Fire Burns Bright

Magma. 21. She's faster, stronger, and far more willing to do what it takes to survive than any of her other incarnations.  ((Independent RP blog, AU backstory. Will play against anyone!)) 

[ignisardetclara]

We’re gonna play a new game called Top 10 TV shows because there’s one for films, so I’d like to do one for TV shows. Write down your top shows and then tag 10 friends to do the same. Yay!

I was tagged by: tomtheglader

In no particular order. 

Teen Wolf

Penny Dreadful

Farscape

Supernatural

Peaky Blinders

True Detective

American Horror Story

Buffy/Angel

Shameless (even though it hurts me)

Veronica Mars

Yeah, I don't think I even have ten follows who would do this, so I'm not gonna tag anyone.  

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

"Sometimes I have dreams of what the world was before, but I’m not sure if I’m remembering it as I lived it, or things I read about and saw on TV," Thomas told her.  "I was so young I don’t know what to believe."   And given the timeline, he probably hadn’t known a world before the Flare.  

She didn't know what to tell him, because she was new to this whole post-apocalyptic Flare thing, but memory was a strange thing.  "Dreams are not the best source of memory, but that doesn't mean what they're telling you isn't true," she said, fairly diplomatically, she thought.  

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tomtheglader:

"It’s not over yet," he agreed quietly, frowning a bit at that.  Was it ever really over?  Test after shucking test, and he still couldn’t trust that this paradise wasn’t another one dressed up to make him feel safe.

"Probably not.  This kind of shit is never over just because you think it is.  There's always things to do, things to fix, things to find a solution for.  Running a civilization isn't...it's not easy," she said, since she knew...a little bit about what it was like at the top of things.  Taking care of a group of people was a massive responsibility, let alone when you factored in how politics could get.  

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tomtheglader:

He smiled a bit at that, but it was a sad look.  ”I don’t remember much about the world before, but I sometimes wonder if the Scorch was our world’s way of purging and starting new and it all just went horribly wrong.”

"Maybe.  Maybe not," she said, looking a bit pensive.  "It's happened a lot, in terms of history.  Maybe...it only seems like it went wrong to you, but it's not over yet, is it?  You haven't rebuilt yet."

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tomtheglader:

Thomas nodded.  ”If it turns out you can’t find your way back, you’re welcome to stay with us,” he told her.  ”It’s not much yet, but we’re trying to rebuild this world the best we can.”

Amara sighed, looking away from him for a long moment before turning back to Thomas.  "I'll...yeah, if I can't find a way home, I'll make my way back here.  It's...it's quite beautiful here.  Almost seems unspoiled.  Rare, in my eyes."

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

"Where is home for you?" Thomas asked her, genuinely curious about it.  She spoke like she came from another time and world altogether at times, and he wasn’t quite sure what to think.

"Don't even really know anymore, given what you said about the flare.  But I'll explore, figure things out," she said, and maybe that wasn't going to go well.  He'd described...well, something post-apocalyptic, but she'd had her fair share of unhappy places.  

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tomtheglader:

"I think someday the world will find peace, society will rebuild.  It’s inevitable as far as humanity goes, but for now…we’re in the struggling beginning stages.  Infants trying to learn how to walk on unfamiliar ground, and that’s going to make things tough at first," Thomas explained.  He was thinking like a scientist more than a person, a leader more than a man.

"I know a lot about survival training, too.  Building a home out of nothing, in the middle of hostiles territory," she said, shrugging, because it sounded kind of...convenient, but it was both convenient and true.  "I'm gonna try to get home myself, but if you need help in the interim..."

[ignisardetclara]

Tagged by: tomtheglader

Rules: Just insert your answers to the questions below. Tag at least 10 followers

Name: Kat Nickname: Um...yeah, I go by Kat Birthday: December 15th Gender: Female Sexuality: Bisexual Height: 5’7” Time Zone: PST What time and date is it there: September 2nd, 6:18pm Average hours of sleep I get each night: 6?  Ish? The last thing I Googled was: Chicken and Rice recipes My most used phrase(s): “Jesus fucking Christ” First word that comes to mind: Fuck What I last said to a family member: “Love you too” One place that makes me happy & why: Florence.  Because it's fucking Florence. Favourite beverage(s): Iced tea. The last movie I watched in the cinema:  Guardians of the Galaxy Three things I can’t live without: Music, my family (both blood and not), and my babies (aka my two cats) Something I plan on learning: Russian and/or Mandarin A piece of advice for all my followers: Remember that the only person you need to make happy is you.  Don't be hateful and don't give in to hate.    You all have to listen to this song:  Paradise Circus by Massive Attack.  Faaaavorite song.   My blog(s):  personal: sidleupandsmile 

I tag: I don't even think I know 10 people on here (because I fail?) so do it if you want to!

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

He nodded, visibly relaxing a little bit at that revelation.  It didn’t even occur to him to apologize or ask for details, Thomas having a unique perspective of what wasn’t his business.  His social boundaries were stranger, to say the least.  

"Definitely does," Thomas replied.  "I just…this place isn’t for kids.  You know?"

"Yeah, I know," she said, and the sad part was that she did.  This place was somewhere that took children and made them older, made them adults when they shouldn't have been, and Amara came from a place quite similar, even if the exact circumstances were vastly different.  It was...it was a fucking shame, honestly, not that she'd ever say it aloud.  

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

"How do you know?" Thomas asked. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust her, he just needed to know for his own peace of mind.  This wasn’t the kind of world he wanted to bring any children into.  Not for a very, very long time anyway.

She didn't really mind him asking, given that she'd been on his side of things once upon a time, trying to prevent the panic when her mind was telling her she was so fucked. "Because I can't.  Personal choice, from a few years ago, but it does come in handy, doesn't it?"

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tomtheglader:

"Well, there’s the whole biological reproduction part that…oh shucking hell…" Thomas’ eyes grew wide when he realized pregnancy was an option now.

She chuckled slightly to herself and shook her head at him as he had his little mental crisis over the thought of getting her pregnant.  "Don't worry.  There aren't gonna be any little Amara's or Thomas' running around."

[ignisardetclara]

wantedtheliar:

Her laughter was infectious, and he grinned a bit.  ”Not in a bad way.”

"Well, you aren't wrong.  I think I wouldn't live in the basement room if I wasn't," she said, her smile still bright.  

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

"I know I have nothing to compare it to," Thomas acknowledged—his mind demanded more variables and variations before he could conclude she was really good and not just the only he’d ever had.  "But it was very enjoyable."

She smiled at him then, something a little more soft and genuine.  "If you're having a good time, that's really all that matters," Amara told him, still smiling a little bit.  

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

"Were you trained in sex?" he asked her casually.  And Thomas didn’t mean it as an insult, far from it, but he hadn’t grown up in a world where asking a woman why she was good at sex was possibly a bad thing.  

He was honestly just curious.

You know, anyone else and she might have actually been taken aback or insulted, but given that it was him, and how he reacted to everything...  But Amara still couldn't help the slight snorting noise she made in the back of her throat and the aborted grin on her face.  "Not like you're thinking, no.  I just enjoy it and have gotten very good at it," she said.  

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

He frowned at that, thinking of the vague memories of his mother he had.  They were bits and pieces, like old film melted around the edges, but his mind clung to them even now, even after learning what he’d done to the Gladers.  

"You’re right about that," Thomas finally agreed.  "But I’m hoping the fighting is behind us."  

It had to be, right?  Things couldn’t possibly get any worse than they already had?

She was good at reading people, another thing she'd been trained into, so it wasn't much of a surprise to her to get confirmation of what she'd said.  "Well, if it is or isn't, I'm stuck here.  And I'm very good at what I was trained to do," Amara told him, letting him know she'd be willing to help whatever side he was on.  

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

Thomas considered her words for a moment, then realized what she was saying and looked at her a bit startled.  ”Why is that?”

She paused, and her expression when she looked at him was almost sad.  Wistful and sad.  "I think...neither of us got to be children.  You lost yours to this flare.  Mine to violence and training," she told him with a shrug.  It was the expression of someone who'd been telling themselves everything was fine for a long, long time.  

[ignisardetclara]

tomtheglader:

"Honestly, safe water is the least of our worries out here," Thomas mused, sighing a bit with worry.  He still felt responsible for everyone, and this world was alien to him, something he had to learn as they went.

He had a lot of weight on him, that much was obvious, but she didn't know if it was something he took on himself or it was just something that was.  Either way...

"Well, if you need someone to rip, tear, kill, I'm good for it," she told him with a small shrug.