𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙆𝙀𝘿 𝙈𝙀𝙍𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙏

[maskmerchand]

BIS VINCIT, QUI SE VINCIT IN VICTORIA .

#MASKMERCHAND ; an independent, private, highly selective roleplay blog for ZACHARIE from MORTIS GHOST'S OFF ! sideblog to @demondrank, follows back from there . LIKE / REBLOG if interested in interacting .

[rpmemes-galore]

a collection of my own writings … sentence starters a warning for dark themes and profanity

“ i was just a kid. “

“ i want to be soft… “

“ you are immovable. “

“ do you forgive yourself? “

“ can i stop fighting, now? “

“ you were different. you cared. “

“ you never really cared, did you? “

“ i keep waiting for it to get easier. “

“ i’d lay down my life to keep you safe. “

“  think i’m owed a happy day… just one. “

“ i should’ve known better than to trust you. “

“ who the hell gave you the right to hurt me? “

“ you always made me believe that it was okay. “

“ no one’s ever smiled at me the way that you did. “

“ i thought i had forgiven. i thought i had forgotten. “

“ but, anger is damn well better than nothing, right? “

“ maybe some people are just made to be shattered. “

“ you gave. and you gave. expected nothing in return. “

“ all the love I’ve ever known… has never been gentle. “

“ do i fear you…? since when does a wolf fear its prey? “

“ something inside you is broken. maybe it always was. “

“ i’ll never forget their faces. i still see them every night. “

“ why do i find myself missing a life that never even was? “

“ maybe it’s time to show them what a mistake they’ve made. “

“  i didn’t know how far i’d fallen. i don’t know how i can escape. “

“ and, sure, you can fool them… but, you can’t fool them forever. “

“ i fucking hate it when you smile, because i know what’s beneath it. “

“ i found myself craving touch, aching to be held, if only for a moment. “

“ i’ll hold your heart as it deserves to be.  i’ll protect it to my final breath. “

“ no, you were never meant for this, but that will not stop you from trying. “

“ i guess i always knew it was too good to be true. shame on me for hoping. “

“ a fire still has a way of blazing ,still eats you alive, even if you aren’t looking. “

“ if that’s what it takes… i’ll let the beast inside win and claw my way through this. “

“ you thought you could keep them all fooled, but your silver tongue keeps slipping. “

“  you will have my forgiveness, time and time, again. always. ——  but, my trust…? “

“ i would do whatever it took to protect you… let my hands drip  r e d  to keep you safe. “

“ oh, yeah, there’s a lot of things i would love to say to you… ‘ fuck you ‘ comes to mind. “

“ there’s still so much of me that’s pieces of you. and i can never seem to claw them all out. “

“ how do i trust you won’t bring the lighter, the gasoline and set my garden ablaze as they did? 

“ i was too young for these scars on my heart. i was too young for this blood on my hands.”

“ we climbed all the way to the stars, but heaven knows we were doomed to fall from the start. “

“ wounds don’t ever heal. you just notice them less. on good days, you forget they exist at all. “

“ why the hell do i rearrange my world for you… when you pretend i’m not even a part of yours?”

“ it took me long enough, but i think i’ve finally figured it out. i’m the villain of this story after all… “

“ the moment they touch you is the moment they should be falling to their knees, pleading for mercy. “

“ they dropped the world on your shoulders and called you atlas.  ——- how long can you hold the weight? “

“ i could live without you. i could fight without you. i could survive without you. but, that doesn’t mean i want to… “

“ you were once among the strongest, appearing unbreakable, unshakable… oh, but, darling, even Rome’s walls crumbled. “

“  i don’t know how to put it into words how much i need you, how much i love you… i just know i sleep better when you’re beside me. “

“ they molded you into a monster. sharpened your claws, your fangs. ripped out everything good and holy, made you howl until your throat burned… “

“ you were so pure before they dragged you through the flames… now, you’re all charred remains and shattered bones, choking on ashes and smoke, begging for the fire back. “

“ when i tell you that i love you, i am swearing that i will be here for you when you need me. i am saying that you are my entire world. i am saying that you are more precious to me than you could ever know. “

[warasings]

so much have changed, but i'm the same.

[lilitophidian]

@maskmerchand ; “Don’t underestimate the allure of the darkness. Even the purest hearts are drawn to it.” ( he wishes he could have said this to the batter before the end )

"Words from my own heart. I should get that tattooed along my lower back, but that's not something a queen would do."

She laughed a bit, a smile curling at her darkened stained-painted lips as the illumination of snake-slitted hues lingered over appearance. An almost tilt of the head.

With crossed arms under bosom, she gave a dead stare that held its charm regardless.

"You know, the moon holds more light in my eyes anyway. Don't get me wrong, a girl does love basking in the sun on occasion."

[maskmerchand]

❛ a queen, are you? forgive my contempt, YOUR MAJESTY. ❜ his frame reflects an OPENNESS that would be considered a bit odd upon first interaction, but his hand covers his chest as he gives a bow, the other extending out of his visage.

❛ i, myself, have garnered a similar interesting title! slayer of kings. particularly those of the AMPHIBIA class. ❜ it was obvious through tone that he wasn't threatening the queen before him, he was simply sharing an interesting fact about himself. perhaps not the most appropriate given her title, but he didn't think of things that way.

[savidem]

𝐀𝐒   𝐈   𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄   𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄   of   the   bats   that   @maskmerchand   carried,   i   didn't   entirely   pay   his   complaint   much   mind.   ❝ i   don't   choose   the   place   of   judgement. ❞   i   respond.   it   wasn't   like   i   i   was   causing   any   real   panic   --   the   elsen   were   of   feeble   mind.   not   that   the   batter   really   cared.   as   long   as   they   kept   to   themself   and   didn't   explode,   there   was   no   need   for   alarm.

 𝐈   𝐒𝐀𝐘   𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆   else   about   the   matter   as   i   hold   up   a   bat,   ❝ how   much   ?   ❞

[maskmerchand]

ZACHARIE WATCHES THE SIMPLE DISMISSAL OF HIS REQUEST WITH LITTLE EMOTION, but he says nothing as he taps his fingers quietly on the counter before him. his mask maintains its usual meek appearance, hiding any indication that there may be a spark of frustration underneath.

his fingers stay rapping on the counter as the batter holds up one of the MANY options of bats the merchant had in stock. but they stop suddenly before the merchant speaks, his usual cheery tone gone slightly flat.

❛ aha, a MICHAEL bat ( ironic ). 500 credits, flat rate, my friend. HOWEVER, ❜ the merchant leans forward, placing his elbow on the counter as he extends his hand outward while spreading his fingers.

❛ i'll drop the price ( just this one time ) down to 300 credits if you take my little request to heart! or, at the very least, you clean up the mess you leave right after. ❜ his once stagnant extended hand waves in a ' shoo, shoo ' motion.

❛ how does that sound? ❜

[maskmerchand]

❛ the characters are starting to pile up, aren't they? ❜ - Z A C H A R I E

/ / / ❛ pardon? ❜ - T H E B A T T E R

a dual promo for hari's ( they / he ) THE BATTER && kay/eden's ( she / they ) ZACHARIE from MORTIS GHOST'S OFF

[kakodaimones]

@maskmerchand asked: ❛  if  you  think  this  has  a  happy  ending  ,  you  haven’t  been  paying  attention  .  ❜ ( vox please! )

𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐄  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃  𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓  𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐓  𝐘𝐎𝐔

The overlord squints at the vendor. It's hard to tell intention with that mask obscuring his features. Whatever and wherever this particular... zone was, he was aware that he was outside of his element. Civility was the name of the game when he was in another's territory, and one businessman to another, it's certain it can keep things amicable with this other player on the scene. Claws tap rhythmically against the countertop separating the two of them.

"...I'm going to take it on good faith that you mean that as a friendly warning rather than as some kind of threat." Vox responds with a level tone after a moment of silence, still ill at ease as eyes scan the merchandise made available, gauging the wares before those same eyes return to the merchant proper.

"So please, if the outlook is so grim, elaborate." He can tolerate a degree of doomsaying from others. It pays to be cautious.

[maskmerchand]

ZACH WATCHES DIGITS LIFT AND FALL ON HIS PERFECTLY - POLISHED COUNTERTOP. he'd be sure to re - burnish the metal top later, upon the interesting tv - being's departure.

zacharie wasn't the type to make threats, no. zacharie made general observations and promises that would indeed be kept, but he wasn't foolish to be THREATENING to an individual ( and potential customer ) that he just met. though he was certain that the being before him meant nothing by his FLAT tone, the words he spoke garnered a chuckle from the frog - masked man.

❛ you certainly have your hands full with this one, do you not, dear player? ❜ who the fuck was he talking to? anyway.

❛ you see, my monitored - face friend, you've wandered into a world that knows no laws or consequences! quite a wonderful ( or troublesome ) thing to find yourself entwined in, wouldn't you say so? we did have one GENTLEMAN ( if you could call him that ) who tried to enforce some form of order around here, and well . . . ❜ his voice trailed as he looks in vox's eyes, almost as if he was looking THROUGH him.

❛ he is no longer here with us, it seems! ❜

[maskmerchand]

what if,,,,, in certain threads where it has been okay’d by the mun,,,, zach addresses THEM instead of the muse.

[maskmerchand]

@obedientmade said ; “   I like figuring you out. You are so human and puzzling. ”

A FRIENDLY WAVE OF THE HAND, SIMPLY TO DISMISS.

❛ i am CERTAINLY not to be perceived, mi amigo! i am but a simple items merchant. speaking of, would you like to buy some wares? ❜ good luck getting any personal information out of this guy! he's tough like fort knox.

[maskmerchand]

@savidem said ; “ Pride isn’t sinful; it is confidence in yourself. ”

❛ if you say so, purificateur! i wasn't AWARE someone who manifested here not - too - long ago could DETERMINE what harbored sin and what didn't. ❜ the masked merchant was close to the man, close enough to provide a FRIENDLY ( ? ) pat on the back to the bat - wielding butcher.

[maskmerchand]

LIKE for a starter varying in length . capping at 10 ( approx. ) .

[musingmeme-blog]

send  ❛ ♡ ❜  to suddenly hug my muse  ! 

could be angst  ,   romantic   ,  plationic  ,  etc.

[petalsprompts]

𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝('𝐧𝐭) 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 ; 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑠

a collection of slightly heart-ache-inspired dialogue prompts by me. change pronouns/tenses/details as needed.

❝ i've been thinking about you a lot. ❞

❝ i can't keep you off my mind. ❞

❝ why do you have to go? ❞

❝ you'd think we'd be better at saying 'goodbye'. ❞

❝ you shouldn't look at me like that. ❞

❝ i shouldn't think about you that way. ❞

❝ do you think we missed our chance? ❞

❝ have i been on your mind? ❞

❝ you are never far from my thoughts. ❞

❝ i can feel your heart beating faster. ❞

❝ i miss the way you smell. ❞

❝ i know i shouldn't, but i want to see you. ❞

❝ you make it easy for me to be myself. ❞

❝ it's always been you, i don't know why. ❞

❝ i've missed your voice. ❞

❝ it should have been me. ❞

❝ i wish i'd known all this before we ended up here. ❞

❝ i hope the way i feel doesn't make things harder between us. ❞

❝ i can't offer you the life you have with them, i know that. ❞

❝ do you wish it was me? ❞

❝ you are my person, i know that. i should have said it before. ❞

❝ you're the only one that makes me feel safe. ❞

❝ it's too late to say it, but i wanted to say it anyway.❞

[calliesmemes]

A SANCTUARY FOR EVERY SENTIMENT

ASSORTED QUOTES PULLED FROM TUMBLR POSTS, PINTEREST POSTS, AND SONGS.

CHANGE gendered words and in-universe phrases as needed.

SPECIFY muse for multimuses.

“   Fill your mind with knowledge — it is the only kind of power that no one can take away from you. ”

“   I was born knowing you. ”

“   Even if you know what’s coming, you’re never prepared for how it feels. ”

“   Where have I seen you before? ”

“   You are half my soul. ”

“   I thought we hated each other. ”

“   All my life, I have been restless. ”

“   There's a darkness inside your mind. ”

“   I am going to be good this time. ”

“   I forced myself to know you. ”

“   The question you should be asking is not why I push you away, but why you stay. ”

“   To me, you’re sunshine in human form. ”

“   Some wounds never vanish. ”

“   I refuse to let the past find me here. ”

“   The grief is still heavy within me. ”

“   It's like you're so afraid of feeling that you're already dead. ”

“   I want to learn how to be soft again. ”

“   Pride isn’t sinful; it is confidence in yourself. ”

“   I don’t think that there is any truth. There are only points of view. ”

“   Everyone is a monster to someone. ”

“   Some days, I feel everything at once. Other days, I feel nothing at all. ”

“   Without violence, how do I understand my life as meaningful? ”

“   A friend today could be an enemy tomorrow. ”

“   It's always the wrong bits of the past that people want back. ”

“   I must kill memory once and for all. ”

“   A man with nothing left to lose is a very dangerous man. ”

“   I burn for what’s no longer mine. ”

“   Anyone who takes the time to be kind is beautiful. ”

“   It’s better to have a guarded heart than a bleeding one. ”

“   Everyone should love and be loved. ”

“   You’re the reason I know why storms are named after people. ”

“   What have we done to each other? ”

“   Perhaps you were like a candle: created to light up the darkness for an unfairly short amount of time. ”

“   I don’t know what’s wrong with me. ”

“   You were my home. I had no home but you. ”

“   How could you recognize me after all these years? ”

“   I’m always soft for you, that’s the problem. ”

“   Does my sweetness lie so deep within me you need to cut me to find it? ”

“   I want to trust my own joy like that. ”

“   When I bled, I thought I deserved it. ”

“   Do I have to forgive in order to love? ”

“   I will try to disappoint you better than anyone else ever has. ”

“   I’m hell-bent on loving you. ”

“   There are ways of dying that don’t end in funerals. ”

“   I have been fighting since I was very small. ”

“   Love doesn’t conquer everything. Whoever thinks it does is a fool. ”

“   We all have one foot in a fairytale, and the other in an abyss. ”

“   There’s nowhere to run. ”

“   Darkness, once gazed upon, can never be lost. ”

“   I like figuring you out. You are so human and puzzling. ”

“   If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me. ”

“   Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness. ”

“   I have longed for people before, I have loved people before. Not like this. It was not this. ”

“   The difference between failure and love is where you draw the incision. ”

“   You never think that the last time is the last time. You think there will be more. You think that you will have forever, but you don’t. ”

“   We tend to talk too much because it’s rare that we are listened to. ”

“   I promise that I shall never give up. ”

“   They may not have loved you, but they did change you. They taught you. They grew you. ”

“   I feel like a part of my soul has loved you since the beginning of everything. ”

“   You didn't deserve what they did to you, how they treated you. It wasn't a lesson. It wasn't meant to happen, and it was never your fault. ”

“   I have always loved everything about you. Even what I don’t understand. ”

“   What’s done is done, but in the future, do better. ”

“   It's a lot easier to be angry at someone than it is to tell them that you’re hurt. ”

“   You don’t have that fire in your eyes anymore and you know it. ”

“   If you are so committed to being perfectly lawful that you cannot see the value of breaking a law to defend yourself or others, you're not good, you're obedient. ”

“   I have survived everything, but I fear that I cannot survive myself. ”

“   No one warns you about the amount of mourning in growth. ”

“   I was looked at, but I wasn’t seen. ”

“   Who's the real you? The person who did something awful, or the one who was horrified by the awful thing that you did? ”

“   I never would have expected you to become my deepest scar yet. ”

“   I fight. I resist. It doesn't even matter what I resist; there is simply something in me that tends to resist things as they are. ”

“   You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy. ”

“   I want to be with you. It is as simple, and as complicated, as that. ”

“   Why must you push away those who care for you? ”

“   You were treated horribly. You came out on the other end. You were always you. ”

“   I know what it’s like to love what ruins you. ”

“   In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. ”

“   I am the centre of an atrocity. ”

“   You’re my family, and I love you. But you’re terrible. You’re all terrible. ”

“   Desire can be partner to violence. ”

“   It’s been a long time since I’ve been me. ”

“   There is so much love in friendship. People forget that. ”

“   Nothing you become will disappoint me. I have no desire to foresee you, only to discover you. ”

“   What is more unfair than having to choose between being a monster or being a hero? ”

“   Stop being so afraid of everything. ”

“   We must be our own before we can be another’s. ”

“   I’ve found that growing up means being honest. About what I want. What I need. What I feel. Who I am. ”

“   If you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved. ”

“   Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it. ”

“   Study me as much as you like; you will never know me. ”

“   See how our wants horrify us. ”

“   I feel so lonely, like childhood again. ”

“   Never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along — the same person that I am today. ”

“   You see loving you as such a mortifying ordeal, you feel you owe to anyone who could find the will inside themselves to do it to reciprocate. ”

“   I wish they would only take me as I am. ”

“   We’ll pretend any ending is gentle. ”

“   If I am a sunflower, would you be my sun? ”

“   Being must be felt. It can’t be thought. ”

“   I’m not much, but I’m all I have. ”

“   I think that hell is something you carry around with you, not somewhere you go. ”

“   I want to be wanted more than anything else in the world. ”

“   Don't look away. Look straight at everything. Look it all in the eye, good and bad. ”

“   There must be a point where you’re allowed to be defined by something other than what he did to you. ”

“   There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. ”

“   I would rather break the world than lose you. ”

“   What goes too long unchanged destroys itself. ”

“   We are so accustomed to disguising ourselves to others that, in the end, we become disguised to ourselves. ”

“   Beauty is terror. Whatever they call beauty, we quiver before it. ”

“   Is one part of you allowed to forgive the other? ”

“   No one could ever replace you. You were there at the start; I’ll be there at the end. ”

“   It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind. ”

“   "You're so calm and quiet. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes. ”

“   Is it foolish to speak of little joys that occur in the middle of tragedy? ”

“   I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. ”

“   Take life as it comes. Take what you can while you still have the desire to take. ”

“   If the moon smiled, she would resemble you. You leave the same impression of something beautiful, but annihilating. ”

“   We’ve been through so much together. I’ve seen you grow into someone you thought you’d never be. I’ve seen you endure challenges most will never see. ”

“   You don't tell a story only to yourself. There's always someone else. Even when there is no one. ”

“   I know that my life is meaningful because I love my friends, and I care about them, and I think I make them happy. ”

“   There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart. ”

“   To live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in the suffering. ”

“   It isn’t your life that’s a prison; it’s yourself. ”

“   You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously. ”

“   You knew what you were doing and you knew that it would hurt me, but somehow, that didn’t stop you. ”

“   They would’ve kept lying if you didn’t find out. ”

“   You broke my heart in every way that a heart could be broken. ”

“   Just because I let you go doesn’t mean that I wanted to. ”

“   There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve. ”

“   I’m enjoying my hatred so much more than I ever enjoyed love. ”

“   Become the voice you’ve always needed to hear. ”

[seagummies]

oh

[puppypuppypuppypuppy]

Yes.

[savidem]

𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬   𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹   𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑺,   so   neither   shall   i.   though   there   was   no   time   limit,   i   still   yearned   to   get   this   done   quickly.   the   finish   line   taunted   me   upon   being   assigned   to   this   mission   --   yet,   we've   nearly   begun.   one   down...   3   to   go   (   4   ?   )   either   way,   i   know   when   my   mission   is   done.   once   all   zones   are   purified,   i   can   stop.   (   i   can   rest   )

 𝑻𝑯𝑬   𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑷𝑷𝑰𝑵𝑮   𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹,   was   a   maze,   but   i've   traversed   though   dimmer,   small   spaces.   the   scenery   may   have   been   a   bit   liminal,   but   i   prefer   it   over   the   dimly   lit   caves.   it   made   spotting   spectres   much   more   easier   to   spot.   (   not   that   they   could   avoid   me   either   way.   )   still,   the   sounds   of   the   echoing   footsteps   of   my   cleats   made   for   some   soothing,   yet   aggravating   company.   still,   i   keep   it   to   myself   --   the   sound   is   what   makes   the   mission   more   enjoyable,   after   all   (   does   it   soothe   you   ?   or   does   it   unsettle   you   ?   questions   that   tips   my   tongue,   though   i   know   i   shall   never   receive   an   answer.   )

 𝑼𝑷𝑶𝑵   𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮   the   building's   only   occupant,   it   does   halts   my   thoughts   as   i   remember   that   i   have   credits   to   spend.   and   despite   that   fact   that   i   do   not   require   food   to   live,   the   thought   of   meat   crossed   the   mind.   (   it's   always   beneficial   to   eat   --   at   least   i'm   sure   that   was   a   thought   i   had   ).   upon   being   greeted   by   the   merchant,   i   remain   quiet   as   i   peruse   the   items   presented.   not   really   paying   much   attention   to   his   words   as   i   set   down   the   credits   on   table,   ❝ i'll   take   the   MOLOCH   MEAT.   that's   all.   ❞   short   and   sweet   --   there's   really   no   need   to   waste   time,   as   unlimited   as   it   may   be.

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THE CURVATURE OF HIS LIPS BEHIND THE MASK WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE IT TO FAINTLY SHIFT . with proper adjustment, this was no trouble. zach's eyes followed the sportsman CAREFULLY, flicking with movement as the batter studied his commodities. what a peculiar being, zach mused to himself. holding the power of DEATH in the palm of his hands, yet his steps themselves maintained a silence and weightlessness that the merchant found FACINATING. if he didn't know the outcome of their little game, zacharie might actually consider the being to be harmless and potentially even a FRIEND.

he reeked of an AURA that was unsettling to most, but zacharie knew that his place and purpose was of GREAT USE to the batter before him, so he didn't ever worry about his own safety. he felt as though he could speak as simply as he pleased, or as complexly as he desired. how he enjoyed his title, the necessary merchant for all essential commodities. had a nice ring to it, if you didn't LOOK so hard.

his voice graces zach's ears, holding a tone that was only capable of spreading VENOM across their simplistic acreage. but yet again, zach did not hold fear. rather delight to hear that the man wanted to spend his valuable currency on his wares ( as if he had an array of choices to pick from to allocate his credits ).

❛ fantástico, cogneur monstrueux! ❜ the merchant exclaimed, SEEMINGLY disappearing into thin air as he crouched LOW behind the countertop. he reappeared with HASTE, placing the loosely - packaged meat ( if you could call it that ) atop of the counter.

zacharie wasted no time to extend out his hand, palm facing upward as he gave it a flick of digits toward his own person, indicating the desire for payment ( as if the currency really provided anything, it was only for formality ). the merchant's eyes gave a glimmer of muted excitement, simply happy to play a neutral role in his home's inevitable failure.

❛ expecting to get POISONED soon, my friend? the essence of moloch certainly cures a downright TOXIC situation, wouldn't you say? perhaps you would like to acquire one or two more for the road. ❜ zach certainly enjoyed leaning into his role, the upselling nature of it all.