The Muse Respite

Independent semi-selective multimuse Re-established July '18

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cxntaurs‌:

“Yes, something is up,” Hanzo repeated looking around him. His entire senses were overloaded. Something wasn’t right. The air felt tight, charged with electricity, the ground felt light and unsteady and the woods seemed like they were watching. Hanzo rarely felt like a prey, but right now, it was like the world around them was going to eat them. He turned to the male. “Be ready. I will not defend you.”

And just as he warned the hunter a few hands started to raise from the ground. Loud as night, a voice shouted. ‘My servants never die!’ and the ground shook, as a few corpses raised up front the ground, ready to attack.

          It was never a good sign when the air exuded foreboding, and right then, that was all he could feel. ❝ I don’t need you defendin’ me. ❞ Jesse mutters, hand already around his weapon, ready for... whatever the hell it was that he’d managed to get himself into.

          ❝ Ah.... fuck. ❞ Jesse says, taking a few deliberate steps back, sounding far more inconvenienced than afraid. ❝ Get back in the ground ya damn sacks of meat.... ❞ Six shooter drawn, he fires multiple rounds, each hitting one of the rising corpses. ❝ You better go get that witch before she goes makin’ this worse on us, demon. ❞ He says seriously, glancing to Hanzo before turning his attention back to the rising bodies.

          ❝ What a bunch of shit I got myself into... ❞

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* pet sematary prompts

pet sematary is a novel by stephen king. tw: blood.

‘ scared? honey, what for? ’

‘ that one will bruise. ’

‘ come on, gang. ’

‘ half a day is bad enough. ’

‘ i guess maybe i ought to tell you now, while you’re feeling sorry for me. ’

‘ do you want me to tuck you in? ’

‘ your nose is bleeding. ’

‘ but don’t look for me, or stay up. we’ve had a hell of a day. ’

‘ because it’s my mess. ’

‘ do you know what faith is? ’

‘ only children tell the whole truth, you know. that’s what makes them children. ’

‘ no one can guarantee that. ’

‘ it’s going to leave a scar. ’

‘ dreams are funny, aren’t they? ’

‘ coping. ’

‘ please, honey. ’

‘ lost a lot of sleep. ’

‘ no, no, no, no, no – ’

‘ it’s m-m-mean! ’

‘ probably be pissed off if you didn’t. ’

‘ sometimes people have to do things that just seem right. that seem right in their hearts, i mean. ’

‘ put some heat on it when you go to bed. ’

‘ you don’t have to shout at me! ’

‘ that day i blew up at you… ’

‘ you keep on the path and all’s well. you get off it and the next thing you know you’re lost if you’re not lucky. ’

‘ try to see. try to be kind. it doesn’t hurt you. ’

‘ just follow me. follow me and don’t look down. ’

‘ is this home? ’

‘ when it started not to hurt, it started not to matter. ’

‘ sometimes dead is better. ’

‘ god knows there is enough of that in any human being’s life, isn’t there? ’

‘ stop it. ’

‘ maybe it shouldn’t, but it does. ’

‘ scared of what? dying? ’

‘ and you know me. when i get scared, i get defensive. ’

‘ what do you say, asshole? ’

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cxntaurs‌:

“Forever” repeated Hanzo with a smirk over his lips as he continued walking, he shook his head and then a scoff left his lips. Perhaps too stingy, perhaps too toxic. But it was evident of his dislike of the word. “You mortals use the word forever without realizing of what it actually means,” he admitted. “I have been alive for hundreds of years. When we feel love, we feel it deep,” the man confessed turning to McCree, “because when we say forever, we mean it.”

Do Demons fell love? They fell all the range of human emotions. They weren’t devoid of them because they thrived on it. He continued walking but something changed in the air, he had noticed. “Do you possess any skill to detect evil presences?” The Demon asked, as the cold wind blew the nape of his neck.

          ❝ Our definition of forever might not mean the same thing to you, but you gotta remember that our forever is a lot shorter. We ain’t got the curse of near eternal life. ❞ Jesse mutters bluntly. ❝ The word might be a bit subjective. But that don’t mean we mean it any less. Shit just happens to get in the way for normal people. ❞

          The look of doubt that appears upon Jesse’s face is near instant. ❝ You’ll have to pardon me for not believin’ you much. Love ain’t somethin’ usually associated with... your kind. ❞ Incredulous to say the least, he wants to hear more, but realizes that he might not be afforded the time.

          ❝ Not like you do, but I can tell when somethin’ ain’t right. ❞ And something wasn’t. The feeling reminded him of when he was about to cross paths with a demon, how the air and atmosphere would change. ❝ We must be gettin’ close, yeah? ❞

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cxntaurs‌:

“And what if I were?” asked the Demon as he continued walking. A log was on his way, which he easily jumped over. It was when he landed that he turned to the hunter. “Are you judging me now?” The demon waited for an answer, now intrigued. “Tell me hunter, do you have a brother? A family? A woman to worry about?” He asked. “Only when you have know those bonds you would know how important it is to pick after your loved ones.” The demon continued on his steps. “Or a man.” Hanzo corrected himself. “If you have a man or a woman in bed perhaps you’d know why I am doing what I’m doing.”

          ❝ Judgin’? Nah, just askin’. ❞ He responds deadpan, giving a shrug. It wasn’t exactly often he bothered to ask a demon questions, and he might as well take that opportunity while he had it. He doubted he’d be having any other opportunities any time soon.

          ❝ Grew up an orphan, so no, I ain’t got much in the way of family. ❞ His fellow hunters were the closest he felt he was going to get to that. ❝ Doesn’t tear my heart up too much these days. Can’t miss somethin’ you’ve never had. ❞ While he seemed nonchalant, there was of course the smallest part of him that wished it were different, but he simply chose to tell himself it was better off this way.

          Taking a puff of his cigar, he nearly scoffs. ❝ The only person I got to worry about is myself. Ain’t anyone waiting for me when I get back. Considerin’ my line of work, that’s probably a good thing. I ain’t lookin’ to leave anyone widowed. ❞ He knew damn well this job could and probably would kill him one day. To build any strong bonds like those would just be a poor choice. 

           ❝ Guess you’re right, least about that. Ain’t a lot of point gettin’ attached to people when they either end up dead or leavin’ forever. ❞

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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE    ––––    EPISODE ONE   !

STEVEN SEES A GHOST :  various sentences  (  157  )  from the first episode of the netflix series “the haunting of hill house”  –   feel free to adapt to suit pronouns.

whatever walked there, walked alone

it’s okay ____, go back to bed

do you want me to wake up mom and dad ?

i’ve got it

you okay, ____ ?

you scared ?

i get scared too sometimes

why are you awake ____ ?

what was it ?

ugh, her again ? where was she ?

big brothers are good like that

maybe she’s hiding

i guess everybody can go back to bed now

kid’s dreams are special, they’re like an ocean

dreams can spill out sometimes

i know that bent-neck lady is really scary

how long do we have to live here ?

i love you, sweetie

sweet dreams

pandas, huh ?

pandas don’t eat macaroni

is everyone alive ?

_______’s sleep-talking again

anything good ?

do you remember that storm ?

the car flipped over and you couldn’t see it from the road

so, when did it start ?

it started with drops of water, like rain drops, falling on to my face

you just stare at it like you’re an idiot

it wasn’t a scream

i should probably scream

i tripped and i looked back and he wasn’t there

that’s a very interesting story

i’d like to look around your house

i’m sorry, i should have told you

i’m a fan

i can’t imagine what it was like living there

you got me beat

you’ve seen more than i ever have

i’ve never seen a ghost

well, i hope tonight is a game changer for you

how are your brother and sister’s doing ?

won’t you miss your brother ?

i’d rather sleep here

i’ll stay with her a bit

*forehead kiss*

Keep reading

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intothewildsea‌:

“I hope not. I’m getting cabin fever from being in here.”  At least Jesse’s visits help break up the monotony of being stuck in a hospital bed.  She can only watch so many trashy soap operas before she starts to get cabin fever.

His question causes her nose to crinkle and she huffs out another laugh.  “Not right now. The last time I dated was in college, a few years ago.” She smiles.  “I went on a few dates. Never anything serious, though. I was focused too much on school to worry about relationships.”

The sensation of his thumb brushing over her hand is soothing.  “But, after everything that’s happened, it made me realize how lonely I am. Even back then I was. I didn’t realize it, I suppose. I threw myself into my music and didn’t think about it.”

          ❝ Yeah? I haven’t really done anythin’ of the sort in a while. Was never much for datin’ anyway. ❞ Usually, in his case people kind of just fell into his lap, and he wasn’t sure whether to call it strange luck, or simply circumstance. His last relationship sure hadn’t been lucky, he knew that much.

          Jesse gives a small nod. ❝ Sometimes throwin’ yourself into work is all you can do. ❞ Had he been lonely too? Difficult to say, all he really knew was that he’d been doing the same, spending all of his time working, never doing much that he would consider fun. ❝ Usually better to not focus on the fact you’re lonely, huh? ❞

          He couldn’t really claim he was unhappy with things currently, it could be far worse after all. But it did make him realize how little he did to actually enjoy himself. ❝ I wouldn’t worry too much. You’ll have people bangin’ down your door for a chance to take you on a date once you’re outta this place. ❞ He assures with a small crooked grin.

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cxntaurs‌:

“I got arrows,” the Demon responded walking through the darkness, each step crunching old leaves and stepping over the wilderness, which seemed to whither as he stepped on. A symptom of the evil that still permeated through his body. “And I got a few of those with her name.” He was not lying, though he was being cryptic. Old customs from the land he came said that you could seal or banish evil if you knew the name of the thing you wanted to dispel. This is why he went through the land as Hanzo. The real name of the infernal monster still unknown. “My brother got the best of him because he was careless and arrogant. I do not measure the same as him, Hunter,” he said, turning to meet McCree. “And you better make sure to not set us as the same basket.”

          At least he wasn’t expecting a straightforward answer, demons were terrible at giving those. Though the secrecy of it does draw a heavy sigh from him, rolling his cigar slowly between his teeth. ❝ Alright then. ❞ He seems to take the answer, mostly only because he knew he wasn’t going to get much else out of him on the matter.

          Watching where he steps, as to not find himself on his ass, he scoffs at the sentiment. ❝ Hey I’m just here to watch, nothin’ else. I won’t go gettin’ in your way none. ❞ He assures. As much as he would love to fuck this demons day up, he’d not been given full reason to, not yet anyway. 

           ❝ Sounds to me like you’re pickin’ up after your brother’s mess. ❞ 

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cxntaurs‌:

Hanzo started to walk. Right where the forest start is where he found the demon hunter, so they would need to enter the depths of the forest without fear. He simply ignored the other’s warning and continued walking, listening to his question. “Yes,” Hanzo replied. “I will kill this witch, lift the curse of my brother and return to the underworld with him, where we belong,” the demon continued. His otherworldly breath was fiery and red, almost lighting their path with every word he had to say. “Why is it that you are asking?”

          ❝ Curious is all. ❞ Jesse responds with a casual shrug of his shoulders. If what the demon was saying was true, he at the very least stood a chance of leaving without Jesse putting a bullet between his eyes. Time would tell, he wasn’t about to jump to that conclusion just yet.

          ❝ You got a plan to deal with this witch? Or is this a go in blind and hope for the best kinda deal? ❞ To expect any answer from a demon was admittedly a foolish one on his part, but it didn’t stop the questions. They all seemed reasonable enough, he thought. ❝ Surely you got a plan. Doubt this witch is gonna just shit her pants in fear if she already fucked yer brother up once before. ❞

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cxntaurs‌:

“Let’s go then,” Hanzo rested now, his arms distending and his bow finding a better place: on his back. He knew that humans stretched hands when they were making covenants among them, but Hanzo was no man. He simply walked by him. “My name is Hanzo. Keep that gun closer,” he warned, “as vulgar as your clothes are, I would be much ashamed if that pretty face got harmed in our way to the forest.”

          ❝ After you. ❞ Jesse gives the smallest gesture with his hand, he would follow, and keep a keen eye on the creature. He wasn’t looking to die today.

          A scowl comes at his words as he takes a look down at his own clothes. They looked just fine dammit. But he couldn’t focus on that, merely shaking his head before beginning to follow him alone. ❝ Don’t worry about my face none. It’ll be just fine. Worry about whatever it is you’re plannin’ on doin’. ❞ While such a remark would have likely received some form of flirtation in return, right now things were about business.

          ❝ So your plan’s just to kill this witch? Short and sweet. ❞

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I have a few muses I plan on adding relatively soon

one being Arthur Morgan from RDR2, but only once I’ve finished off the story.

The other being Elphaba Thropp from Wicked, once I find a decent source to make icons from

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                    We live the life of sin and sacrifice

                             Indie canon Multi-muse 

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cxntaurs‌:

“I’m not expecting empathy,” said the Demon, looking straight into the eyes of the hunter. “I am expecting you let me pass. I am looking for the Witch of the Woods, for she was the one who put a curse in my brother. A living corpse of a demon she turned him.” Hanzo paused, he could feel his entire self slowly stalling. And he felt the tension in his arm to raise. Either he attacked now or escaped. There was a way for him to do so, a ledge and then a jump over the wall which would allow Hanzo to escape, if needed. But something better came to him.

“If you think I have another agenda you can join me,” said the Demon with a low voice. “You can come with me and make sure I hurt no men or children,” he admitted. “I will, however, kill the witch for cursing my brother.”

          ❝ Can’t say I’m expectin’ empathy myself. ❞ He responds. Credit where it was due, if the demon was lying, he was doing it well. Which only made making a decision on what to do with him that much more challenging.

          A long pause, a single brow raising at the offer. ❝ Just like that? ❞ Jesse asks seriously. Yet he found himself considering the offer, if the demon tried anything funny, he’d put a bullet in him and it would be the end of the story. Of course it could also be a trap, a fact he took a long few moments to consider before heaving a heavy sigh. ❝ Fine. I come with you, make sure there ain’t any innocents harmed. Hold true to your word, I might let ya live after it’s all said n’ done. We got a deal? ❞

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cxntaurs‌:

Hanzo stared at the Demon Hunter. There was no rage in his eyes. He was calm and steady, he needed to keep his mind clear in case a battle were to brew, in which case, he had to be stronger and faster than the man and his weapon. A simple nod was given. “You are mistaken me, Sir,” the Demon confessed, “I may be a Demon, but I am not a killer,” there was one assassination under his name, he knew it well, and he rather not remember it. “Not of men, that is.”

Another pause, this time, he remained quiet to observe his surroundings. If he was to attack, he would need the higher ground. “If your job description is that of killing demons, then we seem to be competing in business,” Demon Hanzo spoke. “I too, seek the demons who caused me grief once.”

          Jesse pauses, but does not falter, his hand still firm upon steel, his eyes still fixed upon the demon. They were tricky, silver tongued. To give even the smallest amount of wiggle room could prove fatal. ❝ And why would you be doin’ that? ❞ He finally asks, brows furrowed. ❝ Demon’s killin’ their own kind ain’t somethin’ I’ve heard of. ❞ He wanted elaboration, and it had better be convincing.

          ❝ Are you just expectin’ me to believe you? ❞ Jesse asks, shifting his feet, keeping a strong steady stance, just in case. A demon could be faster than him, he needed to be ready... just in case. ❝ That so? Awful lot of humanity in you if that’s true. You know your kind ain’t known for their empathy. ❞

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@musesrespite continued from X.

“You think so?”  A smile quirks at the corner of her lips.  “I hope so. Though it’s going to be hard to find something like that while I’m stuck in here.”  She laughs, reaching up to push her hair back from her face.

She turns her head to look at Jesse.  His hand is close to hers – close enough that she can reach over to hold it, so she does, taking care not to jostle the IV in the back of her hand.  She likes the roughness of his skin.  It’s soothing.

“Do you have anybody?” 

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          ❝ Awh I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Ain’t gonna be stuck in that bed forever, ya know. ❞ She’d been recovering well from what he’d heard, even if she had to stay a while longer, she wasn’t going to spend the rest of her life there.

          Her question draws out a small laugh. ❝ Me? Nah, but I ain’t been in the dating scene for a while either. Gettin’ too old for that. ❞ Perpetually single, as he’d probably call it. Before he’d answered the call, he’d been too busy with his own work, and now, well, it wasn’t much different really. Not much time to date when the world was crumbling around him.

          A thumb traces over the back of her hand, poor girl, she’d been through too much for any person. ❝ What about you? Got anyone in your life? ❞

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“I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.” (okay but...Mari saying this to Jesse at some point when he’s visiting her in the infirmiry?)

“Practical Magic” || @intothewildsea

          Quite the romantic sentiment, but he’d be lying if it didn’t sound nice to care for someone so strongly.❝ Yeah? ❞ He asks as he slowly leans forward in his chair, a small smile pulling to his lips.❝ Well, who knows maybe one day you’ll find it. ❞ 

          She was a sweet girl, one met with terrible circumstances, sure, but that didn’t mean that happiness wouldn’t find her eventually.❝ Got no doubt you will. ❞

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@cxntaurs

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“Curses only have power when you believe them. And I don’t.”...”

"It holds no power over me," said the Demon, white eyes staring back at McCree, his chest moving shallowly with slow breaths. The black bow was in his hand, but it was not drawn. "I am not curse born. And I will not curse you unless you dare cross me, Hunter."

          ❝ Sounds like you actually believe what you’re sayin’... ❞ Jesse didn’t buy it, not for even a moment. Demons were good liars, that was something he’d learned over his career. They weren’t immortal, however, he knew that just as well.

          ❝ And what? I’m just supposed to let ya go? ❞ He asks incredulously. ❝ Sorry to say, that ain’t in my job description. ❞ Fingers twitch against his gun, briefly tightening his grip upon it, even as it remains undrawn.

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“Curses only have power when you believe them. And I don’t.” (Demon!Hanzo for DemonHunter!McCree)

"Practical Magic" || @cxntaurs

          ❝ You know that ain’t how this works... ❞ Jesse says slowly, his hand already firmly placed upon his weapon, his gaze never leaving the creature before him. Looking away could spell his end, he knew that.

          ❝ Curses don’t give two shits whether you believe in ‘em or not. They’ll still destroy you. ❞ Maybe it was a waste of time to try and implore someone so far gone to see how wrong they were, it probably was, frankly. But he’d known Hanzo, that was what made this so difficult.

          ❝ Look at what it’s done to you and tell me this curse’s got no power. You know you’re lyin’. ❞