ASHES AFTER THE CURTAIN FALLS
dark roleplay starters inspired by grief, loss, and endings that never feel finished
THE MOMENT EVERYTHING ENDS
final breaths, last words, the instant the world breaks
“No—don’t close your eyes. Please. Stay with me.”
“They said it would be quick. They lied.”
“I was right here. I should’ve been enough.”
“Say something. Anything.”
“The room went quiet the second you stopped breathing.”
WHAT’S LEFT BEHIND
aftermath, hollow spaces, the ache of absence
“Your things are still where you left them.”
“I keep turning to tell you something—and then I remember.”
“The house sounds wrong without you in it.”
“Everyone keeps saying ‘time will help.’ When?”
“I don’t know what to do with all this silence.”
GUILT THAT WON’T LET GO
what-ifs, self-blame, words never said
“If I had stayed five minutes longer…”
“I should’ve seen it coming.”
“You asked for help and I didn’t listen.”
“I replay that day every night.”
“I don’t know how to forgive myself.”
LOVE THAT OUTLIVES DEATH
devotion that doesn’t end, even when everything else does
“I still talk to you like you can hear me.”
“If love could keep people alive, you’d still be here.”
“You promised you wouldn’t leave me alone.”
“I don’t care if it hurts—I won’t let you go.”
“Loving you was worth the ruin.”
UNFINISHED STORIES
endings that feel wrong, abrupt, stolen
“We were supposed to have more time.”
“This wasn’t how it was meant to end.”
“We never got our goodbye.”
“There was so much left unsaid.”
“I hate that this is the last chapter.”
ANGER IN THE GRIEF
rage turned inward and outward
“Why you? Why not me?”
“I hate the world for letting this happen.”
“Everyone keeps moving on—how dare they?”
“I don’t want comfort. I want answers.”
“This pain has nowhere to go.”
HAUNTED BY MEMORY
ghosts that linger, emotional or otherwise
“I still see you in crowds.”
“Your voice shows up when it’s quiet.”
“I swear you were standing right there.”
“The past won’t stay buried.”
“I carry you with me whether I want to or not.”
THE CHOICE TO END OR ENDURE
standing at the edge, deciding what comes next
“I don’t know how to live without you.”
“If I stop hurting, it feels like I’m betraying you.”
“What if surviving is the crueler option?”
“I’m so tired of being strong.”
“Tell me how to keep going.”
A QUIET, BITTER HOPE
not healing—just breathing again
“I don’t feel better. I feel… still here.”
“Maybe surviving doesn’t mean forgetting.”
“I’ll carry this forever. I just won’t let it kill me.”
“You mattered. You still do.”
“This isn’t a happy ending—but it’s not nothing.”
