TWISTED.

HANG ON A ROPE OR BATED BREATH, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER. independent simon blackquill, penned by vladimir.

[hidestruth]

the door to simon’s office is locked and he’s taking a nap. the sign taped to the door says: see you all tomorrow when you have some sense.

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HANG ON A ROPE OR BATED BREATH, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER.

simon blackquill, as written by vlad. credit.

[hidestruth]

‘ numbers do not lie. politics and poetry, promises, these are lies. numbers are as close as we get to the handwriting of god. ‘ | Nahyuta @ Simon

canceling the apocalypse.

" big words coming from someone quoting the prayers of your home on a constant basis. which book did you pluck this one out of? hm? has justice been lending you books since you've been around? i would be careful -- his taste in literature leaves some to be desired. "

[hidestruth]

Could you tell us more about Simon and birds?

meta topics.

simon's interest in birds was just that growing up: an interest. he was just the kid who got extremely interested in them, particularly because he spent a lot of time at public libraries while aura was doing research for school or work and he needed to be quietly entertained while it happened.

about ten thousand words later sprinkled through various nature books, he was just obsessed with them. the way they worked, the way they lived, the way nature had created such creatures. it had originally been a passing fancy that grew into a genuine interest and hobby. birdwatching was a favorite of his before imprisonment.

taka's care is a special case -- she's a nesting hawk in one of the courtrooms in the courthouse. they called to have her removed and simon noted that removing her would cause extreme stress on her, so he offered to keep an eye on her. now she's bonded to him & she keeps the courthouse free of mice and rats and pigeons. she doesn't leave the courthouse often, and he never takes her to his actual home, because she is still a wild creature at heart.

[ministarfruit]

god forbid I ever stop feeling sorry for myself for being selfish!

[hidestruth]

family........

meta topics.

oh, family is a terribly touchy subject for simon. it's awful. it's absolutely terrible.

i think he and aura were born abroad and came to the states to escape Something (it was likely aura's idea and she had been simon's caretaker for long enough by then that leaving him behind was not an option to her) and then they ended up in the states. just two kids with NO IDEA what they're gonna do.

simon has zero idea if their parents are alive and he doesn't care! he really doesn't! aura was his caretaker long enough that he doesn't care!

and that's kind of why his decision to protect athena and throw himself at the legal system's whims was............................a stressor on them i'm sure. they had only had each other for so long and now they were doing shit like THAT for other people????

he and aura are both estranged-but-also-not by the end of dual destinies. he wants to make amends, but she's still rightfully angry about everything and that's just gonna take time and him visiting her on all the major holidays until she finally decides to see him.

[archaeologian-blog]

send me a topic to write a meta about my muse on

I might write anything from a paragraph to a whopping essay, but send me something you’ve noticed about my characterisation or just something you want to know about my muse and I will write what I can!

[deauxnims]

[hidestruth]

kay.

note taken.            seeing as he’s some free time,  &&.  while the streets seem empty for a brief splice in the day, kay takes a leap. hands jump, ignorant of taka as her own nosy little beak slips in for a peck. it’s sweet, tender, but bruisingly forced forward. it’s more of a brash bump of their lips  &&.  noses, but it’s enough to signal just how much the thief missed a fellow counterpart. as she rebounds onto her full soles  &&.  waddles back, kay claps her hands in a full arms splayed swing.

“ it’s a date then! dinner &&.  a show, huh? guess we’re celebrating, to freedom! ”  she gives a little twirl, sending scarf fluttering before she takes off down the sidewalk in a trot.  ( hope you walk fast, blackquill ;   she’s speedy. )             “ c’mon! we’re gonna be swamped by the dinner rush if we don’t start flappin’ now! ”

oh, but where are her manners. tongue blips out sideways with a splay of two fingers by her cheek as she glances back over shoulder to the prosecutor.               “ your songbird’s leaving her gilded cage ;   you comin’? ”

she crashes into him and it draws a startled little noise from both the prosecutor and the hawk perched ‘pon him, making owner and bird match in their puffed-up appearances for a brief moment. in that moment, kay manages a head start on him, bounding up the sidewalk with her scarf trailing.

it’s not hard for him to keep up. his legs are longer, so he can make up more distance with less energy, but he lets her run ahead of him for a while anyways.

“ yes, yes, I’m right behind you. ”

and he is, always keeping her in sight even if he walks slower than she does. the idea of beating the dinner rush is very appealing though, because there’s too many people in the city to consider being in a very crowded restaurant.

“ go on, I’m coming right along. ”

[hidestruth]

kay.

oo, a pleasant tune this raven sings. she perks, the faraday sure to flutter her fingers by her hips as she stands upon tiptoes.   “ so the jailbird spreads his wings at last? hope you learned a thing or two while caged up. by the by, i hope you’ve been okay! i dunno if the cards went through, but every month i sent letters  &&.  cards to wish you well on your civilian rehabilitation! ”                       always thoughtful, to a fault.

“ so, simon .   .   .   have you, y’know. actually had a chance to spread your wings? some things have changed around town,  &&.  well. i dunno? i was hoping to take ema out for ramen but unfortunately she cancelled last minute. ”   hands flap again, this time swinging up to perch knuckles upon either cheek. see how her feathers shimmer in the light?   “ think you have a window to sneak catching up in? ”

“ spreads his wings indeed. . .yes, I received your mail. I still have much of it. ”

he doesn’t, in fact, still have it -- but he won’t break her heart with that. it had been a matter of lack-of-space in his cell and the fact that the reminder atop his looming execution date had been too much to bear.

“ I’ve visited. . .some old places. there are a few shops in town that I remember going to with Aura, but they’ve closed in the years I was away. the soba place I enjoyed is still around, thankfully, but otherwise -- no, no I haven’t been many places yet.

if you wanted to invite me to dinner, you simply have to ask. edgeworth doesn’t have me taking cases again quite yet. . .so yes, I have the free time. ”

[hidestruth]

kay.

“ pff -  excited is ONE WAY of phrasing it, two-tone! let’s just say a little birdy sung by my window  &&.  reminded me ‘a you. ”   kay notes how taka takes to the taller individual, something that makes her palms itch. she craves physical touch, whether it’s ghosting her hands along a wall or grabbing at someone’s clothes to hitch on.

in this case, hand darts from her side to pat at simon’s pec, just a few friendly swats in promised greeting.   “ guessin’ you’re not used to visitors? s’okay! jus’ gotta make sure you’re not runnin’ off on mister edgeworth this time. ”   said finger swipes under her nose, a giggle fronted for confidence.                   “ or am i that criminal that you’re intimidated? ”

“ you’ll have to be much more criminal to intimidate me, songbird. I will admit, however -- yes, I am unused to visitors nowadays. I had fewer before and few since my release. ”

he doesn’t shy away from the double pat on his coat, smoothing a hand over taka’s feathers when she puffs up at someone stepping into their shared space.

“ prosecutor edgeworth should have no worries about my running off of any kind. he and i have an understanding, or so I thought. ”

though. . .perhaps he hadn’t checked in at the office like he should.

[hidestruth]

kay.

@hidestruth

“ ctctctct, here pretty birdy! c’mere, i won’t bite! much. ”                     kay, stop catcalling simon.

“ it would do you good to be careful -- you may not bite, but this bird might. ”

taka preens at his hair, plucks a loose hair and presses her face into the side of his head, a sweet trill leaving him.

“ you’re very excited. what occasion do I have to thank for that? ”

[andhungry]

PACIFIC RIM SENTENCE STARTERS.

‘  when i was a kid, whenever i’d feel small or lonely, i’d look up at the stars. wondered if there was life up there.  ‘

‘  tens of thousands of lives were lost.  ‘

‘  this was just the beginning.  ‘

‘  to fight monsters, we created monsters of our own.  ‘

‘  we got really good at it. winning.  ‘

‘  hey, kid. don’t get cocky.  ‘

‘  please, after you. age before beauty.  ‘

‘  you know what i’m thinking.  ‘

‘  worry about yourself, kiddo!  ‘

‘  ___, listen to me!  ‘

‘  suits and ties, flashy smiles. that’s all they are.  ‘

‘  bad news: three guys died yesterday.  ‘

‘  well, orders are orders. what else am i supposed to do?  ‘

‘  took me a while to find you.  ‘

‘  i can’t have anyone else in my head again. i’m done.  ‘

‘  haven’t you heard? the world is coming to an end.  ‘

‘  so where would you rather die? here, or ____?  ‘

‘  oh, no, call me ___. only my mother calls me doctor.  ‘

‘  he was 2,500 tons of awesome. or awful. you know, whatever you wanna call it.  ‘

‘  shut up. i don’t love them, okay? i study them.  ‘

‘  things have changed. we’re not an army anymore, we’re the resistance.  ‘

‘  i didn’t know it was this bad.  ‘

‘  sorry about your brother.  ‘

‘  you haven’t told me what i’m doing here yet.  ‘

‘  numbers do not lie. politics and poetry, promises, these are lies. numbers are as close as we get to the handwriting of god.  ‘

‘  politics and poetry, promises, these are lies.  ‘

‘  and this… is the point where he goes completely crazy.  ‘

‘  fortune favors the brave, dude.  ‘

‘  they won’t give you the equipment, and even if they did, you’d kill yourself.  ‘

‘  she’s one of a kind now.  ‘

‘  i think you’re unpredictable.  ‘

‘  you take risks that endanger yourself and your crew. i don’t think you’re the right man for this mission.  ‘

‘  wow. thank you for your honesty.  ‘

‘  one day, you’re gonna see that in combat you make decisions. and you have to live with the consequences.  ‘

‘  you promised me.  ‘

‘  vengeance is like an open wound.  ‘

‘  to me, you’re dead weight. you slow me down, i’m gonna drop you like a sack of shit.  ‘

‘  i’ve raised him on my own. he’s a smart kid, but i never knew whether to give him a hug or a kick in the ass.  ‘

‘  it’s a dialogue, not a fight.  ‘

‘  better watch it.  ‘

‘  i’m not crazy. you felt it, right?  ‘

‘  this is worth fighting for.  ‘

‘  if you’re listening to this, well, i’m either alive and i’ve proven what i’ve just done works, in which case, ha ha, i won. or i’m dead and i’d like you to know that it’s all your fault. it really is, you know, you drove me to this. in which case, ha, i also won. sort of.  ‘

‘  are you gonna say anything?  ‘

‘  you look good.  ‘

‘  like when you blink your eyes over and over and over again and all you really see are like, frames. it was emotion.  ‘

‘  i’m okay. just let me control it.  ‘

‘  you are a goddamn disgrace. you’re gonna get us all killed.  ‘

‘  why don’t you just do us all a favor and disappear? it’s the only thing you’re good at.  ‘

‘  so, what, you’re grounding us?  ‘

‘  one: don’t you ever touch me again. two: don’t you ever touch me again.  ‘

‘  now, you have no idea who the hell i am or where i’ve come from, and i’m not about to tell you my whole life story.  ‘

‘  you know, you live in someone else’s head for so long… the hardest part to deal with is the silence.  ‘

‘  well, that’s classified. so i couldn’t tell you. even if i wanted to. but it is pretty cool, so i might tell you. i’m gonna tell you.  ‘

‘  jesus, we can’t just sit here and watch them die.  ‘

‘  let me in, i’m a doctor!  ‘

‘  we have a choice here. we either sit and wait, or we take these flare guns and do something really stupid.  ‘

‘  as harsh as it sounds, there is no time to celebrate. we lost people. no time to grieve.  ‘

‘  how sick are you? and why didn’t you tell me?  ‘

‘  i haven’t exactly had a very good day, okay?  ‘

‘  we’re gonna own this bad boy!  ‘

‘  by jove, we are going to own this thing for sure!  ‘

‘  today, at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other.  ‘

‘  today we are canceling the apocalypse!  ‘

‘  as for you, well, you’re easy. you’re an egotistical jerk with daddy issues. a simple puzzle i solved on day one.  ‘

‘  i just don’t want to regret all the things that i never said out loud.  ‘

‘  well, my father always said, if you have the shot, you take it. so let’s do this.  ‘

‘  all i have to do is fall. anyone can fall.  ‘

‘  i can’t find his pulse. i don’t think he’s breathing.  ‘

‘  no. don’t go. please.  ‘

‘  you’re squeezing me too tight. i couldn’t breathe.  ‘

‘  where is my goddamn shoe?  ‘

[hidestruth]

i gotta remake my icons so i’ll reply as soon as i do

[uchihasghost-a]

DUMA KEY SENTENCE STARTERS.

feel free to change pronouns.

’ god punishes us for what we can’t imagine. ’ ’ you will want to, but you mustn’t. ’ ’ first you were afraid you’d die, then you were afraid you wouldn’t. ’ ’ _____, does anything make you happy? ’ ’ remember that the truth is in the details. ’ ’ do you believe in art for art’s sake? ’ ’ what were the best of your days, _____ ? ’ ’ not having a good lawyer present, i was reduced to the truth. ’ ’ they all died and left me to this. ’ ’ for children, meaness is usually funny only when it’s imagined. ’ ’ we checked into hell on different shifts, you and me. and out again, i suppose, although my heels are still smoking. how about yours? ’ ’ people say night falls, but down here it rises. ’ ’ to her it’s all a game. all our sorrow. ’ ’ take it easy. rome wasn’t built in an hour. ’ ’ black is the absence of light, but white is the absence of memory, the color of can’t remember. ’ ’ how do we remember to remember? ’ ’ she understands that she’s scared of me. ’ ’ there is no tyrant as merciless as pain, no despot as cruel as confusion. ’ ’ talent is a wonderful thing, but it won’t carry a quitter. ’ ’ we fool ourselves so much, we could do it for a living. ’ ’ in the end we wear out our worries. ’ ’ i know about shadows. you just have to be care they don’t grow teeth. because they can. ’ ’ the only way to go on is to go on. ’ ’ pain is the biggest power of love. ’ ’ a tragedy is a tragedy, and in the end all tragedies are stupid. ’ ’ friendships founded on laughter are always fortuitous. ’ ’ our memories have voices, too. often sad ones that clamor like raised arms in the dark. ’ ’ there is nothing as human as hunger. ’ ’ we think we change, but we don’t, not really. ’ ’ parenting is the greatest of hum-a-few-bars-and-i’ll-fake-it skills. ’

[cubitchbeoch-deactivated2023120]

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birb man

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i need to replay dual destinies GOD............