the-soul-eater-alchemist:
magnus archives sentence starters. from MAG 011-015. feel free to change gender-specific words, pronouns, whatever you like to make it fit your muse better!
❝ First off, I should admit that I lied to get in here. ❞
❝ I needed to get closer. ❞
❝ On the face of each and every person I saw was that same rictus of surprise, pain and terrified confusion. ❞
❝ Something about it lingered, like a foul odour you only smell when you’ve stopped thinking about it. ❞
❝ Those that I remembered had faded, like wallpaper left too long in the sun. ❞
❝ Believe it or not, I now work selling crystals and tarot cards in a “magic” shop. ❞
❝ I tried to warn him of course, it did no good, though. ❞
❝ He died, and so did any hope I had of my dreams doing good in the world. ❞
❝ There are so many people who die in London, and I know so few of them. ❞
❝ I have no responsibility to try and prevent whatever fate is coming for you. ❞
❝ There is something coming for you and I don’t know what it is, but it is so much worse than anything I can imagine. ❞
❝ I mean, I don’t believe in the predictive power of dreams, obviously, but still… It’s a deeply unsettling thing. ❞
❝ If anyone comes in ranting about dreaming my death, then I very much want to hear about it. ❞
❝ Christmas brings out the side of people that always seems to lead them to the hospital. ❞
❝ When you work in a hospital, there are few words that fill your heart with such dread as the word “celebration”. ❞
❝ I’ve always had difficulty adjusting to the late nights. ❞
❝ It was so quiet as to be almost inaudible, but was definitely words, the same words over and over. ❞
❝ I was freaked out, quite frankly. ❞
❝ Whatever’s going on here, I want no part of it. ❞
❝ I went in; I don’t know what I was planning to do, I just needed to do something. ❞
❝ I should have been relieved with his company, but he just made me very afraid. ❞
❝ He was going to kill the man; I could feel it in the way he stared past me as I stood in the doorway. ❞
❝ Yes. For you, better beholding than the lightless flame. ❞
❝ Since then, I’ve just tried not to think about it. ❞
❝ I get the feeling I’m being watched. Not threatened or judged, just… watched. ❞
❝ There’s obviously a lot to unpack here. ❞
❝ Does that thing even work? ❞
❝ I see why no-one takes you guys seriously. ❞
❝ I should go. He’s gone and that’s all there is to it. ❞
❝ Could you stay please? I don’t want to be alone. ❞
❝ I’d hear laughter coming from other rooms in my building, or see a group of friends talking in the sun outside, and maybe I’d wish I had something like that. ❞
❝ I’ve always been more comfortable alone, you know? ❞
❝ I didn’t need other people and they certainly didn’t need me. ❞
❝ Back then, I didn’t know what he meant. I think I do now, though. ❞
❝ I don’t think I’ve ever been happier than in that moment. ❞
❝ I always used to roll my eyes at people who said that their loved ones ‘completed them’, but I honestly can’t think of any other way to describe how it felt to be with [name]. ❞
❝ He was gone. Just gone. And I was alone again. ❞
❝ God knows I felt guilty enough about his death, though I have no idea why. ❞
❝ I would find no sanctuary here. ❞
❝ I knew that I could wander there for years, and never meet another. ❞
❝ So what do you think? Was it real? ❞
❝ Let’s get one thing straight right off - this is not a goddamn confession, alright? ❞
❝ I need you to tell me that it’s just coincidence and my mind’s playing tricks. ❞
❝ I’ve never met someone so intent on being a screw-up as [name]. ❞
❝ I should have kept walking . ❞
❝ There’s no magic there, just a killer with a schtick. ❞
❝ Yes, I did want him dead. And more than that, I wanted him to suffer. ❞
❝ I’m not paying for someone’s gran to take out a hard case like [name]. ❞
❝ I wasn’t scared of this old woman, but being around her was… bad. I don’t know how else to say it, she was bad. ❞
❝ No matter what happens to me, the memory of that look of panicked terror will stay with me. ❞
❝ I’m not too proud to admit that I screamed. ❞
❝ I’ve tried everything. ❞
❝ Some hungers are too strong to be denied. ❞
❝ I just need your help. I need this to stop. ❞
❝ it felt like the earth itself was trying to kick my ass. ❞
❝ It always used to feel like they were keeping me safe, though it doesn’t feel like that anymore. ❞
❝ Accommodating people was never high on their list of priorities. ❞
❝ They lost their way together in the sprawling labyrinth of tunnels, and never emerged. ❞
❝ I’m sorry, that’s a horrible thing to say about the dead. ❞
❝ There was something else there, beneath the silence. Almost like a whisper. ❞
❝ That’s when everything started to go really, really wrong. ❞
❝ I said earlier that I enjoyed the pure dark of a cave. I was wrong. ❞
❝ I knew that it was… of this place. It meant me harm. ❞
❝ Best not to ask how, I think. ❞
