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hi friends!! basically, i watched the teaser trailer for season 2 of shadow and bone, got excited, began to reread the soc duology, and then these happened! or rather, i found an ancient unpublished fic i wrote after the first time i read the duology, and decided to make that a problem for everyone else! i hope you all enjoy these, you donโt need to have seen the show nor read the books, i actually think many of these are fairly fandomless! i just wanted to explain my inspiration! DONโT ADD TO THIS LIST! iโll make more lists like this one! ily all, bon appetit, go forth and write or read or nap or watch tv or something!
โ my goodness, youโre not nearly as stupid as you look! โ
โ you have all the answers right in front of you. you just need to look at it differently. โ
โ donโt presume that you know me just because youโve heard a few rumors and read a few articles. โ
โ thereโs certainly more to you than meets the eye, isnโt there? โ
โ i urge you to remember exactly who it is youโre talking to. because while others might appreciate your tone, i assure you, i do not. โ
โ iโm concerned that you mightnโt understand what discreet means. because the path of chaos youโve just created is exactly the opposite of discreet. โ
โ you owe me a favour. iโm here to collect. โ
โ i thought it was a good time to pay you a visit. itโs been so long, after all; and we have so much to catch up on. โ
โ you are not your father/mother/parentโs child. not by anything other than blood, and thatโs not even on the spectrum of importance. โ
โ i was wrong about you. โ
โ you know, i was warned not to get involved with you. people insisted it was a foolโs decision. but i held out hope that youโd prove them wrong. nowโs your chance. โ
โ iโm not the sort of person to fuss over hurt feelings. youโre either of value to me, or youโre worthless. so prove to me that youโre not the latter. โ
โ you honestly think i donโt know where you go each night? iโm not blind nor an idiot. i just trust your ability to return home unharmed. โ
โ have you told anyone else about this? โ
โ there are no children anymore. only survivors. childhood and innocence are luxuries afforded to the privileged. not us. โ
โ i offered you an opportunity once. to build a better world together. we both know how that turned out. and now, you come crawling back, begging forโฆ what? mercy? forgiveness? โ
โ iโm with you. always. no matter what happens, i will be right by your side. do you understand? โ
โ weโre a team, arenโt we? teams stick together. even when the leader is being a prick. โ
โ โฆi was really worried about you, you know. you scared me earlier. and iโm not saying it to make you feel bad, itโs justโฆ promise me youโll tell me if things get bad again? โ
โ i canโt pretend to understand all this stuff youโve got going on. but i do promise that iโll be here to help you through it all. alright? โ
โ thereโs a job that needs to be done before we get to work on the big task. thatโs why iโm here. youโll be helping me/us to complete both jobs. payment upon completion. โ
โ you and i arenโt as different as you want to believe. that must be why youโre so angry. because looking at me, all that iโve doneโฆ itโs like looking in a mirror. isnโt it? โ
โ people are scared. they need a leader. and right now, like it or not, theyโre looking to you. so go on. lead us. โ
โ youโve come up with some really insane plans over the years, but this is just defying any amount of belief. โ
โ look. i donโt care if people underestimate me. i actually enjoy it. they see me as an idiot, they drop their guard, the end. but i need you to know that iโm not an idiot. okay? โ
โ people have died. we canโt let that go unpunished. โ
โ the world is changing. and if we donโt get ahead of it, then theyโll be the ones to decide what it changes into. โ
โ right! whatโs the plan, then? and god help the lot of us if you donโt have one. โ
โ not all of us can afford the luxury of a conscience. โ
โ donโt make the deadly mistake of presuming my actions reflect weakness. too many have made that same presumption. and not a single one of them lived to tell the tale. โ
โ youโre scared. i can tell. the shaking, the look in your eyeโฆ you want to run. donโt. youโll waste precious time and energy, and youโll need it all if you want to live. โ
โ everything is gone. itโs all smoke, ruin, obliterated. is that our legacy now? our reputation? destruction, devastation, death? is that who we are? โ
โ weโve fought against powerful enemies before, but this is beyond that. if we want to get out of this alive, we need to be smarter, stronger, better than weโve ever been before. โ
โ donโt forget why weโre here. thereโs far more at stake than our lives if this goes wrong. โ
โ youโre the only person here i trust. we need to stick together, watch each otherโs backs. just because everythingโs changed, doesnโt mean we have to, too. โ
โ i canโt think of anyone iโd rather be doing this crazy, ridiculous, nearly definitely lethal mission with. letโs go out with a bang, eh? โ
โ you people are completely insane. but youโre also insufferably good at this sort of thing. so letโs go save the world, shall we? โ
โ why are we fighting so hard to save the lives of people who hate us, anyway? โ
โ youโre the best there is at this sort of thing. iโd hate to see the one who got the better of youโฆ โ
โ look at them all. going around, fussing over money, clothes, landโฆ do they ever realize whatโs going on around them? do they ever see the bigger picture as we do? โ
โ youโre clever. good. itโs nice to have a challenge. but you should know now, youโll want to be a hell of a lot smarter than that if you want to go up against me. โ
โ you and i both know the risks. we both know what people like them are capable of. tell me itโs all okay, and i wonโt question you. but if it isnโtโฆ we need to be ready. โ
โ itโs lonely and vicious at the top. i can handle that. but youโฆ you wouldnโt survive five minutes of this life. โ
โ you canโt survive in this world without growing a thicker skin, and erasing that naive belief that you can trust anyone you meet. least of all me. โ
โ if youโre knocking on my door, i can only imagine it means youโre here to collect. and by your demeanour, itโs one hell of a favor youโll be asking, too. โ
โ i understand your anger. iโve lived with that sort of rage for many years of my life. but you need to set it aside, understand? we need you calm if we want to get out of here. โ
โ oh, donโt get all sentimental. i saved your life because youโre worth more to me alive than dead. it doesnโt signify any degree of care or affection. โ
โ you have one hell of an inflated ego, you know that? we were told this job was impossible. thatโs not a challenge. thatโs a fact. it is not possible. even for you. โ
โ iโve heard it all before. one more job. one more mission. one last heist. but thereโs always more. itโs like some sort of obsession for you. searching for another thrill. โ
โ enough! this is it! donโt you see that?! we almost died! you almost got killed! if the saints are kind enough to save us today, itโs only so we can quit while weโre ahead! โ