♡: diminish sentence starters .02
select quotes from teddy of the unfiction platforming game, diminish! all listed quotes are from act 1, and have been slightly edited to better suit rp interactions. feel free to adjust context and wording as needed.
❝ it’s wonderful to imagine you there, [ name ]. ❞
❝ as we speak, it’s like you’re prying a vice grip off my chest. ❞
❝ the work is already worth it. ❞
❝ considering our circumstances, you knew what you were signing up for. right? ❞
❝ don’t worry… it’ll only get worse from here. WAY worse. ❞
❝ i hope you’re remembering your own strength without too much issue. ❞
❝ these abilities… they should feel familiar, as long as you’re being true to yourself. ❞
❝ you know what you have to do. ❞
❝ no one is impervious to life. ❞
❝ i’m sorry, i thought this would help me feel a bit lighter about everything. but i’m getting angrier by the day. ❞
❝ part of me almost hopes you won’t see any of this. ❞
❝ i’m not angry at you, i’m just angry. i hate it so much. ❞
❝ you’re so close. and yet, i can’t feel you today. ❞
❝ some days, i feel you so clearly. it’s like i’m actually in that forbidden future. ❞
❝ today, it feels like you’ve slipped through my fingers. ❞
❝ and yet, this text manifests, crawling onto a computer screen. the connection is formed. from right now, into long ago. ❞
❝ but you’re the only one who can see it, i never will. ❞
❝ suddenly, i’m not so sure you’re actually there. i’m losing my nerve. ❞
❝ this could be a time capsule never uncovered, lost in the furnace of a dying earth. ❞
❝ i am here now. but soon, i am a fossil. ❞
❝ i bury myself in binary dirt. ❞
❝ these words lie in dormancy, they don’t know if they’ve found eyes. they are born into a cosmic grave. ❞
❝ i wish you were here, and i’m glad you’re not. ❞
❝ what do you hope to become, once you leap this gap once again? ❞
❝ how many seconds older will you be once you’re done seeing the other side? ❞
❝ will it prepare you for being that much closer to your death? ❞
❝ i know you too well, you have to move on. ❞
❝ welcome to another side of the same coin. ❞
❝ sometimes, the hardest thing to do is turn around. ❞
❝ i’m leaving the real disease behind. ❞
❝ it is yours to inherit, you’re on your own. ❞
❝ i love you. i hate us all. i’m sorry. ❞
❝ why did you call me here? am i in trouble? ❞
❝ most things just don’t appeal to me. i’m wired differently, i can’t help it. ❞
❝ i’ve honestly been doing great, i’m really occupied and fulfilled. ❞
❝ you know… every day i worry about what this is going to be putting you through. on top of everything you’ll already be feeling. but i have to remind myself… that’s the point. you have to face these feelings for the rest of your life. ❞
❝ you’ll be witnessing it all while the others try to gouge out your eyes. ❞
❝ i know you. i know you can handle it. and i know you’re going to come away with something more than you entered with. ❞
❝ there may not be a future for me, but i won’t let that happen to you. not while i still have that power left within me. you will move forward. ❞
❝ [ name ]? hey, [ name ]? i can’t sleep. ❞
❝ i really really really don’t want to die. do you think that if we try really hard, we can live forever? ❞
❝ i shouldn’t have said that. ❞
❝ hope is a strange thing. sometimes you’re just better off without it. ❞
❝ [ name ], put that down. put it down, right now. ❞
❝ so you can prove them wrong. ❞
❝ every action creates ripples. they spread in every direction, inescapable. they are not correct. they are not just. no one’s are. they’re just ripples. ❞
❝ one wrong step, and a tsunami wipes out the innocent. one moment of hesitation, and the water won’t reach a land dying of dehydration. ❞
❝ be afraid, but don’t hide. despair, but never give up. ❞
❝ [ name ]? promise me something. promise me right now, before i say what it is. ❞
❝ promise me that you’ll be golden without me. ❞
❝ i’m sorry if none of this makes sense. i’m too scared to know what i’m saying, day to day. but i’ll be here, for now. ❞
❝ i’ll hang out with you one last time. i’ll lend you my shoulder. ❞
❝ then, you’ll do what i didn’t get the chance to. you will break the surface. ❞