that easy way he always had. Joel felt a twinge in his heart.
" Besides, he likes you. That helps. I can't speak for other people, but this world is... people want to help or hurt others, doesn't seem to be an inbetween anymore. But at least here there only seems to be help.. better than the world out there." Joel gestures towards the large walls.
" You're right though, Jury's still out on the cult thing. Guess we'll have to wait and see." His lips twitch, the closest thing to a smile Joel had offered anyone but Ellie or Tommy in a long time.
Oh, Joel knows what he's talking about, Hannah has heard enough - whispers and implied words alike - to never doubt Joel and Tommy have seen some crazy things in their lives and have had plenty of time to both react and, maybe, recover. She hums thoughtfully, considering his words and trying to feel comforted by them. "Everybody is being so nice to me here... It makes me feel a little crazy, like I'm all scared for nothing," she admits, crossing her arms to hug her chest, shield herself from the awkwardness, "I never thought I'd be around normal people again, you know? I just... expected to be dead by now, easy." It was almost easier, emotionally, to deal with being alone in the wilderness: at least there she knew how to feel and she felt that way most of the time. Here it was one surprise after another.
"I don't understand why Tommy helped me. What he gets out of it. I always meet people who either save me or want to slaughter me and there is no in between, and I don't understand." And that's kind of her big problem here, isn't it? Because trusting people led her there in the first place. Same as not understanding people before they show their true colors. "I'm still not sure this isn't a cult or something. I'm only giving it the benefit of the doubt because of Ellie."
Have you heard about the secret Beach Episode đď¸
6x01, exile on main street gamblenatural, 23/29
NOSFERATU PROMPTS * Â assorted dialogue from the screenplay, adjust as necessary
i have felt you like a serpent crawling in my body.
love is inferior to you.
i am an appetite. nothing more.
you are my affliction.
even now we are fated.
you know nothing of him.
your passion is bound to me.
you cannot love.
i cannot be sated without you.
we must remain calm.
you know i love you both.
why do you hate me?
you have never liked me.
search everything.
this is madness!
i must see them!
don't touch me. i am not to be touched.
our love was supposed to be sacred.
kiss me.
i need no salvation.
you will put an end to all of this?
come to me.
hear my call.
you are not for the living.
do you swear it?
what's that, my love?
there is nothing to be afraid of.
take off your shoes.
i wish i could stay, my love.
i really must be off.
come in, come in.
i thank you for considering me.
you are too generous.
it will be a great adventure for you.
why have you killed these beautiful flowers?
let us put them in water.
forgive me.
throw them out.
you cannot leave.
i must tell you my dream.
please, no more of your childhood memories.
never speak these things aloud.
it is a foolish dream.
everything is well.
when i return, i will finally make something of myself.
i love you too much.
it's worth celebrating your adventure!
i envy you.
it's crushing, [name]. crushing.
i cannot resist her.
not another word.
do take care of [name].
there is a monster in the room.
we have each other.
you're hurting me.
i am proud of you.
please keep safe.
have you so little faith in me?
i promise.
remember, it's all for us.
you bring trouble with you.
i only wish to stay one night.
i have an audience at the castle.
leave here.
you are late.
i wish you to do as i request.
it's nothing.
come by the fire.
why ever did you bring that here?
you must put that away.
what might we do for you?
that was yesterday.
do you ever feel at times as if you were not a person?
we all feel out of sorts.
look at the sea!
i am not mad.
forgive me. everything i say sounds so childish.
how careless of me.
you are fortunate in your love.
i fear i am taken ill.
if it continues, let me know.
i have received nothing of any kind.
still no trace of him.
for heaven's sake, you cannot leave.
a moment longer... please.
i cannot resist you, my love.
can you tell me your name?
he is coming.
why haven't you told me?
i must leave!
i sensed something.
you look tired.
would you describe them to me?
tell me what you can. from the beginning.
this is no delusion.
the blood is the life.
i feared i'd never see you again.
what the devil is this?
it is past three o'clock in the morning!
forgive me for the troubles i have caused you.
get off me. give me room. i can't breathe.
you frightened me.
may i stay with you tonight?
thank you for loving me.
our spirits are one, so too shall be our flesh.
you are mine.
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